As communities across the country struggle with the impacts of one of the worst droughts in decades, President Obama is committed to ensuring that his Administration is doing everything it can help the farmers, ranchers, small businesses, and communities being impacted.
To respond to immediate needs, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other federal agencies are using their existing authorities wherever possible to address the hardships arising from the lack of water, feed, and forage. Within the last month, USDA has opened the Conservation Reserve Program to emergency haying and grazing, has lowered the borrower interest rate for emergency loans, and has called on crop insurance companies to provide more flexibility to farmers. The Department of the Interior has provided additional grazing flexibility on federal lands and the Small Business Administration is working to help with access to investment capital and credit in affected communities.
The White House announced several new measures to help those impacted by the drought, including providing additional assistance for livestock and crop producers, increasing the capacity for lending to small businesses, and waiving certain requirements on trucks helping to provide relief.
· Additional Emergency Funding to Assist Livestock and Crop Producers: To assist producers facing extreme drought conditions, USDA announced Tuesday that it will utilize nearly $16 million in financial and technical assistance to immediately help crop and livestock producers in 19 states cope with the adverse impacts of the historic drought. In addition, USDA will initiate a transfer of $14 million in unobligated program funds into the Emergency Conservation Program. These funds can be used to assist in moving water to livestock in need, providing emergency forage for livestock, and rehabilitating lands severely impacted by the drought. Together these efforts should provide nearly $30 million to producers struggling with drought conditions.
· Allowing an additional 1,000 Credit Unions to increase their lending to small businesses: The National Credit Union Administration will announce that more than 1,000 credit unions are eligible for a low-income designation, which permits unlimited lending to small business owners including farmers; nearly half of those eligible credit unions are located in a severely drought-stricken state. Small business lending by credit unions is normally capped at the statutory 12.25 percent rate. This designation exempts designated credit unions from this cap. Currently, approximately 1,100 CUs are designated low-income and can offer unlimited lending to small businesses. The average credit union member business loan is $223,000.
· Community Outreach Events: SBA, USDA, and the Department of Commerce (DOC) through its Economic Development Administration (EDA), will host targeted events in communities severely impacted by the drought to provide detailed information on what federal resources are available to assist small businesses, farmers, and others in the community. These events will also be webcast to ensure audiences in other drought impacted communities can attend virtually. At these events SBA disaster assistance staff, small business counselors from its network of resource partners, and field staff from SBA district offices along with interagency staff will provide information and offer technical assistance on applying for loans and where to find additional resources after the event.
· Leverage State and County Fairs in Regions: In addition to the standalone events, SBA, USDA, and EDA will conduct outreach at already scheduled State and Country Fairs.
· Online Outreach: Since the drought's full impact may take months to be fully felt by small businesses and communities, SBA, USDA, and DOC will continue to reach out to affected regions through online webinars and conference calls that will further raise awareness and provide opportunity to gather real-time detail on the impact to communities.
· Existing Emergency Exemptions of Federal Operating Requirements: This authority can put more commercial drivers behind the wheel-driving large trucks needed to assist the farmers and ranchers in need. If a qualifying drought emergency has been declared in a state by the Governor or appropriate official, the state automatically gets Hours of Service and other regulatory relief for those providing emergency assistance; no application is needed. If the situation does not qualify for emergency relief, the Federal rules regulating large truck and bus operations may be waived in certain circumstances. DOT can process a request to waive regulations in 7-14 days.
· Use of Indemnity Payments for Crop Insurance Premiums. To assist farmers in meeting cash flow challenges, USDA has taken steps to ensure that farmers will be able to apply this year's crop indemnity payments toward their crop insurance premiums for the following crop year. As of August 1, 2012, the sixteen major providers of U.S. crop insurance have all agreed to forego interest charges on unpaid premiums through November.
· Disaster Designation Regulation. On July 12, USDA announced an expedited disaster designation process, allowing farmers and ranchers to obtain disaster assistance faster. USDA projects a 40 percent reduction in processing time for affected producers as a result of this change.
· Reduction of USDA's Emergency (EM) Loan Rate. Emergency Loans will help producers recover from production and physical losses associated with natural disasters. The current rate was set in 1993 at 3.75 percent. Effective July 15, the Administration lowered the interest rate on loans, effectively lowering the rate from 3.75 percent down to 2.25 percent.
· Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Haying and Grazing. The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) allows farmers and ranchers to receive annual rental payments and cost-share assistance to establish long-term, resource conserving covers (grasses) on eligible farmland. Nationwide, 29 million acres are enrolled in the CRP. Due to the drought, the federal government has opened up virtually all of the CRP grassland acres for emergency haying and grazing and reduced the payment penalty for haying and grazing from 25 percent to only 10 percent. Further, the Administration took additional steps to ensure that appropriate wetland and riparian buffer areas will also be available for haying and grazing.
· Grazing on Federal Lands: The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management and the USDA Forest Service are providing relief to ranchers who graze on public lands by employing flexibility to accommodate needs and conditions on the ground. BLM will issue refunds to cattlemen that were displaced by early season fires and therefore not able to make use of their allotments and the Forest Service has liberally granted Permittee requested non-use. Both agencies are making vacant land available for grazing and allowing for: changes in grazing use, including delayed or early turnout if conditions allow; increased salting to improve livestock distribution; water hauling and temporary portable water troughs; and other measures.
· SBA Drought Disaster Declarations. To date, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has followed USDA's disaster declarations and has issued 71 agency declarations in 32 states covering 1,636 counties, providing a pathway for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and non-farm small businesses that are economically affected by the drought in their community to apply for SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL).
·	Working with contract dredges to identify areas of concern to divert resources based on priority.
·	Identifying available channel depths and widths to navigation industries, so barge tow drafts and widths can be modified accordingly.
·	Ensuring that storage reservoirs are releasing flow to augment natural flows downstream. o Continuing to do public and media outreach via, conference calls, webinars and emails with respect to the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers and tributaries.
·	Monitoring the National Weather Service outlook on short and long term rainfall forecast to prepare for potential reservoir releases are other mitigation measures.
· DOT Outreach to the State DOTs: On Wednesday August 1, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood convened a call with states to listen and discuss the ways in which DOT can work with Governors and State Departments of Transportation to help communities impacted by the drought. Issues raised during the call included emergency waivers of hours of service requirements and emergency waivers for Federal truck weight regulations.


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package org.elasticsearch.xpack.analytics.rate;

import org.apache.lucene.search.ScoreMode;
import org.elasticsearch.common.Rounding;
import org.elasticsearch.common.lease.Releasables;
import org.elasticsearch.common.util.DoubleArray;
import org.elasticsearch.search.DocValueFormat;
import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.Aggregator;
import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.InternalAggregation;
import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.bucket.histogram.SizedBucketAggregator;
import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.metrics.NumericMetricsAggregator;
import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.AggregationContext;
import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSource;
import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.ValuesSourceConfig;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;

public abstract class AbstractRateAggregator extends NumericMetricsAggregator.SingleValue {

    protected final ValuesSource valuesSource;
    private final DocValueFormat format;
    private final Rounding.DateTimeUnit rateUnit;
    protected final RateMode rateMode;
    private final SizedBucketAggregator sizedBucketAggregator;

    protected DoubleArray sums;
    protected DoubleArray compensations;

    public AbstractRateAggregator(
        String name,
        ValuesSourceConfig valuesSourceConfig,
        Rounding.DateTimeUnit rateUnit,
        RateMode rateMode,
        AggregationContext context,
        Aggregator parent,
        Map<String, Object> metadata
    ) throws IOException {
        super(name, context, parent, metadata);
        this.valuesSource = valuesSourceConfig.getValuesSource();
        this.format = valuesSourceConfig.format();
        if (valuesSource != null) {
            sums = bigArrays().newDoubleArray(1, true);
            compensations = bigArrays().newDoubleArray(1, true);
            if (rateMode == null) {
                rateMode = RateMode.SUM;
            }
        }
        this.rateUnit = rateUnit;
        this.rateMode = rateMode;
        this.sizedBucketAggregator = findSizedBucketAncestor();
    }

    private SizedBucketAggregator findSizedBucketAncestor() {
        SizedBucketAggregator sizedBucketAggregator = null;
        for (Aggregator ancestor = parent; ancestor != null; ancestor = ancestor.parent()) {
            if (ancestor instanceof SizedBucketAggregator) {
                sizedBucketAggregator = (SizedBucketAggregator) ancestor;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (sizedBucketAggregator == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The rate aggregation can only be used inside a date histogram");
        }
        return sizedBucketAggregator;
    }

    @Override
    public ScoreMode scoreMode() {
        return valuesSource != null && valuesSource.needsScores() ? ScoreMode.COMPLETE : ScoreMode.COMPLETE_NO_SCORES;
    }

    @Override
    public double metric(long owningBucketOrd) {
        if (sizedBucketAggregator == null || valuesSource == null || owningBucketOrd >= sums.size()) {
            return 0.0;
        }
        return sums.get(owningBucketOrd) / divisor(owningBucketOrd);
    }

    @Override
    public InternalAggregation buildAggregation(long bucket) {
        if (valuesSource == null || bucket >= sums.size()) {
            return buildEmptyAggregation();
        }
        return new InternalRate(name, sums.get(bucket), divisor(bucket), format, metadata());
    }

    private double divisor(long owningBucketOrd) {
        if (sizedBucketAggregator == parent) {
            return sizedBucketAggregator.bucketSize(owningBucketOrd, rateUnit);
        } else {
            return sizedBucketAggregator.bucketSize(rateUnit);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public InternalAggregation buildEmptyAggregation() {
        return new InternalRate(name, 0.0, 1.0, format, metadata());
    }

    @Override
    public void doClose() {
        Releasables.close(sums, compensations);
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Olympic silver medallist, 30-time Tour de France stage winner and 2011 World Road Race Champion Mark Cavendish will be in Chester this weekend for the return of his Rise Above Sportive.
Following the success of the inaugural event in 2015 in Chester and North Wales, the date for 2016 edition is Sunday, August 28.
Having sold out with close to 3,000 riders last year, the event will upscale to support up to 5,000 riders in 2016.
Subject to training and race schedules, Mark himself will be present on the day again to ride on the course, meet some of the riders and hand out finishing medals.
There are three routes again – Enthusiast 80km, Purist 120km, Extremist 160km. The ride will capture scenic forestry roads, linked with breath-taking views and iconic Welsh landscapes including the famous Horseshoe Pass. The ride is full of challenging climbs and inspiring countryside as well as riding on closed roads in Chester.
Mark Cavendish said: "Everything I do, I commit 100% and there is no exception for the Rise Above Sportive.
Mick Bennett, operations director, added: "There are few, if any, sportives around the world that have as its patron and founder a rider with the stature of Mark Cavendish, the world's most successful sprinter.
The races start and finish in Chester city centre, close to the Town Hall. Riders set off between 7am and 10am.


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package io.lettuce.core.api.reactive;

import java.util.Map;

import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
import io.lettuce.core.BitFieldArgs;
import io.lettuce.core.GetExArgs;
import io.lettuce.core.KeyValue;
import io.lettuce.core.SetArgs;
import io.lettuce.core.StrAlgoArgs;
import io.lettuce.core.StringMatchResult;
import io.lettuce.core.Value;
import io.lettuce.core.output.KeyValueStreamingChannel;

/**
 * Reactive executed commands for Strings.
 *
 * @param <K> Key type.
 * @param <V> Value type.
 * @author Mark Paluch
 * @since 4.0
 * @generated by io.lettuce.apigenerator.CreateReactiveApi
 */
public interface RedisStringReactiveCommands<K, V> {

    /**
     * Append a value to a key.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param value the value.
     * @return Long integer-reply the length of the string after the append operation.
     */
    Mono<Long> append(K key, V value);

    /**
     * Count set bits in a string.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @return Long integer-reply The number of bits set to 1.
     */
    Mono<Long> bitcount(K key);

    /**
     * Count set bits in a string.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param start the start.
     * @param end the end.
     * @return Long integer-reply The number of bits set to 1.
     */
    Mono<Long> bitcount(K key, long start, long end);

    /**
     * Execute {@code BITFIELD} with its subcommands.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param bitFieldArgs the args containing subcommands, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return Long bulk-reply the results from the bitfield commands.
     */
    Flux<Value<Long>> bitfield(K key, BitFieldArgs bitFieldArgs);

    /**
     * Find first bit set or clear in a string.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param state the state.
     * @return Long integer-reply The command returns the position of the first bit set to 1 or 0 according to the request.
     *
     *         If we look for set bits (the bit argument is 1) and the string is empty or composed of just zero bytes, -1 is
     *         returned.
     *
     *         If we look for clear bits (the bit argument is 0) and the string only contains bit set to 1, the function returns
     *         the first bit not part of the string on the right. So if the string is three bytes set to the value 0xff the
     *         command {@code BITPOS key 0} will return 24, since up to bit 23 all the bits are 1.
     *
     *         Basically the function consider the right of the string as padded with zeros if you look for clear bits and
     *         specify no range or the start argument only.
     */
    Mono<Long> bitpos(K key, boolean state);

    /**
     * Find first bit set or clear in a string.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param state the bit type: long.
     * @param start the start type: long.
     * @return Long integer-reply The command returns the position of the first bit set to 1 or 0 according to the request.
     *
     *         If we look for set bits (the bit argument is 1) and the string is empty or composed of just zero bytes, -1 is
     *         returned.
     *
     *         If we look for clear bits (the bit argument is 0) and the string only contains bit set to 1, the function returns
     *         the first bit not part of the string on the right. So if the string is three bytes set to the value 0xff the
     *         command {@code BITPOS key 0} will return 24, since up to bit 23 all the bits are 1.
     *
     *         Basically the function consider the right of the string as padded with zeros if you look for clear bits and
     *         specify no range or the start argument only.
     * @since 5.0.1
     */
    Mono<Long> bitpos(K key, boolean state, long start);

    /**
     * Find first bit set or clear in a string.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param state the bit type: long.
     * @param start the start type: long.
     * @param end the end type: long.
     * @return Long integer-reply The command returns the position of the first bit set to 1 or 0 according to the request.
     *
     *         If we look for set bits (the bit argument is 1) and the string is empty or composed of just zero bytes, -1 is
     *         returned.
     *
     *         If we look for clear bits (the bit argument is 0) and the string only contains bit set to 1, the function returns
     *         the first bit not part of the string on the right. So if the string is three bytes set to the value 0xff the
     *         command {@code BITPOS key 0} will return 24, since up to bit 23 all the bits are 1.
     *
     *         Basically the function consider the right of the string as padded with zeros if you look for clear bits and
     *         specify no range or the start argument only.
     *
     *         However this behavior changes if you are looking for clear bits and specify a range with both
     *         start and end. If no clear bit is found in the specified range, the function
     *         returns -1 as the user specified a clear range and there are no 0 bits in that range.
     */
    Mono<Long> bitpos(K key, boolean state, long start, long end);

    /**
     * Perform bitwise AND between strings.
     *
     * @param destination result key of the operation.
     * @param keys operation input key names.
     * @return Long integer-reply The size of the string stored in the destination key, that is equal to the size of the longest
     *         input string.
     */
    Mono<Long> bitopAnd(K destination, K... keys);

    /**
     * Perform bitwise NOT between strings.
     *
     * @param destination result key of the operation.
     * @param source operation input key names.
     * @return Long integer-reply The size of the string stored in the destination key, that is equal to the size of the longest
     *         input string.
     */
    Mono<Long> bitopNot(K destination, K source);

    /**
     * Perform bitwise OR between strings.
     *
     * @param destination result key of the operation.
     * @param keys operation input key names.
     * @return Long integer-reply The size of the string stored in the destination key, that is equal to the size of the longest
     *         input string.
     */
    Mono<Long> bitopOr(K destination, K... keys);

    /**
     * Perform bitwise XOR between strings.
     *
     * @param destination result key of the operation.
     * @param keys operation input key names.
     * @return Long integer-reply The size of the string stored in the destination key, that is equal to the size of the longest
     *         input string.
     */
    Mono<Long> bitopXor(K destination, K... keys);

    /**
     * Decrement the integer value of a key by one.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @return Long integer-reply the value of {@code key} after the decrement.
     */
    Mono<Long> decr(K key);

    /**
     * Decrement the integer value of a key by the given number.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param amount the decrement type: long.
     * @return Long integer-reply the value of {@code key} after the decrement.
     */
    Mono<Long> decrby(K key, long amount);

    /**
     * Get the value of a key.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @return V bulk-string-reply the value of {@code key}, or {@code null} when {@code key} does not exist.
     */
    Mono<V> get(K key);

    /**
     * Returns the bit value at offset in the string value stored at key.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param offset the offset type: long.
     * @return Long integer-reply the bit value stored at offset.
     */
    Mono<Long> getbit(K key, long offset);

    /**
     * Get the value of key and delete the key.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @return V bulk-string-reply the value of {@code key}, or {@code null} when {@code key} does not exist.
     * @since 6.1
     */
    Mono<V> getdel(K key);

    /**
     * Get the value of key and optionally set its expiration.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param args the arguments for {@code GETEX}.
     * @return V bulk-string-reply the value of {@code key}, or {@code null} when {@code key} does not exist.
     * @since 6.1
     */
    Mono<V> getex(K key, GetExArgs args);

    /**
     * Get a substring of the string stored at a key.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param start the start type: long.
     * @param end the end type: long.
     * @return V bulk-string-reply.
     */
    Mono<V> getrange(K key, long start, long end);

    /**
     * Set the string value of a key and return its old value.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param value the value.
     * @return V bulk-string-reply the old value stored at {@code key}, or {@code null} when {@code key} did not exist.
     */
    Mono<V> getset(K key, V value);

    /**
     * Increment the integer value of a key by one.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @return Long integer-reply the value of {@code key} after the increment.
     */
    Mono<Long> incr(K key);

    /**
     * Increment the integer value of a key by the given amount.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param amount the increment type: long.
     * @return Long integer-reply the value of {@code key} after the increment.
     */
    Mono<Long> incrby(K key, long amount);

    /**
     * Increment the float value of a key by the given amount.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param amount the increment type: double.
     * @return Double bulk-string-reply the value of {@code key} after the increment.
     */
    Mono<Double> incrbyfloat(K key, double amount);

    /**
     * Get the values of all the given keys.
     *
     * @param keys the key.
     * @return V array-reply list of values at the specified keys.
     */
    Flux<KeyValue<K, V>> mget(K... keys);

    /**
     * Stream over the values of all the given keys.
     *
     * @param channel the channel.
     * @param keys the keys.
     * @return Long array-reply list of values at the specified keys.
     * @deprecated since 6.0 in favor of consuming large results through the {@link org.reactivestreams.Publisher} returned by {@link #mget}.
     */
    @Deprecated
    Mono<Long> mget(KeyValueStreamingChannel<K, V> channel, K... keys);

    /**
     * Set multiple keys to multiple values.
     *
     * @param map the map.
     * @return String simple-string-reply always {@code OK} since {@code MSET} can't fail.
     */
    Mono<String> mset(Map<K, V> map);

    /**
     * Set multiple keys to multiple values, only if none of the keys exist.
     *
     * @param map the map.
     * @return Boolean integer-reply specifically:
     *
     *         {@code 1} if the all the keys were set. {@code 0} if no key was set (at least one key already existed).
     */
    Mono<Boolean> msetnx(Map<K, V> map);

    /**
     * Set the string value of a key.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param value the value.
     * @return String simple-string-reply {@code OK} if {@code SET} was executed correctly.
     */
    Mono<String> set(K key, V value);

    /**
     * Set the string value of a key.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param value the value.
     * @param setArgs the setArgs.
     * @return String simple-string-reply {@code OK} if {@code SET} was executed correctly.
     */
    Mono<String> set(K key, V value, SetArgs setArgs);

    /**
     * Set the string value of a key and return its old value.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param value the value.
     * @return V bulk-string-reply the old value stored at {@code key}, or {@code null} when {@code key} did not exist.
     * @since 6.1
     */
    Mono<V> setGet(K key, V value);

    /**
     * Set the string value of a key and return its old value.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param value the value.
     * @param setArgs the command arguments.
     * @return V bulk-string-reply the old value stored at {@code key}, or {@code null} when {@code key} did not exist.
     * @since 6.1
     */
    Mono<V> setGet(K key, V value, SetArgs setArgs);

    /**
     * Sets or clears the bit at offset in the string value stored at key.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param offset the offset type: long.
     * @param value the value type: string.
     * @return Long integer-reply the original bit value stored at offset.
     */
    Mono<Long> setbit(K key, long offset, int value);

    /**
     * Set the value and expiration of a key.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param seconds the seconds type: long.
     * @param value the value.
     * @return String simple-string-reply.
     */
    Mono<String> setex(K key, long seconds, V value);

    /**
     * Set the value and expiration in milliseconds of a key.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param milliseconds the milliseconds type: long.
     * @param value the value.
     * @return String simple-string-reply.
     */
    Mono<String> psetex(K key, long milliseconds, V value);

    /**
     * Set the value of a key, only if the key does not exist.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param value the value.
     * @return Boolean integer-reply specifically:
     *
     *         {@code 1} if the key was set {@code 0} if the key was not set.
     */
    Mono<Boolean> setnx(K key, V value);

    /**
     * Overwrite part of a string at key starting at the specified offset.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @param offset the offset type: long.
     * @param value the value.
     * @return Long integer-reply the length of the string after it was modified by the command.
     */
    Mono<Long> setrange(K key, long offset, V value);

    /**
     * The STRALGO command implements complex algorithms that operate on strings. This method uses the LCS algorithm (longest
     * common substring).
     *
     *

     *
Without modifiers the string representing the longest common substring is returned.

     *
When {@link StrAlgoArgs#justLen() LEN} is given the command returns the length of the longest common substring.

     *
When {@link StrAlgoArgs#withIdx() IDX} is given the command returns an array with the LCS length and all the ranges
     * in both the strings, start and end offset for each string, where there are matches. When
     * {@link StrAlgoArgs#withMatchLen() WITHMATCHLEN} is given each array representing a match will also have the length of the
     * match.

     *

     *
     * @param strAlgoArgs command arguments.
     * @return StringMatchResult.
     * @since 6.0
     */
    Mono<StringMatchResult> stralgoLcs(StrAlgoArgs strAlgoArgs);

    /**
     * Get the length of the value stored in a key.
     *
     * @param key the key.
     * @return Long integer-reply the length of the string at {@code key}, or {@code 0} when {@code key} does not exist.
     */
    Mono<Long> strlen(K key);
}


Ooo..that sweater looks so cozy. I need to check it out now. Thanks for sharing! Have a great rest of your week.
those sneakers are so adorable!!
Great casual look. I am a huge sneaker fan myself! Have you seen the Topshop x Adidas collection?
Oh, that's the perfect outfit! I'd wear it any day! The sneakers are cute and I'm hitting my nearesr H&M store on the hunt for that cardigan tomorrow!
lovely casual outfit!! love mostly the cardigan!!


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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Sonia Gandhi lock horns over student protests
By Team MyNation
New Delhi, First Published 17, Dec 2019, 8:31 AM IST
Lashing out at Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Gandhi is 'shedding crocodile tears for political gains'
New Delhi: Snapping back at Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi for coming down heavily on Modi government over student protests in the country, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Gandhi is "shedding crocodile tears for political gains".
BJP leader Sitharaman's response comes after Gandhi, on December 16, accused the BJP-led alliance of seeking to divert the people's attention from its "failures" by creating "communal discord" and said that "suppression of youth and the students will prove to be the beginning of the end of Modi government."
In a statement, Gandhi referred to protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and accused "the government of being at war with its own people."
Hitting back, Sitharaman said in a statement that Gandhi's remarks are "irresponsible and motivated aiming at quick political gains."
"It is irresponsible because it accuses the Prime Minister and Home Minister of 'deliberately spreading unrest' and charges the Government of being 'the originator of violence'. As a responsible Opposition party, it is incumbent on Congress and Sonia Gandhi to call on all to maintain peace and calm and to ensure that the Congress party does not provoke violence," Sitharaman said.
"What the party has actually done is to keep the perpetrators of mob violence during the anti-Sikh violence in Delhi next to their leadership even as they speak about violence. This itself conveys the message of intending to provoke. Congress must remember that Citizenship (Amendment) Act is a law passed by both the Houses of Parliament," she added.
Sitharaman said that Sonia Gandhi is "shedding crocodile tears for students."
Sitharaman said that during the UPA regime, food inflation had reached double-digit, economic resources were beneficial only for the cronies and rampant corruption furthered poverty.
"It is unfortunate that the party which should be playing a responsible role in taking this country forward, is playing opportunistic politics," she said.
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An increasing demand for the assistance of the Jewish Family and Children's Service, with a shift in emphasis from new Americans to local residents and from economic problems to personal adjustment questions, was reported here at the annual meeting of the service.
Dr. Alfred M. Neumann, director of the service, also stressed the problems of aging people and warned that "this is a problem growing in scope as we go along." He urged immediate consideration of the establishment of a sheltered workshop for the aging that could also accommodate physically and emotionally handicapped people.
"While there is a steady decrease of economic problems, difficulties around personal adjustment, like marital problems, parent-child relationship, tend to be brought to our attention more frequently," Dr. Neumann reported.
He pointed out that in October, while the service had to deal with 24 economic problems, there were 58 situations dealing with personal adjustment-family relations, 30 health and maternity problems and 15 old age problems. Among others, the service also dealt with eight resettlement cases and 24 problems dealing with immigration and naturalization.


Rebecca Kinkead is a graduate of the University of Vermont and Minnesota State University and has been showing in the Boston area since 1999. Her compelling paintings contemplate the collective human experience. A strong sense of emotion and weighted meaning are expressed through the generously applied paint that has been built up in a tactile way, dripping and puckering to create rich surfaces from which her figures emerge.


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Russia reports biggest daily spike in coronavirus cases
Online News EditorMay 3, 2020
Moscow, May 3 (efe-epa).- Russia reported its highest number of coronavirus cases in a single day on Sunday, with 10,633 new Covid-19 cases.
The spike brought the total number of people known to be infected with the coronavirus to 134,687, according to the country's health authorities.
Russian officials have said the rise was due to an increase in testing, with more than 40,000 people being screened a day in Moscow.
Authorities also added that up to half of the fresh cases were people who had not experienced any symptoms but had been tested due to their line of work, such as medics.
There were also 58 fatalities from the disease during the last 24 hours, bringing Russia's death toll to 1,280 out of a population of 144 million, according to official daily figures published online.
Although there was a record rise in the number of confirmed infections, 8.3 per cent more than the previous day, the rate of deaths had barely increased.
The number of confirmed infections have doubled in the last 10 days, while in this same period the number of patients who have recovered from the virus has quadrupled and now stands at 16,639.
Moscow, home to more than 12.6 million people, has been the country's main site of infection with more than half of confirmed cases and deaths, 68,606 and 729, respectively.
Sergey Sobyanin, mayor of the capital city, warned on Saturday that mathematical studies and models have indicated that the real number of infection is around two per cent of the city's population, amounting to around 250,000 people.
Moscow authorities have stressed that lockdown measures have helped to contain the outbreak in some ways but they underlined the need for citizens to act responsibly and respect the self-isolation regime in force.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has been hospitalised after testing positive for the coronavirus on Thursday.
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The problem is that that steps on port 445 which is what SMBD latches on to. I'll bet you'd also see NMBD fire up when you turn on Windows file sharing but SMBD can't bind to that port.
As soon as dismounted my share to my server and reboot... presto... it started working again. If I map to my server and store the credentials in KeyChain and then reboot... now Samba won't fire off.


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Az Every Day (I Love You More) című dal az ausztrál Jason Donovan 1989. augusztusában megjelent kislemeze első Ten Good Reasons című stúdióalbumáról. Ez volt az utolsó kimásolt dal az albumról, mely az Egyesült Királyság kislemezlistáján egy hétig volt 2. helyezett. Első helyet csupán az Ír kislemezlistán sikerült elérnie.

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B1	I Guess She Never Loved Me	3:30
B2	Every Day (I Love You More) (Instrumental) 3:23

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Manning, A.G., Crawford, B.D., Waskiewicz, A.J., and Pilgrim, D.B. (2004) UNC-119 homolog required for normal development of the zebrafish nervous system. Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000). 40(4):223-230.
The UNC-119 proteins, found in all metazoans examined, are highly conserved at both the sequence and functional levels. In the invertebrates Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster, unc-119 genes are expressed pan-neurally. Loss of function of the unc-119 gene in C. elegans results in a disorganized neural architecture and paralysis. The function of UNC-119 proteins has been conserved throughout evolution, as transgenic expression of the human UNC119 gene in C. elegans unc-119 mutants restores a wild-type phenotype. However, the nature of the conserved molecular function of UNC-119 proteins is poorly understood. Although unc-119 genes are expressed throughout the nervous system of the worm and fly, the analysis of these genes in vertebrates has focused on their function in the photoreceptor cells of the retina. Here we report the characterization of an unc-119 homolog in the zebrafish. The Unc119 protein is expressed in various neural tissues in the developing zebrafish embryo and larva. Morpholino oligonucleotide (MO)-mediated knockdown of Unc119 protein results in a "curly tail down" phenotype. Examination of neural patterning demonstrates that these "curly tail down" zebrafish experience a constellation of neuronal defects similar to those seen in C. elegans unc-119 mutants: missing or misplaced cell bodies, process defasciculation, axon pathfinding errors, and aberrant axonal branching. These findings suggest that UNC-119 proteins may play an important role in the development and/or function of the vertebrate nervous system. genesis 40:223-230, 2004. (c) 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.


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Jenny Hval on her beguiling, inquisitive new album The Practice of Love
The Norwegian experimental pop artist on finding stillness in the midst of apocalypse.
By Steffanee Wang
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Jenny Hval's seventh studio album, The Practice of Love, opens with what feels like a guided meditation. The voice of Singaporean multi-instrumentalist Vivian Wang instructs the listener to "Look at these trees, look at this grass...study the ants on the ground" over a gentle trance-inducing beat. But as the song goes on and Wang continues to request consideration of more earthly things, the feeling emerges that the conceit is less about accessing some spiritual third eye and more about opening your eyes to begin with.
The themes explored on the Norwegian experimentalist's follow-up to 2016's gory-camp Blood Bitch are simple: specifically, the act of re-harnessing basal instincts, memories, and intuition that we're all born with but may have lost access to in the age of technological and apocalyptic distraction. Love plays a role, but Hval considers the emotion through a more humane and communal lens, especially in regards to the inclusion of multiple voices throughout the album ranging from Wang and Australian musician Laura Jean Englert to Parisian avant-garde artist Felicia Atkinson. "I wanted to have that as a strong part of the album — how music creates connections between people," Hval explained during a phone conversation. "The intention of placing a track or a voice so that it fits with another person's actions — that's a practice of love, too."
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The type of love Hval explores is inherently plural, focused on magnifying the invisible strands connecting persons to persons, ghosts, and those not yet born. At a time when every interaction feels myopic in both direction and scale, Hval's open-ended consideration feels extraordinarily radical — one beyond politics and closer to a remembering of something mystical and ancient. By the end of the eighth track,"Ordinary," Hval invites Atkinson to whisper, "We don't always get to choose when we are close, and when we're not," and as a listener it's impossible not to feel a sense of urgent responsibility toward beings outside of yourself — if just for the simple fact that we're all here right now, together.
What does love mean to you?
One interpretation of love that exists on this album is the need for belonging and to find a place that has empathy. Love is how you speak to and receive others. When I think of love and this record, I think about wanting to speak to somebody and be heard, but in a soft way and not a yell — with little commercial interest. I think of Twitter as the complete opposite. Yes, it does enable communication, but it triggers a type of communication that's very aggressive and condensed. Part of making music is to always change how I or the world communicates — to create an opportunity for language or communication to mean something else that it doesn't in other areas of life.
Is this something you discovered when between your last album and writing your book Paradise Rot?
I really wanted to investigate the magic of writing, because I wrote a lot about trying to create rituals that bring people that aren't in the same space or point in history together. A theme that appears in both my book and this album is speaking to past times, experiences, and sensations.
In "Six Red Cannas," you bring up Georgia O'Keefe and how your music was a sort of communication with her.
I was very specific about having everyone read the words "Georgia" with voices on top of each other to create more of a ritual of awakening or invoking her. There was a magic-potion approach to production — recipes as a guideline for creating tracks.
Can some of these themes about love could be applied to what's happening in current-day society?
Absolutely. I decided I didn't want to speak in essay form. I needed to write like I was digging — to explore what I wanted to write, instead of what I felt like I should say. I was aware of the harsh political climate. I read a lot about politics — it's become a natural part of my life — but I did want different language to be expressed. I was also tired of how my work was read as provocative, and I wanted to do something really soft. It seems like being political, even if you're anti-capitalist, is a commercial potential because you can interpret it as aggressive.
When I was writing, I really craved a soft place, and that's why I went into a natural landscape — not necessarily a place to hide, but a place to see the world as a more creative place. There's a pairing of untouched nature with the non-capitalist, non-religious, pagan landscape in the first song that's also linked to an emotional state of not really living according to the norm of the world that's burning. It seems like I made an escapist paradise, and I don't think that's exactly my intention, but you could see it like that.
Did this record change the way you read the news or interact with politics?
I think so. I felt drawn to different ways of reading when I was writing this. I came out of a long period of reading theory and essays, and right before I wrote my novel I got into fiction again. From that, it was reading more poetry and a bit of science fiction. I was trying to put all of these ways of reading together in a way that felt more wholesome than blasting myself with Armageddon. That was something that was lacking in my life for a while — I was excluding other possibilities and interpretations of reality. It was really lovely to extend my diet and rediscover the necessity and potential of fiction.
Were there new practices of love and care that you incorporated into your daily routine?
I was allowed some time to turn around my touring schedule a bit. For several years, I was traveling all the time, so I decided to tone down the touring. It's very problematic, the idea of availability and touring — especially climate-wise. The carbon footprint is terrible. Also, the mental footprint of availability and always being accessible really impacts your life and your mental health. I experienced the need to be more of a person that's still. I also changed my ways after the album was finished, because I got this herniated disc in my back. That was nature telling me, This album is done, you now can't walk. [Laughs]
Can the practice of stillness can exist alongside the responsibilities of being a musician?
I'm not sure. I'm trying to study if this is possible. I guess it's up to the person. The way the world is now, is the more success you have, the more mindfulness you have — that's what the Instagram ads say. It's about privilege, isn't it? You can't really have stillness if you don't have the privilege of it, so it's a total class struggle. I'm not someone who can make a lot of money on my work, but I'm Norwegian and can get amazing support from Norway. We have very sustainable arts funding possibilities, which makes it a lot easier to decide how to work.
But it's still not easy. In music, if you don't do the touring and all the stuff, you're just not seen — and if you're not seen, it's very difficult to be allowed to exist, which prevents us from hearing a lot of great music. I'm always thinking that maybe this is the last thing I do within how I interpret music right now, but I also love the people that I work with, so it's not about hating whoever's the gatekeeper but realizing that the structures might not actually work as a sane way of living for everyone. I wonder if it's different if you do have power and money and fame. I don't know. I will never know. I'm kind of happy that I will never know.
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Due to it's unique 'callet' shape, this chocolate is exceptionally easy to melt, temper or even to use as chocolate chips for baking! The 'callet' shape also allows melting to be much more consistent, due to the larger surface area.
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All those little life hacks for travelling New Zealand.
Our favourite type of hacking is life hacking. We've assembled all those little travel hacks that could make your life in New Zealand much easier! Some of which you didn't even know you needed.
From food hacks to keeping your campervan in top condition, these tips are sure to make you boss your backpacking trip in New Zealand. We've also got some New Zealand-specific tips that will especially help you in New Zealand supermarkets or provide a solution to that classic Kiwi problem – breaking your jandals!
So sail through New Zealand with these life hacks for travellers and backpackers!
Also check out our 18 Backpacker Hacks That Everyone Should Know.
Canned food is kind of a big thing amongst backpackers, especially when tackling multi-day hikes. Although many canned foods have an easy-to-open handle and most knife tools have a can opener, you may find yourself left with your can and nothing to open it with. Fear not, we have a tip for you: the top lid of canned food is usually a much softer metal than the sides, so using a knife and a rock. You will be able to breach through it in an instant. Then slide the knife around like a can opener and "voila", dinner is served.
Do you fancy really fresh bread? Just look at the colour of the bread tag. New Zealand basically has two main bread factories that supply bread to all the brands in the country. For instance the brands Budget, Pam's, Norths, TipTop, Ploughman's and Burgen are made in the same factory and their tags follow this order: pink (Monday), blue (Tuesday), yellow (Wednesday), red (Thursday), green (Friday), orange (Saturday) and white (Sunday). For more food tips, see 11 Backpacker Tips to Save Money on Food.
Speaking of bread tags, if one of your jandals – that's Kiwi for "flip-flops" – comes loose, grab one of the bread tags and slide if over the peg. It will be fixed for the rest of the summer. That's Kiwi engineering at its finest right there!
Campervan plumbing is very sensitive – VERY SENSITIVE. So you will want to take good care of it when travelling around. A great trick to ensure smooth plumbing is to not let anything else other than liquid go through it. Be cheap and get yourself a pack of 30 coffee filters to place in the sink. It will let the water pass right through while gathering unwanted bits and pieces in the filter. Replace it every two days and you will have no plumbing issues (caused by blockage anyway).
In New Zealand we drive on the left. You knew that, right?! That point itself is worth remembering when crossing the road. With that in mind, remember to also walk on the left of the sidewalk/footpath to avoid bumping into people. Note that this applies to most cities in New Zealand aside from Auckland that is primarily inhabited by tourists that are just walking everywhere!
Its real name is rangiora. The plant is smooth and soft and was used in the early days as toilet paper. The Maori were New Zealand's first settlers and used the leaves to ease soreness and inflammation by crushing and mixing with water into a thick paste as a poultice. The kawakawa plant has similar properties and more. It is worth learning about it too if you are planning to spend time in the wild.
Let's say it, New Zealand is crazy about rugby! CRAZY! Understanding the rudiments of it is a must, as it will help you navigate small talk with rugby enthusiasts (to which a lot of locals are just that). No need to go too in depth, as long as you understand the words "try", "scrum" and "conversion" you should be fine. If you want to know more about the different types of rugby in New Zealand, read our article about the difference between rugby league and rugby union.
The adventure capital of New Zealand sees thousands of tourists passing through every year. Most of them accumulate gear while on their trip and are left with way too much to carry. The op-shops (second-hand stores) in the city are filled with barely used gear at a fraction of their retail price.
Every hostel has a "Free Food" shelf or box in its kitchen. When backpackers are checking out they can leave the food that they cannot be bothered carrying. The best time to scavenge the free food shelf is usually between 10am and 11:30am, just after check-out time and before the lunch rush in the kitchen. For more hostel tips, head to our hostel tips portal.
We just can't say it enough: the New Zealand weather is constantly changing! A rainy day can turn into the sunniest day in a heartbeat and vice-versa. It is wise to think about that when planning what to wear for your next adventure. Layering your clothing is key and will make a real difference to your day. Check out what clothes we advise to pack for a gap year in New Zealand.
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The Joseph Mitchell House is a Gothic, single-family home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Tulpehocken Station Historic District. Samuel Sloan allegedly designed this example of a Gothic villa, a style Andrew Jackson Downing popularized. The exterior has a crenellated tower, a slate roof, gingerbread trim and Queen Anne mullioned windows, and the facade is made from Wissahickon schist.

The house sold in 2014 for $525,000.

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Schermerhorn Symphony Center es una sala de conciertos en Nashville, Tennessee (Estados Unidos) inaugurada el 9 de septiembre de 2006. Es la sede de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Nashville.

Su construcción comenzó el 3 de diciembre de 2003 y su nombre homenajea a Kenneth Schermerhorn, director de la Nashville Symphony Orchestra entre 1983 y 2005, año de su fallecimiento. Con 2800 m², el Laura Turner Concert Hall tiene capacidad para 1872 espectadores. De líneas clásicas, el auditorio está diseñado en forma de caja de zapato al igual que los venerables Symphony Hall, Concertgebouw, Konzerthaus (Berlín) y Musikverein, de probado rendimiento acústico.

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But this is already very stupid because since at least the Vietnam war, we know that the orange agent is a very toxic product with detrimental effects on human health (in the USA, the Veterans Affairs are busy with that). On top of already using the orange agent to clear forests for mining, these guys thinks it will be interesting to go there and take care of the livestock. They will of course quickly earn money from selling meat from animals that grew there. But they will face health issues, at some point, for them and most probably for people who will eat that meat.
I will not be surprised if I read news about baby malformations in the coming years in Brazil. And I'm wondering why Monsanto is still selling orange agent anywhere in the world. Is money so important compared to human health?


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Oboes and Oboists
A beautifully made musical instrument can give you the magical feeling that it is playing itself. On the contrary, my first oboe, loaned by my high school, was plastic and absolutely worthless. Although I was privileged to take lessons from Harvey McGuire, longtime English horn player in the Cleveland Orchestra, I was not happy with my progress.
At college, after a couple of stints with a reproduction Baroque oboe and later an unusual oboe d'amore, an alto oboe pitched in A, they finally located a regular oboe for me to play.
A serious player might have been dismayed. An obsolete ring system oboe, it was full of cracks and did not have all the modern keys. But it was an early Lorée, a standard of quality among oboes, and its thin wood and light keys felt perfect in my hands.
Playing it was a revelation—all problems ceased to exist. The low notes, almost impossible on the plastic instrument, sounded easily. A morendo (the tone fading away to nothing) was previously crude and uneven, and I blamed it on poor breath control. But on the Lorée, the note spun out effortlessly.
**News Flash** I just received an email from the Lorée company, stating that this special oboe was made in 1882, presumably under the supervision of François Lorée himself, as he started the company in 1881. Although a real antique, it was a regular ring-key Conservatoire system with a low Bb. Perhaps this history might account for its singularly enchanted quality.
After college, I started searching for an oboe to replace my beloved Lorée. I collected the following five oboes, three of which are Lorées, but none of them seemed to warrant putting into good playing condition.
The top oboe in the photo is a Lorée from the 1920's. It might have promise, but unfortunately, it has an undesirable automatic octave system. Semi-automatic octave keys are the only good type.
The next one is also a Lorée, this one from the 1960's, but somehow its magic quotient is low.
The middle oboe is marked Getzen, usually an American maker of brass instruments. This oboe was in fact made in France and only labeled for Getzen. It is not a bad instrument, but is no substitute for a Lorée.
This Getzen tends to be watery, meaning that condensation from playing sometimes climbs the bore and gets into the keywork, creating a gurgling sound. The temporary solution is to insert a piece of absorbent cigarette paper. This was difficult to buy, since people assumed it was for illicit purposes. When I found a brand without glue (Reynolds OCB), I bought two cartons, enough for several lifetimes, and gave one case to the dignified Mr. McGuire. He thanked me, adding that it was embarrassing for him to have to ask for the incriminating cigarette papers.
The fourth example in the photograph is an antique oboe by Lorée, and the fifth and last example is a similar instrument by Barnett Samuel. These might be o.k. if put in playing order, but the keywork is not what is known as Conservatoire system, and so these two will remain simply as curiosities.
Early photographs of oboists are fascinating to collect. These are more difficult to locate than photos of players on, say, the violin or cornet (another instrument I love), but as always patience is rewarded.
This distinguished photo is British, but the oboe seems more Continental. With its heavy turnings and wide ivory rings, it appears to have been old-fashioned even at the time of the photograph.
This young man seems at ease with life and with his choice of instrument—let's face it, he chose wisely.
This gentleman from Reading, Pennsylvania is playing a Boehm-system oboe made by Buffet, Crampon, a rather daring and avant-garde oboe for its day.
An unusual photograph of a female oboist. One wonders how you can "breathe from the diaphragm" while wearing a corset. This photo is marked for Nice, France, but another photo of the same woman was taken by a photographer in Brighton, England.
An oboe collector's card that came in a packet of chocolate.
This trade card is too cartoonish to tell much. Since it is French, perhaps it is intended to depict a musette, a small, pastoral version of the oboe.
This oboist is perhaps a soldier from World War I.
This man was versatile enough to play both the oboe and the violin. Good luck reading that signature.
This is Charles Nutick, oboist with the Cincinnati Symphony in the 1920's. The instrument on his lap is a slightly odd English horn. With its light wood and spherical bell, I thought it might perhaps be a tenor Heckelphone, but I wrote to the Heckel company, and they said that it was not their product.
Many oboists made fine recordings during the LP era. These include John Mack (whom I also heard in person), Neil Black, Pierre Pierlot, Jacques Chambon, Alfred Hertel, and Heinz Holliger. Some of the legendary earlier oboists who also recorded are Marcel Tabuteau, Leon Goossens, Evelyn Rothwell, and Mitchell Miller, who later achieved fame as "Sing Along with Mitch."
All of these oboists can now be found on Youtube, along with a host of younger talent, but I would like to point out two special recordings that you should not miss. The first is Neil Black playing my favorite version of the Mozart Oboe Concerto.
Rosemary from Where Five Valleys Meet highly recommended Nicholas Daniel, a world-class oboist. I was particularly impressed by his distinctive version of the Mozart Oboe Quartet.
Many people take up a musical instrument at some point. Please let me know what instruments you have learned to play, and whether you had the luck of finding the exact instrument that was perfectly suited to you.
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Record numbers of suspected mumps cases reported in Lincolnshire in past three months
Worrying news
Robert Rowlands
The MMR vaccine protects against mumps, measles and rubella (Image: PA)
Record numbers of suspected mumps cases have been reported in Lincolnshire in the past three months.
The ongoing spike in cases - repeated in other parts of the country - has sparked calls from health experts for parents to make sure their children get all necessary vaccinations.
There were 39 suspected cases of mumps reported in Lincolnshire in July, August and September, according to figures compiled by Public Health England (PHE).
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This is a huge increase from the seven cases reported in the same period in 2018.
It is the highest number of suspected cases since comparable records began in 2010.
There have also been eight suspected cases of measles reported in the three months, up from four reported in 2018.
Doctors are required to report any suspected cases of certain infectious diseases to their local authority or local Health Protection Team, although not all cases will be confirmed.
Lincolnshire has seen 94 suspected cases of mumps since the start of the year, up from 43 in 2018, with 16 suspected cases of measles, up from 12 a year before.
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Dr Mary Ramsay, head of immunisation at Public Health England (PHE), said last month: "Although it is normal to see mumps outbreaks in universities every few years, we are seeing a significant number of cases, the highest quarterly figure since 2009.
"Coupled with the continued measles outbreaks these figures clearly demonstrate the need for sustained high vaccination rates.
"We're urging parents and their children, no matter how old they are, to check they've had two doses of MMR. Measles is easy to catch and can kill. Vaccines are there to stop the spread of disease and save lives.
"It's never too late to protect yourself and others."
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Measles is a highly infectious viral illness that can be very unpleasant and sometimes lead to serious complications.
In mumps, one or both of the parotid salivary glands, located just below and in front of the ears, swell up and become painful. There may be swelling around the ovaries (in girls) or testes (in boys after puberty).
Most cases of mumps are mild - around a third of people infected with the virus develop no symptoms - but when complications occur they can be serious. It is the commonest cause of viral meningitis.
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In the three months to the end of September, 3,296 cases of suspected mumps were reported in England and Wales, more than double the 1,431 recorded a year before, and the highest number since 2010.
There were also 511 suspected cases of measles, a small decrease from 541 seen in the same period in 2018.
Since the start of 2019, there have been 11,723 suspected cases of mumps across England and Wales, up from 5,035 in the same period in 2018, while the number of measles cases fell from 2,205 to 1,851.
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Democrats May Not Support 9/11 Bill After All
September 21, 2016, 12:36 pm 11 Views
Democrats are starting to show cracks in their support for legislation that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia — suggesting White House opposition to the bill may be resonating with lawmakers preparing for the first veto override vote of Barack Obama's presidency.
But to sustain his expected veto, Obama will need to persuade 34 senators to change course and oppose the bill — a very difficult task. The legislation sailed through both chambers with no opposition. And the White House now has scant time to make its case to Capitol Hill, with a veto override vote in the Senate expected this month.
Still, there are glimmers of hope for the administration. Key lawmakers are now making it clear they remain undecided on overriding Obama's presumed veto — a notable departure from the overwhelming show of support behind the legislation when it unanimously passed both chambers earlier this year.
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, indicated this week that she was rethinking her support for the Saudi Arabia legislation amid renewed arguments against the measure from the Obama administration.
"I do have some second thoughts with respect to that," Feinstein said. "I think it could bring on a whole host of unintended consequences."
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 House Democrat, said Tuesday that "this is not a bill without complex ramifications" and he wanted to see Obama's formal veto and his rationale for opposing the legislation before making up his mind on overriding it.
"I think it would be incorrect for any member to think this is a very simple issue, that it may not have ramifications for the United States in other venues around the world," Hoyer said. "Having said that, I will reiterate, I share and there is great sympathy among the Senate, the House, bipartisan, to assure that the American families who have suffered great grief and loss have an avenue to address their grievances."
But their public trepidation is going up against relentless lobbying from family members of the Sept. 11 victims, who have proved to be a powerful force. When Republican Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina began expressing their qualms with the legislation and suggesting that a veto override should be held off until the end of the year, the families fired back, saying the Republicans are asking "far more than the families and survivors should ever be asked to accept."
That ferocious push continued into Tuesday, as Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) met privately with 9/11 families in his office and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) held a news conference outside the Capitol with victims of the terrorist attacks.
Another enemy working against the White House is simple: time.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday he plans to hold the override vote before senators leave Washington to campaign, dramatically cutting down the time the White House has to coax enough senators to sustain Obama's expected rejection of the 9/11 legislation. McConnell said he assumed the veto will be overridden.
The president has yet to formally issue a veto, but he is required to do so by Friday. Because the legislation originated from the Senate, that chamber will move first on an override.
Speaking to reporters in New York, where Obama was attending the U.N. General Assembly, White House press secretary Josh Earnest acknowledged that the administration faces a "steep hill" in addressing their own concerns about the 9/11 bill. Yet Earnest suggested that more lawmakers are on their side than public comments would indicate.
"As we've made this case, members of Congress in both parties have indicated that they are open to the concerns that we've expressed. In many cases, they share them," Earnest said. "And the real question for members of Congress will be whether or not they're prepared to cast a vote that is consistent with the views and feelings that they expressed in private."
The White House has repeatedly listed several concerns with the measure, including its view that the 9/11 bill could open up U.S. officials to legal retaliation in foreign courts. Earnest has also argued that the legislation could lead to different judges in different courtrooms coming up with varying terror designations about the same country.
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat who sits on the Judiciary Committee, said he still had not decided whether he would support overriding Obama's presumed veto.
"I certainly agree with the premise" of the bill, Durbin said. But "some colleagues, in this case Graham and Corker have raised questions about whether or not there ought to be some modifications. I've talked with Sen. [Chuck] Schumer, there already have been modifications made."
The legislation, formally known as the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, amends the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act to prevent countries involved in terrorist attacks on U.S. soil from invoking sovereign immunity, a legal principle that shields foreign nations from legal action. That would pave the way for 9/11 families to pursue lawsuits related to the attacks.
It's not a new measure in Capitol Hill; it cleared the Senate last Congress and then resurfaced in the chamber earlier this year. This time, proponents of the legislation note that changes have already been made to the legislation to accommodate concerns from the Obama administration, and in their view, there's little room left for a compromise.
Still, other influential Democrats show signs of taking pause.
"I certainly don't want to shield those who are supporting terrorism," said Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee. "On the other hand, I understand the importance of sovereign immunity as it relates to international activities. So I'd like to understand the president's concerns, whether there are alternative ways to handle this before I make a judgment."
Late Tuesday, Graham said he has been in touch with the White House and Saudi officials but said he was pessimistic on any prospects to come up with revisions to satisfy both the victims' families, as well as ease the Obama administration's diplomatic concerns.
"It's either/or politics now," Graham said. "You're either for 9/11 families or you're for Saudi Arabia. It shouldn't be that way."
Other key Republicans also stressed they were also undecided.
"I'm willing to hear [the White House's] concerns," said Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), a member of the Judiciary Committee, which crafted the bill.
The two top senators on the Judiciary Committee — Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and ranking member Patrick Leahy of Vermont — both said they firmly backed the legislation, which emerged from their committee earlier this year before passing the full Senate in May.
"It should be 100-0, but I don't expect that it will be," Grassley said of a vote to override a veto of the 9/11 bill. "If people don't want to override the veto, they should've expressed their opposition earlier."
(via: Politico)
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So let's start off by looking at how to do a relational database in the cloud.
a few hundred gigabytes maybe, maximum.
So that's the kind of thing that cloud SQL handles perfectly well.
the capacity of the gigabytes is fine a relational offering.
you do updates, use deletes.
And you can update an individual field, so that's what cloud SQL is.
or we want to basically deal with objects rather than relational data.
deal with petabytes of data and still get very quick, timely responses.
small data that we want to use in a very familiar way, cloud SQL is a great choice.
and cloud SQL is Google-managed MySQL.
in the last chapter, we looked at Cloud Launcher.
and get a computing VM that's pre-installed with WordPress ready to go.
Why can't I do that with MySQL, why does Google have to manage MySQL?
Isn't it just getting a computing VM and installing MySQL on it?
5, so between 5 and 9, just passivate the database.
And so you don't have to pay for it when it's passivated, so that's great.
the database when you're not using it.
a database that needs to be run only when a unit test is running.
we don't have to use it.
it's a prime candidate to run on cloud SQL.
Google can give your relational data as workloads.
a machine if you aren't using it.
And this is particularly useful for machines that aren't used 24/7.
Secondly, Google manages the backups.
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Thirdly, you can connect to it from everywhere.
this is a good solution for it.
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Rinzin Wangdi: A Bhutanese political prisoner from Sharchop community
Initially Wangdi was sentenced to 25 years and three months imprisonment but later seven years and three months were added as punishment for being in contact with another dissent prisoner.
Ram Karki - 6 January, 2023
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Hague: Rinzin Wangdi was 30 years old when he was arrested on 25 June 1999 for being a part of the pro-democracy movement spearheaded by the exile-based Druk National Congress in eastern Bhutan in 1997.
Initially, he was sentenced to 25 years and three months imprisonment but later seven years and three months were added as punishment for being in contact with another dissent prisoner. Rinzin was shifted to a prison in Mongar from Chemgang Central Prison in 2012 and is currently serving his sentence at Mongar prison.
Rinzin Wangdi Family
During the political uprising in eastern Bhutan in 1997 at his village Dramatse, in Mongar, his family members were forcefully exiled. His father, Sangay Dorji, was arrested for participating in a peaceful demonstration, and his father was released only in 2005 after serving an eight-year sentence. His mother and sister are in a refugee camp at Beldangi camp in Jhapa in eastern Nepal.
In November 2022, Global Campaign for the Release of Political Prisoners in Bhutan (GCRPPB), as part of its financial support program, distributed financial support to Rinzin's family, besides other families of the serving political prisoners and the recently released political prisoners living in the camps. The photo below shows how happy Rinzin's mother and sister became while receiving financial support from GCRPPB. His sister also expressed gratitude to all the donors for the financial support she needed to treat her ailing mother.
Rinzin Wangdi
GCRPPB, since its formation in 2019, has been consistently campaigning to release all the Bhutanese political prisoners languishing for several decades in various prisons of Bhutan. As of now, GCRPPB has been successful in compiling the details of 55 political prisoners, of which six were released in April 2022. Five were released for completing their 15 years' sentences, and the King granted amnesty to one former sub-divisional officer Chewang Rinzin who was serving a life sentence.
Though the majority of those remaining 49 political prisoners are from ethnic Nepali-speaking Bhutanese community, quite a few are still from other ethnic communities of Bhutan, such as Naglong and Sharchopas.
Ram Karki is Coordinator of Global Campaign for the release of Political Prisoners in Bhutan (GCRPPB).
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using GoalUUID = std::array<uint8_t, UUID_SIZE>;
using GoalStatus = action_msgs::msg::GoalStatus;
using GoalInfo = action_msgs::msg::GoalInfo;

/// Convert a goal id to a human readable string.
RCLCPP_ACTION_PUBLIC
std::string
to_string(const GoalUUID & goal_id);

// Convert C++ GoalID to rcl_action_goal_info_t
RCLCPP_ACTION_PUBLIC
void
convert(const GoalUUID & goal_id, rcl_action_goal_info_t * info);

// Convert rcl_action_goal_info_t to C++ GoalID
RCLCPP_ACTION_PUBLIC
void
convert(const rcl_action_goal_info_t & info, GoalUUID * goal_id);
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{
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{
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A surgical airstrike by Russian fighter jets has knocked out the battle headquarters of a jihadist group near Raqqa, according to Russian Defense Ministry. Operating from the Khmeimim airbase, the Russian Air Force continues to inflict pinpoint strikes on Islamic State installations.
A surgical airstrike by Russian fighter jets has knocked out the battle headquarters of a jihadist group near Raqqa, according to Russian Defense Ministry. Operating from the Khmeimim airbase, the Russian Air Force continues to inflict pinpoint strikes on Islamic State installations, RT reports.
"Over the past 24 hours, Sukhoi Su-34 and Su-24M fighter jets have performed 20 sorties and hit nine Islamic State installations," Igor Konashenkov, Russia's Defense Ministry spokesman, reported.
Konashenkov added that yesterday evening Russian aircraft went on six sorties, inflicting strikes on three terrorist installations.
"A bunker-busting BETAB-500 air bomb dropped from a Sukhoi Su-34 bomber near Raqqa has eliminated the command post of one of the terror groups, together with an underground storage facility for explosives and munitions," the spokesman said.
"There isn't a grain of truth in John Kerry's statement the Assad government isn't trying to stop ISIS; the Syrian army has been fighting terrorists, while the West watched the country being destroyed", says Syrian presidential adviser Bouthaina Shaaban.
This week the Russian Duma also approved ground troops to be deployed in Syria, and they will be fighting alongside Syrian government troops to eradicate ISIS in the country.


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Man Critically Injured When Drug Deal Goes Wrong
Bayview SFPD stabbing by Bay City News | April 29, 2013 9:47 am	| in Crime | 0
A man was critically injured when he was stabbed during an apparent drug deal in San Francisco's Bayview District on Sunday night, police said today.
The stabbing was reported at 8:52 p.m. in the 1100 block of Mendell Street.
Police said the 42-year-old victim was involved in a drug deal with two other men when a fight broke out and he was stabbed four times in the torso and leg.
Man stabbed many times during drug deal [Ex]
The victim was taken to San Francisco General Hospital to be treated for his injuries, which are considered life-threatening, police said.
The suspects, a man believed to be in his mid-20s and another in his mid- to late 30s, fled and had not been found as of this morning, according to police.
Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to call the Police Department's anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 or to send a tip by text message to TIP411 with "SFPD" in the message.


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RC4WD Trail Finder 2 Truck Kit w/Mojave II Body Set « Big Squid RC – RC Car and Truck News, Reviews, Videos, and More!
The latest Trail Finder 2 from RC4WD sports a Mojave II body set. RC4WD is known for their scale realism and their latest TF2 once again does a great job of making an rc truck look very much like its full sized counterpart. The Mojave II body is made from ABS plastic and features a late model design with square headlights. Chrome bumpers come standard and the body has been reshaped for better proportions. The cab is molded separately with a scale accurate back so that you can use just the cab for your build, while the bed is drop molded, making it perfect for carrying a spare tire or accessories. Windshield wipers, mirrors, and marker light details also come standard.
The new TF2 has a street price of $399, a part number of #Z-K0049, and they are expected to start hitting hobby shops in September. Get all the rest of the details at This Link over on the RC4WD website.