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Isco's brace gave Real Madrid their first home win of the season in La Liga as they beat Espanyol 2-0 on Sunday.
See how the action unfolded at the Santiago Bernabeu with Football Espana's liveblog!
Dani Carvajal, Marcelo, Theo Hernandez, Karim Benzema and Mateo Kovacic were all missing for Madrid through injury, so Castlla full-back Achraf Hakimi became Los Blancos' first Moroccan player of the 21st century.
Barcelona played their game against Las Palmas behind closed doors earlier in the day due to the Catalan referendum, but their more-moderate city rivals had no such problems in the Spanish capital.
Indeed, Espanyol had won two of their last three matches, yet their last League victory at the Bernabeu came all the way back in 1996.
Madrid dominated the opening half-hour, with Espanyol on the ropes. Sergio Ramos powered an early header at goal, but it was wonderfully tipped over by Pau Lopez from a matter of yards out.
Cristiano Ronaldo then slipped Isco in behind, and the midfielder toe-poked his finish past Pau to cap off a neat, passing move.
Ronaldo was completely unmarked when he received a cross down the left of Espanyol's box, but he blasted his volley over the bar instead of making it 2-0.
The Portuguese had another chance fall his way, when Casemiro fed him in Los Periquitos' box, but his shot was straight at Pau.
However, it could've all been very different when Gerard Moreno got in behind and had only Keylor Navas to beat, but the goalkeeper saw the striker's close-range finish all the way.
Gerard proceeded to try his luck in Madrid's box again and came even closer, but his half-volley clipped the left-hand post.
The second half saw Espanyol pick up from where they left off and push Los Merengues higher up the pitch. Marc Navarro was all on his own down the left of Madrid's box, but his shot was tipped around the post by Keylor.
The visitors were duly punished for their profligacy as straight after Nacho Fernandez cleared Leo Baptistao's off-target finish from a couple of yards out, Isco calmly guides the ball into Pau's bottom right from a Marco Asensio cutback.
Asensio almost flicked Isco in behind for his hat-trick, but the Spain star could only curl the ball at Pau from around 10 yards out.
Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol
Isco 30, 71
Real Madrid: Keylor; Nacho, Varane, Ramos, Achraf; Modric (Ceballos 82), Casemiro, Kroos; (Vazquez 69) Isco (Mayoral 90); Ronaldo, Asensio
Espanyol: Pau; Sergio Sanchez (Granero 69), David, Hermoso, Aaron; Baptistao, Darder, Fuego, Roca (Navarro 46), Jurado (Sergio Garcia 46); Gerard
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- Brisbane Aquatic Centre, Brisbane, Queensland
- Thursday, November 3rd – Saturday, November 5th
- Prelims 10am local (8pm Eastern night before)/Finals 6pm local (4am Eastern)
- Meet Preview
- Start Lists
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap
- Live Results
The timed final of the men's 50m backstroke took place during day one's morning session of the 2016 Australian Short Course Championships. Anyone in attendance saw a rather peculiar racing tactic towards the middle of the pool, as Bobby Hurley took what looks like a total of 3 strokes over the course of the race, opting to streamline dolphin kick on his back for the majority of the contest. Check out the race video courtesy of Hurley's Instagram account.
The strategy paid off in the form of 28-year-old Hurley clinching the bronze in a time of 24.31, finishing behind Mitch Larkin and Cameron McEvoy who earned the gold and silver, respectively. So, what's up with all that kicking? Hurley told SwimSwam it was a result of his having been suffering a shoulder problem since the Singapore stop of the World Cup Series.
"I only raced one day there and was well below my normal times. I went to Tokyo but it hadn't gotten any better. I had lost a lot of strength in my right arm. Had to withdraw from the rest of the world Cup and return home for treatment in time for nationals."
After two MRIs and consultations with shoulder surgeons and neurologists, the Warringah Aquatic Swim Club athlete says he was diagnosed with brachial neuritis, an infection in the suprascapular nerve that runs from neck to shoulder.
Says Hurley of how it impact his competition in Brisbane, "I wasn't originally going to race the 50 here and just save everything I have for the 100 Back (today) but with my coach Tim Lane we thought why not just do it kick?!"
The infection is quite rare and quite serious according to Hurley, who has been told doctors 'don't know how one contracts the infection.' He says the only treatment is rest, but Hurley says he is 'trying to stay positive and do his best to qualify again for the Australian team.'
Hurley will be putting his neuritis to the test this morning in Brisbane, as the former Club Wolverine Elite-trained swimmer will take to the pool in the men's 100m backstroke on the final prelims session of racing, an event in which he's entered as the number two seed.

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No win performances by Banyana Banyana, South Africa's senior women's football team at the Rio Olympics have attracted lashings and harsh condemnation of the women's team as being 'useless', 'playing without determination and passion', being 'shocking and disappointing'. Much of the criticism questions why the team played with no tactics and strategies and why the players couldn't score goals to win the matches.
Get this! Just by being ranked out of the top 50, Banyana Banyana was always going to find the playing field tough to challenge against formidable opponents, ranked in the world's top ten and playing much more competitive internationals than Banyana plays in five years.
About Banyana's dismal performances at the Rio Olympics, Coach Vera Pauw correctly puts blame on the absence of a national, professional league where women footballers would be playing full-time and concentrating on football as this would be their job, instead of being part–time, weekend non-payment league players. But hold on. While the competitive structure of women's football in SA is definitely one of the reasons why Banyana Banyana will struggle against professional playing women's football team, it is not the only reasons.
In one of my opinion writings, four years ago and commenting about Banyana's debut performance at the Olympics in London I said that Banyana could not be expected to deliver winning results against world class teams when Banyana is a make-shift team most times, with little support from national body SAFA who puts most of football's financial resources into boys and men's football. A national, professional league for women's football has been tirelessly called for and demanded as a necessity. SAFA says they are trying to initiate such a league but sponsors are not biting to sponsor the league.
Just over two years ago, when SAFA boldly appointed SA's first woman coach of the national women's team, Banyana had participated in an Olympic Games, but not in the women's world cup. Under coach Vera Pauw, Banyana failed to qualify for the 2015 women's world cup, they didn't even reach the knock out stage of All Africa Games and they didn't medal at the African championships.
But they managed to get one of Africa's two qualifying women's berths for the Rio Olympics. We must also admit that coach Vera Pauw did not fall into a well established and results-flowing women's football administration within SAFA. Given the challenges that come with accepting a coaching job within SAFA, coach Pauw persisted with coaching Banyana under, at times, challenging environments.
However, Vera Pauw chose the players and squads and chose to play the team according to her assessment of how best to get positive results. But the results speak for themselves. Coach Pauw didn't achieve much more than the previous Banyana coach. Soon after her coaching stint kicked in, Pauw complained to SAFA's technical committee that her assistant SA women coaches were not helpful enough and she needed skilled backup. Without SAFA's consent she brought into the Banyana coaching set up, another foreign woman coach to be her assistant. Banyana had several team training camps, played friendly matches and internationals. Together, these two foreign women coaches still didn't take Banyana to greater heights.
Pauw's team selections were based primarily on what players she saw in the Sasol league in Gauteng with a handful of players from outside Gauteng. Why didn't she look for talent around the country? Surely there are another 4-6 blossoming players that Pauw could have drafted into Banyana Banyana from two years ago? Pauw has shown an unwillingness or any intention to discard Banyana Banyana of veteran players who can't perform internationally and help the team to win. How can SAFA invest so much money in foreign coaches, yet these coaches are not developing SA's emerging women footballers for future international play?
There's no pivotal reason/s for SAFA to retain Vera Pauw as national women's coach. Pauw and her team selections and tactics just haven't delivered.
SAFA should say thank you to coach Vera Pauw but not prolong her contract. We need to move on and ahead and as a start, a change of coach/es is needed. Stop the cabal's control of selections which are emphatically centered on the Gauteng region. There are players all around the country and coach Vera Pauw never saw these players, that's why she thinks she had no player depth on the bench.
What do I mean by cabal control of women's football? The cabal is that control of who gets selected, from which club and region they are selected and who gets appointed as a national coach and selector. Why is it the same few women involved in selection and coaching of the national teams like Banyana, under 20, under 17? Where are the Black African women coaches? Why are they not appointed as head coaches of the national girls u17 team and national u20 women's team. Why is coach Sheryl Botes always associated with the u20 and youth teams like high performances and other coaches are not given opportunities to show what they can deliver? Spread the coaching and selection portfolios; bring more women coaches and selectors into the national coaching spheres.
What action must be undertaken immediately?
- Eliminate the cabal that controls women's football, amongst them being the long serving but dangerous Fran Hilton Smith who is to blame for preferential coaches selection and player trials and subsequent selection. Control of women's football by an elite domain within SAFA must be smashed! This cabal control is unhealthy and has impeded our women's football development instead of taking women's football forward.
- Change the Banyana Banyana coaches, including the head coach who has in my opinion served her time in over two years and seems unlikely to take Banyana forward with her selections and tactics. Some of the Banyana players sing Vera Pauw's praise. That's expected because after all, Pauw showed faith in them and selected them to perform.
- Appoint a South African woman coach as head coach. There's Sheryl Botes, SA's first highest qualified football coach who has been coaching the youth women's teams for much too long and should now be given a crack at the head coach position of Banyana.
- Veteran and older players not performing must make way for young, emerging players who can change game style and adapt quicker to new game definitions of play. It's better to invest in youth talent that can be further developed than to live in hope that the veteran, older player is going to score a goal like she did five years ago. Banyana cant be represented by players whose ambition is to get more internatioanl caps. We want Banyana to perform and achieve!
Look at the talent around the country! Not only in Gauteng. Football leagues are being played in all nine provinces and surely there must be you talent in these leagues; youth talent that can be molded and guided over 3-5 years.
- Many knowledgeable football people must be involved in this talent identification, not just a cabal of Vera Pauw, Fran Hilton Smith and Desiree Ellis. Speak to the coaches in the women's football leagues, those who know and coach the players. Ask them to recommend players.
- Concentrate on under 17 and under 20 women's squads that need regular international competition. And stop with one or two people being responsible for selection for these teams. Consult with coaches that coach the players in the football leagues around the country. And stop with last minute selections and calling up players a few days before they are due to play an international match. Get the basics in place!
Given that both the u17 girls and under 20 women's teams have not qualified for or participated in world cups, the girl youth footballers must be emphatically supported to be nurtured into future senior internationals. To go forward, Banyana must aim for a top 40 ranking in 2017, top 30 in 2018 and top 20 in 2019. This can be achieved. We have the youth talent which must be developed and polished into senior internationals capable of scoring goals and winning internationals.


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|Predictors of Nutritional Status of Children Visiting Health Facilities in Jimma Zone, South West Ethiopia
|Teklebrhan Tema Beyene
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|Opinion of B.Sc. Nursing Students & Their Teachers about Psychiatric Disorders & Psychiatric Nursing
|Dr. Sailaxmi Gandhi, Dr. K. Lalitha, Dr. K. Thennarasu, Dr. Nagarajaiah, Dr. Ramachandra
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|Burden among Caregivers of Clients with Depression – A Scientific Study
|Dr. Sailaxmi Gandhi, Dr. K. Thennarasu
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|Primipara Mother's Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Breastfeeding
|Seena Girish, M. Gandhimathi
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|Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Pregnancy Induced Hypertension among Primigravida Mothers
|Debajani Nayak
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|A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Psycho Education on Family Burden among the Family Members of Schizophrenic Patients
|Rajathi A., Gandhimathi M.
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|A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Simulation in terms of Knowledge and Skill Regarding Basic Life Support (BLS) Among Non-Medical Faculty. - A Narrative Review
|Ms. Manjari Panday, Mr. N. Siva, Ms. Kiran Sharma, (doi: 10.23953/cloud.ijansp.428)
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman underwent shoulder surgery last week and is expected to be ready for the start of the offseason program in mid-April, sources tell ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Edelman was first listed on the Patriots' injury report due to his shoulder on Nov. 27, and he played through the injury the rest of the year. In recent days, he has been seen with his left arm in a sling.
The 5-foot-10, 198-pound Edelman also played most of the season with partially torn rib cartilage, according to Schefter, which was a result of 6-6, 301-pound defensive lineman Henry Anderson landing on Edelman during a Week 3 win over the New York Jets.
In addition, Edelman was slowed by a knee ailment that was first listed on the injury report Dec. 11, but he didn't miss a game.
Despite those injuries, Edelman was the Patriots' leading receiver with 100 receptions for 1,117 yards and six touchdowns. He is under contract through the 2021 season.


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that sucksApril 19, 2006 at 3:59 pm | sam | literature, news
Check out this retraction from the Vanden Bout group at UT-Austin. They had to retract three papers (including on Science paper) because (a) they can't reproduce the raw data and (b) the analysis of the raw data wasn't correct. Shit.
I've met Dave Vanden Bout, and he's a really nice, smart guy. His group does good work. That's why it's so scary to see this retraction. What the hell happened? They were doing single-molecule studies in polymer films, so I suspect they had either bad polymer or impurities that screwed up their raw data. And it sounds like they used the wrong correlation function for their analysis. All three retracted papers came from one student. Maybe they discovered all this when a new student tried to continue her work after she left. I doubt there was any foul play here, just complex mistakes trying to get complex results.
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Looks like they haven't remember to take those articles off their publications list. They even have a link to the article, giant "This article has been retracted" and all.
Comment by Kendall — April 22, 2006 #
Yeah, I noticed that. Is it an oversight or intentional?
Seems fishy to me. The explanation seems very terse…If the reason was a bad polymer, why not say so? If the data can not be reproduced, how about some reason why? They must have some idea after all this time. It is what is not said in this retraction that is alarming.
I suspect an overzealous graduate student.
I did a search of "retracted" through science and I was supprised by the number of retractions. Are the retractions the casuality of flying at the cutting edge of science or dishonesty? I hope the former.
ps do pHds ever get retracted?
Comment by ben — May 19, 2006 #
yeah, ben, i'm starting to get a little more suspicious. looking back at the paper, some of the figures look a little too good…
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It is one thing to walk into the furniture store and leave with an item and entirely another to actually get value for your money. Many shoppers make the mistake of thinking that if a sofa looks beautiful, it must be worth every coin. Hence, they forget to go the extra mile to establish its actual worth. However, furniture shopping is much more complex. You can easily buy a low-quality item just by making rushed decisions or spend more money than you would if you had held your nose a little bit.
What are some of the leading tips for getting value in a local furniture store? We help decipher them for you.
1. Haggle
Many furniture shoppers are yet to really grasp the impact of haggling in furniture stores. For many of them, haggling is simply just a waste of time and pride. This couldn't be further from the truth. You'll be surprised at how much you can save by mastering some basic negotiation skills. Forget about the fancy price tag and the stern look on the saleslady's face; get haggling until you drop. Walk out if you must and see if they can negotiate downwards. Try the next door if they have the item of your choosing. If bringing the price down is impossible, seek for free things such as pillows or delivery.
2. Timing Is Everything
Like the four seasons of the world, furniture prices are never constant. There are certain months of the year when prices skyrocket and some when you'll get rock bottom prices. Some of the good deals are available during major public holidays such as Veteran's Day and Memorial Day. If you can plan your shopping around then, you will pay more for less. According to Designer Marketplace Furniture Stores Minneapolis, some stores offer even better discounts during the 4th of July or Christmas in a bid to clear inventory.
3. Inspect, Inspect, Inspect
The beauty of buying furniture from brick and mortar stores is that it gives shoppers an opportunity to interact with the furniture items before shelling out their cash. Thankfully, stores give a green light for inspection. Examine the legs of the sofa or chair. Ensure they are heavy wood and have a firm joint to the frame. From experience, rubber, plastic, or metal legs are not only less-attractive but can destroy your beautiful floors.
Don't forget to check for springs as well. The rule of thumb here is to get a sofa with conventional coiled springs if you are a fan of firm sofas. Alternatively, go for zigzag coils. To do this, press the base of the sofa and watch how it springs back to place.
Furthermore, check the cushions for firmness. Firm cushions have been known to be more durable than their counterparts. The covers should also be easily removable for the purposes of cleaning. If you are buying a furniture item with drawers and cabinets, don't be afraid to get in there and check those as well. The drawers should open all the way out, latch correctly and finally, shut seamlessly. The doors should open wide and not try to shut while you get busy getting something from the cabinet. Last but not least, the knobs and handles should fit properly without turning and jiggling. Put simply, get your hands dirty and inspect everything.
4. Avoid Nail And Glue
As tempting as glue and nailed furniture items are, they can be weak and messy; not to mention a hazard to the members of your family. If you have young children whose hobbies include climbing up and down sofas all day long (which we bet they do), you would rather avoid having nails in your home as much as possible. Look for chairs where wood is joined at corners and ends. These are not only sturdier but can comfortably carry more weight without posing any risk to the members of your family.
5. Learn your furniture
They say knowledge is power and this couldn't play out so well than shopping for furniture at your local store. If you want a wooden furniture item, it will do you well if you specify what kind it is (veneers, solid wood, or particle board). In practice, solid wood is the most expensive of all categories. It looks great but can be prone to water rings and scratches. Veneers have average prices because their bases are covered with good-quality wood. Particle board wood is the cheapest of them all and is basically a combination of plastics, wood pulp, resin and scraps of furniture. This last group may look nice at first but won't last for long.
6. Go Easy On Colors
In today's world, designers love to experiment with bright, bold colors and honestly, we couldn't be happier. They add a wow-effect to any space in an instant. That notwithstanding, you want to take precaution before buying bold color palettes especially for large furniture items such as a couch. For instance, if you want a maroon-themed space, don't be in a rush to get a maroon sofa. Analyze how all the colors will play out first. Enlist the help of an interior décor expert if you must. You might just save yourself some money and time.
7. Used furniture isn't such a bad idea
Don't rule out the possibility of purchasing used furniture as you shop around. If you are hard-pressed for money, this idea can step in and save the day, and many more, only if you execute it well enough. Look out for stains, rips, scratches, watermarks, and tears both for the cushions and the couches. Sit on it for some time and establish whether it is really comfortable and sturdy. If you tick all the boxes, by all means, go for it. Some of the deals on second-hand furniture are absolutely fantastic.
The difference between informed and uninformed furniture shoppers is in the mastery of the tips above—not the size of bank accounts. If you know what to do and say to get value for your money, the sky is the limit for you. You can walk away with some of the best furniture items that will give you good service for years to come—all for unbelievable prices.


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Dee started tattooing in 2008, under the watchful and skillful eye of Jimmy Mackey owner of Monster Tattoo Studio in Newport, Delaware. Since then he has worked in several studios here in the Baltimore area. Most of his life he was a pencil and charcoal artist that specialized in portraits and all realism. Nowadays he enjoys tattooing in those same realms; black and grey, realism, portraits, photo realism and darker custom images. When he's not tattooing he enjoys drawing and being the best father he can be to his beautiful daughter.
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Matt, my AC blows warm air in the afternoon. Do I need AC refrigerant?


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It was a very rainy day in Tennessee. We don't know why, but young bears like to perch up high in a tree when it's raining, so we have a picture of a very soggy Summitt Bear.
Here is a closeup of Summitt on a nicer day.
In addition to soggy Summitt, today we have feisty Otto Bear. The little cub is getting more and more rambunctious in the Cub Nursery pen. Today he turned his attention to the two stuffed companions that the curators have provided for company. Since bear cubs usually have one or more siblings, our curators like for a single cub like Otto to have a furry "buddy."
After the workout with his stuffed friends, Otto went into the other half of the pen for a snack of formula and applesauce.
We are glad that the two bears are doing so well. Otto is going to be ready to move to The Cub House before long. Summitt will remain in his Wild Enclosure for the rest of his time at ABR.


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"Insurance? Market?"
Conceding that health care reform over the next decade will have to provide coverage for virtually everyone in this country, which would I rather see:
- A mandate (individual and some sort of pay-or-play deal), with tax breaks, and overreaching regulation of the insurance industry to make coverage affordable
- Or a plan implementing some sort of massive expansion of either social insurance (Medicare-For-All) or public assistance?
While having objections to both, the two are clearly not equal under my personal political philosophy. The first one is more desirable. And Bush's individual market tax break/employer funded tax "levy (?)" proposal is a step in that direction.
Via Managed Care Matters comes a series of posts on Health Care Policy & Marketplace Blog arguing that the private market (with, unfortunately, some government encouraging) can work to dramatically expand health insurance coverage in this country.
Here's the most telling post explaining why the plan is a step in the right direction and here's a post offering the most optimism I've seen considering the Democratic controlled Congress.


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Video games are fun. They are meant to be entertaining and help us unwind from the daily humdrum. But, sometimes, a game can come along and send a message that will connect with us in the deepest emotional level. Ayo: A Rain Tale, an indie adventure game, speaks of the difficulties one girl faces to bring back water to her family.
The game centers around Ayo, a young girl in the Sub-Saharan desert, who ventures out into the world to complete her task of bringing water. Carrying a 40 pound canister of water, Ayo must brave the perils of the Saharan desert, filled with enemies and haphazard weather, by jumping, crawling and climbing her way back home.
With a vibrant and lively artstyle, Ayo: A Rain Tale is filled with mystic and wonder attuned to the culture and myth of the Sub-Saharan region. Along the way Ayo will brush shoulders with mystical beings who may aid or deter her journey.
Ayo: A Rain Tale gives player an insight of the psychological implication of the women and children that endure the long treks for a commodity we definitely take for granted.
200 million hours women and girls spend every day collecting water is a colossal waste of their valuable time.- UNICEF
For those who want get all the feels, Ayo: A Rain Tale is currently available for PC, Android, iOS and Mac.
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text: Improv is short for improvisation. It is a type of theater. Everything is made up on the spot. The performers discover what is happening as they go. Nick Kanellis and Peter McNerney are expert improvisers. They teach improv classes. They also work with Story Pirates. They perform in shows together. What does it take to be a good improviser? Nick and Peter gave TFK some tips.


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In the world of misogynist gamers, apparently the funnest thing in the whole world is to try to destroy the life of feminists in the gaming world. Recently, there were the death threats against Feminist Frequency's Anita Sarkeesian after she dared to post videos making very rigorous and grounded analysis of the content of video games. But it turns out for a year and half, independent game designer Zoe Quinn has been the the subject of an internet witch hunt of such scale and it was reported in The New Yorker. The story is that a jilted ex decided to write some revenge porn about her and posted it on every forum he could find. A bunch of morons bit the bait and ran with it, because to them, Quinn represented a jezebel who had apparently ruined the whole of gaming by slutting her way to getting attention for her games and amassing a HUGE WEALTH (ha!) for things like her free text-based game about depression (which is now going on my simulation course syllabus).
Here, Quinn tells Cracked about the lessons she learned from this experience, the saddest of which is how easily all this game happen to feminists who work in gaming. I love video games. There is nothing inherently masculine about interactive multimedia, and yet there is a strong, angry contingent of players who seem to want to treat it as if gaming was they own private boys only club house. I want to see more games, diverse games that explore the potential of the medium, that simulate modes of interaction other than shooting your friends (as feminist game developer Celia Pearce has described it) and I think diversity among developers is much needed. Consider it the feminist standpoint theory of game development. This was goal of Pearce, Jacki Morie, Tracy Fullerton and Janine Fron's Ludica Collective. If we want to open up this field, we need not only to include more women and other underrepresented groups and encourage them to create brave work that speaks to their own experiences and sensibilities, we also need to support them in through this bullshit and make clear, as Quinn points out, that a small group of bullies can't fool us.


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Apple's developer center has been unavailable over the past few hours without explanation. It's not uncommon to see the site go down for a few hours near announcement events, but today's reason might be more ominous. Multiple developers across Twitter are postulating that the downtime may be due to a hack.
A few developers have noticed that their developer profile addresses are now showing an address in Russia instead of their own. This has led some to speculate that maintenance in regards to a hack is behind the developer center's downtime.
All my teams on Developer Member Center at @apple are registered in Russia. Nice. pic.twitter.com/kyYyRyLTR7
— Dal Rupnik (@TheLegoless) September 6, 2017
It looks like @Apple Developer accounts got hack! All the profiles lists this Russian address under membership, Check your profiles pic.twitter.com/4OxhpakgPy
— Kais K. (@Kaiusee) September 6, 2017
Apple Dev Center down for maintenance because of a hack? https://t.co/b5vyIfm85p
— Steve T-S (@stroughtonsmith) September 6, 2017
While developers may not need to access the site every moment of the day, it can cause development downtime. When compiling code using Apple's development software Xcode, sometimes the application needs to phone home for code-signing requirements. This means that many devs can be left out in the cold while awaiting Apple's maintenance.
When you can't build your #ios app because Apple Developer servers are undergoing maintenance -_- pic.twitter.com/LNSVllKjq1
— Josh Lieberman (@JALsnipe) September 6, 2017
Apple currently lists seven different types of maintenance on the developer System Status page.
Back in 2014, developer Jesse Järvi discovered that an exploit in Apple's Developer Center allowed for personal contact information discovery. Järvi was able to pull personal information from various 9to5Mac employees and Apple executives. Apple quickly patched the problem once it was brought to their attention.
Check out 9to5Mac on YouTube for more Apple news:
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From James Madison to Samuel Chase, 14 April 1803
To Samuel Chase
Department of State April 14th. 1803
I have the Honor to inform you, in answer to your letter of the 11th. Instant,1 that the latest Intelligence received from Mr. King concerning the Maryland Bank Stock is of the 28th. Jany. last and of the following substance—That Lord Hawkesbury some weeks before had sent an Instruction to the Attorney General for effecting a transfer of this Stock to the King, in order that His Majesty might be enabled to dispose of it in such way as he should think fit, and, as Hilary Term was then commenced, that Mr. King presumed the transfer would shortly be made to the Crown. I have the honor to be &ca.
James Madison.
Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14).
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Are you a veteran Rotarian who has been there, done that, & has the t-shirt?
Are you a new Rotarian who want to learn about Rotary?
Are you trying to move ahead in your job, but are missing some skills and training?
Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) is a grassroots coalition of Rotary districts implementing a leadership development program for "potential" leaders of Rotary CLUBS. It is a three part program of sessions.
District 5930 is now offering Part 2 and Part 3.
Part 2 - July 20, 2019
Limited to 20 Attendees
Part 3 - August 17, 2019
Limited to 20 Attendees
Registrations must be paid in advance and with a credit card.
Cost: $50 for each part, includes continental breakfast and lunch
Both parts will be held at United Methodist Church, 14521 Northwest Boulevard, Corpus Christi, TX 78410
Parts 1, 2, and 3 must be taken taken in order.
You can read more about RLI here - https://rotary5930.org/page/rotary-leadership-institute. This is a page on the District website explaining the program. Most of the skills are transferable to our workplaces and the training looks great on our resumes. Certificates of Completion are awarded at the end of each part.
These are two district Rotarians who our coordinators.
Debbie High, PDG, (301) 524-7091, firstname.lastname@example.com
Andy Hagan, DG, (956) 952-0944, email@example.com


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Hexagon Bar gutted by fire
Flames engulfed the historic Hexagon Bar early Friday morning as riots ripped across Minneapolis following Monday's police killing of George Floyd.
This dramatic photo captures the intensity of the fire at 2600 27th Ave. S.:
RIP Hexagon bar pic.twitter.com/3y05QsSZ9Q— Tim Fool (@timfool612) May 29, 2020
Now the building is mostly reduced to smoldering rubble:
"A devastating loss to the South Side community," says former Hex bartender Lesley Spaeth. "The Hexagon was consistently filled with people of all different walks of life — different ages, different races, different religions. It was a clusterfuck in the best way possible."
Opened in 1934, the Hex became a blue-collar drinking institution in the Seward neighborhood, one named for its hexagonal wooden bar. It was the last remaining bar at the 26th Street and 26th Avenue intersection known as the Hub of Hell, an area infamous for its "tippling houses," mobster regulars, and a violent 1935 labor strike. In recent history, our Best Dive Bar of 2017 has served as one the city's best incubators for live DIY music, regularly showcasing local punk, indie, and metal acts.
"We've always had good rapport with our customers, and with police, and with the neighborhood," Hex owner Bill Hupp once once told City Pages. "Our neighbors, they like the Hex. They take pride in the Hex, and that being their place."
Hupp could not be reached for comment Friday morning.


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St. Patrick's Day is here! Some celebrate with green clothes, some with green beer and some with green quilts. Some of us may even celebrate with all three! In honor of the Irish holiday (that you don't have to be Irish to celebrate), we're doing a roundup of green quilt projects and patterns. If these don't get you quilting with green, we don't know what will!
Double Irish Chain Quilt Pattern
This one-patch quilt pattern by M&L Designs makes for a perfect St. Patrick's weekend project, considering how quickly it works up!
Crisscross Quilt Pattern
This earthy, green quilt by Cottage Quilt Designs makes a lovely bedspread — and not just in March!
Shamrocks St. Patrick's Day Quilt Pattern
No collection of green quilts would be complete without a shamrock-themed quilt. We love this one by Elena McDowell!
Lucky Mini Quilt
No time to work up a whole quilt? Pick a small but festive project, like this shamrock mug rug. Bonus: It'll use up all your green fabric scraps!
Shamrock Shake Quilt
Make this small quilt or table topper in shades of green for a perfectly Irish accessory. Believe it or not, the name for this quilt does NOT come from the green McDonald's milkshake!
Luck of the Irish Chain Quilt
Forget subtlety — this quilt is Irish and proud of it! Not only does this quilt feature iconic shamrocks, but it also uses the classic double Irish chain motif.


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Full Time Nephrology Job Low Country, SC
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Nephrology + South Carolina + Permanent
Private Practice seeking BE/BC Nephrologist – Partnership Tract
• Well established private practice is expanding to meet the needs of their growing patient base.
• Conveniently located near Charleston , SC & Savannah, GA,
• Medical Center provides inpatient dialysis and two dialysis outpatient centers .
• Shared call will be 1:3
• Partnership availability after 1 year, overhead shared equally
Ideal candidate will enjoy being 45 minutes to an hour away from the hustle-bustle of a large city and embrace the beauty, culture, and southern hospitality of
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We have the second largest municipal park in the USA which is second only to Central park in NYC.
There are miles and miles of paved and elevated board walks through a spectacular lowland hardwood swamp/forest. We are located in the one of the last
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We have thousands of acres of unspoiled low country beauty, birds, otters, and lots of alligators! Come enjoy work and life in the LowCountry!
Excellent Public School System
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Great place to raise a family and be close to Metro communities.
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Don't Let a Phobia Of Narrow Things Keep You From Living Your Life.
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The Location of the 525i Fuel Pump Relayby Gregory Crews
12 volt relais, relay image by Sascha Zlatkov from Fotolia.com
The BMW 525i has an electric fuel pump. The pump is located in the fuel tank and relies on an electrical relay to send electrical power from the battery to the pump. A faulty relay can have the same symptoms as a bad fuel pump. The best way to determine whether the problem is with your relay or your pump is to locate the relay and test it.
Step 1
Ensure that the car is turned off. Open the hood for access to the engine compartment.
Step 2
Locate a black box mounted to the passenger side fender. The box will have bolts keeping a cover secured to it.
Unscrew the bolts with a socket wrench. Lift the cover off and place it aside. The fuel pump relay will be labeled by the diagram in the fuse panel. Follow the diagram to locate the relay.
Items you will need
- Socket wrench
- Socket set
- "BMW 3- & 5-series Haynes Repair Manual Covering 318i (1984 and 1985), 325/325e/325es (1984 thru 1988), 325i/325is/325iC (1987 thru 1991), 525i (1989 and 1990), 528e (1982 thru 1988), 533i (1983 and 1984), and 535K/535is (1985 thru 1992) for Gasoline Engines and Two-Wheel-Drive Models"; John Haynes; 1992
- 12 volt relais, relay image by Sascha Zlatkov from Fotolia.com


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There is one word I love so much. ECONOMY.
A lot of people use that word… and if you want to feel smart, then you should use it sometimes.
But what really is economy?
Economy is another word for "collective wealth Management". Wealth is riches – not necessarily money.
My wealth is individual; your wealth is individual. When we join them together, they become "collective wealth".
So the economy of a country e.g. Nigeria is how the government (and citizens) manage their collective wealth.
When a government improves the economy, he…
Increases and shares the nation's riches in a way that (at least almost) everybody is comfortable.
And what of…
It is when you can't afford the basic things in life.
You can't eat 3 times a day; you can't transport yourself; you can't buy what your mates are buying; you can't be comfortable; you're broke. That's poverty.
To get out of poverty, you need to either…
1. Get a well-paying job or
2. Own a profitable business
Another way out is to depend on somebody else – bad advice.
In this Video, You'll discover…
The formula for National Prosperity
But where do jobs come from?
From business and government establishment. Everybody can't work in government. No space. Even if space magically came out for everybody, it will still not work: the economy will die – that's what economists say.
To get job for everybody, new and expanding businesses is the answer.
Accountants. Lawyers. Engineers. Factory workers. Managers. Cleaners. Scientists. Businesses need them to stay alive.
But what is the use of all these professions and skills when[i] every living business already have all they need[/i]?
That's why graduates are jobless. The ones with Jobs get peanuts – some o, not all. It's even worse when you're half baked.
No wonder as of 2011, 22 million Nigerian youths had no job.
But what is the way out?
More new (or expanding) businesses = more job vacancy.
But most new Nigerian businesses die before their 5th birthday. They don't make profit. They just try to survive. So they never grow big enough to employ others.
Why? Because doing business in Nigeria is hard and expensive. That's why even big companies with a lot of money run to other countries.
And how can the government solve this problem? Simple! Just make business in Nigeria…
– Cheaper
– Faster (time na money)
– Easier and
– More profitable
Here are 9 ways President Jonathan has been doing it…
1. He Started With A Plan
Nobody can solve a big problem without understanding… and WITHOUT a plan – and President Jonathan knows that.
That's why he (and his team) started by finding out the situation of things…
He re-based the economy
But what really is "re-basing?" Let me explain with a story.
Mrs. Okafor is a big business woman in aba. She has a very big factory. Her factory makes a lot of things: soaps, detergents, disinfectants etc.
Almost every year, her factory adds new products.
But here is the problem… she has lost count of the number of things her factory makes – they're just too much.
10 years ago, she hired a personal accountant, Mr. Musa. His job is to…
1. Calculate every year-end, how much the factor makes and…
2. Count and record every 5 (or 6… or 7 years) all the goods the factory
produces. Plus calculate what percent each good adds to the company's
Re-basing is Job #2. Here, Mr. Musa re-based Mrs. Ngozi's Factory.
And why is this important? With re-basing, Mrs. Ngozi will know the goods to spend more time, energy and money on – which one brings the most profit.
After re-basing, President Jonathan (and his team) started planning. The plan is to industrialize Nigeria.
So in 2013, they came out with NIPR (aka. National Industrial Revolution Plan).
In 2014, they documented it (in a .pdf format) and brought it to the public.
You can download your copy here.
In that document, they plan to build giant industries in Nigeria before 2017.
America and Europe banished poverty from their land by building giant industries.
Giant industries = MILLIONS of quality Jobs.
Some of these plans have already started bringing their head from under the water.
Some popular examples are…
The "National Automobile Industry Development Plan"
Maybe you've heard – maybe you've not: many giant car companies are now building car producing factories in Nigeria. Some of them are…
– Nissan Motors
– Hyundai Motors
– Innoson Motors (the first made-in-Nigeria-by-a-Nigerian car company)
– And many more
How will this help fight poverty?
It will…
Help create and develop other industries and businesses – who will in turn, employ others.
A car has over 2,000 parts. Car building companies don't usually produce these parts. They contract other companies (usually small and medium sized) to make them.
The car industry also needs steel, iron, glass, plastic, rubber etc. to operate.
As a result, they'll be buying from the local industry (which President Jonathan plans to develop – according to the NIRP document).
The result? More jobs.
It will also…
Help our people (Nigerians) get advanced technology skills.
To make a car, you need advanced technology.
When these companies start producing in Nigeria, they'll be working with Nigerians. As a result, our people will learn what they (the foreign experts) know – Nigeria will become a technologically advanced country through this.
More Nigerians will now afford brand new cars (aka. Tear Rubber) – the price will come down a lot.
Another popular one is the…
Local Content Act
In 2010, President Jonathan signed the Local Content Act.
It's a law designed to make more Nigerians get more quality jobs in oil companies.
As a result, many Nigerian companies are already getting juicy contracts from oil companies. For example…
NigerDockNig. PLC got an off shore platform contract from Exxon Mobile.
S.C.C Limited, a Nigerian company, got a contract of N7.8 billion ($49.9 million) from Royal Dutch Shell for the manufacture of high pressure line pipes – which before that law was usually awarded to foreign companies.
The result? These companies will employ more Nigerians to do the job.
In 2015, the mining industry will be another next big one.
FMTI – Jonathan launches Nigeria Industrial Revolution Plan, NEDEP
Premium Times – 30 vehicle manufacturing plants set to open in Nigeria
CNBC Africa – Nissan makes first made-in-Nigeria car
The Sun – Innoson rolls out 500 made in Nigeria cars today
Nigerian Tribune – Are these cars really made in Nigeria?
Vanguard – From Spare Parts Trader to Motor Giant: The story of Innoson
Vanguard – 6 foreign firms, Dangote to begin mining gold, iron ore in 2015
2. Shouting "UP NEPA" Will Soon Be History
"President Jonathan's effort to make power (aka. NEPA
light) constant is where most Nigerians are already beginning
to see results. I now sleep with NEPA light almost every night"
– Anthony Obuegbe, Blogger
95% of Nigerian businesses (or more) depend on electricity (aka. Power). Some depend heavily on it; others can survive without it.
NEPA light is usually not dependable. So most businesses depend on their noisy, smoky, fuel consuming and easily spoilt generators.
But since President Jonathan intervened, NEPA light has seen great improvement.
How did he do it?
When he came in, he studied what past governments has done.
These governments have pumped in billions; yet, no visible result. No matter how much they pumped in, corruption and i-don't-care attitude swallowed it.
So in 2013, he took NEPA (aka. Power holdings) from public officers and gave (sold) it to private companies.
If NEPA is owned by a private business, they'll take it seriously – no man plays with his business.
He divided NEPA into 17 companies…
– 6 generation companies (GENCOs)
– 11 distribution companies (DISCOs)
…and sold it to different owners.
Then he went as far as setting up a commission, NERC (aka. Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission), to protect both the consumer (Nigerians) and the companies.
Now, his major focus is increasing megawatt (Aka. The size of electric power).
So that megawatt will get so abundant that there will be no need for NEPA light to go off – and that's why power has been improving.
The result?
Ekene (my guy) owns a small cybercafé with only 3 computers in Lagos (one server; two clients).
He does other services like typing and printing, scanning and sending, lamination etc. Every week, he spends N9,000 on fuel (filling his 30 liter keg cost N3,000 – he buys fuel 3x a week).
In a month, he spends almost N40,000 on fuel.
But since power started improving, his story has changed. As of late December last year (2014), he was still using the fuel he bought in November.
When NEPA light finally becomes constant, he will be saving N40,000 every month. Now imagine what he can do with extra N40,000.
He can…
– Improve his business
– Make his service cheaper and
– Improve his life
And he's just one business. Now think about the thousands of similar businesses across Nigeria. How many people will it affect?
Dangote spends N250 Million daily on diesel – in just one of his cement factory.
And he's not the only one. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of similar businesses across Nigeria.
Now imagine what will happen to the price of things in the market when power finally becomes constant and reliable.
Nigeria Electricity Privatization Project – Background
Channels Tv – Jonathan Hands Over Certificates To PHCN Successor Companies
Reuters – Nigeria hands state power assets to private buyers
New Telegraph – Dangote spends N250m daily on diesel at Ogun cement factory
National Morror – FG targets 12,500mw of electricity by 2017
3. Railways To Make Transport Fast, Stress Free, Comfortable And Cheaper
If you're a frequent traveler, you may have started noticing the railway lines on the road.
That is President Jonathan's effort to ease the stress of transportation for the common man – and make business activities smoother.
When it's finally completed, traffic hold-up will disappear.
A lot of people have lost their job – and important contracts – because of traffic hold up.
Take Lagos state for example, to drive from Amukoko to mile 2 is not supposed to take up to one hour. But most times, it takes more than 4 hours. It's even worse in some areas.
How did he do it?
When President Jonathan (and his team) came on board, the rail sector was in a sorry state. Every infrastructure decayed. Rail activities almost stopped.
President Jonathan's strategy has been massive rehabilitation – where possible, he went for low interest loans.
Trains have started running again in some parts of Nigeria.
In December, my cousin's friend, Michael, traveled from Port Harcourt to Abia via train. He got to Abia within 45minutes. He paid just N150 – under air condition o.
By bus, it usually cost N650 (in December) – and takes – 2hrs (if no hold up o).
International Railway Journal – Nigeria backs rail to boost economic growth
This Day Live – KPMG Report: $13bn High Speed Rail to Save Nigeria Road Maintenance Cost
Premium Times – Nigeria secures N80bn loan for Abuja-Kaduna train project
Vanguard – FG, CCECC sign $1.5b Lagos/Ibadan rail project
Wikipedia – Nigerian Railway Corporation
4. Thanks to YouWIN: Idea Rich Nigerians (with no Money) Can Now Own a Big Business
Many Nigerian youths have great business ideas – but no money.
They don't have collateral to borrow from banks. And when they do, the interest rate is scary.
Some try looking for good jobs – so that they can save. But no job.
So their ideas die with them.
President Jonathan knows this. So in 2011, he brought out a solution – YouWIN.
And how does YouWIN work? Simple!
You submit your business plan. If it's good, you get between N1 Million – N10 Million grant – you DON'T pay back.
The result?
As of 2014, 44,000 youths have won.
Adora in Enugu lost her bank job. She applied for YouWIN and got N8.5 Million. Now she owns a big poultry.
Utibe is a web designer. He won the YouWin Competition. Now, his business has gone to the next level.
Tolulope owns a small cosmetic manufacturing business. She used to work from home and worked with plastic containers. She got N10 Million YouWIN grant. Now her business is big.
Mr. Ibrahim in Lagos is an engineer. He got N10 Million grant. Now he owns a robotic company.
And there are over 44,000 young Nigerians that got similar grants. Now think of the impact – how many more Nigerians will these businesses employ?
The Sun – Jonathan launches $50m Venture Capital Fund, YouWin Batch 4
[Video] Nairaland – YouWinWithGEJ;testimonies From Few Of The Beneficiaries
After School Africa – How I won in the YouWIN Business Plan Competition – Interview with Utibe Etim
5. The value of Naira (to Dollar) Fell: Yet, Food Price Did Not Increase – It's not Accident
Recently, oil price in the world fell from $115 (per barrel) to $49 – and oil is Nigeria's major income source.
To make matters worse, America (our biggest customer) stopped buying from us.
As a result, Naira value (to dollar) fell from N168 (per dollar) to over N200. Yet, it did not affect food price – unlike before.
Because of the great changes President Jonathan made in the Agric sector.
– Ended 40 year of corruption in fertilizer distribution (within 3 months) – as a result, 10 Million Nigerian farmers now get fertilizers with ease.
– Introduced paddy (dry season) rice which lead to 467,000 new jobs – and 1.1 Million tonnes of extra rice. As a result, these new farmers collectively earned N37 Billion.
– Banned rice importation to help local farmers grow – even the President (and everybody in Aso Rock) eat only made-in-Nigeria rice.
– Increase Nigeria's rice milling company from 1 to 18.
– Worked with Nigerian based research institutes to crate faster (and higher) producing seedlings
The Result?
Agriculture became the next big thing – it became a big support for the economy.
As of 2011, Nigeria was spending N1.8 Trillion ($11 billion) yearly to import food. By 2014, the number fell to N875 billion ($5.3 Billion). As a result, food price has stopped rising the way it used to.
As if that is not enough, Agriculture is now becoming a big business: even big foreign companies want to take part.
So far, Nigeria has attracted over N1.7 Trillion worth of Investment.
We (Nigeria) are now the world largest producer of Cassava.
The Economist – Why the oil price is falling
VOX – Why oil prices keep falling — and throwing the world into turmoil
Daily Independent – National food imports dropped by $5.3b in one year
This Day Live – 2015 Rice Importation Ban: Disregard US Report, FG Urged
National Daily – Saving Nigeria from over-dependence on imported rice
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Scene 1
Arohi says deep none of your games would work. I learned this from you.
Virat says to Deep kill him. Deep says we have to give him a share. Deep says okay we agree. We can't give you this address. We will let you know when we go there.
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Bye. He leaves. Arohi says how will I get out of here. Tara sees him roping him.
Deep comes to Tara. She says you roped her but didn't kill. He says I have told you many times I can't kill her. She says I feel like you cheat on me. He says stop with you craziness.
Tara gets a call and the man says go to Arohi's parents as Arohi and ask them for code. She says I will kill them after that.
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Deep's thugs hit Arohi's parents. Her mom cries and says please leave my husband. Don't hit him. Tara comes there and says mama me Arohi you daughter. Mama.. She says Arohi? Tara hugs her and says mama you and papa met an accident. She says where were you our daughter. We have been detained all these years. How did you come here? Tara says I wont let anything happen to you. She says save your dad. Tara says do you know the code? Please tell me that code. This is the only way to save papa.
Arohi tries to open her arms. Mom says i can't tell you that code. It is of poor people. They kept it as bait. The owner of company wanted to own it but your dad said he wont give that code to anyone. She kidnapped us and told the world that we are dead. Go from here before they see yoy. Tara says if you tell me the code I can fix it. Mom says I can't tell you. Tell me the code.
The reporter takes out Arohi.
A thug puts gun on Tara. Mom says please leave my daughter. Tar says mom please save me. Tell them the code. Arohi rushes. Mausi tries to stop her but reporter hits her head and she faints. Arohi goes after deep.
The thug says I will shoot her. Mom says the code is Arohi6421.
Arohi comes there and hides. SHe says so tara came here as Arohi. Ma is so scared. Malik says leave the old man. Mom says malik has detained us here. He is bad. he will kill us. Malik is Virat. Everyone is dazed. Arohi is dazed. She says Virat is Malik not Deep. He detained my parents.
Precap-Virat says you said code for the girl who isn't your daughter. Virat says kill them both. Arohi says how will I save my parents.
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The emergence of Duplex was the opening salvo in Google's broadening voice technique, which works past powering a world-class AI assistant to supply shoppers the power to work together with companies through an automatic bot, whereas concurrently providing companies conversational companies to assist them work together with clients.
Because the emergence of Duplex, Google Cloud launched Contact Middle AI to handle customer support facilities and to enhance conversations with clients. The voice technique continued with aggressive worldwide enlargement, beginning with the power to learn just about any textual content on Android Go, a lighter model of the Android working system. Voice can be getting used to fill in textual content fields for individuals with basic T9 telephones. Google Assistant additionally picked up new languages, and is now obtainable in additional than 30 languages and 80 nations around the globe.
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Final fall, across the time when Google expanded the RCS initiative for richer SMS with Samsung, Duplex additionally started to roll out, and is now obtainable on Pixel telephones in most components of the US.
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Then final month, Google launched Calljoy to assist small companies harness language fashions to automate administration of incoming calls. Calljoy is being labeled an experiment from Google's Space 120 at launch, however Duplex was known as an experiment at launch too.
Every of those choices enhance upon present options just like the Actions on Google platform for conversational actions and Dialogflow, Google's NLP engine for conversational bots. At I/O this 12 months, the corporate accelerated its voice technique with on-device machine studying to make Google Assistant efficiency as much as 10 occasions quicker and to energy initiatives like Duplex for the net.
The newest iteration of Duplex fills in details about you to make finishing purchases faster and simpler to do. Driving Mode with Google Assistant within the automotive was additionally launched, following the addition of Google Assistant to Google Maps earlier this 12 months and to Android Auto final 12 months.
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Duplex on the internet's chosen use case this week is Hertz rental vehicles, and flight check-in through Google Assistant will start with United Airways. Duplex isn't a normal function software, nevertheless — it's just for calling companies similar to eating places and hair salons.
It is a basic conversational commerce use case, one Fb has caught to since its Messenger Platform emerged in 2016, together with for WhatsApp Enterprise. However Google's method seems extra versatile, able to each voice and textual content interplay.
Right here we see an organization propelling its voice-first technique by being each complete and ubiquitous. Ubiquity is a phrase often utilized by the likes of Alexa, Siri, Bixby, and different assistants to explain an ambition to be obtainable within the dwelling, automotive, and office, but it surely's most true with Google Assistant, which is now obtainable on greater than a billion gadgets.
All of this provides as much as one truth: By some measure, Google could have already gained the chat wars, the competitors between tech giants to persuade the world to undertake their AI assistant on gadgets like sensible audio system, televisions, smartphones, and vehicles.
In sensible audio system, Amazon continues to steer international gross sales with 13.7 million audio system offered in This fall 2018, in line with a Technique Analytics report launched in February. Nonetheless, Google isn't far behind, with 11.5 million models shipped, and previously 12 months Amazon's international market share has slid from close to 80% to about even with Google at 30%.
Canalys and Technique Analytics even discovered that in Q2 2018 Residence Mini audio system outsold all different sensible audio system worldwide.
Regardless of the rising recognition of sensible audio system and sensible shows, Google's dominance relies on the truth that the smartphone continues to be the best way persons are most definitely to work together with an clever assistant.
That is mirrored by a Microsoft survey launched final month that discovered Siri and Google Assistant are the preferred AI assistants: 36% of respondents mentioned they've used every assistant respectively, adopted by Alexa (25%) and Cortana (19%).
Android is now on 2.5 billion month-to-month energetic gadgets, making it far and away the preferred cell working system on Earth. Chrome, which additionally helps Google voice management, is the world's hottest net browser, accounting for almost all of worldwide net visitors. Then there's Google's search monopoly.
However that's shopper adoption. The previous 12 months symbolizes a shift to carry on extra small enterprise and enterprise clients, and one of many largest contenders in the best way of Google's try and persuade enterprise clients to undertake their options is Microsoft and Cortana.
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Regardless of Microsoft's efforts, Cortana is but to be included into a spread of home equipment like Amazon's Alexa and Google Assistant are, and it has failed to draw any main development in shopper utilization or producer adoption for Cortana.
This week on the Construct convention in Seattle, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella emphasised the necessity for a multi-assistant world. That's an idea routinely talked about by Amazon, Fb, and Microsoft, however by no means Google or Apple.
Microsoft additionally showcased advances in its conversational AI — which achieved human parity years in the past. Microsoft Bot Framework and assistants like Cortana are going to have the ability to deal with extra multi-turn dialogue because of Semantic Machines, a startup the corporate acquired final 12 months.
Microsoft additionally urged enterprise clients to create their very own Cortana-like assistants to make their staff extra environment friendly.
The excellence between Microsoft and Google on this state of affairs is that Microsoft is pitching to present clients, which incorporates the vast majority of the Fortune 500. Google, then again, is an organization with simple benefits and a imaginative and prescient of utilizing voice, the only consumer interface, to advance its enterprise pursuits with enterprise clients. This effort is helped alongside by digital monopolies on three instruments elementary to fashionable life: the search engine, the smartphone, and the net browser.
Fb nonetheless owns a number of the most-used chat apps on Earth, Microsoft nonetheless has relationships with most of the world's enterprise clients, and Amazon's Alexa nonetheless has the preferred sensible speaker in the US. However Google's voice technique stays extra complete, comprehensible, and compelling than the remainder.


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