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RTC 2010-11 Impact Players: National Wrap-UpPosted by rtmsf on November 8th, 2010
Over the past month-plus, we've been presenting our RTC Impact Players for the 2010-11 season. From coast to coast and the Canadian border down to Mexico, we've selected the sixty players nationally who we believe will have the most impact on the game this year. Each of the ten geographic regions was allotted five "starters" and a "sixth man," an artificial construct that was easy to fill in some areas while much more difficult in some of the others. In case you've missed the series along the way, this post will serve as your wrap-up. We're rank-ordering the ten "teams" by geographic region and list some of the near-miss players in each one. Each regional post has a much more extensive writeup on each player chosen, so be sure to click on its respective link if you're looking for additional information. Here's the view of the 2010-11 college basketball world from 500,000 feet.
The Ten Regions
(* denotes current injury, suspension or ineligibility)
1. Lower Midwest Region (OH, IN, IL). Wow, and imagine if Robbie Hummel hadn't gotten hurt. Another group of first-rounders has everything, but what really sets this team apart is the inside dominance that Sullinger and Johnson can impose. There isn't a region on our list this year that would be able to stay out of foul trouble against those two, especially with the heady play of Mack, McCamey and Moore finding the big men in the right spots time and time again. It's no coincidence that the nation's best conference — the Big 10 — has its footprint located here.
- Shelvin Mack, G, Butler
- E'Twaun Moore, G, Purdue
- Chris Wright, F, Dayton
- Jared Sullinger, F, Ohio State
- JaJuan Johnson, C, Purdue
- Demetri McCamey, G, Illinois (6th)
Near Misses: William Buford, Ohio State; Maurice Creek, G, Indiana; John Shurna, Northwestern
2. South Atlantic Region (VA, NC, SC). Obviously, if you can't find a space for a likely all-american like Nolan Smith, this is a sick team. Its only weakness is that other than Tracy Smith, it is extremely perimeter-oriented. Granted, nobody can put a more talented five on the floor, but if a team like the above can pound the ball inside on them, that could make the difference.
- Kyrie Irving, G, Duke
- Malcolm Delaney, G, Virginia Tech
- Kevin Anderson, G, Richmond
- Harrison Barnes, F, UNC
- Kyle Singler, F, Duke
- Tracy Smith, F, NC State (6th)
Near Misses: Nolan Smith, Duke; Andrew Goudelock, College of Charleston
3. Plains/Mountains Region (KS, CO, WY, OK, TX). This is a ridiculously talented region, with first-rounders everywhere on the floor. The only possible issue would be who would be willing to sacrifice for the betterment of the team, but if Selby is eligible to run the show, we're not sure there's a much better group anywhere else in America. This region is so strong we had to leave a high-major conference POY (Culpepper) off the team. Wow.
- LaceDarius Dunn*, G, Baylor
- Jacob Pullen, G, Kansas State
- Perry Jones, F, Baylor
- Marcus Morris, F, Kansas
- Cory Higgins, F, Colorado
- Josh Selby*, Kansas (6th)
Near Misses: Alec Burks, Colorado; Gary Johnson, Texas; Randy Culpepper, UTEP


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Sandra Nyaira was on a career high when she left Zimbabwe three years ago. For her work as political editor of the country's leading independent newspaper the Daily News, she had earned a prestigious Courage in Journalism Award from the Washington-based International Women's Media Foundation. After traveling to the United States to receive the prize, Nyaira attended the journalism master's program at City University in London on a scholarship.
Nyaira expected to be back at her job in Zimbabwe in a year. She has yet to return.
President Robert Mugabe's government, after several unsuccessful attempts to muzzle the Daily News, finally succeeded in closing the popular daily in 2003 amid an escalating crackdown on the independent media. Family and colleagues warned Nyaira, who had already been arrested once on criminal defamation charges, that it would be foolhardy to return home.
Now Nyaira lives in Somerset, England, eking out a living doing odd jobs. She wonders at age 30 whether the career at which she excelled--the one for which she once risked her freedom--will be open to her again.
"We're rotting away here," said Nyaira, referring to her exiled Zimbabwean colleagues.
At least 90 Zimbabwean journalists, including many of the nation's most prominent reporters, now live in exile in South Africa, other African nations, the United Kingdom, and the United States, making it one of the largest groups of exiled journalists in the world, an analysis by the Committee to Protect Journalists has found. CPJ traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa, and to London, conducting 34 interviews with exiled Zimbabwean journalists, analysts, and human rights advocates.
Some of these exiled journalists left as a direct result of political persecution, others because the government's crackdown virtually erased opportunities in the independent press. Authorities have routinely detained and harassed journalists in the past five years to quash reporting on human rights, economic woes, and political opposition to the regime, CPJ research has found. Repressive legislation such as the 2002 Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act criminalizes journalism without a government license.
The crackdown has taken a devastating toll on Zimbabwe's independent media. Once home to a robust press corps, Zimbabwe today has no independent daily newspapers, no private radio news coverage, and just two prominent independent weeklies. Journalists remaining in Zimbabwe are either without jobs in their profession, or they work under threat of laws that, among other things, set prison terms of up to 20 years for publishing false information deemed prejudicial to the state.
Zimbabwean citizens are denied access to diverse, questioning voices at a time when the Mugabe administration, emboldened by this year's election victory, wields power more aggressively than ever. For instance, the government's "Operation Murambatsvina"--or "Drive Out Trash"--has destroyed the homes and livelihoods of an estimated 700,000 Zimbabweans. Done under the guise of urban renewal, the demolitions are aimed at breaking strongholds of political opposition, critics say.
Spread as far as New Zealand, the exiled journalists have made their homes among the estimated three to four million members of the Zimbabwean diaspora. Unemployment, political violence, and human rights abuses have fueled a steady stream of emigration from Zimbabwe since the late 1990s, according to a study released this year by the International Organization for Migration. The survey of 1,000 Zimbabwean expatriates in South Africa and the United Kingdom found that most are professionals, whose absence creates "concerns for the longer-term future of Zimbabwe." Zimbabwe's exiled media reflect similar patterns.
Journalists such as Urginia Mauluka, a former Daily News photographer beaten and detained while covering an opposition political rally in 2001, initially left for temporary respite only to delay their return as press conditions deteriorated. Others such as Abel Mutasakani, who left for South Africa in 2004, decided that only by leaving their country could they honestly report on events in Zimbabwe. And some such as Magugu Nyathi, whose newspaper, The Tribune, was shut in 2003, saw no job prospects at home.
"As professionals we said 'How do we continue?'" recalled Mutsakani, who served briefly as managing editor of the Daily News until authorities shut the paper. "I felt we had a choice. We could sit back in Zimbabwe, but that would be tantamount to surrender," Mutsakani said. Instead, he and several colleagues went to South Africa and started the Web publication, ZimOnline.
But some did not have the luxury of planning an exit. In February, three Zimbabwe correspondents for foreign media outlets--Angus Shaw of The Associated Press, Bryan Latham of Bloomberg News, and Jaan Raath of The Times of London--faced imminent arrest after being accused of spying and publishing information detrimental to the state. They left behind their homes, families, and decadeslong careers.
Most journalists interviewed by CPJ have found exile a bitter experience, even as they point out that they have greater security than many colleagues back home. To penetrate competitive media job markets abroad, many must secure work permits and prove their qualifications anew. A few have secured jobs with international media outlets, but most make ends meet by working in factories, service jobs, or clerical positions.
"It feels very frustrating. It is very, very difficult for a foreigner to break into mainstream journalism here," said Conrad Nyamutata, former chief reporter with the Daily News who now lives in Leicester, England. "Very few of us have managed to get work in the field."
The emotional cost is high as well. Dingilizwe Ntuli, a former correspondent for the Sunday Times, said that adjusting to life in South Africa and leaving his family-- including his ailing father who died before Ntuli could see him again--had thrust him into depression.
"When you are forced to leave your country of birth, it is devastating," said Ntuli, whose first name means "wanderer." Though he now works again for the Times out of Johannesburg, Ntuli said he was out of the profession and disenchanted with journalism for a long period. "I felt nothing was worth living for. I gave my all to journalism and what happened? I lost my home."
Zimbabwean journalists in exile stand out in size and prestige--CPJ interviewed at least four winners of international awards for this report--but their situation is not unique. A crackdown in Eritrea and the threat of imprisonment in Ethiopia spurred flights of more than two dozen journalists to Kenya, Sudan, Europe, and North America. Communities of Burmese and Cuban journalists have been publishing in exile for years, becoming valuable sources of information on their closed societies. The exodus of Zimbabwean journalists has led to the emergence of similar media-in-exile that strive to keep news flowing about their homeland.
Behind the walls of a nondescript office complex on the outskirts of London, Gerry Jackson and her staff at SW Radio are fighting to broadcast within Zimbabwe. Jackson started SW Radio in 2001, after the government closed Capital Radio, her first independent radio venture in Zimbabwe. From London, SW Radio broadcasts programs into Zimbabwe in English and in the Shona and Ndebele languages. "Radio is such a lifeline to people there who feel forgotten," Jackson said. "It gives them a sense of creating dialogue."
But the station suffered a major setback this year when the Zimbabwean government succeeded in jamming its shortwave broadcasts. Jackson tried to overcome the obstacle by broadcasting on multiple frequencies, but this costly arrangement proved unsustainable and the station now sends programming online and via medium wave--methods that draw very limited audiences within Zimbabwe, though accessible to the diaspora.
In Johannesburg, working in an office unmarked for security reasons, editors of ZimOnline focus on getting breaking news out of Zimbabwe and into the international community. Launched in South Africa in 2004 by Zimbabwean journalists and lawyers, the site is intended to be a news service for international media to pick up "the real Zimbabwean story," according to its managing editor, Abel Mutsakani.
"No news groups are allowed in Zimbabwe so news is not coming out from the ground," said Mutsakani, who relies on an in-country network of sources for information. "We want to tell the story of ordinary people, especially black Zimbabweans, who suffer the most from food shortages and unemployment."
Zimbabwean law does not explicitly bar foreign publications from circulating without a license. Wilf Mbanga, a cofounder of the Daily News, used that opening to launch The Zimbabwean newspaper this year. From a small cottage in Hythe on the southern coast of England, Mbanga and his wife produce the weekly, which the couple said has a circulation of 30,000 in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and in Zimbabwe. The paper relies on largely unpaid contributions by Zimbabwean journalists in exile, as well as some anonymous reporting in the country.
Mbanga, who left Zimbabwe with his wife and "one suitcase each" in 2003 to take a fellowship in the Netherlands, decided he couldn't return home after a story he published on the militant activities of youth groups in Zimbabwe landed him the official status of "enemy of the people."
"While I was in the Netherlands I felt cut off from news at home," he said. "I realized I would have liked a newspaper with Zimbabwean news available for the diaspora."
Media-in-exile also include Studio Seven, a radio service on the U.S.-government funded Voice of America in Washington that is staffed mainly by exiled Zimbabwean journalists. An online version of the Daily News is produced out of South Africa, while NewZimbabwe.com, featuring tabloid-style news and commentary online, is produced out of Wales. In August, Zimbabwean journalists in London launched Zimbeat.com, a news, culture, and commentary Web site.
Mugabe's government has taken notice. The state-owned Herald newspaper has published articles lambasting The Zimbabwean as "a propaganda tool for the former colonial power Britain."
Despite their growth, the exile media face serious challenges. Reliant on private donations and charitable foundations, with little or no advertising revenue, they struggle to be financially viable. And while these outlets have had success reaching the diaspora, their reach within Zimbabwe is limited to urban and affluent populations.
With shoestring budgets, limited access to government information, and few fact-checking resources, some exile media also struggle to establish credibility. Pervasive anonymity in their reports exacerbates the problem. To protect sources in Zimbabwe and family members back home, many contributors to The Zimbabwean use pseudonyms while ZimOnline does not use bylines at all.
"It is easy for the government to discredit an unknown voice coming from so far away," said Geoffrey Nyarota, former editor-in-chief of the Daily News, who has been in exile in the United States since December 2002.
Still, the exile media play an important role for the diaspora. Daniel Mololeke, who recently launched an organization of expatriate Zimbabwean journalists called the Media Reference Group, said the exile media maintain unity and build identity in the diaspora. "Media is the glue that holds Zimbabweans living outside their country together," said Mololeke, a former lawyer and now a columnist for NewZimbabwe.com.
Whether Zimbabwean journalists become entrenched in exile appears closely linked to political and economic developments at home. The majority of Zimbabwean exiles interviewed for this report told CPJ it would take not only the end of Mugabe's rule, but reform of the country's media laws, and a loosening of the ruling party Zanu-PF's control for conditions to allow their return. At least some, though, say they would return now if there were job opportunities in journalism.
Nyarota, the former Daily News founder and editor, said the return of exiled journalists is important to the future of democracy in Zimbabwe. Nyarota, who hopes to return home, noted that national elections in 2001, when independent media outlets still dotted Zimbabwe's media landscape, were far more competitive than this year's vote, when the opposition Movement for Democratic Change was nearly shut out of press coverage.
Though critics accused the Zanu-PF of manipulating this year's polls, "cheating was not necessary for them to win," Nyarota said. The lack of media diversity, he said, ensured the ruling party's victories.
For now, financial and professional needs are plentiful, both in Zimbabwe and in the exiled community. Scores of journalists in Zimbabwe have been left unemployed in their profession by the closing of media outlets. Some exiled journalists seek funding for new and existing media projects; others need professional work, training, and education.
Nyaira and some of her colleagues started the Association of Zimbabwean Journalists in the United Kingdom as a first step in addressing those needs. "There is no question-- eventually people will go back," she said. "And when we do, there will be a lot of work to do."
Elisabeth Witchel is journalist assistance coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists. Gretchen L. Wilson, a freelance journalist based in Johannesburg, contributed to this story.


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FORT MEADE, Md., Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A military doctor said WikiLeaks suspect Pfc. Bradley Manning should not have been held on suicide watch while being held at a Marine Corps brig in Virginia.
Manning, who is suspected of turning over tens of thousands of low level classified documents to the Internet group, was held for two years in the brig at Quantico, Va. His lawyer called the suicide watch, which included 23 hours of solitary confinement and the requirement to strip naked and don a special garment to sleep in, "unlawful pretrial punishment." If a military judge agrees, it could lead to charges being dismissed or a sentence lowered if Manning is eventually found guilty, Courthouse News Service said Thursday.
Capt. William Hocter, the Quantico brig psychologist, ordered Manning to be held on suicide watch once for two days at the start of his two-year stay at Quantico. After that, Hocter said he never found Manning to be a suicide risk.
Navy rules state once an inmate is deemed no longer a suicide risk he should be returned to general population status, though Manning was held in the suicide risk solitary confinement for nearly his entire time at Quantico.
On an intake form Manning was asked to fill out upon arriving at Quantico that asks about suicide, Manning wrote, "Always planning, never acting."
Guards tasked with overseeing him on a day-to-day basis told the court they considered him a serious risk based on that statement.
"For someone to say something like that, to me, I can't just brush that off," Master Sgt. Brian Papakie testified Wednesday. Papakie was the brig supervisor, to whom Manning complained about his confinement status.


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Being a musician for quite a while has bought to my attention that, while many can read and play music, others cannot draw the symbols used in music. Being a composer as well, I know how frustrating it is when you have to write out music by hand. But, even when you do, you want it to come out looking as beautiful as possible. As for drawing the treble clef, a clef for upper voices and many Bb instruments, it's a work of art. Some people are just naturally good at drawing them. But, if you're like me, you're not. So I hope this tutorial helps you learn to draw a nice and neat treble clef.
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How Do Firearms Work?
Despite their differences, all firearms operate using the same basic principles: the trigger is pulled, causing a firing pin to strike the primer; the primer ignites the gunpowder and the burning powder creates pressure; the pressure pushes the projectile (shot or a bullet) down the barrel and out the muzzle, or end, of the barrel. The following diagram shows what happens when the trigger is pulled.


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Director-General on official visit to Gabon
Arriving in Libreville on 5 July, Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, was welcomed by H.E. Mr Ernest Walker Onewin, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Ms Gisèle Marie Hortense Ossakedjombo Ngoua Memiache, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Gabon to UNESCO, and Mr Juste Joris Tindy-Poaty, Secretary-General of the Gabonese National Commission for UNESCO and representatives of the United Nations agencies in Gabon.
The Director-General met H.E. Mr Séraphin Moundodounga, Minister of National Education, Higher and Technical Education and Vocational Training, President of the Gabonese National Commission for UNESCO, accompanied by the Minister of Culture, the Ambassador, Permanent Delegate and senior officials from his Ministry. After thanking the Director-General for her official visit to Gabon, the Minister praised his country's cooperation with the Organization, in particular regarding the support given by the UNESCO Office in Libreville to the projects under way in the country. He said that the visit would give the opportunity to set up new cooperation projects in all the Organization's fields of competence.
Ms Bokova thanked the Minister and the Gabonese Government for their hospitality and for the country's invaluable support to the Organization. She emphasized that the contribution of Gabon, the first country to contribute to the Emergency Assistance Fund had particular significance, showing Gabon's commitment to the Universal Agenda. The Director-General expressed her gratitude and highlighted the role of Gabon's representative, Ms Gisèle Marie Hortense Ossakedjombo Ngoua Memiache, who spared no effort in her contribution to solving the financial situation facing the Organization.
The Director-General took the opportunity of participating in the centenary celebrations of the Albert Schweitzer Hospital to emphasize the role of science, education and research for the health of the people of Africa. She stressed the impact of education and health on human development. In the field of culture, Ms Bokova said that UNESCO should continue its action for the ratification and implementation of standard-setting instruments, and for capacity-building in cultural professions, which created jobs and revenue. Similarly, she hailed Gabon's economic progress, which went hand in hand with strong technical and vocational training.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Competing on the same track that will host the 2014 America East Championships in two weeks, and at the USTFCCCA National Meet of the Week, sophomore Hassan Omar (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) snapped one of the oldest school records at UMBC, placing himself at the top of the 5,000m run list, as the Retriever track and field program concluded competition at the 2014 Armory Collegiate Invitational.
After missing out on the record, which was set back in the early 1980's by Michael Sterling, by less than a second last week at the Penn State Nationals, Omar broke through in the Big Apple. The sophomore, who already captured the 3,000m school indoor record this winter after setting two school marks during the cross country season, broke through in a second-place finish by clocking in at 14:32.71. Going into the weekend, Omar already led the America East with his previous time (14:40.20), while also meeting the IC4A standard and ranking 45th nationally.
In the women's race, sophomore Nicole Dawson (Jessup, Md./Hammond) led a trio of Retrievers in setting personal-bests. Dawson crossed the line with a time of 17:47.01 to jump up to seventh in the school record book while senior Kirsten McGovern (Sykesville, Md./Century) moved to eighth with her time of 18:10.92 in New York. Freshman Sarah Zielinski (Boonsboro, Md./Boonsboro) just missed out on the all-time top-ten, but set a new career-best of 18:18.08 in the 5k at the Armory.
After advancing to the finals and placing fourth last night in the 60m dash with a season-best time of 7.41, junior Mercedes Jackson (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) moved on in the 200m event by setting a season-best 24.17 in the prelims. In the next round, Jackson finished seventh with a time of 24.31.
A day after resetting the school mark in the 1,000m run, senior Jake Albino (Hampton, N.Y./Minisink Valley) recorded a top-ten finish in the one-mile race with a time of 4:16.56.
UMBC school record holder Andrew Smith (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) tied for second in the 800m championship run with a time of 1:49.26, just .11 behind his top mark of 1:49.15 set last week. In the 800m college run, junior Charles Bolinger (Bowie, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt) set a season-best time of 1:55.87.
Freshman Abigale Slonski (Griswold, Conn./Griswold) set a new personal-best in the triple jump, recording a leap of 11.19m (36'8.50"), the second-farthest in UMBC program history.
The Retrievers return to New York next weekend for the Rider/Lafayette Winter Games on Friday, Feb. 14.


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Chicken fatigue? Turkey cutlets require little cooking time and provide a tender platform for a deliciously garlicky sauce with toasted almonds.
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- 3 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
- 1 large garlic clove, finely chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon dried hot red-pepper flakes
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 (1/4-inch-thick) turkey breast cutlets (about 1 1/4 lb)
- Whisk together vinegar, garlic, red-pepper flakes, and 1/4 teaspoon salt until salt is dissolved. Add 3 tablespoons oil in a slow stream, whisking until combined well, then whisk in almonds and cilantro.
- Prepare grill for cooking with hot charcoal (high heat for gas).
- Whisk together coriander, cinnamon, remaining 1 tablespoon oil, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt in a shallow bowl. Turn cutlets to coat in spice mixture.
- Grill turkey, turning once, until just cooked through, about 3 minutes total. Transfer to a platter.
- Spoon almond sauce over turkey.
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- Fat28 g(43%)
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A week ago while cleaning her house, Susan Reimann found an envelope with "Paul Sandoval" written on the outside.
Inside, she found pictures of the Denver Democrat with Gov. Dick Lamm and First Lady Rosalyn Carter. There also were family pictures and even a copy of Sandoval's flier for his re-election to the state Senate.
"I worked for Channel 7 years ago and he must have given them to us to use in a video I produced about his career," she said an e-mail. "I didn't even know I had them."


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Today for DragoArt we will be learning how to draw a Zombie Dragon. This dragon looks like it's from resident evil doesn't it? It has flesh torn apart from its neck and a bloody mouth. Well this dragon used to be a glorious white dragon. White dragons are beautiful creatures that sail the billowy skies of all good. They are beasts that can nearly destroy all evil. However, white dragons don't exist anymore because of an evil curse that has been laid against them. All 'white dragons' that exist today are cursed to be morbid flesh devouring machines. They feast upon other dragons, humans, animals, and even inanimate objects. Zombie dragons live everywhere. They have puke white decayed flesh, bloody scratches and gashes, pale wing membrane, and an anorexic body appearance. You can spot a zombie dragon flying around the depths of volcanoes and desert wastelands. If this zombie dragon were to spot another dragon, it would ravenously attack and rip it apart. The attacked dragon would end up getting infected and turned into a zombie dragon. It takes about six hours for the host to be labeled as a full blown infection. The host will die off and then become an undead beast. The black dragon is a half zombie and half demon. The only difference is that the black dragon does not hunger for flesh all the time, don't have decayed skin, and can control their hunger. Most of these zombie creatures roam the skies at night and day. They are known for raiding villages, animal's habitats, and other homes of living things. Unlike most evil dragons, the zombie dragon will kill anything in its way to quench its bloodlust. In starvation times, these disgusting beasts would even kill their own kind. These dragons are independent. They do everything and live on their own. Sometimes these beasts travel in large groups in search for food and shelter. Unlike a lot of other dragons, a zombie dragon doesn't take care of their body. With time its body rots more and more until it's a skeleton with few bits of flesh. I first drew this dragon out on my sketchbook. Then I scanned it in to my Photoshop CS program. After that I color it in Photoshop using layers and brushes. I carefully made this tutorial as easy as possible for you draw this dragon easily. I hope this tutorial will help you in the future.
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With version 2.2 of Apache Spark, a long-awaited feature for the multipurpose in-memory data processing framework is now available for production use.
Structured Streaming, as that feature is called, allows Spark to process streams of data in ways that are native to Spark's batch-based data-handling metaphors. It's part of Spark's long-term push to become, if not all things to all people in data science, then at least the best thing for most of them.
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Papua New Guinea: Risk Assessment
Country Risk Rating
Business Climate Rating
- Abundant natural resources: minerals (copper, gold, nickel, cobalt), hydrocarbons (oil, gas), and raw materials (wood, coffee, cocoa, palm oil)
- Construction of liquefied natural gas production units
- Foreign investment in raw materials sector
- Financial support of multilateral institutions
- Highly exposed to natural disasters
- Poor infrastructure network
- Low literacy rate
- Lack of skilled workforce
- Significant governance shortcomings
- Rapid growth of private sector external debt
Current Trends
Slightly Improved Growth Prospects
Growth is expected to rally slightly in 2018, but, hit by weak mining product and hydrocarbon prices, will remain below the levels observed up to 2015. Foreign trade will still be the main growth driver, with higher exports of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Nonetheless, this dependence on foreign trade makes the country extremely sensitive to world price movements and demand from its trading partners. Moreover, investment is expected to bounce back, especially in the oil and LNG sectors, where new projects are under way. However, they will not significantly improve the country's infrastructure deficit, especially in terms of transport. This is because resources are limited by low levels of national savings, inefficient public spending programmes and public-sector companies, and the ongoing political risk affecting the country's attractiveness for foreign investors. The agricultural sector, hit by poor weather conditions in 2016 and 2017, is expected to rebound, but will still be largely informal with low productivity and providing only subsistence agriculture for the population. Household consumption, representing only 48% of GDP, is expected to suffer from a continued high level of unemployment, especially among young people, and ongoing high inflation. Effectively, even if it comes down with the depreciation of the kina coming to an end, inflation will stay above the central bank target of 5%. The central bank's ability to intervene remains constrained by its lack of independence and political interference.
Fragile Current Account Surplus in the Face of Weak Commodity Prices
The current account balance has shown a large surplus since 2015 with the start of operations at new facilities for the exploitation of natural resources such as LNG. However, the drop in exports of mining products substantially reduced the current account surplus in 2016, and this position is unlikely to change in 2018, given the low momentum in commodity prices. Additionally, the current account surplus will decline slightly, affected by steady capital flight, slower Chinese growth, high consumption of raw materials, and still high imports, with the country dependent externally for many goods. The services and income balance is expected to continue to show a deficit.
Ongoing Improvement in the Public Accounts
In 2017, the country was hit by a drop in budgetary resources associated with low commodity prices. Nevertheless, the fiscal deficit is expected to narrow further, as a result of the government's drive to cut spending. The government is not set to significantly increase its revenues, in large part due to ineffective tax collection. In addition, LNG export income was lower than expected because of low LNG prices. There are risks of budget slippages, as during the parliamentary campaigns in summer 2017, Prime Minister Peter O'Neill committed to increasing public spending on the sectors prioritized for expansion (education, healthcare, infrastructure projects, and support for small- and medium-sized enterprises). Finally, the public debt, though limited, is not expected to fall significantly.
Social and Political Tensions with the Re-Election of Peter O'Neill
Peter O'Neill (People's National Congress) was re-elected to the position of Prime Minister by Members of Parliament in August 2017, after his party won the legislative elections that took place between June and July 2017. Allegations of fraud during these elections dealt a blow to the Prime Minister's already declining popularity. There are likely to be many anti-government demonstrations, and political stability remains fragile. Given this enduring situation, the government could try to use the police and the army to strengthen its position, at the risk of triggering deadly clashes between the population and the law enforcement agencies as in July 2016.
The country still suffers from significant governance shortcomings and failings regarding the separation of powers. While he has committed to fighting corruption since coming to office in 2012, the Prime Minister was himself involved in a corruption scandal in 2014. The country was ranked 136th out of 176 countries on the corruption perception index, established by Transparency International in 2016, and the business climate remains poor. Finally, social tensions remain high, fuelled by inequalities and poverty.


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Dreaming. Isn't that how so many of us began our love affair with Corvettes? No doubt, if we think back hard enough we all can remember when the seed of that dream was first planted in our minds.
The Seed is Planted
Laurie "Tex" Schwab remembers that day as if it were yesterday. She was five and growing up in California's San Fernando Valley in a family of car enthusiasts. It was another one of those days when her 16-year-old brother, Marty, and her dad had their heads under the hood of a car in the family garage.
On that particular day, a beautiful red '54 Corvette roadster rolled up the driveway with Marty's friend Kenny at the wheel. Five-year-old Laurie took one look at the '54 roadster and vowed, "I gotta have a car like that."
The seed of the dream was planted. Laurie wanted a cool car just like Corvette Kenny! While other girls her age were dreaming of Barbie dolls and Easy Bake Ovens, Laurie was already dreaming of Corvettes
A Dream Fulfilled
Nine years later, Laurie was visiting her dad in Texas when he took her out to the garage to see his newly-purchased '65 tuxedo black Corvette coupe. Seeing Laurie's excitement at the sight of the Vette, Dad let her drive it on the Texas backroads. That was it! She had to have a Corvette! Getting behind the wheel and actually driving it was certainly enough to keep the dream alive for 14-year-old Laurie.
For many of us, "the dream" isn't fulfilled until middle age, after the youngest leaves the nest. Not so with Laurie! Her dad promised the '65 coupe would be hers at 16 if she did well in school. That would be incentive enough for any kid but to Laurie, already a good student, it was just a matter of waiting. On March 15, 1969, Dad and the '65 appeared at Laurie's house in California.
What does a teenager with a hot Vette want to do? Go cruising, of course!
As a 10th grader, much of Laurie's time was spent cleaning her pride and joy so she could cruise "The Boulevard." The place to cruise was Van Nuys Boulevard on Wednesday and Friday nights. The four-speed was bone stock, except for air conditioning, a rare option in those days. It had a 327ci engine with 365 horses. No doubt, Laurie was the envy of many young men on Van Nuys.
For Laurie, her '65 was the beginning of a lifetime of "living the dream."
"I grew up with that car. That car has always been like a friend. It has seen me through many life changes," says Laurie. She still owns that '65. In fact, last year she held a party to celebrate their 30-year anniversary together.
Today, everyone knows Laurie as "Tex," but her nickname goes back to 1970. It's your typical "boy picks-up girl" story. Some guy was writing down her name and phone number so he could call for a date. He looked at her Texas license plate and scratched out "Tex" next to her name. By co-incidence, he was the roommate of the local Corvette club's president, so the name stuck
Tex: The Club Member
At 19, Tex was already a dedicated Corvette club member, joining Corvettes Unlimited in California's San Fernando Valley. Weekly meetings and club events became part of life, with drag racing, autocrossing, and road racing soon to follow.
Volunteering on the newsletter committee put her in touch with the workings of the club. She also became the club's SCCSCC (Southern California Council of Sports Car Clubs) representative, moving into the position of Western States Corvette Council representative the following year. At 20 years old, Tex was elected the club's first female vice-president and at the next election, became its first female president.
That was only the beginning of Tex's notoriety in the Corvette club world. In 1980, she was elected Governor of the Western States Corvette Council's Southwest Region, and in 1982 became its vice-president, a position she held for two years.
In 1984, the Western States Corvette Council convention was held in Visalia, California. Laurie was the overall chairperson of the event and had invited Bob Wollenman, then the President of NCCC, to attend. The two of them had previously talked of bringing NCCC out West, so it was through Laurie's efforts that the West Coast Region of the NCCC was born.
In 1997, Laurie won the executive position of the newly-formed NCCC Roadrunner Region, a position she has held for two years.
Thirty years have passed since Schwab's dream of owning a Corvette became a reality. Today, she's in her third year as president of Desert Corvette Association, the largest NCCC-affiliated club in the country. Tex attributes all of this to her '65 coupe.
"That car formed my reality," she says. "That '65 pulled me from being a shy little person to the president of a Corvette club of over 300 people!"
Tex: The Racer
Laurie "Tex" Schwab grew up with racing. Everyone in her family was into either racing cars or boats. Her dad raced a jalopy in Petaluma, California. Her mom had a hot rod when she was a teen. Laurie's own "need for speed" began at a young age as a speed skater on the ice. It wasn't long before her racing interests turned to cars
Brother Marty contributed to Laurie's love of car racing. According to Laurie, he always had loud, fast cars. She was 13 years old when he took her to Riverside to see her first NASCAR race. Laurie was hooked!
In 1973, Laurie earned her SCCA Solo I road racing license at Riverside International Raceway under the instruction of Dick Guldstrand. Soon afterwards, she took the Solo I B-Production ladies record at Las Vegas. She continued to race at Riverside, Willow Springs, Las Vegas Speedrome, Laguna Seca, and Holtville
In 1983, Laurie, her husband Steve, and Danny McKeever raced a three-hour SCCA Enduro in Steve's '64 B-Production Corvette roadster at Riverside. They finished in the top 10, out of 150 cars!
Since entering the Corvette world, Tex has been an active participant in all types of car racing. Locally, you might find her burning rubber at Firebird Raceway's Friday night drags. She frequently takes Ladies Best Time of Day at the Desert Corvette Association series autocross in her '88 Challenge Car. Away from home, you'll find Tex competing at NCCC National Conventions.
Rubbing Shoulders at the Top
So many of us wish we had the opportunity to meet the legends in the Corvette world who have had such a tremendous impact on America's sports car. Laurie had that opportunity more than once.
Laurie met Dave McClellan for the first time in 1982 when the WSCC annual convention was held in Palm Springs. She was overall chairman of the event being hosted by the Corvette Council, and McClellan was its honored guest and speaker. The two quickly became friends.
Then, in 1984, Laurie was invited to the NCCC Convention in Detroit as vice-president of the Western States Corvette Council. She received VIP treatment at the banquet and had the honor of sitting between Dave McClellan and Zora Arkus-Duntov!
"Meeting Zora was quite an honor for me, as it would be for any Corvette lover!" says Laurie. "To think that I was in the same room, let alone "hobnobbing" with, the Father of the Corvette is a highlight of my life! I am very fortunate to have met him, as his creation is such a big part of my life."
Laurie was at the National Corvette Museum for the unveiling of the C5 in 1997. There, she met Dave Hill. Later in 1997, GM had a local unveiling of the new C5 at Mesa, Arizona's Brown and Brown Chevrolet. Dave Hill was in town for the event and contacted Laurie for assistance with feedback from local Corvette enthusiasts.
A Marriage Made in Corvette Heaven
The secret to a successful marriage is having a spouse who is just as crazy about Corvettes as you are! Laurie married Steve Schwab in 1982. That was truly a match made in heaven-Corvette Heaven! Steve, like Laurie, is also an avid Corvette enthusiast. The two equally share their love of Corvette life, complete with Corvette purchases, maintenance, club activities, events, racing and friends.
A Corvette Household
Corvettes are always a topic of discussions at the Schwab house, where everyone is into Corvettes, including 20-year-old daughter Nicole, who has both owned and raced one of her own. There isn't one room in the Schwab house that doesn't display Corvette memorabilia and photos.
The game room looks like a '50s soda shop, complete with jukebox and soda fountain. It's a comfortable place with a Corvette atmosphere where friends meet and the club executive board ponders important decisions.
Step onto the Schwab's back patio and you'll find a beautiful pool bordered by black and white checked racing tile with a Chevy Bow Tie tiled into the floor.
In the Garage
The oversized Schwab garage is the shrine that houses the family's Corvettes. Here you'll find Laurie's first Corvette, the black '65 coupe. In addition, there's Laurie's '88 Challenge Car, driven in the 1988 Challenge series by Bobby Archer.
There's also a black '91 Callaway. This twin-turbo 425-plus horsepower beauty is RPO#1, the first Callaway built. The Callaway is used for rallies and car shows.
Recently, a '94 copper coupe was added to the Schwab's collection. The color makes this car rare, since only 116 were built that year. The copper coupe is Tex's daily driver and goes to the drags, where it turns 13.8 in the quarter-mile
Steve's '75 L82 four-speed blue roadster has only 7,800 original miles and is a winner of the NCRS Top Flight award. This is Steve's show car. The Schwabs also have a black, matching-numbers '58, which is a resto project.
The Dream Lives On
"What better way than to grow old and to have loved Corvettes!" Laurie says with all her heart.
With hardly a stretch of the imagination, one can easily picture Tex at 80 out there racing her Vette with the best of them.
Laurie has truly been living the Corvette dream most of her life. Maybe it goes back to that seed being planted in her family garage when she was five. Maybe it's just in her blood; after all, she and America's Sports Car were both born the same year. Whatever the case, her energy and enthusiasm for the Corvette sport is an inspiration to us all.
"It's a legend. I'm so fortunate to be a part of it."


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Kerry heads to Kiev as Ukraine crisis deepens
- Ukraine on brink of national disaster%2C prime minister says
- Obama%2C world leaders decry Russian occupation of Crimea
- Secretary of State calls the occupation %22an incredible act of aggression%22
Russian troops consolidated their hold on Ukraine's Crimean peninsula as the United States and others denounced the military movement, deepening the East-West standoff over the future of Ukraine.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and European foreign ministers announced plans Sunday for talks in Kiev aimed at easing rising tensions as Ukraine put its military on high alert and appealed for international help against a feared invasion by Russia.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said his country "was on the brink of national disaster." The interim government in Kiev said the country's military should be ready to fight. Ukrainian military reservists were ordered to active duty while in the Crimean region in the south of the country, road traffic was blocked and telecommunications remained sporadic — two days after communication centers were seized by unknown armed men.
Earlier Sunday, hundreds of armed men in trucks and armored vehicles surrounded a Ukrainian military base in Crimea, blocking its soldiers from leaving in a standoff when Ukrainians placed a tank at the base's gate.
"The situation is very serious — the Russian army is blocking military bases of Ukraine in Crimea. … They issued an ultimatum demanding that our soldiers disarm themselves or the bases will be stormed," said Ukraine's interim president and parliament speaker, Oleksandr Turchinov, on Sunday.
President Obama met with his national security team and called international leaders in an effort to coordinate a response. He spoke Sunday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Polish President Bronislaw Maria Komorowski.
Kerry called the occupation "an incredible act of aggression."
American allies "are prepared to go to the hilt in order to isolate Russia with respect to this invasion," Kerry said on CBS' Face The Nation. "They're prepared to put sanctions in place, they're prepared to isolate Russia economically."
The United States on Saturday suspended its participation in the G-8 talks among the world's largest economic powers. The talks are scheduled to be held in Sochi, Russia in June.
Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed unmoved by comments from other world leaders. Putin told Obama in a 90-minute telephone conversation late Saturday night, that use of force on Russia's part would be a response to provocations from Ukraine.
In that phone call and his calls with other leaders, Obama said the Russian actions in Ukraine lacked any international authority, according to three senior administration officials who briefed reporters Sunday afternoon.
"The president's point in all of his calls is to point out the complete illegitimacy of Russia's intervention in the Crimea and Ukraine," said one of the officials, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive diplomatic efforts.
OBAMA:Russian intervention completely illegitimate
Putin told Obama that not only can Russia send its troops to Crimea, but to all of predominantly Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine due to "the existence of real threats" to Russian citizens in Ukrainian territory, according to a statement on the Kremlin's website.
A second senior administration official said Russia has moved 6,000 troops into the Crimean peninsula, and that there are signs of tensions being "stirred up" in eastern Ukraine between ethnic Russians and Ukrainians. The administration declined to assign blame to a particular person or party for the tension.
Crimea is a semi-autonomous region of Ukraine with a majority ethnic Russia presence, many of whom have openly welcomed the presence of Russian troops. It is home to critical Russian military bases and access to the Black Sea.
But Russia risks getting sucked into a quagmire if Moscow attempts to expand further into Ukraine, analysts said.
"It's not going to be the short five- or six-day war they had with Georgia," said Steven Pifer, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine now a senior fellow at Brookings Institution. Russia went to war in 2008 with Georgia over a territorial dispute.
Any attempt by Russia's forces to push beyond Crimea and further into Ukraine would risk partisan warfare, terror attacks and resistance from Ukraine's army, security analysts say. But they disagreed about what Russia may do next. It could remain in Crimea, expand its reach into other parts of the Ukraine or begin withdrawing.
"Unless there is a strong response from the West -- and I mean strong response -- they will keep moving," said Stephen Blank, a senior fellow with the American Foreign Policy Council. "They've bet the farm."
Entering other parts of Ukraine, however, would be far more difficult for Russian forces and Russia's interests there are less clear. Russia would meet resistance from the public and Ukrainian forces. Even eastern Ukraine, where there is a significant ethnic Russian presence, Russian forces would receive a mixed reception at best, analysts say.
In those regions they would likely face guerrilla warfare and attacks on infrastructure, including a pipeline that carries Russian natural gas to Europe, said Adrian Karatnycky, an analyst with the Atlantic Council. "It would be a bloody mess," he said.
Russia has a large army, but much of it consists of poorly trained conscripts. Its forces could probably overrun Ukraine's military, which consists of about 130,000 troops, but trying to occupy a large portions of Ukraine would be costly and difficult.
Analysts believe Putin is weighing these practical considerations as much as the international response as he decides his next step. "Putin is pushing the boundaries," said Alisa Moldavanova, a political science professor at Wayne State University who has researched Ukrainian security issues. "He is trying to see how far he can go."
A more practical strategy for Russia would be to keep Ukraine weak by pushing for Crimea's independence and encouraging a movement within Ukraine to create a semi-autonomous region in the east. "If anything they might push for the federalization of Ukraine," Moldavanova said.
In Washington, some Republicans used the crisis to fault Obama's own foreign policy.
"Putin is playing chess and I think we're playing marbles," said Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, speaking on Fox News Sunday. Rogers said the Russians have been "running circles around us" in negotiations on such items as Syria and missile defense.
STORY:Republicans hit Obama foreign policy over Ukraine
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaking on CNN's State of the Union, said "we have a weak and indecisive president," and that "invites aggression."
Rogers, Graham and other officials who appeared on Sunday interview shows supported calls for new sanctions, and suggested that Russia be kicked out of the G-8. They also called for economic assistance to Ukraine and help for other developing democracies located near Russia.
Resneck reported from Sevastopol, Ukraine; Michaels from Washington.
Contributing: Olga Rudenko and Jabeen Bhatti; Michaels, Aamer Madhani and David Jackson from Washington; The Associated Press


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CULTURE- ART FEATURE- Material world: Williams goes beneath the surface
Forget what T.S. Eliot said about April— when it comes to art, August is the cruelest month. Not much new opens, the ongoing exhibitions tend to be a hash of group shows, and quite a few galleries simply shut down for the last two weeks of the month. Not to mention it's sluggishly hot... Must... fight... lethargy...
My cure for sagging eyelids: Jump in the car and drive east to the Arts Center in Orange, which is currently displaying Nebraska artist Sandra Williams' lively– or, more truthfully, used-to-be-lively– exhibition, "The History of Zero." Although primarily a painter, Williams incorporates an array of materials– bones, wood, fabric, teeth, dead bugs(!)– in eight oversized pieces that prod viewers' sense of nostalgia.
Coated in shiny lacquer and framed by thick black edges, Williams' multi-layered images draw inspiration from 17th century vanitas paintings' material evocations of grief and loss. Williams, however, expresses something visually akin to the "magical realism" found in Latin American literature, where everyday scenes veer into the fantastic.
In "Deadly Nightshade," for instance, three women sew together, sitting against a black background blooming with large tropical flowers. Benign and domestic, the piece nevertheless carries a whiff of witchcraft– reinforced by the startling realization that the left figure's gold shirt is actually swimming with anchovy-like fish, while feathers comprise the right figure's blouse.
Creepier, in "Sir," a flat, cartoon-like man wearing horn-rimmed glasses and a rumpled brown suit sits in front of yellowing, pieced-together floral wallpaper. Suddenly, the viewer becomes aware the man's suit is crawling with giant Madagascan hissing cockroaches suspended in resin. The effect is jolting– repulsive yet compelling.
Given Williams' attention to surfaces and textures, it's easy to overlook her dexterity as a painter. Using a wide-ranging palette, intensified by the overlay of resin, the artist's deft brushwork is both adventurous and bold. She also manages to find a strange-yet-satisfying middle ground between two and three dimensions in many of her compositions.
Perhaps the most accessible piece in the show is the seemingly straightforward "Two Small Dogs: Boo and Atticus." Against a saturated azure background, two little dogs face each other like bookends, turning their heads to engage the viewer with expressions and body stances that amusingly suggest the twin masks of tragedy and comedy.
Williams' colorful, cryptic evocations and incorporation of unexpected materials make "The History of Zero" as startlingly fresh as a hailstorm on a sweltering August day.
Sandra Williams' exhibition, "The History of Zero," is on view at The Arts Center in Orange through September 29. 129 E. Main St., Orange. 540-672-7311.


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This is my favorite scene from one of the most ridiculous mad science movies of all time: Godsend. In which Greg Kinnear confronts Robert De Niro, who's tampered with forces that man was not meant to yadda yadda, and everything goes horribly wrong. To the point where their debate over whether De Niro was wrong to play God leads to them actually lighting a church on fire. Just in case you, you know, missed the theme.
Warning: Clip is somewhat spoilery.
In Godsend, Kinnear plays a grieving dad whose son is killed in a car accident because his wife (Rebecca Romijn) wasn't paying attention. Kinnear is a saintly, dedicated teacher who teaches at an inner city school — this is established in one very quick and dirty scene, where one of his former students attempts to mug him, before recognizing the greatest teacher he ever had, the one who almost made a difference but not quite, etc. If only that student had paid attention to Greg Kinnear's classes.
Anyway, so Kinnear and Romijn's kid is killed — but Robert De Niro comes to them with an offer. He can clone their dead son and implant him into Romijn, so she can give birth to the same kid a second time. (They can't just make another baby, because Romijn is now infertile.) But their cloned son turns out to be defective: When he reaches the same age he was when he died, he starts acting demonic and murdering other kids and stuff. Is he possessed? Is he remembering his previous death? Is it... Satan?
Actually, no. Turns out that De Niro had a son who died, too, who was a serial killer in the making — so bad that his nanny tried to smother him to death with the shower curtain. De Niro's son murdered everyone at his high school, and then killed his mom and himself. Because De Niro's kid died in a fire, there wasn't enough genetic material to clone him — so instead, De Niro manipulated the genes of Greg Kinnear and Rebecca Romijn's baby, to give their cloned son some of the mental attributes of his own evil serial killer kid. And... it worked! The reason why Adam is a serial killer is because he's remembering De Niro's son's life, not his own past life. It makes. Total sense.
Does Jesus approve of this sort of genetic hijinks? Take a look at that burning Bible in the clip, and decide for yourself.


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The Role of the EU|BICs in stimulating and supporting the young entrepreneurs in the Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
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This report, published by EBN, maps the Valencian innovation landscape, providing aggregated key performance indicators of the different local EU|BICs (e.g. deal flow for start-ups created, job creation, etc). It does so by showcasing quantitative and qualitative data. In addition, it displays the different events methodologies and tools deployed in the region in order to boost efficient lead generation, foster young entrepreneurship and build opportunities for exchange of best practises.
The four EU|BICs of the Valencian region - Alcoy, Castellón, Elche and Valencia – have been able to develop close cooperation by identifying synergies in the region, thus covering a broad range of sectors and services. In turn, this close collaboration has produced great results, such as the widely known Emprenemjunts portal and the Entrepreneur's Day annual gathering. In fact, the two initiatives have become a reference for self-starters across the country, inspiring EU|BICs in the network to learn and develop similar initiatives.
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