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Woodstock Riding Club
January 18, 2016
Present: Christina Steen-Byron, Pat Elliot, Susan Leiching, Jane Booth, Roberta Jackson, Nancy Locke, Carl Steen
Jr. Members:
Guest: Kenny Booth, Joe Leiching
The meeting was called to order at 7:15 PM by President Roberta Jackson
Minutes of the November Meeting were reviewed by Susan Leiching. Motion made to accept by Nancy and seconded by Pat.
Treasurer's Report:
The treasurer's report was reviewed verbally by Jane and available upon request. Report included the tax report and insurance bills. A motion was made to accept the treasurer's report by Susan and seconded by Pat and so carried.
Old Business:
1. Discuss the up and coming show program. Jenny Lang has the information about the ads and what has been received. She also has been in communication, along with Jane, with Karin about the website.
2. Show dates have been listed in the Mane Stream.
3. If you do not receive the Mane Stream, contact
Tina Krieger Sales Manager, Mane Stream
Lee Publications
P.O. Box 121, 6113 State Hwy. 5
Palatine Bridge, NY 13428
Ph: (518) 673-0108
Fx: (518) 673-2381
4. Our information about shows should also be submitted to the Equine Journal.
New Business:
1. We are still looking for judges for the 2016 shows. If anyone has a judge in mind who has not been at our shows in the past years, please let Jane know. Susan will contact Linda Serdy at Cobleskill to see if there any available judges in the area.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Leiching
Check out the Woodstock Riding Club website – http://woodstockridingclub.com Current information is being posted.
The next meeting is at the Olympic Diner, Washington Ave, Kingston, NY on February 15, 2016 at 7:00 PM.

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Ahmad Kamran Malik
1 Autonomic Threat Avoidance and Self-Healing in Database Management System
Authors: Wajahat Munir, Muhammad Haseeb, Adeel Anjum, Basit Raza, Ahmad Kamran Malik
Abstract:Databases are the key components of the software systems. Due to the exponential growth of data, it is the concern that the data should be accurate and available. The data in databases is vulnerable to internal and external threats, especially when it contains sensitive data like medical or military applications. Whenever the data is changed by malicious intent, data analysis result may lead to disastrous decisions. Autonomic self-healing is molded toward computer system after inspiring from the autonomic system of human body. In order to guarantee the accuracy and availability of data, we propose a technique which on a priority basis, tries to avoid any malicious transaction from execution and in case a malicious transaction affects the system, it heals the system in an isolated mode in such a way that the availability of system would not be compromised. Using this autonomic system, the management cost and time of DBAs can be minimized. In the end, we test our model and present the findings.
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As many as nine people got injured after a blast occurred in a cement block factory at Tuem Industrial Estate in Goa. The Tragic incident took place on Friday.
On January 8, at least three people were killed while one more was severely injured when an explosion took place in a boiler at a factory in Mohali district's Lalru town. The incident took place when workers were repairing a motor at the co-generation power plant in Dera Bassi tehsil.
A boiler of the factory unit exploded, leading to the death of three migrant workers, all aged between 20 and 28, he said. They were identified as Manish, Hemant and Sanjay, police said.
Goa: 9 persons injured, three of them critical, following a blast in a cement block factory at Tuem Industrial Estate. pic.twitter.com/LJAS5gUAIP
— ANI (@ANI) January 12, 2019
A similar incident took place on January 4 when seven people were killed after an LPG cylinder blast in a building, where work related to ceiling fans was being carried out, in West Delhi's Sudarshan Park triggered a collapse bringing a portion of the structure down, police said.


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John Daw1
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|Isaac Dawe1 (cir. 1769 - Dec 1840)
|Sarah Smith1 (cir. 1774 - Feb 1833)
|4th great-uncle of Lorna Henderson
BMDB dataJohn Daw was born cir. Oct 1798 Par. of Whitchurch, DEV, ENG.1 He was baptized on 26 Oct 1798 Par. of Whitchurch, DEV; entry reads: John son of Isaac and Sarah Daw Octr 26th.1
All the other infoJohn Daw baptized Whitchurch 1798 to Isaac and Sarah DAWE, and John Daw marrying Mary FRIEND and having a son Isaac Friend DAW in Oct 1798 are possibly the same person, this bog post refers.
I would love to hear from any descendants of John and Mary that may be able to confirm this identification.2
|My direct DAWE line
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- Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bap. 26 Oct 1798 John s/o Isaac & Sarah DAW, Whitchurch, DEV, copy d/loaded Jun 2016.
- "Lorna's Family History Musings", Jun 2016.
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This week was a downer. I had multiple confrontations with people at work (And I'm SOOOO non-confrontational). I had confrontations with people outside of work (Muffin's Dad and the
Alas, being the only responsible adult I know within a 50 mile radius, I need to behave myself look after the Muffin. She was kind of a pill earlier this week - right after her visit with dad - but that's worn off. In fact, let me elaborate on the highlight of my week - and I mean this sincerely!
Lately, Muffin has been playing the "I want my Daddy" card. I'm not sure if parents who are together experience the same pang, but separated parents see this as a personal attack. Part of me recognized that Muffin was trying to imply that her Daddy would let her do something I had forbidden but still, it hurt to hear that my little girl would rather be with her dad.
Tuesday evening, she refused to eat her vegetables. She said she wanted her daddy. Repeatedly. So, I called Daddy. They had a brief and teary (on her side) conversation. Afterwards, she handed the phone back and I tried to explain, in a nonchalant way, that I wasn't being a meanie - she was being unreasonable. He agreed! He said that when she was at his house she asked for ME on several occasions when he refused her something or told her to do something she didn't like. I was so relieved. I can't even tell you.
Anyway, that brief conversation made my Tuesday. Sadly, the rest of the week went downhill but today Muffin more than made up for it.
I noticed, as I was buckling her into her booster this afternoon, that there was spaghetti sauce all over her khaki pants. Here is the ensuing conversation:
Me: Let me guess. You had spaghetti for lunch today.
Muffin: No. I had baa-zan-ya.
Me: Lasagna? You had lasagna for lunch?
Muffin: No, Mama. I had baa-zan-ya. Buh, Buh, Buh. B for Baa-zan-ya.
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Baba Ramdev Dhaba is the great palce if you are Daal-Bati Lover. This is the great place for the dinner though the weekends are very crowdy there. The place also serves many of the dishes for the dinner but Dall-Bati is their speciality. Also the churma of Bati is great. Baba Ramdev Dhaba is one of the Must try places of Pune for foodies.


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Ghanaian award-winning duo, R2Bees (Omar Sterling and Mugeez) releases a new single titled "Beautiful".
The Killbeatz produced song is off their forthcoming project 'Site 15' album expected soon.
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Idabel, OK (January 5, 2019)— Museum of the Red River director Henry Moy will lead a short-term study program in Brazil in May. Moy said the program will "combine culture, history, and natural history" and is "the trip of a lifetime". Both the Museum and Moy have strong ties to the region. The Museum is home to one of the nation's most comprehensive collections of Amazonian feather-work. Moy worked in Brazil for several years and was planning to stay there long-term before being recruited to the Museum in 1997.
Brazil is one of the world's most environmentally diverse countries. The region is home to 60% of the Amazon Rainforest, which contains roughly one-tenth of all species in the world. Brazil is also one of the world's most ethnically diverse countries. Its indigenous, European, African, and even Asian communities have created a culture unlike any other. Unsurprisingly, Brazil attracts over 1 million tourists from around the world each year.
The Museum's 2019 study trip includes excursions to some of Brazil's most famous natural and manmade wonders, including the town of Ouro Preto, Sugar Loaf Mountain (pictured) and the towering Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janerio, Iguassu Falls, and many more. Unlike the Museum's last Brazilian study program, this one does not include any excursions into the Amazon Rainforest. More details, including a full itinerary and pricing information is here. A deposit for the trip must be made by February 1, 2019. For more information call (580) 286 – 3616.
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Curtain tracks – possibilities
While decorating your house try not to overlook the curtains. They seem like an everyday usual element of house interiors, but they aren't really so ordinary. If chosen properly they can make a huge difference in the way your house looks. First of all, if you want them to serve as a background against fancy furniture they have to be delicate and subtle. In this way, you truly may not notice them. But in this case it's a good situation since that's your goal – un obtrusive background which makes other elements shine and draw attention. Yet, you can also have curtains at the very center. Choose the ones in vivid colors, with unusual beckoning prints or in striking shapes. Here, they are, at the very heart of your home – eye-catching and mesmerizing. Yet, there is also another important aspect of curtains. It's their practicality. Don't forget that properly chosen curtains keep your privacy, shut off the light when it's necessary, prevent any damages to your carpets or furniture that may be causes by sun rays, stop the mold from developing and insulate your house. Yet, all this isn't effective if they aren't properly fitted. To be completely efficient you need your curtains to have solid foundations – in this case curtain tracks are the key.
Curtain tracks – practical tips
Curtain tracks can make a huge difference when it comes to curtains looks and practicality. Interestingly, they are available in many types and sizes. You can choose from different curtain rods and track systems. Keep in mind that some of them work better with particular types or shapes of curtains. If chosen properly curtain tracks make curtains look really good, in a way they show off their beauty to the full. They are also highly practical. They make fitting and moving the curtains easy and quick. Curtains tracks in themselves can be little works of art. There are many possible designs with variety of available colors and styles. Sometimes they can serve as eye-catching element. Whether you want to expose them is totally up to you.


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I so do not need another Michael Grant series to follow. Blast the man! Until fairly close to the end of BZRK I was under the (clearly erroneous) impression that I could let go after the one book. You know. Read one to see what it's like.
I did.
BZRK is also an ARG (Alternate Reality Game). It's an app. (I wish I knew what to do with an app. No, I don't. I'm old. I have no time for games.) So to an old-fashioned book reader BZRK ought to be no more than an exciting sounding modern toy for teenagers.
It is a bit more than that.
At first I was almost disappointed when it looked as if the first few violent chapters where people go mad or are killed outright were nothing more than computer game plots. But we are not mourning those dead for nothing (why did he have to make them so likeable?). They are dead. It's 'just' that the deaths were caused in a kind of computer game surrounding.
This is a 'disgusting' set-up where nanobots and biots fight it out inside our bodies. It's bad guys versus slightly better guys. I don't understand the technicalities of it, but you don't have to. It is a most compelling read.
So, you have these conjoined twins who are evil and are aiming to take over the minds of major world leaders. And then you have BZRK who are trying to stop them. The twins are likely to kill any of their operators who don't do well. On the BZRK side you simply die. Or go crazy.
Whether because the plot requires some of the action to be set somewhere outside the US, or because Michael wants to attract more UK readers by being seen to move around London, we get quite a bit of British 'charm' along with the American action. He does it well. And his Tourists From Denver are priceless.
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Thanks to the leadership of the Piedmont Health Foundation, a study of public transit and health and human services transportation was conducted in 2015 to better understand transit mobility in the community and to identify ways to increase residents' ability to travel in Greenville County. A task force was established to oversee research and data analysis, develop recommendations and implement change. The results of that research have led to increased momentum among numerous public, private and social stakeholders to advocate for major changes to our transportation system.
Hollingsworth Funds' Involvement
Hollingsworth Funds recognizes that lack of access to efficient and effective transportation is one of the major cross-sector barriers influencing economic mobility. The Transportation Initiative is yet another example of multiple stakeholders looking to come together around a common purpose. We were an early stage investor in the research and planning of the transit mobility study. We have provided match funding for Greenlink's successful application to the Federal Transit Administration's Low or No Emission Vehicle Program to secure new Proterra buses and we are currently evaluating grant opportunities to invest in other selected implementation strategies. In addition to our financial commitments, our board and staff continues to utilize its social, moral, intellectual and reputational capital by serving on leadership committees and advocating for policy change across a number of transportation-related issues.


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It's astoundingly easy to sell photos online. To you, the thousands of selfies, travel photos and everyday snapshots saved to your phone's camera roll might just be something to scroll through when you're bored. But for today's companies and marketers, they're worth their weight in gold.
Companies around the world — from cosmetics brands to prominent travel websites — are willing to shell out cash to capture your moments. Sounds too good to be true, right?
Not necessarily.
Let's think about the photos that appeal to you personally. If you had to pick between a your average stock photo or a brilliant Instagram shot of the same subject, chances are good that you'd prefer the latter. That's because user-generated visuals, or photos and videos posted by ordinary people to social media, are a lot more authentic than microstock photography. They don't have that stock photo "feel," which also makes them extremely valuable.
With so many people crowding the internet, it's also becoming more difficult for brands to get their voices heard online. So when companies are looking to start conversations in our saturated digital world, they'll run with the most interesting snapshot: Yours.
If you'd like to democratize photography, it's as simple as uploading your creations to Scopio's visual platform, where selling photos online is done with a few clicks on our Scopio's Originators portal. We help bridge the gap between your outstanding photos and the innovative companies that love to use them.
Here's how to sell photos online with Scopio. It's easy and fast. But most importantly, it's immensely rewarding.
1. Make Sure Your Snapshot (Or Video) Is a Great One
There are no solid rules if you want to sell photos online, but it's always a good idea to keep a few guidelines in mind.
Think in Thirds
It's a common misconception that great photos must center everything (or at least a main subject) in the middle of the frame. However, things get a little more eye-catching when you go by the rule of thirds.
Just divide your frame up into three horizontal and vertical components, and place your subjects either in the crosshairs or along those lines. Viewers gravitate naturally toward shots like these.
According to an article from Photography Mad, "an off-centre composition is more pleasing to the eye and looks more natural than one where the subject is placed right in the middle of the frame. It also encourages you to make creative use of negative space, the empty areas around your subject."
So when it comes to balance and composition, don't be afraid to think a little differently and switch things up.
Dare to Be Different
Think about it: How many pictures of people "holding" up the Leaning Tower of Pisa have you seen on Twitter or Instagram? We'd wager more than a dozen. What about interesting shots of the building itself or the landscape around it? Just a few, right?
The shot below exemplifies this. It's not your typical photo of Pisa, and it puts more of a focus on the gorgeous art and architecture of the structure. Bonus points if you realized that it also follows the rule of thirds!
In the middle of Pisa ? ? #italy #photo #pisa #czech #girl #loves #love #explore #exploretheworld #travel #travels #lonelyplanet #sharetravelpics #aroundtheworld #passion #like4like #followme #insta #instagram #instadaily #instagood #instamood #nature #me #picoftheday #fun #summer #travel #photography #sea IPisa
If you seriously want to sell photos online, just know that your favorite companies aren't just looking for user-generated images. They're searching for something that's also visually striking.
That doesn't mean that you should never take those cliché tourist shots — just that it's a good idea to promote your most eye-catching, memorable photos and videos.
Don't Sacrifice Quality
Companies tend to choose photos that are crisp, colorful and clean. So whether you're choosing a photo to sell or snapping a new one, ensure that the camera is focused completely on your subject and that the photo has enough color and light.
And if you plan to sell photos online regularly, it never hurts to invest in a high-quality camera phone such as the iPhone 7 or the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy S8. On the other hand, you don't necessarily have to use your phone to take pictures, even though it is a pocket-sized convenience. Many Instagram and Twitter photographers use DSLRs, like the one below. You just have to go through the extra work of sending these pictures to your phone if you'd like to post them on Instagram, since posting on the app is restricted to mobile for now.
For those looking to polish their digital presence and expand their camera collections, the Canon EOS Rebel T5i, Pentax K-s2 and Nikon D3300 and D3400 are great quality cameras that are great for beginners, as they won't break the bank.
Un cactus suaviza mis yemas con su piel; Tiene cien años, sólo florece una vez: en tu nombre. #Cerati #Cactus #NikonD3300 #Nikon #D3300 #35mm #Bokeh #Background #Sea #Beach #DominicanRepublic #BahiaDeLasAguilas #Seaside #LatePost #Sunday #Trip #Igers #Instashot #Horizon #Clouds #Blue #Manual #photography #Photo #Landscape #Sky
2. Sell Photos Online with Scopio's Originators Portal
When we launched our direct upload site, our goal was to make it a breeze for avid photographers to sell photos online.
That's why there are no hidden fees or account signups to worry about when you upload your work to Scopio. Everything is completely free and astoundingly easy, and there's no competing with other photographers. If you're curious, you can check it out here.
To contribute to Scopio's digital library, simply upload your photos in bulk (or by individual URLs), type out some relevant keywords, select a category and fill in your contact information. We'll make sure companies see your work, and we'll also let you know if they use it.
With the exception of nonprofit- and live event-type clients, we pay Scopio photographers per use for their work. That means that if your photo is used five separate times by a company, you'll get five times the payment amount. Pretty sweet, right? We try to pay each of our photographers within 30 days of selling their work to companies.
We usually arrange payments through Venmo, but can make exceptions when the app isn't available in your country. Just email [email protected] if this is the case for you.
3. Keep on Creating
When you're selling photos online, it doesn't have to be a one-and-done experience. It's likely that you have a natural knack for photography or videography and can sell more.
Make sure to keep your camera of choice on you at all times, and learn how to protect your tools. After all, professional photographers do this, too. You really never know when you'll run into a beautiful, interesting or once-in-a-lifetime moment, so keep your eyes open and your camera charged and ready.
Once you capture those new snapshots, be sure to upload them onto our platform to be considered by even more companies. One day, you might just be paid 30 times a day for pictures you created on a whim.
Scopio is the industry's premier search and licensing platform for images and videos on social media. We help companies find and use the photos and videos that matter to their audience, from capturing content to evaluating the performance of their new campaigns. Wondering about what we can do for you? Just email [email protected] for more information. We'd love to field your questions. Featured photo by charlottehuiying/Instagram.
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Willy Wang Story: Because HIV is Everyone's conversation.
Even within the HIV community, there are varying opinions and sometimes the topic can get extremely heated, as let's be honest, although HIV has become a manageable disease, it's still in our blood, and something people tend to be very opinionated or passionate about vocalizing their stance on the subject. With different laws pertaining disclosure and criminalization in different countries, there's sure to be varying, often opposing opinions.
Perhaps it has, it's just that when it comes to those who we're intentionally infected by their partners, whether that be long term or short term partners, they seem to be missing from the conversation while we're so up in arms over the state of Criminalization, at least in Canada, while it seems that we haven't even been able to sort out a universal plan for treatment and making it availability and affordable for everyone.
How Did Willy Wang Story Get Started?
As for criminalization of HIV Transmission, I'm probably a tad biased and after detailing my story then you can decide for yourself what your thoughts are. And they are completely up to you, the goal of our website is not to sway your opinion about topics, each person has his/her own opinion and we totally respect that.
So let's dive in. Willy Wang Story is rather the story of two people and two different ways of dealing with a positive diagnosis.
Up until I decided that I was going to start doing something to educated myself more about HIV and try and make it appealing and fun for others to do so as well, I spent two years carrying around this secret, and put myself through hell. I struggled with addiction, and I'm not afraid to admit that anymore.
As for Willy, say hello. You'll find him on Grindr, Tinder, Jack'D , Hornet, Guyspy, Blued, or Wechat trying to offer kids that haven't even finished 9th grade yet, money for a night with him. Sounds dramatic, but until you hear the Willy Wang Story, you haven't grasped the whole situation yet.
So let's start from the beginning, and do a full turn until we're back here. This is real life, it's not a joke. While I started ART the very next day after my diagnosis, Willy, however decided that for six months after, continuously he was going to not begin treatment, and that he was also not going to disclose his status to the multiple partners he was having sex with.
I'm not talking like the occasional hookup a month. I failed to see the clear signs at the beginning of the relationship, but Willy is a full blown Sex addict. It's one guy per day at least, if not multiple, and if he can be so lucky as to attend group Sex parties wherever he may be for work in Europe, Asia , or wherever, you'll surely find him scouting someone for the day.
During that six months not even having pursuing trying to find out what he had been up to like some super jealous spouse, more then 45 men had found my contact details and messaged me asking about his status.
None had received disclosure of status despite the fact his viral load would have been at that time untreated and contagious. The very day we had discovered our status, Willy again, found a partner for that night and continued to do so for those six months or more.
Greenconn Corporation
Greenconn Corporation, or as it's called in Chinese, 格康電子深圳有公司 is owned by The In-Laws and my Husband. Due to upcoming divorce concerns and lack of pre-nup with our marriage, his properties have been transferred to his brother, Wally Wang.
It's a semiconductor PCB Manufacturer with 3 locations in China, and head office here in Taipei. ( And now also just opening a new office in Toronto, Ontario through a new distributor) Along with a seperate name for inside mainland China, Aceconn.
What does Greenconn Corporation have to do with me, or Willy?
It doesn't.
Well, it didn't initially until the company quickly tried to threaten legal action and sue me on the grounds that I was speaking out about what had happened to me, what had been and continued to happen for more then six months, and the ridiculousness and illegally of what happened.
At a certain point, you become numb to the heartbreak of cheating, so trust me it's not really that anymore. After the 100th time it just gets hella annoying.
It gets hella annoying that while I face real stigma in my life and society from this disease, I was pushed into silence and fear, while Willy continued to purposely infect other men and kids despite being I complete understanding his status.
Willys Exemption From Military Duty: https://www.willywangstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/SkypeExtracationArmyExcemption-1.pdf
It's annoying when I finally had even start to make positive contributions or at least I feel in spreading education and awareness about HIV theo HIV social media, while my spouse continued to live the stereotypical image of someone with HIV, that I do not plan on living with for the rest of my life.
Things clearly haven't changed as I haven't been able to obtain a divorce from the man, yet he now with his convinced victim really is about to move on to better things. That's the irony really I Guess isn't it, just opposite. HIV while living and studying abroad has near crippled my family financially, while Willy carelessly flies around the world funded by Greenconn, and knowingly exposed others to HIV for almost six months.
When those men later contacted me, furious, and rightfully so I guess, Willy would block them immediately and I would have to apologize for making him angry and always "Dwelling on the past". The past being whatever he chooses to do and it becoming the past, that's irrelevant within 5 minutes. At this time, I'm not sure how many men have been knowingly exposed to HIV by Willy. He had never, during the whole 6 years I've known him, once gone to test for HIV. Although as you can tell from the messages. He wasn't too concerned.
I'm not suggesting everyone be criminalized for HIV. That's ridiculous. Actually I would think my views align with that of the Canadian Coalition and I totally agree that Canada has bizarre and outdated laws that only serve to endanger the wellbeing of those living with HIV.
But what I am in disagreement with, is the select few that do "make a Bad name" for the rest of us.
I've never intentionally not disclosed my status. I've never had Sex since separating from my spouse actually just cause afterwards I felt completely disgusted and honestly scared to have Sex. But I wouldn't attribute any of that to stigma associated with HIV.
Rather honestly, I'm angry that while I've spent my time to try and educate myself more about the disease in living with, nothing has been done about my spouse who not only committed crimes against children, forged a marriage for citizenship, and knowingly exposed dozens (If not hundreds, Grindr was like a buffet for Willy and probably still is) to HIV. This wasn't like it didn't come up, he just lied to your face and would go so far as to and has currently completely denied blood reports from the hospital that we both were diagnosed in together. The man Willys about to fly to Sydney to meet is in complete denial about it as well.
Why are you so concerned?
Your right, perhaps I shouldn't be. It's not my problem that hes honestly forming a relationship from a complete lie, or that if he is in denial, well we know where denial leads.. but it's that STIGMA, is real. Frustration is as well. Frustration from the fact that no matter how "manageable" HIV has become, there are still many of us who have to finance medication without insurance and it's a huge financial burden. At very least, it's a huge financial burden.
The reason why I decided to make a forum for people to casually talk about HIV is because I feel that's what honestly, we need. There's enough agencies that are almost media coached on what to say about HIV, and I respect them, that's what they're there for, but this isn't their platform.
HIV needs to become the Conversation of everyone. HIV needs to stop having the voices of some silenced by those who have opposing opinions of certain topics.
Stigma is real, unfortunately. For two years it's really kept me at bay from speaking on any issues, but I'm glad that I recently came out with my status, so at least now I feel I'm able to talk about issues and not be conscious about what other people think.
To be honest with you, I don't really care what other people think of me. My hesitation was caused by just exiting a manipulative relationship and feeling some sense of loyalty to a husband that would see me six feet under the ground before he would even address any of the things I've said. I don't want to be thrown in the same box as those who purposely and systematically infect others.
And I will not have my voice silenced by those who feel it's in the best interest of the entire community to do so in hopes that it will somehow completely erase the stigma associated with HIV.


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Contract labor has become increasingly popular, yet it also presents a number of challenges. Joshua Smith, VP of Business Development with Atterro, Digital People's parent company, recently wrote an article for Staffing Industry Analysts with contingent workforce management solutions.
Category Archives: Job Seekers
Join Digital People and company at Fulton Brewery on September 15th for DP Show Up, a round table with some of the area's most successful creatives and business leaders.
There are many ways to communicate at work. Before you shoot off an email, text, or instant message, make sure you're using technology appropriately.
Being yourself at work while staying professional can be challenging. Use these tips to help overcome this obstacle.
Motivation is like a cup of coffee. It starts hot, but it can cool off unless you keep freshening it. Check out our tips for staying motivated at work.
Your next job likely won't come from a job board, rather through your professional network. How do you build a network? Check out our 8 networking secrets!
You did it! The hiring manager chose you as a top candidate for the job. Now it's time to stand out during the interview.
Learning how to leverage social media in your job search can be tricky, but we've got some useful tips to help navigate the employment field.
When applying for jobs, you can be sure that other applicants are using everything in their arsenals to land the job. Here's how to do the same!
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Sciancalepore, Vincenzo and Filippini, Ilario and Mancuso, Vincenzo and Capone, Antonio and Banchs, Albert (2015) A semi-distributed mechanism for Inter-cell Interference Coordination exploiting the ABSF paradigm. In: The 12th Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (IEEE SECON 2015), 21-25 June 2015, Seattle, USA.
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Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (ICIC) has been identified for LTE as the main instrument for interference control. With ICIC, quality requirements can be guaranteed while avoiding the complexity of coordinated baseband processing approaches. However, most ICIC schemes proposed so far rely on centralized multi-cell scheduling algorithms that involve very heavy signaling overhead and, as a result, cannot be used for dense cellular layouts. In this paper, we propose H2(IC)2, a novel ICIC scheme that, in contrast to previous approaches, incurs very low overhead and is practical for dense deployments. H2(IC)2 is based on the Almost Blank SubFrame (ABSF) approach specified by 3GPP, which controls interference by avoiding data transmission in some subframes. Our scheme follows a two-tier approach, consisting of (i) the local schedulers, which perform the scheduling decisions locally and compute ABSF patterns, and (ii) a central coordinator, which supervises ABSF decisions. As a result of such a two-tier design, the scheme requires very light signaling to drive the local schedulers to globally efficient operating points. We analyze the convergence of distributed ABSF/scheduling decisions by using game theoretical tools and show that H2(IC)2 performs fairly close to the benchmark provided by a centralized omniscient scheduler.
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Basic Networking Protocols: Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of Basic Networking Protocols! I'm here to fill you in on some essential knowledge that every Cisco Network Professional should have a solid understanding of.
In today's article, I will talk about two application layer protocols which are extensively used in every kind of network infrastructure: Domain Name Service (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
In Part 1 of Basic Networking Protocols I covered the most important protocol suite, that you should have a good understanding of by now: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) / Internet Protocol (IP).
If you missed this article, go ahead and take a look at it first before moving on to the information in the second part — it will give you some good background information and will help you get the whole picture.
Domain Name Service (DNS)
DNS protocol is used extensively nowadays due to the existence of the Internet. It is responsible for resolving hostnames to IP addresses. Requesting to view web pages on the Internet wouldn't be so easy if instead of text URLs like this one: www.trainsignaltraining.com we had to use IP addresses like this: 126.96.36.199.
Believe me, if you had to remember this type of numerical addressing for visiting every single web page you wouldn't be visiting them at all. DNS has been invented to save the day — or should I say, the century!
Web servers are identified the same way as every other networking device — they possess an IP address. In order for users to direct their requests to the appropriate web server, the DNS protocol is responsible for translating Domain Names to their respective IP addressing schemes, so that user requests can be directed to the intended IP address of the web server.
Note: One important thing to remember when troubleshooting potential DNS problems is that if you can ping a host using its IP address then you should also ping that device using its domain name. If not, then you have a DNS problem.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
In a large network infrastructure and even in the small ones with 10-20 hosts, having to manually configure IP addresses on each individual host would be impractical. DHCP comes to the rescue in this case.
DHCP is responsible for providing an IP address along with a great deal of extra information when a client host requests an IP address from the DHCP server. Among the information that a DHCP server can provide to client hosts is the following:
- IP address
- Subnet mask
- DNS server address
- Default gateway
- Static routes
A DHCP reply message sent from a DHCP server to a DHCP client is shown below. Observe the batch of information provided.
Final Thoughts on Networking Protocols
I hope that through these two articles you were able to expand your knowledge of the capabilities and operation of TCP and IP protocols. You will definitely need this information as you steadily dig deeper into networking paths.
Moreover, you should have recognized by now the beneficial contribution of both DHCP and DNS protocols to the smooth and simplified operation of internetworks. All of us, as users, have greatly benefited from the operation of these protocols. In a way, we can be grateful for them.


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Bach St Matthew Passion
'It's not theatre. It's a prayer' is how Peter Sellars describes his 'ritualisation' of the St Matthew Passion. Choirs, soloists and instrumental obbligatists memorised their music so that, to paraphrase the Beethoven of the Missa solemnis, 'from the heart it goes straight to the heart' – though when viewing the performance on DVD the 'receiving heart' initially takes a little persuading. On screen the opening chorus fidgets, and, perhaps super-sensitive to the occasion, Mark Padmore's first recitatives seem drawn out in their desire to nail every reverential nuance. When Magdalena Kožená (a cross between Mary Magdalene and Kundry) emotes 'Buss und Reu', seemingly giving Padmore a back massage with her elbows (before verging towards an activity rather unsuitable for family viewing), the project so charismatically elucidated by Sellars in a lengthy bonus interview threatens to turn indulgent. But that doesn't happen. Some of Sellars's gestures – Padmore's hand over Judas's at the Last Supper, the lingering kiss which seals the betrayal, the Evangelist delivering his last words as if entombed – are searing, and the
rapt attention of the audience leaps out of the screen, almost as palpable as the physicality of the performers.
Padmore is a great Evangelist and this must be his greatest performance of the role. Spatially despatched to a balcony, Christian Gerhaher's Christus is the son of (every)man, while the symbiosis entwining vocal and instrumental soloists leavens Simon Rattle's compelling musical direction. Ultimately, a St Matthew Passion even greater than the sum of its parts – and they were already pretty awesome to begin with!
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Man nabbed for cheating Tanzanian couple
A hotel manager, on his way to Abu Dabhi, was nabbed at the Mumbai international airport on Monday night for a crime he allegedly committed six years ago.mumbai Updated: Jul 07, 2011 01:17 IST
A hotel manager, on his way to Abu Dabhi, was nabbed at the Mumbai international airport on Monday night for a crime he allegedly committed six years ago.
An officer from the Shivaji Park police station said that the 40-year-old Nadeem Jafri was employed at a Dadar hotel as a manager in 2005. When a Tanzanian couple staying at the hotel asked him about foreign exchange conversion services nearby, Jafri offered to help.
"The couple gave him $300 twice, which he duly exchanged for Indian currency," said sub-inspector SS Yadav of Shivaji Park police station.
"The couple, started trusting Jafri and gave him another $1300 for conversion. This time, Jafri fled with the money." He added, "When he did not return for a few days, the couple filed a complaint."
"We went to the Kandivli address he provided while seeking employment and learnt that Jafri was staying on rent and had vacated the place a few days ago." At Jafri's workplace, police came across a photocopy of the passport he had submitted.
His details were shared with the Special Branch of Mumbai Police to foil any attempt to leave the country. The police, however, were unable to find any more leads and the trail went cold.
On Monday, the Shivaji Park police station got a call from immigration officials at the airport, who had pulled him aside. "We arrested Jafri for criminal breach of trust. He was presented before the local court on Tuesday. He has been remanded to our custody till July 8," Yadav added.


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KEVIN POWELL explores America during the civil rights movement, with an emphasis on the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Through examinations of the landscape of that era and what has changed since, he highlights the work that remains to be done in the twenty-first century around race, gender, class, sexual identity, spiritual and religious beliefs, different abilities and disabilities, and more. He also explores today's young people, American pop culture, and social media and its effect on activism.
Powell is one of the most acclaimed political, cultural, literary, and hip-hop voices in America. A native of Jersey City, he was raised by a single mother in extreme poverty but studied at Rutgers University thanks to New Jersey's Educational Opportunity Fund. Powell is the author of twelve books, including The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy's Journey into Manhood, a critically acclaimed and brutally honest memoir. In 2018, he will publish a biography of Tupac Shakur. Powell's writings have also appeared in Esquire, Ebony, and the Washington Post.
This event is part of the Lowell Lecture Series and is free and open to the public.
Certain books were "banned in Boston" at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.


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Woohoo – it's the weekend. When you aren't working, you don't have weekends, just days where there are more people around. What a week – I've seen a million envelopes and stuffed them all. My hands are a mess of paper cuts. I'm going back on Monday, they have a few things that need finishing off. Hopefully the cuts will have healed by then.
I learned something about myself this week. I've always mocked the way my stars say I'm a pedantic Virgo. As if. Yet working with a group of other temps this week, I've almost gone insane because they do things wrong. I don't care how mundane the task, there is a right way to do things. Yesterday afternoon we had to work on a huge mail out in pairs and two of the women had some system going that was moronically slow and plodding. One of the other girls and I finished all our work and wanted to help them but they wanted to do it on their own. That's all well and good but it was almost 5 o'clock and I had plans for after work.
Then at the end of the day, we all handed over our timesheets to get them signed and faxed off and one of the guys realised he still had to download the form from the net and fill it. I say if you care that little about being paid, then go without. This was at 5 after 5 and I'd put down 5.00 as my finishing time! I don't work unpaid overtime because of someone else's incompetence so I went to the loos and changed into my running gear.
After work, I met up with Simon and we went for a run. We'd planned to trial the Run to the G route but ended up skipping the bits around Flinders St and Fed Square. Still did about 8 km but I had to walk heaps of it because there are no freakin' public toilets around the G!
Today I'm going to the market then plan to do a heap of cooking. Tomorrow we're going over to get all our stories that Andrew's downloaded for us – Supernatural, Heroes, Grey's Anatomy… I think that's it. Then we're going to loll around watching them all.
Oh and when I said The Godfather was an awful long movie I meant it was loooonng not awful. I've got a big crush on the young Al Pacino at the moment. We also watched Dog Day Afternoon this week. What a fantastic movie. I've never seen it before. It's very funny in places yet such a sad story. Go rent it.
Airlie – I think I've posted my chicken soup recipe before but I can't find it. It's dead easy. You just need some good quality chicken soup then add heaps of garlic and ginger, onion, thinly sliced carrot, bok choy or spinach, capsicum and some chili if you want. If you want to be more authentic, you could add a little Vietnamese fish sauce but I don't. Then chuck in some noodles, hokkien are good. When it's ready, add some thinly sliced chicken breast and a handful of chopped coriander (oh yeah, you can also add the coriander roots and stems to the soup). But the other night, I got mine from a Vietnamese place in Richmond.


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JavaScript libraries and tools are a hot topic this week. One of the most recommended stories for this week covers one of the greatest code editors out there, "10 VS Code Extensions for Frontend Developers in 2018" by Nwose Lotanna. React developers will love reading "9 React Styled-Components UI Libraries for 2018" by Jonathan Saring.
Arrow functions are the new ES6 syntax. They are very cool and useful but one needs to know how to use them properly. Kevin Ball helps you out this week regarding this in his article "JavaScript Arrow Functions: How, Why, When (and WHEN NOT) to Use Them".
Mathematics is always around in software development so it's important to be very familiar with Math libraries. That's why we recommend not to miss out "JavaScript Essentials: Numbers and Math" by Evan (CodeDraken).
Vue users don't want to miss "Plans for the Next Iteration of Vue.js" by Evan You but we believe that others should keep an eye on this one too.
Since unit testing should be an essential part of any quality software development process, we highly recommend you to check out "Rethinking Unit Test Assertions" by Eric Elliott.
Finally, we have two announcements this week. Aurelia announced "The New Aurelia-CLI Auto-tracing Bundler" and Ember announced "Ember 3.4 Released" on their official blogs.
Evolution of JavaScript Programming Language
When you look around the software development world today, one language that seems to be everywhere is JavaScript. JavaScript has gained a lot of popularity over the years, despite facing various stumbling blocks this language has gone on to become the most popular language in the world today.
Authored by: Shaleynikov
setTimeout is a callback-style function. What would happen if we change that?
Today it is common practice to transform node-style-callback functions into promise-style functions. So why haven't we done this for setTimeout? The main reason to prefer a promise-style function over a node-style-callback is to avoid Callback Hell. Nobody wants to see that.
Authored by: joelnet
JavaScript Essentials: Objects
Essentials is a series that covers the most used and important methods for X topic along with some other fundamentals. In this post we cover Objects. Prerequisites It's recommended that you know about types. Other JS topics would be helpful too but are not required.
Authored by: Evan
Fundamentals of storing data in the browser with IndexedDB
IndexedDB is another API meant for client-side storage. It is good for storing a significant amount of data, including files. IndexedDB is more suitable than WebStorage suitable for keeping structured data, and definitely more adequate for that than cookies. In this article, we go through the main concepts of IndexedDB.
Authored by: Marcin Wanago
JavaScript Arrow Functions: How, Why, When (and WHEN NOT) to Use Them
One of the most heralded features in modern JavaScript is the introduction of arrow functions, sometimes called 'fat arrow' functions, utilizing the new token =>. These functions two major benefits - a very clean concise syntax and more intuitive scoping and this binding. Those benefits have sometimes led to arrow functions being strictly preferred over other forms of function declaration.
Authored by: Kevin Ball
JavaScript Essentials: Numbers and Math
Essentials is a series that covers the most used and important methods for X topic along with some other fundamentals. In this post, we cover Numbers and Math. Prerequisites It's recommended that you know about types and just a little bit of math. JavaScript has just one number type.
Authored by: Evan
Scope and Hoisting of variables, functions, and `this` in JavaScript
Blog posts and articles abound for this topic (a reference list follows) so I will attempt to highlight common pitfalls for beginner-intermediate web development students learning JavaScript.
Authored by: Donna
Building A Movie Information App With Ionic 3
This application covers several important concepts in Ionic development that will help you on your way to becoming an awesome hybrid mobile applications developer. For this tutorial, basic knowledge of HTML and CSS is expected. Some familiarity with Angular 2+, Typescript and SCSS would be beneficial but is not absolutely essential.
Authored by: Scotch Development
Policy-Based Client-Side Encryption in Angular
Understand symmetric, asymmetric, and transform encryption. Learn how to implement client-side encryption (part of a data privacy architecture) using HTTP Interceptors and decorators. Add a testable and auditable data privacy policy. Separate the decision of how to classify data from the decision of who can access that data.
Authored by: The Practical Dev
Angular NgModel Directive Example Tutorial
Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now. Angular NgModel Directive Example Tutorial is the today's leading topic. The ng-model directive binds the value of HTML controls ( input, select, textarea) to application data. Using the two-way binding, we can display a data property as well as an update that property when the user makes changes.
Authored by: KrunalDLathiya
Build a Custom Toggle Switch with React
Building web applications usually involves making provisions for user interactions. One of the major ways of making provision for user interactions is through forms. Different form components exist for taking different kinds of input from the user. For example, a password component takes sensitive information from a user and masks the information so that it is not visible.
Authored by: Scotch Development
How to eliminate React performance issues now
Have you ever wondered how to make your React applications faster? Yes ? How about having a checklist for eliminating common react performance issues? Well, you are in the right place. In this article, I'll walk you through a pragmatic step-by-step guide to eliminating common react performance issues.
Authored by: LogRocket
How to manage React State with Arrays
Everything you need to know about React state with arrays. Learn how to manipulate arrays in React by using JavaScript array methods such as concat, map, filter and a few other features such as the spread operator ...
Authored by: Robin Wieruch
Hello, Create React App 2.0!
Create React App 2.0 is now available. In this blog post, Eric Bishard will walk you through what's changed and how you can use it in your development environment. Create React App provides an environment for learning React with zero configuration, developed by the React team at Facebook Open Source to help you jump-start your application.
Authored by: Eric Bishard
Increase user interactions by implementing code splitting in React
Hi, I'm Sagar working as a senior software engineer. I love to write articles which will help developers to understand the magic of JavaScript. If you have any questions about the article, leave a comment and I'll get back to you, or find me on twitter @sagar_dev44.
Authored by: Sagar
React Apps with the Google Maps API and google-maps-react
This tutorial aims at integrating the google maps API to your React components and enabling you to display maps on your website. At some point of our lives, we've all gotten a chance to use and interact with the google maps, either through finding directions, viewing our current location, ordering cabs or estimating distance and time from one point to another.
Authored by: Scotch Development
The New Aurelia-CLI Auto-tracing Bundler
Today, we're pleased to announce the Aurelia-CLI v1.0.0-beta.1 release! The official beta of our CLI now features a new built-in "auto-tracing" bundler, which greatly improves the capability, performance, and usability of the built-in bundler.
Authored by: Rob Eisenberg
Open Sourcing BuiltWithAurelia.com
Over two years ago (wow, has it really been that long?) I launched builtwithaurelia a showcase of Aurelia applications and community created offerings for the Aurelia Javascript framework. When I launched I didn't open source it because I didn't want the pressure of having to put out something clean and perfect.
Authored by: Dwayne Charrington
Plans for the Next Iteration of Vue.js
Last week at Vue.js London I gave a brief sneak peek of what's coming in the next major version of Vue. This post provides an in-depth overview of the plan. Vue 2.0 was released exactly two years ago...
Authored by: Evan You
Create a Progressive Web App using Vue, Cosmic JS, and GraphQL
TL;DR Intro Progressive Web Apps (PWA) combine the look and feel of an app with the ease of programming of a website. These cutting edge apps make it easy for your users to access your content, and engaged users increase your revenue. Rapid Loading is one of its features.
Authored by: Codementor
Error tracking in VueJS with Rollbar
So you just deployed your killer application which took a significant amount of effort to build, being forward-thinking you decided to use Vue JS in order to give your users a smooth and seamless experience using your application.
Authored by: The Practical Dev
⭐ Intro to Vuex and Accessing State
I'm a little scared to admit that I didn't completely understand why to use Vuex until about a week ago when I watched Adam Jahr 's Vuex tutorial in the Real World Vue course 😮. In this article, I want to give you the information that I wish I would have known about Vuex and State.
Authored by: Gregg Pollack
Build fullstack Javascript apps with Adonis and Vue
Today we want to bring together two amazing frameworks that allow us to build clean applications using only Javascript. Adonis is a Laravel inspired web framework for Node, which carries over many of its features like an SQL ORM, authentication, migrations etc.
Authored by: The Practical Dev
Extracting command line arguments from Node.js using destructuring
If you've worked on a Node.js command-line program, you were probably faced with the extraction of command line arguments. Node.js provides all command line arguments in the process.argv array. However, the contents of the array aren't what you might expect.
Authored by: Nicholas C. Zakas
Build a Simple API Service with Express and GraphQL
GraphQL has become an immensely popular alternative to REST APIs. The flexibility you get from using GraphQL makes it easier for developers to get any information they need for an app. That gives you the feel of a very customized API and can help cut down on bandwidth.
Authored by: SitePoint
Playing With RegExp Named Capture Groups In Node 10
Ben Nadel experiments with RegExp named capture groups that are now supported in Node.js 10 (with V8 version 6.7). Named capture groups allow portions of a Regular Expression pattern match to be referenced by a human-consumable name (as opposed to a parenthesis-based numeric offset).
Authored by: Ben Nadel
Libraries and Tools
Top 10 VS Code Extensions for Frontend Developers in 2018
Visual Studio Code extensions for front-end and web developers. Work faster with live-server, live Sass compiler, Javascript code-snippets, NPM, ESLint, Prettier, CSS Peek, Vetur, Angular 6 snippets..
Authored by: Viclotana™
9 React Styled-Components UI Libraries for 2018
Top and best React Ui libraries, UI kits and frameworks built with styled-components implementing CSS in JS. Discover rebass, atlaskit, smooth-ui, css-loaders, reakit, reactackle, styled-bootstrap and
Authored by: JavaScript Kicks
Ember.js: Ember 3.4 Released
Ember.js helps developers be more productive out of the box. Designed with developer ergonomics in mind, its friendly APIs help you get your job done-fast.
Authored by: EmberJS
Configuring Webpack from scratch for Tailwind CSS with React
In this tutorial, we will work through configuring Webpack for use with react and tailwind CSS. Before we dive into the configurations, let us first look at an overview of the technologies involved. Webpack Webpack is a wonderful tool for bundling and optimizing front-end assets (JS, CSS, and Images).
Authored by: LogRocket
Using Winston, a versatile logging library for Node.js
Today, we will explore Winston, a versatile logging library for Node.js. Winston can be used in numerous contexts including in Node web frameworks such as Express, and Node CLI apps. We will also dive into features that make Winston a good fit for IoT applications such as logging timestamped entries to files.
Authored by: Dave Johnson
Rethinking Unit Test Assertions
Well written automated tests always act as a good bug report when they fail, but few developers spend time to think about what information a good bug report needs. There are 5 questions every unit test must answer. I've described them in detail before, so we'll just skim them this time: What is the unit under test (module, function, class, whatever)?
Authored by: Eric Elliott
Simplified Angular unit testing
In this article, we will learn how to write (simple) unit tests for your Angular modeling blocks (service, component, async task, etc). We will be using a simple Quotes application to demonstrate how you can write a unit test for your project. I assume you already have an understanding of how to use Angular 2+.
Authored by: LogRocket
Functional Programming
Functional Programming with Forms in React
Recently I was developing some forms in React. Of course I found myself copying and pasting the same bits of logic to handle input, validation, and so on in each form, so I started to think about how I could reduce the amount of code duplication.
Authored by: The Practical Dev
JavaScript Functional Programming Explained: Fusion & Transduction
Fusion and transduction are probably the most "blow-my-mind" practical tools I've picked up in my time studying Functional Programming. They're not tools I use every day, nor are they strictly ever necessary...But, they completely changed the way I think about programming, modularity, and abstraction in software engineering, permanently, and for the better.
Authored by: Scotch Development
Serverless Backend using AWS Lambda: Hands-on Guide
Before we can start storing data in our DynamoDB, we need to set some permissions for the Lambda function to have write access. But the Lambda function does not have the permissions to interact with our DynamoDB table by default. So we need to give these permissions to our Lambda function.
Authored by: Rajat S ⌨
Developers that constantly want to learn new things, here's a tip!
What is knowledge? Have you ever noticed that when someone explains something, you feel that you understand it, but when you try to apply it later on, you find that you actually know very little. You are not alone. The reason why is because knowledge consist of two important parts - information and knowledge.
Authored by: codeburst.io


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Grand Mercure Phuket Patong Resort & Villas are delighted to invite you to celebrate our traditional Thai New Year. Enjoy a unique cultural experience, seasonal cuisine and water splashing festivities in a "Thai Temple Fair" atmosphere on Friday, 13 April 2018 at Bubbles Restaurant from 18:00 – 23:00 for only THB 1,399 per person.
Authentic dining is an essential part of the Songkran Festival and the fragrant flavours of Thai New Year are served with our signature "Khao Chae" – Jasmine rice soaked in cool water accompanied by traditional side dishes. Delve into the lavish buffet with an endless selection of fresh seafood, local Thai cuisine, traditional Phuket recipes, BBQ and live cooking stations.
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Marriage: Built To Last - Class
Monday, December 2, 6:30pm
Throughout the video series, watch 24 real life couples from across the country share candidly about their struggles in communication, finances, sexual intimacy, expectations, and more. Whether you're newly married, remarried, or wanting to improve your relationship, Chip Ingram provides Biblical and practical teaching to give you tools to live intentionally and love biblically.
Led by Irv & Katie Paul this class will meet Monday nights starting October 28 from 6:30 - 8:00 pm in Room 16 at White River Christian Church. Class runs for 6 weeks. Childcare is available.
Class fee: $10 per couple (includes two workbooks).


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The United States provides a means of entry to wealthy foreign nationals that will pump money into the economy. This is achieved by means of the EB-5 investors visa program, which allows those individuals to acquire permanent residence upon entry into the country.
You can obtain an EB 5 visa in two different ways. Most people choose to invest in a regional center. This center is simply an organization that runs a business that creates employment opportunities. This option is attractive to most investors since they never have to create their own business and the amount of investment is usually $500,000.
You can also obtain the EB 5 visa via direct investment in your own enterprise. Here, the minimum investment amount is $1,000,000 for creating a brand new U.S. business or expanding or restructuring an already existing one. In case your business is located in places with high unemployment rates or certain areas outside big cities, this amount is lowered to $500,000.
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) designates and approves regional centers. They are set up to take care of the USCIS requirements for the initial EB-5 visa.
The USCIS looks into the source of the money that you plan to invest, to ensure that it comes from a lawful source. You will also have to provide evidence such as sale of lawfully obtained assets, salary, inheritance, gift, etc.
If you opt for direct investment, your business of choice should employ at least 10 full-time employees, produce a product or service, and benefit the economy of the United States. Full-time employment is that which requires no less than 35 hours of service every week. One benefit associated with investing in a regional center is that it counts 'indirect' jobs created by businesses servicing the main business.
The investor, his or her children and spouse do not count among the 10 employees. The 10 employees must not necessarily be U.S. citizens but should have more than a nonimmigrant visa. The investor should also be actively involved in the business either in a policy-forming or managerial role.
When seeking an EB-5 visa via direct investment, it should be made in a new commercial enterprise. You can choose to create an original enterprise, buy an enterprise established after November 29, 1990, or buy an enterprise and reorganize or restructure it so that a new enterprise emerges.
If you buy an existing enterprise and expand it, you have to either increase the net worth of the business by not less than 40% or the number of employees. You will also have to make the full required investment amount and will still have to show that the investment created no less than 10 full-time jobs for U.S. workers.
In conclusion, this has been a discussion about how to gain entry into the U.S. as a foreign national though investment. The best way to do this is through the EB 5 investors visa program. If you are a foreign national looking to invest and settle down in the United States and have the necessary funding, consider applying for the EB-5 Investor visa.


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GOP presidential hopefuls line up to kiss the ring in Vegas
Looks like the smoke-filled room has returned to national politics. At least at a party starting Friday in Las Vegas hosted by a billionaire casino mogul that is attracting a parade of name-brand GOP politicians.
What's known as the "Sheldon Adelson Primary" is expected to draw hundreds over three days and will feature poker and golf tournaments and plenty of speeches. But most of the action — talks by Bush and Romney, for example — will be behind closed doors, with media coverage limited to a three-hour window on Saturday morning.
Outside the media's view, politicians will be rubbing elbows with Adelson, who has a fortune pegged at upward of $36 billion and was ranked last year as the eighth richest person on the globe by Forbes. His holdings include the Las Vegas Sands Corp., the Venetian Resort Hotel Casinos in Nevada and Macao, and the Israeli daily newspaper Israel HaYom.
In the 2012 election cycle alone, Adelson became the largest single donor to political causes in American history, dumping upward of $100 million into campaigns, according to a MapLight analysis of OpenSecrets.org data.
Handpicking candidates
Adelson's weekend convention underscores how "candidates are now being chosen by a few billionaire kingmakers," says Daniel G. Newman, president and co-founder of MapLight, a nonprofit that tracks money in politics. "Voters no longer have a choice to elect a candidate whose interests reflect their own. A candidate's stated interests, instead, reflect that of their kingmaker."
The gathering also dramatizes the growing clout of California's neighbor, Nevada, in the presidential election process. It holds the nation's third primary — after New Hampshire and South Carolina — and voters there will see far more of the presidential candidates up close than voters in the nation's most populous state right next door. But California won't be forgotten — candidates use it mostly as a stopover for lucrative fundraising trips to the Bay Area and Los Angeles.
Earlier this year, conservative billionaire mega-donors Charles and David Koch held a similar kiss-the-ring tribal gathering in Palm Springs, where they appeared to have anointed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as their top choice to win the 2016 GOP nomination, the New York Times reported this week.
Neither Adelson nor the Koch brothers are reluctant to spend money. The Koch brothers are reported to be willing to spend up to $900 million on the 2016 cycle, on par with the two major political parties.
Citizens United impact
Candidates' increasing willingness to "bend the knee" to such mega-donors has emerged, critics say, after the controversial Citizens United decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. By a 5-4 vote, the 2010 ruling cleared the way for corporations and labor unions to spend unlimited amounts on ads for or against political candidates. Within months, the rise of the super PACs — political action committees that can accept unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, unions and associations — were collecting millions of dollars as ammunition to advocate for, or attack, political candidates.
The result, Newman said, has been that "a very small number of extraordinarily wealthy citizens are purchasing a greater level of influence over the policy agenda in this country."
Bill Whalen, a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, said Adelson's gathering confirms the more aggressive, offensive role of mega-donors.
$15 million infusion
He notes that in 2012, Adelson was "life support" for the campaign of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich — and MapLight figures confirm Adelson put more than $15 million into his Winning Our Future super PAC.
Foster Friess, a wealthy businessman who supports conservative Christian causes who donated $2 million to Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's 2012 campaign, was another mega-donor who proved in 2012 that "super PACs in the GOP were used to keep candidates alive," Whalen said.
'Assault mechanism'
But in 2016, Whalen said, "Super PACs will not be a defense mechanism — but an assault mechanism" that wealthy donors will use to attack and eliminate candidates. Should an opponent "go to Sheldon and say, 'Rand Paul is really bad on Israel,'" Whalen predicts, "the next thing you know, $10 million will be dumped" into attack ads that could damage his candidacy.
Newman of MapLight says that kind of power is a disturbing development.
"The debate should really be about protecting ordinary citizens' rights to elect the candidates they support," he said.
Kathay Feng, president of California Common Cause, said, "The Supreme Court has clearly unleashed the flood of big money from special interests that are willing to spend hundreds of thousands, if not millions — not only to secure the outcome of the election but also to signal, whoever wins, that they're a force to be reckoned with."
Ripples in California
The impacts are rippling all the way to California, where big money is already being raised in the presidential contest. While big Democratic donors like Tom Steyer have weighed in with their checkbooks — he donated upward of $76 million in the last cycle — the San Francisco billionaire has not sponsored anything approaching the "Adelson Primary" or the Kochs' Palm Springs cattle call to test candidates' mettle.
No wonder "Republican bundlers" — the party insiders with connections to tap multiple donors for big checks — are unhappy with an event held in a Las Vegas casino, where the smoke-filled room still reigns, says Wade Randlett, a Democrat who is also one of President Obama's most active bundlers in the Bay Area.
The message of the "Adelson Primary" appears to be that in the GOP, "unless you're writing an opening check for millions, you don't matter anymore," he said.
Carla Marinucci is The San Francisco Chronicle's senior political writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @cmarinucci
Adelson's largesse
Top recipients of Sheldon Adelson donations in 2012:
1. Restore Our Future (Mitt Romney super PAC): $30 million
2. American Crossroads (Karl Rove super PAC): $23 million
3. Winning Our Future (Newt Gingrich super PAC): $15 million
4. Congressional Leadership Fund (Republican House candidates): $10 million
5. Young Guns Action Fund (led by U.S. Reps. Kevin McCarthy, Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan): $5 million
Source: MapLight.org