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It's a bit of a cliché isn't it? Feeding rabbits lettuce seems like the obvious thing to do. Since Beatrix Potter created Peter Rabbit and described the soporific effects of the leaves, lettuce has been firmly on the menu for pet bunnies. But did you know that too much lettuce will transform your rabbit into a drugs bunny?
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Another treat to avoid is avocado which can be deadly to rabbits. Chard is also a bad idea as this can quickly cause colic and bloating. Radishes and alfalfa are much better options. If you grow rhubarb in your garden, protect the plants from your rabbits as raw rhubarb is poisonous. Finally, don't feed cauliflower to your rabbits as it causes bunnies to bloat and become gassy.
It is important to note that rabbits do not eat fruit and vegetables in the wild and so their digestive systems are not adapted to these foods.
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A healthy rabbit diet is 90 per cent hay and grass. This can be supplemented with dandelion leaves, basil, rosemary, thyme, mint, pear and apple leaves and carrot tops. The hay ensures that their teeth and stomachs remain in good condition and encourages foraging. Grazing and foraging is important because it keeps rabbits active and fends off boredom.
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Ticket #1104 (closed defect: fixed)
Opened 2012-04-13T11:40:26-05:00
Last modified 2014-05-10T16:23:42-05:00
Cannot open XML files for TrakEM2
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In the imagej devel mailing list Albert Cardona reported
Can't open XML files for TrakEM2. One gets an error dialog complaining about Quicktime.
Change History
comment:1 Changed 2012-04-13T11:41:37-05:00 by bdezonia
Albert, can you be more specific? What command are you using? Opening an XML file from within TrakEM2 on top of IJ2? Can you layout the exact steps to recreating you problem? Thanks.
comment:2 Changed 2012-05-14T11:14:49-05:00 by bdezonia
- Milestone changed from imagej-2.0.0-beta3 to imagej-2.0.0-beta4
comment:3 Changed 2012-07-17T16:26:00-05:00 by bdezonia
- Status changed from new to closed
- Resolution set to invalid
I have heard nothing back. Albert, I am closing this ticket as invalid. If you have more details then reopen this ticket and provide them. Thanks.
comment:4 Changed 2012-07-17T17:17:06-05:00 by bdezonia
- Status changed from closed to reopened
- Resolution invalid deleted
Albert writes:
create trakem2 project, push s to save it into an xml file, them run imagej2 file open. You will see that it does not open as TrakEM2, but the LOCI dialog opens.
comment:5 Changed 2012-07-17T17:19:04-05:00 by bdezonia
- Blocking 1339 added
comment:6 Changed 2012-07-31T15:45:24-05:00 by bdezonia
For further instructions in reproducing this issue read the following thread from the imagej dev mail list:
comment:7 Changed 2012-08-06T14:28:42-05:00 by curtis
See also this thread on the imagej-devel mailing list.
comment:8 Changed 2012-09-07T11:06:37-05:00 by bdezonia
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comment:9 Changed 2012-10-10T14:01:30-05:00 by curtis
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comment:10 Changed 2012-10-10T16:04:16-05:00 by curtis
- Milestone changed from imagej-2.0.0-beta7 to imagej-2.0.0-beta9
comment:11 Changed 2014-05-10T16:23:42-05:00 by curtis
- Status changed from reopened to closed
- Resolution set to fixed
The IOService framework for ImageJ2 is complete and available. File > Open uses this framework, looking for available IOPlugins. Some future version of TrakEM2 could provide such a plugin to make File > Open work in ImageJ2 UIs. But actually, the issue will be mostly moot due to the fact that for now, ImageJ2 is going to stick with the IJ1 UI. It will (optionally) override the behavior of File > Open to use IOPlugins first -- which includes use of SCIFIO and hence better TIFF support as well as OME-TIFF and other formats extensible via SCIFIO plugins. But it will also fall back to IJ1's approach if none of IJ2's IOPlugins are appropriate, which should be the case for TrakEM2 XML files.
I am closing this as "fixed" since TrakEM2 XML files should work with IJ2 while in its default IJ1 UI mode, and there now exists a mechanism to make TrakEM2 XML files work in "pure IJ2" as well.


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Over the past two weekends we started and re-started again playing the Martlet campaign: no surprise, my gaming pals and I seem to be a little bit rusty in relation to the Chain of Command book and additionally forgot to read the special scenario rules, which basically invalidated the result of the first two games.
The first replayed game (Scenario 1-Probe into Fontenay) represents an attack of the German outposts located in the outskirts of the village of Fontenay. The British win if at least one team exits the table through the German baseline.
This was a quick (actually, very quick) game lasting two consecutive phases. The British players outgame me in the patrol phase, placing a jumpoff point in the main road at the bottom of the table (see illustration).
Considering that the British had the initiative (therefore, moved first) and the artillery support hampered the deployment of the German units, in a couple of phases a British section was off table.
So first game and first win to the Allied.
The second game (Scenario 2 – Pushing On) the British must pass through the village of Fontenay and towards the main German defensive line. The victory conditions are those of the Scenario 3 of the main rulebook, which basically means either wiping out/ demoralizing to level 3 the Germans; or forcing a retreat to the ring ladder 3 of the campaign.
The patrol phase was more balanced that in the previous game, with the British controlling the two houses to the left of the table and the orchard in the north; and the Germans the centre-upper right area of the table (see illustration).
Once again the British pre-game artillery support rule prevented the German deployment; despite the mist rule affecting the British deployment, a section was early released on the table and with a quick (and daring) dash, it captured one of the German jumpoff points before they could react. A chain of Command dice was used to conclude the turn, the lose representing a -2 points hot on the German Force Morale.
|British capturing German JOP
Before the British could retreat to their starting line, the German could deployed a Pz IV, dodge a PIAT grenade, killed the PIAT team and made two additional KIAs on the British section.
A first German infantry section came in support of the tank, but before shooting a single bullet, the British retreated and hide behind the orchard on the left of the table. The British FO arrived in that moment and placed an accurate mortar barrage on the PZ IV, narrowly missing the enemy infantry hiding behind the hedge on the upper part of the map.
|British mortar barrier denying German JOPs
The German were at that point in a difficult and precarious position: the two remaining jumpoff points were invalidated, located under the fire area of the mortar barrier, so no additional troops were expected to arrive to the table (neither I did have a CoC dice to end the turn); the PZ IV was slowly pulling back to leave the area affected by the same barrier; the German infantry section was in danger of being caught by the mortar barrier at any moment if in sight of the FO or another British unit, as soon as they would left their hiding place.
In the meantime, British units were manoeuvring to get the most advantageous position to attack the Germans once the barrier was lifter. So having no casualties, good morale and being still in reach (12") of my jumpoff points, I decided to retreat.
|British reinforcements preparing attack
Well played by the British the score is 2-nil. Next encounter is in the main German defensive line, hopefully a tougher nut to crack for the British.


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SLOB, db file sequential read, db file parallel read, underscore parameters, interpretation, AWRRobK Oct 30, 2018 3:41 PM
I just got into a project where we aimed to performance test a scaleio storage for our customer.
We wanted to measure various scenarios and indicators, but as a starting point we wanted to see
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- the response time (again from Oracle's perspective) for the same single block 8k reads
We were using Oracle 12.2 on Linux. 2 Socket, 12 core, 24 threads on the non-virtual host. The details do not really matter I think.
SLOB was set up with 512 users, 1 GB each, update percent 0, no hotspot, no table scan.
The db is a RAC db, but in these tests we were stressing just one instance.
We were supposed to demonstrate sub millisecond response times for db file sequential read to make the case for the storage system.
TEST DEFAULT 24 threads
Running slob in 24 threads we achieved 243k IOPS, 1.07ms for average db file sequential read, but we were expecting a much better response time in the range of ~0.2ms.
Then I read few internet pages about db file parallel read and the reasons behind we see this event. I also found the simple.ora file in the SLOB directory.
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# The following are needed to force db file sequential read. Omit for direct path short scans.
# If you would like to investigate a blend of short scans mixed with single-block random I/O
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_db_block_prefetch_limit = 0
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_db_file_noncontig_mblock_read_count = 0
And the results were:
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2) the response time is much better with the underscore parameters. If you look at the average db file sequential read value the improvement is 7.2x.
Knowing that things are more complex than this average values I have some questions. Please share your thoughts and experience.
Q1) How exactly db file parallel read is measured? Does the timing start when the first peace of request is submitted to the OS and end when the last response is received? Or are the individual parallel requests measured independently and then their values aggregated for the event?
Q2) How come that in the first test (with default parameters) the db file sequential read event averaged worse than in the second test? In other words why were the single block reads in the first test worse than the single block reads in the second test? Is it possible that we measured in the first test case only those "bad db file sequential reads" that for some reason were not grouped and thus did not became "db file parallel reads"?
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The 11th pick in last year's draft, Gilgeous-Alexander quickly became a starter in Los Angeles, averaging 10.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists while playing all 82 games. He also proved to be a capable play-maker and an aggressive defender.
Still only 19 and with a $3.95MM salary for next season, SGA would be an attractive asset to offer the Pelicans, but the Clippers seem determined to hold onto him. That makes it more likely that young, affordable players such as Montrezl Harrell ($6MM in 2019/20), Jerome Robinson ($3.57MM) and Landry Shamet ($1.995MM) will be part of the Clippers' offer. Danilo Gallinari ($22.6MM) may have to be included for salary-matching purposes unless L.A. uses cap room to absorb Davis' salary.
The Clippers were on the list of four preferred destinations that Davis gave the Pelicans when he submitted his trade request.


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In this article I present a simple solution to prevent that the keyboard layout changes unexpectedly on the Windows lock screen. This information is intended for Windows Server 2016 and RDP and ICA sessions. It may apply to other operating systems as well.
|Note: for other keyboard related issues please see the article Solving keyboard layout issues in an ICA or RDP session on this website.
The issue
The situation is as follows:
- You start an RDP or ICA session as an administrator or user.
- The keyboard language in the active session is correct (for example German):
- However, as soon as the screen is locked, the keyboard language changes to another language (for example English).
The cause
The exact cause for this issue is unknown to me. What is sure though is that it can only happen when multiple languages and/or language packs are in play. Also, the lock screen runs in the context of the Local System account (as opposed to the active session that runs in the user's own context). In the solution below we modify settings that belong to the Local System account to solve this issue.
This issue is reported on the Internet here and there. I even opened a case with Microsoft concerning this issue, but so far it did not lead to any solution. All I have is a workaround which seems to do the trick.
The solution (or workaround to be more precise)
The workaround to solve this issue is to remove the following two registry keys:
- HKU\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International\User Profile
- HKU\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International\User Profile System Backup
This method is NOT supported by Microsoft. Although I am not aware of any negative impact, removing these registry keys is at your own risk. I also strongly suggest that you test this solution before implementing it in production.
You can remove these keys using a Microsoft Group Policy Preference (or you can use Workspace Environment Manager or another product).
As you can see in the screenshot, the keys are removed in the User Configuration section instead of Computer Configuration. The reason for this is that these keys are recreated at each logon. This applies to both standard users as well as administrators. Therefore, this Group Policy should be applied to all logons.
The easiest way to make sure that the Group Policy is applied to both users and administrators is to set the scope to Authenticated Users. In case you have separate Group Policies for administrators and users you will have to include the removal of the aforementioned registry keys in multiple Group Policies.
Now, you may wonder how it is possible that standard users are able to delete registry keys that are located in the HKEY_Users hive. More importantly, the path is HKU\.Default, which contains the registry settings for the Local System account (the lock screen runs under the Local System account).
The reason why a standard user can remove keys from the HKU hive is because User Group Policies are not applied using the security context of the current user. Instead, Group Policies are executed in the local system security context.
This behavior was changed with Microsoft Security Update MS16-072 in June 2016. Before June 2016, User Group Policies were executed in the current user's security context. Since June 2016, User Group Policies which scope is not set to Authenticated Users still need to grant either the group Authenticated Users or Domain Computers read access to the Group Policy.
This change is also the reason why the option Run in logged-on user's security context exists in the Common tab of a Group Policy Preference. This option can be used to force a Group Policy Preference to be applied in the security context of the current user instead of the local system.
In case anyone has a better way how to prevent the keyboard layout from changing on the Windows lock screen and wants to share it with the rest of us than please contact me so I can add it to this article.


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Blair Rowitz, MD, and Jarrod Almaroad, MD, join the Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Rowitz will serve as the first permanent associate dean for clinical affairs. Almaroad will serve as the first permanent director of clinical science. Rowitz, who has served the new engineering-based college of medicine as interim associate dean for clinical affairs since November 2016, will serve a strategic role in clinical partnerships–facilitating the integration of the college's innovation, research and scholarship activities into its clinical partners' patient care missions. This role is critical to realizing the college's strategic goal of transforming regional healthcare systems into global leaders for healthcare delivery and innovation.
Almaroad will serve as the principal administrative officer for clinical science, guiding it into status as an academic department within the college. In the role, he will manage the clinical component of the engineering-based M.D. degree curriculum including students' clinical experiences and physician educator involvement.


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Daily Prospect Notes: 7/25/18
Notes on prospects from lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen. Read previous installments here.
Luis Rengifo, MIF, Los Angeles Angels (Profile)
Level: Triple-A Age: 21 Org Rank: NR FV: 45
Line: 3-for-5, 2 2B
Rengifo slipped through the cracks of our offseason team prospect lists, as he was traded from Tampa Bay to Los Angeles after we had finished the Angels' writeup but before we had finished the Rays'. It's turned into a fairly significant failure of process, as Rengifo has traveled three levels throughout the year, walking more than he has struck out while swiping 37 bases. Rengifo profiles as a max-effort utility guy who contributes in many subtle ways. Chone Figgins comps were being made before Rengifo was traded to the Angels and now seem more prescient — if perhaps a bit overzealous, as Rengifo doesn't have that kind of elite speed.
Josh James, RHP, Houston Astros (Profile)
Level: Triple-A Age: 25 Org Rank: NR FV: 40+
Line: 6 IP, 2 H, 4 BB, 1 R, 11 K
James' velocity has ticked up each of the last three years, and he now sits comfortably in the mid-90s with a slider that is plus when it's located properly. James now has 140 strikeouts in 80 innings split between Double- and Triple-A. His fastball command and breaking-ball quality in the strike zone give pause about his ability to start at the big-league level, but he's been so dominant that lumping him in with other generic 40 FV relievers is probably too conservative. He probably ends up in a bullpen but could have a multi-inning role.
Brent Rooker, LF/1B, Minnesota Twins (Profile)
Level: Double-A Age: 23 Org Rank: 10 FV: 45
Line: 4-for-5, 2B, HR, BB
I've been clear about my distaste for righty-righty college first-base types because, other than Paul Goldschhmidt, Rhys Hoskins, and Erik Karros, those types of players haven't yielded big-league value this century. Should Rooker's .270/.335/.517 line at Double-A this year quell concerns about him as an individual? He's striking out at a nearly 30% clip as a 23-year-old, and my scout sources regard his breaking-ball recognition as problematic. His performance is encouraging but not so dominant that I'm all in on him as a prospect. Outcomes for prospects like Rooker are binary: they either hit enough to play every day or they don't and they're fringe 40-man guys.
Josh Lowe, CF, Tampa Bay Rays (Profile)
Level: Hi-A Age: 20 Org Rank: 10 FV: 45
Line: 3-for-3, 2 BB
Lowe has exhibited a fairly significant shift in batted-ball profile, his ground-ball rate dropping from 46% to 37%, and it's possible the hitting environment in the Florida State League has obscured the eventual impact of this change on his profile. It's possible there's a good defensive center fielder with in-game power lurking here and we Just don't know it yet because the FSL isn't kind to power.
Eric Longenhagen is from Catasauqua, PA and currently lives in Tempe, AZ. He spent four years working for the Phillies Triple-A affiliate, two with Baseball Info Solutions and two contributing to prospect coverage at ESPN.com. Previous work can also be found at Sports On Earth, CrashburnAlley and Prospect Insider.


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Community Rating System for Hanahan
I am pleased to announce that the City of Hanahan will officially become a member in the Community Rating System (CRS) effective October 1, 2018. We started back in 2014 working with our consultant to begin the steps to enter the program. Lisa Sharrard, Carolina Flood Solutions LLC, dba as U.S. Flood Solutions LLC, has been our consultant throughout this process.
This has been a very intensive process to get to this point. Our plan was to have the city enter at a class 8, which would give residents a 10% reduction. One of the measures that the City had to comply with was the formation of The Hazard Mitigation Planning/Program for Public Information Committee which was formed on 7/12/16. That Committee met on 10/15/16 and 11/15/16 to work on the plan. The results from those meetings were formulated by our consultant, and three documents were produced. One was the "Program for Public Information" and the other was the "Flood Insurance Coverage Assessment and Coverage Improvement Plan." These were approved by Council on 3/14/17. The third document was the "Supplements and Update to the Berkeley County Hazard Mitigation Plan for 2017-2018." This was approved by Council on 4/11/17.
A letter was sent on 4/24/17 to FEMA requesting asking ISO to visit and audit us. City staff also performed inspections for the Repetitive Flood Loss Area Analysis (RLAA) during August of 2017. Those findings were then incorporated into a plan and was adopted by council in 2018. The ISO representative visited the Building and Codes office to conduct an audit on September 28, 2017. The findings from the audit were then sent to FEMA for review.
On September 1, 2018, I received information from FEMA that effective October 1, 2018, the City of Hanahan will be entering the Community Rating System Program at a Class 7 (15%) reduction for our residents who live in a flood zone. We were able to exceed our original expectations, for which I am very excited about. Our residents who live in the flood zones will not have to do anything extra to obtain the discount. When their policy goes to renew, their insurance company will automatically apply the discount. If a resident is looking at obtaining new insurance, the discount will automatically apply.
I am excited that the City will now be a part of the CRS program of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and will be able to provide assistance to our residents.
Larry Sturdivant
City of Hanahan
Building Official


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Training Type: Implementation Workshop
In this session, we will review a core word strategy approach supporting both communication and literacy development for individuals with complex communication needs. Based on best practices, participants will review research and strategies to support core vocabulary for communication as well as core word lesson plans to support literacy development. We will review the Snap + Core First communication software and demonstrate how to target core vocabulary in communication activities across learning environments.
Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion, participants will be able to:
Okefenokee RESA
1450 N. Augusta Avenue
Waycross, GA 31503
Contact: Marivic Beebe
Participants are expected to be present for the entire program. Individuals who are not present for the full program will not be recommended for ASHA CEUs. No partial credit will be provided.
This course will be offered for 0.25 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level, Professional Area).
Course Content Level: Introductory
ASHA CEUs: 0.25
Date & Time: Friday, March 22, 2019 09:00 AM - 11:45 AM ET
Location:Okefenokee RESA 1450 N. Augusta Way, Waycross, Georgia 31503, United States
Cost: Free of Charge
Open Seats: 6
Presenter: Patrick Brune
Patrick Brune, M.S., CCC-SLP has over 30 years of clinical experience in the area of AAC. His focus has been on developing tools and supports that create successful communication opportunities for all our customers. Patrick is a member of the Learning Services Team for Tobii Dynavox.
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text: Photo Recap By Josh Brick / August 6, 2019 The Tedeschi Trucks Band (TTB) took their traveling road show to the majestic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO on July 26-27 as a part of their 2019 Wheels of Soul tour. What occurred was nothing less than fascinating. The band was strong on the first evening and treated the sold-out crowd to numerous highlights including a powerful "Midnight In Harlem" > "Shame" pairing and a three-song encore of "Made Up Mind," "Stranger In a Strange Land" (Leon Russell) and "Space Captain" (Matthew Moore).TTB turned it up a notch (or two) for the second evening, opening with a rousing take on The Band's "Don't Do It" featuring members of Blackberry Smoke. The band was firing on all cylinders on a cool night on the rocks and welcomed Shovels and Rope up for a beautiful rendition of "Don't Think Twice" (Bob Dylan). The favorite, "Bound For Glory" lifted our spirits before the band closed the set with "The Storm" that morphed into a thundering "Whipping Post" as a light rain began to fall. Always happy to share the stage with their colleagues, Tedeschi and Trucks welcomed back Blackberry Smoke and Shovels and Rope for the final jam of the night – a Sly and The Family Stone medley of "Sing a Simple Song" into "Take You Higher."We were beyond fortunate to experience one of the hottest bands on tour in arguably the best venue in the country for two nights and have the opportunity to document it through our lenses. Setlist Setlist Setlist Click here to see the setlist for Tedeshi Trucks Band's performance at <Red Rocks Amphitheatre on July 26, 2019 1. Signs, High Times2. Border Song (Elton John cover)3. Don't Know What It Means >4. The Letter (The Box Tops cover)5. Down in the Flood (Bob Dylan cover)6. High & Mighty7. Somebody Pick Up My Pieces (Willie Nelson cover)8. Still Your Mind9.. Part of Me10. Shame11. Swamp Raga (The Derek Trucks Band cover) (>)12. Midnight in Harlem13. I Pity the Fool (Bobby "Blue" Bland cover)14. I Want More (> Drums > "I Want More" outro)Encore1. Made Up Mind [1]2. Stranger in a Strange Land (Leon Russell cover) [2] 3. Space Captain (Joe Cocker cover) [3] Notes:1 - Preston Holcomb on percussion2 - With Charlie Starr, Preston Holcomb, Richard Turner, and Brandon Still3 - With Blackberry Smoke Click here to see the setlist for Tedeshi Trucks Band's performance at <Red Rocks Amphitheatre on July 27, 2019 1. Don't Do It (The Band cover) [1]2. Do I Look Worried3. Within You Without You (The Beatles cover)4. Just as Strange5. I'm Gonna Be There6. Keep On Growing (Derek and the Dominos cover)7. Hard Case8. Leavin' Trunk (Sleepy John Estes cover) > Volunteered Slavery (Rahsaan Roland Kirk cover)10. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob Dylan cover) [2]11. Laugh About It12. Show Me (Joe Tex cover)13. Key To The Highway (Charlie Segar cover)14. Bound For Glory15. The Storm > Whipping Post (Allman Brothers Band cover)Encore1. Sing a Simple Song (Sly & the Family Stone cover) >2. I Want to Take You Higher (Sly & the Family Stone cover) 1 - With Charlie Starr and Richard Turner2 - With Shovels and Rope3 - With Blackberry Smoke + Shovels and RopeNotes: Photo Gallery Photo Gallery Photo Gallery Enjoy photos by our photographers Josh Brick of Josh Brick Graphics and Caitlin Moore of Caitlin Moore Photography.Friday, July 26, 2019 Saturday, July 27, 2019 Videos Videos Videos The following videos are provides courtesy of Nugs.net YouTube Channel.July 26, 2019 Blackberry Smoke Tedeshi Trucks Band July 26, 2019 Blackberry Smoke Tedeshi Trucks Band Related Articles Related Articles Related Articles Tedeschi Trucks Band Whips Warner Theatre Into a Frenzy for Final Weekend in DC [Photos/Audio]Read More Tedeschi Trucks Band Delivers Spectacular First Weekend In DC and Returns to Warner Theatre Tonight! [Photos/Audio]Read More Tedeschi Trucks Band Took Us Higher For Two Nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre [Photos]Read More Tedeschi Trucks Band Storms into Wolf Trap on Wheels of Soul TourRead More Tedeschi Trucks Returns for Two More at the WarnerRead More Oh, It's So Heavy: Tedeschi Trucks Band Plays On in Honor of Kofi Burbridge in DCRead More Tedeschi Trucks Band Rages on a Stormy Sunday in Charlotte [Photos]Read More Wheels of Soul Rolls into Wolf Trap with Tedeschi Trucks Band, Drive-By Truckers + Marcus King BandRead More 'Taz' Niederauer Highlights A Magical Weekend at Sweetwater 420 FestRead More


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Exercise :: June 14, 2019 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
- June 14, 2019 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
Where was the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting held?
Answer: Option A
As a part of setting the stage for 2019 G20 Summit, to be held in Osaka, Japan, from 28-29 June 2019, a G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meet was held in Fukuoka, Japan on 8-9 June. It was one of the 8 ministerial meetings taking place in Japan before 2019 G20 summit. This is for the first time that Japan is hosting the G20 Summit & Ministerial Meetings at its eight different locations.
Former badminton world number one Lee Chong Wei has announced his retirement. He belongs to which country?
Answer: Option C
Malaysian Badminton star Lee Chong Wei announced his retirement on June 13, 2019, ending a career that was marked by 348 weeks as world number one. The 36-year-old was diagnosed with early-stage nose cancer last year and after intensive treatment in Taiwan.
How many Medical Bills are approved by the Union Cabinet that was lapsed in the 16th Lok Sabha session?
Answer: Option A
The Union Cabinet approved the two Medical Bills, Indian Medical Council (Amendment Bill), 2019, and the Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment Bill), 2019. Both the bills had lapsed in the 16th Lok Sabha session. The Bills will be reintroduced in the upcoming Parliament session. The Bill is aimed at bringing in accountability, transparency, and quality in the governance of medical education in the country. The bill will also provide for supersession of the Medical Council of India (MCI) for a period of two years from August 26, 2018.
Which two nations reaffirmed a joint commitment to fight against terrorism?
Answer: Option C
United Arab Emirates and Germany have reaffirmed their joint commitment to fight against terrorism and violent extremism, in all its forms, at both regional and international levels in a joint statement issued on June 12, 2019.
Bancha became India's first all-solar kitchen village, it belongs to the state of;
Answer: Option A
Bancha in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh became the first village in India to have zero wooden stoves. There was no use for Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders as all 75 houses relied on solar-powered stoves to meet their cooking needs. The solar-powered stoves were developed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai. The project of installing plates, solar-powered batteries and stoves in all the houses was started in September 2017 and was completed by December 2018.
Name the Union Minister launched the "e-governance initiatives for ST Welfare schemes".
Answer: Option B
Shri Arjun Munda Tribal Affairs launched the "e-governance initiatives for ST Welfare schemes". It is organized by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs. These e-governance initiatives serve their purpose of the betterment of tribal communities across the nation. Ministry of Tribal Affairs officials to prepare a Databank of the previous beneficiaries of the schemes of the ministry on a priority basis. He emphasized that the officials of the ministry have to achieve the target of completion of its tasks before time.Smt. Renuka Singh, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs made great initiatives for the Scheduled Tribes welfare schemes will be proved as a milestone.
The annual festival of Kheer Bhawani Mela on Zeasht Ashtami celebrated in which state?
Answer: Option C
Annual festival of Kheer Bhawani Mela on Zeasht Ashtami was celebrated in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Hundreds of Kashmiri Pandit devotees assembled and prayed at the famous Ragnya Devi temple in Ganderbal district in J&K. It is one of the biggest religious functions of the Kashmiri Pandits.During Mela Kheer Bhawani, over 60,000 Kashmiri Pandits from various parts of India and abroad visited 5 famous temples of Tulmulla in Ganderbal district, Tikker in Kupwara, LaktiporaAishmuqam in Anantnag, Mata TripursundriDevsar and Mata KheerbhawaniManzgam in Kulgam district in Kashmir valley.
From where, the DRDO successfully tested the indigenously developed HSTDV along with several technologies?
Answer: Option C
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the maiden test of an indigenously developed Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) along with several technologies on 12 June. The HSTDV missile was successfully launched from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. The missile was tracked by various radars, telemetry stations and electro optical tracking sensors through its course. The project aims to develop a hypersonic vehicle that will be powered by a scram-jet engine. The HSTDV demonstrated the performance of a scram-jet engine at an altitude of 15 km to 20 km.
Name the country which launched a New app to help students wishing to study in that country.
Answer: Option A
The U.S. Embassy organised its fifth annual 'Student Visa Day' and launched 'EducationUSA India'. It is a mobile application to provide Indian students with "current, comprehensive and accurate information about studying in the U.S. It was launched by the Embassy in collaboration with the United States-India Educational Foundation.
Which country's import to India is declined by 92% in March 2019 to $2.84 million?
Answer: Option B
Imports from Pakistan to India declined by 92% in March 2019 to $2.84 million due to the imposition of 200% customs duties on all products after Pulwama terror attack. India had hiked the customs duty to 200% on all goods imported from Pakistan including cotton, fresh fruits, cement, petroleum products and mineral ore on February 16, 2019. It had also revoked the MFN (Most Favoured Nation) status which was given to Pakistan in 1996.
Which company has launched an initiative "Tech Bee" to trains and hires students who have completed XII standard?
Answer: Option D
HCL Technologies is all set to roll out "Tech Bee" programme, a company initiative under which it trains and hires students who have completed XII standard, across several states. Tech Bee is a HCL's early career programme in which company provides students an opportunity to start early and become financially independent and trendsetters. Enrolled students are paid stipend of Rs 10,000 per month.
Who were re-appointed as the Principal Secretary (PS) and Additional Principal Secretary (Addl PS) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with cabinet minister rank?
Answer: Option C
Nripendra Misra and Pramod Kumar Mishra were re-appointed as Principal Secretary (PS) and Additional Principal Secretary (Addl PS) respectively to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with cabinet minister rank. The approval was given by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) with effect from May 31, 2019. On May 28, 2014, Nripendra Misra, 1967-batch retired IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, was appointed as the Principal Secretary to the PM.P K Mishra, a 1972-batch retired IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, had served as the Principal Secretary to PM Modi when he was the chief minister of Gujarat between 2001 and 2004. He was the Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture between December 1, 2006, and August 31, 2008, and was also appointed as the chairman of the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission for a five-year-term after his retirement.
As per announcement by ISRO chief K Sivan, in which year India is planning to launch its own Space Sation?
Answer: Option D
ISRO chief K Sivan announced that India is planning to have its own space station by 2030. He also announced that ISRO's second spacecraft to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, will be launched on July 15 this year. The spacecraft will attempt to make its first ever soft landing on the moon on September 5 or September 6, 52 days after its launch.
Name the renowed author who has been conferred with the 54th Jnanpith Award.
Answer: Option B
Renowned author Amitav Ghosh was awarded the 54th Jnanpith Award for his contribution to the enrichment of Indian Literature in English. He was conferred the award by former governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
This country has extended financial aid of 1. 6 billion Nepalese rupees to Nepal for rebuilding earthquake affected houses in Nuwakot and Gorkha districts.
Answer: Option D
The Indian government has extended the financial aid of 1.6 billion Nepalese rupees to Nepal for the rebuilding of houses in Nuwakot and Gorkha districts, which were damaged in the devastating earthquake in 2015. The cheque for the same was handed over by India's ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri to Finance Secretary of Nepal Rajan Khanal.India is maintaining its commitment regarding the completion of post-earthquake reconstruction projects in the Himalayan nation. As of now, India has granted Nepal a total of 4.5 billion Nepalese rupees under the housing reconstruction projects.
Who among the following has been honoured with humanitarian award by UNICEF?
Answer: Option A
Priyanka Chopra, a global UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights is going to be honoured with Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award by UNICEF at the UNICEF SNOWFLAKE BALL.
Kazakh-Indian Investment Forum was held in __________.
Answer: Option D
Kazakh-Indian Investment Forum was held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on June 7, 2019, to attract investments. It was organized by the Embassy of Kazakhstan in India with the support of the Honorary Consulate of Kazakhstan in the state of Gujarat Dilip Chandan, the National Company- Kazakh Invest and Jain International Trade Organization. The event witnessed the participation of the leaders of more than 30 Indian companies. Preliminary agreements were given during the B2B (business-to-business), also known as e-biz, meetings. Forum participants were provided with detailed information on business opportunities in Kazakhstan, conditions, state support, and competitive advantages for attracting foreign investments. Details of the priority investment projects were also given.
Which village becomes first 100% Solar Powered Village in Karnataka?
Answer: Option C
Amasebailu in Kundapura Taluk of Udupi district has been named as the Karnataka's first solar-powered Gram Panchayat. The allocation of fund between the Centre and State Government in the ratio of 30: 20, and the rest is given by the Panchayat and charitable organizations. About 1858 houses connected with the solar power at a total cost of 2.13 crore. The lamps have the guarantee up to five years while the faulty one replaced by guarantee period.
Who has been appointed China's new Ambassador to India?
Answer: Option B
China has appointed veteran diplomat Sun Weidong as its new envoy to India. He is an expert in South Asian affairs and worked closely with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during his tenure in Beijing as the Indian ambassador from 2009 to 2013. Sun, who also served as the ambassador to Pakistan, is currently the Director General of the Policy and Planning Department of the Foreign Ministry. He will succeed Luo Zhaohui, who has been appointed as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.
According to TRA Research, which company has emerged as the most trusted brand in India in 2019?
Answer: Option B
According to a report released by brand analytics firm TRA Research, "Dell" has emerged as the most trusted brand in India in 2019. With 31% Brand Trust Index (BTI) difference from Dell, auto brand Jeep makes a dramatic entry in the second spot. LIC and Amazon are ranked on the third and fourth spots and Apple iPhone emerged as India's fifth most trusted brand.
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Bangladesh: Bangladesh foreign minister A H Mahmood Ali talked to the senior representative of Myanmar Civil leader Aung San Suu Kyi. After an hour long meeting, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, said Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed on Monday to set up a "working group" to plan the repatriation of more than half a million Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh to escape an army crackdown. He said, he and Myanmar official Kyaw Tint Swe had agreed in their talks to set up the working group to draw up plans for repatriation. However Myanmar sourced didn't confirm it.
The United Nations has called the exodus of 507,000 Rohingya as the world's fastest-developing refugee emergency. It stated that Buddhist-majority Myanmar is engaging in ethnic cleansing against its Rohingya Muslim minority.
Both the neighbouring countries have agreed on repatriation plans before, but the fundamental problem—the status of Rohingya in Myanmar—remains unsettled. Apart from the 507000 Rohingya refugees, there were already about 300,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh before the latest exodus.


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Adam Levine out of the running on 'The Voice' following controversy
Four of the eight remaining finalists on The Voice Season 15 went home on Tuesday's tense and drama-filled results show, and among them was Team Adam's last girl standing, Reagan Strange. This means he'll be the one coach not represented in next week's finale. And, judging from all the hate he's gotten online for the past week, I am sure many Voice viewers are perfectly pleased with that outcome.
So, the middle pack of singers performing Tuesday for a wild-card spot in the finale were Team J.Hud's MaKenzie Thomas and Kennedy Holmes, along with Reagan. I'd totally assumed that last week's #Bathrobegate scandal (when Reagan bowed out of the Instant Save singoff, but controversially advanced to the top eight anyway), and its continued fallout, had doomed Reagan to this week's bottom two and automatic elimination. Instead, it was a pair of Team Kelly contestants, Sarah Grace (arguably the most interesting song stylist left on the show) and Kymberli Joye (arguably the best vocalist of this entire season), who went home instead as the lowest two vote-getters.
Well, I will give Reagan credit this time for actually, you know, singing in the Instant Save singoff, instead of just sitting on the sidelines with her mom, in tears and in a bathrobe, expecting the Voice rules to be bent to accommodate her. Reagan's Instant Save performance of the Calling's "Wherever You Will Go" this week was really rough and shaky, and she seemed to be fighting back sobs throughout, but at least she powered through and held it together. If she'd done this last week, she may have still gotten the top eight Instant Save, based on her past popularity -- but with much less outrage directed at herself or at her coach, Adam Levine.
Still, Reagan was no match for MaKenzie (a diva I'd predicted would be a dark-horse top four finalist, based on her superb Mariah cover Monday), who rose to the occasion with a spectacular and soaring "Up to the Mountain." As for Kennedy, her "How Do I Live" wasn't as amazing as I'd expected -- it seemed too mature and staid for a spunky 13-year-old -- but she easily vocally outclassed Reagan as well. (Side note: Kudos to Jennifer Hudson, who had two contestants up for elimination this week, for keeping it classy and not urging America to vote for one over the other -- the way a certain other coach did last week. Adam, are you taking notes?)
In the end, Reagan went home (in last place, with only 14 percent of the vote), and Kennedy prevailed. Reagan is a talented kid, and at age 14 -- ironically, a full year older than preternaturally mature wunderkind Kennedy -- she has plenty of time to develop as an artist (and develop her coping skills in high-pressure showbiz situations). "Your strength, your poise, your grace and your elegance, through all of this, has been truly remarkable -- better than mine, in a lot of instances," Adam told Reagan. "That's a lot for a 14-year-old to deal with. I'm almost 40, and I can't do it as well as you can."
While Adam will have to sit out next week's finale, his longtime onscreen rival, Blake Shelton, will have two contestants in the running -- because automatically advancing to the top three Tuesday via America's vote were Team Kelly's Chevel Shepherd and Team Blake's Kirk Jay and Chris Kroeze. The latter may have seemed like a curveball too, but Chris was the No. 1 Apple Music streamer (for the second week in a row, this time around with a competent but unremarkable Marshall Tucker Band cover), so that meant Chris earned the five-time votes multiplier, and that helped him edge out more obvious frontrunners. I suppose we should never underestimate the vote-pulling power of a likable, Blake-coached, white country everyman on The Voice.
Actually, we should never underestimate the power of country contestants in general -- the top three were all country singers, of different races and genders. Will those three split the country vote, allowing Kennedy to slip through to victory? Tune in next week and find out.


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The U.S. Army has ordered three new Twin Otters from Viking Air Limited, the Canadian company that is putting the venerable de Havilland twin turboprop back into production. The Army will use the high-wing Twin Otters as jump planes for its Golden Knights parachute team. The Army orders bring the total to more than 40 since Viking announced the launch of new production Twin Otters last year.
The Army has been using two Twin Otters as Golden Knight jump planes since 1997, but the airplanes began life in the Army as Alaska ski planes in 1979. The airplanes have nearly 10,000 hours, more than 18,000 landings, and have proven to be the perfect airplane to lift up to 16 jumpers at a time.
The new Twin Otters, which will be based with the Golden Knights at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, will be delivered in 2010 and 2011. The contract for the three airplanes is valued at $14.3 million.


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ISTQB® Advanced – Technical Test Analyst
Deze cursus is momenteel niet ingepland op de open kalender, maar kan op aanvraag georganiseerd worden.Cursus aanvragen
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The Advanced Level qualification is aimed at people who have achieved an advanced point in their careers in software testing. This includes people in roles such as Testers, Test Analysts, Test Engineers, Test Consultants, Test Managers, User Acceptance Testers and Software Developers. This Advanced Level qualification is also appropriate for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of software testing, such as Project Managers, Quality Managers, Software Development Managers, Business Analysts, IT Directors and Management Consultants.
To be able to obtain an Advanced Level certification, candidates must hold the ISTQB Foundation Certificate and satisfy the board which examines them that they have sufficient practical experience to be considered Advanced Level qualified. Refer to the relevant Exam Board and/or National Board to check the specific criteria used to evaluate practical experience. Some of the learning objectives for the Advanced Technical Test Analyst assume that course participants are familiar with general concepts of programming and system architectures.
Individuals certified at this level will be able to: Summarize the generic risk factors that the Technical Test Analyst typically needs to consider; Summarize the activities of the Technical Test Analyst within a risk-based approach for planning and executing testing; Write test cases from a given specification item by applying the Decision/Condition, Modified Condition/Decision Coverage (MC/DC), and the Multiple Condition testing test design techniques to achieve a defined level of coverage; Write test cases from a given specification item by applying the Path testing test design technique; Select an appropriate structure-based technique according to a given project situation; Use control flow analysis to detect if code has any control flow anomalies; Use data flow analysis to detect if code has any data flow anomalies; Propose ways to improve the maintainability of code by applying static analysis; Specify goals to be achieved by the use of dynamic analysis; For a particular project and system under test, analyze the non-functional requirements and write the respective sections of the test plan; Define the approach and design high-level test cases for security testing; Define the approach and design high-level test cases for the reliability quality characteristic and its corresponding ISO 9126 sub-characteristics; Define the approach and design high-level operational profiles for performance testing; Given a particular product risk, define the particular non-functional test type(s) that are most appropriate; For a given scenario, define the types of defects you would expect to find by using non-functional testing types; Analyze an architectural design and identify problems according to a checklist provided in the syllabus; Analyze a section of code or pseudo-code and identify problems according to a checklist provided in the syllabus; Create a keyword table for test automation based on a given business process.
Class training alternated with exercises.
This Advanced Level course builds on the knowledge and skills acquired at the Foundation Level. In this course you will learn to recognize, classify and plan the testing for mitigating typical quality risks associated with performance, security, reliability, portability and maintainability. You will be able to write test cases by applying a selection of structure-based test design techniques and understand when each technique is appropriate. You will also be able to use control and data flow analysis to detect code anomalies, propose ways of improving code maintainability and know when the use of dynamic analysis is appropriate. You will learn how to contribute to the test planning for non-functional requirements, define the approach and design high-level test cases for security, reliability and performance testing, and define the types of defects targeted by these types of testing. You will learn how to analyze an architectural design and a section of code, identifying problems using a checklist. You will understand the technical issues and concepts in applying test automation and be able to create a keyword table for test automation based on a given business process.
Holding the ISTQB Advanced Level Technical Test Analyst Certificate entitles you to use the Certified Technical Tester Advanced Level acronym CTAL-TTA.
Benefits of Taking This Course: • Prepares participants for the ISTQB Advanced Technical Test Analyst Certificate examination. • Provides participants with the following skills to equip them to deal better with the challenges of real world testing: o Recognize and classify the typical risks associated with the performance, security, reliability, portability and maintainability of software systems. o Create test plans which detail the planning, design and execution of tests for mitigating performance, security, reliability, portability and maintainability risks. o Select and apply appropriate structural design techniques to ensure that tests provide an adequate level of confidence, based on code coverage and design coverage. o Effectively participate in technical reviews with developers and software architects applying knowledge of typical mistakes made in code and architecture. o Recognize risks in code and software architecture and create test plan elements to mitigate those risks through dynamic analysis. o Propose improvements to the security, maintainability and testability of code by applying static analysis. o Outline the costs and benefits to be expected from introducing particular types of test automation. o Select appropriate tools to automate technical testing tasks. o Understand the technical issues and concepts in applying test automation. Benefits of Holding the ISTQB Advanced Level Technical Test Analyst Certificate: • International recognition of acquired competencies and skills. • Authorized to use the 'Certified Tester' logo (specifying the level of certification).
- Risk-Based Testing
- Introduction, Risk Identification, Assessment and Mitigation
- Structure-Based Testing
- Introduction
- Condition Testing
- Decision Condition Testing
- Modified Condition/Decision Testing
- Multiple Condition Testing
- Path Testing
- API Testing
- Selecting a Structure-Based Technique
- Analytical Techniques
- Introduction and Control Flow Diagrams
- Static Analysis: Control Flow Analysis
- Static Analysis: Data Flow Analysis
- Improving maintainability
- Call Graphs
- Dynamic Analysis
- Quality Characteristics for Technical Testing
- Introduction
- General Planning Issues
- Security Testing
- Reliability Testing
- Performance Testing
- Resource Use
- Maintainability Testing
- Portability Testing
- Reviews
- Introduction
- Using Checklists in Reviews
- Test Tools and Automation
- Integration and Information Interchange Between Tools
- Defining the Test Automation Project
- Selecting the Automation Approach
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District attorney race takes a nasty turn
The Democratic primary race for Bexar County district attorney intensified this week via video, mailers and a robocall as both candidates — Nicholas "Nico" LaHood, the incumbent, and his challenger Joe Gonzales — attacked each other without coming face to face.
The recent charges set up an increasingly nasty race between a pair of former business partners who once feuded in court and now are engaged in a head-to-head primary battle.
LaHood, three years and change into his first term, has lambasted Gonzales for "specializing" in defending clients accused of various forms of child abuse, including sexual and pornographic. Gonzales then proudly advertises his success in those cases, LaHood said, claiming that paints a stark contrast between the priorities of the two candidates.
A similar attack was launched at Gonzales in a recent robocall, though LaHood political consultant Colin Strother denied the campaign's involvement in the call.
Gonzales has noted that defending sex crimes was part of his job as a defense attorney, just as his previous role as a prosecutor led him to put sex offenders behind bars. He said LaHood is a "loose cannon" unfit for the office because, due to his insufficient prosecutorial experience, he's spent his first term learning on the job. He also has accentuated a few episodes from LaHood's sometimes tempestuous first term, from a controversial video he released in 2016 claiming vaccines are linked to autism, to an episode where LaHood reportedly threatened to "destroy" Gonzales' legal practice - an incident corroborated by a judge who was present. LaHood denied making the threat.
"He ran on the promise that he was going to bring change to the office," Gonzales said. "I've been waiting for three years to see the change. I supported Nico, not only in 2010 but in 2014 to replace (Republican DA) Susan Reed. What I have seen is he has become Susan Reed. As a matter of fact, frankly, I think he's worse than Susan Reed."
The candidates at first jabbed at each other behind the scenes, but a series of events this week brought the charges and counter-charges into public light. Notably, a political action committee backing Gonzales' campaign sent a glossy direct mail piece to voters, replete with accusations that LaHood is "prejudiced and intolerant," and a crude cutout of LaHood's head on a shrugging body.
The mailer, paid for by a PAC funded by liberal billionaire George Soros, prompted LaHood to release a video from his office Tuesday, in which he accused Gonzales of resorting to political and personal attacks in an attempt to "steal" the DA's office. Soros, LaHood added, has "purchased" other DA's offices around the country.
"Here's the bottom line," LaHood said in the video titled "Your DA's Office is Not For Sale." "This is what it all boils down to. You have to ask yourself, what does a rapist, a child molester and a billionaire by the name of George Soros all have in common? They all want Joe Gonzales to be the district attorney of Bexar County."
As LaHood spoke, a graphic appeared onscreen, featuring the faces of Harvey Weinstein, the film producer brought down by sexual abuse allegations, Larry Nassar, the USA gymnastics doctor who pleaded guilty to child pornography and sexual assault of minors, and Soros. Those three people, the equation purported, add up to Gonzales.
Candidates in contested Bexar County elections must release updated campaign finance reports by Monday, but at last count, LaHood reported $136,547 cash on hand after raising $244,576 during the six-month reporting period from July 1 to Dec. 31. Gonzales, in a much shorter period, brought in $13,401 — including $6,000 from Soros' PAC — and lent himself $50,000, maintaining $35,359 at the end of 2017. The $6,000 does not include the cost of the mailer, which was sent out after the reporting period.
In 2014, LaHood had his own wealthy benefactor in his successful takedown of Reed, receiving more than $1.2 million from the personal injury attorney Thomas J. Henry. LaHood's reports from the most recent cycle do not list Henry as a donor.
The attacks Tuesday didn't end with LaHood's video: that evening, a debate had been scheduled between the two candidates at the Cadillac Bar downtown. Gonzales declined to attend due to a "prior family obligation," he said in a text message. Bexar County Democratic Party Chairman Manuel Medina held the debate anyway, saying Gonzales confirmed his availability Jan. 10, when both candidates were notified of plans for the debate.
"Joe confirmed that day," Medina said. "(Democratic Party candidate liaison) Lydia Martinez spoke to him personally, and they actually discussed a couple issues."
Gonzales denied Medina's account, saying he didn't recall speaking to anyone from the Democratic Party. His campaign released a statement containing screenshots of a text from Gonzales campaign staffer Laura Barberena to Medina that reads: "Right now Joe has a scheduling conflict." Gonzales has also noted that debates scheduled in February will provide other chances to face off.
Nonetheless, the Democratic Party televised what became a campaign event of sorts for LaHood, who answered a series of questions from Medina and made opening and closing statements.
"He wants to pick and choose when he's going to talk to you, the voters, his employers," LaHood told the Cadillac Bar crowd. "What would you do with someone who is trying to try out for a job, or interview for a job, and they said, 'Hey, I'll tell you when I'm going to show up?'"
The bad blood began spilling out to the public on Sunday when, at a candidate forum held by the Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio, Gonzales said LaHood's faith precluded him from accepting same-sex marriage. He also accused LaHood of opposing sanctuary cities and gun control, tying into a previous argument made by Gonzales about LaHood's conservative tendencies.
Referencing a Bible verse that says to "Love your neighbor as yourself," LaHood denied that he opposes same-sex marriage.
"He wants to distract from the issue of what he does for a living," LaHood said. "He gets very uncomfortable when you talk about him trying to get child pornographers back on the street. He's very embarrassed of what he does."
LaHood has acknowledged accused sex offenders deserve court appearances, taking issue instead with Gonzales' active promotion of his work — until he changed his website to feature those cases less prominently, he said.
Despite LaHood's disapproval of Gonzales' promotion of his work, an ad from the website for LaHood's former practice shows he also offered to represent clients accused of, among other charges, "Indecency with a child" and "Internet sex crimes like child pornography and solicitation of a minor." In a text, LaHood said his law partner had handled SEO and marketing for the site, and that the post "appears to be a boiler plate advertisement" used by law office marketing companies.
LaHood added that he took "less than 14" sex cases or cases against children, out of roughly 2,200 cases as a defense attorney.
"I have always said I defended anyone I believed was innocent, but did not make a career or specialize in sex cases or cases against children. Unfortunately, Joe cannot say the same," LaHood said. In a Facebook comment Tuesday, however, LaHood said he intentionally turned away business relating to "certain offenses," including physical and sexual child abuse cases.
For his part, Gonzales has estimated a little more than a quarter of his cases deal with sex crimes, saying he is "proud to represent people who are accused of crimes and make sure the system works, just like it worked for" LaHood — an allusion to LaHood's 1994 arrest for selling Ecstasy to an undercover agent outside a gentlemen's club while possessing a firearm.
Since receiving deferred adjudication with a probated fine and community service, LaHood has openly addressed the incident, acknowledging his mistake but saying he's proud of who he has become.
"The voters are getting upset at the wrong person. If cases are getting dismissed, it's because the DA's office is not doing a good job of protecting kids," Gonzales said. "They're condemning me for doing my job. They ought to be upset at the prosecutor for not doing his job."
Columnist Brian Chasnoff contributed to this story.
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Have you ever done anything super duper crazy? Like so crazy, that your family and friends thought you had gone mad?
Well my friend, my name is Nadine Liverpool and I was that person three years ago when I decided to pack up my life from Toronto, Canada and moved to the beautiful island of Trinidad and Tobago.
I was ABSOLUTELY terrified and had nothing set up. But I knew in my heart I wasn't ready to settle down in one city and I still had a tenacious desire to explore the world and discover new ways to enjoy life.
I then became a sports presenter at Flow Sports, a regional sports network that is broadcast in over 25 countries in the Caribbean.
How did they find me? YouTube.
Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Some call it luck, I call it preparation meeting opportunity.
And all of this would have not been possible if I didn't start and build my own personal brand.
I'm now back living in wonderful Toronto where I run my own online branding and marketing education biz, where I teach highly-motivated professionals and business owners how they can build an amazing online brand too.
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Boy, was I DEAD WRONG!
The first job I got after college was at a restaurant called Boston Pizza serving food to kids with runny noses and senior citizens who reeked of Ovaltine cookies (If you're not a senior citizen and like Ovaltine cookies, I did not mean to offend you).
Add to that, I had to get a second job at Old Navy folding endless racks of clothes that would just get messed up minutes later. (So Annoying!)
Plus, I was a waitress at a comedy club called Yuk Yuk's, serving drinks to rowdy guests who would always try to dine and dash on me. But I was a former athlete and still somewhat fast, so homey don't play that!
After working THREE minimum wage jobs in four months, I knew I was NOT 'bout that life! So, I went back to school and received a post-graduate diploma in sports journalism in my hometown of Toronto, Canada.
But again, I found myself falling into the trap of believing that a piece of paper was the key to life.
I knew I could BE MORE and DO MORE.
And that's when I decided to start my own YouTube channel called SportsNAYtion. My nickname is 'Nay Nay' plus I love sports, so my brand name at the time was like manifest destiny.
I would literally just sit in my momma's kitchen and speak into a camera talking about sports.
Just 3 months later, I was asked to be a co-host on a radio show with former NBA legends Penny Hardaway and Charles Oakley.
How did they find me? YOUTUBE.
That's when I realized there was something powerful about this thing called 'The Internet'.
I then created my own website and starting building my personal brand using social media.
From there, I've built a strong online following and have made appearances on NBA TV Canada and MTV Canada and was even named the biggest sports blogger in the country by MTV Canada. Say what?!?
Plus, I've worked for the biggest sports networks in Canada such as TSN, Sportsnet, and The Score.
My talents then took me all the way to Trinidad and Tobago, in the beautiful West Indies, where I was a sports presenter for Flow Sports, the number one sports network in the Caribbean.
I hosted the biggest football show in the region, called Premier League Weekly and I even went to cover Super Bowl 52 in Minneapolis in 2018 and saw the Eagles win their first SB in franchise history.
Pretty cool, right?
And all of this happened because I put myself out there and built my personal brand.
I now teach side-hustle bosses and solopreneurs how to grow their audience and market and monetize their expertise online so they can make a living doing what they love.
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Nadine Liverpool is an online branding + marketing strategist that teaches side-hustle bosses and solopreneurs how to build their brand online.
Nadine holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Alabama-Birmingham, where she received a full-athletic scholarship for soccer (some call it football, depending on where you live). She also has a post-graduate diploma in Sports Journalism and attended the University of Toronto for Digital Marketing Management.
When Nadine isn't teaching wonderful ambitious humans how to own their greatness and build an amazing brand online, you can find her watching sports or jammin' to the latest DJ Private Ryan soca mix.


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World VoIP NewsImpact Telecom starts the joint venture with Matrix on efficient VoIP
Impact Telecom starts the joint venture with Matrix on efficient VoIP
Enterprise Impact Telecom, being the prominent provider of VoIP associated products and data processing platform, has announced the final stage of acquisition of Matrix Telecom, Inc. along with the several subsidiaries under the branding name.
The financial details of the deal were not revealed. "The fulfillment of this acquisition is a benchmark in our strategic efforts to expand and promote offerings to implement all possible functionalities of VoIP telecommunication at an affordable price", commented the situation officials from Impact Telecom. "In framework of proprietary brand new, comprehensive network, we will work in the sector of VoIP related hardware, tools and connectivity, necessary to promote innovations, getting the competitive curve and bringing up better quality of all VoIP related services at well-balanced rates. Our organization will keep the focus on customer satisfaction and support their existing portfolios are bringing up added value while we research new algorithms of developing new operational approaches that looks feasible." The deal massively expands Impact's penetration into the wholesale VoIP market, supports access to a broader range of commercial sectors and dynamically improves the conjoined operational array of both companies. The new venture will be done along the lines of the markets it works for with the targeted leadership and support for wholesale, commercial and retail clients. As the outcome of this joint project, Impact Telecom will operate a best-of-breed Voice over IP network, supporting merely billions of conversation minutes monthly, as well as the comprehensive and dedicated Feature Group D (FGD) network in the North America. The wide spectrum of Impact Telecom clients will get all the advantages from a powerful continental Class IV/V VoIP technology built network creating a universal connectivity thru all U.S. markets. Especially for wholesale customers, the company will support on-net coverage also keeping all the elements of inter-connect contracts with more than 300 carriers. The deal strongly forwards ahead Impact Telecom into the global market. Impact's impressive worldwide relationships now covers also more than 200 operators and carriers internationally, also with international PTT and/or in-country directs.
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February 15, 2012
On February 7, 2012, in Adair v. Carter, the Federal Circuit provided an important clarification to the law of patent interferences.
Interferences in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) are proceedings in which the USPTO determines which of two applicants who have filed claims to the same invention is entitled to a patent. There is a one-year period after a patent grants for another applicant to present competing claims; otherwise, the interference is barred. In Adair, the court affirmed the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and clarified this one-year time limit.
The time bar, which is codified in Section 135(b)(1) of the Patent Act, specifies "A claim which is the same as, or for the same or substantially the same subject matter as, a claim of an issued patent made not be made in any application unless such a claim is made prior to one year from the date the patent was granted." In explaining that this time bar serves a gatekeeper function, analogous to a statute of repose, the court quoted from Regents of the University of California v. University of Iowa Research Foundation: "to limit […] the patentee's vulnerability to a declaration of an interference" by "limit[ing] the window of time in which the cause of an interference can occur."
The court explained that to overcome the Section 135(b)(1) bar, "an applicant must show that such claim is not materially different from a pre-critical date claim [i.e., one presented before the expiry of the one-year bar] present in the application or any predecessor thereto in order to obtain the benefit the earlier filing date." The court further held that any patent claim filed within the critical period, whether or not canceled, may provide support for later-filed patent claims, so long as the earlier claims are not materially different from the later-filed claim.
The threshold determination under Section 135(b)(1) is different from the determination of whether the patent applicant's claims are directed to the same or substantially the subject matter claimed in the issued patent in order to declare an interference. The court noted that when a material difference exists between the pre- and post-critical date claims, a belated interference is improper because it would be a different interference than that which should have been declared by the USPTO.
In Adair, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences found (1) Adair's pre-critical date claims were not patentable to Adair; (2) Adair added claim limitations to overcome the rejection; and accordingly (3) material differences presumptively existed between the post- and pre-critical date claims by virtue of the amendments, which Adair did not rebut. The court affirmed because "what was required in determining whether the §135(b) bar might be overcome was an assessment of the material differences between the post- and pre-critical date claims, which is precisely what the Board did."
The Adair court addressed the bar of Section 135(b)(1), which addresses interferences between a patent and a pending patent application. A similar one-year bar for interferences between applications is specified under Section 135(b)(2), in which case the one year runs from publication of the application having claims to be copied. The Adair court's analysis would have similar applicability to that provision as well.
The court's decision will be of particular interest to those patent applicants whose pending applications are not subject to the recently enacted provisions of the America Invents Act and who are contemplating a possible interference.
If you have questions concerning this decision, please contact Fitch Even partner Kendrew H. Colton, the author of this alert.


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Located in a lovely community, Lomas del Mar, just off the main road to the famous La Bufadora. Dennis's Place is in an excellent location for those wishing to enjoy the Baja life. It's breathtaking views of the water surpass the gazing over roofs for a view. This is unencumbered views of water, sky and the distant coast across the bay.
The house is a manageable 900 sf, 1 bedroom, but boasts a fabulous wrap around porch. There is a guesthouse with full bath. The property is perfect for star gazing, bird watching, reading or visiting with friends. Large ramp outside is perfect for people with physical disabilities.
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-Shed for all your gardening needs; and a guest house complete with bath.
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