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It’s official! The Melbourne Ska Orchestra juggernaut is well and truly steaming ahead with ‘The Diplomat’ single release and national tour. It’s a great buzz to be bringing our fun lovin’ circus to more Australian states. We’re hitting WA, SA, and NSW (once again).
The new single “The Diplomat” captures all things I love about the MSO and showcases all our singers in a jump-up rocksteady ska setting. Good for the dance moves. Good for the spirit!
Bring along your good vibes and hop on the MSO bus – we got room for everyone.


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I guess 135 comments sounds like a lot, but earlier this month I got more than 50 comments on one post in about 24 hours, and I’m not running what amounts to a water-cooler site for lawyers and law students around the country. Were these 135 comments made up of a dozen or so people posting a dozen times each? Were the posts attributing the one-year drop to any particular cause, or were they, as Breyer, Souter, and at least some of the relevant data indicated, just a random fluctuation? (Ruth Bader Ginsberg has noted this year’s decline in at least one speech, but declined to discuss her thoughts on the matter with Greenhouse.) Readers of the article will never know. Greenhouse’s piece was presented as a front-page news story (printed under the rubric “Supreme Court Memo”), but, with the Volokh Conspiracy comment board the only example of any actual debate or discussion, it looks more like an op-ed written by a reporter with a history of political activism: In 1989, Greenhouse participated in a Pro-Choice rally (in violation of Times policy) and in a recent speech, she described crying at a Simon & Garfunkel concert because the war in Iraq had convinced her that her generation was “mak[ing] the same mistakes” in running the country that previous generations had made. The Times has drawn fire in recent years for pushing agendas in its news pages. Without any context, this has the appearance of another example of that type of reporting.
I’ve argued before that statistics can be used to prove almost anything. The Times has one of the most sophisticated news-gathering operations in the world, and its manpower and resources allow it to cover stories in more depth and with more nuance than the vast majority of media outlets out there. It wouldn’t take much to throw in some context with those figures (and it would make sense for the Times to be extra-careful about the appearance of reporters using the news pages as a forum for their political views). When the media is under attack from so many quarters, it’s crucial places like the Times do absolutely everything it can to show readers it deserves their attention and trust. This would be a good — and cheap — place to start.
* This section initially read: “A handful of sites in the Gawker media empire were regularly topping 350,000 page views a day back in September 2004. (That appears to be the last month that Nick Denton, Gawker Media’s proprietor, posted data on daily web traffic.)” The site traffic figures posted on Denton’s site are actually live; he posted the blog entry in which he began putting up page view figures in 2004.
In general I agree about the one year trends and statistics. But the article and associated graphic also describes more significant trends: ie that in the last 7 terms, Scalia has chosen only two women among his his twenty eight slots. Kennedy has chosen only three. It’s not just a one year trend, and it is a signifcant difference from the other judges.
There is no right to a job as a Supreme Court clerk. It’s freakishly hard to even be in a position to apply. So the disparate hiring by gender or any other factor pales in comparison to the mimuscule odds of even being considered.
Apart from the statistical issues which you covered nicely, frankly…why should anyone care about how many woman are clerks? Or Jews? or blacks? itis even more extreme than anguishing over women at the Augusta National Golf Course. .00000001% of men are members, so what’s the difference?
Any woman “qualified” to be a Supreme Court clerk is going to have phenomenal job opportunities anyway. So if she can’t be a clerk for whatever reason…do we cry over this?
25% of graduates of the prestige law schools are Jews. How many Jews are clerks? And 15-18% are Asians. How many are they? And Catholics? Does this racial and gender profiling ever end?

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The change has been implemented in three phases, with students in year 10 already being taught the new GCSE in English and maths. This cohort will therefore be the first to receive a 9-1 grading in 2017, where 9 will be the highest and the equivalent to an A** -a grade which doesnât currently exist. The second phase will introduce new accredited courses for the arts, science, humanities and languages. Business, technology and media will follow in the third phase.
By 2019, all GCSEs will be using the new grading system. They will follow a linear path with exams at the end of KS4 and offer âmore demandingâ content to raise standards.
It is thought that roughly the same number of students will achieve a 4 and above, equivalent to a C grade. The top 20 per cent of those who get a grade 7 and above, will get a grade 9.
Unions have expressed concerns over âa short time scaleâ for schools to implement the changes. In May, five GCSE courses due to be taught in September were still waiting for accreditation. An NUT survey in 2012 showed that teachers and students prefer a modular approach.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Starts with a granulator, which enables the use of a volumetric cold press of high productivity; this can be completed with optional devices to assemble the pin inside the pre-pressed crown and to stock the assembled beads on the graphite trays ready to be sinterized in a tunnel furnace in reducing atmosphere.
The machine to thread the beads on the steel wire enables the automation of this long and boring operation, executed only manually up to now.
The process is completed by the machines for the plastic coating of the wire, which guarantees the safety of the operators in case the diamond wire breaks off during its use, and the wire sharpening machine that removes the plastic residuals, and that by uncovering the diamond makes the beads efficient from the first cut.
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Suitable for: This book will interest scholars and students of modern Indian history, literature, journalism, practicing journalists as well general readers interested in biographies.
Robert Knight, the principal founder and the first editor of Times of India, Mumbai and Statesman, Kolkata has hardly ever been mentioned in accounts of British India and omitted from biographical dictionaries. Using remote letters, crumbling newspapers, and obscure official archives, this book presents the first historical biography of the pioneering editor. It also outlines the history of two of today's leading newspapers. Knight fought for a press free of government restraint or intimidation. An ardent critic of colonial rule, he made the press a â€˜fourth estate'â€“ a part of the political process in India. This volume documents the making of the reformer editor, taking us through his London background and start in Bombay; the first editorship and creation of the Times of India; the ill-fated move to Calcutta, the launching of the Statesman; the London venture; and finally the mature editor coming to terms with the empire. Against a backdrop of key events of Indian history from 1857 onwards, Robert Knight's editorial responses, and his personal life are all lucidly intertwined in this biography. Edwin Hirschmann elaborates on the connections of the world of newsprint with the colonial establishment and Indian people. He also provides a fresh approach to the Orientalism debate by deploying the narrative of an Englishman, involved in the age of the emerging public communication system.

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Caught with 0.5 grams of cocaine and 3 grams of cannabis while entering a music festival.
Appeal upheld and resentenced under section 10(1)(a) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act.
That means the charges were dismissed.
Our client’s conviction was struck out and she wasn’t even put on a good behaviour bond.
We submitted to the Court that the weight of the drugs was inaccurate because it included the weight of the plastic bags they were contained in. We then explained the awful events in our client’s life that had triggered her drug use, as well as her attempts to change her behaviour, including moving states and starting a new career. That helped us to finish our submissions by relying on her (very) good character, remorse, and the effect of a criminal conviction on her future.
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Sentenced under section 10(1)(b) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act.
That means NO conviction, and a 12-month good behaviour bond.
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His Honour reminded our client of the dangers of driving without a license, referring to the devastating 2017 crash caused by a driver without a license, which killed the entire Falkholt family.


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In the quest to be above average, the vast majority of active investors achieve results far below the mean. Manisha Thakor with two reasons for this striking underperformance and what led her to become an evidence-based investor.
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industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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Mission: threewalls was founded in 2003 to provide greater support and visibility for the visual arts community in Chicago. The founders wanted to encourage a greater awareness of Chicago’s art scene by inviting emerging professional artists to Chicago to share in the city’s rich histories, resources and creative communities. In an effort to provide meaningful support to emerging artists, curators and writers, threewalls has worked to form a sustainable organization that provides exhibition space, residency opportunities and artist fees to both visiting artists through the residency fellowship and to regional artists through the SOLO program.
Today, threewalls operates a year-round self-directed research residency; commissions a major project by a visiting artist working in, collaborating and otherwise interacting with the region; supports four SOLO exhibitions of work by local and regional artists; programs a SALON series and symposium program to generate open dialogue, presentation of new ideas and the publication of new writing; as well as partnering with other organizations on publications and education, in an effort to broaden and contribute to the contemporary visual arts.
The Artist-in-research residency at threewalls offers opportunities to curators, artists, critics, creative administrators, and visual arts researchers to live and work in Chicago and take advantage of the unique resources offered in the Midwest. threewalls provides a home-base for that work, with connections and affiliations to a broad range of organizations small and large throughout the region.
We are looking for residents who want to become part of a vibrant artist-led organization, which hosts and produces exhibitions, public programs, conferences, discussion series, artist commissioning projects, and publications. We have a dedicated audience and offer access to a growing network of regional, national and international artistic communities. We welcome cultural producers who are interested in writing, reading, organizing, publishing and teaching as a creative practice, have a sense of humor and a desire to challenge themselves and their work. We can accommodate collectives and collaborative projects.
Cost: The residency costs $200/week. A limited number of fellowships will be available. Selection is based on quality of work, proposed project or research and its relevancy to Chicago and the greater Midwest region in the residency application. As an option to residents who want to offset costs, threewalls has a curated kickstarter page where we can highlight artists’ campaigns to raise money for their stay. We’re also open to other fundraising ideas or possible events, so please let us know how we can help you out.
Accommodations: An apartment space with private lockable bedroom with adjacent office/studio space (200 sq feet), a shared kitchen and a workshop with basic tools located behind the exhibition space and office.
150 sq feet gallery space with separate entrance that is connected to threewalls main gallery. It can be used for exhibitions, events, reading groups, shared meals, extra studio space, etc.
While the residency is mostly self-directed, threewalls staff will connect you with with local organizations and curators for studio visits and possible collaborations. Residents also have access to our residency advisory board, which represents a diverse group of artists, critics and curators in the Chicago art community. We will include residents’ events and projects in our web and email marketing.
Demographic/Medium: Projects can include film, intervention, public installation, pedagogical experiments, publishing, recording, performance, curating or more traditional studio practices. An emphasis on interdisciplinary research, collaboration, and proposals that take our region and its communities and institutions as a specific site of inquiry are of interest, but not required. Since we have a gallery space specifically for resident use, projects with a public component are encouraged. The Artist-in-Research Program is a laboratory for experimentation and critical dialogue, and therefore we do not have any expectations for the completion of artwork or projects.
Benefits: Exhibitions, public programs, conferences, discussion series, artist commissioning projects, publications, critical dialogue, threewalls staff will connect you with with local organizations and curators for studio visits and possible collaborations, 150 sq feet gallery space, An apartment space with private lockable bedroom with adjacent office/studio space (200 sq feet), and a limited number of fellowships will be available.
Residents also have access to our residency advisory board, which represents a diverse group of artists, critics and curators in the Chicago art community. We will include residents’ events and projects in our web and email marketing.
threewalls also hosts a collaborative session each August with Harold Arts in Chesterhill, OH. Deadlines for application are in May.
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On January 26, during the opening of 'Shadow Pieces' the annual groupshow at Eva Steynen.Deviation(s) in Antwerp, Michel Vaerwijck, photographer and wave artist, will install his large antenna, analogue transmitter and Morse key for his performance We need larger antennae.
During the whole evening the puplic can leave a message that will be send live in Morse into space.
Your message will travel on long waves, and pass the moon after 1,20 seconds, Mars after 7 minutes and leave our Solar System after 5 hours to travel on forever & ever, fighting the inverse square law.
Leave your beautiful message of love, failure, remorse or regret at his desk or mail it to the gallery. You will receive a certificate of transmission.
Like light, humanity becomes visible when it reflects. And probably the strongest testimony of humanity is in the contemplation on fragility in failure, remorse or regret. In this era of doubt we need larger antennae to listen to the signals and send messages, as eternal testimonies of our delicate humanity. So, leave your message now!
You can transmit your short messages right from the heart, the day of the performance or send it now already to the artist: info@c41.be.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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Skittish researches curatorial models for performance art in the white cube gallery space for the regular day-time viewers. Skittish is three exhibitions and is the first stage of two stages in this research. Each set of curators at each of the three galleries collaborated with me curate a sculptor alongside my art. The proposition was that all art forms of sculpture, video and performance, hold similar artistic concerns and artistic processes. An 'outside eye/ researcher' was employed, Joanne Lee, who is a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University in Graphic design. She interviewed the curators, artists and myself throughout the three exhibitions.
Skittish researches curatorial models for performance art in the white cube gallery space for the regular day-time viewers. Skittish is three exhibitions and is the first stage of two stages in this research. Each set of curators at each of the three galleries collaborated with me curate a sculptor alongside my art. The proposition was that all art forms of sculpture, video and performance, hold similar artistic concerns and artistic processes. An 'outside eye/ researcher' was employed, Joanne Lee, who is a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University in Graphic design. She interviewed the curators and artists throughout the three exhibitions.
Participatory arts: Mothers make art to heal minor mental health trauma.
The course was for twelve weeks, three hours a week, and we had a crèche for the Mothers’ children. The group of women were recruited from playgroups and attended the course wishing to question their experience of birth, parenting and fertility through art. The group was not a co-facilitation group as such, but instead over the duration of the course they brought their skills and knowledge to their individual art practice. Whilst I facilitated the group I was simultaneously in another themed group therapy, as a participant, with an art therapist for women that had experienced minor trauma in the birth or early months of their child.
32 significant moments: An artist's practice as research.
Puff of smoke: Curator's symposium.
This day-long workshop and symposium at The Tetley is geared at curators, producers and programmers who already work with performance practices in a gallery context or intend to. It will be an opportunity to shape debate and to create new networks and communities of practice. The day will begin with a case study of Lisa Watts' touring research project Skittish (2013 -2014) presented by artist and writer Joanne Lee (Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at NottinghamTrent University). The research and dialogue for this case study has prompted a series of provocations which will initiate the day's discussions, which will be led by four artist/performers; Jordan McKenzie (artist of performance/ film/ site specific art); Ralph Dartford (ACE officer, writer, performance poet); Victoria Gray (artist of performance/ video) and Sarah Spanton (artist, performer, facilitator and arts consultant). Intended to be a richly conversational session, participants will be encouraged to share and discuss their own experience of and questions about curating live works in a gallery context.
Not a Decorator researches curatorial models for performance art in the white cube gallery space for the regular day-time viewers. Not a Decorator is three exhibitions and is the second stage of two stages in this research. In this second stage I collaborated with the curators on how best to show my performances and videos and the resulting exhibition was the result of the dialogue. An 'outside eye/ researcher' was employed, Joanne Lee, who is a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University in Graphic design. She interviewed the curators, artists and myself throughout the three exhibitions. There will be a symposium held later in 2018 titled, Blink that will discuss the findings.


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Out Here Magazine - Tractor Supply Co.
Working with a team of writers, photographers, and designers, I helped create the quarterly customer magazine for Tractor Supply Co. I provided art direction for cover story photo shoots, and handled the look and feel of entire issues.


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The New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) was established in 1957 for State employees. The next year, NYSHIP opened to local governments and school districts. Now, more than 50 years later, NYSHIP is one of the largest public employer health insurance programs in the nation, protecting over 1.2 million State and local government employees, retirees, and their families.
If you are a New York State public employer, learn why more than 800 local government entities have already chosen to join NYSHIP.
The PA/PE Resource Center provides current topics of interest to NYSHIP participating agencies and employers.
NYSHIP Online for employees or retirees offers complete access to information about health benefits and other resources.
HBA Online is an administrative resource for agency Health Benefit Administrators (HBAs). Your user ID and password is required. Log-in assistance is available.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


text: Feature selection involves identifying a subset of the most useful features that produces compatible results as the original entire set of features. A feature selection algorithm may be evaluated from both the efficiency and effectiveness points of view. While the efficiency concerns the time required to find a subset of features, the effectiveness is related to the quality of the subset of features. Based on these criteria, a fast clustering-based feature selection algorithm (FAST) is proposed and experimentally evaluated in this paper. The FAST algorithm works in two steps. In the first step, features are divided into clusters by using graph-theoretic clustering methods. In the second step, the most representative feature that is strongly related to target classes is selected from each cluster to form a subset of features. Features in different clusters are relatively independent, the clustering-based strategy of FAST has a high probability of producing a subset of useful and independent features. To ensure the efficiency of FAST, we adopt the efficient minimum-spanning tree (MST) clustering method. The efficiency and effectiveness of the FAST algorithm are evaluated through an empirical study. Extensive experiments are carried out to compare FAST and several representative feature selection algorithms, namely, FCBF, ReliefF, CFS, Consist, and FOCUS-SF, with respect to four types of well-known classifiers, namely, the probability-based Naive Bayes, the tree-based C4.5, the instance-based IB1, and the rule-based RIPPER before and after feature selection. The results, on 35 publicly available real-world high-dimensional image, microarray, and text data, demonstrate that the FAST not only produces smaller subsets of features but also improves the performances of the four types of classifiers.

industry_corpus2: Artificial Intelligence


text: The F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet is the newest highly capable, affordable and available tactical aircraft in maritime aviation. The Super Hornet will continue to be the backbone of the U.S. Navy carrier wing now and for decades to come. Experience the awesomeness of this mighty fighter during multiple exercises and operations around the world!

industry_corpus2: Aerospace


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Sodium Borate is the same as Borax, but not to be confused with Boric Acid (many documents refer to these interchangeably, but they are definitely not the same ingredient). However, as you may have some concerns here, we’d like to explain what this is and why we’ve chosen to use it in our products.
A lot of the anti-borax literature concentrates on the emotive statement that this ingredient is found in cockroach killers. Although this is true, concentration and ingredient combinations are relevant. Ingestion of high concentrations of borax are most certainly toxic, but this is far removed from the quantities and applications used in our skincare products. An analogy would be that salt, although essential for life, can also be toxic if consumed in concentrated amounts. As a direct comparison, the median lethal dose in rats for common salt is; 3.0 g/kg (body weight), and for Boron is 2.66g/kg (Reference Wiki) and they have about the same level of acute toxicity. Borax is categorized as not acutely toxic and non-carcinogenic (1), and it is readily excreted in urine. Hence even with prolonged exposure, Borax does not accumulate in the body.
Material Safety Data Sheets list borax as a health hazard of level 1, which is the same as baking soda or common table salt. Skin effects of concentrated borax are similar to prolonged exposure to baking soda, or salt, and are most likely caused by the abrasive nature of the crystals and the alkaline pH of around 9. These irritant properties are no longer applicable once borax is incorporated into a cream or soap formulation because of the extremely diluted nature of the Sodium Borate, and the fact that the abrasive crystals are uniformly dissolved in the base cream and therefore no longer present.
Sodium Borate (or borax) is an important boron compound, a mineral, and a salt of boric acid. It is a white powder, consisting of soft colourless crystals that are easily dissolved in water, with a chemical structure of Na2B4O7. This means that one molecule of borax is made up of 2 molecules of sodium (the same sodium that is found in sodium chloride, or common table salt), 4 molecules of Boron, and seven molecules of oxygen.
Boron is an essential nutrient for plants and maybe humans too.
We all know what sodium and oxygen are, but what exactly is boron? It is defined as an essential nutrient for plants, but until recently has not been generally recognised as being essential for human beings. Recent research indicates that boron may play pivotal roles in the metabolism of calcium, magnesium and vitamin D in bone health and arthritis, and also contributes to digestion and hormonal systems, including reproductive glands and the thyroid (2) (3).
Recent research also seems to indicate that many people (in America) have suboptimal dietary boron, especially where food sources are grown in boron deficient soils (4).
This is also applicable in Australia because Australian soils are generally quite deficient in boron. A number of readily available mineral supplements now contain borax in order to provide the bioavailable boron that the body needs.
That is the technical bit, but what is Sodium Borate? Most of the world’s industrial borax is mined from dried salt lakes from either Turkey or California. There is no synthetic borax: it all comes from Mother Nature and ancient evaporative lakes. The mined mineral is simply dehydrated to create the chemical that is used in industry and manufacturing.
In our research (as with any research) we found many different opinions about the use of Sodium Borate in cosmetics and skincare. Unfortunately, some reviews seem to suggest that almost anything is dangerous to put on your skin. If you are at all familiar with Paleo Skincare, you’ll know that we do not condone putting just 'anything' on your skin.
We believe that Sodium Borate is not dangerous in the amounts that we use. It has GRAS status in cosmetics at levels up to 5%, and we use it in levels less than or equal to 1% The amount of actual boron in our products is less than 0.2%. Sodium Borate has very important function in our products as it prevents and distorts bacterial growth and therefore helps to ensure that the product won’t spoil. A spoiled product would be far more dangerous for you to use.
Sodium borate also has many more essential functions in our formulations than just helping to inhibit the bad bugs and moulds. It is also unsurpassed as an emulsifying agent, especially when combined with bees’ wax, acts as a water softener, a pH buffer, and a gentle cleanser and antiseptic.
We would be negligent as a skincare manufacturer to sell products which degraded rapidly or were easily contaminated with microbes or mould. We carefully consider all the ingredients that are included in our products to ensure that they are the safest ingredients available to use. Nevertheless, because of the minimal use of preservatives, our products do have a limited shelf life once they have been opened.
We feel you have far more cause for concern regarding the use of formaldehyde, petrochemicals, phthalates, manufactured fragrances and preservative chemicals and the many other nasty things you can find lurking in your cosmetics and cleansers at home.
Due to labeling loopholes which mean that ingredients found in very low concentrations do not have to be listed many manufacturers do not list all the ingredients their products contain. We list all our ingredients and have researched them thoroughly to be certain that all our ingredients are safe for your skin.

industry_corpus2: Petrochemicals


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I have a Joomla! 2.5 site which has a Codingfish Discussions forum installed. I would like to migrate that to Kunena 4.05/Joomla! 3.4.
I have found old forum posts and pages in the wiki which mention Kunena extensions called Kunena Installer or Kunena Forum Importer that has support for Codingfish Discussions migration, but I cannot find that extension on the Kunena.org download page.
Can someone point me to it, and/or suggest the proper steps to follow to accomplish my task?
That archive is missing the installer xml. Is it available elsewhere?
It's available only on this place, on which Joomla! version did-you have tried ?
Joomla! 2.5.28 and I've also installed Kunena 2.0. The install fails because in the zip linked above there is no xml to run the install.
Interestingly, com_kunenaimporter seems to have support for Discussions by Codingfish; i found a file export_discussions.php in it that looks like it deals with this schema.
Thank for your help, I appreciate it.
Thanks a lot for the quick reply and the link with the component XML. I'll come back here and let you know how our conversion goes. I know it's a crap shoot and the migration isn't supported any longer, but it might be worth documenting in this way for the next person.
I'm sorry it took me a while to return to this thread. Once we had the Kunena Importer component with the XML, it was very easy. We updated Joomla! 2.5 to the final version, 2.5.28. Then we installed Kunena 2.0 and com_kunenaimporter, and followed the documented process to convert. It was successful on the first attempt. We then updated Kunena as far as 4.03, tested that it was working on the front end, and updated Joomla! to 3.4.5. The board is working perfectly and all data has migrated as expected. We have since applied updates to Joomla! and to Kunena.
Thanks. This tool saved a lot of tedious and expensive time in phpMyAdmin.
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I want to bring this topic back.
Kunena is not installed or the installed Kunena version is not supported. The Kunena Importer has been disabled. Please install/upgrade Kunena to version 1.7 for the Kunena Importer to function properly.
I also tried installing kunena 2.0.4 but nothing. It says it was installed succesfully but it seems not to work.
Any suggestions? I appreacite all kind of help. Thanks!
Like the error message say, you need to have Kunena 1.7.2 and not the 2.0.4 because only Kunena 1.7.2 is supported by this importer.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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When my mother was 19, she came to the United States on a scholarship to attend a small liberal arts college in upstate New York. The college had pledged to fund her tuition, room, and board, but apart from that, she had only $20 and a jacket purchased from a garage sale by an aunt in England, who was shocked to find the teenager from Calcutta New York-bound with little by way of fall, never mind winter, clothes.
She’d had a privileged upbringing—the privilege of the relatively low-salaried but comparatively high-perked Indian professional class. Car and driver ensured she never crossed the street on her own. She didn’t do dishes or laundry. Ironing was inconceivable.
She’d learned only to make two dishes in a Home Sciences course at her English-medium school: scrambled eggs and chocolate brandy soufflé.
The college provided tuition and board, but nothing beyond the essentials of academic life, and no summer stipend. My mother couldn’t afford a plane ticket to go home. So, young and bold, she convinced the dean to fund her summers on the understanding that she would finish college in two years, thus saving the school the costs of what would otherwise have been a four-year degree.
Still, she had no spending money. So while peers dispersed to their parents’ vacation homes in the Hamptons, she and a few other international students worked in the dorms, cleaning out the vacated rooms, vacuuming, dusting, and wiping, and shaking their heads in disbelief at the barely used appliances and furniture orphaned by well-to-do coeds, who would just as lavishly outfit their new rooms come fall.
When my parents met in graduate school, my father had a hunk-a-junk car, probably worth as much as an iPod. He wore green pants and a blue shirt. When an immigration “reform” bill threatened employment opportunities for foreign students in the early 1980s, he abandoned his doctorate for a job and the promise of a green card.
My parents didn’t have family or savings in the United States, but they were highly educated and capable. They became American citizens during the 1990s, a decade of optimism and prosperity. And they gave my brother and me a privileged upbringing. We’ve attended three of this nation’s finest universities, one private, two public, and been the recipients of my parents’ love, commitment, and thoughtfulness—not to mention three decades of their full-time work. When I took my first job, I was able to move back home to save money. I’ve never wanted for a $20 bill.
The American story” is one of the most potent tropes deployed by politicians, matched only by “the American dream,” and we’re hearing a lot of both in the weeks leading up to November 6. In some mouths, the “American story” is an attempt to legitimate the worthiness of the wealthy before the less privileged. In others, it is used as testament to the hard work, abilities, and fortune of the formerly disadvantaged.
In most cases, the story works to conceal two things. First, its exceptionalism: “Rags to riches” (or power or fame) is not a universal story, nor a common one. Indeed, the logic of global capital is that most in rags must stay in rags, so that others can get rich. The story also works to conceal its limited focus: Wealth, power, and celebrity—the putative “dream”—are not and should not be our only explicit goals and commitments as a country. Unqualified “growth” and “progress” (which almost always means the economic advancement of the few) have to be re-specified so that the American story is one in which we achieve a whole host of different dreams (plural) that exceed the normative dictates of a technocratic, materialistic society.
The American story works because it conceals these things. In every instance of its invocation, it is crafted. When abused, as by Dinesh D’Souza in his polemical attacks on President Obama, or Nikki Haley in her speech at the RNC, it allows historical distortion and sectarian chauvinism to masquerade as familial anecdote.
D’Souza’s caricature of Obama as an “anti-colonialist” (whom he supposedly recognizes because of their shared “third world” backgrounds) is not only intellectually shallow, but also elides the fact that the United States was founded by anti-colonialists and critics of empire. He doesn’t tell that American story.
Nikki Haley, who frequently cites her parents’ injunction that she be grateful to live in America (and not in India, heaven forbid!), never plumbs the range of contexts that spur immigrant journeys, nor the variety of opportunities that exist all over the world, nor the challenges and discrimination immigrants in the United States have faced, and continue to. She doesn’t tell that American story.
Because “the American story” is not about nuance. Ultimately, it is a rhetorical device, heir to misuse.
If I were a politician, what would constitute my American story? Well, the part about my mother coming to this country with $20 and a used jacket would make the cut. The bit about the college scholarship would have to go. Janitorial work in the dorm rooms would stay. I would amplify my gratitude to my parents for instilling in me the value of education and the right to pursue my so-called dream. But I wouldn’t mention that before coming to the United States, my mother was circulating as Miss Calcutta in the cosmopolitan circles of urban India, and gave up a burgeoning media career for small-town snows and textbooks.
She came with a recipe for chocolate brandy soufflé, and she never in her wildest dreams imagined she would stay.
We’re not supposed to tell that story.


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Most of the time it's our job to make people look good. This time - in the new issue (August 2013) of the Digital Production magazine - they are making us look good.
Who knows more about a films visual effects than it's VFX supervisor?
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On the main page we added a sign in button in the upper right corner, before you had to look a bit for it.
We also simplified the creation of new user accounts. If you thought it was simple before, the new process is even easier. Tell your non RailMeets friends, it’s easy to get started!
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The United States and Britain have in the past offered radios, body armour, medical supplies, money and food to rebels fighting Assad, but a U.S. embassy spokesman in Turkey declined to give details of what supplies may have been halted.
Uruguay's Senate gave final congressional approval Tuesday to create the world's first national marketplace for legal marijuana, an audacious experiment that will have the government oversee production, sales and consumption of a drug illegal almost everywhere else.
The vote was 16 to 13, with the governing Broad Front majority united in favor. The plan now awaits the signature of President Jose Mujica, who wants the market to begin operating next year.
Two-thirds of Uruguayans oppose a government-run marijuana industry, according to opinion polls. But Mujica said he's convinced the global drug war is a failure and feels bureaucrats can do a better job of containing addictions and beating organized crime than police, soldiers and prison guards.
Watch President Obama's full remarks at Nelson Mandela's memorial service here.
Scroll down to read the official transcript of Obama's speech, as prepared, from the memorial below.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — U.S. President Barack Obama implored thousands gathered in a cold, rainy stadium and millions watching around the world on Tuesday to carry forward Nelson Mandela's mission of erasing injustice and inequality.
"We, too, must act on behalf of justice. We, too, must act on behalf of peace," said Obama, who like Mandela became the first black president of his country. Obama said that when he was a student, Mandela "woke me up to my responsibilities – to others, and to myself – and set me on an improbable journey that finds me here today."
Addressing the memorial service for Mandela, who died Thursday at age 95, Obama pointed out that "around the world today, men and women are still imprisoned for their political beliefs; and are still persecuted for what they look like, or how they worship, or who they love."
Among the nearly 100 heads of state and government were some from countries like Cuba that don't hold fully democratic elections. On the way to the podium, Obama shook hands with Cuban President Raul Castro, underscoring a recent warming of relations between Cuba and the U.S.
The weather and public transportation problems rain kept many people away. The 95,000-capacity stadium was only two-thirds full.
This morning, a gathering of 90 heads of state and thousands of mourners in Soweto Stadium set aside differences to celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela. Met with deafening cheers from the packed stadium, President Barack Obama delivered stirring remarks to honor Madiba.
Read the official White House transcript of President Obama's speech, as delivered, below.
"Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. To Graça Machel and the Mandela family; to President Zuma and members of the government; to heads of states and government, past and present; distinguished guests — it is a singular honor to be with you today, to celebrate a life like no other. To the people of South Africa — (applause) — people of every race and walk of life — the world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us. His struggle was your struggle. His triumph was your triumph. Your dignity and your hope found expression in his life. And your freedom, your democracy is his cherished legacy.
"It is hard to eulogize any man — to capture in words not just the facts and the dates that make a life, but the essential truth of a person — their private joys and sorrows; the quiet moments and unique qualities that illuminate someone's soul. How much harder to do so for a giant of history, who moved a nation toward justice, and in the process moved billions around the world.
"Born during World War I, far from the corridors of power, a boy raised herding cattle and tutored by the elders of his Thembu tribe, Madiba would emerge as the last great liberator of the 20th century. Like Gandhi, he would lead a resistance movement — a movement that at its start had little prospect for success. Like Dr. King, he would give potent voice to the claims of the oppressed and the moral necessity of racial justice. He would endure a brutal imprisonment that began in the time of Kennedy and Khrushchev, and reached the final days of the Cold War. Emerging from prison, without the force of arms, he would — like Abraham Lincoln — hold his country together when it threatened to break apart. And like America's Founding Fathers, he would erect a constitutional order to preserve freedom for future generations — a commitment to democracy and rule of law ratified not only by his election, but by his willingness to step down from power after only one term.
"Given the sweep of his life, the scope of his accomplishments, the adoration that he so rightly earned, it's tempting I think to remember Nelson Mandela as an icon, smiling and serene, detached from the tawdry affairs of lesser men. But Madiba himself strongly resisted such a lifeless portrait. (Applause.) Instead, Madiba insisted on sharing with us his doubts and his fears; his miscalculations along with his victories. "I am not a saint," he said, "unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying."
"It was precisely because he could admit to imperfection — because he could be so full of good humor, even mischief, despite the heavy burdens he carried — that we loved him so. He was not a bust made of marble; he was a man of flesh and blood — a son and a husband, a father and a friend. And that's why we learned so much from him, and that's why we can learn from him still. For nothing he achieved was inevitable. In the arc of his life, we see a man who earned his place in history through struggle and shrewdness, and persistence and faith. He tells us what is possible not just in the pages of history books, but in our own lives as well.
"Mandela showed us the power of action; of taking risks on behalf of our ideals. Perhaps Madiba was right that he inherited, "a proud rebelliousness, a stubborn sense of fairness" from his father. And we know he shared with millions of black and colored South Africans the anger born of, "a thousand slights, a thousand indignities, a thousand unremembered moments...a desire to fight the system that imprisoned my people," he said.
"Mandela demonstrated that action and ideas are not enough. No matter how right, they must be chiseled into law and institutions. He was practical, testing his beliefs against the hard surface of circumstance and history. On core principles he was unyielding, which is why he could rebuff offers of unconditional release, reminding the Apartheid regime that "prisoners cannot enter into contracts."
"But as he showed in painstaking negotiations to transfer power and draft new laws, he was not afraid to compromise for the sake of a larger goal. And because he was not only a leader of a movement but a skillful politician, the Constitution that emerged was worthy of this multiracial democracy, true to his vision of laws that protect minority as well as majority rights, and the precious freedoms of every South African.
"And finally, Mandela understood the ties that bind the human spirit. There is a word in South Africa —Ubuntu — (applause) — a word that captures Mandela's greatest gift: his recognition that we are all bound together in ways that are invisible to the eye; that there is a oneness to humanity; that we achieve ourselves by sharing ourselves with others, and caring for those around us.
"We can never know how much of this sense was innate in him, or how much was shaped in a dark and solitary cell. But we remember the gestures, large and small — introducing his jailers as honored guests at his inauguration; taking a pitch in a Springbok uniform; turning his family's heartbreak into a call to confront HIV/AIDS — that revealed the depth of his empathy and his understanding. He not only embodied Ubuntu, he taught millions to find that truth within themselves.
"It took a man like Madiba to free not just the prisoner, but the jailer as well — (applause) — to show that you must trust others so that they may trust you; to teach that reconciliation is not a matter of ignoring a cruel past, but a means of confronting it with inclusion and generosity and truth. He changed laws, but he also changed hearts.
"For the people of South Africa, for those he inspired around the globe, Madiba's passing is rightly a time of mourning, and a time to celebrate a heroic life. But I believe it should also prompt in each of us a time for self-reflection. With honesty, regardless of our station or our circumstance, we must ask: How well have I applied his lessons in my own life? It's a question I ask myself, as a man and as a President.
"We know that, like South Africa, the United States had to overcome centuries of racial subjugation. As was true here, it took sacrifice — the sacrifice of countless people, known and unknown, to see the dawn of a new day. Michelle and I are beneficiaries of that struggle. (Applause.) But in America, and in South Africa, and in countries all around the globe, we cannot allow our progress to cloud the fact that our work is not yet done.
"And so we, too, must act on behalf of justice. We, too, must act on behalf of peace. There are too many people who happily embrace Madiba's legacy of racial reconciliation, but passionately resist even modest reforms that would challenge chronic poverty and growing inequality. There are too many leaders who claim solidarity with Madiba's struggle for freedom, but do not tolerate dissent from their own people. (Applause.) And there are too many of us on the sidelines, comfortable in complacency or cynicism when our voices must be heard.
"The questions we face today — how to promote equality and justice; how to uphold freedom and human rights; how to end conflict and sectarian war — these things do not have easy answers. But there were no easy answers in front of that child born in World War I. Nelson Mandela reminds us that it always seems impossible until it is done. South Africa shows that is true. South Africa shows we can change, that we can choose a world defined not by our differences, but by our common hopes. We can choose a world defined not by conflict, but by peace and justice and opportunity.
"We will never see the likes of Nelson Mandela again. But let me say to the young people of Africa and the young people around the world — you, too, can make his life's work your own. Over 30 years ago, while still a student, I learned of Nelson Mandela and the struggles taking place in this beautiful land, and it stirred something in me. It woke me up to my responsibilities to others and to myself, and it set me on an improbable journey that finds me here today. And while I will always fall short of Madiba's example, he makes me want to be a better man. (Applause.) He speaks to what's best inside us.
"After this great liberator is laid to rest, and when we have returned to our cities and villages and rejoined our daily routines, let us search for his strength. Let us search for his largeness of spirit somewhere inside of ourselves. And when the night grows dark, when injustice weighs heavy on our hearts, when our best-laid plans seem beyond our reach, let us think of Madiba and the words that brought him comfort within the four walls of his cell: "It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul."
"What a magnificent soul it was. We will miss him deeply. May God bless the memory of Nelson Mandela. May God bless the people of South Africa. (Applause.)"
World leaders and joyous, singing South Africans gathered Tuesday to honor Nelson Mandela at a Soweto soccer stadium that was half full, amid cold, driving rain.
The crowds twice booed South African President Jacob Zuma, who was to give the keynote address at the service, which started an hour late.

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NBC is getting closer to blaming someone for the edits made to the tape of the 911-call George Zimmerman made just before he shot Trayvon Martin, Reuters reports.
The edits made it sound as though almost the first thing Zimmerman reported about Martin was that he was black, when in fact Zimmerman was only responding to a later question from the dispatcher about what Martin looked like.
NBC has already apologized for the mistake. But it has offered no explanation of how or why it happened.
Now, according to Christopher Fancescani and Peter Lauria at Reuters, the network has found someone to blame -- a "seasoned" producer.
Reuters sources at the network describe the edits as "a very bad mistake," but not a deliberate attempt to make Zimmerman sound racist.
NBC News boss Steve Capus's job is apparently secure.

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There isn’t a better way to find like-minded people than at a seminar. These peers can help you learn about different topics that will better your understanding and therefore, your business. Making new connections is key to furthering your career. Knowing how to network at a seminar is crucial. Here are a few tips.
Come ready. Make sure you bring updated business cards. Know your goals—what do you want to get most out of this seminar? Are you looking to find a new job? Do you want to bring in more business for your company? Or do you want to meet people who will deepen your understanding of your craft and keep you updated on trends?
Make a schedule. Once you know your goals, you can make your schedule. Which people do you need to meet or see present in order to achieve your seminar goals? Who do you want to talk with? Typically, your seminar will have a website that has the schedule and background on the presenters.
If you aren’t sure about what to expect, check our blog post for tips on attending seminars.
Collect business cards from people you want to stay in touch with. It’s better to network with people who will build your career rather than exchange your card with everyone you meet.
Listen and ask (meaningful, excellent) questions. Introduce yourself and pay close attention to what the other person is saying to find out if there is any common ground. Remember, building connections takes time and effort.
Join the conversation on Twitter. Chances are your seminar will have a hashtag. When a presenter says something worth sharing, retweet it. Check the hashtag to see what others are saying. Can you answer someone’s question? Then do so. You might meet people on Twitter that are worth having a bite to eat with while at the seminar.
Send follow-up emails; find your peers on Twitter. Make notes about people you met, and attach them to the business cards they’ve given you.
It’s possible that you didn’t get to connect with everyone you wanted to. Send a note to the presenter or panelist and let them know you appreciate their expertise. You can then request additional information if necessary.
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A 5-year-old, Edith Fuller, is headed to the National Spelling Bee. She’s the youngest contestant ever.
With a white bow in her fine blond hair, Edith Fuller, 5, walked up to the microphone, letting out a deep breath before receiving her 37th word. After more than four hours of competing against children almost three times her age, she had advanced to the final round at the Scripps Green Country Regional Spelling Bee in Tulsa.
“Juh-nah-nuh,” emphasis on the second syllable, was the pronunciation of the word the announcer gave her.
“Juh-nah-nuh,” she replied. “Will you please give me the language of origin?” Edith asked, with the quiet but confident voice of someone far beyond her years.
It’s “a Sanskrit word,” the voice on the microphone said. Edith raised her eyebrows, asking for the definition.
Edith just barely let out a smile as the announcer declared her the champion. The 5-year-old beat about 50 other contestants from across eastern Oklahoma at Saturday night’s regional competition, becoming the youngest person to ever qualify for the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Scripps confirmed.
The miniature spelling master has become an Internet celebrity, impressing people with her ability to crack words that would stump most adults, such as Panglossian, Baedeker, nisei, and Croesus. She will take an expenses-paid trip to compete in the event scheduled for May 30 through June 1 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., just outside Washington, D.C. The National Spelling Bee is open to contestants who haven’t passed the eighth grade, and there is no minimum age to compete.
Last year’s youngest contestant was 6-year-old Akash Vukoti from San Angelo, Tex., who lost after misspelling the word “bacteriolytic” in the early rounds. Before even competing in the national bee, he became a YouTube star and earned guest spots on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and Steve Harvey’s “Little Big Shots.” He lost at his regional bee in Texas last week and won’t be back to Washington this year.
Like Akash, Edith is home-schooled, her parents said in an interview with local television station KJRH.
“We have the freedom to answer her questions, to help her advance at her own pace,” her father said.
Her family first discovered Edith’s skill in spelling last summer, as they sat around the table for dinner one night. The parents were quizzing her on spelling, and asked her to spell “restaurant,” a word she hadn’t been taught. She nailed it.
She then showed Edith a video of a spelling bee on YouTube, and Edith was intrigued.
“We knew there was something special there,” Fuller told the Tulsa World.
Her mother said that learning new words not only prepared her for the contest, but exposed her to foreign cultures and exotic food.
While she has a great deal of practicing to do before traveling to Washington, Edith said she plans to make time for fun, too. “Maybe like play outside or play piano, maybe study animals,” she said.
Throughout Saturday night’s competition, Edith maintained a quiet, serious composure, occasionally playing with the laminated number sign around her neck and swirling side to side in her long, flowery skirt.
Closing her eyes in concentration, and occasionally scrunching up her nose or eyebrows, she correctly spelled word after word. Then she returned to her chair, giving high-fives to the contestant to her right, a tall girl who appeared to be at least twice her age.
“I’m going to D.C.!” she said after winning.
After receiving her trophy, which was nearly her height, she whispered to the man who gave it to her, asking if it was all right to hold it up. By all means, he insisted, hold it up high.
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Ivan Stepanovich Konev (Russian: Ива́н Степа́нович Ко́нев; 28 December [O.S. 16 December] 1897 – 21 May 1973), was a Soviet military commander, who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II, retook much of Eastern Europe from occupation by the Axis Powers, and helped in the capture of Germany's capital, Berlin.
Konev was born into a peasant family near Podosinovets in Vologda Governorate (now - Kirov Oblast). He had little formal education, and worked as a lumberjack before being conscripted into the Russian Army in 1916.
When the Russian Revolution broke out in 1917 he was demobilised and returned home, but in 1919 he joined the Bolshevik party and the Red Army, serving as an artilleryman. During the Russian Civil War he served with the Red Army in the Russian Far Eastern Republic. His commander at this time was Kliment Voroshilov, later a close colleague of Joseph Stalin and Commissar for defense. This alliance was the key to Konev's subsequent career.
In 1926 Konev completed advanced officer training courses at the Frunze Military Academy, and between then and 1931 he held a series of progressively more senior commands, becoming head of first the Transbaikal then the North Caucasus Military Districts. In July 1938 he was appointed a corps commander. In 1937 he became a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet and in 1939 a candidate member of the Party Central Committee.
When Germany attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941, Konev was assigned command of the 19th Army in the Vitebsk region, and waged a series of defensive battles during the Red Army's retreat, first to Smolensk and then to the approaches to Moscow. He commanded the Kalinin Front from October 1941 to August 1942, playing a key role in the fighting around Moscow and the Soviet counter-offensive during the winter of 1941–42. For his role in the successful defense of the Soviet capital, Stalin promoted Konev to Colonel-General.
Konev held high commands for the rest of the war. He commanded the Soviet Western Front until February 1943, the North-Western Front February–July 1943, and the 2nd Ukrainian Front from July 1943 (later further the 1st Ukrainian Front) until May 1945. He participated in the Battle of Kursk, commanding the southern part of the Soviet counter-offensive.
After the victory at Kursk, Konev's armies retook Belgorod, Odessa, Kharkiv and Kiev. The subsequent Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive led to the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket which took place from 24 January to 16 February 1944. The offensive was part of the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive. In it, the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts, commanded, respectively, by Nikolai Vatutin and Konev, trapped German forces of Army Group South in a pocket or cauldron west of the Dnieper river. During weeks of fighting, the two Red Army Fronts tried to eradicate the pocket; the subsequent Korsun battle eliminated the cauldron.
For his achievements in the Ukraine Konev was promoted by Stalin to Marshal of the Soviet Union in February 1944. He was one of Stalin's favorite generals and one of the few senior commanders whom even Stalin admired for his ruthlessness. Konev, according to Beria's son, had "wicked little eyes, a shaven head that looked like a pumpkin and an expression full of self-conceit."
During 1944 Konev's armies advanced from Ukraine and Belarus into Poland and later into Czechoslovakia. By July he had advanced to the Vistula River in central Poland, and was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. In September 1944 his forces, now designated the Fourth Ukrainian Front, advanced into Slovakia and helped the Slovak partisans in their rebellion against German occupation.
In January 1945 Konev, together with Georgy Zhukov, commanded the Soviet armies which launched the massive winter offensive in western Poland, driving the German forces from the Vistula to the Oder River. In southern Poland his armies seized Kraków. Konev preserved Kraków from Nazi-planned destruction by ordering a lightning attack on the city. Konev's January 1945 offensive also prevented planned destruction of the Silesian industry by the retreating Germans. In April his troops, together with the 1st Belorussian Front under his competitor, Marshal Zhukov, forced the line of the Oder and advanced towards Berlin. Konev's forces entered the city, but Stalin gave Zhukov the honor of capturing Berlin and hoisting the Soviet flag over Reichstag. Konev was ordered to the south-west, where his forces linked up with elements of the United States Army at Torgau and also retook Prague shortly after the official surrender of the German forces.
After the war Konev was appointed head of the Soviet occupation forces in Eastern Germany and also Allied High Commissioner for Austria. In 1946 he became commander of Soviet ground forces and First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union, replacing Zhukov. He held these posts until 1950, when he was appointed commander of the Carpathian Military District. This was clearly a demotion, and was in line with Stalin's policy of relegating popular wartime commanders to obscure posts so they would not become threats to his position.
In 1969, the Ministry of Defense of the USSR published Konev's 285 page war memoir called Forty-Five. It was later translated into English in the same year and published by Progress Publishers, Moscow. This work discusses Konev's taking of Berlin, Prague, his work with Marshal Georgi Zhukov, Stalin, his field meeting with General Omar Bradley and Jascha Heifetz. In English, the book was titled I. Konev — YEAR OF VICTORY. It was also published in Spanish under the title El Año 45.
Marshal of the Soviet Union, Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, holder of the Order of Victory Ivan Stepanovich Konev was buried in the Kremlin Wall with the greatest heroes of the USSR, and can still be visited today.
In 1992 his memorial sculpture in Kraków was dismantled. The sculpture was given to Ukraine. The memorial plaque in front of the apartment building where he lived (three blocks from the Kremlin) is still mounted on the brick wall.
Medal "For military valor. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
^ Berlin, the Downfall 1945, by Antony Beevor, page 16.


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If you have more than 25 years of age, It’s very likely that you had (or have, I’m not judging) a Blackberry device. Before the iPhone got the crown, RIM, the Canadian phone maker was known to have the best mobile software. Then the touchscreen came and the BB’s are on the edge of extinction. This week, they signed a deal with Ford that might save the company and might give Tesla even another competitor.
This deal is for the software that is going to run on the first generation of Ford consumer ready self-driving cars. Blackberry (former RIM), Announced that is selecting a team that it’s reason is to aid the car manufacturer to achieve their goals with this new vehicle.
Ford already said earlier this year that it has plans to ship 100,000 self-driving cars a year for ride-sharing by 2021. The year 2025 is when they are going to sell them for regular costumers.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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Kumas go to the photo booth! | Angel's Rilakkuma Blog!
Kumas go to the photo booth!
Looks like our two mischievous bears had some playful fun at the photo booth!
Who remembers photo booths? My friends and I would always go pose after we hit the cinema on weekends ^^ I still have some of the film strips back home …what memories!
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In December 2010 my horse was diagnosed with signs of big head disease. The swellings on each side of her head were extremely large and appeared over a matter of weeks. She was reluctant to go forward and spent hours each day standing around with an extremely depressed look in her eye. Her coat was dull. When she was ridden it was almost impossible to get her to canter and when she did she had very short, choppy strides. Apart from the facial swellings the other signs I mentioned appeared twelve months before she was diagnosed, however, as I was unaware of the early signs of big head disease I thought that she was just being difficult to ride and not wanting to go forward.
This diagnosis was an extreme shock to me as I had always fed my horses dicalcium phosphate (DCP) powder and what I thought was a good quality vitamin supplement. My horses had all been fed lots of Lucerne hay (as they say it helps to prevent big head disease) and top quality pre-mixed feeds. Each product I used more or less said no matter what your horse is grazing on they will work for big head disease! Absolutely NOT!
My horses were grazing on almost 100% Siteria grass which is extremely high in oxalates and depletes the body rapidly of calcium. My mare showed a number of issues that were caused because of our grasses such as not wanting to go forward, depression, head swellings, short stepping and a short, tight canter.
As soon as I noticed the head swelling I called out a vet to take blood tests (for her general unwellness) and x-rays of some of her long bones. The tests confirmed that she had a case of big head disease and whist he was at our property told me that our other horses also had signs however not as obvious as my mare. He also said that an extremely high amount of horses in Queensland, Australia have big head disease however their owners are unaware because they are not looking for the slightest changes that occur in the beginning. I did notice the changes twelve months before however had no idea that they were linked to big head disease. The changes I noticed very early were signs of depression, not wanting to go forward, intermittent lameness and a very dull coat.
I mainly do pleasure riding, basic flat work and study natural horsemanship. Our ground work involves jumping and good, fast turns on the hindquarters, something which she found almost impossible over eighteen months ago. If I was to have ignored these symptoms and not done anything about curing her by now she would have not been able to perform any of the tasks I required her for.
I spent hours searching the internet and talking to vets basically to be told to double the DCP or dolomite dosage rates for twelve months to cure her completely. I was also told that by using DCP or a product like dolomite that this would never have happened. It did! I was also using a good quality vitamin supplement as well and we still ended up with big head disease!
In May 2011 we had a follow up of x-rays which showed the big head completely cleared! I had noticed that the swelling had gone down and that my horse had amazing forward with no short stepping and silly bunny hop canters. If anything I had to keep asking her to slow down! She had gone from a depressed horse that was slow, uninterested in life, dull and often had intermittent lameness, to a glowing happy horse that showed absolutely no signs of lameness and was extremely happy to go forward at a nice, fast pace.
To achieve these results I doubled the 100% oxalate dose rates of the highly absorbable calcium/magnesium for eighteen months (however she cleared up after fifteen months). We never missed a day. I kept her on only grassy hay and no longer fed any type of Lucerne. I added the recommended salt daily along with the high quality vitamin and mineral supplement and a toxin binder, as well as additional highly absorbable magnesium. Unfortunately I was unable to keep her off the oxalate grasses, however, with following the Gotcha feed plan she is free of big head disease and has remained happy and healthy.
I am so pleased to have done the research on big head disease and oxalate grasses which led me to finding Lucy. I am a truly dedicated horse owner and was going to make sure 100% that my mare would be cured along with my other horses being treated just in case. It truly does take time and dedication to help these horses. I cannot stress enough to other horse owners out there whose horses may be showing the same symptoms as mine that you can completely cure them as long as you are dedicated to giving the higher doses of highly absorbable calcium/magnesium for at least twelve months or more. Along with that of course is a balance of magnesium for absorption, vitamins and minerals, salts and foods low in potassium. I hope this short report is able to help other horse owners recognise the most subtle symptoms of big head disease and so they get onto the treatment early.
Big head is preventable, if you know how.
Belinda Bass - South East Queensland.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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In just a few seconds you are going to find the answer to today’s clue “Warbler and thrush” of 7 Little words game.
As you already know there are 7 puzzles each day, plus 7 other bonus puzzles (added recently). “Warbler and thrush” appeared on 7 Little Words on April 16 2019, but can also be found on many crosswords on different dates.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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From the village of Bernex south of Evian-les-Bains in the Haute Savoie, run a steep race up the the mountain refuge of Dent d’Oche at 2144 m. If you wish to enjoy the sunset over the Jura mountains, book yourself in for the night. The views to the peaks of the Bernese Oberland and Valais are stunning.
This race is part of the ‘Challenge oxygène des courses en montagne’.


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These personalised pillows my father got Tyler Lee for his birthday, aren't they adorable looking? He got these from Photo Panda and they're lovely, very good quality and the print is fab. The coverings are made from suede and are super soft. Such a unique birthday gift!
This hand-drawn birthday card for Tyler Lee from the lovely Vicki from Chloris Boris. I love this little doodle and it was Tyler Lee's first birthday card ever. It's now sitting proudly on our mantlepiece.
These edible roses which I made on Wednesday afternoon to test out for St. Valentine's Day. They were delicious and Tyler Lee loved them too!
This Guava Body Butter by Korres. My hands are so dry in this weather so I've been using this to try and get them back to tip top condition. The smell of this reminds me of a summer holiday, it is amazing and the scent is noticable all day long which is an element which I love when it comes to skincare products.
Decorating my home with postcards. I used to be an avid postcard collector (I've got over 2,000 over them!) and received gorgeous cards over the years with all kinds of art, illustrations, angels, etc. I've been putting these on my bedroom wall and in frames, very cheap but beautiful decor for my home. Post to come on this soon!
Natural hair. I'm taking a break from the hair dryer and straighteners and going all natural. I love how my hair looks when it dries naturally. It has a gorgeous defined wave which looks even better when I apply some mousse to it.
Winning giveaways. I've won two giveaways lately, one on Twitter and one on Facebook. My Twitter prize came wrapped up beautifully in classic brown paper and some candy cane looking string, so charming! This and my other prize shall be revealed at the end of the month. Hopefully my luck lasts and I win some more lovely things.
The pillow are the cutest! 2 giveaway is pretty impressive, I love wrapping like that, I wouldn't want to open it it looks that good.
Wow lucky you! I love the brown paper packaging, it looks so retro. What are the edible roses made of?
Any chance you can share a secret how to make them?
I love the little elephant!! Oh wow edible roses, how amazing! I have been loving excitement! Literally, excitement is keeping me going! Great post!
Thanks for joining the Friday's Fab Favorites link up, I'm a co-host this week and I'm trying to read every post! Those photo pillows are amazing. I have to look into that for dog photos! Have a great weekend!
Thank you for stopping by Tori! I love the pillows, such a thoughtful gift. Have a great weekend you too!


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We used to think that people who managed to keep their white sneakers were magical. Whatever we tried, nothing seemed to work. This was a problem because as every fashion girl will attest, white trainers are as ubiquitous as skinny jeans and leggings. They feature in every style-obsessed person's wardrobe—whether they're the popular Adidas Stan Smiths or classic Converse high-tops. They're what you go to when you don't want to wear heels. The trick, of course, for them to be as eternally chic as possible is to keep them looking box-fresh. But how?
Style Notes: A pair of white sneakers make for the perfect pairing for a floaty midi dress.
Style Notes: Off-duty trainers and light wash jeans are one of our favourite combos.
That's a mean feat (pun unintended) when you live in a city or when you want to wear your bright-white shoes on repeat. While the A-list might be able to purchase another pair when they get theirs dirty, how can we mere mortals ensure our shoes continue to look brand-new? We've uncovered nine incredible tricks for keeping your sneakers clean and white so you can make everyone believe that you only bought them yesterday. Scroll down to see our top nine trainer-cleaning hacks and the best pairs to invest in this season.
It's as simple as that. If you see a little scratch or smudge on your spankin'-new white sneakers, just take out your favourite white nail polish and do a little touch-up. It works wonders.
There are a ton of handy little cleaning tools out there to help with this. We prefer Magic Erasers, but if you don't have anything like that on hand, take a washrag and dip it in vinegar from your kitchen cupboard. Rub gently to remove small stains. Voilà!
This is a big no-no. Even on the gentle cycle, a washing machine is a bit too rough-and-tumble (we had to) for white trainers. Stick to hand-treating your footwear.
Use an old toothbrush, warm water and gentle soap if your shoes have some dirt spots in hard-to-reach places. Scrub gently.
You might be tempted to just toss your white laces in the washing machine—but don't do that. Instead, hand-wash them in warm water with gentle soap, and let them air-dry.
Your shoes might be a bit damp after you're done cleaning them; to help them dry faster, put crumpled-up paper towels inside of them to absorb excess moisture and help the shoes dry more rapidly.
Let's say you stepped in an oil slick crossing the street or dropped a big greasy french fry on your new white sneakers (it happens to the best of us). When you get home, use your gentlest shampoo, warm water, and a toothbrush or rag to gently wipe at the oil smudge. It should come right out.
To the crux of the issue: Can you use bleach on white sneakers? Yes, you can, but you have to dilute it. Most shoe-care guides suggest mixing one part bleach with five parts water; any more than that and you risk turning your white fabrics a weird yellow tone. Dip your toothbrush in the diluted bleach solution, and scrub the shoes gently. Rinse with warm water when you're finished.
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This hidden acreage has been priced for immediate sale on 2 lots under the one title. The small subdivision offers access from Toomey St, Traveston Rd and Tandur Traveston Rd via a proposed un-named road. Properties in this vicinity may be flood affected and house builders have overcome this by building above the council 1 in 100 year flood line and setting homes on taller stumps. Contact Gympie Regional Council on 1300 307 800 to discuss your requirements prior to making your offer.
The gently undulating land would suit grazing horses and there is 2 large shared dams and power poles nearby. This could be the project that you have been looking for! The blocks offer 125m frontage onto the gazetted road.

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Charleston, the country home of the Bloomsbury Group, was a hub of artistic and literary creativity; a meeting place for writers, painters and intellectuals. Its decoration, together with their collection, represents their art and lifestyle and forms a unique example of their decorative style. The collection includes ceramics, paintings, textiles, and work by Renoir, Picasso, Derain, Matthew Smith, Sickert, Tomlin and Delacroix.
'Bloomsbury' first came to be synonymous with both literary and artistic styles. The Bloomsbury group was essentially a collection of like-minded friends (many originally from Cambridge) who met regularly from 1904 onwards, at 46 Gordon Square, in London's Bloomsbury district, which was then the home of Vanessa and Virginia Stephen (later to become Bell and Woolf) and their two brothers Adrian and Thoby.
They had a 'common attitude to life' commented Vanessa's son Quentin Bell, and would discuss relevant topics of the day. The group was never strictly defined, but its members included Lytton Strachey, Clive Bell, John Maynard Keynes, Leonard Woolf and Saxon Sydney Turner, with Roger Fry among later additions.
Bloomsbury artists were greatly influenced by the Post-Impressionists and in particular the ground-breaking exhibitions of Post-Impressionist work organised by Roger Fry and held at the Grafton Galleries, London, in 1910 and 1912. Its three chief painters—Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry and Duncan Grant—were, after a conventional training, profoundly influenced by the modern French art of the Fauves; the bold composition and angular drawing of Picasso's cubist work and above all by Cezanne.
Bloomsbury painting was not an aggressive, symbolic or political art, but rather a celebration of the sensuous beauty of everyday domestic surroundings. Alongside their work on canvas they developed a fluent decorative style for murals, textile design and ceramics. Much of this work had its influences from the continent in Italian frescoes, the Ravenna mosaics, and Spanish peasant pottery.
Artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and David Garnett moved to the Sussex farm house in 1916, and it became the gathering spot for the group. Among them were Clive Bell, David Garnett, Maynard Keynes, Virginia and Leonard Woolf, E.M. Forster, Lytton Strachey, and Roger Fry.
The land was part of the Firle Estate owned by the Gage family, inhabitants of nearby Firle Place. Until the Charleston Trust purchased the house in 1981, Charleston had always been tenanted and remained part of a working farm until the end of the 19th century, when the farmland was leased separately. The house was then used for a number of years as a boarding house until shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. A tenant continued to occupy the house as a weekend residence until Leonard and Virginia Woolf expressed an interest in the house in May 1916. The agricultural setting of the house that they found at the time would have been similar to the one experienced by visitors today.
The house itself was spartan when they first occupied it, with no electricity or telephone and only a hand pumped water supply. The house was built some time between the mid 17th and early 18th century. It replaced an earlier house, which appears on an estate map drawn by John de Ward for John Elphick in 1622. Little else is known about the house which the present Charleston farmhouse replaced.
The present house was extensively modernised in 1796-7 and the internal layout of the rooms changed. The current arrangement of rooms also dates from this time, when the windows were sashed and the original kitchen made smaller. The existing staircase is more recent. Also during the 1790s the two-storey extension, which now houses Vanessa Bell's bedroom with the Library above, was built against the east range to form a 'U' shaped house.
As occupancy of the house became more permanent, improvements were made including the building of a large studio in 1925. The group were inspired by Italian fresco painting and the Post-Impressionists, and it motivated them to paint the interior of the house including the walls, doors, and furniture. The house shows an evolution in decorative style throughout its different rooms. Initially only Vanessa's bedroom (now the library), Clive Bell's study door and window and Duncan's bedroom were decorated. Later the designs spread throughout the house, including the spare room in 1936 and the garden room in 1945.
Charleston not only houses an impressive collection of art by its inhabitants but also a varied collection of other artist's work including sculpture by Renoir and Gimond and paintings by Fry, Picasso, Sickert and Derain. Vanessa Bell’s still life painting, Iceland Poppies, (c.1908-09) was acquired in 2007 through the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Art Fund. She is acknowledged as one of the most significant British women artists of the 20th century. The painting constitutes a rare example of her early work, most of which was lost or destroyed. Iceland Poppies is an iconic painting, marking a clear transition in Bell’s career from Victorian conventions to Modernity. The painting hung from the 1930s at Charleston, her Sussex home, which was opened to the public in 1986.
Charleston hosts a number of special events throughout the year; of special note is the Charleston Festival which is centred on talks and drama relating to literary, artistic, and Bloomsbury themes. A cornucopia of writers, performers, poets, film-makers, and thinkers provide stimulation, celebration, entertainment, good argument, conversation, comedy, new ideas, and stories in 23 events over ten days. Charleston also welcomes adult learners, with group tours and an annual program of lectures, tours, and workshops covering Bloomsbury and related topics as well as hands-on art workshops.
An exhibition gallery shows a mix of contemporary painting and sculpture as well as hosting historical exhibitions. There is also a video exhibition. A Crafts Council selected shop sells applied art and books relating to Bloomsbury. Original ceramics, painted furniture, printed and constructed textiles, hats and clothes are among the items available.
Charleston is run by the Charleston Trust which became a registered charity in 1980. It was formed in order to save the house which had decayed from 1978 when sole resident Duncan Grant died. During his final years he had lived almost entirely in the studio at Charleston. The accumulated effects of damp, dirt and decay upon the building had taken a heavy toll. Decorated walls moldered, pests attacked woodwork and irreplaceable pictures and fabrics crumbled. But slowly the tide of decay began to turn. The house was fumigated and the roof replaced to provide a stable environment for its contents. It was brought back to its former glory.
When Vanessa Bell first moved to Charleston, the walled garden consisted of vegetables and fruit trees. In the 1920s Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant redesigned the walled garden to reflect both the Mediterranean and country garden styles found in southern Europe: mosaics, box hedges, gravel pathways, and ponds. Then they added a touch of Bloomsbury humour in the placing of the statuary: classical forms and life-size works by Quentin Bell are side by side and enhanced by mosaic pavements and tile edged pools. An orchard and a pond add to the mix. A summer garden was used for painting and relaxing. The vegetable patch was moved to the paddock beyond.
The garden gradually evolved and flourished until, in 1945, Vanessa complained that one could hardly walk down the paths for the abundance of plants. The following year saw the final major addition of a mosaic 'piazza', created from fragments of broken china, some of which can be identified as pieces of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell's designs for Wedgwood and Foley.
The casts of classical heads on the garden wall were put up in 1986 to replace those acquired by Duncan Grant in the 1950s which had disintegrated. Two extra heads were added in August 1990 to commemorate Quentin Bell's 80th birthday. Work on reconstructing the garden was carried out between 1984 and 1986 under the guidance of Sir Peter Shepheard. As with the house, it would be impossible to restore the garden to a specific date, but its current layout reflects its 1950s heyday.
Photographs by Barbara Ballard except house interior by Tony Tree © and courtesy of the Charleston Trust.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


text: The website continues to evolve as I make design decisions, implement those decisions and then change my mind about those decisions! In the course of all that revision, I re-discovered SoundCloud which allowed me to clean up my soundtracts, i.e. songs, chants and meditations and get them cleanly onto my webpage. The video versions are still available on Youtube as well. I hope you enjoy the new look, feel and sound and that you find some inspiration for your own creativity. Namaste.


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Gindo's Piri Piri pepper sauce is a fiery small batch blend of fresh peppers, garlic, onion, cilantro, oranges, lemons and sea salts.
TASTE: Intensely spicy and garlicky with a citrus finish that makes any dish pop.
TRY WITH: Eggs, meats, veggies or mix with yogurt or aioli for a spicy fresh dipping sauce or spread.

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Apply now for Investment banking/M&A jobs in São Paulo. 1 positions are currently open at eFinancialCareers.
Investment banking/M&A, São Paulo: currently 1 jobs.The latest job was posted on 17 Apr 19.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics