title: A Colorful City with Ancient Origins

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A Colorful City with Ancient Origins
Portugal’s capital city Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world, an understandable fact given its luxurious location and perfect climate. But while this city has roots that go back thousands of years, today it feels young at heart with its colorful streets and buzzing atmosphere.
Lisbon’s history is both grand and dramatic. This old seafaring queen lead new world conquests and discoveries for centuries. In the 16th century, explorers would disembark from the city from the Belém Tower which still stands today, only a few minutes from the epic Monument of Discoveries. The gorgeous building of the old Jeronimos Monastery houses the city’s ambitious Maritime Museum and both the building and museum are well worth a visit.
Lisbon’s prime location and new trading routes made it at times extremely rich, but such a strategically perfect location also made it a primary target for invading forces. Foreign cultural influence and trade embellished this colorful city and put a lasting mark on what seems to be a bottomless well of creativity.
The thriving art scene is also reflected in the excellent food where anything goes, as long as it tastes good. The gold coast frames the Atlantic with its inviting beaches, coming full circle in a feast for the senses. But nothing says Lisbon like the quintessential ceramics. Azulejo tiles are world famous for their vibrant colors and rich story telling. The entire city is a display of this ornamental artwork but for those thirsty for more insights we highly recommend the Azulejo Museum and for the ultimate display of the finest Azulejo art, visit the glorious Fronteira Palace and marvel at its endless decorations.
The Fairest Place of All
No single event has devastated Lisbon as badly as the Great Lisbon Earthquake and its subsequent tsunami and fires in 1755 which destroyed 85% of the city and killed approx. 50,000 people. Of the few streets that escaped the disaster, most can be found in Lisbon’s oldest quarter, Alfama, an enchanting and colorful area of narrow streets with a lively village atmosphere.
While in Portugal, don’t miss out on the town of Sintra, on the outskirts of the Lisbon metropolitan area. This town was a personal favorite of our personal favorite, Hans Christian Andersen, who returned again and again to the place he found the fairest of them all. UNESCO agrees with him since the whole town is a classified World Heritage Site. And not far from Sintra town is the Cabo da Roca or Cape Roca, the westernmost point of continental Europe. Up until the 14th century, this was believed to be the edge of the world.
Let’s just say that if this really was the final edge, way to end on a high note, Europe!


tier: cub

shelf: civic-law

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For sympathetic, professional legal advice, covering Bexley, Sidcup and beyond, call:
Legal services from Chancellors Lea Brewer
If you require legal assistance on anything from making a will, obtaining family advice to buying or selling a property, we can assist to make the process as smooth as possible. We understand that these matters can be stressful and complex, so we ensure you are provided with comprehensive information regarding the progress of your matter at all times.
As solicitors we have been providing legal services and advice to both private and commercial clients since 1882. Covering Bexley, Sidcup and beyond, we have specialists in many areas of practice to provide you with the best possible service. Contact Chancellors Lea Brewer on 020 8303 0077 for more details.
Meet the team
Solicitor and Consultant
Alison trained in a central London firm and joined this firm in 1992 as an associate solicitor before becoming a partner in 1996 and is now a consultant.
She undertakes both non-contentious and contentious work which provides her with an interesting mix. Alison is head of the private client department dealing with all aspects of estate administration, court of protection work including deputyship, wills and powers of attorney. She has dealt with many complicated estates involving foreign jurisdictions.
Alison has been appointed as a Deputy by the Court of Protection on numerous occasions to safeguard the financial affairs of vulnerable people and has good working relationships with local care agencies and care teams.
Alison is an accredited member of lifetime lawyers (previously known as Soliciors for the Elderly), an organisation of lawyers offering specialist legal advice for older or vulnerable people, their families and carers.
Tara became a trainee solicitor with this firm after working for a central London firm. Qualifying in 2002, she quickly established herself as an important part of the firm’s private client department specialising particularly in matters affecting older clients and has a loyal following.
As an accredited member of lifetime lawyers (previously known as Soliciors for the Elderly), an organisation of lawyers offering specialist legal advice for older or vulnerable people, their families and carers, Tara deals with all aspects of estate administration, court of protection work including deputyship, wills and powers of attorney.
Teresa joined this firm in 2009 having trained as a solicitor with a law firm based in London’s China Town district. She is fluent in Cantonese and has a large client base within the Chinese community both locally and further afield.
She is an experienced commercial property lawyer dealing with all aspects of commercial property sales, purchases and leases. Many of her clients return to her time and again for her assistance in their business property affairs.
In addition to her commercial property work Teresa also undertakes residential conveyancing and assists in maintaining the high standards required for accreditation under the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme which is a recognised quality standard for residential conveyancing practices.
Ayesha has worked in the legal sector since 2017, both in high street and city firms.
Ayesha completed her training at Chancellors Lea Brewer’s sister firm, Aletta Shaw Solicitors, and qualified in the Private Client department in April 2024.
Ayesha undertakes a variety of Private Client work including Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Probate.
Ayesha has also recently become a Lifetime Lawyers member, (previously known as Solicitors for the Elderly), an organisation of lawyers offering specialist legal advice for older and vulnerable people, their families and carers.
Outside of work Ayesha enjoys travelling, reading, going to the gym and spending time with her friends, family and cat and dog, Casper and Teddy.


shelf: science-engineering

title: Florida construction industry hot but challenges loom

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The construction industry is booming in Florida, but it is also presenting many challenges for construction companies trying to navigate Florida’s construction waters. Many of these challenges have been around for a while, so it’s important to formulate a plan to mitigate these issues. See recommendations for dealing with the challenges of the Florida construction industry from a large construction firm, Skanska USA.
The Florida construction industry is experiencing tremendous growth, especially in the commercial sector where hospitals, schools, office buildings, and multifamily housing are needed to handle The Sunshine State’s ever-increasing population. Yet, there are numerous challenges the industry is facing as well. Navigating these challenges can be aided with the following tips.
Costs of Materials. Material prices have been in flux since the pandemic and even earlier, and rising fuel costs have only exacerbated the issue. A good recommendation to keep fluctuating material costs from derailing a project is to be upfront and transparent with customers about rising material costs. Keep in contact with clients—on a daily basis if needed—concerning market conditions so decisions such as modifications, delays, or pivoting projects can be made as quickly as possible.
Supply Chain Issues. Issues with supply chains can go hand in hand with rising material costs. When a material is in short supply due to restrictions, manufacturing shut-downs, slow production, shipping delays, or other factors, the demand and price for the material go up. In addition to staying in contact with clients concerning these issues, developing a supply chain group can help to reduce problems with material delays. Such groups work to mitigate the risk associated with supply issues by developing direct relationships with large equipment and material manufacturers and collecting real data on material and equipment lead times.
Some construction companies are even developing storage areas for materials and equipment that could be in short supply in the future.
Skilled Worker Shortages. Dealing with a shortage of skilled workers is nothing new for those in the Florida construction industry, but the pandemic and the continued growth of the industry have exacerbated the existing shortages. One recommendation for dealing with skilled worker shortages is to maintain good relationships with subcontractors. Another recommendation is to ensure your company is instituting policies that truly foster inclusion and diversity to make your labor pool as large as possible. There are many benefits to having a company-wide focus on inclusion and diversity beyond just having enough employees, so it’s a win-win for all.
Tucker Paving has over 25 years of experience in the asphalt and concrete paving industry, and we are no stranger to the challenges of the industry. Contact us online, or call us at (863) 299-2262 for assistance with your next asphalt paving project.


tier: polar

shelf: software-docs

title: Nordvpn confirms 2018 data centre breach

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NordVPN has admitted it was hacked in March 2018, after rumours circulated around a data breach the virtual private network (VPN) service provider had suffered.
The company said that an expired internal private key, a tool that provides and secures machine identity, became exposed earlier this year, allowing for the construction of insecure NordVPN imitation servers.
Despite touting its VPN services as "a hack-proof, encrypted tunnel for online traffic to flow", an attacker accessed a data centre hosting NordVPN servers.
By exploiting a remote management system left by the Finnish data centre provider, which NordVPN was not aware existed, the hacker managed to gain access to one of its servers which had only been active for about a month. The server essentially gave the hacker access some of the encryption keys that secure NordVPN user data.
The company's blog post responding to the data breach claims: "No user credentials have been intercepted. No other server on our network has been affected. The affected server does not exist anymore and the contract with the server provider has been terminated."
While the breach occurred more than a year ago, NordVPN only discovered it "a few months ago", and had not revealed its existence until recently due to security concerns.
"We did not disclose the exploit immediately because we had to make sure that none of our infrastructure could be prone to similar issues. This couldn't be done quickly due to the huge number of servers and the complexity of our infrastructure," the company said.
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VPN providers, which protect a customer's browsing traffic privacy from the internet provider and visiting sites, continue to gain popularity, particularly among journalists and activists working in hostile states.
VPNs make tracking a customer's internet and app usage more difficult by channelling their traffic through one encrypted pipeline, which typically relocates their browsing history from their internet provider to their VPN provider. This function has brought VPNs under increased scrutiny, as it is unclear whether each provider logs users' internet history.
"We don't track, collect, or share your private data," NordVPN claims. "It's none of our business."
For this reason, spokesperson Laura Tyrell told IT Pro, "even if the hacker could have viewed the traffic while being connected to the server, he could only see what an ordinary ISP would see, but in no way could it be personalised or linked to a particular username or email."
However, an anonymous security researcher told TechCrunch: "While this is unconfirmed and we await further forensic evidence, this is an indication of a full remote compromise of this provider's systems. That should be deeply concerning to anyone who uses or promotes these particular services."
In the wake of the breach, NordVPN reported it is "taking all the necessary means to enhance [its] security", including pursuing application security and no-logs audits as well as launching a bug bounty programme. Next year, the company plans to launch an independent external audit of its entire infrastructure.
Data security researchers project that similar breaches of machine identity will become increasingly common.
"It is imperative organisations have the agility to automatically replace every key and certificate that may have been exposed in breaches," said Kevin Bocek, vice president of security strategy and threat intelligence for Venafi.
"Quickly replacing machine identities is the reliable way to ensure privacy and security in a world where businesses run and depend on the cloud."
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shelf: health

title: Therapist development

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Yes To Therapy is a practice that has been developed by therapists, and specifically designed to cater the needs of other therapists. Our primary goal and practice values center the important of providing our therapists with integrative knowledge and skillset in both practice and professional development. Along with valuing the experiences of our clients, we highly focus our efforts on our therapist development and journeys as well.
Clinical Training Provided
We prioritize the professional growth of our therapists by offering extensive clinical training opportunities and support. Our therapists are encouraged to pursue training that aligns with their career goals, ensuring they are well-prepared to provide the highest quality care to our clients. With a focus on trauma-informed care and a diverse array of therapeutic approaches, our clinical training sets a high standard for excellence in our practice.
We actively collaborate with the community to ensure that we serve a diverse range of clientele, encompassing multicultural communities and differing levels of care. Our commitment to inclusivity means we work closely with local organizations and community leaders to make mental health services accessible to everyone, fostering an environment that welcomes individuals from all walks of life.
CAMFT CEU Approved
As a certified provider of continuing education credits for therapists, we're committed to supporting our therapists' ongoing professional development. We are dedicated in helping therapists expand their knowledge and skills, fostering a culture of lifelong learning within our practice.
Joining our team comes with a host of benefits and unique perks, including valuable administrative support that allows therapists to focus on their clients. We also offer healthcare options to promote the well-being of our team members, along with hosting special events and workshops focused on burnout prevention and self-care, showing our dedication to supporting the mental and emotional health of our therapists.
Yes To Therapy Book Collection
We have our own very own book collection, Tales Of The Other Side Of The Couch
Written by our very own YTT therapists!
This book was inspired by my own experience as a therapist. In recent years, there have been many advances in the field of psychology and as such, there have been more opportunities for therapists to positively impact the lives of others. In my work, I have been fortunate enough to help people from all walks of life to move beyond the struggles that hold them back and find meaning and purpose in their lives. I wanted to share the stories and experiences from the therapists at Yes To Therapy with others so that even those who did not have any direct contact with therapy could benefit from these stories.


shelf: finance

title: Justin murphy new pricing models for b2b technology companies

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In order to develop a holistic pricing strategy that maximizes value, B2B technology companies can distill their choices into a series of specific choice points. Justin Murphy, a partner in Bain's Customer Strategy & Marketing practice, outlines the questions companies can ask themselves when defining their pricing strategy.
Read the Bain Brief: Clearing the Roadblocks to Better B2B Pricing
Related video: Controlling Frontline Discounts
Read the transcript below.
JUSTIN MURPHY: Pricing for technology companies is more challenging than ever. They have all of the traditional opportunities such as managing frontline discounts and channel rebates. But being layered on top of that are big questions around new pricing strategies like as-a-service, subscription, freemium. And it seems to most companies that are struggling with these questions that there's just an endless number of paths that they could take and questions that they're wrestling with like: How do I incentivize trial and yet share in the upside? How do I actually make sure that I'm not being disrupted by some existing start-up and yet protecting my existing profit pool?
The companies that are able to solve this effectively distill these endless choices down into a series of specific choice points that define a pricing strategy. Questions like: What should my price position be―premium to the market, in parity with the market or a value player, pricing a little bit below the market? What's my price meter―dollars per user or dollars per gigabyte? Then, for each of these specific choice points, they bring deep customer and competitive research to bear to really understand what their specific company should be doing in order to maximize value and minimize risk, and the result is that companies are able to put together a holistic pricing strategy that delivers on the company's overall objectives and maximizes the value that that company receives from its customer base.


shelf: education

title: About us

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Recent News |
12.30.2003 The Salvation Army receives fourth gold coin of season in St. Louis; kettles to come in Wednesday with campaign behind |
12.24.2003 The Salvation Army to light star of hope tonight |
12.23.2003 The Salvation Army Harbor Light Center to serve Christmas dinner |
12.22.2003 Gov. Holden to ring bell for The Salvation Army Tuesday |
The Midland Division of The Salvation Army, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is led by Divisional Commander Major Robert E. Thomson. It encompasses the state of Missouri, with the exception of Kansas City and six surrounding counties, and southern Illinois.
The Army has a strong presence across the Division, with 29 Corps Community Centers; five social service institutions (with 615 beds) in St. Louis; 12 shelters (with 252 beds) outside of St. Louis; and 148 service units (local volunteer units) that are strategically located across the two states.
The Salvation Army’s services literally touch people from the cradle to the grave. For example, in St. Louis, the Hope Center reaches dozens of children each day through its day programs and a few miles away, Booth Manor provides 73 residential units for low-income senior citizens.
The Salvation Army spent more than $36 million on service in the Midland Division last year. It is a cost-efficient organization.In St. Louis, for example, 90 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to local programs and services
In St. Louis 90 cents of every donated dollar goes directly to local services |
90,381 nights of emergency shelter |
277,570 total meals served (breakfast, lunch and dinner) |
3,434 people served at the clinic |
2,668 People served at resource centers |


shelf: home-craft

title: Coastal dining table

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If you’re looking to experience coastal cuisine at its best, you’ll need the perfect dining table for your coastal living space.
Coastal Cuisine: Fresh, Light, and Flavorful
Coastal cuisine is all about fresh, light, and flavorful dishes that highlight the bounty of the sea. From seafood to tropical fruits and vegetables, coastal cuisine is a celebration of the natural ingredients found in coastal regions.
The Perfect Dining Table: Nautical-Inspired Design
When choosing a dining table for your coastal living space, look for a nautical-inspired design. Think weathered wood, beachy colors, and maybe even some seashell or driftwood accents.
Comfort and Durability: Key Features
Comfort and durability are key features to consider when selecting a dining table for coastal living. Look for a table that is sturdy enough to withstand the wear and tear of daily use, but also comfortable enough for long, leisurely meals with family and friends.
Size and Shape: Consider Your Space
Consider the size and shape of your dining space when choosing a table. A round table can be a great option for smaller spaces, while a rectangular table may be more suitable for larger areas or open-concept layouts.
Materials: Sustainable and Eco-Friendly
Opt for sustainable and eco-friendly materials when selecting a dining table for coastal living. Bamboo, reclaimed wood, and rattan are all great options that not only look great but also help to protect the environment.
With the perfect dining table for your coastal living space, you can create a warm and inviting atmosphere where you can enjoy the best of coastal cuisine with your loved ones. So, take your time to find the right table that suits your style, space, and needs, and get ready to experience coastal cuisine at its best.


tier: kodiak

shelf: history-culture

title: La xpm 1988 04 24 bk 2769 story

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All You Need Is Loss : BLUE EYES, BLACK HAIR <i> by Marguerite Duras; translated by Barbara Bray (Pantheon Books: $13.95; 95 pp.) </i>
Long recognized in Europe as a novelist specializing in psycho-sexual distress, Marguerite Duras has only recently found a wide American audience. Her novel, “The Lover,” received enormous acclaim in 1985, followed closely by “The Malady of Death” and now “Blue Eyes, Black Hair.” The three books retain the spare elliptical style for which Duras has long been noted, a style born in part out of her film work (“Hiroshima, Mon Amour”) and a brief identification with the nouveau roman of the ‘50s and ‘60s. One of her finest novels, “Destroy, She Said,” Duras turned into a film that she directed. Indeed, “Blue Eyes, Black Hair” most strongly resembles that book, though the earlier work kept much of the sexual anxiety suppressed in favor of a larger theme of revolutionary politics. Thematically, the new book follows a continuum begun more than 20 years ago with “The Ravishing of Lol Stein,” a compelling analysis of sexual self-destruction.
“Blue Eyes, Black Hair” dramatizes, in claustrophobic reductive scenes, the sexual suffering of an unnamed man and woman at a French seaside resort. The man is a homosexual who one summer night is awe-struck by the glimpse of a heterosexual foreigner in the company of a woman. The stranger disappears, leaving behind a rich, painful fantasy and a “sexual sadness that makes the eyes seem to have seen everything.” The hero’s obsession not only brings him to tears with cloying regularity but urges him to thoughts of murder and, in an attempt to suffuse his life with the foreigner’s, into an “impossible” love-hate relationship with the young woman who, after three passionate days with the northern stranger, “weeps for an affair and a story that never were.”
For much of the novel, the young woman lies naked in the light of a bare bulb in the man’s empty seaside house, sometimes covered by a white sheet, her face by a piece of black silk, as she sleeps for him while he watches and thinks of his lost love, of murder, of loving this woman who was so close to his fantasy: “He needs her, needs her there in the room, so he can weep for the young foreigner with blue eyes, black hair.” He insists on paying her to do this, though out of her sudden love for him, she would rather do it for nothing. Theirs is a nightly vigil over the body of a memorable impossibility of perfect adoration. Nothing happens, little is said. As lovers, they do not touch because what they have found in common is the death of hope. This is a minimalist picture of passion, fragments of repeated imagery and feeling that seem always to conclude a phrase too early. Were this music, it would be Webern’s.
Because the young woman intends to be a writer, we are offered scenes of the relationship as though it were a stage play, with actors advised not to act but to speak the words of the novel we are reading, all as though the affair will one day become a book, a book being the fondest form of memory. This novel is a fiction of gestures rather than events, snapshots of a sexual yearning so frustrated that the idea of desire replaces desire itself. The homosexual hero desires not the woman but the fact of her proximity to the lost foreigner; she reminds him of his wasted existence, reminds him that he is “disaster personified.” In her presence, his grief looms larger than the mere loss of what was already impossible in his sexual life. The reality of longing erases the world in favor of an idea of it, the way a kiss stands for a love affair. So theirs would be a tale of essences, a ritual in which the skeleton must suggest the flesh that has not yet grown to the bone.
“Blue Eyes, Black Hair” is one of those minor erotic fictions that contemporary French literature celebrates. One finds it in Bataille, Blanchot and Robbe-Grillet--the familiar business of sex and death at a seascape, with parched characters whose sexual obsessions are poetry and whose longing becomes mordant philosophy: “You haven’t got a place, and you don’t know where to find one. And it’s for that that I love you and that you are lost.” Indeed. The problem with this novel is that in its effort to evoke mystery, it is woefully precious and sentimental. The characters do not so much feel as wax poetic. They are in fact too immature in their passions to be dramatic for very long, and since they are more temperament than flesh, more given to tableaux than action, it is difficult to be concerned with their fates. Theirs is the sort of despair that evokes irritation rather than sympathy, boredom rather than puzzlement. The earlier Duras did it better.
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title: Law society calls for respect for the courts and for judicial officers

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The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) urges all legal practitioners – attorneys and advocates – to respect the dignity of the courts and of judicial officers.
‘Although the LSSA will not comment specifically on the incident in the Western Cape High Court involving Mr Ballem and Judge Bozalek as we understand the Cape Bar Council is dealing with the matter, it is important to stress that legal practitioners must conduct themselves with courtesy and respect towards all participants in legal proceedings so as to ensure compliance with the rules and procedures for the fair conduct of such proceedings,’ say LSSA Co-Chairpersons Nano Matlala and Praveen Sham
‘Attorneys and advocates must, at all times, maintain the highest standards of professionalism in the performance of their duties, and must extend to all colleagues, judges, academics, professionals and litigants, including persons from foreign jurisdictions, cordiality and respect at all times. Any lesser conduct is unacceptable in the legal profession,’ say Mr Matlala and Mr Sham.
The client’s right to access to justice and a speedy resolution of his or her matter should not be prejudiced by unacceptable behavior by legal practitioners, whether they be advocates or attorneys.
The LSSA would, however, like to use this opportunity to refer to the difficult and stressful conditions which legal practitioners are often obliged to work under in our courts.
ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE CO-CHAIRPERSONS OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA, NANO MATLALA AND PRAVEEN SHAM
by Barbara Whittle
Communication Manager, Law Society of South Africa
Tel: (012) 366 8800 or 083 380 1307


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EnviroMail 45 Canada - ALS Collaboration on Digital Integration with EarthSoft
The seamless integration of laboratory data into software applications is very important, with millions upon millions of sample IDs and test results being entered and reported annually.
Many of ALS’ major clients use applications such as EarthSoft’s EQuIS™ for reviewing, analyzing, comparing and reporting environmental sample data. Our clients are increasingly recognizing the speed, cost, and quality benefits of seamless data uploads.
EarthSoft has recently announced ALS as the first global laboratory network to execute an agreement to participate in its Preferred Laboratory Program [ALS Joins EarthSoft’s Preferred Laboratory Program]. EarthSoft and ALS have collaborated for years to assist shared clients and the environmental management sector in general to improve environmental data management processes and practices. EarthSoft’s Preferred Laboratory Program is the most recent collaboration designed to share and promote environmental data governance and best practices.
EQuIS analytical workflows developed in collaboration with ALS
From the ALS perspective, full digital integration supports our quality objectives and greatly assists our clients by eliminating written sample ID interpretation (e.g., 'o' vs. '0', '5' vs. 's') and by reducing errors, culminating in faster availability of test results for our clients along with higher quality and conformance of data. A second advantage of the ALS/EarthSoft partnership arises with the use of electronic chains of custody (eCoCs), which provide the ability to automatically assign test analytes, method codes, Limits of Reporting (LORs), etc., all linked directly to electronic quotes. This provides control over the exact methods used in laboratory testing—where multiple options may exist—to ensure our clients’ test results meet their exact needs and project requirements.
A major milestone of the ALS/EarthSoft collaboration occurred in 2014, with the first fully EQuIS-integrated eCoCs and digital sample receipt notifications (eSRNs), as highlighted in ALS Australia EnviroMail 80. ALS also supports electronic data deliverables (EDDs) for other workflow components associated with field data collection, independent laboratory testing, and auditable and actionable environmental data management. These tools were reviewed by industrial and government client sectors and are included in current and future versions of EQuIS. A global oil and gas organization’s EQuIS leader referred to the ALS/EarthSoft work as “a game-changer” for large corporate digital lab deliverable programs. EarthSoft and ALS now provide a level of integration between EQuIS and the ALS Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) not previously seen commercially in the environmental management industry.
EQuIS electronic data deliverables (EDDs) are widely used and can be generated and checked for correctness and completeness by all global laboratory networks that are fully integrated with the EarthSoft Enterprise EQuIS Data Processor (EDP). Contact your EarthSoft representative to confirm your application suite can support the digital workflows.
For more information or to expand your digital eCoC integration with ALS, please contact firstname.lastname@example.org.


title: Index

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Setting constraints and rules in the database is better than writing special code to handle the same task since it will prevent another developer from writing a different query that bypasses all of the special code and could leave your database with poor data integrity.
For a long time I was copying info to another table using a script since MySQL didn’t support triggers at the time. I have now found this trigger to be more effective at keeping track of everything.
This trigger will copy an old value to a history table if it is changed when someone edits a row. Editor ID and last mod are stored in the original table every time someone edits that row; the time corresponds to when it was changed to its current form.
DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS history_trigger $$ CREATE TRIGGER history_trigger BEFORE UPDATE ON clients FOR EACH ROW BEGIN IF OLD.first_name != NEW.first_name THEN INSERT INTO history_clients ( client_id , col , value , user_id , edit_time ) VALUES ( NEW.client_id, 'first_name', NEW.first_name, NEW.editor_id, NEW.last_mod ); END IF; IF OLD.last_name != NEW.last_name THEN INSERT INTO history_clients ( client_id , col , value , user_id , edit_time ) VALUES ( NEW.client_id, 'last_name', NEW.last_name, NEW.editor_id, NEW.last_mod ); END IF; END; $$
Notice where all of the semi-colons are. If you leave some out, it may take hours to debug your trigger syntax since the error messages don’t always help.
The OLD and NEW keywords correspond to the value in the row before an update and what is being inserted. Compare these values for each column that you want to track in the table.
An AFTER INSERT trigger should also be used to copy the initial data, and a BEFORE DELETE trigger would be good if you actually remove rows from the database instead of doing a soft delete like I normally do.
Delimiter is Tricky
$$ is being used to delimit the end of the two queries since the semi colons are needed for the interior statements.
Command Line Delimiter
To use this create-trigger query at the command line, you can add
before the trigger statement and
If you are using phpMyAdmin, there should be a small box below the main SQL box where you can enter $$.
Delimiter in php Scripts
If you would like to have php scripts create triggers you will need to use the mysqli_multi_query function. Below is an example.
$con = new MySQLi('host', 'user', 'pass', 'db'); $sql = ' DROP TRIGGER ... ; CREATE TRIGGER ... ; '; $con->multi_query($sql);
Notice that there isn’t a need for any special delimiter since the multi_query function applies it for you.
Make sure the database user has the Super privilege since that is needed to create triggers.
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title: Albuquerque nm expanded traffic crash at i 40 san mateo blvd

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Albuquerque, NM (February 21, 2025) – There were reported injuries after a vehicle collision that took place in Albuquerque on Thursday, February 20. The incident was first reported early that morning at around 6:39 a.m. on Interstate 40 EB off-ramp near San Mateo Boulevard NE. Two or more vehicles were reportedly involved in the collision.
Local authorities and emergency responders were dispatched to the scene of the accident. The number and severity of resulting injuries have not been determined at this time. The injured parties were treated by attending medical personnel before being transferred to a local hospital for further aid. No updates on the accident have been provided at this time. An ongoing investigation into the cause of the accident is in the hands of local law enforcement officials.
Our thoughts are with the injured victims and their families at this time. We hope for their full recovery.
New Mexico Car Accidents
Car accidents continue to be the leading cause of death and serious injury for New Mexico residents. There were 29,541 car crashes reported across the state in a recent year. These accidents contributed to 229 fatalities in total. The number of deadly collisions in the state has only increased with time. There were a total of 466 reported roadway deaths in New Mexico in 2022. Almost 36 percent of these fatal accidents involved alcohol, contributing to 170 deaths in total. Bernalillo County experienced the highest number of deadly crashes that year, with 143 reported traffic fatalities.
After suffering injuries in a serious car accident, you should seek the assistance of an Albuquerque car accident lawyer. When you hire a trained personal injury lawyer to represent your case, you are enlisting the help of someone who will act as your ally through the intricate claims process. You need to make sure you reach out to a law firm that has the right kind of experience. Not all lawyers are made the same, and our attorneys at Will Ferguson & Associates have pursued many past injury claims on behalf of our clients with great success. Our efficient legal team knows how to build a solid and compelling case to maximize the possibilities of collecting fair compensation for your crash injuries and losses.
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ABC: Monthly Construction Input Prices Rise 2.1% in February
When funny money isn't fun. Prices in the iron and steel category increased 22.0 percent compared to the same time last year.
March 12, 2021
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WASHINGTON, March 12 — Construction input prices rose 2.1 percent in February 2021, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices also increased 2.1 percent for the month.
Construction input prices are up 7.6 percent from February 2020, and nonresidential construction input prices have expanded 7.1 percent during that span. Softwood lumber and natural gas have experienced the largest year-over-year increases, rising 79.7 percent and 76.2 percent, respectively. Prices in the iron and steel category increased 22.0 percent compared to the same time last year, and steel mill product prices are up 20.0 percent.
“Anyone who questions whether or not the inflation story is real should look at today’s Producer Price Index,” said ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu. “Input prices are rising rapidly even in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic that continues to suppress economic growth in many parts of the world, including Europe and Latin America. If anything, these conditions should create flat prices, but the injection of massive levels of monetary and fiscal stimulus into the global economy, along with occasional supply chain issues, have produced a nearly 8 percent rise in construction input prices over the past year.
". . . the injection of massive levels of monetary and fiscal stimulus into the global economy, along with occasional supply chain issues, have produced a nearly 8 percent rise in construction input prices over the past year." - Anirban Basu
“As vaccinations become more pervasive around the world, additional stimulus is injected into various economies, and the global economy reopens in earnest, the pace of price increases could further accelerate,” said Basu. “According to ABC’s Construction Confidence Index, only 36 percent of contractors expect their profit margins to increase over the next six months. Meaningful inflation would almost certainly lower that share. ABC is indicating to its members that they should be very careful in crafting their contracts, given the risk of future materials price increases. The risk is real. Today’s data release does nothing to alter that prescription.”


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The new school year will be here before we know it. What better way to prepare than to make sure your teachers have the right communication tools to teach safely and efficiently?
Two-way radios help transition kids from the summer schedule into the new school year. Teachers and administrators can use radio to communicate with one another about where kids are in real-time. For example, radios can help make sure students get on the right bus, or those who are walking know where they are going.
Two-way radios are an expensive investment so school systems should make sure they are getting the most out of this valuable technology. Accessories like batteries, speaker microphones/PTT, and surveillance kits can all help teachers succeed in leading a safe and effective learning year.
Check out this article to determine which of these accessories you need to update for the year.
Two-Way Radio Batteries
School days for teachers are longer than the expected 8 hours in class. Teacher’s radios need to last from the student’s arrival at dropoff to the student’s departure during pickup and bus times.
Batteries for teacher’s two-way radios need to last 8-10 hours. This is possible with new and updated batteries. Additionally, the batteries purchased for school radios need to be IP67-rated.
These specifications will help the radios stay powered in the elements. Teachers may have to use their radio in inclement weather or in more challenging environments from fire drills to field trips.
Before the new school year, administrators should check that their teacher’s radio batteries are up to date and can last long operating hours.
Speaker microphones and push-to-talk (PTT) are great accessories for teachers and school administrators. This technology allows for hands-free and quick communications. Being a teacher and school administrator means your day will be filled with unpredictable events.
Sometimes it is as simple as needing your hands to work efficiently, but a teacher needs your response immediately. Or you are breaking up a fight between students and communicating help from other teachers/admin at the same time.
Speaker microphones allow you to hear emergency communications from other faculty members. This immediate connection enables staff to respond to any emergency safely and efficiently.
The next two-way radio beneficial accessory to all teachers, staff, and administrators are surveillance kits. This accessory is useful because it also enables hands-free communications. However, unlike speaker microphones, communications are private with surveillance kits.
Privacy is a benefit for teachers because it can reduce panic among students during an emergency. It also helps keep students’ or teachers’ information private if discussed.
With surveillance kits, it is also easier to hear transmissions. Classroom and school hallways can be very loud. Surveillance kits come with an in-ear earpiece. This is also useful in dangerous situations like school shootings when teachers need real-time communication while staying quiet or silent.
Surveillance kits are a powerful accessory for teachers to use with their two-way radios to help keep themselves and their students safe and learning efficiently.
One Last Thing...
School systems are an unpredictable environment where communication remains the best way to keep students organized, safe, and successful. Two-way radios and compatible accessories are the best way to maintain real-time, clear, and consistent connections between staff.
We hope this article provides you with the necessary information about what accessories will work best for your staff to ensure a great school year.


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Slot machines have come a long way since their inception in the late 19th century. Often referred to as the “one-armed bandits” due to their mechanical lever, these iconic gambling devices have evolved significantly over the years. In this article, we will delve into the fascinating history and transformation of bandar slot gacor machines, exploring how they have transitioned from simple mechanical devices to the digital wonders we see today.
The Birth of the One-Armed Bandit: The first slot machine was created by Charles Fey in 1895, and it was a far cry from the high-tech digital slots we have today. This mechanical marvel had three spinning reels adorned with various symbols and a lever on the side, hence the nickname “one-armed bandit.” Players would pull the lever to set the reels in motion, hoping for a winning combination to appear. Payouts were typically in the form of cigars, drinks, or cash prizes, depending on the establishment.
The Electromechanical Era: In the mid-20th century, slot machines took a leap into the electromechanical era. These machines incorporated electrical components that allowed for more sophisticated gameplay. The famous Bally Manufacturing Corporation introduced Money Honey in 1963, featuring automatic payouts and the ability to hold and nudge reels. These innovations made slot play more exciting and paved the way for the digital revolution.
The Digital Age: The late 20th century saw the emergence of video slots, which replaced the mechanical reels with computer-generated graphics. This transition brought about a wealth of possibilities for game designers, enabling them to create intricate themes, bonus rounds, and progressive jackpots. The Random Number Generator (RNG) became the heart of these machines, ensuring fair and random outcomes.


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MainBoss Advanced, Version 4.0.0:
Installing ClickOnce Deployment for the First Time
ClickOnce is simple to use but complicated to set up.
It requires an IT department with a high degree of technical sophistication.
Microsoft provides a good deal of information about ClickOnce at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/wh45kb66.aspx.
The web page you are reading now is for people who are installing ClickOnce MainBoss for the first time. If you have an existing ClickOnce MainBoss installation, click here for installation instructions.
Setting Up ClickOnce MainBoss for the First Time
To set up ClickOnce deployment, follow these steps:
- Create a virtual directory on your organization's web site to contain all the files that MainBoss needs for ClickOnce deployment. We will call this the MainBoss ClickOnce directory. (If you have installed a previous version of ClickOnce, you can use the same directory after you've moved out all the old contents.)
- to obtain a ZIP file named Install.MainBoss.ClickOnce.184.108.40.206.zip containing the files you need for ClickOnce deployment.
- Extract the contents of the ZIP file into the MainBoss ClickOnce directory (i.e. the virtual directory created in Step 1 above).
- In the MainBoss ClickOnce directory, create a web page with a link to the file mainboss.application. Users should click on the mainboss.application link whenever they want to start MainBoss.
- The ClickOnce directory that you just installed has a file named setup.exe. This file attempts to install the prerequisite software needed by MainBoss, including .NET 4.6, Report Viewer 2015, and the "CLR Types" add-on to SQL Server. We recommend that you execute the file to make sure that your system has all the needed software. When the prerequisites are installed, setup.exe then installs a ClickOnce version of MainBoss (if necessary). Thus, executing setup.exe will let you see if ClickOnce is installed correctly.
The files extracted above include a file named default.htm which you can modify to create the needed web page. Alternatively, you can write your own web page from scratch.
Online vs. Offline Builds
There are two builds of the ClickOnce version of MainBoss:
- The Online build is designed for people who always intend to launch MainBoss from the ClickOnce web page. It does not create an entry for MainBoss in the Windows "Start" menu. (You can still start the program without a web connection by using the Windows "Search" box or by creating your own shortcut to the file containing the program.)
- The Offline build is designed for people who may frequently work without an active Internet connection. When you first install the software, it creates an entry in the Windows "Start" menu which you can then use to start the program instead of going through a web page. (You should still go through the web page occasionally, because the web interface is designed to update your software automatically whenever a new version is released.)
For a more detailed explanation of the two types of builds, see Microsoft's web page here, particularly the discussion of the Install attribute.
When you have installed ClickOnce (as described in the preceding section), you will notice that the folder contains the executable files:
- The Online build
- The Offline build
- A file that can contain whichever build you think ought to be standard for your users; by default, this is the Online build
- If you think your users should use the Online build, overwrite mainboss.application with mainbossOnline.application.
- If you think your users should use the Offline build, overwrite mainboss.application with mainbossOffline.application.
- If you want to let users make their own choice, edit default.htm or the web page you made yourself so that it has two "Launch" buttons: one for each build.
A user can't switch easily from one build to another. Therefore, each user should choose one build (or IT administrators should dictate one build) and stick with that one. If someone really needs to switch builds, see Switching Builds below.
In order to run MainBoss Advanced using ClickOnce, the following software must be installed on the user's system:
- Windows Installer 3.1
- .NET Framework 4.6
- Microsoft Report Viewer 2015
If you attempt to run MainBoss through the ClickOnce web page without having the appropriate prerequisites, you will see the message "System update required".
There are two ways to ensure that user systems have the prerequisite software. You could simply install the software by hand on any system where someone will be running MainBoss. However, this can only be done by someone with Windows Administrator privileges. Alternatively, you could use Windows Server Manager to activate Windows Server Update Services. To do so, start Windows Server Manager on your Windows Server system and use "Add Role" to add the role "Windows Server Update Services".
Once you add this role, you can update other Windows systems on the network using the normal Windows Update software (provided you have Windows Administrator privileges on the network server computer). In particular, you can add the prerequisite packages (listed above) to any computer you choose.
Caveats about ClickOnce
If several people use ClickOnce to run MainBoss on the same computer, the MainBoss software will be installed once for each such user. For example, if three people use the same computer at different times and all of them run MainBoss, the MainBoss software will be installed separately for each person.
People who invoke MainBoss through ClickOnce will not be able to specify command line arguments to the MainBoss software. They will also not be able to run the MBUtility program.
In general, you should not use a ClickOnce version of MainBoss to configure or start/stop MainBoss Service. Use a conventional installation of MainBoss, or the MainBoss Service command line interface.
As noted previously, there are two builds of MainBoss for ClickOnce: an Online build and an Offline build. Once a user has run one for the first time, switching to the other requires some work:
- Switching from Offline to Online:
You must use the standard Windows Control Panel to uninstall the Offline build (in
the usual way you uninstall any software package).
You can then run the Online version; it will install itself and you will use
the Online version from then on.
If you try to run the Online version when you have the Offline installed, you will receive an error message that says Application cannot be started. Contact the application vendor. The Details button will say something like
Cannot make this application an online application because the previous version is installed.
To install this application uninstall the previous version, or mark this application as installed.
- Switching from Online to Offline:
To do this, you must clear the ClickOnce installed cache.
If you have the mage command (which is part of the Windows SDK), you can run
it from a command window with the -cc (clear cache) option.
Once you have run the command, you can use the Offline build.
If you do not have the mage command on your computer, open a command window and run the following command.
rundll32 dfshim CleanOnlineAppCache
Once you have run this command, you can use the Offline build.
If you have the Online build installed and try to run the Offline build without clearing the cache, you get the message: You cannot start application MainBoss Advanced from this location because it is already installed from a different location.
Launching ClickOnce MainBoss without a Browser
You can launch a ClickOnce version of MainBoss without using a browser by using the following command line:
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe dfshim ShOpenVerbApplication URL
where URL is the URL of the file that contains the application you want to run. For example, you might have something like this:
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe dfshim ShOpenVerbApplication http://ourcompany.com/mainboss/mainboss.application
You can use this command line in a command prompt window or in the command line associated with a shortcut icon.


title: The role of gut health in pcod pcos a new perspective by nutritionist silky mahajan

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It is currently ‘ISA season’, which means savers are either scrambling to ‘use it or lose it’ in regards to the ISA allowance which runs out at midnight on April 5, or they are looking ahead to the new tax year to decide which ISA could work best for them.
ISAs have changed over the years, as ‘ISA season’ was first coined during the early days when the allowance was a lot smaller. The ISA allowance is how much money you can put in an ISA each tax year, and when this type of savings account was launched in 1999, that was £3,000. The allowance then slowly rose to £5,100 in 2010, which was a sensible amount that someone could save in a year - hence the ‘use it or lose it’ rhetoric when we reach the end of March.
However these days, the allowance is now £20,000 which made the ‘use it or lose it’ slightly more obtuse as - during a cost of living crisis - not many people would be able to save this amount during a year. This is also coupled with the fact that everyone gets a personal savings allowance, which means basic rate tax-payers can earn up to £1,000 in interest a year before they are taxed.
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And that’s the thing about ISAs, the main selling point has always been that it acts as a vehicle to save money and avoid income tax and capital gains tax.
But that doesn’t mean ISAs have no role to play - the ISA market is very diverse and it’s been an interesting 12 months, as interest rates have risen making them more attractive.
And while you might struggle to find £20,000 to put away in a year for a cash ISA, annual subscription limits for junior ISAs and Child Trust Fund accounts are still £9,000 and lifetime ISAs only allow £4,000 to be added a year.
So, should you consider an ISA in the new tax year? Let’s look at what’s on offer and remember, you can only put up to £20,000 into one of each type of ISA; cash ISA, stocks and shares ISA, lifetime ISA, junior ISA and innovative finance ISA. Plus, ISAs can only be held in one person's name, so you can’t have a joint ISA.
Cash ISAs are attractive to savers as it offers them a place to deposit their savings and earn interest tax-free. However, due to the personal savings allowance, a cash ISA works best for someone who is already paying tax on their savings or nearly at the limit of the PSA. Cash ISAs are also more flexible than other options as you can often access the money for any reason. On the flip side, even the best cash ISA interest rates are generally still lower than inflation.
To open an cash ISA you have to be 16 or older
Stocks and shares ISAs let you put money into shares and other investments without paying income tax or capital gains tax on the growth. You can also choose exactly what you want to invest in, from stocks or shares, investment funds to unit trusts. Bear in mind that returns could be far higher than with a cash ISA, but the value of your money could also fall if your investments do not perform well.
An innovative finance ISA works differently to other ISAs as it focuses on investing in peer-to-peer (P2P) lending. P2P lending allows you to lend money directly to borrowers and businesses by using an online portal for the exchange of cash. The borrowers then pay back the borrowed amount and interest is added on. The interest is the return you get on your investment and you earn this tax-free.
To open a stocks and shares ISA or a innovative finance ISA you have to be 18
Lifetime ISAs are best suited for first-time buyers or anyone looking to save for their retirement. If you save the money for these two purposes then you are rewarded by the government as it adds 25% to the first £4,000 you save each year.
But there are conditions attached. Only people aged between 18 and 40 can open one and you only get the government bonus cash if you use the money to buy your first home or withdraw it after you turn 60. If you meet those conditions, you’ll receive £1,000 a year extra cash simply by saving in the right place.
To open a lifetime ISA you have to be between 18 and 39
A junior ISA is a long-term and tax-free way for parents or guardians to invest money for their child's future. However, the money you add into this savings account is locked away until the child's 18th birthday, and only then can it be accessed by the child. The junior ISA allowance is £9,000 which can be used during the next tax year. You can also choose between a junior stocks and shares ISA and a junior cash ISA.
To open a junior ISA you have to be the parent or guardian of a child under 18
Earn interest tax free with a cash ISA.


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Why a Clean Workspace Prevents Project Disasters
I hate making projects and messing up. As a matter of fact, I hate any type of mess up in the blog kitchen because I feel like I should know better. Believe it or not, I recently messed up in the blog kitchen. Join me for a chuckle as I tell my tale! 😳
Taylor was working on a project with White Melt & Pour soap and I decided that I would use some of the Transparent Melt & Pour soap to make samples for shipping. I pulled out Oatmeal, Milk & Honey Fragrance and the finely ground Oatmeal (Oat Flour) so I could make a Oatmeal, Milk & Honey soap. I melted two pounds of the Transparent Melt & Pour soap and then moved everything to the workspace Taylor has just vacated. (Can you see the problem yet?)
Using a brand new pipette, I opened the bottle of fragrance on my left and added 9 mL of fragrance to my melted soap. I stirred the soap and bent down to smell the soap. I couldn’t smell any Oatmeal, Milk & Honey! All I could smell was Taylor’s soap on the other side of the kitchen! I grabbed the bottle thinking that someone had played a trick on me and substituted the fragrance with plain oil. Once I read the label, I realized I had used Taylor’s bottle of Rosalie, instead of my bottle of Oatmeal, Milk & Honey. I looked around my workspace and saw to my growing horror, I had put my ingredients on the right side and moved Taylor’s ingredients to the left! Quickly, I walked over to our color drawer and grabbed the bottle of premixed Purple Raspberry dye. I took it back to the workspace and added a few drops of color to the soap. I now had a pink soap scented with Rosalie, when I didn’t want that at all! 😡
I was ready to sweep the whole problem under a rug and forget about it. As I was grumbling about the my mistake, Taylor chuckled as she walked over to view my pretty pink soap. After looking at the soap and then back at me, she told me, “Wouldn’t that make a great blog? I mean, you made a mistake and you’re annoyed about it. You were able to fix it though! We both also learned that working in a messy workspace with multiple people will increase the chances for failure or messed up projects.” I had to take a mental step back and realize that Taylor was right. Even though I had made a mistake, I still was able to fix it. I also learned that sharing work space, either with another person or another project, is a bad idea. Now I can look at the situation and laugh because it is funny, even if I didn’t think so at the time.
As a result, I made a “Clean Workspace” checklist that I decided to share with you, so you don’t do what I did! While this list isn’t long, it gives me satisfaction to check off each line.
Andee’s Clean Workspace Checklist:
☐ Clean and put scale away.
☐ Put away all ingredients in their proper places.
☐ Take all dirtied containers and equipment to the sink. Wash by hand or place in dishwasher. Dishwasher must be started.
☐ Wipe off all countertops.
☐ Wash floor of any spills were made.
This check list has been helping me save my own sanity lately. Not that I have much sanity left anyway. My pharmacist tells me his last order for sanity was backordered with an unknown arrival date. What’s a gal to do without sanity?
I’m wondering if you have ever made a mistake by accidentally combining projects or forgetting ingredients? Have you been able to laugh at your mistakes later? I’d love to hear your stories.


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Next up in Louisville KY’s Humana Festival
It may be true that the older one gets, the more one things about what might have been, how life might have turned out had we made a different decision.
In “This Random World” at Actors Theatre, playwright Steven Dietz tells a number of stories in which characters are busy considering the path their lives have taken. There’s also a story about taking a chance, doing something out of the ordinary to make a mark on the world, or just to have an experience before you die.
Which is not to say the play is morbid. It does deal with death. One character mistakenly places his own obituary in a public place, and must convince others he’s really who he says he is. Another obsesses over a last will, making sure that everything’s taken care of in the event of her death. That brings about the best line in the production, which was a great laugh line — “All you have to do is stop breathing and I’ll take care of everything else.”
A mother seeks to take a “last” trip without telling her children.
There’s also a great story of a missed love connections, a couple who realizes that perhaps they should not have broken up after high school, and who long to reconnect.
All this takes place in the present day, as characters deal with modern takes on love, death and regret.
This Random World is part of Actors Theatre’s 40th Humana Festival of New American Plays. The Festival continues through April 10.


title: Microsoft teams snapchat videofilters

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Three days ago, Snapchat Lenses for Microsoft Teams where anounced.
Alldough i don’t see a business Value in enabling SnapChat Camera Filters, i wanted to try it out, so i can advise my customers.
You need to allow the Snapchat Lenses App in Teams Apps.
Overview of app management and governance in Teams admin center
I’ve added “Snapchat Lenses” to a dedicated App permission policy.
As you can see the App is blocked in my Org-wide settings - so i have to unblock it there first.
Search for “Snapchat” in Manage Apps
And allow the App
Now the App looks fine in my App permission policy
I’ve assigned that App Permission Policy to my User
Not shure if it took 24 Hours or if i was not in the Preview of Windows Teams Client.
If you join a Meeting, enable your Camera ans select “more Videoeffects”.
Now you can choose “Snapchat” and select a Filter
You have to Accept that some of the Data will be sen’t to Snapchat
And this is the Result
It’s funny as you can see my smile. But if it is needed in a Business Environement is disputable.
Alldough i can see some 1:1 Meetings that it can be fun and entertaining. Something that every Job should be.
It is fully controllable by Policies so it’s a decision of each Business if that should be enabled or not.
As there will be some Data sent out to a 3rd Party - your Security and Compliance Officer should be included in such a desicion.


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ZHOU Yi, QIN Jian, LI Xu, ZHU Lin, LI Ji-kun
National Natura Science Foundation of China， 81472236； Foundation of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality， 14ZR1433400
Objective To explore the effects of DNA methyl transferase 1 (DNMT1) on the proliferation and migration of gastric carcinoma cells and its possible mechanisms. Methods The mRNA levels of DNMT1 in cancer tissues and adjacent normal tissues of 60 patients with gastric carcinoma were detected with qRT-PCR. Lentivirus packing was used to establish MKN45, SGC7901, and MKN28 gastric carcinoma cell lines expressing stable DNMT1-shRNA, which served as the transfection group. The untreated MKN45, SGC7901, and MKN28 cell lines served as the untransfected group and the MKN45, SGC7901, and MKN28 cell lines treated with lentivirus control served as the negative control group. Proliferation of MKN45, SGC7901, and MKN28 cells was detected by CCK8 method. The expression of CDC25B was measured by Western blotting. The effect of DNMT1 on the migration of gastric carcinoma cells was detected by cell migration assay. Results The mRNA levels of DNMT1 in 52 patients (86.7%，52/60) were up-regulated in cancer tissues than in adjacent normal tissues and the mRNA levels of DNMT1 in 17 of them (28.3%, 17/60) were up-regulated more than two times. The transcription level of DNMT1 in cancer tissues of patients with lymph node metastasis, vascular invasion, and TNM stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ was up-regulated significantly (P＜0.05). The growth of MKN45, SGC7901, and MKN28 cells was significantly inhibited 3 d after DNMT1-shRNA transfection. The absorbance values of three cell lines in the transfection group were significantly lower than those in the untransfected group and the negative control group (P=0.000). The protein expression of CDC25B and the migration ability decreased in the transfection group as compared with the untransfected group and the negative control group (both P＜0.05). Conclusion The expression of DNMT1 is significantly higher in gastric carcinoma tissues than that in adjacent normal tissues. DNMT1 can promote the proliferation and metastasis of gastric carcinoma cells, which may be associated with the regulation on CDC25B.
Key words: stomach neoplasms, cell proliferation, cell migration, DNMT1, CDC25B
ZHOU Yi, QIN Jian, LI Xu, ZHU Lin, LI Ji-kun. Expression of DNMT1 in gastric carcinoma tissue and its effects on proliferation and migration of gastric carcinoma cells[J]. , doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2016.07.002.
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title: Howto stripe

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Over the years, there have been several times when someone has asked about sending money in support of ongoing Typica development and my answer was that they could drop a check in the mail and I'd be grateful for that. After all, this is a project that I've put a lot of my own time and money into and there are limits to what I can afford to cover on my own. Sometimes these people or their companies have written those checks, and I thank them, but more often those never show up. Earlier this year, I decided to create a little pay what you want form on this site where people could use a credit card with the expectation that making it easier for people to send money would result in fewer people asking how they can do that and more people just doing that. Over the past few months, that seems to have paid off. Five people or companies have used the form to send more money than this project has brought in for the previous nine years combined. While the project is still running at a financial loss for this year, this support has been incredibly helpful.
While working on this, I had some security concerns and wanted to make sure that I could implement this in a way that's safe both for anybody who might use the form and for the server. Looking at my server logs, I see automated attacks every day. These generally target PHP, Wordpress, and web based administrative interfaces for a variety of database and content management platforms. They're looking for servers that have not been set up properly or have not been updated to mitigate exploitable flaws in older versions of the programs under attack. As far as I know there have been no successful attacks in part because this site isn't running any of that stuff. It's serving static pages and I wasn't eager to add some huge piece of software with a poor security track record just to add one little bit of server side processing. My other concern was that I did not want my server to ever receive sensitive data like credit card numbers. If I don't have your data to begin with, I can't expose it in the event that a future attack is successful. I also wanted something that I wouldn't need to pay for unless people were using it.
Fortunately, I was able to come up with a solution that satisfies these concerns by letting Stripe handle the credit card processing side of things. The way this works, I have a form such as you see below.
Stripe provides a lot of documentation on how to do things server side. There are examples in Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, Node, Go, and .NET, but the problem here is that these are examples either in languages that I don't know well enough to be certain I'm not doing something stupid and/or require a lot of additional stuff on the server. I wasn't eager to figure out how to safely install and configure new software on the server and for something as small as this I also wasn't interested in brushing up on languages that I've never used for anything seriously and that I also haven't played with in a long time.
Fortunately, it also provides examples in curl. This is a common command line utility that I suspect is included in the documentation so that people can learn the Stripe API and see exactly what information needs to be sent and what information is received before they start writing code. I wasn't about to implement payment processing in shell scripts, but behind curl is a C language library called libcurl and it's trivial to convert the curl examples into code using libcurl. Typica is written in C++ and it uses C libraries to communicate with some of the hardware that Typica supports so this is well within my comfort zone.
This is how I decided that the server side processing would be done as a native executable written in C++. Not the most common choice for CGI programs, but one that should probably be considered more often.
Programs written to be run from a web server are a little bit different from most. The form is sent with an HTTP POST command. The web server receives this and sends the form data to my program on the standard input. The length of that input is passed in through an environment variable. That means the program needs to check that environment variable, convert the text into a number, and read that many bytes from standard input. The input is a URL encoded set of key value pairs so that needs to be decoded and the form fields split back out into separate pieces of data. In particular, I need the Stripe token and the number of cents to charge.
With that information extracted, it's time to use libcurl to send an encrypted message to Stripe with the required information and either receive the response or deal with any error that may have occurred.
The response from Stripe comes in the form of a big chunk of JSON. To report success or failure, I'd need to pull the relevant information out of that response. I decided to use RapidJSON for this instead of hacking together something on my own. I only needed to write one small convenience function to pull out the data I needed from the response.
I wanted to log these responses so that if anything went wrong I'd have something server side to investigate. Since I was already using PostgreSQL for other things on the server, I created a new database and a new role for accessing that database, keeping permissions set so that a service that accesses one database on the system can't gain access to unrelated databases. To connect to that database and create new log entries I just used libpq.
With the response processed and logged, it's time to generate the web page sent to report success or failure to the person who was trying to send money. This is just a matter of writing an HTTP Content-type header, an empty line, and the page HTML on the standard output. To see that response, scroll back up and use the form to send money in support of ongoing Typica development.
That's all there is to it. With the program compiled, the resulting executable moved to a special location where the web server will look for it, and a tiny bit of server reconfiguration to enable that, I now have this little pay what you want form backed by a tiny server side program.


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Over the past 20 years, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) patients and providers have seen an increase in options to treat PAH. Currently, there are choices for the delivery of medications approved to treat patients with PAH where at one point the only option was intravenous (IV) therapy. This case study details the transition from IV Epoprostenol to oral Treprostinil for the treatment of a 53 year old female diagnosed with severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension whose quality of life became unbearable by the IV medication delivery route. This patient was a synchronized swimmer in her youth and her passion for water activities continued throughout her short life. After her diagnosis of severe PAH, her life abruptly changed as she was placed on triple therapy, which consisted of an endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA), a phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor (pde-5), and the IV epoprostenol. The patient experienced severe side effects that negatively impacted her ability to resume her activities of daily life and swimming. Although she remained hemodynamically stable on IV therapy, her poor quality of life and severe depression convinced her cardiologist that transitioning to an oral treprostinil would be the only option for her survival. At the time, there was a lack of clinical trials or guidelines to support the transition from IV to oral prostacyclins to follow, so an interdisciplinary team approach needed to be taken to ensure that the safety and efficacy of the transition would be maintained.
Hyman, T., Salinero, M., Jimenez-Carcamo, F., Pallares, M., & Matos, M. (2019). Navigating a Difficult Transition in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Clinical Case Study. Nursing & Health Sciences Research Journal, 2(1), 36-40. https://doi.org/10.55481/2578-3750.1044
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title: Opportunity made real

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Opportunity made real
WELCOME TO SALENGO
Where Impact Meets Opportunity
Working at SalenGo is a mind-set: Become part of a unique start-up, and help us turning SalenGo into a success story of the most successful start-up companies in France and beyond !.
We believe in making it simple for our customers to capture the data they need to do their job better—whether they’re focused on customer, market, employee, or academic insights. We’re always on the lookout for top-notch innovators to help us create stronger products and better solutions for our customers.
We are looking for employees who stand out through their motivation, open-mindedness and professional excellence – we are looking for employees like you. We look forward to hearing from you!
The term “benefits” doesn’t really do our employee rewards program justice. We provide free medical, dental, and vision insurance, 20+ days of annual leave, generous retirement fund contributions, company equity, quarterly bonuses, and tons of career mobility.
WORK HARD/PLAY HARD
For every bit of hard work we put in, we have twice the fun. Whether that means taking a break in a massage chair or hitting the slopes after work, SalenGo makes sure that employees take time to recharge and live it up.
Because we want to growth fast, getting promoted and taking on more opportunity is always an option. We hire individuals who have what it takes to quickly step into the next role and take on opportunities beyond their core job description.
We believe in a workspace that allows you to take a breather and pepper fun throughout your day. Grab a beer, enjoy terrasse overlooking the city, or raid the kitchens.
We’re looking for A-players, not A-holes. We don’t hire cutthroat individuals who only care about themselves. We’re looking for top performers with a wide array of professional and personal experience. Our employees are driven, intelligent, diverse and interesting people who work well in teams and know how to have fun.
SalenGo employees are plugged into a network of experienced professionals around the globe. With weekly company-wide video meetings and our own internal social network, employees get global experience and stay up-to-date on what’s happening across the organization.
Have we piqued your interest ?
Send your detailed application via email to: [email protected]


title: Commercial Drone Training

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Commercial Drone Training
This A2 Certificate of Competency (A2 CofC) course is delivered by Commercial Drone Training a major national drone training company.
CDT has been drone training for 6 years and trained over 4,000 students on residential and non-residential courses to become Drone Pilots with a PfCO course.
We have trained many emergency service teams including Police forces, Fire and Military.
The Owner of CDT is Mike Green who was a Commercial Airline Pilot for 10 Years.
CDT are Approved by the UK Civil Aviation Authority CAA to host A2 Certificate of Competency (A2 CofC) Courses and train Drone Pilots as a Recognised Assessment Entity ( RAE ) Number 3987. You are in very good experienced hands.
We are amongst 44 companies across the whole of the U.K approved by the CAA with this permission to train and test.
CDT is owned and run by Mike Green a former airline pilot who has a life long passion for aviation. Mike become an UAS examiner for the CAA 8 years ago and has built a training organisation trusted to train the police, fire services, MOD and many large national companies.
Mike also has a degree in Building Surveying and uses his private practice experience using aerial building surveys to push the many benefits of drone use to the building industry.
We have trained over 4000 Remote Pilots since 2014 and have an outstanding reputation, helping students operate their drones safely and within the rules, offering access to unrivalled on-going support.
CAA approved Drone Training providers like CDT have transitioned from a CAA approved NQE to become an RAE (Recognised Assessment Entity) and we now provide two main qualifications. A2 Certificate of Competency (A2 CofC) for operations within the OPEN category or a GVC (General VLOS Certificate) which is used to apply for a Operational Authorisation (Similar to a PfCO) for operations within the SPECIFIC category.
mike@a2certificateof competency.co.uk or telephone direct on 07889 767 398


title: Rcmp bandits make off with 3k worth of shopping carts in parksville 7902684

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Perhaps they are fans of Bubbles of 'Trailer Park Boys' fame.
On Feb. 25, 15 secured shopping carts, valued at $3,000, were reported stolen from a retailer in the 800 block of Island Highway West in Parksville. During the week of Feb. 24 to March 2, Oceanside RCMP received 255 complaints. Some of the other incidents included:
A resident reported losing $1,479, responding to a pop-up security ad on a tablet then being contacted by a person where banking and personal information was surrendered on March 1. A day later, another resident reported losing $94, responding to a phone call purportedly from authorities saying that a relative was in jail and needed bail via a gift card.
On Feb. 24, a vehicle was reported vandalized, with damage to the driver’s door, while in a parking lot located in the 1000 block of Lee Road in Parksville. Two days later, a dumpster was reported damaged at the Community Park in Parksville. Also Feb 26, a Milwaukee drill and Ridgid drill were some the of the items reported stolen from a vehicle in the 6900 block of Island Highway West in Bowser.
A vehicle was reported stolen in the 300 block of Island Highway East in Parksville on Feb. 28. The vehicle was recovered on March 3 by the RCMP. Also Feb. 28, a garage door opener was reported stolen from an unlocked vehicle in the 700 block of Ermineskin Avenue in Parksville; and a green 2001 Subaru Forester, B.C. plates 681NPM, was reported stolen from a parking lot in the 1000 block of Lee Road in Parksville.
On March 3, several items, including garden tools and bikes, were reported stolen in the 2300 block of Island Highway West in Qualicum Beach.
A mobility walker was found in a ditch at the corner of Bellevue Road and Alberni Highway in Parksville on Feb. 24. Contact Oceanside RCMP during regular business hours to claim, quoting File 2025-1724.
If you see a crime in progress phone 911. The Oceanside RCMP non-emergency number is 250-248-6111 and the detachment is located at 421 Pym Street North, Parksville, with public business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, except holidays.


title: Jumpstart

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During the winter of 2018/2019 I remixed and remastered the Men On The Border Jumpstart album, even going so far as to remove a few songs. And new sequencing of the tracks. The album, renamed Jumpstart Redux, will be out on streaming sites from today, Thursday 11th April. The objective was to improve the dynamics, get more clarity in the vocals and to shorten the album. This is one of the pitfalls of doing everything yourself. All the important decisions are made by people too close to the project. There’s no “steering committee” or record label A&R, offering objective advice.
YouTube is great for learning new stuff and I spent a lot of time there looking for tips during the mixing and mastering of Jumpstart. But by following doubtful advice I managed to reduce the dynamics of the album. The result was a disappointment after maybe five hundred hours spent putting it together in the studio. I’m still out on YouTube quite a lot (where else?), but these days I trust my ears more than my eyes.
Don’t miss Jumpstart Redux – out on most streaming sites on Thursday 11th April.
In addition to this release, Men On The Border have also been invited to contribute to a compilation album being produced in Italy. Great fun! We sent them Milky Way/I Never Lied to You, originally released as a single in 2015, and they accepted it. Yippee! Seven minutes of progressive overload and always a mainstay of our live show. We even played the whole song in both concerts in St. Petersburg, on acoustic guitars. Including the weird bit in the middle, though without all the special effects. I’m looking forward to the “Appears on” heading on Spotify.


title: Kidnapped raped and murdered now he has been sentenced to life imprisonment

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33-year-old Philip Westh has been sentenced to life imprisonment for, among other things, murder, attempted murder, and rape.
The verdict was delivered on Friday by a jury at the Court in Næstved after 13 court hearings.
Philip Westh has been found guilty of, among others:
-Murder, attempted prolonged deprivation of liberty, attempted rape under particularly aggravating circumstances, and indecent handling of a corpse in connection with the disappearance of 17-year-old Emilie Meng from Korsør Station in July 2016,
-Threats with a knife, violence, attempted prolonged deprivation of liberty, and attempted rape of a 15-year-old girl in Sorø in November 2022,
-Severe violence, prolonged deprivation of liberty, attempted murder, illegal coercion, and rape under particularly aggravating circumstances of a 13-year-old girl who disappeared in Kirkerup in April 2023.
The prosecution demanded life imprisonment due to the serious nature of the case.
“This is an unusually serious and violent case, where the victims are very young. It is obviously terrible what they have been subjected to – this applies to the victims themselves, their relatives, and the bereaved. It is a case that has affected the entire country and the local community in particular,” says special prosecutor Susanne Bluhm, who, together with prosecutor Thea Høst, represented the prosecution at the South Zealand and Lolland-Falster Police.
“It has been important for us as prosecutors over the past weeks to present the result of the police’s extensive investigation in court in a comprehensible and proper manner. The court has now made a decision – and we are very pleased with the verdict and that a preliminary judicial conclusion has been reached in the case,” says Susanne Bluhm.
The cases have been known in the press as the Kirkerup case, the Emilie Meng case or the Korsør case.
The convicted individual admitted parts of the indictment concerning the 13-year-old during the trial but otherwise pleaded not guilty. He has chosen to appeal the verdict.