I've held the opinion for years that top athletes need to be driven to be where they are. I know, it's not exactly news, but bear with me. I read an article a few years back on the 10,000 hours theory, that to be a genius you need to have put in at least 10,000 hours of effort into your chosen subject / sport. This applies just as much to the likes of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs who grew up tapping away at keyboards and getting to grips with early computers from the motherboard upwards, as it does to somebody like Michael Jordan who's singlehandedly snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in more basketball matches in the dying seconds than anybody else. It was an eye opener of a an article t the time, casting a large dose of doubt on the fact that the people at the top of their game were simply born with an innate talent, and arguing that that talent is present to some degree in everybody, but needs to be combined with incredibly hard work and also some luck to be in the right place at the right time.
I know a good deal of people who are semi or fully professional sportspeople. Although they are without fail nice, down to earth people, they share a common characteristic, and that is one of drive. Over the years the drive barely wavers. I've always considered myself a climber and, I think, always will. However the last time I climbed was on Nov 22nd last year. I know this because it was my birthday boulder. I've spent my free time of late running and cycling. Those at the top of their sport can't afford such luxuries unless a little cross training is beneficial to their main pursuit. Also necessary are a good dose of early nights, strict diets and the turning down of social invitations. All things that also aren't for me, but are essential to succeed.
Relationships are something else which can suffer, or at least be put under strain by a single minded individual. I am often amazed that some folk (and I'm not necessarily talking about my mates here!) have been lucky enough to find the right person to put up with them and even to support them in their goals. I've watched a good few films now where a widow is interviewed and sadly says 'well he died doing what he loved'. I usually wince at that point. Don't get me wrong, I am all for living a full life full of calculated risks, but to me there is a line, and that line becomes that much cleared when family is involved.
I watched a film last night that blew my preconceived ideas of the level of obsession that some people live under out of the water. I'd heard of the TT Races on the Isle Of Man, but must admit that I didn't know much about them. It turns out that they are probably the most famous and sought after set of motorbike races in the world. The reason? Because they are so dangerous. Since they started in 1905 nearly 250 people have died during the races. Watching the film it's very clear why: the races themselves are clearly incredibly dangerous with bikes reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour on open country roads in in villages and towns, but more importantly, it's because of the racers themselves. During the course of the film a dozen or so riders are interviewed and each and every one of them seems to have not only accepted the dangers, but also totally accepted the fact that there is a good chance that they will die whilst racing. Now climbing and mountaineering is a risky sport and a fair few folk die each year, but the TT races are on a whole different level. Listening to the families being interviewed, the widow getting on with life and teaching her sons to race motorbikes, I was left speechless by the level of obsession that these guys have, and instil in those around them. Take the guy who makes a load of the engines for the bikes for example – he compares himself to a drug dealer supplying the drugs that he knows will kill people, but he continues to do so. It's a fascinating film and one I would urge anybody to watch.


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David N. Cicilline listened as speaker after speaker touted his achievements as mayor and credited him with "turning the page" from darkness and corruption in Providence City Hall to diversity, inclusivity, transparency and fiscal responsibility.
PROVIDENCE — David N. Cicilline listened as speaker after speaker touted his achievements as mayor and credited him with "turning the page" from darkness and corruption in Providence City Hall to diversity, inclusivity, transparency and fiscal responsibility.
"It was like going to my own funeral," he said before and after the ceremony Sunday to unveil the portrait that will hang in City Hall with the portraits of all but two of the mayors of Providence since 1832.
John J. McConnell Jr., a federal judge who was on the portrait committee, welcomed the more than 200 people in the council chamber to watch the unveiling. As master of ceremonies, he introduced the dignitaries and some of the highlights from U.S. Rep. Cicilline's two terms as mayor, from 2003 to 2011.
He "led the good city of Providence out of the darkness" of corruption, McConnell began. "Providence saw its first new downtown building in 15 years," when GTECH, now IGT, built its headquarters. He brought jobs, imposed fiscal responsibility, raised the bond rating to all A's, fully funded the pension obligation, overturned a corrupt police department, enjoyed the lowest rate of violent crime in generations, grew the arts economy, helped establish the Downtown Improvement District, worked with the Nonviolence Institute and saved the branch libraries, McConnell said.
She said "Providence blossomed" under his leadership. He proved that a leader can be fiscally responsible, business-friendly and socially responsible.
Mayor Jorge O. Elorza told him that as he grew up on Cranston Street in Providence, he learned that "if you wanted anything done in Providence, you had to know a guy." But Cicilline, he said, brought more people into City Hall and "made them feel they had a voice in the city." He said Cicilline called him to the mayor's office "out of the blue" for a conversation, then appointed him as a Housing Court judge. Angel Taveras, who succeeded Cicilline as mayor, was also chosen by Cicilline for the Housing Court.
"I would not be here," Elorza said, if Cicilline had operated City Hall only for the privileged or connected.
Hillary Salmons, executive director of the Providence After School Alliance, which has become a model for such programs around the country, said Cicilline came to every meeting as the alliance was being formed, and he didn't leave early.
H. Phillip West Jr., former director of Common Cause RI, spoke of Cicilline's courage in the state legislature in 1985 when he "brought incredible wrath down upon his head" by attacking "the very core of corruption." He and a small group of other legislators filed bills ensuring a separation of powers in state government.
West noted that this month is the 20th anniversary of Operation Plunder Dome, when then-Mayor Vincent A. "Buddy" Cianci was indicted on federal charges. He was convicted of racketeering conspiracy for running a criminal enterprise from City Hall and vacated the office to serve a 64-month term in federal prison.
Cicilline, who had met with Patiño often to talk about his administration, is pictured in one of the neighborhoods, standing on Broad Street, with the Providence skyline in the background. Blue skies, sunshine, a leafy boulevard on a pleasant day are Cicilline's fresh air backdrop, instead of the ornate darkness inside City Hall.
One building on the right was Cicilline's first mayoral campaign headquarters.
Asked how long it took him to paint the portrait, Patiño said: "It take all my life as a person, as a human." But really, three months. He said he left six months for the painting and its varnishes to dry properly. He made many sketches and several false tries. An X-ray, he said, would show Cicilline in several poses that he painted over.


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My name is Sophie Kubowicz. Thankyou for coming to join us at the workshop today. I wanted to have a word on disabilities with you to start from my point of view.
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disAbility Maternity Care is opening doors for people in this area by providing access to supportive Health and Service Providers, education. And also Events such as this October's Workshop.
I'm not a parent yet but I know my own journey through my mother's experience. This was in country New South Wales during the 1990's when life with disabilities had not been fully enlightened. Especially where I lived, which was hundreds of kilometers from anywhere. There was basic assistance, such as domestic cleaning which was a terrific help. This would be still a great help to a new or expectant Mum, especially who might have difficulty caring for her baby during pregnancy or after delivery. But no other support services.
There was a huge gap in any other assistances that would have been welcomed. Things such as Physio, Occupational and Speech Therapists plus Sibling care.
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I read through this article: https://css-tricks.com/learning-use-google-analytics-effectively-codepen/
It provides a basic explanation of how to add a dimension to GA. What I don't get is how to make line of code to add to my WordPress templates that will tell Google which users are logged in and which ones aren't.
If you can help, thank you!

A: The easiest way to do this is to populate the datalayer of your website with a boolean value (true or false) that determines whether someone is logged in or not. You can ask one of your devs to do this, but since you're using Wordpress there are quite some plugins that are able to do this (make sure you check the safety of these plugins).
After you've done that, you can now actually target these datalayer values in Google Tag Manager and create a custom dimension that you can in turn use for your filters and/or segments in Google Analytics. This guy explains it quite well on how to do this step by step.

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Dennis (fourth from left) presenting a prize to a winner in the event's 3R competition, while others look on.
MIRI, Oct 21: Telang Usan constituents should emulate Japan's culture of excellence in their daily lives in order to progress.
Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau said this during a Marudi District Council Community programme held in Long Lama, on Saturday.
He opined that the entire population of Telang Usan needed to start practising this culture to enable the constituency, especially Long Lama town and all nearby longhouses and settlements, to become an exciting and vibrant place to stay.
"A culture of excellence involves almost every little thing, from the way we live our own lives to living in a community," Dennis said.
He noted the Japanese have become the talk of the world for their high self-discipline and strong respect for others and their surroundings, compelling respect from visitors from all over the world and to follow the Japanese way of life while in Japan, including citizens from a country where this attitude may be a far cry from what is practised day-to-day.
Dennis said the local people cannot just leave it solely to the government departments and agencies to make their place of stay a place where their aspirations for a better quality of life, such as clean, peaceful and well-maintained surroundings with no crime and full of activities and progressive, come true.
"Without everyone's contribution, even how small it is, we will never make a difference to our town or longhouses," he emphasised.
Meanwhile, during the one-day Marudi District Council Community programme, various events were held, namely a 3R contest, colouring competition, fishing contest, and jogathon.


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Tags: tank, german, panzerkampfwagen, sd kfz 182, king tiger, heavy tank, vehicle, royal tiger, ww2.
The SdKfz 182 Tiger II, or King Tiger, needs no introduction; almost every model company has had a go at the ultimate German tank of World War II. Takom takes its swing at the famous behemoth and brings something great to the table: the first all-plastic kit to include a full interior and all of the engine components. A nice touch is the scale.
The German King Tiger Tank was introduced in early 1944 and was the most powerful tank during world war 2. With its powerful 88mm gun and an almost impenetrable front armor, it was one of the most feared weapons of world war 2. Up to the end of the war, the allies had not introduce any effective means to counter the threat.
The Tiger's powerful long range firepower and thick armour meant it was ideally suited to forming the spearhead of German attacks. Indeed this was the basis of the tactic known as the Panzerkeil, or Tank Wedge. It placed Tigers at the front of the attack, meaning they would endure the bulk of Soviet anti-tank firepower instead of the more vulnerable Panzer IIIs and IVs.
Project King Tiger: Project Gepard: Tank Drive Day Out: Tanks at the Bovington Tank Museum: Tanks at the Imperial War Museum: Modern MBTs: The World War II German Heavy (Tiger) Tank Battalions. The Tiger Tank was the most powerful armoured fighting vehicle when it was first introduced in 1942. Its 100mm thick frontal armour was impenetrable to all known anti-tank weapons of the time. It can.
While German tanks on the other hand had the capability of delivering that 1 shot tank kill, example in the tiger 2 article I think its like 3 tiger 2s get called in against 24 ISU-152s all 24 isu-152s get destroyed at the cost of 1-2 of the tiger 2s I think and yet the author: "soviet guns are better". if Russians had better anti tank guns in WW2 then in this day and age we would all have.
This Torro King Tiger Henschel Turret Metal Edition tank is available as an airsoft (BB) model and is RTR out of the box. This King Tiger features a two tone camo paint scheme and comes with a metal chassis, metal torsion bar suspension system, metal suspension arms, metal drive wheels, metal idler wheels, metal road wheels, metal idler wheel arms, metal track tension adjusters, metal.
Panzer VI Tiger I. Pzkpfw VI Tiger I (Ausf. E, Sdkfz 181) Typ: German heavy tank. History: As far back as 1938 the Wehrmacht had realized that the Panzer III and Panzer IV tank would need to get replaced by a modern-day model a while later on. Numerous prototypes were designed by a few German manufacturers, but none was put into manufacturing.
King Tiger 213 at La Gleize. The King Tiger was part of one of the SS spearheads to capture bridges across the river Meuse in 1944. Kampfgruppe Peiper was the name of the spearhead, this was an elite taskforce of Hitler, with 4.800 soldiers, 600 vehicles. A few of these vehicles were the at that time newest super heavy Tiger II, also known as King Tiger. This behemoth of 70 tonnes was most.
A more interesting question is the King Tiger versus the Soviet IS-2 Stalin tank. There are all sorts of conflicting data and opinions on this duel, though an encounter between IS-2s and King.
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Two American soldiers inspecting a destroyed German King Tiger tank and at the same time admiring the three beautiful passing girls. Photo taken near the village of Corenne, Belgium, 1944. The tank in the photo is Tiger II number 312, of the 3rd company 501 SS schwere Panzer Abteilung and 82nd Airborne Division troops. Most likely this tank ran.
The Tank Museum's King Tiger tank has been sent on loan to the Netherlands as the Museum re-develops its WW2 exhibitions. The Tiger II (Pre-Production), or King Tiger V2, is the only one of its kind in the world and is to be displayed at the Nationaal Militair Museum at Soesterberg in the Netherlands, until at least autumn 2020.
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The King Tiger tank was one of the most feared weapons of world war 2The German King Tiger Tank was introduced in early 1944 and was the most powerful tank during world war 2. With its powerful 88mm gun and an almost impenetrable front armor, it was one of the most feared weapons of world war 2.
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The ultimate development of German tank technology during WWII, the Tiger II or King Tiger was a 68 ton beast which introduced the latest development of the feared 88mm anti-tank gun, which was capable of knocking out any Allied tank at ranges approaching 3km. First used during the Battle of Normandy in the days following the Allied D-Day landings, the cost and complexity of these massive.
The King Tiger can survive more than a few hits. Even in a hopeless situation, if it's cornered, enemies will pay a high price. If this Tiger is king of its team, watch out! He'll be hard to stop! Even in a hopeless situation, if it's cornered, enemies will pay a high price.
A King Tiger needed a very good driver to get the best out of it. As with most German tanks, it was extremely well engineered but much too complicated and time consuming to build in the large numbers needed by the German Army. It was difficult to mass-produce unlike the Russian T34. Still, it was a good for us tank enthusiasts that they were.
A captured German Tiger I tank, 18 May 1943. A German Tiger I tank on its side in a ditch, north of Rome, and an American lorry in the background driving past. A soldier of 10th Durham Light Infantry digs in close to a knocked-out German Tiger tank at Rauray, 28 June 1944. Note in front of the tank a fallen German soldier. British troops and.
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King Tiger with Porsche turret, rear view. No earlier was the Tiger tank being produced than the decision was taken to build a much better equipped as well as armored model, particularly in order to withstand any kind of tank that the Russians might bring in later on. Once yet again Henschel and Porsche were ordered to create models. Porsche first created a vehicle depending on the earlier VK.


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Pfister EL, DiNardo N, Mondo E, et al. Artificial miRNAs reduce human mutant Huntington throughout the striatum in a transgenic sheep model of Huntington's disease. Hum Gene Ther 2018;29(6):663–673; doi: 10.1089/hum.2017.199 [insert article-specific DOI if available].
Herzog RW, Zolotukhin S, (eds). A Guide to Human Gene Therapy. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.: Singapore; 2010.
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Nicklin SA, Baker AH. Adenoviral Vectors. In: A Guide to Human Gene Therapy. (Herzog RW, Zolotukhin S. eds.) World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.: Singapore; 2010; pp. 21-36.
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Isaacson W. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race. Simon & Schuster: New York, NY; 2021.
Last name, first/middle initial(s) of author(s) [if available]. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. What is Gene Therapy? Silver Spring, MD; 2018. Available from: https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/cellular-gene-therapy-products/what-gene-therapy [Last accessed: month/date/year].
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I met Munger in my USC graduate school investment class & had the opportunity to ask him this important question, "If I could do one thing to make myself a better investment professional, what would it be?"
He answered, "Read history! Read history! Read history!"


At the time of writing this book, there remains strong speculation as to the future of IMT-Advanced networks. However, there are several strong indicators that the market has already sided with LTE and LTE-Advanced as the network of choice when it comes to evolving existing cellular infrastructures. For example, the GSA reports pre-commitments (trials) and commitments by 196 operators in 75 countries. GSA also reports, as of March 2011, the launch of almost 100 devices into the market, including 6 smart phones, 7 tables and 22 Modules. For WiMax, a commitment to mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e or 802.16-2009) comprises a commitment to the WirelessMAN-Advanced. Therefore, the above commitments noted by the WiMAX Forum, which include 150 deployments worldwide, stand as commitments to WiMAX's Advanced evolution. Most recently, Sprint has infused a 1 billion dollar investment into Clearwire (56% owned by Sprint), giving a strong thrust to Clearwire's WiMAX deployment . Such infusion has muted expectations of Clearwire's support for LTE as it did announce in 2010 LTE trials. Sprint's own success with its WiMAX deployment and its signature EVO smartphone is being viewed as an indicator for the potential success for 4G networks. The status for the supporting WiMAX devices, however, remains unclear.


Aisha is a published author, graphic designer, and illustrator. She is a born and raised New Yorker who first learned to draw at her mother's knee, and fell in love with the written word after her first taste of 'Green Eggs and Ham'. She picked up a pencil before she learned her ABCs, wrote a children's book at the age of nine, and hasn't looked back since. A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, Aisha prides herself on her unique style in all her endeavors and hopes to someday merge her love of all things fantasical and geeky with her love of illustration, writing, and graphic design.
In the mean time, Aisha draws whatever strikes her fancy, writes whatever nonsense invades her brain, and works on commissions and freelance jobs all while collecting languages and pretty boys (in her mind), playing mommy to two ridiculous cats, table-top gaming, and making some mean pancakes.
Aisha currently does cover art for Less Than Three Press. Find more of her work at: http://www.aisha-o.com/.


When I get caught up in finishing off one of my self-pubbed books, I tend to forget which day of the week it is so the meme I used today is very apropos. The good news is, NIGHT FIRE is live on Amazon and as all the other Nightrider books had come off Kindle Unlimited, I put them all back on. In late August, all the books come off at the same time and I'll probably go wide distribution with them. A lot will depend on royalty received between then and now. It's always a tightrope as to whether to go wide, loosing the pages-read funds. My wide sales aren't really as good as what I make on Amazon. *shrug* This is one reason I'm slowly doing the compendium volumes of the Moonstruck books. I can take those wide while leaving the individual novellas, under different ISBN numbers, enrolled in KU.
Okay, enough business. Reading…or in my case lately, listening. I paused in my re-listen of Nalini Singh's Psy-Changeling series because two books I've been waiting for both released on the last day of May. Figures, right? 😆 Anyway, I did a quick listen to Ilona Andrews' BURN FOR ME then rolled over to WHITE HOT, book 2 in the Hidden Legacy series. The 2nd book was total awesomesauce! Then it was Christine Feehan's SHADOW RIDER listen as a refresher and now I'm listening to SHADOW REAPER. I'm liking it better the first one. There are a few irritations both books share, but the stories and characters are interesting enough to keep me from more than the occasional roll of eyes. Next up? Back to the Psy-Changelings because SILVER SILENCE comes out later this month. Yay!
TV/Sports: Because here lately, they are one and the same. Regular TV hasn't much held my attention and even when I sort through what I have on the DVR? Yeah…not even NCIS calls to me. This makes me have a big ol' sad, let me tell you! But in the long run, that's okay. I've always been a reader and lived in my head/imagination so as long as I have books, I'm happy. My Cards are running hot and cold which makes me have a sad. I've also been glued to the Women's College World Series. The finals are today. It's a battle between top-seeded Florida and defending national champs, #10 Oklahoma. Go Big Red!
Writing swings back to contemporary this week. I'm stepping out of the dark with my Wolves and heading to Nashville to work on the misadventures of Tucker and Zoe. It's kind of a madcap adventure for our two mismatched lovers. Upcoming projects include another book in Susan Stoker's Special Forces world and Roman's story this fall.
That's it for my round-up. What' about y'all? How was your weekend? What's on tap for your week?
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Agreed on Feehan's book. But still waiting on the Russian's story, particulatly as you made him almost human in your recent book. Just can't wait!
Night Fire is made of awesome. Jus' sayin'. I totally inhaled it yesterday. Loved Smoke and Leigh. Yep, sports. That's something we can watch without major irritation. (I mean other than, 'OMG, he walked another one :facepalm:' LOL) We also discovered two new channels – AWE and OAN. AWE is for rich people – mansions, yachts, island retreats. Their tagline is 'A wealth of entertainment'. OAN is a new news channel – One America News Network. All news, all the time with no spin and no hype. Very refreshing. I think the two channels might be affiliated with each other, but I'm not sure.


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This New Trailer Featuring Misty Copeland Has Us Counting Down the Days Till "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" Hits Theaters
Misty Copeland as the Ballerina Princess in The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. Photo Courtesy Disney.
It's August—the sun is shining, summer intensives are winding down, and Nutcracker seems very far away. But this new trailer for Disney's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is already getting us in the holiday mood. While this modern take on classic holiday story, in theaters November 2, is not a dance film, it does include mega-stars Misty Copeland and Sergei Polunin as the Ballerina Princess and Nutcracker Prince.
It's August—the sun is shining, summer intensives are winding down, and Nutcracker seems very far away. But this new trailer for Disney's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is already getting us in the holiday mood. While this modern take on the classic holiday story, in theaters November 2, is not a dance film, it does include mega-stars Misty Copeland and Sergei Polunin as the Ballerina Princess and Nutcracker Prince.
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James Whiteside and Misa Kuranaga. Photo via Instagram.
Last week you might have seen Instagram light up with photos of American Ballet Theatre's James Whiteside and Boston Ballet's Misa Kuranaga dancing a Beauty and the Beast pas de deux for Disney Japan in Tokyo. When we realized that Whiteside had also choreographed the piece, we wanted to know how this Disney/ballet crossover came to be. We caught up with Whiteside to get all the details.
What's this pas de deux for? Where will it be released?
The pas de deux will be a bonus feature on a Japanese exclusive DVD and Blu Ray release of a new series called Disney Ballet Mousercise. It's essentially a ballet lesson series that uses well-loved Disney characters and songs. It will only be available in Japan, but I'm hoping it ends up online at some point!
Misa Kuranaga 倉永美沙 on Instagram: "Hello Tokyo🇯🇵 Hopped off the plane and went straight to rehearsing with my favorite @jamesbwhiteside @kosuke_apollon 東京に到着しリハーサルに直行!#ballet…"
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Misty Copeland Joins Disney's Nutcracker Film
Just when we think Misty Copeland has done it all (how many dancers can say they have their own Barbie doll?), she surprises us with another exciting project. The American Ballet Theatre principal is set to star in Disney's new live-action Nutcracker film as the lead ballerina. She announced her involvement in the project on Instagram earlier this week.
Though this isn't her first time on the big screen, it's still relatively new terrain for the superstar dancer. The movie, called The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, is based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's classic story, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (the ballet we all know and love is also based on that story), and will be directed by Lasse Hallström.
We don't have many details yet, and it's unclear how much dancing there will actually be (Vanity Fair reports that Copeland will "appear in the movie's only dance sequence"), but we're sure Copeland will bring magic to her role no matter what. After all, who knows The Nutcracker better than a real ballerina?
No word yet on when the film comes out, but until then, Copeland has plenty to keep her busy. Aside from her ABT schedule, she recently appeared in a gorgeous feature in Cosmopolitan, and is releasing her own dancewear line, Égal Dance, this summer.
For more news on all things ballet, don't miss a single issue.


The United Kingdom is Europe's second largest video game market and the fifth largest in the world. Almost all videogames developers now implement techniques that are designed to protect and enforce copyright law. This restrictive technology is now beginning to hamper the ability of gaming companies to innovate by imposing platform boundaries and these measures now appear to also be problematic to the game development lifecycle. The roots of this complex problem are grounded in several disciplines including copyright law, cyber security, and creative technology. This restrictive technology can prevent you from copying certain CDs or DVDs to a portable device to watch during your train journey or even go as far as to dictate which brand of coffee capsules you put in your expresso machine.
This is Digital Rights Management (DRM).
The Madrigal project has been awarded a Fusion Investment Fund to investigate, identify and communicate how game developers make sense of DRM technology when developing video games. At present virtually no empirical research exists on how much videogame developers really know about the relationship between DRM and copyright law in terms of boundaries to DRM implementation, or on their real expectations from currently available DRM technology. Do they really understand it? Do they like it? Do they implement it regularly? Do they respect the boundaries? Is DRM legal? Other pressing issues that need addressing include, does DRM really stifle competition? After all the developers are protected by copyright law, but where do the issues with DRM really lie?
These questions surrounding the issue of DRM have gained more coverage recently thanks to the Apple trial. In which Apple was accused of anti-competitive behaviour because it refused to disclose its DRM to competitors. The collection of this entirely new data on the complexities of DRM will form part of the basis for a wider-reaching research project involving not only legal and IT scholars at BU but also international academic and industry partners. With its research expertise in copyright law innovation, usable security research, and game development, and its institutional drive for fusion across inter-disciplinary research, education, and professional practice, BU is uniquely situated to start tackling this problem.
If you would like further information on this research feel free to contact us or to tweet us. We look forward to any feedback. Also, if you are interested, keep tuned, as we will tell you what we learned from our experience at the end of the project (July 2015).
SPARC is The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication.
It is unlikely that you would knowingly keep your research from a readership that could benefit from it, but signing a restrictive publication agreement limits your scholarly universe and lessens your impact as an author.
Why? According to the traditional publication agreement, all rights —including copyright — go to the journal. You probably want to include sections of your article in later works. You might want to give copies to your class or distribute it among colleagues. And you are likely to want to place it on your staff profile page and in BU's institutional repository (BURO, especially as this is now a requirement for the next REF exercise – see this post for further information). These are all ways to give your research wide exposure and fulfill your goals as a scholar, but they are inhibited by the traditional agreement. If you sign on the publisher's dotted line, is there any way to retain these critical rights?
Yes. The SPARC Author Addendum is a legal instrument that modifies the publisher's agreement and allows you to keep key rights to your articles. The Author Addendum is a free resource developed by SPARC in partnership with Creative Commons and Science Commons, established non-profit organizations that offer a range of copyright options for many different creative endeavors.
Have you got any experience of using this to negotiate your rights as an author with publishers? Share your experiences by contributing to the Research Blog!
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How I can participate if I cannot attend?
The event will be complemented by digital interaction which will include an effective micro-blogging infrastructure to encourage participation and dissemination of information for those who are unable to attend. There will also be write-ups following the Workshop detailing the events of the day.
If I am unable to attend, can I ask questions on the day from the expert panel?
There will be an opportunity for chosen 'virtual questions' to be raised and answered at the event, which in turn will be published on Twitter. The tweets on the day will be captured on Storify which will be made available on the CIPPM website http://www.cippm.org.uk/ following the event.
Dr. Dinusha Mendis, Senior Lecturer in Law and Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Policy and Management http://www.cippm.org.uk/ of the Business School presented papers on digital copyright and parody at the 103rd Annual Society of Legal Scholars Conference at the University of Bristol which was held from 11-14 September 2012. Dr. Mendis presented a third paper on the Intellectual Property Implications of 3D Printing at the VII Gikii Conference, at UEA London Campus, London which was held on 17-18 September 2012.
The papers are a reflection of the recent research carried out by Dr. Mendis into online infringement of copyright, with particular focus on the Digital Economy Act 2010, which advocates a 'three-strikes-and-you're-out' policy. A paper on this topic has been authored by Dr. Mendis and submitted to an international peer-reviewed journal for publication. The paper on parody is based on research commissioned by the Intellectual Property Office and carried out by Dr. Kris Erickson (of CEMP, Media School), Dr. Dinusha Mendis and Professor Martin Kretschmer of CIPPM. The paper presented at the SLS conference by Dr. Mendis considered parody exceptions in various countries in implementing a suitable parody exception in the UK as recommended in the Hargreaves Review http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ipreview.htm Various reports on the research by Dr. Erickson, Dr. Mendis and Professor Kretschmer will be published by the Intellectual Property Office in the near future.
The paper on the intellectual property (IP) implications of 3D Printing drew much interest at the Gikii Conference, London. Being at the cutting-edge of law and technology, Dinusha's presentation was amongst the first to consider the IP implications of 3D printing. A paper on this topic has been authored by Dr. Mendis and has been submitted to a peer-reviewed journal for publication.
Watch this excellent short video from BU's Prof Martin Kretschmer on how a BU conference and signed statement resulted in the European Union amending a proposed plan on copyright law.
View Martin Kretschmer's publications in our institutional repository.


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Home > Events > Major events > State of Origin
Australia's biggest sporting event – the Rugby League State of Origin series – is coming to Optus Stadium in 2019.
The State Government, through Tourism WA, has won the rights to host the second game of the series between arguably Australia's biggest sporting rivalry - the New South Wales Blues and the Queensland Maroons.
Thousands of fans are expected to make the trip to WA to be at the game and millions more will watch the live television broadcast, providing the opportunity to showcase Perth's transformation and new stadium – with a seating capacity of up to 65,000 – to the rest of Australia.
State of Origin matches are the most watched sporting events on Australian television, drawing an audience of 3.96 million viewers last year, out-rating popular events such as the AFL Grand Final (3.54 million viewers) and the Melbourne Cup (3.07 million viewers).
The 2019 match will be only the 10th time in State of Origin history that part of the series has been played outside New South Wales or Queensland.
When the second State of Origin game was held in Melbourne last year, more than 39,000 travelled from out of State to watch it.
If 20,000 visitors travelled to Perth to watch the 2019 game it would be worth $15 million to the WA economy.
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How To Love Yourself After a Breakup or Separation by Kristen Hick, Psy.D.
What does this have to do with you, you ask? If you can identify with the concept of swinging to the next relationship branch while you still have a hold on the previous one, it has everything to do with you, and your relationships.


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Classification of concrete admixtures and its principle of action
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Admixtures are substances that are added to improve and regulate the properties of concrete. As an important part of the concrete industry, it has played an increasingly important role. Adding proper amount of admixture to concrete can improve concrete quality, improve concrete performance, reduce water consumption of concrete, save cement, reduce cost, and speed up construction progress. It is the least used in concrete materials but has a great impact on its performance. The components. Since the reform and opening up, with the development of economy and technology, a large number of infrastructure construction has driven the development of the admixture industry. The research, variety, production and application of concrete chemical admixtures such as naphthalene and other surfactants are extremely rapid. Since the successful development of Japan in the 1980s, polycarboxylate admixtures have become a hot research topic in the world due to their high water-reducing, environmentally friendly, formaldehyde-free, low-alkali, low-chlorine, and highly applicable. It is developing rapidly and widely used. At present, it has been applied to railways, ports, water conservancy, nuclear power and other fields, and has also achieved good application and development in civil use, and has become an important material that is indispensable for the preparation of high-performance concrete.
Admixtures that accelerate the hardening of cement mortar or concrete by blending into cement mortar or concrete and improve the strength of concrete, especially early strength, are called early strength agents. The more commonly used early strength agents are chlorine salts (calcium chloride and sodium chloride), sulfate (sodium sulfate and sodium thiosulfate) early strength agents, triethanolamine composite early strength agents, and composite early strength agents. The components play a role in the different stages of the formation of the cement stone, and the proper compounding by various admixtures can affect the reaction performance of the liquid phase and the solid phase and the physical and mechanical properties of the cement stone crystal structure in the most effective manner. Chloride salt early strength agent is the best early strength agent for early strength effect. Its early strength mechanism is mainly the action of chloride and C3A in cement to form water-insoluble hydrated chloroaluminate, which accelerates the cement. Hydration of C3A. The calcium hydroxide obtained by chlorination of chloride and cement forms calcium chlorate which is hardly soluble in water, reduces the concentration of calcium hydroxide in the liquid phase, accelerates the hydration of C3A, generates double salts, and increases the specific gravity of the solid phase. It is conducive to the formation of cement stone. The disadvantage is that the chloride ion content is too high, causing corrosion of the steel.The synthesis of polycarboxylic acid water reducing agents generally adopts a "first grafting, post copolymerization" synthesis process. The macromonomer having a sulfonic acid group, a carboxyl group, an amino group and a polyoxyethylene side chain is selected to be copolymerized with other monomers by an initiator to form a polymer compound having a comb structure.
The hydrophobic group of the water reducing agent is adsorbed on the surface of the cement particles, and the hydrophilic group is directed to the aqueous solution to form a single molecule or multi-layer adsorption film. Due to the directional adsorption of the surfactant, the surface of the cement colloid has the same symbolic charge, so under the action of homosexual repelling, not only can the cement-water system be in a relatively stable suspension state, but also the cement can be in the initial stage of adding water. The formed flocculated structure is disintegrated and disintegrated, thereby releasing water in the flocculated structure to achieve the purpose of water reduction. Retarders are divided into two categories: organic retarders and inorganic retarders. Among them, the inorganic retarder mainly includes phosphate, metaphosphate, borax, sodium fluorosilicate and the like. The organic retarder mainly includes a hydroxycarboxylic acid, an aminocarboxylic acid and a salt thereof, a polyhydric alcohol and a derivative thereof, and a saccharide.
With the development of the economy, people pay more and more attention to environmental protection. The use of admixtures can not only improve the performance of concrete, but also reduce the consumption of cement and aggregates, thereby reducing energy consumption and energy consumption, thereby reducing environmental pollution. . Most of the admixtures themselves are industrial by-products. For example, lignin admixtures are by-products of industrial papermaking. If they are directly discharged, they will cause great environmental pollution. By using it, it can achieve great economic benefits while protecting the environment. Therefore, the green production technology of concrete admixtures is also a development requirement.
Due to the extensive use of industrial by-products and waste materials in the cement production process, the adaptability of admixtures has become increasingly prominent. This requires the development of different types of admixtures for different gelling materials. For example, polycarboxylic acid admixtures, according to market demand, will develop varieties that meet various requirements by changing the branching method, and facilitate engineering use and quality control. Admixtures for the development of high-strength, anti-aging At present, the strength of concrete is continuously increasing, and admixtures play a significant role in improving the performance of concrete. In the future, it is necessary to continuously develop admixtures for high-strength ultra-high-strength concrete.
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Many people have asked how Hayley is getting on – and whether her baby has arrived safely. Well now we can answer that question. Maia Lucy Lenihan was born on 7 April weighing in at a whopping 7 pounds 15 ounces. Mother and baby are happy and well.
Most accountants have the date 7 April etched into their memory as terminal tax day – but from now on this will be a big day for Hayley for more important reasons!
Hayley will be returning to Elevate CA from the beginning of July – and we're looking forward to having her back amongst the crew.
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The Blue Tip project is a clear demonstration of user-centric design principles.
High-fidelity screens and style guide for charitable giving app uBack.
Service design for the non-medical employee benefits space.
A guided digital savings experience for the mass market.
Homepage redesign direction for Perkis, CPA, a Brooklyn-based accounting firm.
Template page designs for the Urban Land Institute's marquee Spring and Fall meetings.
High-level homepage redesign direction proposed to the Retail Solutions Providers Association.
The Alliance for Excellent Education presented the challenge of redesigning their Graduation Effect project.
A trusted online resource for over ten years, vinyl auction archive Popsike was in need of a facelift, for both desktop and mobile environments.
Collaborating with Red Circle Films, we created this short-form promotional film for DJ D-Mac & Associates' lighting design services.
A duotoned Marvin Gaye for the DC edition of the Motown on Mondays party.
Site redesign to match heritage brand Johnston & Murphy's clean, understated, and modern visual identity.
A clean, minimalist design for desktop and mobile for this fashion designer's Palm Springs-inspired collection.
Site for curated So Cal brand collections by influential retailer Ron Herman.
A simple, informative site—in both desktop and mobile environments—to introduce customers to this international mail-forwarding service.
Information-rich web site for Journeys-sponsored annual all-ages music, skate and motocross mini-tour.
Retail site redesign for makers of the original windproof lighter, while nodding to the brand's 80-year heritage.
Retail site redesign positions brand and product shopping directly on the homepage, desktop and mobile.
A rich brand heritage is matched by a sophisticated, easy-to-use design framework.
A rich palette, thoughtful imagery, and restrained typography for the discerning headwear customer.
The ideal mobile shopping experience and a proposed site design built on Baker's flexible site framework.
A modern, brand-aligned, and very user-friendly shopping experience.
Proposed redesign—within a tightly controlled framework—of the Shop Adidas homepage.
Signature typography leveraged in this skin care company web store redesign.
Collaborating with Red Circle Films, we shot a live event and created this short-form promotional film for DJ D-Mac & Associates.
Collaborating with Red Circle Films, we created this short-form promotional film for DJ D-Mac & Associates.
Bucket Funk! is the only DC club night with the cheek to depict Chuck Brown as bobble head.
Black, white, and siren-red. The Washington Post's Dana Milbank never looked so cool.
Strong imagery and bold typography interpret the sound of Benjy Ferree.
A cheekily abstracted and repeated Brazilian flag.
Creation Records' Alan McGee is depicted in Screamadelica duotone.
Equal parts Jim Steranko Pop Art experimentation and Jack Kirby hero worship.
Vinyl records depicted in their purest geometric form.
Chemistry lab equipment mixes with champagne flutes and party hats.
Taking inspiration from vintage presidential campaign posters.
A map of diamond district and a handcrafted geometric typeface.
Direct inspiration from the historic Battle of Pueblo.
Handbills promoting DJ D-Mac's monthly dance party in downtown DC.
Equal inspiration from the Op-Art and mod movements of the 1960s.
Letterpress business card for DC-based DJ collective.
Letterpress promotional card for The Modernist Society.
Letterpress business card for purveyor of new and collectible vinyl.
Letterpress business card—and custom mark—for fine art jeweler.
Logotype for Washington, DC-based DJ collective.
Proposed logotype treatment for an ecommerce company specializing in romantic gifts.
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Remembering Fred Culin
Fred Culin, former owner of Trout Lake Seaplane Base in North Bay, flew 238 young eagles over the course of 15 years. (Photo: John Hemingway)
Written by Carol Cooke, Flight 23, North Bay
We were saddened to hear of the passing of Fred Culin, long-time owner of Trout Lake Seaplane Base in North Bay, on April 1 at age of 92. Fred was an avid aviator for over 50 years, and a strong supporter of aviation in North Bay for many of those years.
When Flight 23 got involved in the Young Eagle Program in 1994, Fred was on board with the program, flying kids in his C206 off the lake on skis; in the spring from the airport on wheel skis; and in summer on floats. He waited to take the wheel skis off in the spring until we had done our first summer young eagle flights from the airport.
In total, Fred flew 238 young eagles over the course of 15 years, from 1996 to 2012. Fred always made the Seaplane Base office and docks available to Flight 23 for the float flying events on Trout Lake, and he made sure he was available to fly kids at all our events, whether in North Bay, Mattawa, or wherever we held an organized a rally. We could always count on Fred to help out.
Flight 23 had its summer BBQ at the seaplane base routinely for many years and gave Fred a "life membership" for all the help and support he provided to the local Flight club over many years.
In late 1960s Fred bought a C172 and earned his licence. It blew over in a wind storm on Trout Lake and, over the course of the next 15 years, he bought new C-180, C-185, and finally his trusty C-206 that he kept until he quit flying.
He always kept his planes on floats in the summer (docked at his home), and wheel skis in the winter. He built a hangar at North Bay Jack Garland Airport early 1970s with flying buddy and friend Don Odorizzi. In the early 1990s, Fred purchased the Trout Lake Seaplane base, and provided docks and fuel to local float planes, as well as those transiting the area. Fred could always be counted on to provide any assistance required to local pilots and he will be missed by North Bay aviation community.


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The Man with the Golden Soles () is a Syrian documentary film by the director Omar Amiralay. The film, released in 2000, is about the then Lebanese Prime minister Rafic Hariri.

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Fuze Entertainment presents NEON RUSH at DEMO!
We bring you another sick night out this time at DEMO!
Get your brightest colorful pants, shirts, kicks, headbands, shades, accessories etc. out of the closet & lets shake it down on the dance floor with our florescent DJs that will take the adrenalin outta you plus shitload of extra lasers and lights!!!
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Nottingham Forest have completed the signing of Simon Cox from West Brom, taking their tally of close season signings to seven.
The Reds have paid an undisclosed fee for the Republic of Ireland international striker, who has signed a three-year contract.
Forest Chairman Omar Al Hasawi said: "Sean O'Driscoll highlighted that he wanted to bring in a man with a proven goal-scoring record and Simon has that pedigree.
Cox launched his career with his home-town club Reading but was restricted to just nine substitute appearances.
After loan spells with Brentford and Northampton his career gathered pace where Swindon as he scored 42 league goals in 80 appearances.
He clinched a big money move to West Brom in 2009 and scored 18 league and cup goals for The Baggies.
Cox qualifies for the Republic through his Irish-born grandmother and has scored three goals in 14 appearances for his country since making his international debut last year.
He figured in all three of Ireland's group game at Euro 2012.


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use Pop\File\File;

// Create a new file and write to it.
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$upload = File::upload($_FILES['upload_file']['tmp_name'], '../uploads/' . $_FILES['upload_file']['name']);
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use Pop\File\Dir;

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$dir = new Dir('../mydir');

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Using Pot to Help With Sleep? Benefits May Not Last
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Medical marijuana may not provide long-term relief of sleep issues in people battling chronic pain, a new study finds, mainly because users may develop a tolerance to the drug.
The finding is important "considering the aging of the population, the relatively high prevalence of sleep problems in this population, along with the increasing use of medicinal cannabis," said an Israeli team led by Sharon Sznitman, from the School of Public Health at the University of Haifa.
According to the study authors, chronic pain affects between 19% to 37% of adults in the developed world, many who have sleep problems.
Some are turning to medical marijuana for help getting good shut-eye. But how well does it work?
To find out, Sznitman's group assessed sleep and pain in 128 patients who'd had chronic pain for at least a year. All were over age 50 and about half (66) said they used medical marijuana to help manage their sleep problems.
The type of sleep issues varied: About 1 in 4 patients said they always woke up early and weren't able to get back to sleep; 1 in 5 said they always had difficulty falling asleep, and 27% said they woke up during the night.
Of the patients who used marijuana, average duration of use was four years, using an average of 31 grams of the drug per month. Most (69%) said they smoked marijuana, and about 1 in 5 used either cannabis oil or vapor.
The study found that pot users were less likely to wake during the night, but there were no differences between users and nonusers in the time it took them get to sleep or in the frequency of early awakening.
And there seemed to be a downside: The researchers found that more frequent marijuana use was associated with greater difficulty in falling asleep, plus more frequent awakenings during the night.
"This may signal the development of tolerance," Sznitman's team wrote.
But the study couldn't prove cause-and-effect, so other factors might be at play. For example, the authors said that more frequent pot use might simply be an indicator that these people were in more pain or might be depressed/anxious. That might explain these participants' higher propensity for sleep problems.
One U.S. sleep medicine expert said that for some patients with chronic pain, medical marijuana can offer "some hope."
The new study is far from conclusive as to the drug's benefits or risks, said Dr. Margarita Oks, attending physician in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
"There was no mention of the exclusion of sleep-related disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, that can manifest with insomnia," she said, "and this may be a huge confounder."
And Oks said the fact that the study was done in Israel makes a difference, too.
In Israel, "cannabis is legalized and therefore concentrations of THC [the ingredient in marijuana that produces a high] can be objectively and reproducibly measured," she explained. "In the United States this is not yet the case."
A second study in the same issue of the journal concluded that cannabinoids (the active chemicals in medical marijuana) do not reduce cancer-related pain. This review pooled the results of five different studies involving more than 1,400 cancer patients. It was led by Dr. Jason Boland of the University of Hull in England.
Both studies were published Jan 20 in the journal BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.
The American Academy of Family Physicians has more on chronic pain.
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Q: async and await with try except I'm learning async in python doing a simple music bot for discord.
I am encountering several problems, for example when I do operations like skip or similar, apparently my ctx becomes None and I get an error in the console, however the bot not only does not stop for the error but does what it should.
So I don't understand why it becomes None and why if I try to manage it with a try except or if I remove the await from the stop, the skip command no longer does what it should and skips 2 songs instead of just one.
I put some prints to understand the flow and actually if the stop's await is not taken, because I remove it or because the try except, then the code once arrived at the source, restarts, doing 2 skip instead of 1. Why? How do I prevent the code from being repeated twice and without errors in the console?
I think the problem is that stop is not awaitable, because it returns None.
But if this is the problem, why if I remove the await it skips 2 song instead of one? I'm really going crazy
play func:
    async def real_play(self, ctx, vc, url):
        if ctx != None and ctx.voice_client.is_playing():
            await ctx.voice_client.stop()
        if len(self.queue) > 0:
            if self.queue[0] == [0, 0, 0]:
                self.queue.pop(0)
            elif len(self.queue) > 0:
                self.currentsonginfo = self.queue.pop(0)
                with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(self.YDL_OPTIONS) as ydl:
                    ydl.cache.remove()
                    info = ydl.extract_info(self.currentsonginfo[0], download=False)
                processed_url_song = info['formats'][0]['url']
                source = await discord.FFmpegOpusAudio.from_probe(processed_url_song, **self.FFMPEG_OPTIONS)
                await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
                self.playing = True
                vc.play(source, after=lambda e: asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(self.real_play(ctx, vc, processed_url_song), self.client.loop))
                await self.info(ctx)
        else:
            self.playing = False
            await self.timer(ctx)

skip func:
@commands.command()
    async def skip(self, ctx):
        if len(self.queue) > 0:
            next_song_url = self.queue[0][0]
            await ctx.send("⏩ Song Skipped", delete_after=self.expiretimemsg)
            await self.real_play(ctx, ctx.voice_client, next_song_url)

A: I found the problem, basically ctx.voice_client.stop() stop the CURRENT song being played, so if you recall the play func like I was doing, the after lambda and this play func recall will collide, like you are recalling the play func 2 times.
To implement a skip, it is enough to use the after lambda and then in the skip func saying ctx.voice_client.stop(), no more needed, hope this will help anybody.


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Olympics to announce new pandemic playbook
By: Robin Dich, Newsy
The postponed 2020 Summer Olympics are set to kick off July 23.
But there are still many questions about how Japan will host the games, as the country is dealing with its third state of emergency because of surging COVID cases.
So, Olympic organizers went back to the drawing board and are expected to announce a revised plan on hosting the Olympics in a pandemic.
A part of that plan is that athletes and staff will be required to be tested for coronavirus twice within 96 hours of leaving for the Olympics.
They will also be tested when they arrive in Japan, and athletes will be tested every day.
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The Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation is pleased to announce their collaboration with Life Saving Society – Malaysia and Royal Life Saving Society Australia.
The overall goal of this combined project is to offer scholarships to professionals from organisations and institutions in low and middle income nations by supporting their attendance to the World Conference on Drowning Prevention (WCDP) taking place in Penang, Malaysia from 4-6 November 2015.
The Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation was supporting the opportunity for increasing technical knowledge for effective drowning prevention, giving them the opportunity to expand their networks and identifying opportunities for scaling up action for drowning prevention in low and middle income countries.
The Foundation's support provided 10 scholars the means to attend the 2015 WCDP representing 9 nations (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand and Vietnam).


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Fake news spreads more rapidly than real news – at least on Twitter.
That was the finding of a new study conducted by three researchers at the Masschusetts Institute of Technology.
The study found fake news stories are 70 percent more likely to be retweeted that truthful ones. It also found that real news takes six times as long to reach 1,500 people.
"We found that falsehood diffuses significantly farther, faster, deeper and more broadly than the truth, in all categories of information, and in many cases by an order of magnitude," MIT professor Sinan Aral said in a statement.
The study, dubbed "The Spread of True and False News Online," was published Thursday in the academic magazine "Science."
False information travels significantly faster on Twitter because people retweet it. Though bots also present a problem, the researchers found they are not solely to blame.
"When we removed all the bots in our dataset, [the] differences between the spread of false and true news stood," researcher Soroush Vosoughi said in a statement.
False news evoked more reactions of surprise and disgust than truthful news, which tended to produce responses of sadness, anticipation and trust.
"False news is more novel and people are more likely to share novel information," Aral said.
That's because people can gain attention on social media by sharing new information, regardless of its accuracy, Aral said. That leads people to believe they are "in the know."
It was sparked by the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, when Vosoughi realized much of what he was reading on social media amounted to rumors.
With access to Twitter's historical archives, the researchers tracked 126,000 cascades of news stories tweeted more than 4.5 million times by some 3 million people from 2006 to 2017.
The researchers, which included former Twitter chief media scientist Deb Roy, used six fact-checking organizations to determine whether stories were true or false.
The judgments of the organizations – factcheck.org at the University of Pennsylvania, hoax-slayer.com, politifact.com, snopes.org, truthorfiction.com and urbanlegends.com – overlapped more than 95 percent of the time, according to the researchers.