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The Festival of Praise returns in 2018. Grammy, Stellar and Dove Award-winning gospel great Fred Hammond ("Blessed") is bringing back the Festival of Praise Tour for
The Festival of Praise returns in 2018. Grammy, Stellar and Dove Award-winning gospel great Fred Hammond ("Blessed") is bringing back the Festival of Praise Tour for 2018 with an inspiring and all new line up. This will be the Festival's fourth installment . The Gospel eccentric tour kicks off Thursday, March 29, 2018 in Savannah, GA and hits cities across the United States including dates in Bronx, Detroit, and Long Beach. Tickets are available at www.festivalofpraisetour.com starting XX TIME on XX DATE.
Now in it's fourth year, the tour has received critical acclaim from critics and concert goers alike. Don't miss your chance to catch what people have called the most electrifying show in gospel music.
"This tour brings back the days of gospel touring like Power 98, Tour of Life, and Hopeville…The biggest (gospel) tours to hit the country."
– Al Wash, ALW Entertainment
"This package was amazing and so uplifting…a clean sold out show (Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, IN)….Truly a Festival of Praise! I am looking forward to the shows that I am buying this year!"
– Al Kennedy, Concert Promoter
"The Festival of Praise concert was one of the most electrifying enjoyable shows I have seen in gospel music. I am looking forward to bringing the show back next year. A MUST SEE."
– Eddie Rush, Twilight Productions 2
ABOUT FRED HAMMOND
Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, filmmaker, and multi-platinum producer has sold over 15 million albums worldwide, with over 12 #1 hits reaching both gold and platinum status. A Christian Music Icon whose music reaches people from all walks of life. Chance the Rapper recently released a remake of Fred Hammond's song "Are You Ready" and Jamie Foxx sang his song "No Weapon" during his NAACP awards acceptance speech. He's worked with and admired by several well-known artists including Stevie Wonder, Snoop Dogg, 2017's "The Voice" winner Chris Blue, "American Idol Winners Reuben Studdard & Fantasia Barrino, Boyz II Men, and Jodeci to name a few.
ABOUT TAKE 6
Heralded by Quincy Jones as the "baddest vocal cats on the planet!", this group of amazing vocalists have been hailed as the most awarded a cappella group in history, with ten Grammy's, ten Dove Awards (Gospel Music Awards), Best Jazz Vocal Group honors for seven consecutive years in Downbeat's prestigious Reader's and Critic's Poll, a Soul Train Music Awards, and many more with multiple platinum and gold album sales!
ABOUT DONNIE McCLURKIN
Multiple Grammy, Stellar, BET, Dove, and NAACP award winner has had multiple #1 hits including his most popular single entitled "Stand" which went gold almost immediately after being publicly lauded by Oprah Winfrey! The New York pastor has sold over 10 million albums worldwide and recently made history as the current host of "The Donnie McClurkin Show"–the #1 radio program in the entire New York radio market with the highest ratings ever seen!
ABOUT JAMES FORTUNE
Inspired by Kirk Franklin, this song writer, arranger, and vocalist has had numerous hits and has been nominated for multiple awards since his album debut. While homeless with 4 children, he created and released his hit single which went on to become the #1 song in the country for over 29 consecutive weeks! One of the most transparent and innovative artists of this generation, he's captured the social media/pop culture demographic with his ability to fuse hip-hop with an uplifting message of hope, forgiveness, healing, and grace. His current single, "Favor of God" is burning up the radio airwaves and being performed by HBCU's bands across America! Persevering through turbulent times, James Fortune is humbly hailed as the proverbial poster child for redemption!
ABOUT PASTOR CHARLES JENKINS
Three times may actually be a charm after all! Coming on the scene in 2012, this artist' breakthrough release "Best of Both Worlds" quickly snagged the #1 Spot on Billboard's Gospel Music Charts. His second project followed suit by bombarding it's way into the #1 spot again with his hit single "War". Currently, Jenkins has the #2 single in the country "Grace" and critics are projecting he'll be grabbing that familiar #1 spot again with the release of his sophomore project coming in March 2018!
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Judge dismissing prosecution motions in Rittenhouse hearing, including two linking to Proud Boys
Rittenhouse's trial is set to begin Nov. 1.
Kyle Rittenhouse (on ground), the teenager charged in the shooting deaths of two in Kenosha riots in August.
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A Wisconsin judge has denied several motions by prosecutors who've charged teen Kyle Rittenhouse in connection with two fatal shootings during the summer 2020 social justice protests, including their plan to include photos of the teen posing with members of the Proud Boys.
Judge Bruce Schroeder denied the motions Friday.
Prosecutors want to depict Rittenhouse as a lawless and violent vigilante. So at the trial they want to use events before and after the shooting under the category of "other acts," according to CBS-58 News in Wisconsin.
The judge also dismissed a motion to include in the scheduled Nov. 1 trial information about the defendant meeting in Miami with leaders of the Proud Boys, a far-right group.
The defense argued the connection of such evidence to the focus of the trial is weak.
Rittenhouse, 17 at the time of the incident, travelled from Illinois to the Wisconsin city of Kenosha to protect businesses from rioters.
He fatally shot two people and wounded another during multiple confrontations. The men he fatally shot allegedly attacked him – one lunging for his gun and and other hitting him with a skateboard.
The man whom Rittenhouse wounded was allegedly holding a handgun. Rittenhouse's lawyers say he acted in self defense.
Another piece of evidence the prosecution wants to include is a video where Rittenhouse says he wishes he had a firearm to shoot people he suspected of looting a CVS store in Chicago. The video was taken 15 days before the shooting in Kenosha, the CBS-58 also reports.

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Around the same time I began writing this blog I began regularly taking pictures of Charleston. I post these photos to my Instagram feed under the hashtag DailyDoseofCharleston.
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Many of these photos are taken either on my stroll into work or during my lunch break. One of the side effects of creating this blog is that it has made me look. I have always considered myself a student of Charleston, but pushing myself to regularly photograph the Holy City has given me an even greater appreciation.
I also enjoy experimenting with filters on my photographs. It is an easy way to sharpen a photo and give it an artistic flair. All of these pictures were shot on my iPhone 6 and filtered with the app Camera+.


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The Coca-Cola Foundation Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Initial Public Offering with $1 Million Grant to Girls Who Invest
CycleBar Partners with Young Survival Coalition in Support of Breast Cancer Awareness
October 11, 2019 October 6, 2019 Stuart Mitchell
CycleBar, the world's first and largest indoor cycling franchise, announced today that it has partnered with Young Survival Coalition (YSC), the country's oldest and largest young cancer non-profit, for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. The cycling brand is launching its "Pink Lemonade" CycleGives campaign to raise money for the breast cancer organization, which provides free resources and programs to support, educate and empower women diagnosed before their 41st birthday.
YSC – with its national reach and focus on community and mind/body health for young women affected by cancer – is the ideal complement to the CycleBar experience, which is more than just a ride in the studio. It's a uplifting, heart-pumping party on a bike, surrounded by an empowering community of riders to motivate any fitness journey.
As part of the "Pink Lemonade" campaign, CycleBar will host numerous charity classes, or CycleGives rides, in support of YSC at various locations around the nation, including studios in Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Dallas, Pensacola, and Wellington. CycleBar is no stranger to charitable giving as its CycleGives platform, which enables riders and instructors to raise money for specific causes they are most passionate about, has raised over $2 million through over 3,000 rides and 120,000 riders in under five years.
"We are honored to partner with Young Survival Coalition for this important cause," said Ryan Junk, President of CycleBar. "Cancer is a terrible disease that has affected so many in our CycleBar community, and we want to do everything we can to show our support for these warriors and survivors."
Jaclyn Alterwein, an instructor for CycleBar, is serving as the "Pink Lemonade" campaign ambassador, chosen because of her own battle with breast cancer a few years ago. At 47, Alterwein underwent a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery to beat the disease. She said her recovery wouldn't be where it is today without her job and the CycleBar community that supported her physically, mentally and emotionally along the way.
To learn more about CycleBar and book a bike in a CycleGives ride, visit http://go.pardot.com/l/513401/2019-09-12/d3275v . Donations outside of CycleGives rides can be made online at https://www.yscchampions.org/CYCLEBAR2019.
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Give the Gift of Dignity, Independence and Self-care by Donating EZbras to Breast Cancer Patients During Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Munich-based virtual reality fitness company ICAROS recently receive an investment by Venture capital group Segnalita in order to enable it to enter the medical sector.
"ICAROS supplies products that are unique and promising to date, brilliantly combining the fields of sport, fitness and gaming and thus meeting the nerve of the times." – Bernhard Letzner, Managing Director of Segnalita.
With this new funding, ICAROS is now able to make its amazing futuristic products accessible to the medical sector and to grow in the existing segment.
At first glance, ICAROS looks like something straight out of the future.
ICAROS does indeed look like something from a science-fiction film, but it's actually a virtual- reality application that's available right now.
The ICAROS device only refers to one part of the equation, however. The ICAROS is a gyroscopic apparatus that allows three-dimensional movement, creating an immersive and groundbreaking way to navigate a 3D space. That space is displayed on a virtual-reality headset, with extra inputs made on a controller attached to the ICAROS handlebars.
The biggest innovation here is the actual ICAROS device. It allows 3D movement to simulate the feeling of flying, swimming, falling, and more.
To use the ICAROS device, the user attaches and starts the controller. Then, the arm rests must be adjusted, and the pitch damping must be installed. The roll damping must be adjusted as well, along with the leg rests. You then activate the app and join it with the GEAR VR, put the gear on your head, and mount the device. You step on the foot rest, put your knees in the leg rests and then unlock the roll movement. To move, you must slowly lean forward to find your balance. You steer the device.
ICAROS virtual reality games are available on Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, and a number of different experiences are available. One of these is a game called ICARACE, a futuristic racing game played with other pilots all over the world.
Aside from the obvious flight-related applications in terms of virtual reality, the heavy-duty nature of the ICAROS apparatus makes it perfect for exercise-related apps as well. ICAROS focuses on certain parts of the body and helps exercise them during use.
When it all comes down to it, ICAROS is one of the only devices on the market that provides something close to an approximation of flight. It allows pitch and yaw to be used as steering mechanisms, just like in real flight, and all of this is accomplished by leaning. Furthermore, ICAROS is customizable depending on the user's size, making it even more versatile. The gaming applications bring a fun way to experience ICAROS on the table, while the exercise options make it practical for fitness and rehabilitation as well.


Here are some internal pictures of this villa for rent.
Tatvam Villas as a community is quite different from some of the other Luxury Residential Communities in Gurgaon. For starters, this is a "Only Villas" Community and does not have any high rises within this community. This Luxury Villas Community in Gurgaon is spread over about 50 Acres of prime land just off the Sohna Road. Tatvam Villas offer various sizes of Villas to suite the needs of different sizes of families, starting from a 288 sq.yrds, 360 sq.yrds, 500 sq.yrds., 750 sq.yrds & the largest villa at Tatvam being 1000 sq.yrds.
One of the most interesting parts about Tatvam Villas is that it is not a typical closed Villa kind of community, neither it is a row house kind of a community, it has a very open feel to the community with more of open spaces rather than creating boundaries etc.
Tatvam Villas come with 100 % Centralized Power Back Up, 24×7 Security and common area maintenance. The Club House is under way and should be operational in short time from now.
Tatvam Villas have mostly been rented either to Expats moving to Gurgaon or to very senior level employees with multinational corporations in Gurgaon. The primary reason for this is that there is no other such peaceful villa community in Gurgaon which offers private swimming pools within each size of these Luxury Villas in Gurgaon.
Quick Rent works closely with owners/landlords at Tatvam Villas and has been helping Landlords rent their villas at Tatvam, Gurgaon. In case you are looking to Rent a Villa in Tatvam Villas Gurgaon, then you are at the right place. We have some of the best located Villas for Rent in Tatvam Villas Gurgaon and can offer you the best of the villas at the market savvy price points.
We work mostly with Expat Clients and have helped them acquire various residential properties for rent in Gurgaon. Please feel free to give us a call or write to us for your needs of Tatvam Villas for Rent.
Tatvam Villas is an interesting residential community that fits well into the needs of the Expat Community in Gurgaon. Most of the Expats moving to Gurgaon, have been used to living a lifestyle which is close to what Tatvam Villas offer in Gurgaon. These Luxury Villas for Rent in Gurgaon offer a lush green, secured environment with a usp of having a private swimming pool in each of the villa.


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Јуриј Љвович Ракитин (рус. Юрий Львович Ракитин) (право презиме Јоњин) (Харков, Руска Империја, 23. мај 1882 - Нови Сад, 21. јул 1952), редитељ, позоришни радник, педагог и глумац.

Рођење и школовање
Јуриј Љвович Ракитин, родио се као Јоњин. Био је син Лава Алексејевича Јоњина, судског приправника и Лидије, рођене Козлов. Услед очевих честих премештаја (напредовања у послу) породица се стално селила, па се Ракитин школовао у више градова. Основну школу и три разреда гимназије завршио је у Калуги, где му је отац био истражни судија, а четврти разред завршава у Првој московској класичној гимназији јер је Лав Јонин у Москви постављен за судију окружног суда. Од петог до осмог разреда, до матуре, Ракитин похађа гимназију у Иркутску пошто му је отац у томе граду постављен за апелационог судију.

Веома рано је постао заљубљеник у позориште. Већ након 1902. године, када је матурирао, почиње да организује дилетантске представе и сам у њима да глуми. Иако је то било против очеве воље, све више се посвећује позоришту, тако да је у пролеће 1905. године у Петрограду завршио трогодишњу Глумачку школу при императорским театрима, у класи великог глумца Владимира Н. Давидова. Ракитинова дипломска представа Вишњик А. П. Чехова изведена је у пролеће 1905. године. Пред сам дипломски, из обзира према очевом државном звању, Јуриј Љвович Јоњин узима уметничко име Ракитин.

Позориште
Убрзо потом, Ракитин бива ангажован у Театар-студију, којим је руководио бунтовни Всеволод Е. Мајерхољд. Чланови овог Студија били су углавном млади глумци ангажовани на налажењу нових театарских форми. У подмосковском месту Пушкино, Ракитин у саставу ове трупе проводи цело лето и заједно спремају комаде Метерлинка, Хауптмана и Ибзена. Студио је кратко време постојао, до јесени 1905. године.  Након тога је Ракитин режирао и глумио у Тифлису (Тбилиси) од 1906. до 1907, у Московском художесественом театру од 1908. до 1911; од 1912. до 1917. редитељ је Александринског театра у Петрограду.

Немири

Током Октобарске револуције 1917. затекао се у Петрограду и већ као афирмисани редитељ и асистент Мајерхољда - члана позоришних одбора и комисија. Пошто су уследиле неподношљива глад, смањене могућности за професионални рад, а сам Ракитин није делио идеје "црвених", преселио се на имање рођака поред Гомеља (Белорусија), где су му већ били жена и једногодишњи син Никита. Након тога крећу сталне селидбе и понеки ангажман у Кијеву, Харкову, Одеси и на Криму

Стигавши у Цариград, 1920. године напушта отаџбину, у коју се никада више неће вратити.

Народно позориште у Београду и Београд

Иако је имао намеру да се из Цариграда пресели за Париз. На позив Милана Грола, управника Народног позоришта у Београду улази 1921. године у свет српског позоришта у којем ће остати до краја. У тим веома мукотрпним почецима рада на српским просторима, сарађивао је са редитељем Михаилом Исајловићем.

Између два рата, режирао је 90 драмских дела (трагедије, водвиље, комедије) и 8 опера. Такође је пре рата сарађивао са српским листовима у руској емигрантској штампи. Ту је објављивао позоришне расправе, сећања на савременике и своје успомене. Био је активан у емигрантским организацијама, редакцијама новина, аматерским позоришним трупама, у Савезу руских писаца и новинара у Југославији. Одликован је орденима Св. Саве 4. и 3. реда (1923. и 1940).

Ракитин је све до 1947. режирао у београдском Народном позоришту, али је гостовао и у Скопљу (1922/23) и у Сарајеву (1923/24).

За време Другог светског рата, био је тешко болестан, преживео је неколико операција због чега је лежао више од две и по године. У том периоду режирао је само две представе. Након рата, због одређеног идеолошког неслагања, на Глигорићеву иницијативу, Ракитину је 1946. одузета режија Кола мудрости двоја лудости Островског и бива пензионисан као неподобан.

Нови ангажмани и Нови Сад

Током лета исте године гостује три месеца у Новом Саду и режира три представе (Молијеровог Тартифа, Гогољевог Ревизора и три Чеховљеве једночинке: Медвед, Просидба и Свадба), а сезону 1946/47. хонорарно режира у Шапцу.

Наредне сезоне (1947/48) Ракитин је реактивиран и постављен за сталног редитеља Српског (тада Војвођанског) народног позоришта у Новом Саду, у којем остаје до смрти, 1952. године. У том периоду (1947—1952) на сцени Српског народног позоришта поставио је на сцену десет представа.

"Поред редитељског посла Јуриј Ракитин се бавио и педагошким радом како у Београду, тако и у Новом Саду. У Глумачкој школи у Београду код њега су учили: Раша Плаовић, Мата Милошевић, Милан Ајваз, Дара Милошевић, Невенка Урбанова, Бора Ханауска, Теја Тадић и други. Глуму је предавао у Новом Саду, прво у Драмском студију, а потом у Државној позоришној школи. Режирао је две представе (1949) својих ученика, међу којима су се истицали Стеван Шалајић и Мира Бањац."

Смрт и завештање
Сахрањен је у Новом Саду, у Руској парцели на Успенском гробљу. Његова заоставштина (дневници, документа, рукописи, фотографије) Јурија Љвовича Ракитина налазе се у великом броју у Позоришном музеју Војводине.

Ракитинове режије у Српском народном позоришту:
 Жан Батист Поклен Молијер - Тартиф
 Максим Горки - Васа Железнова
 Александар Николајевич Островски - Девојка без мираза
 Александар Николајевич Островски - Вуци и овце
 Жан Батист Поклен Молијер - Грађанин племић
 Антон Павлович Чехов - Вишњик
 Александар Николајевич Островски - Без кривице криви
 Хенрик Ибзен - Дивља патка
 Карло Голдони - Мирандолина
 Лав Николајевич Толстој - Живи леш
 Жан Батист Поклен Молијер - Учене жене

О Ракитину
"Ракитин, је без сумње, био један од најзначајнијих редитељау историји српског позоришта и својим стваралачким умећем оставио је траг дуг 32 године. И критика, а и сами актери његових представа окарактерисали су Ракитинов целокупан редитељски рад као висока уметничка остварења. Представа Вишњик ушла је у антологијске представе, не само Српског народног позоришта већ целокупног српског театра... Ова је представа названа Ракитиновом лабудовом песмом, и вероватно је његово најбоље уметничко остварење. Један критичар је рекао да се 'на Ракитиновим представама поправљају душе, искорењују страсти и отварају очи пред заблудама'"

Референце

Спољашње везе
 https://www.snp.org.rs/enciklopedija/?p=14968
 http://www.seecult.org/vest/maestro-jurij-rakitin
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-khczU8YWBQ

Позоришни редитељи
Српско народно позориште Нови Сад
Руси у Србији


Symposium Bridging distance between countries: Telemedicine challenge and problems. Dr. med. Gerhard Stauch, would like to invite colleagues from emerging and developing countries and colleagues who are interested in improving medicine in these countries, to a symposium in Aurich. Colleagues from low-income countries will present the medical situation in their countries and colleagues from industrialized countries have the opportunity to present their solutions. Expertise, not only in the field of telemedicine, but also questions of intercultural competence are the focus of the symposium with the aim of finding new ways of working together. The exchange of ideas will also be the main focus of a dinner on 21.04. Dr Stauch cordially invites all participants on the occasion of his birthday. Maybe the symposium can be a small step on the way to a common world The symposium takes place on 21.-22. April 2018 in: Seminar Hotel Aurich, Grüner Weg 2, 26605 Aurich please find attached invitation / greeting word and programme on: https://www.pathologie.de/startseite The professional association of German Pathologists Registration is possible online: https://registrierung-2.heikediekmann.de/index.php/kongress/details/3.


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			Console.WriteLine();
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		static void Main(string[] args)
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			if (args.Length != 2
				|| !Directory.Exists(args[0]))
			{
				Help();
				return;
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			var source = args[0];
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			new WpExporter(entries, comments).Write(target);
		}

	}
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Lassis Inn Named "America's Classics" Winner by James Beard Foundation
One Arkansas classic is getting some well-deserved national recognition.
The Lassis Inn of Little Rock has been recognized by the James Beard Foundation as one of its "America's Classics." Since 1998, the foundation has recognized some of the best regional restaurants throughout the United States.
Writer John T. Edge announced the honor via the James Beard Foundation's social media platforms. During his announcement, he paid tribute to the quality of the restaurant's food, as well as its social significance to Little Rock and Arkansas history. According to Edge, owner Elihue Washington Jr. can make some mean fish, as well as all the fixings.
We joined forces with our friend @johntedge of @southfoodways to announce the next 2020 America's Classics Award winner: congratulations to Lassis Inn in Little Rock, AR! Be sure to check back tomorrow to see who the final two America's Classics honorees are for this year #jbfa pic.twitter.com/CL3nPFw1Z9
— James Beard Foundation (@beardfoundation) February 19, 2020
"He fries buffalo fish ribs and serves really cold beer. He does more than that," he says. "Since the time this restaurant opened, in the early years of the 20rth century, it's served as a community clubhouse."
According to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, the Lassis Inn was a meeting spot for Daisy Gatson Bates and other civil rights leaders during the lead-up to the Little Rock Central High School crisis and desegregation. The restaurant was known as a safe location for community members to gather and speak freely.
"Today, the Lassis Inn remains that community hub. It remains a great place for fried buffalo fish ribs. It remains an important American restaurant," Edge says.
Elihue Washington Jr.
The restaurant is known for its catfish, particularly its buffalo fish ribs. Lassis Inn serves a mix of catfish steaks, catfish fillets, big bone buffalo, cole slaw, frieds, tomato relish , hot peppers, okra and more.
Lassis Inn is only the second Arkansas restaurant to be named an "America's Classics" winner. Jones Bar-B-Q Diner in Marianna was the first Arkansas restaurant to receive the honor.
READ MORE: AY's Catfish Bucket List
By Tyler Hale February 19, 2020
Author: Tyler Hale
https://aymag.com
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See below for a selection of articles and videos featuring U.R. Our Hope and our families online, in print, on TV, and on radio/podcast.
U.R. Our Hope was featured in the Tarrytown neighborhood newsletter after our visit to the local Fire Department.
The 24-pound girl is confined to a wheelchair because she can't stand, sit or do anything by herself. She can't even eat on her own.
Vanessa Garcia, Joseph Vaughan and their son Braxton were on KXAN News at Noon in February and demonstrated how they feed Braxton through a tube — not knowing then what was wrong with him. However, a new diagnosis has given them some direction and hope in caring for Braxton. Sister Aileen and Pediatric Physical Therapists Dr. Parker, who has been working with the family, also joined.
One of the most moving moments (and there were many of them) at Global Genes' recent patient advocacy summit was when Heather Long, founder of the Texas-based nonprofit U. R. Our Hope, rose to tell the audience why she felt that diagnosis was such a critical issue for the rare disease community. Long and her husband, Cody, have three children; two daughters and a son who passed away in 2006 at the age of 5. They know that they have lost their son. What they don't know is why.
Most rare disease patients spend a good portion of their lives coping with a condition that is either undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Some of them die of a disease that has yet to be named. Heather Long's son, Cal, was one of them. After years of searching for answers, she lost her son at the age of 5 to a disease that had never been diagnosed. Since then, she has made it her life's work to help others caught in this heartbreaking situation.
There is an undiscussed epidemic happening in our country, and around the world: rare disease. Rare diseases are incredibly hard to advocate for, despite the fact that they affect so many people. Precisely because they are rare, it's hard for companies to make money off them, doctors to educate themselves about them, and patients to advocate for them.
We talked to Mary Elizabeth Parker about the role of Genomics and Physical Therapy while at the NEXT conference in 2018 in Orlando.
In past shows, I have had guests who related their heartbreak and struggle to find a diagnosis for a child or loved one. The journey is perilous, arduous and all consuming. For some, it can take years while others watch their loved one decline with no treatment or cure insight. This show will feature families who searched and fought the healthcare system and were able to get answers. Then comes the work of treatment and long term care. I am looking forward to the insight of these families and how they were able to successfully navigate the healthcare. There stories will inspire all of us.


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Fossil Teeth Study Says Common Ancestor Of Neanderthals And Humans Belongs To 'Some African Species' [PHOTO]
By Zoe Mintz @ZoeMintz
The search for a common ancestor that links modern humans to Neanderthals may find some answers in hominin teeth.
Researchers looked at qualitative patterns in Neanderthal molar fossils from Europe, Africa, Asia and modern humans and found that the two species diverged nearly 1 million years ago, much earlier than previously thought.
"Our results call attention to the strong discrepancies between molecular and paleontological estimates of the divergence time between Neanderthals and modern humans," Aida Gómez-Robles, lead author of the paper and a postdoctoral scientist at the Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology of the George Washington University, said in a statement. "These discrepancies cannot be simply ignored, but they have to be somehow reconciled."
The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, focused on a collection of 1,200 premolars and molars from prehistoric humans. Researchers identified landmarks on the teeth and then reconstructed the tooth shape to model what they thought would be the tooth shape of humans' common ancestor with Neanderthals. They concluded with high statistical confidence that the common ancestor does not belong to the species previously suggested, including Homo heidelbergensis, H. erectus and H. antecessor.
"The most likely dental shape of an ancestral species is an intermediate shape between the one observed in both daughter species," Gómez-Robles told National Geographic explaining how the tooth is a cross between H. sapiens and Neanderthals.
This possible species has yet to be identified, but it most likely lived in eastern and southern Africa 1.3 to 1.8 million years ago. "We can rule out all the European species as possible ancestors, because they are already in the line leading to Neanderthals, and we have an African species, which is the most similar one to the ancestor morphology," Gomez-Robles told the Los Angeles Times. "So the most intuitive explanation is that some African species posterior to Homo ergastor will be the ancestor."
DNA analysis has dated the divergence between modern humans and Neanderthals around 350,000 years ago, which suggests H. heidelbergensis may be the species in question. But the latest findings point to a divergence that took place at least 1 million years ago.
Gómez-Robles and her colleagues argue their statistical method is more reliable about determining human origins than descriptive analyses used in previous studies.
"Our primary aim is to put questions about human evolution into a testable quantitative framework and to offer an objective means to sort out apparently unsolvable debates about hominin phylogeny," the authors wrote. "Our paper shows that no known hominin species matches the expected morphology of this common ancestor."
While more studies on hominin fossil from Africa will paint a clearer picture of human ancestry, the study does provide some necessary details.
"The study tells us that there are still new hominin finds waiting to be made," David Polly, coauthor of the study from Indiana University said. "Fossil finds from about 1 million years ago in Africa deserve close scrutiny as the possible ancestor of Neanderthals and modern humans."


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Q: Unit testing coroutines on UI thread I'm using coroutines to do an asynchronous call on pull to refresh like so:
class DataFragment : Fragment(), SwipeRefreshLayout.OnRefreshListener {

    // other functions here

    override fun onRefresh() {
        loadDataAsync()
    }

    private fun loadDataAsync() = async(UI) {
        swipeRefreshLayout?.isRefreshing = true
        progressLayout?.showContent()

        val data = async(CommonPool) {
            service?.getData() // suspending function
        }.await()

        when {
            data == null -> showError()
            data.isEmpty() -> progressLayout?.showEmpty(null, parentActivity?.getString(R.string.no_data), null)
            else -> {
                dataAdapter?.updateData(data)
                dataAdapter?.notifyDataSetChanged()
                progressLayout?.showContent()
            }
        }

        swipeRefreshLayout?.isRefreshing = false
    }
}

Everything here works fine when I actually put it on a device. My error, empty, and data states are all handled well and the performance is good. However, I'm also trying to unit test it with Spek. My Spek test looks like this:
@RunWith(JUnitPlatform::class)
class DataFragmentTest : Spek({

    describe("The DataFragment") {

        var uut: DataFragment? = null

        beforeEachTest {
            uut = DataFragment()
        }

        // test other functions

        describe("when onRefresh") {
            beforeEachTest {
                uut?.swipeRefreshLayout = mock()
                uut?.onRefresh()
            }

            it("sets swipeRefreshLayout.isRefreshing to true") {
                verify(uut?.swipeRefreshLayout)?.isRefreshing = true // says no interaction with mock
            }
        }
    }
}

The test is failing because it says that there was no interaction with the uut?.swipeRefreshLayout mock. After some experimenting, it seems this is because I'm using the UI context via async(UI). If I make it just be a regular async, I can get the test to pass but then the app crashes because I'm modifying views outside of the UI thread.
Any ideas why this might be occurring? Also, if anyone has any better suggestions for doing this which will make it more testable, I'm all ears.
Thanks.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I also tried wrapping the verify and the uut?.onRefresh() in a runBlocking, but I still had no success.

A: If you want to make things clean and consider using MVP architecture in the future you should understand that CourutineContext is external dependency, that should be injected via DI, or passed to your presenter. More details on topic.
The answer for your question is simple, you should use only Unconfined CourutineContext for your tests. (more)
To make things simple create an object e.g. Injection with:
package com.example

object Injection {
    val uiContext : CourutineContext = UI
    val bgContext : CourutineContext = CommonPool
}

and in test package create absolutely the same object but change to:
package com.example

object Injection {
    val uiContext : CourutineContext = Unconfined
    val bgContext : CourutineContext = Unconfined
}

and inside your class it will be something like:
val data = async(Injection.bgContext) {service?.getData()}.await()

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Q: Postgresql Add WHERE clauses in an UPDATE request I intend to write a SQL request UPDATE and I'd like to verify if table2.fld5 already contains 'Hello' in order to not write it several times, but didn't find a way to achieve this verification.
The request is :
UPDATE table2
    SET fld5 = concat(fld5, 'Hello')
    WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT *
                      FROM table1
                      WHERE table1.fld1 = table2.fld1 AND
                            table1.fld2 = table2.fld2 AND
                            table1.fld3 = table2.fld3
                     )
     AND table2.fld4 > (NOW() - INTERVAL '79 MINUTE');

A: How about adding the condition to the where:
UPDATE table2
    SET fld5 = concat(fld5, 'Hello')
    WHERE (fld5 not like '%Hello' OR fld5 IS NULL) AND  -- perhaps this should be '%Hello%'
          NOT EXISTS (SELECT *
                      FROM table1
                      WHERE table1.fld1 = table2.fld1 AND
                            table1.fld2 = table2.fld2 AND
                            table1.fld3 = table2.fld3 AND
                            table2.fld4 > (NOW() - INTERVAL '79 MINUTE')
                     );

I agree with the comment about the fld4 comparison.  I think this is the logic:
UPDATE table2
    SET fld5 = concat(fld5, 'Hello')
    WHERE (table2.fld5 not like '%Hello' OR table2.fld5 IS NULL) AND  -- perhaps this should be '%Hello%' AND
          table2.fld4 > (NOW() - INTERVAL '79 MINUTE') AND  -- or should this be <
          NOT EXISTS (SELECT *
                      FROM table1
                      WHERE table1.fld1 = table2.fld1 AND
                            table1.fld2 = table2.fld2 AND
                            table1.fld3 = table2.fld3
                     );

A: Perhaps your date check needs to be outside of the exists subquery:
UPDATE table2 SET fld5 = concat(fld5, 'Hello')
WHERE fld5 NOT LIKE '%Hello%' AND table2.fld4 > (NOW() - INTERVAL '79 MINUTE'
AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE table1.fld1 = table2.fld1 AND table1.fld2 = table2.fld2 AND table1.fld3 = table2.fld3))

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Dinosaur National Monument unites CSU's 'range' of expertise
By Karina Puikkonen
Photo credit: Ryan Schroeder
In addition to its wealth of namesake fossils, Dinosaur National Monument also contains more than 200,000 acres of rangeland ecosystems that surround canyons carved by the Yampa and Green Rivers. Successful stewardship of the park's entire ecosystem – fossils, rangelands and more – is less complicated because of a partnership between the National Park Service and Colorado State University.
"Assessing ecological health across entire ecosystems is really complex, almost beyond human understanding," said CSU forest and rangeland scientist Kevin Jablonski. "We need to integrate a lot of different knowledge, scientific expertise and perspectives."
The NPS/CSU partnership involves a team of CSU alumni, faculty, researchers and students. Over the past few years, the university's collective expertise in applied management, rangeland assessment and soil science has evaluated Dinosaur National Monument's rangeland health to create a snapshot of current land conditions. This will help NPS staff consider future management of grazing allotments within the monument and provide a model assessment for future National Park units.
An alumni connection
This project began at CSU several years ago when NPS ecologist Jordan Spaak was completing his master's degree in rangeland ecosystem science in the Warner College of Natural Resources. Today, Spaak travels across the country working on both ecological and scientific endeavors for the protected lands of the National Park System.
This mobile position eventually took him to Dinosaur National Monument, where he connected with Emily Spencer, a graduate of CSU's master of natural resource stewardship program and the monument's natural resource specialist. They jointly identified a need to understand rangeland health within the monument, and the partnership was born.
Photo credits: Ryan Schroeder
"We knew we needed a diverse skillset and knowledge base in order to understand all facets of rangeland ecosystems and mesh different aspects of these disciplines," Spaak said. "We had a lot of conversations about who might be the most viable institutional partner, and CSU came up repeatedly."
Spencer had been working at the monument for several years and said she saw how her own education prepared her to oversee this project.
"I took range classes, grass identification, and rangeland monitoring classes within my ecological restoration focus, and these classes were the best help in understanding different metrics and monitoring techniques for rangelands," Spencer said. "Who knew I would be in charge of a National Park Service range program years later?"
Spaak and Spencer recruited Paul Meiman, a rangeland faculty member who recently relocated from CSU to the University of Nevada Reno, and then asked Jablonski to lead the overall assessment that would provide an independent evaluation for the monument.
Ecological referees
The project utilized a qualitative assessment called "Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health," which was developed over 15 years ago by a group of rangeland experts from several federal agencies. IIRH has been used in more than 30,000 locations nationwide, by the Bureau of Land Management and USDA Forest Service and less frequently on NPS lands.
IIRH compares current land conditions with historic references established by the Natural Resource Conservation Service. With 45 locations to assess across the monument, Jablonski said he knew he needed a good team of specialists who could uphold scientific objectivity.
"Our role is to be referees, just calling it as we see it." Jablonski said. "We can then fairly determine the biotic, hydrologic, and soil health of each location and across the monument as a whole, and let the NPS take it from there in terms of management decisions."
2019 rangeland field crew from left: CSU students Miranda Flora and Jesse Wooten, and Front Range Community College student Justin Lambert. Photo courtesy of Jesse Wooten
The ecological referee team was made up of CSU graduate student Jesse Wooten from the master of natural resource stewardship program; senior Miranda Flora, a natural resources management major; and Justin Lambert, a student at Front Range Community College. They attended a four-day intensive training in Oregon prior to heading out into the field this past summer. Wooten said this foundation built the camaraderie and consistency needed to implement the assessment.
"Having three voices and minds at work on each site gave us a good, overarching sense of the conditions," Wooten said. "We could talk through our observations and be sure we would make accurate assessments."
Flora, who had never been in Dinosaur National Monument before, became the plant identification specialist. She said the team put in extra planning and preparation to figure out how to access places largely unvisited within the monument's boundaries.
"We were in areas that a lot of park staff hadn't been to," Flora said. "We were on our own much of the time, sometimes driving up to four hours to reach a site."
While the work was time-intensive and remote, team members said they enjoyed many benefits living and working in the monument. They visited a historic fire lookout tower, rafted down the Green River, and saw open country few have observed.
Photos courtesy of Jesse Wooten
Cross-disciplinary reality
Jablonski also recruited pedology professor Susan Melzer from the Soil and Crop Sciences department to carry out the project's initial soil assessment work during the summer of 2018. From an educational perspective, Melzer said, she wanted to get students involved from the beginning. This inspired her to design an experimental one-credit course where students could apply their knowledge out in the field.
"I saw this as an opportunity to broaden their perspective and within the scope of the class take a project from start to finish," she added. "It brought the real world into the classroom."
Over the course of two short trips to Dinosaur National Monument, more than 20 undergraduate and graduate students from CSU and the University of Wyoming divided into groups and found all 45 sampling locations in the monument. They were accompanied by soil scientists and park staff who provided mentorship for digging soil pits and direction for collecting samples in archaeologically sensitive areas.
Students analyzed their data back on campus and presented findings to Spaak and Spencer. They also shared this data with Jablonski for inclusion in the greater Dinosaur National Monument rangeland assessment study.
Photo credits from left: Karen Vaughan, University of Wyoming; Kari Sever, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; Ryan Schroeder
The connections this single project has established between students, researchers, faculty and alumni show the collaborative nature of large-scale management initiatives. Individuals at all levels of stewardship have something to bring to this rangeland table.
"We're not even under one college or university," Melzer said. "This project is unique in the fact that it crosses so many disciplines as well as professional and academic levels. It truly represents the realities we face in management and research."
The story isn't finished. Melzer continued her experimental soils course in partnership with the University of Wyoming in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park this past summer, and she hopes to make it a permanent fixture in CSU's course catalog. Jablonski will complete analysis of the rangeland assessment and add his own computer modeling expertise to simulate cattle behavior on the grazing allotments. Tim Covino of CSU's Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory will evaluate the hydrologic assessments that will add the final piece to Dinosaur National Monument's IIRH.
Looking back, Spaak said he sees how his CSU journey has come full circle. For younger stewards in rangeland and natural resources-related disciplines, he offers one piece of advice that helped him tap into all the connections and knowledge he brought with him since graduating.
"Get involved and talk with faculty and agency staff. Find the route you would like to take and do as many different things as you can while you are at CSU," he said. "Find what you like to do on a daily basis. When it's fun, it doesn't feel too much like work."
This project includes partnerships between the National Park Service, Colorado State University, University of Wyoming and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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Dopo aver terminato la scuola consueto, Georges Guillain iniziò lo studio della medicina nella sua città natale, ma dopo due anni si trasferì a Parigi dove riceve la sua formazione clinica presso diversi ospedali. Ben presto si interessò alla neurologia e il suo primo lavoro scientifico, del 1898, riguarda le lesioni del plesso brachiale. Ha conseguito il dottorato in medicina a Parigi nel 1902.

Divenne chef de clinique per le malattie nervosa ed è stato agrégé nel 1910. Dopo la guerra ha servito presso l'ospedale Charité fino a quando la sua carriera è stata coronata con la cattedra di neurologia presso il famoso ospedale Salpêtrière a Parigi nel 1923. Ha tenuto questa posizione fino al suo pensionamento avvenuto nel 1947.

Guillain era uno scrittore impegnato. Nel 1920, con il suo amico Jean Barré, ha pubblicato un lavoro sull'esperienza clinica durante la guerra. Al suo nome  e a quello dell'amico è associata la sindrome di Guillain-Barré, una radicolo-polinevrite acuta che si manifesta con paralisi progressiva degli arti.

A Guillain nel 1949 fu conferita la Legion d'onore, inoltre ha fatto parte di diverse accademie scientifiche francesi, americane e anche giapponesi.

Onorificenze

Onorificenze francesi

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni


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Grace wears her diamond tiara for a gala performance in Paris, April 1967 (Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Today's spotlight sparkler belonged to an American actress who married a prince -- no, not that one! This classic diamond tiara resided in the jewelry box of Princess Grace of Monaco.
Grace wears her diamond tiara for the Bal de Petit Lits Blancs in Monaco, July 1966 (Keystone Pictures USA/Zuma Press/Alamy)
Although Princess Grace wore a number of tiaras during her lifetime, many of them were likely loans. The two most prominent sparklers in her own jewelry box were the convertible diamond and ruby tiara given to her by the Société des Bains de Mer, and today's tiara, which the family apparently refers to simply as her "diamond tiara."
The name advertises the piece well. Although I don't believe the name of the tiara's maker has ever been released, various museum exhibitions have given us a clear picture of the sheer wattage of the thing. The sparkler may be small, but it has more than two hundred diamonds in its platinum setting: 214 "modern-cut diamonds" and 42 diamond baguettes. The gems are set in elements that resemble swags or festoons.
Grace wears the tiara during the 1961 state visit to Ireland
Grace began wearing this tiara in the early years of her marriage, and she selected it for some significant events, including a state visit to Ireland in 1961.
Caroline wears a tiara, possibly her mother's diamond tiara, as she dances at the ball held before her wedding to Philippe Junot in 1978
Some also believe that this is the tiara worn by Princess Caroline to the ball held before her wedding to Philippe Junot, and I tend to agree, though the photographs and videos of the event aren't particularly clear.
Grace wears her diamond tiara (and the ruby and diamond clips from the Bains de Mer Tiara) as she dances with the Aga Khan at the Bal de Petit Lits Blancs in Monaco, July 1966 (Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy)
The tiara is still a part of the princely collection in Monaco, and I can't figure out why none of the princesses have taken it out for a spin lately. Maybe the Grimaldi women are wary of donning pieces that have such strong associations with Princess Grace? (Or maybe Caroline hasn't wanted to wear a piece with clear associations to a previous wedding again?) Whatever the case, I'm hopeful that we'll see this one again on another member of the family -- perhaps Princess Charlene or (in quite a few years) Princess Gabriella?
Note: This is an updated post with new text and images.
Labels: Monaco , Saturday Sparkler , united states


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package com.ephemeraldreams.gallyshuttle.ui.util;

import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;

/**
 * {@link Bitmap} utility class.
 */
public final class BitmapUtils {

    private BitmapUtils() {
        // No instance.
    }

    /**
     * Decode and convert a {@link Drawable} to a {@link Bitmap}.
     *
     * @param drawable Drawable to decode.
     * @return Bitmap conversion.
     */
    public static Bitmap decodeDrawable(Drawable drawable) {
        Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(drawable.getIntrinsicWidth(), drawable.getIntrinsicHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
        Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
        drawable.setBounds(0, 0, canvas.getWidth(), canvas.getHeight());
        drawable.draw(canvas);
        return bitmap;
    }
}


How does one sit down and try to convince another woman that you would be the best choice of a mother for the little one that they are carrying? I've been sitting here staring at this word document for almost two hours and the words seemed almost stuck. Which is a new sensation for me, as a writer I almost never run out of words.
I suppose that the way to begin would be with simple facts. My husband and I have known each other since we were twelve, been together since we were sixteen, and have been married for sixteen years. That we have disagreements but strongly believe that no real argument had been settled by yelling or rage. In all our years we've never raised our voices at each other or our children. My husband graduated from Stanford, and I am a student working towards my Psychology degree with a minor in American Sign Language.  I would think that the next thing to write would be about our children. That Gabe is sixteen and amazingly kind, Hannah is almost twelve and incredibly sassy and sweet, and that Day is turning 3 and is in love with all things car and airplane.
However I think the answer is, in spite of all these facts and all this information, that you cannot convince someone who is making this incredibly hard, and unbelievably brave decision that they are making they right choice. I will however say this. I understand what it means to be adopted.
I was adopted at the age of twelve, it saved my life. I will also tell you that I, more then most, understand what it means to be family. Family isn't about blood ties. It isn't about who helped make you, who you're related to, who's face shape you have, or what color eyes you share with someone else. Family is about who wakes up for you when you cry, who's there to hold your hand when you take that first step, or pick you up when you fall off your bike.
The one thing that I can promise you is that I, my husband Aaron, our children, the people who we have around us, we will all make the choice that should you be willing to give us this incredible gift we will always know and remember that they were not given to us thoughtlessly. They will know we did not take that gift blindly. They will know that no matter what we will always and forever choose them.
I will close with this. The choice you are making is incredibly hard and no matter what may come, you are so incredibly brave.
If you would like to learn more about our family please call Little Angel Adoptions at (888) 281-8948.


I am trying to find out who is calling this method "getChildren" but it seems that "Find usages" and "hierarchy" functions are not working.
As for the Find Usages problem, it seems that you have your code duplicated in several folders, that's why Idea shows several function definitions. If you choose one of them, can you see usages?


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Study: Joe Biden Migration Plan Could Bring 52 Million Foreign Nationals to U.S.
Adam Schultz / Biden for President
John Binder
Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden's plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system could help bring an estimated 52 million foreign nationals to the United States, a study details.
Researchers with the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) analyzed Biden's immigration plan, revealing that through a series of amnesty, new visa programs, and increases to existing legal immigration levels, a potential 52 million foreign nationals could be added to the U.S. population.
Specifically, FAIR researchers project Biden's proposed amnesty for roughly 11 to 22 million illegal aliens currently in the U.S. would help balloon the rate at which foreign nationals can secure family-based visa categories known as "chain migration."
Chain migration allows newly naturalized citizens to bring an unlimited number of foreign relatives to the U.S. On average, FAIR researchers note, each new immigrant brings about 3.45 additional immigrants with them.
The amnesty, coupled with the chain migration impact, could result in an additional 43.3 million foreign nationals arriving in the U.S., FAIR researchers project — a doubling of the current foreign born population.
The FAIR analysis also projects Biden's plan to bring at least 2.4 million foreign nationals to the U.S. through a new city-request visa category, an increase in annual green cards, as well as more visas for foreign students and crime victims.
Every year, the U.S. admits about 1.2 million legal immigrants on green cards to permanently resettle in the country — 70 percent of which arrive as chain migrants. In addition, 1.4 million foreign workers are admitted every year to take American jobs. These totals do not include the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens who arrive annually, the majority of which are never deported.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter at @JxhnBinder.
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Delaware High Court Upholds Judgment Against Halliburton
Melanie TrottmanStaff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
Updated March 15, 2002 12:01 am ET
DALLAS -- In another setback to Halliburton Co. in its continuing asbestos-litigation woes, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed an earlier judgment that invalidated the company's primary insurance coverage on about 30,000 asbestos claims against its Brown & Root unit.
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Q: Unable to use ionic on new pc - cannot serve a blank project The disk on my computer was recently corrupted. I had to get it replaced. After replacing I have been having some serious problems reinstalling ionic.
after reinstalling node.js - 13.7.0
then in cmd after running
 npm install -g ionic

I get the following warning but seems to install ok.
 npm WARN deprecated superagent@4.1.0: Please note that v5.0.1+ of superagent removes User-Agent
  header by default, therefore you may need to add it yourself (e.g. GitHub blocks requests without a
 User-
  Agent header).  This notice will go away with v5.0.2+ once it is released.
  C:\Users\stephen\ionic -> C:\Users\stephen\node_modules\ionic\bin\ionic
  + ionic@5.4.15
  added 247 packages from 154 contributors in 18.455s

I checked the version
 ionic version

returned 5.4.15 so installed fine
But after running
 ionic start

and run a blank project I get the following error.
 npm WARN karma-jasmine-html-reporter@1.5.1 requires a peer of jasmine-core@>=3.5 but none is
 installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
 npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.11 (node_modules\webpack-
 dev-server\node_modules\fsevents):npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY:
 Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.11: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current:
 {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})
 npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.11
 (node_modules\watchpack\node_modules\fsevents):
 npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.11:
 wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})
 npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.11
 (node_modules\karma\node_modules\fsevents):
 npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.11:
 wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})
 npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.11
 (node_modules\@angular\compiler-cli\node_modules\fsevents):
 npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.11:
 wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})
 npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@2.1.2 (node_modules\fsevents):
 npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@2.1.2:
 wanted
 {  "os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})

 npm ERR! code EEXIST
 npm ERR! path C:\Users\stephen\test3\node_modules\browserslist\cli.js
 npm ERR! dest C:\Users\stephen\test3\browserslist
 npm ERR! EEXIST: file already exists, cmd shim
'C:\Users\stephen\test3\node_modules\browserslist\cli.js'
 ->
'C:\Users\stephen\test3\browserslist'
npm ERR! File exists: C:\Users\stephen\test3\browserslist
npm ERR! Remove the existing file and try again, or run npm
npm ERR! with --force to overwrite files recklessly.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\stephen\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-01-31T11_10_22_715Z-
debug.log
[ERROR] An error occurred while running subprocess npm.

It does create the blank project, but I attempt to serve it I get the following error:
 ionic : The term 'ionic' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
 operable program.
 Check the spelling of the name, or if a
 path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
 At line:1 char:1
 + ionic serve
 + ~~~~~
 + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (ionic:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
 + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

I see they have updated to ionic 5 which I am guessing is the issue. How can I install ionic 4???

A: You should follow the official guide here and install using npm install -g @ionic/cli and not just npm install -g ionic

A: The problem arose because I had ionic files saved on my desktop, pre ionic install.
I uninstalled ionic, and node.js. moved all files to a external hard drive and shutdown my pc.
Rebooted my computer, re-installed node.js and ionic.


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Q: Can I make two subclasses with methods returning each others' types? I have two classes with methods that return each other:
class City {

  (...)

  mayor(): Person {
    return this.people[0];
  }
}

class Person {

  (...)

  birthCity(): City {
    return this.cities.birth;
  }
}

I want to have a mutable and immutable version of each class. The return values would be updated so mutables return mutables and immutables return immutables, e.g.:
class MutableCity {

  (...)

  mayor(): MutablePerson {
    return this.people[0];
  }

  // new methods here for mutating things
}

class ImmutableCity {

  (...)

  mayor(): ImmutablePerson {
    return this.people[0];
  }
}

And similarly for Person.
My plan was to write a generic abstract class for both City and Person, and have the mutable and immutable classes inherit from them, allowing them to specify which type they'll return using a type arg:
class AbstractCity<PersonType extends AbstractPerson> {

    readonly people: PersonType[];

    constructor(startingPeople: PersonType[]) {
        this.people = startingPeople;
    }

    mayor(): PersonType {
        return this.people[0];
    }
}

class ImmutableCity extends AbstractCity<ImmutablePerson> {}

class MutableCity extends AbstractCity<MutablePerson> {
    electNewbornInfant() { // extension example
        this.people.unshift(
            new MutablePerson(this)
        );
    }
}

class AbstractPerson<CityType extends AbstractCity> {

    readonly cities: {
        birth: CityType,
        favorite?: CityType,
    };

    constructor(birthCity: CityType) {
        this.cities = {
            birth: birthCity
        };
    }

    birthCity(): CityType {
        return this.cities.birth;
    }
}

class ImmutablePerson extends AbstractPerson<ImmutableCity> {}

class MutablePerson extends AbstractPerson<MutableCity> {
    chooseFavorite(favoriteCity: MutableCity) {
        this.cities.favorite = favoriteCity;
    }
}

But the abstract classes both need each other as type args:
Generic type 'AbstractCity<PersonType>' requires 1 type argument(s).ts(2314)
Generic type 'AbstractPerson<CityType>' requires 1 type argument(s).ts(2314)

And I can't nest type args infinitely:
class AbstractCity<
  PersonType extends AbstractPerson<
    CityType extends AbstractCity<
      PersonType extends AbstractPerson<
        CityType extends AbstractCity<
          (etc.)
        >
      >
    >
  >
>

How can I get these types to rely on each other? Or how else can I solve the problem?
Solutions I've considered but don't work/I don't like:

*

*Instead of AbstractCity<PersonType extends AbstractPerson> I could just do AbstractCity<PersonType>. But then the type system doesn't know what methods I can call on PersonType.

*I could just rewrite the methods in each mutable/immutable class with different return types, but I don't want the read-only methods duplicated.

Note: the classes also have methods that return their own type, and I'm able to get that to work using the polymorphic this instead of generics.

A: TypeScript allows you to write recursively bounded generics such as
class Foo<F extends Foo<F>> { f?: F }

or mutually-recursive generics like either
class Foo<F extends Foo<F, B>, B extends Bar<F, B>> { f?: F; b?: B }
class Bar<F extends Foo<F, B>, B extends Bar<F, B>> { f?: F; b?: B }

or
class Foo<B extends Bar<Foo<B>>> { f?: Foo<B>; b?: B; }
class Bar<F extends Foo<Bar<F>>> { f?: F; b?: Bar<F>; }

depending on how much granularity you need in the typings.  These types can sometimes be tricky to deal with, but you should at least be able to define them.  In your example you could either write it like this:
class AbstractCity<P extends AbstractPerson<AbstractCity<P>>> {
  readonly people: P[];

  constructor(startingPeople: P[]) {
    this.people = startingPeople;
  }

  mayor(): P {
    return this.people[0];
  }
}

class ImmutableCity extends AbstractCity<ImmutablePerson> { }
class MutableCity extends AbstractCity<MutablePerson> {
  electNewbornInfant() {
    this.people.unshift(new MutablePerson(this));
  }
}

class AbstractPerson<C extends AbstractCity<AbstractPerson<C>>> {
  readonly cities: {
    birth: C;
    favorite?: C;
  };

  constructor(birthCity: C) {
    this.cities = {
      birth: birthCity
    };
  }

  birthCity(): C {
    return this.cities.birth;
  }
}

class ImmutablePerson extends AbstractPerson<ImmutableCity> { }
class MutablePerson extends AbstractPerson<MutableCity> {
  chooseFavorite(favoriteCity: MutableCity) {
    this.cities.favorite = favoriteCity;
  }
}

Or possibly like this:
class AbstractCity<C extends AbstractCity<C, P>, P extends AbstractPerson<C, P>> {
  readonly people: P[];

  constructor(startingPeople: P[]) {
    this.people = startingPeople;
  }

  mayor(): P {
    return this.people[0];
  }
}

class ImmutableCity extends AbstractCity<ImmutableCity, ImmutablePerson> { }
class MutableCity extends AbstractCity<MutableCity, MutablePerson> {
  electNewbornInfant() {
    this.people.unshift(new MutablePerson(this));
  }
}

class AbstractPerson<C extends AbstractCity<C, P>, P extends AbstractPerson<C, P>> {
  readonly cities: {
    birth: C;
    favorite?: C;
  };

  constructor(birthCity: C) {
    this.cities = {
      birth: birthCity
    };
  }

  birthCity(): C {
    return this.cities.birth;
  }
}

class ImmutablePerson extends AbstractPerson<ImmutableCity, ImmutablePerson> { }
class MutablePerson extends AbstractPerson<MutableCity, MutablePerson> {
  chooseFavorite(favoriteCity: MutableCity) {
    this.cities.favorite = favoriteCity;
  }
}

which both compile as-is, although again, you might run into other bootstapping issues...  especially for anything you actually want to be immutable, but I'll consider that out of scope for the question as asked.
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The French have earned a reputation as ranking among the top of the romantics. Paris is the thought of as the city of love, after all. But you might be surprised to learn that when it comes to Valentine's Day, they're decidedly low-key. "I think that in France, people keep Valentine's Day casual and easy. It's less formal than in the U.S.," says Evelyne Chétrite, founder and artistic director of Sandro Femme. Still, she notes that for the French, it's still a chance to do a little something special.
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The Concert Truck is a mobile music venue that strengthens communities by redefining the concert experience and making live music accessible to all. It engages diverse communities and audiences nationwide with thoughtful, timely programming, and works with arts organizations of all sizes to build a critical presence in their communities.
Impassioned by their love for music and belief in its emotional power, pianists Nick Luby and Susan Zhang converted a 16-foot box truck into a fully functioning mobile concert hall, complete with lights, sound system, and piano. Since then, The Concert Truck has toured across the country, presenting concerts in city streets, music and arts festivals, schools, neighborhoods, parks… anywhere you can think to park a truck. Nick, Susan, and the Truck have been featured by Voice of America – VOA, Minnesota Public Radio, the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, WYPR Maryland, and many local TV news stations and online publications and syndicates. Upcoming performances this summer include Aspen Music Festival and the Virginia Arts Festival.
In addition to sharing original programming with local communities, The Concert Truck strengthens relationships between arts organizations and the communities they serve. In the Fall 2020 season, The Concert Truck partnered with The Kennedy Center's Washington National Opera, University of South Carolina, Southeastern Piano Festival, and Dallas Symphony Orchestra to deliver great music to their local communities. Additionally, The Concert Truck created an online children's show in partnership with the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival that has been presented to over 40,000 students in North Carolina schools. Other past presenters include Minnesota Public Radio and the Smithsonian.
The Concert Truck launched in April 2016, giving eight performances in five days throughout the city of Columbia, SC. It has received awards, fellowships, and grants for social innovation and creativity in music.
NICK LUBY
Nick Luby is an artist who breaks boundaries and challenges the status quo. He has won prizes in numerous competitions, most recently the 2019 Prix Ravel, and has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe. A Chapel Hill native, Nick holds the Graduate Certificate in Performance from the University of South Carolina, an MM in Piano Performance from the University of Michigan, and a BA with honors in Music and Philosophy from Wesleyan University. Nick also maintains a successful teaching studio in Baltimore. His students have won international competitions, and he has been a featured guest artist at the Southeastern Piano Festival and University of Northern Iowa's Exploring Chamber Music Festival.
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Acclaimed as a pianist with "astounding musical authority" (Columbia Free Times), Susan Zhang made her orchestral debut at the age of twelve with the Augusta Symphony. She has performed in Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, the Woodruff Arts Center, Pianofest in the Hamptons, Burgos International Music Festival, the Southeastern Piano Festival, and Brevard Music Center, among other venues and festivals worldwide. Susan has won prizes in competitions including the Thousand Islands Chopin Competition, the Burgos International Music Festival Competition, and the Arthur Fraser International Piano Competition. Passionate about sharing music with the next generation, Susan has written, directed, and performed in live and pre-recorded musical productions for children that have been presented across the Southeast. She is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Peabody Conservatory, and the University of South Carolina. Susan currently serves on faculty at the Peabody Conservatory.
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Of program this is beneficial when used to travel far away since it does not need to have frequent gasoline articles. In other phrases the energy of roaming can be further away. We are sorry, for spec we can not existing totally due to the fact of AHM can not offer full spec PCX 2018. in this case energy (power) and torque.
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Who wins Presidents Cup 2021?
U.S.A. 1.30 1.30
Internationals 4.35 4.35
Tie 15.00 15.00
The President's Cup 2021
The President Cup takes place biennially, every even year. It is the same as the Ryder Cup but here in the President's cup, the American team competes against the world team instead of Europe; Europe plays against USA in the Ryder cup. The format is match play and where twelve – 8 playing and 4 non-playing - player of each side compete against each other, same like the Ryder Cup, there is no prize money for the participants both the matches are charity events and all the money generated by the match is donated to the charity organizations nominated by the players. Every edition is held alternately in the USA and member countries of the world team.


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Spanish Speaking Countries
This list contains Spanish speaking countries - listing the top ten countries where Spanish is spoken and where Spanish is an official and national language in that country.
For instance it is interesting that Spain is not actually the country with the most Spanish speakers even on this definition. Read the list to see what is! And it's not Mexico - Spanish is not an official language there although it has by far the most Spanish speakers of any country in the world.
List of Spanish Speaking Countries
With around 46 million speakers of Spanish, this is the country with the most Spanish speakers
Around the 41 million mark, the country that gave the world Spanish (or the Spanish speaking world anyway) actually contains the second most speakers of the language
Around 30 million
Around 27 million Spanish speakers here
15 million Ecuadorians speak Spanish Note that countries like Argentina and Chile that have more are not listed as Spanish is not an official language in those countries
13 million Guatemalans speak Spanish
(7) Cuba
11 million Cubans do
(8) Bolivia
10 million Bolivians
8 million Honduras
Last on the list is El Salvador, with around 7 million Spanish speakers
Lists > Languages > Spanish
My Best Ones


To celebrate its 20th anniversary, designers and artists have designed posters representing what Comic Sans means to them. Do they love it or hate it? What would the world be like without the font we all love to hate? The results are both diverse and intriguing and challenge how we look at this divisive font. "Comic Sans for Cancer" – an exhibition with 200+ posters inspired by the 20th anniversary of Comic Sans (the font we all love to hate) with proceeds going to Cancer Research UK is curated by Chris Flack, Renee Quigley and Soapbox & Sons.


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Wizardry Gold
Wizardry Gold is an updated version of Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant featuring new graphics, an automap feature and digital speech for narration.
Windowboxed
Monday, 1 January, 1996
Windows Version 1.1b
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Wizardry Gold always runs windowed; the window can be resized or maximized to fit the screen but the actual gameplay area inside the window is always windowboxed 640x400 as are the FMV cutscenes. The closest to widescreen support possible with this version is setting WIZARD.EXE to run in 640x480 compatibility mode so it fits the screen better.
The GOG.com and Steam releases also include the original DOS game, Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant; it runs in fullscreen 640x480 under DOSBox but it lacks the Wizardry Gold changes.
Submitted by Garrett on 27 August, 2013 - 08:22
Updated by Delphium on 4 January, 2014 - 23:03


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REDCAT: Barbara Hammer: Making Movies Out of Sex and Life
REDCAT Theater
631 W. 2nd St.
Hosted by: REDCAT
Barbara Hammer will be in attendance to present two of her recent movies: Generations (2010) and A Horse Is Not a Metaphor (2009). Both films run about a half-hour each.
With a filmmaking career that spans over 40 years, Hammer is a true pioneer of queer cinema and is still going strong making films and recently writing her autobiography HAMMER! Making Movies Out of Sex and Life.
As an ovarian cancer survivor — or a cancer "thriver" as she likes to call herself — Hammer made A Horse Is Not a Metaphor about her intense chemotherapy treatments. The film is a return to her experimental filmmaking roots and features bold images of herself aligning with the freedom and power of the animal spirit. Her official website describes the film as such:
'Survivor' has never seemed to me to be the right word for a person who lives with cancer. I would choose a word that signifies flourishing, a sense of well being, exaltation and love of life. The horse is not a metaphor, but a living, breathing creature of power and pride that I join with in moment-by-moment living. Let me share it with others who face the same life challenges I face. Let me show this film.
Generations is a collaborative film made with Gina Carducci, in which the two use a 16mm Bolex camera to document the last days of Coney Island's Astroland amusement park, which closed on Sept. 7, 2008. Carducci wrote a nice essay about the genesis and production of the film for the journal Films for the Feminist Classroom. The film was also inspired by Shirley Clarke's classic 1958 experimental film Bridges-Go-Round.
Tonight's event was curated by Steve Anker and Bérénice Reynaud.
Read more about the filmmakers on their official websites: Barbara Hammer and Gina Carducci.
Watch Hammer on stage at the British Film Institute back in March 2010:
Barbara Hammer | Redcat | Screenings: Los Angeles | Shirley Clarke
The (Almost) Trial of Shirley Clarke
Shirley Clarke and Storm De Hirsch: Excerpts From A Conversation, 1968


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