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The gender gap in tech is a much-discussed topic and an important one. We've brought together as many relevant statistics as we can find to highlight the gender gap and help us all figure out what more can be done.
A quick glance tells us that the UK and the US trail behind many other countries when it comes to gender parity in tech.
Since programmer Tracey Chou outed Silicon Valley for their lack of women in tech in 2013 four years ago, representation still languishes at roughly 25% in the US (declining from 35% in the last 15 years) and a dismal 16% in the UK.
Some argue that it is a pipeline problem and there are indeed very few women studying computer science at degree level. Levels of women in computer science have stayed roughly the same, with some studies showing that there is an average of 17% women on CS courses. As a comparison, women hold 57% of all college degrees in the US.
Some individual institutions are surging ahead when it comes to the pipeline of women in tech. Dartmouth College has shown the rest of the US how it's done by graduating more women in computer science than men at 54%. Harvey Mudd graduated 56% majority women in science, engineering and maths in 2014.
By contrast, Harvard has only 25% women majoring in computer science, putting it on par with other colleges.
And what happens to women once they get to the workplace?
Participation in open source is a strong indicator of developer skills in the eyes of many employers. A depressing study showed that female participants in open source have their code rated more harshly than their male counterparts, but why?
When gender was hidden, female developers were rated as having consistently better code. So we may be persuading more women to code, but they are being unconsciously judged by their peers when they do so in public.
Many companies report barely any increase in their female numbers of techies, and there have even been several high-profile sexual harassment cases come to light at hugely successful Silicon Valley tech startups, as you will be well aware, such as Uber and Tinder.
So once women get into tech, they are still leaving in droves in part due to hostile workplace cultures. What's the point in trying to recruit women into tech, if you can't keep them? This is a case of attitudes and "bro-culture" needing to change, or the problem itself won't change.
Finally, 88% of IT patents were filed by male-only engineering teams between 1980-2010, contrasting with 2% for female-only teams. What few women engineers we have are not becoming the inventors of our time.
There is a cultural myth that women are not techie, with some people even arguing that women's brains are wired differently, making them not suitable for computing. However, we've found that the number of women in tech varies by country, putting paid to the argument that women just 'aren't interested in technology' or 'can't code' once and for all.
It's obviously not a lack of innate ability or interest, especially as the number of women studying computer science in the US peaked at 37% in 1983-84. Since then, the number of women interested in computer science has been variable, so we can't really attribute the gender gap to genetic factors. If we even take a peek at neuroscience research, we can see that gender myths are just plain wrong. Most gender differences are a result of socialisation and societal reinforcement.
We know that the first computer programmer was Ada Lovelace, who lived 1815-1852. This is all the more impressive when you take into account the huge barriers women faced during the Victorian era.
Fast-forward one hundred years for brevity. Working with computers and programming used to be seen as menial labour, and so was naturally dominated by women. However, the home computer was introduced in the 1980s and strongly marketed as a toy for boys. This is when the cultural myths of tech as a 'man's realm' began to flourish.
Without the chance to learn to code and play with computers as children, women were pushed out of tech. Now, many of the Silicon Valley tech firms will only recruit from the computer science cohorts of Ivy League colleges like Stanford and Harvard. This is roughly how we got to the predominantly white male world of tech we see today.
But which countries are now doing best for women in tech? There is no country where women are equally represented in tech or overtake men across the board, but some perform much better than others.
The Universiti Teknologi Petronas in Malaysia has astoundingly enrolled 60% female computer science students. Chang Gung University in Taiwan and Mahidol University in Thailand come close to 50% women in their CS courses.
What we can learn from these trailblazing universities is that gender parity in computer science is a real possibility. It's achievable if we support young women to take up computer science in secondary and further education.
These encouraging figures sadly do not hold true for much of the rest of Asia. The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur has only 2% women in computer science. Japan's Hiroshima University has 4%. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology in South Korea and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay both have 4% women on their courses.
Despite these figures, one female programmer reports that India is more welcoming for women in tech than the US. Indian programmers react with surprise when asked if women are less technical than men, showing us that the narratives we hold about male and female technical ability are subjective, relative, and can be changed. The problems women face in India relate more to barriers to work in general than a gender gap in a specific sector.
You may be surprised to learn that the richest self-made women in the world are entrepreneurs from China, many of them leading tech companies. Women-led China shows us we can do more to support our aspiring female entrepreneurs.
Australia is a leader for women in tech with 31% women in IT roles, but is still lacking female programmers. Only 21% of its computer science students are female.
Sadly, the number of school students choosing to study STEM has gone down 94% in 20 years, prompting fears that the country is going backwards.
Australia boasts many high-profile women in tech, including CEOs of the local arms of Twitter, Intel, Dell, and Spotify.
Europe fares better than the UK for women in tech, where participation in some countries is at 25%. But this is not the case across all countries, particularly outside the European Union.
In Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, only 3% of women in higher education are taking STEM degrees. Eastern Europe has the most women studying STEM, at 8.13%.
The rest of Europe's uninspiring statistics strongly contrast those of Russia, which has been discovered to have the highest numbers of women in tech in the world. Russian girls cite parental encouragement, female role models and female teachers who preside over the curriculum with a gender neutral view to it. It is no coincidence that 41% of Russia's scientific researchers are female (compared to the global average of 19%). 14% of Russia's inventors are women.
There is also no stigma in Russia surrounding girls and STEM subjects, they, like Indian women, express surprise when asked if STEM subjects are for men.
The technology industry in Africa is growing steadily, prompting concern about ensuring women don't get left behind. Because their industry is still very young, it will be much easier to shape it in a way that is inclusive to women – rather than battling with existing structures.
At the moment, it's very difficult to find information on women in tech in Africa, but they represent only 7-12% of engineering students. In some parts of Africa, participation is actually comparable with Europe and the US. Results are varied across the continent, for instance 30% of women in Niger study engineering at tertiary level but only 6% in Mali.
In the workforce, only 30% of science workers in Africa are female, while 45% fewer women than men even have access to the internet.
Similarly to places like India, Africa must build up its technology infrastructure with the help of its women. It has the potential to be a leading light for women in tech in the near future.
Software development is Latin America's fastest-growing career. Statistics on women's participation are again hard to come by. Although the picture is gloomy overall, some countries do much better than others.
In Peru and Colombia, only 25% of engineering and technology researchers are women, despite accounting for 44% of all science research positions.
Overall, only 23% of systems engineers are women, but in Venezuela 40% of systems engineers are women. This is a fantastic rate of participation that helps dispel the myth that women 'just aren't interested'. If women's contributions are valued and encouraged, and they are provided with positive role models, they're much more likely to choose careers in IT.
When we talk about ethnic minorities in this article, we looked at representations in the US and UK tech industries based on their proportions in society.
If there is a 5% hispanic population in the US, then they should be represented proportionally in tech at 5%. This is not the case. Of all computing occupations, only 1% are held by hispanic women (though hispanic people make up 17% of the total population) and 3% by black women (black people comprising around 14% of the total population).
Of all ethnic minorities in the US, Asian women are most likely to be represented in tech, and hispanic women are the least likely.
The figures aren't great in the UK as well, with 71% of white engineering students in full-time employment within 6 months of leaving university, compared to 52% of Asian and 46% of black students.
Unconscious bias in the workplace is likely to play a significant role. Studies have shown that many people hire on the basis of 'gut feel', that they 'just know' someone will be a 'good fit' for the 'culture' of their company. Of course, the human brain takes shortcuts based on probability, decided by past experiences. This translates to hiring teams frequently giving preference to hiring others who resemble those they already know or are similar to themselves. While the top echelons of the tech industry remain white male, those that they hire therefore will be predominately white male, therefore exasperating the problem.
Inherent bias contributes to a lack of diversity and leads to even more bias, vividly illustrated by one black woman at MIT who noticed that her machine learning software was algorithmically biased against recognising black face and is now on a mission to rectify this. She is what is needed – a female role model.
Some Silicon Valley tech giants are using their resources to recruit more women, with Google and Facebook offering fantastic benefits for working parents.
Netflix does one better by offering a year's paid leave for parents who give birth or adopt.
Lever is a HR recruitment software company based in San Francisco and they have a 50:50 gender ratio including in technical roles.
Two-thirds of UK tech companies operate outside London and some of the best ones to work for are up north.
Behavioural marketing software company SaleCycle (based in Durham) and cloud contact centre NewVoiceMedia (a bit further south in Basingstoke) are both rated 4.9 out of 5 on Glassdoor. Vacancy Filler is a recruitment software company based in Loughborough that is rated 4.7.
UKFast, based in Manchester, and Sky, based in Leeds, are also voted top companies for working mums for their workplace culture, and parental leave policies. What companies need to do now is move beyond seeing women in their roles as mothers in order to create workplaces which are truly inclusive.
The most pressing problem is a cultural one, defined by stereotypes, unconscious bias, and a lack of confidence from women. (White) men can often feel they are being criticised for intentional discrimination but unconscious bias training can help with this.
People often cite a lack of talent in the pipeline, when in reality women and minorities are still underemployed compared to their numbers graduating college with a computer science degree. Women and minorities are being pushed out once they get into tech.
Part of the problem is the workplace is often inhospitable to women, who are still expected to carry the majority of childcare responsibilities. In a man's world, women frequently find they aren't supported enough in their careers, or fail to master the skill of promoting themselves. A preference for male 'brogrammers' alienates many in the industry who don't fit into this stereotype.
One of the big reasons why the tech industry faces so much criticism for its uninspiring diversity statistics are its supporters' belief in its own meritocracy. If tech is truly meritocratic, a lack of women and minorities in tech would send a very negative message about the abilities and skills of the people in these groups.
Observing other countries makes it very clear that the lack of women in technology is not a result of a genetic lack of ability, or absence of interest. Access to education, unemployment, a lack of infrastructure, and discrimination against women are barriers to entering tech in many developing countries. And yet, the numbers of women in tech are unusually high in some of these places.
Critics who argue that women simply aren't interested in or cut out for technology haven't cast their eye abroad or studied history. Their arguments are unhelpful, and distract from the social issues that prevent more women from entering or wanting to enter the technology industry, and staying in it once they've cracked it.
American tech has historically viewed itself as an industry for outsiders, defined by hackers, pioneers and geeks in basements. The development of the 'brogrammer' and and inherent "bro-culture" in tech continues to alienate women further.
This fantastic post from Vikram Chandra talks about the image of the masculine 'pioneer' popular in American ideas of just who can be a techie. This gives rise to the idea that we can actively create more positive narratives that make female techies 'cool' as well.
Women's initiatives also need to focus on recruiting more men as advocates, and steer critics away from the idea that women are asking for preferential treatment. When the playing field is not level to start with, women need all the help they can get.
In emerging economies, women have new opportunities to break into tech where there is less of an established industry. Tech should be portrayed as a worthy career choice in all countries, and role models actively promoted to encourage others.
Considering that female participation in technology in the US has declined from a high of 36% in 1991 to 25% in 2015, the problem is increasing.
The gender split is caused by conditioning, consistently reinforced cultural norms and structural inequality in schools and the workplace. These are big challenges, but they can be reversed (unlike genetics).
In the UK, only 9% of girls' schools currently offer computing at A-level, in contrast to 44% of boys' schools and 22% of mixed institutions. This part of the pipeline problem is slowly being addressed. At the moment, we know that girls are dropping out of the tech pipeline during school, although according to our study more girls than boys said they enjoyed coding (46% versus 43%).
The success of girl coding bootcamps has also gone some way to dispelling the myth that women don't like to code, moving the focus to keeping more women in tech. We need intervention at all stages, from encouraging more girls to take computer science at university to creating more compelling job adverts for women in tech. We need more diverse tech role models.
We're due for a new workplace model where the needs of both working parents is recognised, and the needs of women are prioritised in the design of the workplace. There is lots of work to be done. Let's hope in 5 years time, we'll be writing a very different article.
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Just when you thought Australians couldn't get any cooler, they went ahead and created an incredible slip 'n' slide for Australia Day. What better way to celebrate their country than with surfing and sun? They put a unique spin on "surfing" with this one though, using lining, soap, hoses, and a special clothesline to twirl riders around like nothing you've ever seen. What a ride!

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An easy recipe for a quick lunch: creamy tuna pasta! And you probably already have all the ingredients in your kitchen.
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Ingredients for 1 person:
- 1 small natural canned tuna
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
In yourpantry:
- pasta (about 100 g)
- 1 teaspoon mustard
- tarragon
- 1 gherkin (optional)
Cook your pasta as indicated on the packaging. Drain it.
Heat 1 spoon of evo oil in the same pot on low heat and add tuna. Stir for 1 minute.
Sprinkle some tarragon (optional), add mustard and cream. Season with salt and pepper. Stir for another minute and pour immediately over pasta. Decorate with thin slices of gherkin (optional).
My advice: You could add sauteed onions instead of gherkins or curry instead of tarragon for a different twist.


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The pharmaceutical industry is a leader in digital transformation.
Sector Leader in Digital Transformation
As a result of the profound changes the pharmaceutical industry is experiencing, it is one of the sectors that is leading the digital transformation, responding to the new requirements of the regulatory framework, the strong tendency of organizations to expand towards new markets, the incorporation of new products and increased manufacturing safety or control.
The significant challenges that arise from digital transformation are converted into obvious improvements in the organization's efficiency, reducing its costs, improving the logistics chain, increasing the safety of the product and strengthening the competitiveness of the business.
This sector needs to adopt solutions that facilitate the global response to the market's continuous changes. As a result, companies in the Spanish sector sustainably invest more than 1 billion euros annually in R&D.
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One of the most widely used tools in this sector is SAP's Life Sciences, which incorporates the best sector-specific practices and adds the efficiency of SAP business processes. Coupled with Sothis extensive experience in pharmaceutical projects, it's the perfect strategy for assisting companies in the sector in matters related to the constant changes being made to regulations and requirements of new legal frameworks; without forgetting about total control over the business processes, which is necessary in order to make decisions in real time.
These types of projects and solutions focus on important aspects including serialization, manufacturing guides, batch management, traceability, production, regulated documentation (GMP, FDA and CTD) or laboratory management (LIMS).


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According the Recode, Facebook is losing younger users even faster than expected: a new study conducted by eMarketer shows that users in the 12- to 17-year-old demographic declined by almost 10% in 2017, And the struggle isn't over yet: eMarketer predicts that Facebook will continue to lose younger users over the course of 2018, although Instagram (which is owned by Facebook) and Snapchat are both predicted to grow among younger users. With this increased volatility among users of different demographics, which apps are especially popular among teenagers (ages 13-18), and not among adults? Verto Analytics analyzed the reach of social media apps and websites among U.S. adults (ages 18 and above) versus those of teenagers, to determine which have significantly greater reach among younger users. In order to illustrate the popularity of of various apps and websites among the two populations, we indexed the reach of social media apps and websites among adults compared to teenagers.
Saharah, Snapchat Are Big with Teens
According to Verto data, Sarahah, a platform for anonymous feedback, is one of the most popular apps among teenagers, who over-index compared to adult users by 7.15. Unsurprisingly, Remind, an education app designed to facilitate better communication between teachers, parents, and students, is also especially popular among teens, who over-index adult users by nearly 3.0. And yes, Snapchat continues to be a teen favorite – they over-index adult users by more than 2.3. Kik and Archive of Our Own (a repository for fan fiction) are also among the most popular apps for teens (compared to adults), with teen users of both apps over-indexing adult users by well above 2.0.
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The State of Teng was a small state that existed during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period of Chinese Antiquity. It was located in the south of modern-day Shandong province. Its territory is now the county-level city of Tengzhou.
The ancestral name of Teng's ruling family was . The state was conquered and annexed by the State of during the reign of King Goujian of Yue .
The small state of Teng was a vassal of State of and is famed as the birthplace of the Chinese philosopher Mozi and architect Lu Ban. The name of the state survives in both the city of Tengzhou and the Chinese surname Teng.
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Episode 113: My Summer Carb
Jun 28th, 2019
Adam and Steve give you their summer beer hot takes for three beers. But these might be the beers you wind up drinking summer long. The talk about ruining a Nazi party, Breckenridge suing itself, bullying Corona and how to get beverages to you with Beverages2U. Then it's on to the major announcement of the opening of Hop Nation USA: The Theme Park. Ride "The Hype Train!" Get sick on food truck food! Stand in a lot of lines! Two park for the price of one ticket! Finally, they try to guide breweries into targeted marketing by brewing beers for lesser known holidays like Apple Turnover Day and All or Nothing Day.
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"Operation Magnify" results in more than 250 arrests
More than 250 people have been arrested during the first phase of an ongoing national campaign to tackle illegal working in the construction industry.
"Operation Magnify" began in October as an Immigration Enforcement drive to stamp out illegal working by targeting specific 'risk' industries.
The first phase, targeting the construction industry between 11 and 18 October, saw officers conduct 69 enforcement visits to businesses, which resulted in the arrest of 257 individuals at building sites and residential addresses.
Immigration Enforcement also issued referral notices to nine businesses warning that they may be liable for financial penalties of up to £20,000 per illegal worker arrested.
A total of 74 suspected breaches of the illegal working legislation were exposed during the construction industry phase of Operation Magnify, meaning that a potential total of £1,480,000 of civil penalties could be issued to employers.
A visit to a Sword Construction Ltd building site in Chester on 12 October resulted in the arrest of 20 illegal workers. The potential penalty of £400,000 is under consideration and is the largest of the campaign.
During 2016, Operation Magnify will continue to focus on the construction industry and be extended to other sectors.
Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said that illegal working undermined legitimate employers, driving down wages and denying employment to UK citizens and legal migrants. "Operation Magnify is all about disrupting illegal working and making life impossible for employers who do not play by the rules. The results show that the cross government approach is working.
"While we are happy to work with those businesses to help them carry out the right checks on their staff, those who do not play by the rules could face severe financial consequences."
Brokenshire added that the Immigration Bill currently going through Parliament will make it easier to prosecute those who know, or reasonably suspect, that an employee has no permission to work in the UK.
The government is also increasing the maximum sentence for this to five years and giving new powers to close businesses or remove licenses.


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Hi, my name's Nour and my background is Graphic Design. I'm particularly interested in Wearable technology and digital interventions, such as digital street art art. With the arduino, I hope to create cool of screen projects that fit in to the fields that I'm interested in.
1- The project that got me interested in LEDs and they're collective beauty when programmed is the Blinkenlights project, created in 2001 by Chaos Computer Club in Berlin. Light projectors were installed inside each window that are programmed to turn on and off according to a set of commands.
2- Another project I found interesting is a performance called Holistic Strata by Japanese artist Hiroaki Umeda. Its a kinetic installation that examines visual recognition through dance and video.
3- Hussein Chalayan's LED dress project is composed of a matrix of RGB LEDs embedded into a 2 dresses for one of his fashion shows that display a series of changing colors as a visual portrayal of the 2 seasons, summer and spring.


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- Do I write in the first person or the third person?
- How much information is enough?
- What brings in my personality without sounding cheesy or trite? I am a huge fan of terrible jokes after all.
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- Who reads this stuff anyway?
- Is this real life?
And on and on it goes. Plus, isn't this whole site just one big about page?
To get started, I'm adapting the content from my old site, which was just one long fancy about page. I'll include some highlights from my career, some highlights from my comics and book work, and then just some links out to other places.
I'm working with WordPress' new block system for the layout to see where the line between layout control really is. I'm still not the biggest fan of Gutenberg, but let me go into this with more open eyes then I've had in the past.


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I'm pretty torn on this. New tech will come out and i'll want if for sure. I hate fixing cars as they age... If i had the finances i would love to keep a car like this until it is an antique. I would just want to keep a current car in my garage as well. So assuming i wont have the fiances to keep it while buying the next greatest car. I don't think i will keep this car much longer than 3 years


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"When I went to work in a studio, I took my pride and made a nice little ball of it and threw it right out the window."
This shocking admission by Dorothy Arzner turned my understanding of her success upside down. Here was a legendary filmmaker, a trailblazing feminist voice in the early twentieth century, who admitted she had relinquished her power. Why would any intelligent woman do this?
The answer is quite simple and reflects what many women have always done – they make tough choices and find ways to overcome challenges. This was certainly true for Dorothy's life and work in the film industry. While Dorothy may have swallowed her pride, she compensated with hard work and the strategic smarts to make herself indispensable to the studios.
In the late 1920's, the invention of sound and the amalgamation of production studios was a death-knell for most female film directors. The so-called Golden Age of America was anything but golden for women. Big production studios gobbled-up smaller ones, leveraging deals with the banking industry.
Naturally, the sexist attitudes and stereotypical views of bankers spilled over and into the film industry. Women writers and directors were blackballed and considered too fragile to work in stressful jobs like film directing. Directing suddenly became a man's job, ignoring the fact that women had been successful directors on equal footing with men for three decades.
But Dorothy was different and her strengths went well beyond her standout talent.
Having grown up in Hollywood, California, where her father owned a restaurant next to a movie theatre, she quickly graduated from stenographer to film cutter and script in just six months. Her progress garnered attention and praise.
Dorothy was also known to be a particularly good networker with both men and women. She was constantly honing her film skills but she was always looking for the next opportunity. When something was needed, a scenario change or new script, Dorothy was there.
This opened doors for a woman who was also considered cost-conscious and adept at negotiating and meeting the unique technical challenges of 1920's, 30's and 40's.
In the 20's when everyone was moving to sound film, Dorothy kept working in both sound and silent films. She never became too attached to any one project and was always willing to take on smaller segments which made her indispensable. It didn't hurt either that Dorothy worked easily with men and women.
She noticed that men were never distracted by her and never seemed to pay much attention to the fact that she was a woman; perhaps this is explained by Dorothy's generally masculine physicality or her rumored lesbian orientation. Whatever the case, Dorothy was good at forming close ties with female actresses and male producers.
Dorothy's adaptability meant projects were completed on time and well executed. Studio heads at Paramount eventually offered her the chance to film small parts, including a 1922 film, Blood and Sand starring Rudolph Valentino.
This launched her career, and over the next twenty years, Dorothy had the opportunity to direct, going back and forth between Paramount and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
To protect her security, Dorothy was careful to pursue independent jobs, with independent companies like Dorothy Davenport Reid. They provided new experience, diverse skills and industry connections that she used to negotiate promotions when studios wanted to hire her back for more work.
Eventually Dorothy landed her first A-list opportunity in 1927 to direct the film, Fashions for Women. It was a commercial success for Paramount, and a string of more than a dozen films followed. Dorothy's movie credits included Ten Modern Commandments (1927), Get Your Man (1927), Manhattan Cocktail (1928), and The Wild Party (1929) and emphasized her technical prowess and creativity.
Dorothy left Paramount in 1932 to work with other companies like United Artists and Columbia. And, when she finally decided to retire in 1943, she branched out into other commercial avenues by making films for Pepsi and the Women's Army Corps.
Dorothy's body of work is remarkable for so many reasons. But what I'm most impressed with is her fearless determination and expressed feminist views at a time when it was unpopular to speak out.
I no longer wonder about that pride Dorothy rolled up in a ball. I believe it landed with a giant splat on a larger more impactful, silver screen. Dorothy shared it with the world in the plucky and reprimanding voice of the 1940's film "Dance, Girl, Dance", starring Maureen O'Hara.
In it, the heroine unleashes years of pent up frustration in the character of Judy. When Judy makes her final farewell speech on stage, in front of a large group of men heckling her, the scene is completely transparent. It reads like Dorothy calling out the oppressive patriarchal system of injustices she and all women have suffered.
In the end, Dorothy certainly had the last word. I think you'll agree.


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Industry analyst Doug Creutz says Grand Theft Auto 5 has made money than any other form of media in history, with over 90 million units sold and $6 billion in revenue.
Creutz, managing director and senior research analyst covering the media and entertainment sector at Cowen, told MarketWatch that the game has made more than blockbuster movies like Star Wars, and Gone With The Wind, which both brought in around $3 billion in theaters when adjusted for inflation. Creutz estimates that even with home entertainment sales, which he puts in the ballpark of $1 billion, the films don't come close to Rockstar's 2013 title.
"I think it's a wild outlier," said Creutz, adding, "That's not to say Rockstar won't have other big hits—it may—but another GTA 5 isn't likely. Michael Jackson had a lot of hit albums but he only had one Thriller."
As with most analyst statements, some of this is based on information we're not privy to, so take the wilder conclusions with a grain of salt. Be that as it may, there's no doubting GTA 5's incredible success.
At the end of last year, GTA 5 had sold 85 million copies and continues to appear on NPD's monthly list of best-selling games in the US. The title has remained in the top 10 in the UK charts for months, often still breaking the top 5 years after release.
According to Take Two CEO, Strauss Zelnick, GTA 5 was on 42 out of 50 NPD monthly Top 10 charts last year, the most appearances of any single game on the NPD's rankings.
A few months ago, Rockstar talked about its decision not to release any single-player DLC for the game, saying it didn't think it was "possible or necessary."
Take Two has also stated that it will include microtransactions in all of its games going forward, which means we'll almost certainly see them in Red Dead Redemption 2 when it launches on October 26.
Shabana is a freelance writer who enjoys JRPGs, wine, and not finishing games. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.
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I don't agree. Here's the actual poll. I'm also troubled by the military patroling the border. Tsk tsk.
Thursday's House vote allowed Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to assign military personnel under certain circumstances to help the Homeland Security Department with border security. The vote was 252-171, and the provision was added to a larger military measure.


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Election Day is drawing near. Women are running for office in record numbers and have won more primaries than ever before, but we heard less than 30% of young women definitely plan to vote November 6th.
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1. Re: I have a question. Is the BBCA 220.127.116.11 agent can be installed in win7 system. We have installed this agent in XP system.R B Mar 4, 2015 4:16 AM (in response to steve chen)
Hi Steve,
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In June 2016, The Adelaide Football Club in conjunction with AFL Northern Territory was awarded a license to field a team in the inaugural AFL National Women's League (later to be known as NAB AFLW) for 2017.
See here for the original announcement.
The team, made up of nine players based in Darwin, went on to win the NAB AFLW inaugural premiership in 2017 and claimed a resounding premiership victory in 2019 also, with five players in the team attributed to the NT.
Key milestones and dates after the announcement of the team:
- 15 June 2016 - Adelaide Football Club and AFLNT granted entry into the AFL's National Women's League.
- 27 July 2016 - Marquee players in Kellie Gibson and Chelsea Randall are signed.
- 24 August 2016 - Bed Goddard is signed as the inaugural senior coach of the Crows team and the NT's Andrew Hodges as senior assistant coach.
- 25 August 2016 - Courtney Cramey and Darwin-based Angela Foley are pre-signed to the Adelaide Football Club.
- 5 September 2016 - NT's Jasmine Anderson is signed as the first rookie for the Adelaide Crows.
- 13 September 2016 - Australian Olympic basketball and South Australian, Erin Phillips signed as the second rookie for the Adelaide Crows.
- 12 October 2016 - Six Territory-based players drafted to the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's Draft in Melbourne
- No. 10 - Heather Anderson
- No. 39 - Sally Riley
- No. 55 - Sophie Armitstead
- No. 90 - Tayla Thorn
- No. 103 - Abbey Holmes
- No. 106 - Stevie Lee-Thompson
- 31 October 2016 - Crows finalise playing list, including three free agency spots which one was awarded to the NT's Lauren O'Shea.
- 21 November 2016 - Colleen Gwynne is announced as the NT-based assistant coach while Mark Moody is announced as the SA-based assistant coach.
- 26 November 2016 - Northern Territory Government increases investment in Adelaide Crows AFLW team, doubling funding to $300,000 for two years.
- 9 December 2016 - NAB AFLW 2017 fixture is announced and includes a Round 6 game to be played between Adelaide Crows and Melbourne at TIO Stadium in Darwin.
- December 2016 - First all-team camp in Adelaide.
- January 2017 - Second all-team camp in Darwin.
- 14 January 2017 - Adelaide Crows announce AFLW leadership group, consisting of Chelsea Randall and Erin Phillips as co-captains and Darwin-based players Sally Riley and Angela Foley as joint vice-captains.
- 14 January 2017 - Adelaide Crows play Fremantle in the first-ever AFLW practice game in Darwin. Fremantle won 8.10.58 to Adelaide Crows 4.12.36 in front of more than 2,000 people at TIO Stadium. Watch the full match replay here.
- 4 February 2017 - NAB AFLW Round 1: Adelaide Crows 7.6.48 defeated GWS Giants 1.6.12 at Thebarton Oval.
- 10 February 2017 - NAB AFLW Round 2: Western Bulldogs 2.11.23 defeated by Adelaide Crows 7.6.48 at VU Whitten Oval.
- 19 February 2017 - NAB AFLW Round 3: Adelaide Crows 2.5.17 defeated Carlton 2.2.14 at Thebarton Oval.
- 26 February 2017 - NAB AFLW Round 4: Fremantle 3.5.23 defeated by Adelaide Crows 6.10.46 at Fremantle Oval.
- 4 March 2017 - NAB AFLW Round 5: Adelaide Crows 4.6.30 defeated by Brisbane Lions 5.3.33 at Norwood Oval.
- 11 March 2017 - NAB AFLW Round 6: Adelaide Crows 5.2.32 defeated by Melbourne 5.4.34 at TIO Stadium.
- 19 March 2017 - NAB AFLW Round 7: Collingwood 7.4.46 defeated by Adelaide Crows 10.10.70 at Olympic Park Oval.
- 25 March 2017 - NAB AFLW Grand Final: Adelaide Crows 4.11.35 defeated Brisbane Lions 4.5.29 at Metricon Stadium and Erin Phillips is awarded best on ground.
- 27 March 2017 - Erin Phillips is awarded the AFLPA women's MVP.
- 28 March 2017 - AFLW Awards night and Erin Phillips wins the inaugural NAB AFL Women's best and fairest. Adelaide Crows midfielder Ebony Marinoff wins is the inaugural winner of the NAB AFL Women's Rising Star Award, meanwhile, Courtney Cramey, Sarah Perkins and Chelsea Randall join the duo in All-Australian honours.
- 29 March 2017 - Crows Club Champion at Skycity in Darwin sees Erin Phillips crowned champion and Chelsea Randall as the Players' Player, while Sarah Perkins was the Leading Goalkicker and Courtney Cramey wins Best Defensive player.
- 2018 AFLW Draft - 26 October 2018 - Sophie Armitstead, Jasmyn Hewett (no. 16 overall) and Calista Boyd (Rookie Draft) are picked up by the Adelaide Crows in the 2018 AFLW Draft. They join Abbey Holmes, Angela Foley, Sally Riley and Stevie-Lee Thompson who remain on the list. See here.
- 2018 NT games - Adelaide plays two games in Darwin, both against Fremantle. In the pre-season trial game Fremantle prevail 6.6.42 to 4.6.30, but in Round 6 of the Premiership Season the Crows win by four-points, 6.4.40 to 5.6.36.
- 2018 season - Adelaide finish the season with three wins, three losses and a draw. They finish fifth on the ladder in a top-two finals series, the season coming to an end.
- 2018 club and AFLW awards - Presented in Adelaide, with Chelsea Randall taking out the club champion. See here for full details. Randall was also the only Crows player to receive All-Australian honours, named the captain of the side.
- NT Thunder VFLW 2018 - The Crows joined NT Thunder to field a team in its inaugural VFLW season. The team made finals and had a successful year; three players earning VFLW Team of the Year honours and captain, Angela Foley finishing third in the VFLW Best and Fairest medal count. See here for more details on the NT Thunder - Crows entry into the VFLW.
- 2019 AFLW Draft - 23 October 2018 - Danielle Ponter becomes the latest NT Crow, picked up by Adelaide with pick number 48 in the 2019 AFLW Draft. She joins Jasmyn Hewett, Angela Foley, Sally Riley and Stevie-Lee Thompson on the 2019 Adelaide list.
- 2019 coaching changes - Adelaide appointed Matthew Clarke as head coach, while Tim Weatherald, NT Thunder's inaugural coach, was tasked with the operations in the NT during the pre-season, before newly-appointed ThunderW coach, Heidi Thompson stepped in to assist during the season with the two Darwin-based crows; Jasmyn Hewett (injured in the pre-season trial game) and Danielle Ponter.
- 2019 NT games - Adelaide plays two games in Darwin and both against Fremantle. This time they win both games, 9.4.58 to 5.8.38 in the pre-season trial game and Adelaide 9.11.65 to Fremantle 3.5.23 in the Round 6 Premiership match.
- 2019 season - In a revamped 10-team, two-conference system Adelaide finished the season with six wins and one loss, claiming top spot on the Conference A ladder and qualifying for finals (top four system). In the Preliminary Final, Adelaide 11.7.73 defeated Geelong Cats 1.1.7 and advanced to a home Grand Final.
- 2019 AFLW Grand Final - 31 March 2019 - In front of a record-breaking crowd of 53,034 people at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 10.3.63 defeated Carlton 2.6.18, concluding a remarkable eight-game winning streak. Despite tearing her ACL in the third quarter, Erin Phillips went on to win the AFLW Grand Final best-on-ground medal, her second. The NT's Danielle Ponter kicked three goals during the game, and Stevie-Lee Thompson added one to her league-high.
- 2019 club and AFLW awards - The Adelaide Club Champion event was once again held in Darwin, where Erin Phillips claimed her second win from only three seasons. Jessica Foley finished runner-up in her first season, with Ebony Marinoff and Anne Hatchard tied for third. Stevie-Lee Thompson won the Leading Goalkicker Award after her 14-goal regular season. Thompson also won the AFLW Leading Goalkicker Award and Phillips picked up her second AFLW best and fairest at the W Awards.
- NT Thunder VFLW 2019 - The Crows and NT Thunder partnership continues for the 2019 VFLW season.
- End of partnership in AFLW - In March 2019, AFLNT and Adelaide Football Club mutually agree that it's time to explore other opportunities, with the NT committed to getting talented and aspiring females to the top level. Read more here.
For more information, photos and videos on the Adelaide Crows women's team, including list changes and signings, visit the Adelaide Crows website.


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Trump Threatens To Hit Harley-Davidson With Taxes If It Moves Overseas
Surprised that Harley-Davidson, of all companies, would be the first to wave the White Flag. I fought hard for them and ultimately they will not pay tariffs selling into the E.U., which has hurt us badly on trade, down $151 Billion. Taxes just a Harley excuse – be patient! #MAGA— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 25, 2018
Harley-Davidson has been having a rough time lately. It's no secret there's been a decline in motorcycle sales as the younger generation strays away from buying them but now, however, Harley has a new problem to face.
Now the European Union has decided to target Harley for increased tariffs in response to Trump's trade war. And in response to those EU tariffs, Harley has said it will move some bike production to Europe since it is a business after all and has to make money somehow. Of course, Trump had something to Tweet about it and decided to make his opinion public. the president had a lot to say about it. So here is the string of tweets from the Commander-in-Chief:
….When I had Harley-Davidson officials over to the White House, I chided them about tariffs in other countries, like India, being too high. Companies are now coming back to America. Harley must know that they won't be able to sell back into U.S. without paying a big tax!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2018
A Harley-Davidson should never be built in another country-never! Their employees and customers are already very angry at them. If they move, watch, it will be the beginning of the end – they surrendered, they quit! The Aura will be gone and they will be taxed like never before!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2018
The question is, can you blame Harley? Gotta stay in business somehow…


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Blockchain technology, BigData, AI, Machine Learning
InDevLab uses Blockchain, AI, BigData, Machine Learning technologies and tools to develop mobile applications, highly loaded systems, web applications, R&D solutions.
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We analyze your business processes and niche to find possible ways to implement blockchain solutions, BigData, AI, Machine Learning.
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We design and develop the optimal solution and application of technologies for your business.
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We are developing a suitable architecture for integration into the existing IT environment of the client.
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We will help you maximize your company's performance by using innovative solutions to create complex infrastructure projects.
Cybersecurity of FinTech solutionsCybersecurity and data integrity. Audit of IT infrastructure and IT systems.
US financial company developed its new IT-product and was preparing to launch it. Since IT-tools in the banking and financial environment are subject to great risks and suffer millions in losses, the management team decided to provide additional methods and tools for cybersecurity of the launched product.
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Working in the IT-sphere, security and infrastructure market, we faced the problem that had no solution for fast scaling of server capacities. There are currently 2 solutions on the market: to keep the server capacities with a margin and to spend finances on "spare servers", or to raise additional server capacities which usually takes about 40 minutes.
Data security in E-medicineCybersecurity and Data Security.
The data of the users of the medical mobile application was leaked and all information from the working servers was removed. The work of the product itself and on the product as well has stopped. The incident occurred at night on the weekends. We were contacted for help on the third day after the incident.
E-medicineDevelopment of software and IT systems.
After 2 years of work, a medical project hasn't achieved the required results, although it replaced a lot of developers and technical managers. Their competency and specialization turned out to be insufficient for building a highly loaded system. The deadlines weren't met, and the product was not working.
Entertainment. New business modelBusiness analysis and modeling. Software development.
A business that has been operating for more than 20 years is looking for new ways to invest its capital in its own projects of its own field. It was necessary to propose and develop a new product model in the field of entertainment, taking into account new technologies and trends: blockchain, cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence and big data. A requirement for the project was to become a global entertainment service.
Business analysis for tourismBusiness analysis and modeling.
In order to follow the trends, an existing business with more than 15 years in the market asked to develop and promote ICO-project.
UN Global CompactDevelopment of software and IT systems.
The UN Global Compact project needed to speed up the scale of its activities and accelerate the cycle of partnerships. The organization lacked all the digital tools for conducting modern communications and covering its activities.
IT system for the public sectorDevelopment of software and IT systems.
The public structure was about to be closed down due to the inefficient use of resources and the lack of progress in the results of its work. For its further existence, it was necessary to restructure the processes and methods of its work with the help of modern tools.
Smooth media operationInfrastructure solutions.
The resource stopped working even with a small inflow of visitors. It led to reputational losses in front of readers, partners of the all-Ukrainian and international level. During simultaneous connection of users to the site, the server could not withstand the load and stopped working. It had a negative impact on the brand resource among users and led to an outflow of users, partners, and agreements.


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Fine art photographer based in Toronto, Ontario (Canadá).
"Photography is my passion. It is my medium for expression and my method of sharing my view of the world around me. I have been influenced by many of the well known photographers and artists from the past and present. Annie Leibovitz, Andreas Gursky, Helmut Newton, and Richard Avedon are amongst my favourites. My greatest inspiration however, comes from simply observing the world around me, the natural world in particular." (Adrian Holmes)


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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Hoffman re-signs with the Brewers
At least for the 2010 season, Hells Bells will be ringing at Miller Park. As reported by Adam McCalvy of MLB.com, all time saves leader Trevor Hoffman has agreed to a 1 year, 8 million dollar contract with an option for 2011, which could equal 8.5 million. Hoffman, who finished the season with a 1.83 ERA, saved 37 of 41 games for the crew. He will be turning 42 Oct. 13.
See the full article here: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091005&content_id=7335018&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
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FREMONT, CA - AUGUST 01: Pay phones for inmates are seen on a wall at the Fremont Police Detention Facility on August 1, 2013 in Fremont, California. The Fremont Police Department has started to offer inmates who are serving short sentences on lesser charges an option to ''pay to stay'' for a one-time fee of $45 and $155 a night to stay in a smaller, quieter facility and avoid going to county jails. The city could stand to make $244,000 annually if 16 inmates spent two nights a week under the program.
[ READ MORE: Fremont Jail Offers Inmates To Pay $155 A Night For Quieter Stay ]
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NAPA (KCBS)— Inmate visitations at the Napa County Jail entered a new era on Monday with the introduction of a Skype-like video conferencing system aimed at increasing safety.
The jail is phasing out the traditional method of inmate visits and allows two people to interact using a computer screen. Napa County Department of Corrections Director Lenard Vare said eventually video conferencing will replace the traditional telephone hand-set discussions and that the new way allows more flexibility in how inmates and their loved ones communicate.
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For Sale: Blue Tractor. Can be used for many things including but not limited too...
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3. Mowing an orchard or other areas that a small tractor can get in to that a larger tractor can't, like your yard or pasture that has risers in it.
4. A form of transportation for your employees to travel from one field to another so you don't have to provide vehicles for them to drive.
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5. To pull a much bigger loader tractor that isn't working?? around because it has the horse power to do it.Ok, these guys drive regularly past my house all the time going from one orchard to another. This was an interesting site this morning when I saw the small tractor pulling the big tractor. They were going VERY slow you know to be safe and make sure there were no mishaps. But why, why are they pulling this tractor behind them? It obviously works or they couldn't have gotten it on the trailer. If it just went to slow, they were going slow probably slower than they would be going if they were driving it. I know, they are doing an ad for Kabota!!! That's got to be it. I actually really like these guys. They always wave and slow down when they drive past and have even stopped and moved a child out of the road for me.
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Another victim of the deadly game Blue Whale Challenge was rescued from Jodhpur's Kaylana Lake late on Monday night after she tried to kill herself by jumping into the lake apparently to save her mother's life.
Reports suggest that the 17-year-old girl was told that her mother will be harmed if she did not complete her last task.
NDTV reported her as telling the police officer who dragged her out of the lake, "If I don't complete my task my mother will die."
While the victim is said to be the daughter of a Border Security Force officer, their identity is being protected by the police.
The girl is said to have been rescued by a team of police officers and divers who were present near the lake. While the girl's parents went to the police to register a missing person's complaint, she had already been spotted circling near the lake.
Om Prakash, who was present near the location as the ordeal was unfolding, told NDTV, "She was crying...I realised she was going to jump into the lake. I ran behind her and tried to stop her. I started talking to her and asked her what's the matter, she said my mother will die."
After being rescued she told the police that she had downloaded the game on her phone and was in the last stage of the game.
Lekhraj Sihag, station house officer, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar police station, told The Hindustan Times, "She told us that if she didn't complete the challenge then some untoward incidents could happen to her mother and rest of the family. The girl told us that she was at the final stage of the task."
Reports suggest that the girl had a whale carved into her arm.
This is adds to the growing number of Blue Whale Challenge cases in India.
Recently, a boy from Rajasthan had travelled all the way to Mumbai to complete the 'Blue Whale Challenge' game but was luckily rescued by the police.
In August, 14-year-old Ankan De of West Bengals West Midnapore hung himself in his home on Saturday morning in what seems to be was a bid to complete the last challenge of this morbid and dangerous game.
Ankan had covered his head with the a plastic bag and had tied a nylon chord around his neck.
Another Class VII student from Indore was saved from jumping off a terrace by his teachers and friends when they saw him walking scarily close to the edge. The police said that the boy tried committing suicide in order to complete the final stage of the dreaded Blue Whale Game.
Earlier in July, Manpreet Singh, a 14-year-old, jumped to his death in Mumbai few days after telling his friends that he was playing the Blue Whale game.
India Today had reported that a neighbour even spotted Singh walking on the ledge of his building's terrace shooting a selfie moments before jumping off.
The game has taken several lives across the world, with 130 lives in Russia where it originated in 2015.


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Thank you for your help. I am still reeling about the css was looking to find the code inside a table to work correctly. Just when I think I have my head wrapped around the logic something like this happens. 😊 I really appreciate the community of experts that help us neophytes muggle along bending phpvms into individual experiences. -Ken
Thank you, while this gets rid of the error I am back to square one in that while it shows "Add to Bid" and it shows like it is a hyperlink, however, the hyperlink is not active. The schedule results page works just fine. I have compared the code on both .php files and cannot find anything different enough to make the links active on one page and not active on the other. I pulled the $schedule id and had it showed it separately and the id is properly shown. The only thing I can think of is how is the class addbid called? Is it required to be inside a table in order to fire? EDIT: Bingo! addbid requires a table. Once I made it a table it worked fine.
Thank you, when I make the change I get the following error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting identifier (T_STRING) or variable (T_VARIABLE) or '{' or '$' in /home/flyelite/public_html/lib/skins/crazyskin01/schedule_details.php on line 16 Line 16 is: href="<?php echo url('/schedules/addbid/?id='.$schedule->);?>">Add to Bid
Thank you, I looked at schedule_results.php and it does not have 103 lines, only 67. At line 39 to 59 it has the following:  <a href="<?php echo url('/schedules/details/'.$schedule->id);?>">View Details
 <a href="<?php echo url('/schedules/brief/'.$schedule->id);?>">Pilot Brief
 <?php # Don't allow overlapping bids and a bid exists if(Config::Get('DISABLE_SCHED_ON_BID') == true && $schedule->bidid != 0) { ?> <a id="<?php echo $schedule->id; ?>" class="addbid" href="<?php echo actionurl('/schedules/addbid/?id='.$schedule->id);?>">Add to Bid <?php } else { if(Auth::LoggedIn()) { ?> <a id="<?php echo $schedule->id; ?>" class="addbid" href="<?php echo url('/schedules/addbid');?>">Add to Bid <?php } } ?> 	 The file I am trying to add bid capability to is schedule_detail.php, I am trying to add the capability right at the top. <?php if(!defined('IN_PHPVMS') && IN_PHPVMS !== true) { die(); } ?>
Flight Details

 <?php # Don't allow overlapping bids and a bid exists if(Config::Get('DISABLE_SCHED_ON_BID') == true && $schedule->bidid != 0) { ?> <a id="<?php echo $schedule->id; ?>" class="addbid" href="<?php echo actionurl('/schedules/addbid');?>">Add to Bid <? } else { if (Auth::LoggedIn()) { ?><a id="<?php echo $schedule->id; ?>" class="addbid" href="<?php echo url('/schedules/addbid');?>">Add to Bid <?php } } ?>
 I get the blue Add to Bid, but it is not a live link. I cannot click it as if the action is broken somehow. Thank you, -Ken
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KenG posted a topic in General & SupportI added the code from this thread https://forum.phpvms.net/topic/2125-add-bid-from-pilot-brief/ and it seems to work, but when I try to click add it does nothing. Is there something else I need to do? Running phpvms 5.5 on php 5.6. Thank you, -Ken
It takes a while for him to respond. Send him a PM through the forums asking for help and provide your ticket number. This module installs a little different than others and must be run server side to properly install.
Thank you, done and got it working. -Ken
OK, so this module is also causing problems with SmartCARs. Since installing I am getting double PIREPs. Anyone get this thing installed and working right on phpvms 5.5 on php 5.6 with SmartCARs?
Purchased this on 14 April 2018. Manual was not part of purchase (took awhile to figure out how to properly install.) Why is the manual not available on php-mods site? Financial system does not work. Pilots are not charged for property on the purchase, funds after the flight are not being transferred. Went to look at the Propertydata.class.php and it looks like it is encrypted. Left a ticket on the website, but looking for user help as well. Thanks. -Ken
Thanks, I find it interesting that no one has claimed problems with XACARS from a windows machine.
Following. I have a Xplane user using XACARS on Linux and he is also not showing up on the map and having other issues. I was wondering if this is a client-side or a server-side issue.
I have never been able to fix this. Every day I have to run the maintenance tasks manually.
Thank you, Yes, I can run it from a web browser as long as I am logged in to the site. If I am not logged into the site it fails with an admin error. I changed the permissions to maintenance to 755 and I still get the same admin error. -Ken
Thank you, I looked at the error log and there is nothing regarding maintenance.php. All of my phpvms cron jobs are failing on trying to authenticate as user 0. Is there a simple test cronjob I can run that would not try to authenticate with phpvms? OK, I found a simple cronjob to test (checks if the website is up or down) and it worked fine. It seems phpvms that is throwing the errors, i.e. no user 0 and not my host. Could my .htaccess file be causing problems with cron? I can get back with my host. They are a VA based hosting so they generally understand phpvms, but I don't think they realize that simpilot's 5.5.2 is coded for php 5.6. Thank you, -Ken
Maintenance.php causing Cordon Critical Error.
KenG posted a topic in Support Forumphpvms 5.5.2 on php 5.5: I am getting the following errors trying to run maintenance.php as a cronjob. Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/flyelite/public_html/admin/maintenance.php on line 26 Unauthorized access - Invalid Permissions. Return to Homepage Line 26 is: Auth::$userinfo->pilotid = 0; When I run maintenance.php while logged on from my admin user account, it runs without problems. When I ask my host provider about it, they say phpvms is not compatible with php 5.5 and to downgrade to php 5.3. However, this makes no difference yet frags my forums. Is there a way I can tell cron to log on as my admin account or another way to make maintenance.php compatible with php 5.5? Thank you, -Ken


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In the Godfather film, Michael initially looks at ways to move away from his family. Early in the story, he is proud of his accomplishments in the military which sets him apart from his siblings. Ultimately, Michael's efforts to escape from his family's traditions are unsuccessful. He ends up running the crime family's operations rather than reforming them.
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Early on Thursday, Bloomberg published a bombshell report that detailed a scheme implemented by Chinese spies to infiltrate servers from some of the biggest companies in the United States, including Apple.
That report led Apple, and others like Amazon, to publish distinct denials in regards to the report. Apple, for its part, has repeatedly said that it has not ever discovered "malicious chips" in the servers it deploys now, or back in 2015. In Apple's initial response, it said, in part, that "Apple has never found malicious chips, 'hardware manipulations' or vulnerabilities purposely planted in any server".
Apple's press release this afternoon is a follow-up to the statement it provided directly to Bloomberg, making things a bit more open on Apple's part. It's the same PR statement that the publication received earlier in the day, and it reiterates Apple's strong denials that anything of this nature ever took place. Apple says it never found malicious chips, nor was it ever aware of such a scheme from Chinese spies. It did not contact the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or any other agency over such an issue, either.
Again, Apple states that it thoroughly inspects all the servers it deploys, and, in those inspections it never found any malicious chips. Furthermore, Siri and Topsy never shared servers, and Siri has never been deployed on servers that were handled by Supermicro, the prime company in Bloomberg's initial report.
Apple's addition to their initial denial is that the company has never heard of this investigation, aside from what the publication has brought to its attention over the last 12 months as part of its reporting:
"Despite numerous discussions across multiple teams and organizations, no one at Apple has ever heard of this investigation. Businessweek has refused to provide us with any information to track down the supposed proceedings or findings. Nor have they demonstrated any understanding of the standard procedures which were supposedly circumvented.
No one from Apple ever reached out to the FBI about anything like this, and we have never heard from the FBI about an investigation of this kind — much less tried to restrict it.
In an appearance this morning on Bloomberg Television, reporter Jordan Robertson made further claims about the supposed discovery of malicious chips, saying, "In Apple's case, our understanding is it was a random spot check of some problematic servers that led to this detection."
As we have previously informed Bloomberg, this is completely untrue. Apple has never found malicious chips in our servers.
Finally, in response to questions we have received from other news organizations since Businessweek published its story, we are not under any kind of gag order or other confidentiality obligations."
Our Take
Apple seems adamant in this regard, but the publication's reporting seems to be well-sourced and considered. It will be interesting to see what happens next, if anything comes of this at all.[via Apple]


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Welcome to Fern Valley
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Are we up for a little contest?
14 comments:
- Country Gal said...
I'm guessing Richie Mare is in waiting and um dont know by who though ! Either way they are all lovely looking horses ! Have a wonderful day !
- January 25, 2012 6:07 pm
- GoLightly said...
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- January 25, 2012 7:15 pm
- Ami said...
Entering but not guessing, I have NO idea about horsies and breeding and whatnot. I mean, I know how to breed, I've done that twice. And practiced many times, too.
- January 25, 2012 8:47 pm
- Shirley said...
I'm always up for a contest!
I'd say Jewel, bred to Phoenix.
Peps, bred to Cactus.
Ici, bred to Cactus.
- January 25, 2012 9:21 pm
- White Horse Jumping said...
I wont give away the answers as I have gone on some rectal tours around your place before.....
- January 25, 2012 10:17 pm
- Sherry Sikstrom said...
Thanks for that kiddo , and btw CONGRATULATIONS Dr Oakley!!!! You are amazing!
- January 25, 2012 10:18 pm
- Reddunappy said...
They are getting those cute baby bellies!!!
I have no idea! LOL
I was thinking the "bowler" boy (he he he) was the only Daddy??? But I could be wrong????
- January 25, 2012 10:49 pm
- Jeni said...
Peps and Jewel definitely have baby bellies... I think Jazz does as well.
My guess is that you stood Pheonix with all of them.
Fun contest!
- January 26, 2012 6:29 am
- Crystal said...
oh boy how fun! I will guess Jewel and Peps bred to Pheonix and Jazz and Ici to Cactus. I cant remember if you said earlier who you bred to who but I am just gonna guess.
- January 26, 2012 12:43 pm
- Janice said...
I have to say I really don't know...sorry I don't retain info like I should.
Peps and Jazz - Phoenix
Ici- Cactus and is Martin's Jewel old enough to breed? or am I thinking of sombody else's horse.
- January 26, 2012 2:03 pm
- greymare said...
I will abstain as well as dvm2012 as I have inside information. The "ladies who are in waiting" are sure getting the baby bellies.
great contest.
- January 26, 2012 7:28 pm
- phaedra96 said...
I am giggling as I write this 'cause I have absolutely no clue! I just wait for those pretties to show up and pick my favorite.
- January 27, 2012 7:08 am
- Laughing Orca Ranch said...
Peps for sure, because it's her turn. lol! And probably Ici and Jazz. Other than that I have no clue.
- January 27, 2012 8:02 pm
- Sherry Sikstrom said...
Thanks all , some have been pretty close! Will draw for the contest on Monday
- January 28, 2012 12:24 pm


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