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Help Piccolo support refugee families this Christmas
The baby food company Piccolo has just launched its latest project to support new parents and children in the UK and you can help! Here’s how
Share the spirit of the season throughout December with Piccolo’s One to One campaign to help ensure babies don’t go hungry this Christmas.
Piccolo will be donating baby and toddler meals to help British Red Cross support refugee and asylum-seeking families with babies and toddlers.
How you can help
For every Piccolo pouch or pot sold in Tesco stores nationwide throughout December, Piccolo will donate at least one baby and toddler meal to the project.
‘Last year 15,000 refugees and asylum seekers experienced extreme poverty, including pregnant women and new mothers. At Piccolo, we firmly believe no child should go hungry, so we’re proud to be running our annual One for One campaign this Christmas, to support the work that the British Red Cross does across the UK to support refugee and asylum seeking families with babies and toddlers,’ says Piccolo founder and mum, Cat Gazzou.
You can also help when you order your Piccolo pots and pouches from Tesco online.
In 2017, Piccolo donated 125,000 meals to disadvantaged children relying on food banks throughout the UK, and this year it’s supporting the British Red Cross to help refugee parents to make life a little bit better for their families.
Find out more at mylittlepiccolo.com.

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To conquer big data, organizations must learn to embrace it. Factors impeding the efforts to build analytical organization The three parameters any organization needs to address to maximize the value of big data are: 1. Institutional inertia: Big data helps the organization to understand the current market, competitions, and strategies etc. which transform them. This kind of sudden change creates unease and resistance at different levels.
Big Data in 21st Century can deliver a range of new products and services. It can help management accountants to adapt existing strategies or generate new ones assisting in better business decision making. Big Data is a term that you can characterise it as an enormous amount of data which cannot be evaluated and interpreted by standard reporting facilities.
It is not enough to have an IT infrastructure and security in place. Data governance has taken primary importance in these sectors where opportunity is big in Big Data, but risks can be huge. Infrastructure and system architecture: While the advanced technologies of Hadoop and MapReduce are scaled to meet the 5Vs of big data, they assert significant demands on infrastructure in terms of scale, storage capacities that are efficient and cost effective. Intelligent storage capacities can leverage through data compression, automatic data tearing and data deduplication. The question is how much is needed to implement Big Data and how much is
In this information age, data volumes are continuously exploding faster than ever before. As more computing power is usually required to apply statistical analysis on large-scale data sets, the need for data science will continue to grow in all sectors of society. When I worked as an engineer at Micron- a world’s leading semiconductor manufacturing company, I dealt with large production data every day and I have seen the application of data analysis first hand. I was captivated by the powerful usage of data, as almost every decision I made at work was based on or related to data analysis. With a curious mind, I am excited to explore the endless opportunities to solve problems using data in not only manufacturing but a broad range of areas.
Big Data Analytics offers companies the ability to leverage on the enormous amounts of information driving their global supply chains, Harvard Business review, (2013). Companies are aware that Big Data can be leveraged at various levels of a business. This holds true for supply chain management also. The combination of large, high velocity and varied structure of big data and advanced analytics tools and techniques represents the next frontier of supply chain innovation, Libor K, Christian G, and Michele B
What is Big Data and how does it impacts social media? The advent of time and technology has brought greater significance to the use of data. The cut throat competition among businesses today requires them to harness a huge amount of information for their advantage. It has become important for businesses to extract and analyze crucial data in order to gain a larger understanding of market trends and patterns. And, this examination would eventually lead to birth of plans and polices for an organization’s growth and progress.
The reason I have chosen this organisation is because I work part time in a petrol station and I know both the pros and cons of using the Station Master software. What is big data? Big data is a term used to describe the large volume of data, both structured and unstructured, that inundates an organisation on a day to day basis. The importance of big data does not depend on the volume of data but rather, what data is analysed and what it is used for. When big data in an organisation is combined with analytics it can be used to reduce costs, determine the roots of failures in a short period of time and overall improve the efficiency of said organisation.
Abstract— The growth of the idea of business intelligence and analysis has emphasize the significance of the set, combination, processing of data and reporting of fundamental knowledge and how this knowledge can assist to make more suitable business decisions, obtain a better understanding of marketplace behaviors and trends. Great growth of the data has enabled us to uncover the hidden knowledge from data. We can use the Big Data analysis for effective decision making in healthcare domain using the existing machine learning algorithms with some modification to it This paper summarizes the role of Big Data analysis in healthcare and various shortcomings of traditional machine learning algorithms. Keywords— Big Data, knowledge, of Health Informatics,
All the organizations generate and collect huge volumes of data that they use in daily operations. The necessary data is captured and maintained by the corresponding department for each of its operations. Despite this wealth of data, many companies were unable to fully capitalize on its value because most of the information that are implicit in the data are not easy to find it out. To take advantage of high return profits and to compete effectively in the market, decision-makers must be able to find and utilize the hidden information in the collected data. Automated systems has contributed to the production of large volumes of data.

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Silvio Berlusconi has called for 600,000 illegal migrants to be deported from Italy, calling it “a social bomb ready to explode in Italy”.
The former Italian PM said: “Immigration has become an urgent question, because after years with a left-wing government, there are 600,000 migrants who don’t have the right to stay. We consider it to be an absolute priority to regain control over the situation.
“When we’re in government we will invest many resources in security. We will boost police presence and reintroduce the ‘Safe Streets’ initiative…Our soldiers will patrol the streets alongside police officers.”
In a rousing statement that will resonate around the EU, Berlusconi said: “Today, Italy counts for nothing in Brussels and the world. We will make it count again.”
His comments come amid growing racial tensions in Italy. An African drug dealer is believed to have cut up an Italian teenager’s body and dumped her in the countryside, and then a member of an anti-migrant group shot at 6 African men in Macerata.
Berlusconi’s Forza Italia has forged an alliance with two right-wing parties, the Northern League and the smaller Brothers of Italy, for the elections on March 4th.
Interpol recently issued a warning saying around 50 ISIS fighters had flocked into the country.
Mass, illegal migration leads to social disharmony. The EU’s ridiculous open border policy needs to be changed immediately. The Italian people will have the chance to strike a blow at mass migration madness at the election.

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South Africa's AIDS Vortex Engulfs a Rural Community
By RACHEL L. SWARNS
Published: November 25, 2001
HLABISA, South Africa— The dusty road rolls past the builders hauling bricks from the Easi-Build Hardware store, past the women braiding hair at Ruby's Beauty Salon, past the butchers grinding beef at Isipho Supermarket, deep into the heart of rural South Africa.
Change has come slowly to this remote community in Zululand. But there are water pumps in the green hills. Black tar smooths stretches of the mostly gravel road. Electric lights glimmer in mud huts. At Gwegwede Primary School, giddy adolescents dream aloud in a country that no longer stifles black ambition.
''Me, I'm going to be a doctor,'' says Patience Ntshangase, 12, her brown eyes flashing. ''An engineer!'' cries Bongumenzi Zwane, also 12.
President Thabo Mbeki has declared the 21st century to be Africa's century and says his country will help fuel the renaissance. Most Western leaders agree that if any country can make good on this continent's elusive promise, it will be South Africa, with its stable government, sizable economy and commitment to uplifting its people.
But Fanini Manqele, the principal at Gwegwede, no longer dreams such dreams. Two of his teachers, both young and promising, are dead.
Three more are ailing. In 1994, when blacks in this country voted for the first time, about 10 percent of adults in Hlabisa (pronounced shla-BEE-sa) were infected with H.I.V., the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS.
Today, the figure stands at about 35 percent, one of the highest rates in a nation that has more people infected with H.I.V. than any other country. Blinded by shame and denial, distracted by the enormous challenge of redressing racial inequities, black leaders have mostly closed their eyes to AIDS. Seven years after apartheid's demise, this community's young and productive people are dying, like many others across Africa. Not since the Black Death ravaged Europe in the 14th century has a continent confronted such a deadly disease.
The broad outlines of South Africa's epidemic are widely known: This nation of 44 million people has 4.7 million infected with H.I.V. What is less frequently explored is how ordinary communities are coping with a plague that is killing their citizens, threatening their culture and shattering their dreams.
President Mbeki has compounded the crisis by refusing to acknowledge the magnitude of the problem. He has stirred international furor by questioning whether H.I.V. causes AIDS and by challenging infection rates reported by his own government. He has been reluctant to subsidize AIDS treatment, citing the risk of side effects.
In October, Mr. Mbeki suggested that whites, and unwitting black allies, were deliberately overplaying the AIDS epidemic to undermine a black continent on the rise and to perpetuate stereotypes of Africans as ''promiscuous carriers of germs.''
Earlier this year, he ignited a firestorm by questioning whether AIDS is indeed the nation's biggest killer, as the government's leading medical institute contends. Casting doubt on that assertion, he cited six-year-old data from the World Health Organization that listed H.I.V. as 12th among 29 leading causes of death here.
His advisers say the world's largest drug companies are exaggerating the epidemic to expand markets for AIDS drugs. The companies deny those charges, but Mr. Mbeki has vowed to investigate the accuracy of H.I.V. statistics ''that are regularly peddled as a true representation of what is happening in our country.'' His skepticism is unfathomable to many scientists and health officials, who say the statistics he cites are old.
Some critics suspect that Mr. Mbeki wants to avoid diverting scarce resources toward costly AIDS drugs, an expense so enormous that it might swallow the government's entire budget for drugs. Others believe that he cannot bear to admit that the nation's black government stood by while its supporters were dying. Mr. Mbeki, who is praised by Western leaders for his conservative economic policies and his vision for Africa, declined a request for an interview through his spokesman, Bheki Khumalo. In the past he has complained that his comments were misunderstood and he is reluctant to discuss the matter in public.
The Plague Marks a Town
Here in Hlabisa, in the desperately crowded clinics and hospital wards, the scale of the epidemic is clear enough. This district of 250,000 people sits amid the hills of KwaZulu Natal Province, which has the highest adult rate of H.I.V. infection of any province in South Africa, according to the government. It is one of the few communities in South Africa in which government researchers have kept statistics on H.I.V. infection rates for nearly a decade. Its story offers a rare and intimate look at one community ravaged by the plague.
The virus is invisible, people here say, but its fingerprints are everywhere.
It marks the faces of young widows who trudge the road in somber capes and skirts, traditional mourning garb. It inspires the medicine makers who brew slivers of tree bark and bundles of dried leaves into elixirs sold in used Coca-Cola bottles.
''Two spoons in the morning, two spoons in the afternoon,'' advises Elliott Mpungose, a herbalist who charges $1.25 a bottle.
It swamps the morgue where chilled bodies are often stacked one on top of another.

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If you’ve ever had the pleasure of tasting a delicious teriyaki sauce, then you know why it’s so popular.
The sweet and savory flavor is hard to resist!
But what happens when you don’t have access to rice vinegar?
Don’t worry – there are plenty of other ingredients that can be used as substitutes for rice vinegar in teriyaki sauce.
In this article, I’ll share with you the 7 best substitutes for rice vinegar in teriyaki sauce so that your dishes still taste just as good.
Why is Rice Vinegar used in Teriyaki Sauce?
Rice vinegar is often used in teriyaki sauce to balance out the sweet and salty flavors of the dish.
The mild acidity of rice vinegar helps to reduce some of the sweetness, while also providing a flavorful contrast that complements other ingredients like soy sauce, mirin, garlic, and ginger.
Rice vinegar also provides a subtle umami flavor that lends complexity to this classic Japanese condiment.
It has a light and gentle taste profile which allows it to blend in with other ingredients without overwhelming them.
For these reasons, rice vinegar is an essential part of any good teriyaki sauce recipe as it adds depth and nuance to the overall flavor profile.
The 7 Best Substitutes for Rice Vinegar in Teriyaki Sauce
Rice vinegar is an important ingredient in teriyaki sauce, but it can be hard to find.
Fortunately, there are a few good substitutes that can be used in its place.
If you’re looking for alternatives to traditional rice vinegar in your teriyaki sauce recipe, here are seven of the best substitutes:
1. Apple cider vinegar
If you find yourself without access to rice wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar is an excellent substitute.
I often use it in place of rice wine vinegar when making teriyaki sauce and the results are always delicious.
The tartness of the apple cider vinegar adds a unique flavor profile to your dishes that compliments teriyaki sauce’s sweetness very nicely.
Plus, its low acidity makes it a great alternative for those who don’t have access to regular vinegars like white or balsamic.
However, just make sure not to overdo it – remember that adding too much will overpower the original flavor and ruin your dish!
When substituting with apple cider vinegar, start by only using about half as much as what the recipe calls for before adjusting according to taste.
2. White wine vinegar
If you don’t have access to rice vinegar, White Wine Vinegar is an excellent option!
It has a mild flavor that complements the sweetness of the teriyaki sauce perfectly.
In terms of acidity, White Wine Vinegar has a slightly higher acidity than Rice Vinegar which adds a nice tangy contrast for making teriyaki sauces and marinades.
I generally like to use it with neutral cooking oils like sunflower oil or canola oil as well as garlic, ginger and onion in order to create the perfect balance between flavors.
And because of its low sodium content it won’t overpower other seasonings like soy sauce or sesame seeds that are often used in teriyaki sauces too.
In my opinion, using white wine vinegar instead of rice vinegar gives your teriyaki sauce an exquisite taste – you’ll really be able to tell the difference!
A great substitute is Mirin; a sweet cooking rice wine from Japan.
While it tastes similar to sake, mirin has much less alcohol content than its counterpart and cooking regularly takes away the remaining alcohol content.
Because of its natural sweetness, you won’t have to worry about additional sugar being added in as a flavor enhancer – like you would with many store-bought varieties of teriyaki sauce.
Also known as “rice syrup,” mirin adds a richness and depth that your teriyaki recipe might lack without the vinegar.
It’s not just found in Asian dishes either – recipes from all around the world call for mirin due to its unique sweet and savory taste!
Using it will create an umami flavor profile that will bring your dish to the next level.
4. Balsamic vinegar
Balsamic vinegar is a great substitute for rice vinegar when you don’t have access to it.
Balsamic is considered an aged Italian wine vinegar that requires at least 12 years of aging, but if labeled ‘tradizionale’, then it has been aged up to 25 years.
It gives off deeper malty and sweet flavors with a thick shiny brown viscous liquid.
When swapping for teriyaki sauce recipes, replace the rice vinegar with balsamic using equal measurements.
The subtle sweetness will bring out the other ingredients in your dish-making it hard to resist!
5. Dry Sherry
Dry Sherry is a type of fortified wine that’s used as an excellent alternative to rice vinegar in teriyaki sauces.
It’s dry, with low acidity and a slightly salty taste.
It’s very similar in flavor to other soy-based seasonings like Mirin or sake, but it doesn’t have quite the same sweetness because there isn’t any sugar added.
It works great when making teriyaki sauce because it adds a wonderful depth of flavor while minimizing some of the tartness that can come from other more acidic products such as red or white wine vinegars.
Dry Sherry has also become popular for its health benefits; it’s full of antioxidants and anti-microbial compounds which help your body fight off chronic illness.
6. Lemon juice
When making a substitution for rice vinegar, an even amount of lemon juice should be used in place of the vinegar.
In addition to having a tart taste like rice vinegar, it contains vitamin C and antioxidants. Lemon juice offers distinct citric notes that stand out against all flavors so adding this will give your dish an extra kick!
For those who watch their diets closely, some people prefer to avoid rice vinegar because although it adds bold flavors with zero calories one disadvantage is that it usually contains sulfates.
Lemon has no calories but has a much cleaner ingredient list than any store-bought varieties which are commonly packed with artificial colors and additives.
7. Red wine vinegar
Red wine vinegar is a great option to substitute rice vinegar with when making teriyaki sauce.
It has a bold flavor that’s both sweet and tart, plus the acidity helps bring out all the other flavors in recipes.
Red wine vinegars range from mild to sharp, so you can select one that will match well with your recipe or dish.
It contains valuable antioxidants like polyphenols which help protect our cells from damage, decrease inflammation and even lower cholesterol.
It’s also naturally low in sodium and calories.
It’s important to note that red wine vinegar will affect the color of a dish more than rice vinegar would, but if you’re looking for an easy way to get those delicious teriyaki flavors without having access to rice vinegar, it’s definitely worth a try.
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7 Substitutes for Rice Vinegar in Teriyaki Sauce
- Apple cider vinegar
- White wine vinegar
- Balsamic vinegar
- Dry Sherry
- Lemon juice
- Red wine vinegar
- Pick your favorite substitute from the list above.
- Follow cooking directions for your selected substitute with the proper ratio of ingredients.

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Pirate TV threatens Spain DTT
November 28, 2012
From David Del Valle in Madrid
Local TV stations that broadcast with no legal licence are proliferating in Spain without local, regional or national administrations doing anything to put an end to a practice that jeopardises the whole DTT market.
Several organisations, such as the Audio Visual Council in Andalucia (CAA) or in Catalonia (AAC), have warned that the number of pirate TV channels has significantly grown over the last few years – contrary to the expectations following analogue switch-off in April 2010 and the reshaping of the DTT map, that many believed would end piracy.
Their growth has been parallel to the increase of the number of legal DTT channels. Andalucia, south of Spain, Catalonia, north of Spain and Madrid are the regions with the largest number of pirate DTT channels. According to CAA, in Andalucia, 62 out of 127 TV channels are broadcasting without a legal licence with a great proliferation in Málaga, with 16, Cadiz, with 12, and Granada with 11.
“The illegal occupation of channels has alarmingly grown in 2011 and goes on in 2012”, says CAA. In Catalonia, there are 46 pirate TV channels out of the initially planned 94 legal DTT channels whose frequencies in many cases are taking by pirate TVs. In Madrid, there are around a dozen pirate local DTT channels.
The existence of all these illegal TV stations means an unfair competition to legal DTT channels and may provoke interference in the legal frequencies. The different administrations involved only step in when those pirate TV channels interfere the signal of a nationwide DTT channel.
The majority of the pirate TV channels rely on poor programming to capture viewers and revenues such as fortune-telling programmes or teleshopping content.


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Slowdown, moderation, contraction. You can think of different words, but they convey the same message. And for those who are not guessing that the words apply to India’s gross domestic product, or GDP, they are all about GDP.
For the third quarter of the current fiscal (FY12), the Indian economy expanded at 6.9 per cent, its slowest pace in more than two years. What’s wrong with the Indian economy? Now this is a question which every investor (and reporter) put forth to analysts. Some went back to structural issues around the economy, while others pointed out the lack of government will to enforce reforms.
But there are exceptions.
I came across one, and a pretty interesting one too, when I was recently invited to a press meeting by the Mumbai-based Motilal Oswal Securities where Raamdeo Agrawal, the Joint Managing Director of Motilal Oswal group, unveiled his sixteenth annual wealth creation study. To the same question, he had a radical answer. He said everything is fine with India. And before someone could point out one of the tanking national statistics, he asked if marriages are not happening.
One journalist probably found the question ridiculous and said that marriages happen every year irrespective of the market situation. Agrawal was quick to come up with a statistical response. “In India, on a conservative side, 1 crore marriages happen every year.” And that was not the end. “Between the marriage of a CEO’s son and that of an office assistant’s, the average approximate spend per marriage is Rs. 7-8 lac.”
Agrawal was talking about a whooping Rs. 7-8 lac crore spent every year by individuals on big fat Indian weddings.
While the cost of gold jewellery and food and other necessities was part of the average, that amount doesn't account for the additional money spent by relatives on clothes, gifts and commute. At a conservative 25 per cent of the average spend, that amount adds another Rs. 1.75 – 2 lac crore to the kitty.
Together, the value sums up to Rs. 10 lac crore. Going by India’s 2010 GDP of $ 1.73 trillion, which converts to Rs. 91.24 lac crore (at the current exchange rate of Rs. 52.77 per dollar) marriages account for over 10 per cent of India’s GDP. If marriages are used as a barometer to gauge economic prosperity, Agrawal’s contention is valid. Where is the slow down?

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News Releases, Media Advisories
|For Immediate Release
February 15, 2002
COMMISSION APPEALS RULING IN AFL-CIO v. FEC
WASHINGTON The Federal Election Commission today appealed to the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, the decision rendered in district court on December 19, 2001, in AFL-CIO v. FEC.
Plaintiffs in the case challenged the Commissions decision to release some 6,000 documents from an enforcement file of some 50,000 pages in a series of closed Matters Under Review (collectively MUR 4291). The Commission has previously made available in its Public Records Room the underlying documents from closed enforcement matters.
Ruling for the plaintiffs, the District Court prohibited the Commission from releasing certain documents (for details see AFL-CIO v. FEC, 2001 WL 1636586 (D.D.C. 2001)).
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Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilers.
On a visit to the castle of the sorceress Glinda in the Quadling Country, Ozma and Dorothy discover a reference in Glinda's Great Book of Records to a war about to begin between the Skeezers and the Flatheads, two peoples of the Gillikin Country of Oz. Glinda's magic can find out very little about them. Ozma decides that it is her duty as ruler of Oz to stop the fighting if she can, and she and Dorothy choose to travel there after being supplied from the Emerald City. Glinda anticipates trouble, so she gives Dorothy a ring to signal her if she and Ozma are in great danger.
On their journey Ozma and Dorothy escape giant purple spiders and arrive at Flathead Mountain where the inhabitants are, in keeping with the name, flat-headed. The Su-Dic (Supreme Dictator) explains that each Flathead carries their brains in their pockets, and they are going to war with the Skeezers because their queen, Coo-ee-oh, used magic to transformed the Su-Dic's wife, a witch named Rora, into a golden pig and refuse to allow the Flatheads to catch fish in their lake. The Su-Dic's belligerence prompts Ozma to turn herself and Dorothy invisible so they can escape north to the glass island of the Skeezers. A steel bridge magically extends from the island on the lake and Dorothy and Ozma are ushered into the presence of Queen Coo-ee-oh, who seems to welcome war with the Flatheads as much as the Su-Dic does with the Skeezers. Since the steel bridge has been retracted, Dorothy and Ozma cannot leave the island and Coo-ee-oh has them kept in a minimum security prison until the war is over.
Dorothy and Ozma learn from the Queen's chambermaid Aurex that the trouble really began when Coo-ee-oh, who had been taught the rudiments of magic by three Adepts at Magic who ruled the once-friendly Flatheads, used what she'd learned to transform the Adepts from women into fish in the Skeezer lake. The Su-Dic and Rora saw their chance to take over the Flatheads themselves, stealing brains from their fellows. Coo-ee-oh also used magic to institute a reign of terror over the Skeezers; she can hear everything spoken on the island and can swiftly punish any sedition.
The next morning, Coo-ee-oh magically lowers the Skeezers' island beneath the surface of the lake and sends soldiers in submersible boats to attack the invading Flatheads. But the Su-Dic catches Coo-ee-oh by surprise and transforms her into a swan with no memory of her past life. In his joy, the Su-Dic knocks over the poison he intended to use on the Skeezer lake (which would have killed the Adepts, the remaining threat to his rule). But he leaves victorious because he knows that the Skeezer soldiers are stranded on the lake's surface and the Skeezer people in the city can't raise it to the surface without Coo-ee-oh's magic. Dorothy twists the ring Glinda gave her and the sorceress calls a Council of State to go with her from the Emerald City to the Skeezer island.
One of the queen's soldiers, a boy named Ervic, is whispered to by the Adepts at Magic in their fish forms and encouraged to take them to Reera the Red, an isolationist witch who specializes in transformations. Through cunning and reverse psychology, the Adepts succeed in having Reera restore them to their rightful forms. Meanwhile, Glinda and the party from the Emerald City try to dredge the lake and raise the island by magic, but their attempts fail until some of the party is actually lowered within the city to examine it and its intricate machinery. The machinery can only be moved by magic, and Glinda discovers that Coo-ee-oh used a magic powder to perform some of her greatest feats. Dorothy deduces that the former Skeezer queen would have needed three magic words regarding the island: one to release the submersible boats, one to extend the bridge, and one to raise and lower the island. And her name, Coo-ee-oh, has three words. So through trial and error, the party raises the island by burning some of the magic powder and uttering "Oh".
The Skeezers along with the Oz people celebrate their victory (in the first documented celebration that doesn't take place in the Emerald City) and name Aurex queen, who appoints Ervic Prime Minister on the recommendation of the restored Adepts. The party from the Emerald City and the Adepts return the Flathead mountain, where they are warmly welcomed by all except the Su-Dic -- but once his extra cans of brains are removed, he's harmless. Glinda performs an enchantment on each Flathead that allows the tops of their heads to grow around their brains, thus giving them round heads. They rename themselves Mountaineers and accept the rule of the Adepts once again. Both they and the Skeezers pledge themselves henceforth to be loyal subjects of Ozma.

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This week, the Oklahoma City Police Department posted its 614-page policy and procedure manual online.
It was viewed as a crucial step in building and sustaining community trust. Days earlier, Black Lives Matter Oklahoma advocated for the action.
During a July 19 Oklahoma City Council meeting, Rev. T. Sheri Dickerson, Black Lives Matter Oklahoma founder, called on the department to post its policies on its website. Police departments around the country, including Tulsa, are doing so to provide more context and transparency for the community.
Oklahoma City Police Department (OKCPD) chief Bill Citty told the city council he supported the decision. Now, anyone with access to the internet can view policies regarding use of force, firearms, training and other law enforcement operations.
When the community knows the policies the police use and when and how theyre used, officers can be held more accountable and trust can be built between the community and law enforcement, Dickerson said.
New rifle practice
A day after three police officers were fatally shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Citty agreed to let Oklahoma City officers carry their own long guns.
Days earlier, John George, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 123 (FOP) president, sent Citty a letter requesting the chiefs support of the action for the safety of both officers and the communities they protect and serve.
We are asking that officers be allowed to carry personally owned rifles to protect themselves and our citizens, George wrote in the July 13 letter. We fully understand the rifle must be an approved model and that officers must qualify to carry the rifle and follow strict guidelines. Allowing our officers to carry rifles could help end a dangerous situation soon and save innocent lives.
The new policy comes amid weeks of violence involving police in cities across the nation, which ushered activists and concerned citizens to the streets in rallies and protests. Oklahoma Citys July 10 Black Lives Matter rally urged people of every color to continue community dialogue on police brutality, racial discrimination and civil rights.
According to OKC Artists for Justice and Black Lives Matter Oklahoma, a rifle is often unnecessary for daily patrol work and allowing their use on duty sends the wrong message to those who encounter an officer.
The council needs to take under consideration what it would mean to a portion of the community if we can get rifles with officers but we still dont have body cameras, said Grace Franklin, OKC Artists for Justice executive director, during a July 19 Oklahoma City Council meeting.
Franklin and Dickerson called on the council to further discuss the new rifle policy and push toward an agreement with FOP and the department on body cameras. The use of cameras was suspended in mid-June after an arbitrator ordered the program on hold until a policy agreement was reached.
I dont think rifles send the message an officer wants to send, Dickerson said. I think we need to revisit this, have another discussion and allow us to collaborate to bring more trust between the OKCPD and the community.
Black Lives Matter Oklahoma and OKC Artists for Justice, along with other civil rights and community groups, plan to continue community dialogue through a series of town halls. Organizers will focus on law enforcement, systemic racism and other social issues and are hopeful the forums lead to a coalition unified around actionable change.
- Mayor Mick Cornett was honoring the OKC Police Department with Chief Bill Citty and other officers, at City Council last year on 5-1-12. mh
OKCPD public information officer Capt. Paco Balderrama said the personal rifle policy is temporary, as the chief believes officers shouldnt have to provide their own weapons. Citty is pushing to add to the collection of 211 department-issued rifles, which are similar to AR-15 magazine-fed long rifles.
Officers interested in carrying their own rifles must apply for a one-week training program. At the most, 20 officers per week can enroll in training, which takes officers off their assignments. Applications are approved based on availability to send officers from various divisions. The department supplies ammunition for officers approved of carrying their own rifles.
Balderrama said some officers arent interested in the new policy.
Print headline: New practice, The Oklahoma City Police Department posts its policies online after a call from Black Lives Matter Oklahoma.


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Dark Star Orchestra Fox Boulder
Original concert poster for Dark Star Orchestra and New Monsoon at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado. Rare telephone pole poster- very few survived. 11x17 thin paper.
Dimensions: 11x17 inches
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TFE Hotels’ latest NZ hotel will open in December
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 2015-11-25 — /Travel PR News/ — TFE Hotels is set to open the doors on its newest New Zealand hotel on December 1, the Adina Apartment Hotel Auckland, Britomart, located in the CBD only 1 minute from Vector Arena, the first Adina Apartment Hotel to enter the New Zealand market.
The opening comes at an ideal time for Auckland’s stretched hospitality sector, with New Zealand visitor numbers surpassing the three-million mark for the first time, up 7% on last year. Coupled with this, Colliers International’s latest New Zealand Hotel Market Snapshot shows that, despite increased demand and record-high market occupancy, Auckland hotel room supply actually went down 2.1% since their last update in May 2015.
The Adina Apartment Hotel Auckland opening will come as welcome news to the council whose Auckland Visitor Plan 2021 outlines a six-year growth plan that will require up to 3,400 new hotel rooms introduced over that period to hit their ambitious growth targets.
The new Auckland property will offer 140 stylish and modern apartments, located just a short stroll from the waterfront. Contemporary in design; the rooms are appointed with fully equipped kitchens and kitchenettes, comfortable living space and laundries in the one and two bedroom apartments, with a real focus on comfort and lifestyle, including undercover parking.
CEO of TFE Hotels, Rachel Argaman says, “We recognise the fantastic opportunity that exists in Auckland with the significant growth in tourist arrivals, and Auckland’s position as an Asia-Pacific hub. We are thrilled to be able to provide Auckland visitors with a premium accommodation option allowing them to see the best of the city with all of the independence and amenities valued by a modern traveller.”
From February, the hotel will open an on-site gym and also operate a bar and café, offering a range of locally sourced food and wine where guests can dine, relax and feel at home. Meeting facilities will include two conference rooms, one catering to 45 people theatre style and the other a boardroom for 12.
Adina Apartment Hotels are designed to encourage guests to live like a local, combining the best of a premium serviced-hotel experience, with local apartment living. Within easy walking distance of the city’s star attractions—the sparkling Viaduct, Wynyard Quarter, Britomart and Vector Arena. Adina Apartment Hotel provides the perfect launch pad for visitors wanting to explore all that Auckland has to offer.
Argaman believes the thriving Auckland market is a perfect fit for Adina’s premium style apartments.
“The modern explorer is independent with all the latest travel tools and technology at their disposal. They want a hotel that facilitates their experience of the wider city, in a way that an Auckland local would. Adina’s spacious apartment-style living, with the added benefit of hotel services definitely ticks that box and is perfect for business travellers, families and longer stays.”
Russell Property Group spokesperson, Brett Russell, says “We’re thrilled to see the very first Adina in New Zealand, Adina Apartment Hotel Auckland, Britomart come to fruition. Adina Apartment Hotels is a well-respected brand globally and their signature premium offering will be a great fit here on the Auckland waterfront.”
Adina Apartment Hotel Auckland joins the TFE Hotels’ company portfolio of over 70 hotels across Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Currently, Adina Apartment Hotels are located Australia-wide and in European cities including Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Budapest and Copenhagen. TFE Hotels’ currently operates 3 hotels in New Zealand including Rendezvous Hotel Auckland, Travelodge Wellington and Rendezvous Hotel Christchurch. For more information, visit: www.TFEhotels.com
Notes to editor: The layout of rooms at Adina Apartment Hotel Auckland, Britomart includes 44 Studios, 16 Superior Studios, 48 Premier Studios, 24 One Bedroom Apartments and 8 Two Bedroom Apartments.
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Earlier this month, at a recent restaurant complex in Gurgaon; Coca Cola India set up a coke dispensing vending machine. If you downloaded the Coke app, you could then use it to scan and get a free Coke can.
There was quite a rush in front of the vending machine, a visible sign of the high degree of presence of smartphones in India. Currently, India is the second largest smart phone market in the world- ahead of the US.
Yet, PR campaigns making use of mobile channels are not yet commonplace in India.
The large number of smartphone users in India, on the face of it, provide a strong base for mobile based PR strategies in India.
Singh advices that, “PR has to be very strategic when it comes to mobile phones and we need to differentiate between owned and earned content when planning a mobile strategy. More importantly, communications in India needs to grow out of "get me the front page of ET" syndrome to engaging a brand's core audiences through a combination of earned, owned and paid. Content should always be thought through keeping in mind both audience and segment a brand is trying to reach. Applications like Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp helps brands reach hundreds of millions of people across geographies if the content is appropriate. Video content is important as it allows for virality if done right. I believe the new mantra for PR is increasingly becoming "think visual, think mobile”.”
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While the need for mobile based PR seems like a no -brainer, some believe that Indian consumers are not yet fully ready for mobile PR strategies. Says Pawan Hora, co-founder & director, WishBox Studio, “ India is still very traditional when it comes to consumption of media. Although the last 5-7 years have seen a massive influx of smartphone culture into the system, thereby making content available on phones very easily, but I still believe it’s at a nascent stage. Various verticals of marketing including PR have tried to use this medium very effectively and have been moderately successful as well. But overlooking the extremely high data costs and the continuous bandwidth issues, we can still use tools like What's App, live RSS feeds, localisation of apps for clients, mobile coupons (QR code), mobile wallet, mobile messaging (for those who still believe in text based messaging) .”
But, Singh points out that great work is being done by Indian brands using mobbed channels for PR. HE points to Ola’s recent public service campaign titled "Peeke mat chala" as an excellent example of using mobile for social and video content to reach a large audience during New Year’s Eve 2016. Ola partnered with AIB to create this video campaign to convey that people should not drink and drive. Ola also followed up on Twitter and tagged and tweeted to other brands, showing how a drunk person would have tweeted. Ola's generated awareness around the issue and reached over 1.5 million views on AIB and multiplied its reach through social channels like Twitter and YouTube:
Is the share of mobile PR rising?
Singh admits that, “In India, the mobile pie in terms of revenue currently is still embryonic but will increase rapidly in the next 2-3 years with the increase of 4G and higher bandwidth speeds. It is important to remember that of the 1.3 billion people in India the vast majority will access the internet for the first time on a mobile device instead of a laptop or a PC. We are experimenting with building apps for clients to enhance customer experience, stickiness, and engagement with a strong focus on UI/UX. “
Even as Indian customers increasingly consume content on smartphones, PR strategies would need to keep pace with these new demands. Even as Reliance Jio is poised to bring down data costs in 2017, this may need to happen sooner rather than later.


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The award also aims to promote gender equality in science, technology, engineering and arithmetic in Brazil. When ladies use a contraceptive technique, they’re in search of to forestall one other unwanted pregnancy or cut back the danger of abortion, with oral and injectable contraception being the most broadly used and accessible useful resource within and outside the prison system . In Brazil, the frequency of abortion is elevated, although his explanation condemnation of abortion is nearly common. Addressing abortion is made troublesome as a end result of voluntary abortion is against the law, and the subject is handled from a religious and moral perspective. For the majority of women, nevertheless, voluntary abortions are performed in a two-stage style. First, women initiate abortion outside of hospital, and then, as soon as initiated, or following abortion, attend the hospital for completion.
If you could have any doubt, listed below are some causes to assist persuade you why you should date a Brazilian. For instance, the coaching has been tailored to feminine and Black entrepreneurs and different economically deprived teams to offer them the instruments to answer particular challenges. It additionally covers topics that promote women’s financial participation extra broadly. Over the previous yr, this system has connected a hundred and fifty individuals with training provided by the eCommerce Institute to assist them understand the potential of worldwide sales and demystify the idea that exporting is ‘for the few’. In addition, the program partnered with eBay to help another 50 folks set up retailers and increase their competitiveness on the platform, together with constructing a dedicated eBay Brazil Hub for the MSMEs to promote their merchandise. “Brazilian women-led and owned corporations are succesful, but they want assist to overcome their fears and achieve the knowledge essential to grow,” Delmodes says. But reaching international markets seems completely out of the query for most small and a lot of medium companies.
For instance, home employees, who’re predominantly Afro-Brazilian, have been systematically harassed by their male employers. Temer got here to energy following the impeachment of Brazil’s first feminine president, Dilma Rousseff. Feminists had been determined that Brazilian sexism would not go unchecked. And when the weekly information journal Veja described the spouse of Brazil’s president, Michel Temer, as “beautiful, modest and a housewife” in April 2016, feminists reworked that stereotype right into a meme showcasing empowered women. With #MeuAmigoSecreto – #MyAnonymousFriend – girls documented misogyny on the streets and at work. Tagging #MeuQueridoProfessor – #MyDearTeacher – college students outed sexism in the classroom.
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Appointed by the Provisional Government in 1933 to draft the first page of the new Constitution, Bertha Lutz included various provisions to advertise equal rights between women and men. Not solely were ladies granted the equal proper to hold authorities office and earn equal pay for equal work, but in addition were given preference over men in all authorities jobs coping with the home, motherhood, kids, and working circumstances for ladies. The preferential therapy afforded to girls in regard to certain government positions was controversial at the time. Following the publication of an article in leading Brazilian newspaper Revista da Semana, which known as upon ladies to prove their worthiness to males via their achievements and arrange so as to demand the right to vote, numerous girls’s organizations appeared. Although many international locations have a stability in the proportions of female and male as undergraduates and graduate students, there are still fewer girls as full professors.
Developed countries have extra ladies with a excessive variety of citations than those in creating nations, and thus, Brazil still is in an unfavorable place . In the Nineteen Eighties, the central task of the black women’s movement was to organize black civil society to show the racial and gender brutality naturalized by colonized relations, which have been resignified in modern laws. It was time to interrupt the home windows of indifference and denounce the legacy of slavery. We strengthened ourselves at regional and national conferences of black girls in Latin America and the Caribbean. When describing their childbirth expertise, women might be influenced by intrinsic social desirability to focus solely on positive outcomes of birth.
The frequent descriptions of barriers by ladies in this research, extra frequent than facilitators, may point out that women knew higher care could possibly be provided and corroborate a notion of a woman’s want to reclaim a constructive experience in birth. Use of intrapartum evidence-based practices among girls in the Senses of Birth intervention who participated in the follow-up survey by information domain of EBP, regular start, and cesarean mean score before and after the intervention.
Moreover, the state that was most affected in the sample was São Paulo, which has the largest prison inhabitants in the nation. For this, we selected three prisons, instead of the six prisons initially recognized, and we selected a large, medium and small jail to be extra representative of the state’s prison inhabitants.
In 2010, 45 women have been elected to the Chamber of Deputies; in 2014, 51 feminine candidates secured seats. These figures characterize just 8.8% and 9.9% of the Chamber’s 513 deputies, respectively. A current World Bank study found that in 2010, women’s wages equaled 71% of those of males.
This paper discusses the evolution of the roles of Brazilian ladies within some of the outstanding organizations of the Amazonian social movement, the National Council of Extractivist Populations . Between 1990 and 2009, Brazil’s Federal authorities created 89 extractive and sustainable improvement reserves in Amazonia, encompassing 24 million hectares. The conceptual underpinning of those reserves – sustainable and multiple-use forest management – are every day put into follow by 1000’s of rural Amazonian women. However, rural ladies’s relative position in forest coverage is presently marginal.
She was invited in and Maria, a white trainer, promised to adopt her. Gordiano’s mother, who had eight different kids, one of whom was Madalena’s twin, agreed.
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Morrissey In Hospital, Cancels Some U.S. Tour Dates
According to a statement from the singer’s publicist, Morrissey hopes to reschedule six canceled U.S. dates including Asheville, NC; Nashville, TN; Atlanta, GA, Lawrence, KS; Clear Lake, IA; and Lincoln, NB.
What was believed to be bladder infection landed him in a Royal Oak, Michigan hospital over the weekend.
The Smith’s former frontman has a long history of canceling shows for a variety of reasons. But this time the singer’s bleeding ulcer is responsible for keeping him off the stage. According to a statement from his publicist, “Morrissey apologizes greatly for any and all inconvenience and looks forward to continuing his U.S. tour.” Ironically, the current schedule is a continuation last year’s tour which was canceled when Morrissey flew home to England to be with his mother who had been hospitalized.
According to his PR team, the 53-year-old British crooner is expected to resume the tour with his February 9th show at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.
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Last week, a student group at Temple University was put on probation for bringing FIRE President Greg Lukianoff to speak on campus. The group, Temple University Purpose, was notified of its probation on the morning of Greg’s speech. The university official responsible for this decision justified it by deciding that Greg would need a security officer and that therefore the group did not fill out the appropriate paperwork.
In The Huffington Post this morning, Greg followed up on his speech and wrote about just how controversial and unruly it really was. As he says:
But the grandiosity that the Temple administration had imparted to me was disappointingly unwarranted. The room in which I was speaking was large with a beautiful view of northern Philly in the spring, but the students didn’t show up to protest. Indeed, I ended up convening a discussion group with the eight or so students who were there. The attendance was far smaller than I am used to (I speak on campuses on a regular basis), but it contributed to an atmosphere that was quite pleasant, if a bit quiet.
The students asked thoughtful questions, and as the conversation continued the Philly police officer, who seemed bored out of his mind guarding the door, came in and sat down and listened to the speech. He later told me he really enjoyed it. Alas, the event was downright serene, not the glamorous calamity Temple had apparently envisioned.
Greg also discusses Temple’s possible motivations for putting the group on probation:
As I wrote in my previous post, I sincerely doubt that the decision to pick on this student group and a speech by me was coincidental. Temple University Purpose has a knack for stirring up controversy, having brought to campus both Dutch politician Geert Wilders and notable Iranian dissidents (here’s some video). But even if it was just bureaucratic overreach, it is an object lesson on why it is such a problem that campus bureaucracies have been mushrooming over the past two decades, bringing with them many of the ridiculous cases I have to fight on a daily basis.
You can read Greg’s full article on his speech here.


Nana Asante, Secretary to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP’s) Women’s Organiser, Madam Kate Gyamfuah, whose mining equipment were destroyed by the security taskforce, has said the company, the Xtra Gold Mining Limited is not engaged in illegal small scale mining (Galamsey).
The taskforce as part of efforts to deal with the issue of galamsey burnt some 20 excavators while working in Atiwa in the Eastern Region on Sunday, May 16.
These equipment included that Xtra Gold Mining Limited.
Mr Asante said “So it’s not like we are enclosed in one area and doing unscrupulous activities. I can tell you there is not even a single thing we are doing that is illegal.”
“So there is nothing that shows that we are causing havoc to the environment. Even the pits, we refill,” he told journalists in Accra.
Meanwhile, Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has said that the taskforce will continue to stay in the forest until the water bodies become clean again.
He said this at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday May 19.
“The soldiers will continue to monitor to ensure we have clean waters,” he said.
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I've heard of frost on the pumpkin, but snow? Well, poet James Whitcomb Riley’s(1853-1916) text is the authority:
"When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock,"
I know that old Jack Frost visited our pumpkins on a few October nights. And most farmers around these parts had their 'fodder in the shock' well before then. Because after Halloween weather-wise, all bets are off, and snow and the harsh ravages of a Maine winter can come any day. Now, the whereabouts of this mushy pumnkin? As of yesterday, it is now resting comfortably in our compost pile.


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Probate sales may seem like an intimidating process. It’s certainly not simple, and can be very stressful on the family, but with the right know how, and some help from Mike Millea, it can go much more smoothly
First of all, what is probate real estate? When the owner of a property passes away, their real estate is sold in probate court if there is no appointed heir when the owner passes. The property is turned over to the courts and then appointed to the closest relative as the executor to sell the property.
After all the steps for selling have been taken care of, the probate court can then handle the proceeds being split between beneficiaries.
It may sound like a lot to handle, but the short answer to “how to sell during probate” is to hire an experienced, top quality, real estate professional who can help you navigate the ins and outs of probate sales.
So what is it that you must know when selling a house in probate? It can seem tricky, but probate real estate agent Mike Millea and his team are dedicated to creating as much ease as possible in such a difficult time.
Appointment of an Administrator or Executor
If someone has been appointed in a will by the decedent, and they are willing to act as the executor, then that person is simply appointed as such. However, if there is no appointed executor, then the closest relative will be appointed as an administrator either by the court or other relatives.
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First thing’s first, get the property appraised. Probate real estate broker, Mike Millea and his team are more than equipped to assist in this process, but it is important to know that the property must sell for at least 90% of the appraised value.
The home will then be listed for sale and marketed for exposure. During this process, the home will be listed on multiple listing services so that it can be seen on sites like Realtor.com and Zillow. Buying agents will know that the property is a probate sale.
Buyers will then make an offer accompanied by a 10% deposit, which may be rejected by the sellers. The offer is subject to the court’s confirmation, and the seller is not committed to that buyer, even if their offer was accepted. The estate representative, through their probate attorney, will then submit to the court to confirm the sale. Once all parties can agree, a future date will be set for the sale to be finalized in court.
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Before the original buyer offer can be approved, the judge will ask if there is anyone in the courtroom who may like to bid on the property. The next bid must be 5% plus $500 above the original buyer’s offer. In a similar manner to an auction, the judge will then accept additional bids. This will go on until the highest bid available has been made at the confirmation hearing. In the event that a new buyer wins, then the 10% will be refunded to the original buyer.
When accepting an overbid, the buyer then must give a 10% deposit in the form of a cashier’s check. The check is then given to the Executor at the hearing by the winning bidder. A contract will be signed that has no contingencies and escrow usually closes 15 days after the hearing.
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Last year I wrote a series of posts on the topic of Online Dating from A to Z, which I am still planning on turning into a book.
This year I’ve been thinking about a series of linked stories I started back in 2016. Since I had quite a few written, but never finished the full storyline, I’ve decided to start posting them on my blog in April. There will be one for each letter of the alphabet, so you’ll get to read a new flash fiction piece every day.
Although the original title for those pieces was “Mayday” (as I wrote them during the month of May), I’m recasting them as “April Foolishness.” The stories themselves are slightly off the wall, and follow a cast of characters involved in murder, mayhem and assorted crimes. I’d rate them somewhere between PG-13 and R, in terms of language and violence, but I aim not to be totally gratuitous and certainly shy away from anything too gory.
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Any game in the world can tell you how the game is manipulated, just tell us. Flash games, graph games, reel games, etc. in the casino.
All games that say the result is random are manipulated behind the scenes. There is a slight difference in whether the board is manipulated to kill a specific user (remote control) or whether it is manipulated by viewing the entire table (balance), but games operated by private companies clearly have a device that can kill users somewhere.
What could be more stupid than wasting your hard-earned money on a game like that? Even if I don’t expect to win unconditionally, shouldn’t the game I play be fair?
If you play like Son Goku playing in the palm of the Buddha, you’re not out of luck, I think you’re stupid. Now, don’t look elsewhere and go all-in on Powerball.
Powerball is a game based on the lottery hosted by the Companion Lottery, which is directly managed and supervised by the Lottery Business Committee of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance. Companion lottery deals with all lotteries from lottery to proto and instant lottery, and has no interest in manipulation because it rolls tens of trillions of won in cash a year.
There is no room for hacking or program manipulation because the random number generated by the random number generator made according to the international standard is generated on the intranet outside the Internet and imported to the recognition of the result.
From a technical point of view, I can write a few books for the reason Powerball doesn’t work. Putting aside the difficult story for a moment, if you think about these two things, it will be easier to accept the fact that there is no manipulation.
- A commercial bank can be hacked with effort, time, and cost to manipulate the Powerball: It is a business with no margin.
- People’s mind is overturned and the government is changed with just one scandal related to manipulation: No power has ever played a game in the lottery business.
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Powerball operated by a private 파워볼 사이트 brought the result of the electronic lottery as it is, and made it into four games: an odd-even game, an unover game, an odd-even game using only Powerball, and an unover game.
You will look at the picture book to match odds or over’s. You can predict the outcome of previous rounds and place a bet.
Since the result is always 1/2, the betting itself is very easy and the analysis is varied.
If you are familiar with baccarat, you will be accustomed to analyzing the six-sale format, and if you are a theorist who understands numbers, it is also good to analyze the cumulative value of the monthly average lottery results on the analysis site.
When Powerball first came out, there were very few users.
The winning motion doesn’t come out frantic and fun like other games, and there were people who said that they had to match the sum or odds of 5 numbers differently from cards and ladders, where the result can be understood at a glance when pecking while waiting for the result. .
To be honest, Powerball is not a fun game to watch. However, it achieved a huge boom because of its only strong point, the lack of control.
If you are a fan of real-time games, you may have heard that there is a system called balance, if not exactly, and that the bigger you bet, the more likely you are to lose your hand.
The basics of betting are Martin, and the only thing that can make up for dead is to bet harder, wouldn’t a game that dies more easily the more the bet is counted, the worse it will be for users who deal with large sums of money?
Powerball only pays off no matter how much or how much you bet. For high-priced users, don’t worry anymore and go all-in on Powerball.


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After giving us all-star dramas following the harrowing events of O.J. Simpson and Gianni Versace, Ryan Murphy is back in the saddle for another sordid season of American Crime Story. The acclaimed American Horror Story creator has put a new scandal in his sights, and this time, we’re going all the way to the White House.
In 1998, the world was shaken to its core by accusations of a sex scandal between Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Now, the story is getting a flashy Murhpy dramatisation.
According to Vanity Fair, Season 3 will follow Clinton’s impeachment for perjury and obstruction of justice. The aptly named Impeachment: American Crime Story will loosely track Jeffrey Toobin’s book, A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President.
This isn’t the first we’ve heard about Murhpy’s intentions to adapt the Clinton saga. Back in 2017, he said he wanted to tackle the story, but couldn’t due to Lewisnky’s lack of involvement. Now, she’s fully on board and will serve as one of the show’s producers.
After meeting Murphy at a party last year, Lewinsky was persuaded to tell her side of the story. Writing in an exclusive statement to Vanity Fair, Lewinsky said:


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Under general supervision, the technician is responsible for providing technical support under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. The technician’s duties are provided as part of the anticoagulation clinic team and involves interaction with physicians, pharmacists, nurses, nurse practitioners and other health care providers.
You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
- Consistently exhibits behavior and communication skills that demonstrate Optum’s commitment to superior customer service, including quality, care and concern with each and every internal and external customer.
- Works as a member of the Pharmacy Support Center by processing medication refill requests per protocol, facilitating non-protocol refill requests, obtaining prior authorizations and resolving other medication refill related issues or problems.
- Documents pertinent patient information in the electronic medical record.
- Participates in therapeutic drug conversion programs by conducting therapeutic drug conversions per protocol, documenting drug conversions in the electronic medical record, notifying providers of drug conversions and providing patient education regarding these changes.
- Assists with data management and recording results for month-end reports.
- Assists in Pharmacy Services wellness programs (i.e. anticoagulation clinic and disease management clinics) by:
- Scheduling patient initial and follow-up appointments
- Retrieving pertinent patient information for new patient referrals or recent hospital/SNF discharge
- Rooming patients
- Checking vital signs and performing basic lab test (i.e. PT/INR finger stick)
- Contacting patients regarding lab results and instructions
- Performing patient “Missed Appointment / No Show” procedures
- Answering incoming phone calls and directing patient messages
- Maintains, stocks and cleans exam rooms.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading professional publications.
- Participates in process improvement initiatives, site staff meetings and departmental meetings.
- Uses, protects, and discloses Optum patients’ protected health information (PHI) only in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards.
- Adheres to Universal Precautions and safety policies and procedures at all times
You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
- High school diploma, GED or equivalent experience
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- Must possess and maintain an active pharmacy technician license in the state of California
- 1+ years of experience as a pharmacy technician
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The public-private partnership model employed in the development of the NorthView student housing project allowed for fully integrated project delivery. “I'm not sure that developers and universities realize that they have choices,” says Robert Finfrock, president of FINFROCK, the company that designed and built the recently completed 600-bed NorthView student housing complex at the University of Central Florida. FINFROCK's company served as the architect and engineer of record as well as the general contractor and pre-cast concrete manufacturer on the job. “Using the public private partnership, or P3, delivery model for on-campus or university affiliated projects affords them much more flexibility than projects that are subject to public procurement laws,” says Robert Finfrock. The flexibility FINFROCK referred to turned out to be the critical factor that allowed the NorthView project to succeed. “There are tremendous efficiencies that the private sector can take advantage of, but publicly procured projects miss out on, it's a shame really. But this new wave of P3 projects provides them the opportunity to gain from those efficiencies in the same way that private developers do,” he says.


After having build a radiosonde receiver using the DL9RDZ software and a TTGO module, here is a short article on its use in the field.
The RDZ_TTGO receiver is autonomous because it displays all the necessary informations, namely:
- GPS data transmitted by the radiosonde (Lat, long, altitude, temperature, humidity)
- GPS data of the position of the TTGO receiver
- The distance and bearing from the receiver to the radiosonde
- The IP address assigned to the module, etc...
All this information is sufficient to find the radiosonde with only the receiver. But there is the possibility of making the search easier using a graphical interface and base maps.
The operating principle of the set is as follows:
- The TTGO module connects to an access point via WiFi
- We connect to the TTGO module via a web browser
- The module's web server displays the background maps with the positions of the sonde and the module
It then becomes easy to head towards the radiosonde by car and then on foot.
The radiosonde can be found within a few meters.
In order to benefit from the maps, the TTGO module must connect via Wifi to the Internet where it will retrieve the Openstreetmap base maps.
It is therefore necessary to configure at least one access point. This is done via the web server integrated into the module or via a configuration file as explained in a previous article.
On startup, the module searches for all the access points within its range and a connection attempt is made on the 1st programmed on the list.
If no network is found or at the first use, the module switches itself to AP mode (access point) in order to allow a direct connection. The IP address assigned to the module is displayed on the display.
You can then connect directly to the module at this address with a browser and configure the desired access points via the Wifi tab.
An example is given below. First, I configured my S20 mobile access point.
BEWARE ! Do not change the first line (AP), this is the default name of the acces point of the ttgo module.
After this configuration, it is then possible to proceed with the rest of the configurations, in particular the frequencies to be received.
The frequencies to be scanned are configurable in the QRG tab.
The other configurations are described in the article Installation rdz_ttgo_sonde
A restart of the module will then allow its connection to the 1st available access point and therefore the possibility of distributing the data received on the Sondehub Tracker site and recovering the maps.
Once these configurations have been made, in particular the creation of the mobile access point, you can go into the field to get started.
Single short press:
In spectrum mode: switch to scan mode.
In scan mode: switch to decoder mode (see below)
In decoder mode: switch to the next frequency (configured in the QRG tab)
Double press: Switch to scan mode (if in decoder mode)
Temporary press (approx. 3 seconds): Switch to spectrum mode
Long press (>5 seconds): Switch to WiFi scan mode
The main button 1
A long press serves as ON/OFF. To turn off, you need a very long press until it turns off.
Successive short presses change the different displays available:
# 0=scanner, 1=Legacy, 2=Field, 3=field2, 4=GPSDIST, 5=BatteryOLED, 6=Weather, 7=GPS-Data
Personally, I only display 1,4,5,6,7 (to be modified in OLED/TFT settings)
|Screen 0 : Scanner
displays the scanner and the IP address of the TTGO module
|Screen 1 : Legacy
displays main info about radiosonde, received signal and decoding status
|Screen 4 : GPSDIST
displays the position of the Sonde and information to steer towards it.
|Screen 5 : Battery
displays battery and charger data
|Screen 7 : GPS Data
displays data from the TTGO module's GPS receiver
The Livemap tab allows a display of a background map with the positions of the receiver and that of the radiosonde.
Of course, the WiFi access point must have a stable connection to the Internet, which is not always the case when using a mobile phone and a 4G connection as an access point. We then lose the update of the maps.
A map with the position of the receiver + the sonde, and the predictions of the burst and drop point positions is also displayed.
The Map tab displays the Sondehub Tracker site page and allows you to verify that the information from the TTGO module is sent to this site and to track the sonde using your own data and those received by other receivers.
1) Create a hotspot using mobile phone
2) Turn on the ttgo module
3) Connect using a browser to the address indicated on the module display
4) Show Livemap Page
5) Find the radiosonde!


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Several noted minority community leaders, academics and anti-war crimes campaigners have pulled up six US congressmen for what they called "absolutely false projection" of the state of minorities in Bangladesh in a letter to President Biden.
The letter sought "appropriate measures" from the Biden administration for banning Bangladeshi law enforcement and military personnel from participating in UN peacekeeping missions.
Protesting the US congressmen's assessment, the community leaders called it a "threat to the existing communal harmony in Bangladesh."
Asked about the authenticity of the claim in the letter that "Since Sheikh Hasina's rise to power, the Hindu population has been halved," Advocate Rana Dasgupta, leader of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad, outright rejected it.
"I will say this claim is a travesty of truth," he said.
Referring to a number of surveys, he added, "Between 1947 and 1971, under Pakistani rule, a whopping 9.7% of the population declined."
Since Bangladesh became independent, over the last five decades, Hindu population has decreased around 10%. This happened considerably when the country was ruled by BNP and Jamaat, he said.
In response to such assertions in the letter from the US congressmen, Dasgupta said, "As the national election is approaching, a certain group has become very active."
Referring to earlier lobbying efforts by Jamaat, a political party which has proven record of collaborating with the Pakistani Military junta in 1971 in the acts of genocide, abduction, loot, arson, and rape, Dasgupta, also a prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal, said: "With the singular objective to stop the war crimes trial and enjoy the culture of impunity, Jamaat spent money and struck an agreement with lobbyist groups overseas to get the backing of foreign governments in their favour."
"On the international stage, a systematic smear campaign has been carried out against the trial process," he said.
The letter from the six congressmen also claims "Sheikh Hasina's government also has persecuted Bangladesh's minority Christian population – burning and looting places of worship, jailing pastors, and breaking up families when religious conversion occurs." Leaders of the community including Nirmal Rozario, president of Bangladesh Christian Association, rejected this claim as well.
"It is an outright lie. Rather, the reality is that with the return of AL, our community has been living in harmony – with assistance from the prime minister. The government's development schemes connect the minorities as well," he said.
Eminent researcher and freedom fighter Ajoy Das Gupta, said, "A number of BNP leaders, including Rumeen Farhana, went vocal on social media, justifying the letter."
"BNP and Jamaat hold a sordid record of attacking minorities," he added.
Read more: 'Hate campaign' being run against Ahmadiyyas on Twitter, says member of community
Calling such assertions "biased, a travesty of justice, and highly motivated," the minority community leaders also called into question why the US congressmen did not bother to mention the "BNP-Jamaat sponsored hate campaign against minorities", including a series of tweets posted from the verified account of Basherkella – known as a "Jamaat mouthpiece" – calling for "boycotting" the Ahmadiyya community.


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The picture "German" Sergey Vasilievich wrote shortly before his death. Written in 1910, using cardboard and oil. The painting is stored in the Odessa Art Museum. Not long before his death, the author turned to the topic of the arrival of foreigners in the capital. "German" picture made in a humorous style. At a time when foreigners were rare guests in Russia.
In ancient times, established ideals and customs reigned in society; everything alien was strange and incomprehensible to the Russian people. In each case, ordinary Russian people showered with ridicule and abuse of foreign guests. The artist depicted the clash of two completely different cultures of peoples, not similar to each other worldviews and ideals. Residents of the German settlement, many Muscovites feared and feared, considered "the creature of the devil himself." But there were those who were interested in looking at a stranger. One of such scenes of fear, curiosity and distrust was depicted by the artist in his painting.
The picture shows a typical scene, a foreigner visiting a Russian outback. The Russian people are not ready to accept the unknown. Clothing, style, behavior - everything seems incomprehensible and vulgar. Bright clothes, a hat, boots all this causes laughter and disgust. The picture shows how the townspeople openly mock and mock a stranger who is dressed in ridiculous and strange costumes.
The picture is painted in bright colors and very accurately conveys the atmosphere of the action. The picture can rightfully be considered one of the famous images of Russian painting.
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Alfie Boe has said he is “honoured and thrilled” to be made an OBE.
The singer and West End star, 45, said it was “beautiful” to be named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Posting a video on Instagram, he said: “I’m absolutely honoured and thrilled that I’ve been given this amazing award.
“This goes for the music that I’ve sung for you and a lot of the charity stuff that I’ve done, which I’ll always continue to do.”
Boe, who has sold millions of records, told his fans he will “always sing my best for you”.
The Lancashire-born tenor famously played Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, in the West End and the Broadway revival.
Boe has been made an OBE for services to music and charity.


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50th Anniversary of Attack on Firebase Tomahawk
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 20, 2019) – The action of Bardstown and other Kentucky National Guard members at Firebase Tomahawk in Vietnam 50 years ago will be a highlight of the Vietnam Veterans Day/Vietnam Commemoration event at the State Capitol on Friday, March 29.
After Gov. Matt Bevin delivers the keynote address, BG Thomas R. Ice, who served with the Second Battalion, 138th Field Artillery in Vietnam, will address the importance of the deployment of the 138th Field Artillery to Vietnam. There will also be artifacts from the unit on display.
According to Kentucky National Guard history:
On April 19, 1968, the 2d Battalion, 138th Field Artillery with units in Louisville, Bardstown, Elizabethtown and Carrollton, Kentucky were ordered to active duty by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Among 24,500 men ordered to active duty in 88 units across the United States were 570 Kentucky Guardsmen and 750 Kentucky Air Guardsmen.
The Kentucky men showed much spirit. This was indicated by their disregard for a Department of Defense policy, which disallowed two brothers serving together in a combat zone. The 2d Battalion had numerous pairs of brothers serving in combat, as well as many who had brothers serving with the U.S. Regulars in South Vietnam. Such concern truly brought out the embedded motto of Kentuckians, "United We Stand, Divided We Fall."
The evening of June 19, 1969, was a quiet one for Charlie Battery on Tomahawk Hill. There had been few attacks by the enemy in the previous days and fire missions were at a minimum. It was pouring rain. South Vietnamese rainstorms are much different from those in the States. It comes down with such force that one would think a dam had broken. The rain numbs all hearing senses and limits visibility to one foot. The infiltrators are pleased with such climate as it allows them movement, which normally would be checked. Many of the off-duty men of Charlie were watching a James Bond movie or thinking about their loved ones back in Kentucky.
Meanwhile, approximately 150 NVA sappers were amassing outside the perimeter of the compound. Twenty-two infantrymen from the 101st Airborne Division were manning the perimeter. At approximately 1:45 a.m. about 75 of the sappers, with satchel charges strapped to their bodies and carrying RPG's, shoulder-firing rocket launchers, proceeded to snake through the barbed concertina wire barricade. Supported by a mortar unit the NVA sappers completely overran the defending infantry, killing and wounding most of them.
A Bardstown man shouted the first alarm and the destruction was on. The sappers … threw satchel charges into the bunkers, killing and wounding many. The wounded as well as the unharmed fought back with every ounce of life to drive the NVA from the firebase. At the same time, other units of the Kentucky Guard at other firebases were shelled by the NVA so that they could provide little or no fire for Charlie Battery.
The sappers delivered approximately 150 satchel charges and RPG's. After destroying an ammunition storage area, three howitzers, nine bunkers, the mess hall, dining tent, maintenance building, four ammunition carriers, three 2 1/2-ton trucks, two 3/4-ton trucks, and three jeeps, the sappers were forced to retreat. Cobra gunships zeroed in on the NVA position and forced the surviving NVA sappers to run for their lives.
The enemy felled nine Kentucky Guardsmen, but he lost 23 on the battlefield.
Senior Commander in Vietnam, General Creighton Abrams, said the 2nd Battalion 138th Field Artillery, was "one of the best trained, and absolutely the best maintained battalion-sized unit in Vietnam."
The Capitol Rotunda ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. EDT on Friday, March 29, Vietnam Veterans Day. It will feature the Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Traveling Wall and music from the 202nd Military Band.

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