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Q: Replacing piezo buzzer with vibration motor I am looking for a simple and inexpensive way to replace 12V 12mA piezo buzzer with 1.8~3V 50~80mA vibration motor, something like VC1034H025L. The piezo is driven by 30ms pulses at intervals varying from 570ms down to nothing (i.e. continuous 12V). Note that the actual output is open collector. I have no access to switching element, so I can either assume it does not support much more than 12mA or do some destructive testing (which I'd rather avoid).
Here are some options I've considered:
Option 1: DC-DC regulator, like AP62200. Problem - input capacitor will most likely draw much more than 12mA on start-up. Also these are designed to switch on/off by enable pin, not crude input power application.
Option 2: LDO, like AP7370. The problem is that this will not reduce current, plus a lot of heat to dissipate.
Option 3: 12V capable timer (like NA555) configured for fixed PWM. Problem - while this can reduce median voltage down to 3V, the actual voltage amplitude will still be 12V, and I am not sure tiny motors will be happy with this.
Option 4: boost OC output current capacity by external switch, somehow. Then use either of the options 1-3 above to drive the motor.
Which of the options above would you recommend? Or maybe there is much better solution?

A: I would use option 1 (DC-DC regulator) with the piezo output controlling the Enable input of the regulator. The 'switching element' then only has to handle low current.
The regulator could get its power from the same source that the piezo buzzer did. The VC1034H025L vibration motor has a maximum startup current draw of 120 mA at 1.2 V. A buck regulator using the AP62200 should be ~85% efficient going from 12 V to 1.2 V, so the average supply current at startup should only be ~120*(1.2/12)/0.85 = 14 mA.
To turn on the regulator you will need something that allows its Enable pin to go high when the piezo output pulls low, and a way to stretch the pulse from 30 ms to longer than 570 ms. Here's how you could do it with a 555 timer IC:-

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
In this circuit the 555 is used as a comparator with thresholds at 66% (going up) and 33% (going down) of the power supply voltage. When the piezo output pulls low it discharges C1 quickly through R1, causing the 555 discharge pin to go open circuit which enables the regulator. When the piezo output goes open circuit it stops discharging C1, which then slowly charges up to 12 V through R2. When the voltage on C1 reaches ~8V the 555 discharge pin pulls low and disables the regulator.
With the values of R2 and C1 shown it should take ~0.75 seconds to turn off after the last piezo output pulse ends.
This solution assumes that you have access to the device's local ground. If you don't then I suggest using an optocoupler to transfer the signal, with an independent power supply. If that is not possible then you might just have to accept that you can't always get what you want...

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Q: Efficient computation of ridge/lasso regression n the book "Introduction to Statistical learning with R" https://hastie.su.domains/ISLR2/ISLRv2_website.pdf ,
authors say on page 247 -
"There are very efficient algorithms for fitting both ridge and lasso models; in both cases the entire coefficient paths can be computed with about the same amount of work as a single least squares fit"
Can someone tell me how the algorithm works? As in, how can we do computations for several values of λ at about the computational cost for one λ?


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Great win on the road
By David Kelly, Belfast Telegraph
Coach Darren O'Neill has hailed the influence of American Dillon Stith after Belfast Star pulled off an upset 82-78 victory away to DCU Saints in the All Ireland Premier League.
Travelling south with only eight players due to an injury crisis, Star came up with only their second win of the season and Stith was to the fore with a 28-point game-high return, while Keelan Cairns impressed as well with 25.
But Stith's arrival has clearly had an impact on the players as the American has brought class and an intensity to the side which is rubbing off on those around him.
"There's no doubt that Dillon given us more quality. I do think that had he been in from the start of the season we would have won more games at this stage," said O'Neill.
"Not only is a fine basketball player but he's a great guy, he gets on fantastically well with the other players and he has brought an enthusiasm that the other guys have responded to.
"He has been getting the scores that we need but he's learning as well, and he will learn to be an even better professional."
O'Neill is now hoping this first win for a couple of months will Star gain some momentum as they approach the midway point of the campaign.
He added: "After going out of the cup last weekend we were very disappointed. We had been in a winning position and then only scored one basket from 15 attempts.
"We talked about that and the guys responded. We were leading 31-26 after the first quarter and led at the break and then 68-58 going into the final quarter. Although we lost that last quarter we got the win and that gives everyone confidence.
"If there's one thing this side doesn't lack it's character and they showed that on Saturday night."

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This delicious coffee drink combines the best of hot chocolate with coffee. Then comes the ice cream and whipped cream.
I'm interested in opening a shop right now I just stay home and experiment with ingredients. So far my best is the creamy chocolate coffee. I've had guests tell me they would buy it if it was at Starbucks they liked it so much. So I would start my shop in a town and try to move to a city.


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Tag Archives: Medina del Campo
MEDINA DEL CAMPO (Anton van den Wyngaerde, 1565)
This picture is a view of Medina del Campo, depicted by Anton Van Den Wyngaerde (Amberes, 1512/1525 – Madrid, 1571), and preserved in the Fundación Museo de las Ferias. Wyngaerde was a Belgian landscape draftsman who formed himself as a painter in Netherlands and dedicated all his life to transmit what he observed through the drawing or painting, creating a collection of 62 sights of landscapes. Moreover, he did not only draw landscapes, he also accompanied to the Spanish troop in the wars against Enrique II from France with the purpose of representing war scenes like San Quintín in 1557. From that time onwards, Wyngaerde serviced to Felipe II of Spain, and most of the places that he drew were ordered by this king. According to Pedro Miguel Ibáñez Martín (2003) Wyngaerde did not visit those landscapes the same dates that Felipe II. Regarding Medina del Campo, he travels twice to there, one of them was in 1565 and the other was in 1570.
This cultural period is the Renaissance and Wyngaerde was one of the first city painter in that time. The main characteristic of his art is the meticulous work and the topographic image description that, apart from displaying beauty, also serve as graphic documents to know several urbanistic, economic, social and cultural aspects. In 1986 it was published a book about Wyngaerde's works called Golden Age Cities, by Richard L. Kagan, and from this book onwards a lot of articles have been written about their drawings. As an example, we can stand out The Medina del Campo Urban Structure by Antonio Sánchez del Barrio that had been one of the first and more serious references to this author.
Medina del Campo is a township which is situated in Valladolid province, in Castilla y León, and is where Zapardiel river go across. Moreover, is the connection of a big number of railway and road networks. The name "medina" comes from the Arabic, and means the old part of an Arabian City, althoug the origins of this city are Pre-Roman. It was an important and privileged site due to the support given by King Alfonso X in 1258. Afterwards, King Fernando IV convene as first time the Courts in Medina, celebrating several sessions during the 14th and 15th centuries. In 1421, the definitive ordinances for the settlement and trade activities were written. It is in the end of the Middle Age when when the city succeeded thanks to its trade fair, that achieved at the top of the economic activities in the Iberian Peninsula. Therefore, this city became into a commercial center for a lot of traders and merchants from athe whole Castilla.
Medina del Campo has been growing along the centuries. The old town played a defensive role and it was located where is now the Mota Castle, on the top of the hill. The urban layout in that epoch was irregular, with narrow and step streets, and around this old town churches and monasteries were built, preferently in high zones to be protected from the possible flooding of Zapardiel river. The second old town was settled in the plain area towards the northwest and, this time, with agricultural and ranching objectives, meaning with rural character. Little by little the urban network was forming. The third town is the current one, on the other side of Zapardiel river. In this case the purposes were commercial and thanks to it the city witnessed a huge urban expansion between the 14th and 15th centuries. In the south sector was created a town extension with residential buildings following a more regular plan, but over time that regularity going disappearing. Among the neighborhoods of Medina the most popular is Saint Thomas.
Medina del Campo has always had a city wall that over the time has been expanded. The first wall was built in the 12th century and its origin was Islamic. The original wall was around the Mota Castle, on top of the hill, though later it was spread out to the plain zone of Medina, in order to protect wider areas of the growing city.
After the Christian reconquest and its advance, new lands were available for pasture, due to this Spanish economy strongly empowered the cattle sector, and mainly the ovine breed. Medina del Campo grew as well thanks to it and a big cattle market is held twice a year, turning into one of the most important and known markets within Europe. This allowed the city to obtain some privileges, a but also noble people and kings visited Medina started to visit Medina on a regular bases. With regards to Agriculture its most important crops are cereal plants and vine. This city was very famous due to its trades fair, which were held for fifty days. The products exhibited there were wines, oils, condiments, pearls, and the most special product was wool. Overtime businessmen and finance profeesionals become more important than traders and merchants. In the second middle of sixteenth century economical crisis caused the fall of trade fairs.
A large artistic heritage exists nowadays, such as the Mota Castle (an Islamic castle built formed by four towers and an interior squared courtyard), San Antolin Church (is the major and main church in the city and it was Collegiate during 1480 and 1855), the church of Santa María la Real, San Miguel church (one of the most important temples in the city with a rectangular footprint and two naves) and San Juan de la Cruz chapel.
Beatriz Guzmán Serrano
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Maintaining the quality of soil or "soil health" is essential for agriculture and food production. To do this, a monitoring system for soils must be adopted which will give information on undesirable trends and given sufficient time these maybe reversed through soil conservation, soil protection measures and sustainable land management.
Ideally, soil health assessments should be made using indicators of soil biodiversity (key species, functional groups), soil ecosystem parameters (water storage/movement, structural stability, soil fertility, organic matter) and specific functions (N cycling, C cycling, microbial biomass activity and others) which will lead to the establishment of target values and thresholds. Any indicator which is adopted must account for the multiple dimensions of soil functions, such as productivity and environmental well-being, the multiple physical, chemical and biological factors which control bio-geochemical processes, and their variation in intensity over time and space relevant to land users. Mechanisms are required to inform and engage land users and policy makers in soil health monitoring programmes and in turn, for implementing changes in soil management and to develop policies that better reflect the value of soil health.
The need for soil biodiversity monitoring was identified in a recommendation made by the FAO to the Conference of Parties for the Convention on Biological Diversity which resulted in the implementation of an International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Soil Biodiversity (COP 6 Decision VI/5). Monitoring soil biodiversity is useful in assessing soil health as degradation of soil from erosion or compaction, contamination and decrease of soil organic matter can lead to loss of biodiversity. Biodiversity, itself is affected by overexploitation of soil, changes of climatic and hydrological regime, changes in land-use and competition from invasive species.
Several soil biodiversity indicators can be used depending on resources but a minimum of three (see box, left) have been proposed. However, which ever indicator is used, it must be relevant to the specific policy or research questions which need to be answered providing that a standardised methodology is adopted, they are complementary to each other and the results be easy to interpret.


"when you're alone Christmas is the pits"
"Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"
"Hell is paved with good intentions"
The oil wells turned into a raging inferno.
People caught in that inferno were wailing and crying.
The inferno has killed 64 people in just five days.
The burning building became an inferno.
In just seconds, a spark or even the sun's heat alone sets off an inferno.


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New York – The JAMS Foundation's Eighth Annual Warren Knight Distinguished Service Award will be presented to New York Peace Institute, along with a $25,000 grant. The award recognizes the work New York Peace Institute has done to promote the peaceful resolution of conflict in New York and communities worldwide. The organization received the award at the ABA Dispute Resolution Conference in New York.
Named in memory of JAMS Founder, the Warren Knight Distinguished Service Award and grant recognizes the work of extraordinary individuals and organizations in advancing collaborative forms of dispute resolution and the peaceful resolution of conflict.
New York Peace Institute, one of the largest and most comprehensive mediation centers in the country, provides individuals, organizations and communities around the world with resources to peacefully, creatively and durably resolve conflict. With more than 300 committed volunteers and more than 30 years of experience, New York Peace Institute offers a wide array of mediation and facilitation trainings and services, empowering thousands of individuals from all walks of life to find constructive solutions to their own disputes. New York Peace Institute primarily serves the city of its namesake, but has also worked with NASA, the United Nations, and in the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, Europe and Africa. With funding from the JAMS Foundation, New York Peace Institute is currently expanding its specialized mediation training program for NYPD officers throughout New York City.
Hon. H. Warren Knight (Ret.) was the founder of JAMS, which he created in January 1979. Judge Knight was considered a pioneer in the ADR and legal communities and was instrumental in introducing and furthering ADR, including mediation and arbitration, within the legal community in California and throughout the United States.
New York Peace Institute began in 1981 as a program of Safe Horizon, a leading victims' services organization, and became an independent organization in 2011. As New York's largest civilian peaceforce, its mission is to build peace and prevent violence in the city and beyond.


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DARE - OUT OF THE SILENCE II (ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION ) CD NEW+
Dare-Out Of The Silence Ii CD NEW
Out of the Silence II
Dare Homepage
Category: AOR
Label: Legend Records
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Darren Wharton vocals, keyboards
Kevin Whitehead drums
Nigel Clutterbuck bass
Vinny Burns guitars
1. Abandon 5:01 Listen!
2. Into the Fire 4:54 Listen!
3. Nothing is Stronger Than Love 5:16 Listen!
4. Runaway 4:48 Listen!
5. Under the Sun 6:07 Listen!
6. The Raindance 5:13 Listen!
7. King of Spades 6:43 Listen!
8. Heartbreaker 3:49 Listen!
9. Return the Heart 5:04 Listen!
10. Don't Let Go 6:36 Listen!
The music discographies on this site are works in progress. If you notice that a particular Dare CD release or compilation is missing from the list above, please submit that CD using the CD submission page. The ultimate goal is to make the discographies here at Heavy Harmonies as complete as possible. Even if it is an obscure greatest-hits or live compilation CD, we want to add it to the site. Please only submit official CD releases; no bootlegs or cassette-only or LP-only releases.
EPs and CD-singles from Dare are also welcome to be added, as long as they are at least 4 songs in length.
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From: Pee Dee Date: July 10, 2018 at 17:09
I'm privileged to be the first to review this. 'Out of the Silence' by Dare is my all-time favorite album. The new version doesn't have that slightly distanced stadium echo effect that the original had. What we get in its place are the secrets revealed from beneath the sounds of the original. You can clearly hear the multiple layers that make up the harmonies, where in the original, it all merged into the classic 'wall of sound'. Do I prefer it to the original? No. Is is as good? Possibly, but in a slightly different way. I don't get the claim that it's a harder-edged version. To my ears, the tempo of either version is identical. It's still ten, astonishing AOR tracks of the highest caliber, and it's back where it belongs - with the band!
From: edukiki Date: July 12, 2018 at 16:40
I only like some songs of the original version, but this version don`t like anything
From: MysticHealer Date: July 13, 2018 at 11:49
Never quite got the hype with the original to be honest. Of course it was good but see so many people giving it a maximum score it's always surprised me. Good songs (most of them) but never really made me jump out my seat by any means. This reworking is again ok, but it's of course a far thinner sound, a little more raw if you like. Is it better? Nope, reworkings NEVER are, but it's a fairly pleasant listen just like the original.
From: rick kerch vzla Date: July 19, 2018 at 21:52
Decent and acceptable remake of the 1988 remarkeable release...obviously the fresh and modern sound makes these new versions pale in comparisson with the original ones...Darren's vocals are still good enough to keep the spirit at least alive...# 2,3(nice),4,8 & 9 (my fave,always my fave no matter what)are the selected cuts for me outta this plastic.Hope the original line up get together one of these days for a real tour of the "Silence" Record.85/100 :-)
From: masmusic Date: July 22, 2018 at 10:14
I pretty well like all the Dare releases including this one. But I really don't find much of a difference with this than the original. The sound is more updated! Should of just remastered the original and reissued it!
From: titothetitan Date: August 3, 2018 at 8:51
Instead of this they should have made a natural follow-up to the debut, in terms of style and melodies.
From: Eric3 Date: September 7, 2018 at 20:39
A re-recording of the original and yet the best song that didn't make that album "The Last Time" is still a rarity...shame...


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import org.tsugi.*;

import org.tsugi.base.*;

import org.tsugi.util.TsugiUtils;
import org.tsugi.util.TsugiLTIUtils;

import java.util.Properties;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

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  * The implementation for the JDBC version of the Settings interface
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public class Settings_JDBC extends BaseSettings implements Settings
{

    private Log log = LogFactory.getLog(Settings_JDBC.class);

    private HttpServletRequest req = null;

    // Launch associates with this setting
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    // ID to update
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    // Connection
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    // Which setting this is...
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    // LTI 2.x settings URL
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    public boolean valid = false;

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        String settingsJson = row.getProperty(which+"_settings");
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        // Persist settings to the database
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        String sql = "UPDATE {p}lti_"+which+
                " SET settings = ? WHERE "+which+"_id = ?";
        sql = setPrefix(sql);
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        try {
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            stmt.setString(1, json);
            stmt.setLong(2, id);
            stmt.executeUpdate();
        } catch (SQLException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }

        // Persist settings to the row in the session for
        // the next request/response cycle

        if ( req != null ) {  // Allow for testing
            HttpSession session = req.getSession();
            Properties sess_row = (Properties) session.getAttribute("lti_row");
            if ( sess_row != null ) {
                sess_row.setProperty(which+"_settings",json);
            }
        }

        // TODO: Persist resource on LMS
        System.out.println("TODO: Need to persist settings to REST resource="+resource);
        return true;
    }

    /*
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     */
    public String setPrefix(String sql)
    {
        if ( prefix == null ) {
            return sql.replace("{p}", "");
        }
        return sql.replace("{p}", prefix);
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}

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Q: wxWidgets - Alpha blending Is there a way in wxWidget to do alpha blending operations such as multiplying the alpha of a bitmap versus the RGB of other bitmap to generate new images (such as rendering a photo as an anti-aliased circular shape).

A: Though I haven't done alpha blending myself, I believe the wxGraphicContext is what you are after.
http://docs.wxwidgets.org/stable/wx_wxgraphicscontext.html
I've got flicker free drawing into the graphics context (on Win32) using the following in my paint event handler:
void OnPaint( wxPaintEvent& e )
{
    wxBufferedPaintDC dc( this );
    wxGraphicsContext* gdc = wxGraphicsContext::Create( dc );
    // you drawing code here
}

EDIT: this email trail might offer some more insight:
http://www.nabble.com/Is-alpha-blending-implemented-when-using-DC's--td17183159.html


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This is a simple sequence of steps for persuading that Alan Monroe developed, starting in the 1930s and which was influenced by John Dewey's reflective thinking sequence and Maslow's Hierarchy.
A simple attention-grabber is their name. You can also demonstrate emotion ('Oh no!') or physically grab them (if it is socially valid). Longer attention grabbers include jokes and dramatic stories.
Attention can be very brief, so once you have it, you need to move on quickly. Attention-grabbing should also move them towards interest. If you annoy them, then you will have your work cut out to recover the situation.
State the need: with a clear statement of need or problem.
Illustrate the need: using practical examples that show it is real.
Elaborate the need: with further examples, statistics, references and so on that moves the audience to understanding the severity of the problem.
This is not about creating satisfaction, but proposing a way in which satisfaction may be gained by meeting the need that you have just stimulated.
Propose: state clearly what you want from your audience.
Explain: the detail of what you are proposing.
Show: how it solves the problem and addresses the need.
Illustrate: with examples and data about of how this proposal has worked in the past.
Now that you have proposed a solution, the next step is to move the listener to see it as the right answer for them to meet their need. Help them visualize the solution in place, such that it is complete and successful. If it involves them doing something, get them to see themselves in action.
Finally, you need to prompt the person into action, implementing the solution that you both now know is the right thing to do.
Challenge: them to take action.
Appeal: to them to act.
Illustrate: how they might act.
Steps: to achieve the proposal.


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Tahsin couldn't do something like that.
Caleb said he didn't know what to do.
Len looks as if he's been sick for a long time.
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Teriann told us this morning that he and Cyrus were moving to Boston.
Rajeev is having a drink with Brandy at the bar.
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Fritz seems to have finished his work.
Ricardo didn't know the gun was loaded.
Randy used to be angry all the time.
Oskar doesn't know Shel is here.
Part is the last person to break his promise.
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Ronni's eyes filled with tears as she read the note from Jayesh telling her that he'd left her.
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Benjamin is still staring at Stu.
Vidhyanath knows he has to buy time.
Jeanette wants to feed the birds in the park.
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Q: Lyrics command in discord.py So I was trying to make a lyrics command using the lyrics ovh api in discord.py and I'm getting this error : "An error occurred: Command raised an exception: KeyError: 'lyrics'"
import aiohttp

@commands.command()
    async def lyrics(self, ctx, artist,*, title):
        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
           async with session.get(f"https://api.lyrics.ovh/v1/{artist}/{title}") as response:
                data = await response.json()
                lyrics = data['lyrics']
                if lyrics is None:
                    await ctx.send("Song not found! Please enter correct Artist and Song title")
                if len(lyrics) > 2048:
                     lyrics = lyrics[:2048]
                emb = discord.Embed(title = f"{title}" , description = f"{lyrics}",color = 0xa3a3ff)
                await ctx.send(embed=emb)
        await session.close()```

A: If lyrics not in your json object then python will raise KeyError. If you want to avoid from this, you can use get method.
data = {
    "key1": "value1",
    "key2": "value2"
}

value1 = data["key1"] #no error
value2 = data.get("key2") #no error
value3 = data["key3"] #this will raise KeyError because key3 not in data
value3 = data.get("key3") #this will not raise any error and return default value
value3 = data.get("key3", "No lyrics could be found.") #we passed the default value so this will return
         #"No lyrics could be found" if key3 is not exist in json


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Jane Krakowski Opens Up About Her Father's Dementia & the Benefit of Music Therapy
by Elizabeth Yuko
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Acting as a caregiver for your parent is difficult under any circumstances, but doing so when they have dementia or other brain health issues presents its own set of challenges. These are challenges that Jane Krakowski knows all too well.
The award-winning actor and star of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and 30 Rock spoke for the first time publicly about her father having dementia at an AARP event launching its "Disrupt Dementia" campaign in conversation with Katie Couric. The campaign includes AARP's $60 million investment in the Dementia Discovery Fund — the first and largest venture fund focused on discovering and developing effective new drugs for dementia.
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Krakowski's father, Edward, died two years ago after living with vascular dementia for nearly a decade. Like most people with dementia, the initial mental decline was gradual but eventually became more noticeable — most notably, when he tried to make coffee by putting the entire coffee maker on the stove, Krakowski told Couric.
"The drop-offs were huge, and my dad was always aware of each stage," she explained. "It was painful to see someone disappearing in front of you, especially because my dad would go in and out of his awareness and skill sets."
It took five years for her father to get a diagnosis, she said, and after a certain point, the doctors didn't have any other treatments to offer him. Krakowski remains hopeful, however, that the AARP's campaign will help lead to significant developments in the treatment of dementia.
"I really hope that this investment leads to quicker diagnoses, medications that work long-term or just work, and I hope we can find a cure," she said during the public event.
Although Krakowski's mother was her father's primary day-to-day caregiver, Krakowski also has experience caring for him as he progressed through the stages of the condition — which ultimately left him unable to walk. After the event, Krakowski told SheKnows that for her family, the local resources near their home in New Jersey — especially the Friendship House — were invaluable.
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"[Friendship House] gave him fun and light in the day, and he got to relive and remember his love of the arts, and he got to paint and listen to music and dance and all those sort of things amongst people who were trained to deal with people suffering from dementia," she explained.
Given Krakowski's background as a singer, she was especially active in her father's music therapy.
"At one point, I was able to get him up and dance when he was wheelchair-bound," she told SheKnows. "Those things mean a lot to the patient because it brings them a movement of levity and happy memories. So I felt that was a lot of my purpose or what I could give in the caregiving process."
Ultimately, Krakowski decided to publicly discuss her father's dementia to try to raise awareness of the condition during Alzheimer and Brain Awareness Month.
"We have so far to go with this disease," she said during the conversation with Couric. "All I can do is share my personal story and hope that whatever light we can shine on dementia will bring more research, more attention and more funds so that the next generation doesn't have to go through the long, painful process that is this disease."
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David Cross Net Worth 2021, Age, Height, Weight, Biography, Wiki and Career Details
Real Name/Full Name David Cross
Nick Name/Celebrated Name: David Cross
Birthplace: Roswell, Georgia, U.S.
Date Of Birth/Birthday: 4 April 1964
Parents Name: Father – Barry Cross
Mother –Susi Cross
Siblings: Juli Cross, Wendy Cross
School: Northside High school
College: Emerson College
Religion: Jewish
Wife/Spouse Name: Amber Tamblyn (m. 2012)
Kids/Children Name: Marlow Alice Cross
Profession: Stand-up Comedian, television producer, screenwriter, voice actor, Journalist, singer
David Cross is a renowned American singer, actor, stand-up comedian, director. He is Jewish, but he left practicing Judaism. He was a part of Mr. Show, a comedy series, Modern Family, Alvin, and the chipmunks. He worked as a voice-over artist in various successful franchises such as Grand Theft Auto, Halo, and many more.
Well, how well do you know about David Cross? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about David Cross's net worth in 2021, his age, height, weight, wife, kids, biography and complete details about his life. Well, if your all set, here is what we know about David Cross to date.
David Cross was born in the city of Roswell, Georgia. He didn't have a rich background; instead had a very struggling childhood. He began his career as a stand–up comedian in the city of New York where he struggled during his initial days and later pursued his industries' talent. His schooling was at Northside High school, and he studied further at Emerson College in Boston, but unfortunately, he didn't complete his studies.
So, how old is David Cross in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, David Cross's age is 51 years old as of today's date 18th January 2021 having been born on 4 April 1964. Though, he is 5′ 6″ in feet and inches and 173 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 165.35 lbs in Pound and 75 kg in Kilograms.
He did his schooling at Northside High School and further studied at Emerson College, but he dropped out of course to pursue his passion.
David Cross With Wife Amber Tamblyn
David belonged to a low-income family. His father abandoned him, so he had had to make his living in motels or friends' homes. He is married to Amber Tamblyn, and they have a daughter. He was raised as Jewish, but he calls himself an atheist and no longer practices Judaism.
He had many affairs before marriage. His hobby is music. He was born to his father, Barry Cross, and his mother named Susi Cross. He was the first investor of Kickstarter, as mentioned by the co-founder. He was born on 4th April 1964, and his age is 56. His height is 1.73 m.
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David Cross is married to Amber Tamblyn, and they also have a daughter together. Thus, according to records, he is straight and has no proof of being gay.
David Cross started his career as a standup comedian, and later, he was into a television career. He has also performed in many comedy clubs. He joined the sketch group named This Pathetic. He became a professional comedian. He got a chance on the radio for his comedy. He was also a voice actor and was part of Alvin and the Chipmunks. He is also a singer, producer, director, actor.
He acted in many series like Shorties Watchin' Shorties. He also released his comedy films like Let America Laugh, Shutup you Fucking Baby!, It's Not Funny, Bigger and Blacker. He was the writer of The Ben Stiller Show. He acted in Men In Black and Arrested Development, where he was seen, or a short time was also part of Wonder Showzen.
He was a member of the movie Halo 2, where he contributed as a voice artist. Also, in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, he worked as a voice over artist. His first book was released in 2009 named I drink For a Reason and Hollywood Said No. He was also the early investor of Kickstarter.
David Cross has won many awards in his lifetime. He has lifted the Emmy awards in the year 1993 for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program. David was also nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program (Emmy awards) in the year 1999.
In 1998 he was nominated for Outstanding Music and Lyrics and writing a variety of music programs. He was nominated for the Screen Actors Guilt Awards in the years of 2004 and 2005, and 2013 respectively. In 2008 he won the Independent spirits award. He has also won DVDX awards for Run Ronnie Run.
Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of David Cross in 2021
David Cross Net Worth
As of 2021, David Cross has a net worth of $15 million. He is an actor, writer, comedian, director, singer. He belonged from the impoverished family background. Even his father abandoned him. Still, he pursued his passion and got success. He has received several awards in his career for his outstanding performances.
He was voted for most humorous in high school.
David Cross is a drop out of Emerson College.
He has won Emmy Awards for his wondrous works.
David was also nominated for Grammy Awards.
During his initial times at the industry, he has faced a lot of criticism from his colleagues.
David Cross is a renowned American singer, actor, stand-up comedian, director who has excelled in his career after working for several films. Even after having a struggling childhood, David Cross successfully converted his hobbies into full-time work and even got success in his works. He has received several awards in his career for his outstanding performances.


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As of 2015, Santander Totta was in possession of a customer base of approximately 350,000 accounts. While the number of employees is not divulged because of its inherent variability, its total number of branches is recorded at 177.
The main branches within Portugal are located in Lisbon, where its head office resides, and in Madeira where the Madeira Offshore Branch operates.


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import com.squareup.spoon.SpoonRunner;

import java.util.Arrays;

public class TestExecutor {

    public static void record(String apkPath, String testApkPath, String output) {

        String[] args = {"--apk", apkPath, "--test-apk", testApkPath, "--output", output, "--no-animations"};

        System.out.println("[INFO] - Args " + Arrays.toString(args) );

        SpoonRunner.main(args);

    }
}


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Yikes, I hate writing these things.
Let's just say I'm a product of the 1980's. I grew up on a steady diet of Stephen King and Dungeons and Dragons, both of which taught me the wonders of being creative.
I love writing. It's freedom. There's no better feeling than having someone read a story you wrote, filled with characters you created, and tell you how much they enjoyed their brief stay in your world.
My Choose Your Own Adventure series Ultimate Ending is a throwback to some of my best childhood memories. It's also where I and my talented writing buddy, David Kristoph, work hard to improve on a niche I always felt needed a shot of steroids.
The rest of my books range from epic fantasy (The Renegade Mage Chronicles) to all kinds of science fiction, suspense, and even horror. If people enjoy reading these stories even half as much as I do writing them, I'll consider myself successful.


View from the "City" of the electric sites, with the "village," a smaller rock formation, beyond.
Thursday December 29th is an errand/shopping day. We head to Silver City, a 20-mile drive to the north. This is a section of New Mexico that is not very appealing to me in terms of the landscape and the run-down look of small nearly-abandoned towns along the route. Silver City is a bigger and much more active town. We go to breakfast at the Adobe Cafe, then to the laundromat, and finish up with buying propane, groceries, and sundries. It is nearing dark by time we get back to camp.
We have a dinner after putting things away. Clifford had to get a new phone, so he spends time learning how to get his programs on it, while I check FB, always eager to hear some news from my kids.
Friday December 30th is so overcast in the morning that there is no sunrise color at all, but it is no longer dark, so the sun must have risen. Both of our hotspots are out; Clifford acquires monitoring software so we can keep better track of our bytes. I do some editing for Ang, post a blog, check email and Facebook, and am under my daily byte quota. Becka calls; she is back in Georgia after visiting Mike in Japan for the Christmas holiday. Clifford and I bike ride the loop around the "city"– probably a couple of miles, which is a lot for me.
At sunset, I walk in the rocks.
After dinner, I do more editing for Ang, as it is a darn good story and hard to put it down.
Saturday December 31st is the last day of 2016. There was rain in the night and it is raining when I head to the Visitor's Center this morning. Back at camp, as I'm writing in the journal and sipping hot yerba matte tea, I glance out the window and see the most beautiful rainbow arching over the rocks. I grab a camera and dash outside for a few photos before it fades. It was a most joyful sight, a great way to end the year, which has been a difficult one for many of us.
I take time to edit and post the rainbow as a end-of-the-year blessing for my family and friends. Throughout the day, the clouds are marvelous, dominating the scenery.
Today, instead of posting a blog on the website, I pick up the first blog of this journey to post on my blog site, which I have neglected for well over a year, and also post it on Twitter. I really like taking photos to show people the beauty of the world and to keep family updated on our travels, but if no one sees them, it doesn't mean much. Hopefully, expanding to the blog site and Twitter will help out. A phone call from a dear friend is a welcome addition to the day. Walking in the rocks at sunset and dinner with Clifford rounds out the last day of the year for me.
Monday December 26th is moving day, but since I am up before Clifford, I have time for tea and journal writing on this frosty morning.
Once he is up, we finish packing up and are on our way after saying good-bye to people we have met here and at Percha Dam.
South on I25 to Hatch, then State Hwy 26 to Deming, stopping at Walmart for groceries. While we are there, we decide to go ahead and replace a worn tire on Terry. One axle is bent, causing one tire to wear faster than the others. Another 25 miles brings us to City of Rocks State Park. The Visitor's Center is closed, but we head on over to the electric sites. The site on the end with a view all around is free, but then we see an OCCUPIED sign. My instinct is that the people are gone and just forgot to turn in the sign, but we can't take a chance on someone coming in later and claiming the spot. Although I am grateful that there is another site available, I feel a bit disappointed that we didn't get the one that seemed meant for us. We get set up and I am glad to see the rocks through the front window.
I go for a short walk in the rocks at sunset, glad to be here at this unique place.
Tuesday December 27th I walk in the rocks at sunrise to take photos.
A tremendous volcano 35 million years ago created this interesting geological feature as it spewed out rock debris and molten lava that cooled and coalesced as it hit the ground. Millions of years of erosion followed the eruption, and now we have "City of Rocks" State Park – a giant labyrinth of nature-made pathways, with twists and turns every-which-way.
It is sunny and warm enough that we are able to sit outside for breakfast; later we set up our chairs and small tables on the warm sunny side of Terry to read, study, and (me) play cello.
Wednesday, December 28th the morning sky is overcast and the sunrise is modest, but I walk in the rocks, anyway, looking for more subtle photo opportunities.
More self-talk on the need to not only be grateful, but to feel grateful. Easier said than done, but listing the positive aspects of a situation is a good way to start. Back at camp, after breakfast, I download my cameras and look at the new photos, which is always fun to do. Then we sit outside again and I play cello for awhile, but after the wind blows over the music stand a couple times, I decide the annoyance to Vata is not to be ignored and I head inside. Organization project for today is the closet, rearranging to make hats and gloves, which we are needing, more accessible. Photo editing and blog writing fill out the afternoon.
A walk in the rocks at sunset is a pleasant close of the daylight.
Friday December 23rd – fog coming up off the river covers the campground this morning. For me, this is photo opportunity time, so I pull on sweats over my pj's, grab a coat and a camera, and out the door I go. I walk along the river, appreciating the visual effects created by the fog.
As the fog lifts, things begin to look normal again, so I head back to our campsite. Clifford is up and has a great idea: we should go Christmas shopping for me. Now, I am not so much into shopping for stuff for myself, but this is an opportunity not to be passed up. We go to T or C again and have breakfast out to celebrate our 17th anniversary today. Then over to Walmart (what else is there in T or C?) where Clifford buys me a long sweater and a pair of shoes. Fun for me, for sure!
On the way back, we explore the nearby dispersed camping area. No one is there now, but it is probably popular some times of the year.
We are back to our campground early enough for me to play cello outside; some guy comes by and stops to listen and then asks if he can take a photo of me playing my cello!
I walk up to the top of the dam and even though I am there too early for sunset photos, it is a nice vantage point.
Friday December 24th – a short errand today: post office at Arrey, our last chance to check for mail here, as we will be moving soon. I find the most protected side of Terry and play cello outside in spite of the wind. It was a really good session and I almost didn't do it because of the wind. In the later afternoon, I walk about to find the best vantage point to get photos of the mesa at sunset.
Back at camp, we have a special Christmas Eve dinner – not nearly as fancy as the dinners that my grandma used to make, but pretty darn good considering we are in a little camper!
Saturday December 25th – Christmas Day: I decide to have a campfire this morning, as it is the last chance to use up all that wood I have stashed here. It is a nice quiet time, sitting by the campfire, meditating on the meaning of Christmas in my life, and writing in my journal. Today would have been my mom's 91st birthday. I sure miss being able to call her to wish her Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas.
Between phone, text, email, and FB, I connect with family and friends. After dinner, I begin packing up everything that can be packed ahead of time. Tomorrow is moving day and the more I do tonight, the easier it is in the morning.
Thursday December 15th is moving day.
It is just a short distance from Percha Dam over to the Riverside portion of Caballo State Park on the other side of I-25, but even so, everything has to be packed properly for safe travel. The site on the end of the loop is not available, so we take another with a cool old gnarly tree by the picnic table. Walk down to the river to check it out.
Since we have neighbors on both sides, I am not as comfortable playing cello outside, but it is windy enough, I figure they can't hear me anyway.
I hear from some of my kids and brother Rollie: it is cold and snowy in Montana.
Friday December 16th, I am up in time to take photos of a very colorful sunrise, which was much appreciated by my hungry photographer's soul.
Even though the temperatures are relatively mild, it is too windy to sit outside. Other than a bike ride around the campground (the restroom is on the far side from where we are parked), activities are inside: write in journal, post blog of our one-night stay at Angel Peak, and backtrack our trip from the Hamfest in Quartzsite in mid-January to figure out when we have to leave here and where we will be staying on the way. I stay up late reading; Clifford stays up late trying out his night-vision goggles, as well as his usual studying and ham radio activities.
Saturday December 17th is a chilly day, even though the wind is from the southwest. Looks like rain in the distance.
We go to Arrey to pick up mail at the post office and then treat ourselves to breakfast at the Arrey Cafe. We seldom eat out, but it is nice now and then not to have to prepare and clean up after a meal. Back at camp, we go through the mail, taking care of business, and more editing, but no playing cello, as it is too chilly and windy outside today. Most of the US is much colder; we are fortunate not to have had to deal with the extreme weather.
Sunday December 18th, I walk down to the river first thing this morning to take photos.
Although the day starts out clear and calm, it changes to overcast and windy, so activities are inside projects – making soup, editing, and preparing the next blog. Clifford continues with his studies. In the evening, we watch the first segment of the series "Roots," which Clifford has on DVD.
Sunday December 11th, 32 degrees this morning and calm – perfect for a campfire. By mid-day the temperature is in the low 70's, a lovely day and very pleasant to be outside.
Monday December 12th, about the same temps as yesterday, but windy.
Today we go to Truth or Consequences for groceries and sundries, then stop at the Arrey post office to pick up our mail. Clifford has received a monster-size book "The Principles of Internal Medicine," which will become part of his reference library. Not sure where we are going to store a book of that size in Terry.
Tuesday December 13th is laundry day. Of course, photography comes first.
The machines at the nearest laundromat are not commercial size, so it takes a LONG time to get our laundry washed and dried, and I even end up hanging some things on our clothes line when we we finally get back to camp. We needed to get this chore done, but I certainly didn't expect it to take up so much of the day.
Wednesday December 14th is our last day here. I enjoy having a campfire first thing this morning and take photos of the brilliant sunrise and the more subtle setting of the moon.
After breakfast, Clifford and I go for a bike ride around the lower campground – the less developed area. Play cello outside, even though it is a bit windy, as the temperature has reached the low 70's by afternoon.
The usual editing and blog writing takes up the evening hours, along with packing up as much stuff as I can to get a head start on the morning. Moving is always a big deal, easier this time because it is only a few miles away, but even so, everything has to be securely in place before we pull out.
Tuesday December 6th, I sit by a little campfire with hot yerba matte in a thermos and my journal after taking photos of the sunrise. Great way to start the day.
Later, as the wind picks up, I do inside projects: editing, checking email, and cleaning out the storage closet. It is too windy to play the cello outside today. In addition to his ham radio studies, Clifford is studying flavins, as they may play a role in detecting disease. This knowledge will tie in with his CI work.
Wednesday December 7th, I had a very good dream about Mom before I woke up. I saw her in the camper and I said "I wish you were really here" and she answered "I am really here," and then I gave her a hug. There was more to the dream, but enough said. As well as the usual daily activities, we do some home repairs: reinforcing a shelf that looks like it might come down, fixing the toilet lid, making a cover for the outdoor outlet, and such things.
Thursday December 8th, I take photos of the rising sun showing through a break in the clouds, but it too windy for a campfire this morning.
Even though the sky clears by afternoon, the wind continues all day, so I can't play cello out. However, it is a far warmer cry than where we were a year ago at Three Rivers, New Mexico, not all that far from here.
More editing, write another blog, and clean storage shelves today. In tiny homes, such as RVs, everything has to be stored just so, or it doesn't fit. There is always some area or another that is ready for reorganizing.
Friday December 9th starts out as a chilly 21 degrees, but it is calm, hooray, and sunny. I try to get photos of the cranes as they fly overhead from wherever they spend the night to nearby fields, but my camera doesn't focus as fast as I need it to, so I miss a lot of shots.
We make a trip to Arrey to see if we have mail and get a couple of items at the grocery store. On the way back, we check out Riverside, the lower part of nearby Caballo State Park to get a sense of the layout, as that is where we plan to go next.
I have a nice long session with the cello in the afternoon as the temperature reaches into the low 60's. More editing, blog writing, and answering emails in the early evening, along with chatting with my daughter, Becka.
Saturday December 10th is sunny and calm in the morning. After breakfast, I clean the fridge, and then Clifford and I go for a walk in the woods along the river.
We flush lots of birds, I'm guessing flocks of quail and doves, see abundant deer tracks, and best of all – we see a beautiful fox run across the little meadow area where we are walking. Back at camp, even though the wind has picked up, I play cello outside – a 5-clothespin day, which means I have to use 5 big clothes pins to hold the music on the stand, but it is warm enough to be doable. More editing in the evening. Being at a campground with electricity sure is a convenience.
Friday December 2nd, after spending last night at the Socorro Walmart, we arrive at Percha Dam State Park in southern New Mexico around noon. I am very happy that the site I was hoping for is available. It has a shelter with a rock wall windbreak, a campfire ring, and a big back yard, with woods beyond.
After we get set up, it is still warm enough that I can play cello outside for awhile, serenading the trees and the birds.
Lots of birds winter here, including Sandhill cranes, which we can hear not far away. After dinner, I read for bit before heading to bed. Clifford stays up late, working with his ham radio gear.
Saturday December 3rd, it was very windy and a bit of rain last the night.
We are grateful for Terry being dry and cozy, as it is chilly and windy all day – a good day for inside activities, including phone calls, emails, editing, writing and posting a blog, writing and posting a statement in favor of the Standing Rock people, and finishing the novel I started recently. The only outdoor activity is a bike ride down to the restroom at the other end of the campground. During my quiet time this morning, from the book "The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace" by Jack Kornfield, I read The past is over: Forgiveness means giving up all hope of a better past. That is very profound, knowing how hard it has been for me to accept certain aspects of my past.
Sunday December 4th, I walk down to the Rio Grande River at sunrise, hoping to spot the cranes that we hear and see overhead. No such luck and sadly, the Rio Grande River is exceeding low, the life nearly drained out of it with the dam and agriculture. Windy for much of the day, so spend time inside doing bookwork, editing for Ang, and working on CI email. In the afternoon, as the wind calms, I am able to play cello outdoors while there is still sunshine at the campsite. The late afternoon sunlight lights up the mesa to the east and the trees at the campground.
Monday December 5th, 19 degrees this morning and the frost is really quite pretty – probably as close to snow as we are going to get on this trip.
The day is sunny and calm with the temperature reaching to 65 degrees by afternoon. We go to the nearby little village of Arrey to mail a few items and set up our general delivery address. Back at camp I play cello outside, with an audience – the fellow from the neighboring campsite comes over to listen. The blog for today was my trip to Montana – kind of a hard one to write, as my mom's passing has been sad for me. Clifford continues to work with his radios and with a portable visible-NIR spectrometer for CI research. We certainly keep busy!


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Happy Birthday Adnan Sami!
Singers come and go, but Adnan Sami will be around for a long time. He is not only a fantastic vocalist, but also the most well-known indie-pop performer of all time.
Source: Mirchi
On the occasion of his birthday, let's take a look at his top hits
Lift Kara De
Adnan rose to prominence in 2000 with the song Lift Kara De, whose music video at the time featured renowned Indian actor Govinda. It quickly became a hit with music fans of all ages.
Aye Udi Udi
Adnan was given the opportunity to work with music composer A R Rahman thanks to Saathiya. With the magic of his voice, he created a soft romantic song with the song Aye Udi Udi.
Bhar Do Jholi Meri
After taking a break for health reasons, Adnan returned to Bollywood for this qawwali song in the 2015 film Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
Mehbooba Mehbooba
Adnan's career as a Bollywood playback singer began with this song. This song featured Bollywood's Khiladi Kumar, and no other voice could have done the upbeat lyrics justice.
Tera Chehra
This title track from the album Tera Chehra is one of the most popular songs of all time. With a well-crafted beat, this song was bound to go viral and it still is.
Next: Happy Birthday Johnny Lever


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Myanmar internet development is growing rapidly. The Internet, computer and mobile phone have made it easier and faster to communicate, connect and access information. On the other hand, they have made more vulnerable and exposed to problems like monitoring, censorship and manipulation by governments and other malicious actors. The online landscape is changing non-stop, making the challenge for small and medium-sized socially motivated organisations to maintain up-to-date digital security strategies and policies increasingly difficult. While digital security is universally touted as a priority for these groups and their communities, human rights defenders continue to be, harassed, imprisoned or killed due in part due to their poor digital security practices. Many organisations do not have the internal capacity, expertise, nor the funds available that are required to address these challenges. Worse, they might not even know the risks they pose on human rights defenders and the need for organisational change around digital strategies to see these challenges.
• Research, Consultation and Strategy development to approve the need of digital and cyber security for Myanmar government • Awareness Raising to prepare for public concern voices to input the arguments to make better policy and laws • A series of digital safety and security training online and offline aimed at parliamentarians and/or their staff to protect and promote security on the principle of UDHR.
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YouTube was once a bastion of free speech, an open venue where alternative information could circulate and wake up millions worldwide. Now it's increasingly a place where truth is suppressed, as YouTube's 6 billion+ hours of content is 'soft censored' on the sly by its mysterious 'safety mode'. Keep reading if you prefer watching liberating information to mindless entertainment.
It seems that Youtube doesn't care about your awakening.
With so many hours of freely available information to watch, you might think that Youtube is a great platform to spread and defend the truth. But increasingly we are seeing restrictions on the types of videos that YouTube welcomes, even when they don't breach Youtube's published community guidelines.
This is what you'll see if you try to access a restricted video in Safety Mode.
These restrictions are a new kind of 'soft censorship', where videos are hidden from some users but not removed. This suppression is enforced by a mechanism known as Safety Mode. It was introduced to Youtube in 2010, and like many other recent forms of censorship it's justified as a means to protect children from "inappropriate" content.
While it's not 100 percent accurate, we use community flagging, age-restrictions, and other signals to identify and filter out inappropriate content.
If you have ever used Youtube, you would probably have come across a video you'd rather not have seen, or perhaps abusive tirades in the comments. In spite of Youtube having community guidelines, people generally just seem to upload and say whatever they want, even in bad taste.
In light of the truly objectionable content that can appear there, Youtube's Safety Mode might sound like a good thing, until you look deeper and realise that Youtube is blocking completely innocent and desperately needed videos – the type that uncover what's really going on in the world and promote self improvement – while allowing terrible videos like real decapitations to continue unhindered.
And in some cases you might just find that safety mode is forced on your computer with no way of turning it off.
We encourage free speech and defend everyone's right to express unpopular points of view.
Unfortunately history shows otherwise. In 2007 – the year after Google bought Youtube for $1.65 billion – Google shareholders were asked to vote on an anti-censorship proposal. But the CEO and founders of Google encouraged shareholders to vote against it, despite having the power to personally veto the motion, as they owned approximately 66% percent of Google's shares between them.
Data that can identify individual users should not be hosted in Internet-restricting countries, where political speech can be treated as a crime by the legal system.
The company will not engage in pro-active censorship.
The company will use all legal means to resist demands for censorship. The company will only comply with such demands if required to do so through legally binding procedures.
Users will be clearly informed when the company has acceded to legally binding government requests to filter or otherwise censor content that the user is trying to access.
Users should be informed about the company's data retention practices, and the ways in which their data is shared with third parties.
The company will document all cases where legally binding censorship requests have been complied with, and that information will be publicly available.
Sounds awesome doesn't it? But given the proposal was not passed, can we assume that the opposite is occurring?
Since then, there have been many instances of Google / Youtube censorship, including censorship of activists and journalists in the global awakening and truth movement. In fact the Electronic Frontier Foundation read Youtube's terms and conditions as stating that they reserve the right to remove or block any content they choose for any reason whatsoever.
Recently the activist Mark Dice got a firsthand experience of Youtube censorship. Mark is famous for his Illuminati exposes and man-on-the-street videos showing just how unaware of critical issues many members of the American public are (apologies if you're a socially aware American). His channel had over 800 videos, 55 million views and 265,000 subscribers before it was shut down by Youtube for "severe violations" of the community guidelines, despite Mark having a reputation for keeping his videos and language clean and free from hate speech or the promotion of violence in any way. Thankfully his channel was later reinstated after there was an uproar and outpouring of support from others in the alternative truth movement.
He's not the only activist or citizen journalist to experience censorship. In this interview by truth activists Dahboo7 and FreeRadioRevolution (first 25 minutes most relevant) they talk about experiences where their videos have been targeted in organised mass flagging, down-voting and comment spam to get their comment sections shut down and videos removed.
Alex Jones' Prison Planet Youtube channel has also been censored in videos exposing underlying agendas in society.
Why does Youtube censor critics who follow all the rules?
"Soft censorship" is a phrase usually used to refer to indirect governmental censorship that influences news coverage through financial pressure, rewarding journalists and media outlets seen as friendly. This is a practise that often goes unnoticed as it is not usually obvious to the public.
A search for the words "astral projection". "Some results have been removed because Safety Mode is enabled" – but which ones?
Youtube's Safety Mode represents a new kind of "soft censorship"; one where videos can be blocked from many people while not removing the videos from the site completely.
In some ways censorship via Safety Mode is worse than having your video or channel deleted. If your videos are taken down and you get a strike against the community or copyright guidelines, you are notified of the reason for the ban and given the opportunity to counterclaim if you feel the strike is unjust. Many people have had their videos reinstated through this process.
However if your video is deemed "objectionable" and restricted in Safety Mode, there is no oversight, no notification and no means to challenge the restriction if you feel your video has been inappropriately targeted. While deleted videos will appear with a message in their place stating why the video has been removed, if you have Safety Mode on, videos will simply disappear from your search results or the channels you want to view and the only way you'll find out that Safety Mode is blocking a video is if you try and access it via Google search results.
So how do videos become restricted?
But who is doing the flagging? What is their agenda? How are flagged videos reviewed if there have been instances of censorship for reasons having nothing to do with video content? Who gets to say what's objectionable content and what's "safe" for Safety Mode users to view?
An article from the Wall Street Journal shows that there may be many forces at play in the censorship of Youtube videos. Recently Google gave roughly 200 people and organisations 'trusted flagger' status.
A person familiar with the program said the vast majority of the 200 participants in the super flagger program are individuals who spend a lot of time flagging videos that may violate YouTube's community guidelines. Fewer than 10 participants are government agencies or non-governmental organizations such as anti-hate and child-safety groups, the person added.
These super flaggers are given the ability to flag up to 20 videos at a time and 90% of the videos they flag are either deleted or restricted – a much higher percentage than in the general population of Youtube users.
It seems that what we are seeing is essentially crowd sourced censorship. Youtube seem to have opened the door to abuse through the false flagging of videos, having created an easy method that could be used by anyone with an agenda against awakening consciousness (including government and non-government organisations) to attack messages that disagree with their world view.
As discussed in the Dahboo7 / FreeRadioRevolution interview, false flagging and trolling attacks are rampant against alternative truth. Trolls have even admitted that they have been acting under instruction when trying to suppress videos.
This is particularly concerning as it stops minors from accessing the truth at an early age. By the time they're old enough to escape Safety Mode (if they can), will their indoctrination already be so ingrained that they write off anything that challenges the status quo?
What kind of things are being blocked?
I was wondering what Youtube considers inappropriate material for minors and how that relates to what's actually being blocked.
Some videos don't violate our policies, but may not be appropriate for all audiences. In these cases, minors or logged out users may not be able to view the content.
Recently I was told that an interview I did for the Total View Show about my article 'How Fear is Used to Turn You Against Spirituality' had been age-restricted. I knew it contained none of the inappropriate content mentioned above, so I headed over to the policy centre to learn more and checked out what a video could be flagged for.
Still not understanding why the video had been restricted, I decided to check out some other popular alternative truth and spirituality Youtube channels to see what else might be hidden.
To test it out for yourself, Safety Mode can be turned on and off at the bottom of your browser. I have to select and save the option two or three times and refresh the page before the settings will actually change.
And last but not least investigative journalist Luke Rudkowski of We Are Change, whose channel has hundreds of videos and exposes Bilderberg and many agendas in society. This content is apparently so objectionable that Youtube is censoring all of it.
If only it were that simple, but unfortunately it's not! All you have to do is Google "youtube stuck in safety mode", or "can't turn safety mode off youtube" to see the number of people struggling with this issue.
Safety Mode is enabled by the browser and can be locked to 'on' by a user when logged in. It stays in the browser memory due to a cookie being downloaded to your computer. If that cookie becomes corrupted Safety Mode can get stuck on.
If you are running web filtering software like Bluecoat's K9 or Microsoft Windows 8′s in-built "Family Safety" filter, these programs can force Youtube to stay in Safety Mode no matter what you do. Bluecoat was recently exposed on this site for its discriminatory blocking of alternative beliefs.
If you are using a computer on a public network, say in a library, at a school or a university, then the network administrator can force Safety Mode to stay on.
A Google employee has stated that entire countries can force the Safety Mode on at the network level.
Try deleting all the cookies on your computer. If the Safety Mode cookie has become corrupted it may be locking you in safe mode. Search for "delete cookies (+ browser name)" in your favourite search engine for instructions.
Safety mode is browser specific, so try a different browser. If that doesn't work, try the anonymous browsing function available in many browsers.
Remove or disable any filtering programs that may be forcing Safety Mode on.
If Safety Mode is not being forced on by any programs, try turning it off in secure mode by adding an "s" to the URL directly after "http".
Use a VPN. You may need to try more than one IP if you find the IP you choose is still forcing Safety Mode on.
Try viewing your channel of interest through a mobile browser which may still have a safety option but you may have more control over it.
Make sure you do this ethically of course. Don't try to breach work policies on Youtube usage for instance which might get you fired.
And be sure to keep in mind that when you're looking at Youtube, what you're seeing in Safety Mode is nowhere near the full extent of information available to you.
Don't settle for mindless entertainment in place of the truth. If you do, then the corporations and the powers behind them have already won the war on consciousness. They may not want you to wake up but we do!
If you've noticed any other ways alternative information is being censored please let everyone know in the comments.
David has a deep interest in spiritual development, but has discovered there are many forces in the world working to keep people asleep. His recent interest has been researching the psychological tactics and techniques used to limit people's spiritual potential, writing about his discoveries at The Conscious Reporter.


1* When it comes to the executive actions he has taken in the White House, has President Trump been more faithful or less faithful to the U.S. Constitution than most other presidents? Or has he followed the Constitution about the same as other presidents have?
2* Suppose you had a chance to vote on whether or not we should continue using the Constitution as the fundamental law of the United States. Would you vote for the Constitution or against it?


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Darwin LNG civil works contract awarded
A 50:50 joint venture between Leighton subsidiary John Holland and Macmahon has won a AU$ 340 million (US$ 356 million) site development contract for the onshore facilities of the Ichthys liquid natural gas (LNG) project near Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory.
The contract was awarded by the JKC Joint Venture, which consists of JGC, KBR, and Chiyoda, and comes a week after the developers awarded a AUD 370 million (US$ 389 million) contract for the design and construction of the loading Jetty for the Ichthys LNG project.
The latest contract will see the Macmahon/John Holland joint venture deliver the finished earthwork levels for the LNG plant and associated facilities, including the construction of access roads, earthworks, drainage and ground improvement.
The Ichthys LNG Project is a joint venture between operator INPEX, which owns 76% of the project, and energy company Total, which owns 24%. The development will see gas from the Ichthys Field, in the Browse Basin approximately 200 km off Western Australia, undergo preliminary processing offshore before being exported to onshore processing facilities in Darwin via an 889 km subsea pipeline.
The Ichthys LNG Project is expected to produce 8.4 million tonnes of LNG and 1.6 million tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas a year, along with approximately 100,000 barrels of condensate per day at peak.
Site works for the project are expected to start in early April, and are scheduled for completion in mid-2014.
Business & Finance Projects Contracts & tenders Earthmoving Construction


The current economic pressure especially in Nigeria, has made financial discipline a fairy-tale.
This morning on WakeUpNigeria, financial analyst Wole Gbadamosi gave some tips on how to maintain financial discipline.
According to him, over spending and financial indiscipline is not a Nigeria things but a global problem.
"Easy banking is very important and vital to the society. We all need to have easy access to our money, in case of emergencies. It's not the card, we are the problem. It's the thirst for the good things of life. People want cars, houses, bags, shoes etc, these things are not bad to want but the problem is that people want them too fast. They don't want to wait 5-10 years and build on their lives. You will get there eventually but give yourself time. Also, social media pressure is high, we see people showing their assets and there is the pressure to copy. Socially, everyone wants to be acceptable and be in a clique".


In the beginning of July, 2018 The Court of Appeal rejected to accept an appeal of Mr Bazhanov, referring to its groundlessness and the absence of violations by the judge of the High court of Justice in England in deciding to refuse jurisdiction.
In December, 2017 the High court of Justice in England rejected the claim of Mr Bazhanov, former Deputy head of the Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation, to companies of the Saint Petersburg holding "Blago" owner, Arkadiy Fosman, in the amount of £30 million.
More information about the history of the conflict can be found here.
Client's interests in this project were represented by Anna Grishchenkova, Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration Partner of KIAP, and Andrey Korelskiy, Managing Partner of KIAP.
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Ascent at Riverdale recently benefitted from a $1.8M renovation to interiors and exteriors. Of the 180 total units, 62 units have been heavily renovated ($24,000/unit) and an additional 59 units have been partially upgraded ($5,600/unit).
All windows and roofs (Phase 1 – 2010, Phase 2 – 2018) have been replaced.
Property is 96% occupied offering day 1 cash flow before further renovations.
Renovated units remain full which indicate the need for a new owner to upgrade the remaining 59 "classic" units. This will result in an increase in in-place rents upon renewal.
80% of units feature washer/dryer connections (all units but one-bedroom).
Located at center of economic revitalization zone bringing nearly 5,000 jobs, including Fort Gillem and Aerotropolis.
Residents are less than a mile from the primary retail corridor in Clayton County. Southlake Mall is a regional center offering more than one million square feet of retail space. The mall is anchored by Macy's and boasts more than 90 additional shops and eateries. Peripheral big-box retail development near the mall is substantial and is a major source of employment for the area.
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