Groote Schuur Hospital Gets New Facility To Fight TB
by SG EditorThe establishment of a new medical diagnostic facility at Groote Schuur Hospital is set to drastically improve the study and treatment of tuberculosis.
On Thursday, a pet-CT scanner was unveiled at the hospital. According to clinicians, computed tomography is an imaging method that combines the body’s metabolic information with the morphological data obtained by the CT scan.
The Western Cape has the highest tuberculosis prevalence rate in the world.
But with the rollout of the new pet-CT facility, which is jointly run by the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, it’s hoped TB treatment will be vastly improved.
UCT medicine department head Ntobeko Ntusi said: “We’ll see how we can use this to better understand disease and tuberculosis.”
Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo highlighted the importance of collaboration.
“Partnership is about sharing skills, expertise and resources, as well the risks.”
Funding to establish, the scanner was donated by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Technology Innovation Agency, Aspen Holdings and UCT.


TerrainPhysicBody()
Syntax
TerrainPhysicBody(#Terrain, Restitution, Friction)Description
Adds a static physic body to the terrain. This enable physic objects to collide with the terrain.
Parameters
#Terrain The terrain to use. Restitution The restitution factor. If set to 0.0, the terrain will not restitute any force, which means than the colliding object will not bounce on the terrain. If sets to a value above 0.0, it will restitute some force so the colliding object will bounce when colliding to the terrain (the higher is the value, the more the bouncing will be). Friction The friction factor. If set to 0.0, the colliding object will slide on the terrain without loosing force. If sets to a value above 0.0, the colliding object will loose speed when colliding to the terrain (the higher is the value, the more the speed will decrease).
Return value
None.
See Also
CreateTerrain()
Supported OS
All


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Mobile radio: hmm, it might be fun for telecomms expats, but until the commercial models are right (i.e. flat rate data) it's not viable for most of us. And of course, many phones have traditional FM radio receivers in them now, so it's not hard to imagine that they'll have DAB soon.
But overall this just seems like a missed opportunity: what can being on a mobile networked device add to radio? An awful lot, as it happens: interactivity, complementary content (bundled applications, video or graphics), interconnectivity between listeners, and links elsewhere ("hear more by this band").
IMHO the big wins aren't in funnelling radio over mobile networks, but rather about mobile augmenting and improving the radio experience...


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FORCES OF NATURE (M). (DreamWorks/UIP) Director: Bronwen Hughes Stars: Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney, Steve Zahn, Blythe Danner, Ronny Cox, David Strickland, Meredith Scott Lynn, Richard Schiff, Janet Carroll, Michael Fairman Running time: 106 minutes.
Sandra Bullock seems intent on establishing herself as Hollywood's queen of romantic comedies. However, she is hampered by the fact that most of her films seem to come from the scripts that Meg Ryan rejects. Such is the case with Forces Of Nature, an unspectacular romantic comedy exploring the attraction between opposites and the role that fate and destiny play in changing our lives. In many ways, it also seems like an unsatisfactory version of Planes, Trains, And Automobiles. Mild mannered and straight laced Ben Holmes (Ben Affleck) is about to be married to Bridget (Maura Tierney, from Liar Liar, etc). Unfortunately, his plane crashes on take-off, stranding Ben in New York, with only a couple of days left to get to the wedding. That's when he meets the free spirited and unconventional Sarah (Bullock), whose life has been shaped by a lack of commitment and responsibility. She offers to get him to the church on time if he will agree to perform one small favour in return.
This mismatched couple share a journey, fraught with tension and strange encounters, which also redefines their unfulfilled lives. Ben learns to lighten up and have some fun in his routine life, while Sarah is brought to a realisation of what she has missed due to her lack of commitment. Meanwhile in Savannah, the wedding preparations are further threatened by rising hurricane force winds and imminent marital storms. Bridget also learns that her parents' seemingly happy marriage is a little more unsteady than she thought.
The forces of nature seem to be conspiring to tell Ben something. If only he can take the hints and learn which way the wind is blowing (metaphorically speaking) he may be able to make the right decision that will shape his future.
Writer Marc Lawrence (Life With Mikey, the upcoming remake of The Out Of Towners) throws in a number of mixed messages about the institution of marriage. However, Forces Of Nature offers little that is new to the basic formula. This is only a moderately entertaining film that will leave many in the audience feeling vaguely unsatisfied, especially with the rather conventional ending. The film is patchy, and ultimately fails to follow through with its interesting premise. Director Bronwen Hughes (Harriet The Spy) brings little subtlety to the material, and there are a number of scenes that misfire.
Affleck is rather good as the stiff and initially humourless Ben who learns to unwind and treat life as an adventure. Bullock brings energy and enthusiasm to her role, and seems more comfortable here than she has for some time. The film relies heavily upon its star power to succeed, but unfortunately that just isn't enough here!
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Hadouken!..
...I do not compete with others, the only competition that challenges me is myself. As a fighter, friend and an employee I am known as contemplative, tortured and driven... Not like a car, just driven...
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Amongst many fighters of the past was featured in the movie "Ready Player One". Ryu ready always!
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2017
United with unknown until then to me Power Rangers to defeat resurrected M.Bison. Damn good fighters they are, even not knowing karate ways!
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2016
In Street Fighter V once and for all erased M.Bison from earth and tamed my inner Evil Ryu. Also spent some time on a side-project, mini-series Street Fighter: Resurrection.
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2014
Filmed in a martial arts tutorial Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist, revealing to audience forgotten art of Ansatsuken.
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2012
The gods of intenet concluded me in the animated movie Wreck-It Ralph, but rewarded me with a good drink for it!
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2008
My evil alter ego sneaked out of control and became a boss in Street Fighter IV.
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2006
Borrowed my famous ripped gi to Soki in Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams, gods informed me he needed that for the battle.
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Defeated M. Bison in Street Fighter Alpha 2, bastard wanted to use my heroic body for his evil intentions, but retreated with shame. Also this year I encountered Marvel universe in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes fighter, loyal to my employer, Capcom, of course.
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1997
Reunited with Ken, my friend and opponent in Street Fighter III. Men's friendship works mysteriously. Also helped with Arika project Street Fighter EX.
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1996
Took care of villainous Akuma in Street Fighter Alpha 2. As a freelance on Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo tried myself in a new genre, puzzle games. Let the wrath of seven heavens come upon these malicious enigmas, never again!
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Kept fighting in Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams.
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1994
Screened in a movie Street Fighter, so that the batlles of past would not be forgotten by millenial generation.
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Was promoted to Street Fighter II. Didn't stay there for long, celebrations and office dwelling is not for me!
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Started working for Capcom> project Street Fighter. My partner was Ken Masters, the boss' name was Sagat.
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- #1 in Top 25 Street Fighter Characters by IGN, who also called me "fancy", "icon" and "a testament to the virtue of simplicity".
- #2 in "Top 20 Street Fighter Characters of All Time" by GameDaily, same council found me worth of #6 place in "Top 25 Capcom Characters of All Time", which I proudly share with my partner Ken.
- I was named "5th Most Powerful Street Fighter Character" by Screen Rant.
- #71 in "Top 100 Heroes of All Time" by UGO Networks, also recognized #2 in their list of "Top 50 Street Fighter Characters".
- In a survey of 4000 online matches for Super Street Fighter IV, I got to be the most popular character, with 16.6% of players choosing my side.
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The true and humble story of me under pseudonim Tyler Wilde in an article The evolution of Ken and Ryu.
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For 15 years I have published comic books with Udon Entertainment depicting my adventures, bitter lessons and great victories.
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Me, speak 💬
English - very much
Japanese - arigato
Mandarin - fruit
LIFE & EDUCATION 📚
To live is to fight and to fight is to live. I started learning fighting at my master Gouken's castle, I was beaten at head way too often to remember when exactly.
LIFE LESSON ☝
You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance.
SKILLS 🥊
KARATE • ENERGY ATTACK • SHORYUKEN • WALKING BAREFOOT • PLAYING VIDEOGAMES • DOING BURGERS • MASHING POTATOES • COPYWRITING • ACTING VOICEOVERS
CHARACTER 😇
NOBLE • DIRECT • BOLD • CONFIDENT • DARING • SCHIZOPHRENIC • DRAMATIC • PERSUASIVE • IMMEDIATE • WISE
LIKES 👍
GI VEGETABLES 🥕 • BLOOD 💉 • SMALL MARSHMELLOWS 🤤 • RED COLOR 🔴 • KILLED ENEMY 😵
DISLIKES 👎
BISONS 🐃 • GHOSTS 👻 • SMARTPHONES 📵 • SMELL OF SEAFOOD 🦐 • BARBER SHOPS 💈 • SLEEVES 😬
WANTS 🤞
BE FIT 💪 • WRITE MORE BOOKS ✍ • FIND A GIRLFRIEND 👩 TO GO TO CINEMA 📽 WITH KILL ALL OF AKUMA FAMILY 😁


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The tactic rcases
seems to be slow to parse:
-- parsing took 2.05s -- elaboration of test_rcases took 140ms set_option profiler true theorem test_rcases (h : ∀ n : ℕ, ∃ m : ℕ, m = n) : true := begin rcases (h 0) with ⟨n, hn⟩, rcases (h 0) with ⟨n, hn⟩, rcases (h 0) with ⟨n, hn⟩, rcases (h 0) with ⟨n, hn⟩, rcases (h 0) with ⟨n, hn⟩, rcases (h 0) with ⟨n, hn⟩, rcases (h 0) with ⟨n, hn⟩, rcases (h 0) with ⟨n, hn⟩, rcases (h 0) with ⟨n, hn⟩, rcases (h 0) with ⟨n, hn⟩, trivial end
The elaboration speed seems to be normal relative to my computer
that's no surprise, the rcases
parser is the most complex tactic parser I'm aware of
I think the general lesson is that the interactive tactic parser could use some optimization
I don't think it was that slow in Lean 3.4
can you test it e.g. with elan?
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While progress with LEAN seems to be painstakingly slow, I am looking for advice on how to get started with the analysis tools in mathlib
, which I have recently installed. Eventually my plan is to build something geared toward numerical analysis. Any open source, basic analysis, examples in the community? I did see a small sample on the mathlib
GitHub page.
Did you see everything there is in https://github.com/leanprover-community/mathlib/tree/master/src/analysis?
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When two cubes with the same number collide, they merge into one cube with double that number!
The goal is to get a cube whose number is 2048 (or, however high you can).
Adapted from http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/
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I’m super pleased to present to the community the next panel- Steem Queens!!! I’ve gathered up some of the best known ladies on the platform to provide what should be an extremely entertaining panel discussion.
The Queens
@stellabelle- Literally the first thing I did on this platform when I got here was follow @stellabelle. I’m pretty sure it was a post by her that got shared to my facebook feed that brought me to Steem. It’s my absolute pleasure to bring my friend Stella onto the show! I’m sure we’re going to hear how Slothicorn will grow and ultimately change the world. Maybe she can tell us what Steem was like back in olden times circa early 2016!
@allasyummyfood- It seems that Alla may have mastered the art of Dtube. She’s entertaining, charming, and is trailblazing as a foodie on the Steem blockchain. She’s killing it, which is great especially as she’s recently turned full time Steemian. I’m very much looking forward to see just how much she’ll grow the platform with her content!
@gringalicious- Another lady I owe a personal debt to. She was one of my first sizable witness votes on the platform. It’s been fun to watch her growth with her photography and her take on food. It’s fun to see someone who is part of an active Steem family blog about it. Gringalicious is a little worried about travel arrangements for the panel and potential conflicts, but I’m putting her on as a yes even though we may have a last minute cancellation.
@rhondak- I met @rhondak early on in the life of the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty Network Discord Channel. She came in as a spitfire story editor giving dagger sharp critiques. She built up a highly active channel, took on the moderator tag, and before long outgrew the Minnow Support Project. She started the Writer’s Block, which has hundreds of dedicated and professional authors in it in with @gmuxx. I can’t wait to see where it goes and looking forward to one day publishing some Steem Memoirs with her future publishing company.
@patrice- Witness turned crime fighter extraordinaire will be joining us. She’s the highest ranked female run witness on the Steem blockchain, and she’s the day-to-day manager of some of the Steem blockchain’s biggest anti-abuse bots. We’ll talk about her work and her rise in the Witness ranks. Grats on top 50. 51 –> 50 was the worst!!!
Muh Co-host @crimsonclad!
Crimson serves as a moderator on more Steem based Discord groups than you even knew existed. She leads the committee for PALnet Discord and watches over our digital home like a momma hawk. She’s a talented photographer, an accomplished front end designer, a MSP Medal of Honor winner, and one of my dearest friends on the platform.
Extra Addition!
Looks like we’re be getting @beanz to join us as well!! Beanz runs the Voices of the Underground podcast and Discord server. I’ve been lucky enough to be on the show and talk about the Steem network with her. I’m looking forward to her thoughts on what it takes to grow an account and a channel on Steem.
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The show starts on Saturday February 17, 2018 at 11am EST (1600 UTC). Shows typically run for 1.5-2 hours.
You can join the show by joining the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty Network.
I typically start DJing around 10:30am to give guests something to listen to and to give panel members a chance to test their audio in Discord. You’ll need a headset and a microphone ideally though a cell phone can work.
If you’d like to participate in the chat you can join us in the audience channel
Post show
Leaders of female centric Discord groups are welcome to come towards the end of the show to pitch their Discord Channels to audience members who are looking for that experience.
Topics
This show is airing on the MSP-Waves. MSP is the Minnow Support Project. Like many things for MSP this show is geared towards figuring out how to grow, and these Queens represent some of the best success stories that we have. While I believe the show will be educational and entertaining for everyone I hope it will be especially useful for our female audience members. I imagine the stories of those who have been successful will help others looking to do the same.
@kaylinart
I’ve reached out via steemit.chat and on your wall. If you’d like to be on this panel I’d be thrilled!!! I’m eternally in your debt and want to sing your praises! I wouldn’t be here and really neither would all of PALnet or MSP without your help.
Should be fun!
I’m looking forward to hearing success stories from these ladies. I’ve been entertained by their content and looking forward to getting to know them more and hearing about what it takes to get to their level.
Same rules apply here as to all the other panels. We have community standards in terms of how folks are welcome to talk to one another. Disagreements are certainly allowed and discussion may be warranted, but everyone is expected to stay respectful. Folks that can’t abide by that will be removed from PALnet.
This page is synchronized from the post: ‘STEEM QUEENS- @stellabelle, @allasyummyfood, @gringalicious, @rhondak, @patrice - cohosted with @crimsonclad’


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Worked as Personal Assistant / Family Liaison for U.S. Ambassador Beatrice Welters in Washington, DC. Was very involved in political fundraising events for Obama 2005-2008 timeframe and other political fundraisers. This work involved logistics from conception to completion of events. I became very aware of the power of money and influence in the political arenas my employers navigated. Therefore, I also became very aware of the importance of fairness in the political processes we depend upon.
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I moved back to CO in 2014 and have worked local elections as a VSPC judge and signature verification judge during local elections in Arapahoe County. Due to serious health issues of my parents, the past few years have been devoted to their care. My father passed in 2018 and my mother recently had a massive stroke. Due to Covid, we are not able to see her in person since March. I have been devoted to their care, but am now truly seeking to become involved in Colorado to represent and advocate for the citizens of this state. With the incredible growth and change in populations across counties, I believe it is imperative to be involved in organizing and developing better communication and overall efficiency for the people.
I would like to contribute to the political process and be an advocate for the state’s efficient, fair and sustainable districting decisions. Having been in the Washington, DC area for almost 20 years, I returned to Colorado in 2014 and am amazed at the growth and changes that have occurred in Colorado. I have always been involved in my local communities and believe that at this stage of my life I have the experience to add fresh eyes to the commission.
I will promote consensus and contribute to creating agreement by bringing fresh eyes and eager commitment to the process. Having grown up, gone to college and lived in Colorado until my late 20s, then having been away from Colorado for almost 20 years, coming home six years ago has given me a perspective on potential benefits and repercussions of districting issues. Additionally, having worked in the political world for a U.S. Ambassador/Philanthropist in Washington, DC for many years, I gleaned valuable experience in working with diverse groups of individuals both in a logistics capacity as well as a problem-solving capacity. Working with a high-net worth family, it offered an eye into the political process, influence peddling and the pros and cons of political strategy. I would promote consensus by reminding the commissioners of not only their duties and mission, but their responsibility to the people they represent.
Relevant analytical skills include 20+ years of experience in the Washington, DC area working in telecom, for a U.S. Ambassador/Philanthropist and as a Senior Tech Writer in the Division of Cybersecurity at the U.S. Department of State. These past jobs required the utmost in diplomacy, the need to analyze all sides of issues at hand and to apply logic and reasoning to final decisions and forward steps.
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MiniBacktrace allows you to take advantage of the Rails.backtrace_cleaner when using MiniTest. This includes everyone using Rails 3 with Ruby 1.9.
Just add 'mini_backtrace' to your Gemfile's :test group and your should automatically see a huge difference. Any additions to the Rails.backtrace_cleaner should now work.
{% highlight ruby %} Rails.backtrace_cleaner.add_silencer { |line| line =~ /my_noisy_library/ } {% endhighlight %}


qos module¶
This module is part of the nmeta suite running on top of Ryu SDN controller to provide Quality of Service (QoS) determinations based on Traffic Classification (TC) metadata
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class
qos.
QoS
(_config)¶ Bases:
object
This class is instantiated by flow.py and provides methods to add evaluate flow metadata, DPIDs and forwarding decisions and generate a QoS treatment action (i.e. set output queue). It also ingests a YAML-format QoS configuration file that contains the QoS treatment policy, and uses this to determine appropriate treatment action(s)
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check_policy
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validate_policy
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Status: Stable
2.6.0 is a stable release, and all users of Blis version 2.5.0 are encouraged to adopt it.
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- Supported database. Currently only MySQL has been tested. Laravel also supports PostgreSQL, SQLite and SQL Server
- PHP (>= 5.4)
- Composer - Dependency manager for PHP
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Download this git repository to a local folder: https://github.com/ilabafrica/iBLIS/archive/2.6.zip
Change directory to the root folder of the application. Update composer then run it in order to install the application dependencies. You may need root permissions to update composer.:
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- Create a database and set the database connection details in /app/config/database.php
- The organization name in /app/config/kblis.php
Run the migrations to create the required database tables:
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LeBron James taunts heckling Bulls fan during game (Video)
by TSD StaffLeBron James has long embraced the villain role, and that’s exactly what he did during Tuesday’s game against the Bulls at United Center.
The Bulls trolled James before the game even began, as they had a person dress in a taco costume dance behind the Lakers star during pregame introductions (watch here), which was pretty funny to watch, and set the tone early.
Fans fed off that vibe and continued it during the game, with James and teammate Anthony Davis on the bench. A group of Bulls fans began heckling the two Lakers stars, which incited James to troll one of them right back with a one-liner.
“Your lady embarrassed to be with you!” James yelled.
It probably would’ve been better for James to not say anything, but that’s just not who he is.


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Against the order impugned in this petition passed by the Pollution Control Board there is an alternative remedy of filing a statutory appeal under Section 31 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
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Athens City Council elections will take place in November. City council members are elected in odd-numbered years and serve two terms. Here’s what you need to know about who’s running and what’s changed during the summer months:
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Council Member Patrick McGee speaks at a city council meeting Aug. 22.
Incumbent Democrat Kent Butler is running against Independent Brian Cristi, a University Commons resident who is a Kent State University graduate. Cristi is currently a librarian at the Athens Public Library.
Butler was unchallenged in the primary election on May 2. He serves as the chair of the City & Safety Services and has served on council since 2008.
Local realtor and longtime Republican political candidate Abe Alassaf dropped out of the race against incumbent Democrat Jeff Risner, according to a letter he wrote to the Athens County Board of Elections, which has left Risner to run unopposed. Alassaf’s withdrawal leaves no Republicans running for seats on council.
Risner joined council in 2011 and is the chair of the Finance & Personnel committee.
“I believe in cooperation with Ohio University when necessary but believe in a strong city government in which OU is located,” Risner said on his Facebook page.
Democrat Samuel Emerson Crowl is running unopposed for the Third Ward seat. Crowl, OU’s sustainability project coordinator, won the Democratic primary earlier this year with about 56 percent of the vote against Eric Gunn, the owner of The Union Bar and Grill.
Crowl said he would support issues like the City’s Sustainability Action Plan and the East State Street improvements to make the street a “Complete Street.”
Democratic Councilwoman Chris Fahl is running unopposed for the Fourth Ward seat. Fahl has served on city council since 2008 and serves as the chair of the council’s Planning & Development committee. Before being elected to council, she was the chairwoman of the city’s Planning Commission.
Incumbent Democratic Council President Chris Knisely is running unopposed for council president. She was sworn in in 2015.
During her term, the city’s new pool, on which construction will begin later this summer, was designed and approved.
Knisely previously worked as the director of grant development in OU’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and has been praised for her professionalism.
“She’s very efficient and professional and tries to look at all sides of an issue,” Michele Papai, D-3rd Ward, said in a previous Post report.
Five candidates are vying for the three At-Large seats in the 2017 election.
Two incumbents, Democrat Pete Kotses and Independent Patrick McGee, are campaigning to keep their current At-Large seats, while three other candidates, Democrats Arian Smedley and Sarah Grace and Independent Noah Trembly are also campaigning.
Kotses and McGee have both served on council since 2015.
McGee, a 1974 OU graduate, is a managing attorney at the Center for Student Legal Affairs. In a previous Post report, McGee said he wanted to represent students while on council.
Kotses, the owner of Athens Bicycle, 4 W. Stimson Ave., wanted to bring his business background to council when he was elected, according to a previous Post report.
Former councilwoman Jennifer Cochran, a Democrat, vacated her seat this summer. The Athens County Democratic Party’s Central Committee voted in 5-4 against Grace to appoint Smedley to the seat until the election, Athens Democratic Party Chairman John Haseley said.
Smedley works with the Athens County Board of Developmental Disabilities as an executive assistant to the superintendent and has previously been the director of Integrated Professionals for Appalachian Children, a nonprofit organization that addresses the physical and mental health of Appalachian children.
Grace, a small business owner who is a cancer survivor, previously expressed interest in campaigning for city council but instead campaigned for the Ohio House of Representatives 94th District seat, losing to Republican Jay Edwards in the 2016 election.
Trembly is the treasurer of the Athens City Disabilities Commission and has previously been an alternative communication educator at OU.
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How to change your background on a Windows 10 device using your settings or a shortcut, Business Insider - Business Insider Singapore
by Taylor Lyles, Business Insider US- You can change your background on Windows 10 in two different ways.
- If you already have your new background image saved on your computer, simply right-click on it and choose to set it as your desktop background.
- You can also navigate through your settings to change your background and customize it as you wish.
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Windows 10 is an extremely popular operating system, and while the default Windows 10 blue background is alluring in its own right, it can also be considered quite bland.
Fortunately, you have the option to customize the Windows 10 background as you see fit.
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1. Click the Windows button on the bottom right corner of your screen (alternatively, you can hit the Windows button on your keyboard).
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3. Then head to “Background” and choose your new background by clicking “Browse” to browse the images on your PC.
4. Choose the photo you want for your new background and it should go live.
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An alternative approach to formulating the property in LTL and using the LTL2Büchi translator is to implement a monitor/automaton directly
Let us check a simple property, that a user never logs on. We formulate this property as a safety property, ``something bad never happens'', in this case the ``bad'' thing is if a user logs on. The property is encoded as the monSendLogon monitor given below. But first we first modify the client code to emit a synthetic ``probe'' action after having sent off a login message to the server:
client(Server_Node, Name) -> {messenger, Server_Node} ! {self(), logon, Name}, mce_erl:probe(logon), await_result(), client(Server_Node).To implement a correctness property we implement a new module monSendLogon that provides a stateChange function, which is called by McErlang whenever a new program state is encountered. When a logon action is found, the stateChange function returns a tuple, instead of as returning a new monitor state, thus indicating an error to the model checker. Note that instead of using a synthetic probe action we could have simply checked for the existence of a send action with a logon message inside.
-module(monSendLogon). -export([init/1,stateChange/3,monitorType/0]). -include("stackEntry.hrl"). -behaviour(mce_behav_monitor). monitorType() -> safety. init(State) -> {ok,State}. stateChange(_,MonState,Stack) -> case has_probe_action(actions(Stack)) of {true, logon} -> {somebody,logon}; no -> {ok,MonState} end. actions(Stack) -> {Entry,_} = mce_behav_stackOps:pop(Stack), Entry#stackEntry.actions. has_probe_action(Actions) -> mce_utils:findret(fun mce_erl:match_probe_label/1, Actions).
To invoke the model checker with this property we have defined the following function.
logon() -> mce:start (#ev_opts {program={scenario,start, [[[{logon,clara},{message,fred,"hola"},logoff], [{logon,fred}]]]}, monitor={monSendLogon,[]}, algorithm={mce_alg_safety,void}}).
The result of the execution is given below:
Eshell V5.6.4 (abort with ^G) 1> run:logon(). Starting McErlang model checker environment... Starting mce_alg_safety(void) algorithm on program scenario:start([[{logon,clara},{message,fred,"hola"},logoff],[{logon,fred}]]) with monitor monSendLogon([]) ***Monitor failed*** monitor error: {somebody,logon} Access counterexample using get(counterExample) Access result using mce:result() badmon
We can now access the counter example:
2> mce_erl_debugger:start(mce:result()). Starting debugger with a stack trace Execution terminated with status: monitor failure. ... stack(@9)> where(). 9: 8: process mess_client==<n1,2>: run function messenger:client([server_node,clara]) messenger==<server_node,2>!{{pid,n1,2},logon,clara} sent signal {signal,n1,{message,{messenger,server_node},{{pid,n1,2},logon,clara}}} to node server_node *** PROBE logon *** 7: process <n1,1>: run function scenario:execute_commands([[{logon,clara}, {message,fred,"hola"}, logoff]]) spawn({messenger,client,[server_node,clara]},[]) --> {pid,n1,2} register(mess_client,{pid,n1,2}) --> true {mess_client,n1}!{message_to,fred,"hola"} {mess_client,n1}!logoff process <n1,1> was terminated process <n1,1> died due to reason normal stack(@9)>The where() command displays the latest actions of the process. In stack frame 8 we can see that a message is sent to the messenger server, and next the probe action occurs.
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Govt plans to amend IBC to provide immunity to buyers of stressed assets from prosecution
by PTIThis will help make the insolvency process more attractive for the bidders and instil confidence in them
The government plans to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) to provide immunity to companies taking over stressed assets from prosecution for financial crimes committed by erstwhile promoters.
This will help make the insolvency process more attractive for the bidders and instil confidence in them, sources said.
The government may move an amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 during the current Winter Session of Parliament.
The amendment comes after several companies that are vying for assets being auctioned under IBC expressed concern regarding getting into legal trouble over the cases against previous promoters.
In many of the cases under insolvency, the promoters are under investigation by various agencies, the sources said.
"We are working out a mechanism where the resolution applicant, who through this entire court supervised process is acquiring a stressed asset as a going concern, will not be encumbered by the criminal liability relating to the company which has been caused by the previous management," an official said.
A clear direction on this will not allow occurrence of cases like Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd (BPSL).
Last month, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had attached BPSL's land, buildings, plant and machinery in Odisha worth more than Rs 4,000 crore in a case related to alleged diversion of bank funds, delaying the resolution process under which JSW Steel was set to take over the company.
Following the development, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) asked the ED and the corporate affairs ministry to reach a consensus on the issue of attachment of assets of BPSL.
While the ED is of the opinion that it can attach the property of BPSL under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the ministry has been maintaining that the agency cannot do so as proceedings under the IBC are on.
Also read: How IBC helped improve India's ease of doing business rankings
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THE SWIMMER A film review by Shane R. Burridge Copyright 1996 Shane R. Burridge
The Swimmer (1968) 94m.
When we first see Ned Merrill (Burt Lancaster) dive into a pool and then jump out again he is spry, jovial, and optimistic. By the time he has had his last swim he is wading in and hauling himself out, a broken man. Director Frank Perry's cult favorite follows Lancaster's progress from one residential home to another as he plots his route (on foot) back to his hillside mansion according to the availability of swimming pools in the area. Lancaster knows his wealthy neighbors well, but we soon discover that he has been out of touch for some time, and that they know something we don't.
Despite our introduction to Lancaster's character, who is full of compliments and bon homie, we can't help feeling doubtful about him. Part of this is due to that fixed, trademark Lancaster grin and his constant promises and appointments (which mount up until we realize he can never remember them all), but I believe much of the discomfort we feel is also due to his appearance.  It isn't long before he is footsore and shivering (significantly, the only time we see him inside a building is when he is showering). It appears that Lancaster is stuck halfway - he is baring his physical self but not his soul. Does he realize he has a problem? Perry's use of light flare and out-of-focus links perpetuate Lancaster's confused state of mind - his head is in the clouds, as his constant ruminations about the sky testify; his conversations with people consist almost wholly of reminiscences. Interestingly, the moment we associate Lancaster's reveries with denial, the characters he encounters start to change. Initially full of good cheer, they become more hostile throughout the film's course. Because the tricky script concentrates mostly on Lancaster we don't notice that half the people he meets are probably just as screwed up as he is. Perry equates the status symbol of the backyard pool with all the snobbery and foibles of the nouveau-rich.  By the time Lancaster has reached the public baths at the end of his journey, he has descended into an overcrowded, overchlorinated hell. It was a journey he had to make: he just failed to recognize the real reason.
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Adele pretended Jane McDonald was encouraging her during first eating bushtucker trial
The former Loose Women host has proved a proper inspiration so far this year
by Katie-Ann GupwellJane McDonald appears to be the gift that keeps on giving in this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here, as she somehow led radio DJ, Adele, to scoffing a camel's anus during the first eating bushtucker trial of the series.
The campmate, who has caused confusion with her luxury item this year (a framed picture of Jane McDonald), imagined the former Loose Women host was by her side to support her through the gruelling challenge.
Along with Roman, Adele took part in a trial called Just Desserts whereby the pair had to eat ten desserts on offer at the parlour.
Each star they earned was worth a meal for their camp.
The first dish was served to Roman, and was called Critter-Bocker Glory, which was made up of dead cockroaches, crickets and mealworms.
Roman had to eat three of each.
He started with the dead cockroaches saying that they were juicy and tasted a bit like eggs.
He then ate three mealworms, and finished the dish with three crickets which he described as being "quite cheesy, cheesy eggs" and earnt one star for camp.
Adele was then served Tirrama-spew, which was vomit fruit.

"Which tastes like vomit."

She swallowed and won her second star for camp.

He had to eat three, and pretended they were calamari as he chewed and swallowed the tongues.
Then Adele had to take on the Profiter-balls which were turkey testicles.
She said that it was disgusting but Roman made her think of Christmas and they all ended up singing "The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year".
Roman was then served Mississippi Udder Pie which was a cow's teat, before Adele had Piggy Pudding which was a pig's uterus.
She chewed and said that it had popped.
Roman's next dessert was 'Eye-full' which were fish eyes.
"Don't use the word eyeball," said Roman as he swallowed making a total of seven stars.
Adele's was then asked to eat Chocolate Gat-Toe.
She made easy work of it which was a sheep's foot, taking their total to eight stars.

"James Haskell?" replied Roman.
"There's a dry bit in the middle" he complained as he chewed.
Then Jane McDonald saved the day once more as Adele came face-to-face with Creme Poo-Lee - otherwise known as a camel's anus.
She pretended Jane McDonald was there with her encouraging her and eventually swallowed the food.
The pair got a full house bagging a whole ten stars for camp.


Your Social Security Benefits Will Take a Huge Hit If You Make This Mistake
Consider yourself warned.
by Maurie Backman (TMFBookNerd)In addition to the money you save in your IRA or 401(k), your Social Security benefits will play a huge role in determining what your retirement income looks like. But if you don't read up on how the program works, you could wind up slashing those benefits for life. Such is the risk many of today's older workers take, and it all boils down to a lack of knowledge about one key factor: full retirement age, or FRA.
According to a Nationwide study of Americans aged 50 and older, only 24% of older adults can correctly identify their FRA. In fact, future retirees, on average, think they're entitled to claim their full Social Security benefits at 63 when, in reality, that's at least three years early.
If you're not familiar with what FRA is and how it affects your benefits, you'll risk reducing a major income stream for life. And that's a chance you can't afford to take.
How full retirement age works
Your Social Security benefits are calculated based on the wages you earn during your 35 highest-paid years of employment. But you're only entitled to collect those benefits in full upon reaching FRA.
FRA isn't the same for all seniors; it's based on your year of birth, as follows:
| Year of Birth | Full Retirement Age |
|---|---|
| 1943-1954 | 66 |
| 1955 | 66 and 2 months |
| 1956 | 66 and 4 months |
| 1957 | 66 and 6 months |
| 1958 | 66 and 8 months |
| 1959 | 66 and 10 months |
| 1960 or later | 67 |
DATA SOURCE: SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
Now you are allowed to claim benefits before reaching FRA; you can do so as early as age 62. But for each month you file for Social Security ahead of FRA, your benefits will be reduced, and generally on a lifelong basis. The extent of that reduction will depend on how early you file, but let's assume you were born in 1961 and are therefore looking at an FRA of 67. Here's how your benefits will be affected if you file early:
| If You File at Age: | Your Benefits Will Be Reduced by This Much: |
|---|---|
| 66 | 6.67% |
| 65 | 13.34% |
| 64 | 20% |
| 63 | 25% |
| 62 | 30% |
DATA SOURCE: SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
To give these percentages some context, imagine you're looking at a monthly benefit of $1,500 at an FRA of 67. Filing at 62 will leave you with just $1,050 a month instead, for life. The only way that reduction won't be permanent if is you withdraw your benefits application within a year of filing, and also pay back all the money you collected from Social Security within that timeframe. The latter is easier said than done, which is why most of the time, the monthly benefit you start out collecting is the same amount you continue to receive for life (not including annual cost-of-living adjustments).
Know your full retirement age
In some cases, claiming Social Security before reaching FRA makes sense. For example, if you don't expect to live a long life, it's generally wise to take benefits on the early side to come out with more money from Social Security in your lifetime. And if you're out of work and desperate for money, you're better off claiming Social Security before your FRA than racking up costly debt later in life.
But if you are going to file early, do so for a good reason, and not due to a lack of knowledge about when you're entitled to your full monthly benefit. Contrary to the survey results, 63 is not the age you can collect a full retirement benefit, and neither is 65, despite the fact that it's when Medicare eligibility begins. Knowing your facts will help you make a smart filing decision that serves you well throughout retirement.


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This note provides the latest information on planned hours to assist funded institutions planning study programmes across the individual academic years.
This note provides the latest information on planned hours to assist funded institutions plan study programmes across the individual academic years. (For funding purposes this means from 1 August to 31 July each year).
The contractual requirements for planned hours are incorporated into the funding guidance each year. The advice on this page is consistent with the contractual advice issued for each individual year.
From August 2015 onwards, school census users need to enter data for one year only for each student. This is a change from 2014, where we asked you to enter 2 years data. Further information is available in section Recording planned hours in the school census .
It is important to record non-qualification hours accurately. Some institutions are making errors in recording non-qualification hours. These errors can impact on your allocation so it is important to get it right.
All 16 to 19 year old students are funded for an individual study programme. Most study programmes have a core aim. The core aim of a study programme should be a substantial academic or vocational qualification or work experience.
The study programme must be tailored to each student, have clear study and/or employment goals reflecting the student’s prior attainment, and include
Planned hours are a fundamental element in the funding allocation process which uses data recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) and the school census. They are used to determine the proportion of students in each funding band which, in turn, determines the national funding rate per student. Errors in recording planned hours are likely to have an impact on an institution’s allocated funding. Accurate recording of planned hours is essential to ensure an institution’s funding allocation is calculated correctly.
The activities in each student’s study programme in an academic year constitute the planned hours.
Each student’s planned hours are agreed between the institution and the student at the start of their study programme. You must record accurately all the qualification planned hours and the non-qualification planned hours. This data is used to calculate future funding allocations so it must accurately record what learning activities are being undertaken by each student.
To count for funding purposes, the planned hours must be timetabled, organised and/or supervised by the institution, and take place in line with the institution’s normal working pattern. For example they can include
Planned hours in a study programme are categorised as either qualification (planned learning hours) or non-qualification (planned employability, enrichment and pastoral hours). All the hours in both categories need to be recorded accurately on the ILR or school census to avoid problems with future allocations. Both categories are added up to form the total hours of a study programme, and the total hours are used to calculate the funding allocation.
These are hours of teaching and learning that count towards qualifications that are approved for teaching to 16 to 19 year olds under section 96 (qualifications that are not approved under section 96 cannot be taught in schools).
Section 96 qualifications are identified on the Learning Aim Reference Service (LARS).
These are hours of fundable activity that are not qualification based. These hours are also known as planned employability, enrichment and pastoral hours (EEP hours).
There are many activities that are defined as EEP and all need to be recorded in your data returns in order to be funded. If you don’t record all the EEP activities on your data returns then your allocation could be less than it should be.
This includes hours where students are doing activities that
Examples of activity that could count towards EEP hours provided they meet the criteria above are
| Academic study programme activity | Planned hours (from timetable or learning plan) |
|---|---|
| A level 1 | 120 |
| A level 2 | 100 |
| A level 3 | 150 |
| Work experience | 100 |
| Tutorial | 80 |
| Total | 550 |
| Vocational study programme activity | Planned hours (from timetable or learning plan) |
|---|---|
| Vocational certificate | 440 |
| Work experience | 100 |
| Maths GCSE | 60 |
| Enrichment | 40 |
| Tutorial | 35 |
| Total | 675 |
| Study programme activity for traineeships or internships | Planned hours (from timetable or learning plan) |
|---|---|
| Work experience | 220 |
| Work preparation | 40 |
| English | 60 |
| Tutorial | 40 |
| Total | 360 |
The EFA does not fund hours that do not meet the criteria for funding or are not relevant to the student’s study programme. As a guide the EFA does not fund
Voluntary extra-curricular activities and clubs that operate during breaks or outside the institution’s normal working day cannot be included as part of the study programme, so no planned hours should be recorded for this type of activity.
Other activity leading to informal certificates such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award do not count towards qualification hours, but can count towards non-qualification hours (EEP). This applies to any informal certificates that might lead to an award but which are not formal qualifications approved for EFA funding.
The core aim of the study programme is agreed between the student and the institution. It is the principal or most important activity in the study programme and it will usually be the component with the largest number of planned hours. Study programmes can only have one core aim at a time. Identifying the core aim is a serious consideration and it should not simply be the first aim recorded.
The core aim must be either a qualification or work experience. Traineeships must have work experience as the core aim.
The core aim is used
A levels in critical thinking and general studies cannot be core aims. However, the planned hours associated with them should be included in the total of the study programme hours, if they are delivered as part of the student’s study programme.
Traineeships and supported internships are a type of study programme and are funded in the same way as other study programmes. Both must have work experience as the core aim.
Planned hours include those where the student is doing their work experience as well any activity delivered within the institution. This includes learning that supports the student such as maths and English.
In some exceptional circumstances a study programme can be delivered intensively, for example, long days over a few months. These compressed programmes enable students to complete a significant number of planned hours in a short period of time and should be linked to the need of the student to learn in this intensive way.
Compressed study programmes are funded at the standard funding rates based on planned hours. The EFA expects compressed study programmes to lead to excellent results, as demonstrated through qualification success rates and positive destinations. The EFA monitors the delivery and value for money of compressed programmes to determine whether or not to take a different approach to such provision in future.
Some students will need to have study programmes planned over more than one academic year (1st August to 31st July). The funding band for these students is determined by the number of planned hours assigned to them in each academic year. A student can be funded as full time in one year and part time in the next, or part time in both years. This will depend on the planned hours of the study programme within each academic year. Further information is available in the funding bands table.
Planned hours for activity undertaken away from the institution’s premises to revise and prepare for exams can be included in a study programme. This study leave must
Study leave should be time-limited. The weekly number of hours should not exceed the student’s planned weekly hours for the overall study programme. Planned hours for study leave can be included in each academic year.
The time when a student is taking the exam can also be included in the total planned hours.
Planned hours cannot normally be recorded for learning programmes designed to enable students to re-sit or retake examinations and assessments. These are not generally eligible for funding. This is because the institution has already been funded for the study programme including taking exams.
Where there are exceptional circumstances outside the control of the student or institution, such as a period of long term sickness, or good educational reasons, then the retake delivery hours for individual students may be included in the funded study programme hours.
Where a student fails to complete a learning aim in the expected time span and stays on for additional time, including revision sessions or re-sits, no further funding is due. No study hours should be included on the ILR or school census for students repeating learning or retaking examinations. Retakes in English and maths are fundable.
Lunch breaks are not funded. Institutions should ensure that the planned hours exclude any lunch breaks. For example, if a student is planned to be at the institution from 10am until 4pm, and the institution regularly has a lunch break of 1 hour per student, then the planned hours recorded for that day are 5, not 6.
Planned hours should not include times when the institution is closed, for example Easter or Christmas breaks. The planned hours must accurately reflect the hours a student is planned to be in learning and that cannot include periods when the institution is closed. Planned hours should not be adjusted to take out bank holidays. We do not expect institutions to reduce planned hours for sessions that fall naturally on bank holidays.
The definition of full time and part time is based on the annual timetabled hours in academic year in the student’s study programme as set out in this table:
| Band | Annual timetabled hours in the academic year | Applies to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Full time | 540+ hours | 16 and 17 year olds. Students aged 18 and over with high needs |
| 4a | Part time | 450+ hours | Students aged 18 and over who do not have high needs |
| 4b | Part time | 450 to 539 hours | 16 and 17 year olds. Students aged 18 and over with high needs |
| 3 | Part time | 360 to 449 | All students |
| 2 | Part time | 280 to 359 hours | All students |
| 1 | Part time | Up to 279 hours | All students |
Students who do not have a grade C GCSE in maths and/or English or an equivalent qualification must study these subjects as part of their study programme each academic year, until they achieve a grade C. Planned hours for studying maths and English must be recorded in the ILR/School census for the students’ study programme.
Detailed information on the condition of funding including qualifications equivalent to GCSE is available.
Qualifications leading to a GCSE grade A*-C in maths and/or English where the student has not yet achieved a grade C in these subjects are not treated as retakes for funding purposes.
Planned hours are entered onto the ILR for FE and on the school census for schools and academies. All fundable qualification and non-qualification activity for the academic year must be recorded individually for each student.
Data returns must reflect, as accurately as possible, the hours that are planned for the student at the start of their study programme. These will be the hours clearly recorded on each student’s timetable or learning agreement. Planned hours should be recorded for each student even where a group of students are studying similar qualifications. For example, a group may all be studying the same qualification but it is unlikely that other aspects of their study programme will be the same: English, maths, hours for tutorials, or for work experience may all be different. In this instance a blanket number of planned hours should not be recorded for a whole group of students, each must have their own planned hours recorded individually. Following this principle will reduce problems with data and with funding allocations.
Institutions must make sure that the planned hours are realistic and deliverable for each student. They must have evidence of this for audit purposes and have systems in place that enable an easy reconciliation between student timetables and the planned hours recorded on the ILR/school census. The audit process will be quicker and simpler when it is easy to see how the evidence relates to the recorded planned hours.
Further information on audit is available in the funding regulations Annex B.
Timetabled hours for any activities that are not funded by the EFA must not be included on the ILR or school census. For example, a Saturday job.
You should enter the planned hours for each student in the current academic year. Record both planned hours for qualifications and planned hours for non-qualifications for each student for one academic year only. From autumn 2015 there is only one set of planned hours fields in the autumn census. These are to record planned hours for students in the current academic year. This is a change from the autumn 2014 census where institutions recorded 2 academic years’ planned hours (one set for the end of 2013 to 2014 and one set for the start of 2014 to 2015).
The table below shows the requirements from 2014 to 2016.
| Census | Fields | Planned hours returned for |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn 2014 | Planned learning hours end of year | Students on roll in academic year 2013 to 2014 |
| Autumn 2014 | Planned employability, enrichment and pastoral hours end of year | Students on roll in academic year 2013 to 2014 |
| Autumn 2014 | Planned learning hours | Students on roll in academic year 2014 to 2015 |
| Autumn 2014 | Planned employability, enrichment and pastoral hours | Students on roll in academic year 2014 to 2015 |
| Autumn 2015 | Planned learning hours | Students on roll in academic year 2015 to 2016 |
| Autumn 2015 | Planned employability, enrichment and pastoral hours | Students on roll in academic year 2015 to 2016 |
| Autumn 2016 | Planned learning hours | Students on roll in academic year 2016 to 2017 |
| Autumn 2016 | Planned employability, enrichment and pastoral hours | Students on roll in academic year 2016 to 2017 |
Institutions should not normally change planned hours during the year once the funding qualifying period has passed.
One exception is when students do more than one programme in a year. This applies to those who have completed all the activities on their first learning agreement or plan. The student may then start a second study programme and the institution must
Another exception is where errors have occurred. These can be corrected.
As the school census is completed only once per academic year in October, planned hours cannot be changed by schools and academies after that date.
When a student withdraws from a learning aim, and the funding qualifying period (usually 6 weeks for full time students) for the programme has passed, there is no need for the institution to change the planned hours.
When a student withdraws from a learning aim and the funding qualifying period for the programme has not passed, the planned hours should be changed if the ILR is no longer accurate. If the student does not start another qualification in place of the one withdrawn, then the hours must not be included in the planned hours.
When a student withdraws from all their learning aims and leaves the institution altogether, there is no need to change the planned hours. If the student leaves before completing the qualifying period for their programme, they will not count as a start for funding purposes. If they leave after completing the qualifying period, they will not count as retained and the institution’s retention factor will be negatively affected. For a student in school on an academic programme, as long as they are still in school for one of their aims then retention is not affected.
Students who withdraw from part of their study programme should make up the time with other meaningful activity, either qualification or non-qualification hours.
When a student transfers from one aim to another after the qualifying period, the planned hours for the programme must not be changed.
When a student transfers from one aim to another within the qualifying period, the planned hours can be changed. The new value for the planned hours will include
When a student withdraws from the whole of their study programme at one institution and enrols at another within the same funding year, the first institution will receive funding as long as the student has passed the programme funding qualifying period. The second institution should record the student’s planned hours according to the number of hours in their study programme for the remainder of the year.
Students who have completed all the activities on their first learning agreement or plan can start a second study programme. The institution must
Students who have already done a full time programme, and have therefore received full funding, will not get additional funding for further study programmes in the same academic year when they stay at the same institution.
Students who progress from a traineeship to another study programme are in the same situation as students progressing from one study programme to another.
As post-16 education is funded on planned hours, funding auditors will need to see an easy reconciliation between planned study hours on the ILR/school census and the hours on the student’s timetable.
Funding audit will continue to be focussed on the eligibility of the activity in study programmes ie that planned hours are relevant, planned, supervised, quality assured and organised/timetabled within the normal working pattern of the institution and, for example, do not systematically include lunch breaks.
Funding auditors will satisfy themselves that planned hours are credible, deliverable and realistic. Institutions will need to be able to demonstrate that a robust system is in place for planning student programmes which are timetabled, roomed (where relevant), have resources in place and align with staff timetables. There should be evidence that the significant majority of the students are attending the majority of their planned programme.
It is inevitable that some planned activities will not run and that some student’s individual plans will change in year, but we would not expect this to be the case for most students. Institutions should be monitoring, managing and reporting on student compliance with their study programmes and evidence of this should be made available to auditors as part of their programme of work.
Funding auditors will review individual student records and report where records indicate the institution’s systems are failing to monitor the delivery of study programmes.
Funding auditors will require changes to planned hours only where activity not eligible for funding is identified or systemic issues with determining and recording planned hours are identified. This may affect an institution’s funding. Auditors will be reporting to governing bodies any concerns that they uncover in the way the planned hours are being monitored and managed, and this should feed into a tightening up and improvement of the approach the institution takes for the following year as part of a clear action plan approved by the institutions’ audit committee.
We have published 2 examples on how the timetabled planned hours may be summarised to simplify the necessary funding audit evidence in funding regulations Annex B.
For planned hours to be eligible for funding they must meet the qualifying criteria planned hours . Institutions are advised to check that
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We have produced a tool to help sixth-forms to understand the link between data submitted in the census and its use in allocations. We strongly encourage you to use the tool and to work through the examples to support you to complete the census accurately.
The documents listed below outline the main features of the EFA funding arrangements and are an integral part of the EFA’s funding agreements for young people aged 16 to 19 and those aged 19 to 24 funded by the EFA. All these documents should be read in this context, unless specifically stated otherwise. The definitive EFA guidance for each year is published on these pages with the most recent year at the top of the webpage.
Presentations for institutions to use internally to audiences who are required to understand the funding procedures and guidance. These cover
The AoC study programme central website has a range of useful information on study programmes for institutions
Content first published April 2015 Updated September 2016
Published: 23 April 2015
Updated: 25 August 2015
From: Education Funding Agency


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The newly posted Commissioner of Police Bauchi State, Phillip Maku, has resumed duties.
His assumption of duty followed the redeployment of the former Commissioner of Police, CP Habu A. Sani, who is now in charge of Kano State Police Command.
Maku resumption was made known in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer (P.P.R.O) of the Command, DSP. Kamal Datti.
The statement reads; ” The Bauchi State Police Command wishes to inform the general public that, a new Commissioner of Police in person of CP Phillip S. Maku, psc, fdc, has been posted to the State and has assumed duty on Monday 18/11/2019 taken over from CP Habu A. Sani, psc who was redeployed to Commissioner of Police in charge of Kano State Police Command.
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“A seasoned police officer with vast experience in policing both within and outside Nigeria, the new CP hails from Nasarawa Eggon, LGA Nasarawa State”
It reads further: ”He holds bachelor degree in Business Administration from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.”
“He joined the Nigeria Police Force as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1988.
“His last posting was Commissioner of Police in charge of Department of Logistics and Supply at Force Headquarters Abuja.”
The new CP is also said to be a seasoned Police Officer with vast experience in policing both within and outside the country.


Dear Santa, no more offset pagination - it sucks!
A common pagination method is to use an offset-like operator (or equivalent, such as Sqlite LIMIT):
DECLARE @pageIndex INT = 0;
DECLARE @pageSize INT = 10;
SELECT *
FROM dbo.MyTable
OFFSET @pageIndex * @pageSize ROWS
FETCH NEXT @pageSize ROWS ONLY
So assuming an appropriately indexed table, page 1 (pageIndex=0) would pull 10 rows for cache/disk.
Page 2 pulls 10 rows for page 1, then another 10 for page 2.
And so on. As we can see, it gets less efficient as the @pageIndex
gets higher. WHEN WILL THE HORROR END.
O(n) = pageIndex * pageSize + pageSize
= i * p + p
= i * 2p
= i * p
= ip
= O(ip)
Other alternatives
A lot of pagination is done this way (coined “offset pagination”), but for products under high workload, most of the time it would actually be more I/O efficient to just have the db pull all rows. Then paginate on the server side or client side.
Server side
var rows = await dbContext.MyTable.ToListAsync();
return await rows.Skip(pageIndex * pageSize).Take(pageSize).ToListAsync();
Here we:
- Pull all database table rows from disk/cache
- Transfer that data over the wire onto the API (e.g.: micro service call)
- Instantiate new array onto heap, containing all table rows
- Seek an Enumerable to the offset (start) index
- Pull data into response stream
And since most applications are client-side routing, we can assume the memory cost of materialising all the rows into disk & returning them over the wire to the client.
Client side
const url = `{root}`/api/v1/my-table`;
$.get(url, allTableRows => {
const pageIndex = 0;
const pageSize = 2;
const offset = pageIndex * pageSize;
const limit = offset + pageSize;
const rowsForPage = allTableRows.slice(offset, limit);
…
});
This is interesting - it’s usually considered bad practice, but for “busy” products where pagination is used frequently (& deeply), its a better option than client-side or offset pagination because:
- DB CPU & I/O cost is lower (most paginated queries involve
WHERE
& key lookups). DB’s are a common & expensive-to-fix bottleneck when startup user bases grow, so this is an important factor. - Server requires less code footprint, so its faster to build, release & read.
But what about the disadvantages?:
- Client has to download more data (ouch, bad news for mobile users)
- Severe scalability issue that’s tied to # of table rows. Example, a table with 3 million rows will cause users to throw their laptops & phones out the window.
No dice yet on a scalable solution… or is there?
Scalable pagination
Over time, devs decided to return a pointer to the “last position” of an iterative operation. So:
return await rows.Skip(pageIndex * pageSize).Take(pageSize).ToListAsync();
…becomes:
return rows.Skip(pageIndex * pageSize).Take(pageSize); // Enumerable instead of List
And:
FROM dbo.MyTable
OFFSET @pageIndex * @pageSize ROWS
FETCH NEXT @pageSize ROWS ONLY
…becomes:
FROM dbo.MyTable
WHERE id > @maxIdOfLastPage
OFFSET @pageIndex * @pageSize ROWS
FETCH NEXT @pageSize ROWS ONLY
What are we even lookin’ at?
The concept of yielded results has been around for ages, but devs often still eagerly materialise collections when they don’t need to. It’s just what they’re used to, they like the feeling of comfort, but they pay the price in the future (both mentally & financially).
The idea behind WHERE
is to execute an index seek-scan to the “last position” (i.e.: the last row of the page the user is currently on), then do seek-scan/scan/key lookups to finish the job.
Tada, problem solved! Big O goes from O(ip)
to:
O(n) = rowsReadForSeekScan + pageSize
= r + p
= O(r + p)
Ah, that’s better. Now our scalability is tied to our DB index (instead of table row count). Double linked-list & B-trees FTW!
This method is “keyset pagination”.
Why doesn’t everyone use keyset pagination?
Whoa hold on a sec buddy! - lets not start refactoring large codebases that dont provide real business value!
Keyset sure is awesome, but not all situations suit it. Example, a dev might have to write ANSI-compliant SQL to run paginated queries across multiple database providers (such as on both SQL Server & Sqlite).
The cloud kicks ass!
As the cherry on the top, certain cloud providers have gone even further & abstracted the Keyset logic away from the consumer (developer)!
For Azure cosmos queries, Microsoft gives consumers the table rows & a “special string”. Then on subsequent calls, you add this “special string” to your request and BOOM, like MAGIC, you get paginated results for the next page (really, really fast).
These “special strings”, or continuation tokens, make developer life easier. Hey, thats us!
Conclusion
| Pagination method | I/O efficiency | Memory efficiency | Network efficiency | When to use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offset pagination (database layer) | Bad | Good | Good | Need to write ANSI SQL |
| Offset pagination (server side) | Bad | Good (if yielded), bad otherwise | Good | Don’t need ANSI SQL & need scalability without high development cost |
| Offset pagination (client side) | Good | Bad | Good (don’t need extra API calls for subsequent pages) | Little/no memory & network constraints, no bottleneck with front-end dev resources, and need product scalability with fast backend releases |
| Keyset pagination (database layer) | Good | Good | Good | Always use this over offset pagination if supported |
| Keyset pagination (server side) | Good | Bad | Good | DB bottlenecking, or dont want to additional index on table exposed to significantly more writes than reads |
| Keyset pagination (client side) | Good | Good (if client has no memory constraint), bad otherwise | Good | Users use pagination frequently & deeply on your product, and you want to offload work onto client devices |
| Continuation token | Good | Good | Good | Always use this over keyset pagination if supported (lower code complexity & development cost) |


Variables in JavaScript can store any single value you want, but what if you want to store multiple values? For that, we use arrays, like this:
const myArray = ["foo", "bar", "baz"]
If we now want to access the contents of the array, we can do this:
myArray[0]
This will give us "foo"
.
Note that because element 0 of the array is the first one, element 1 will be the second one, and so on.
This is counterintuitive, so be careful when accessing elements of arrays.
Now it's your turn: try downloading this file and completing a function that will add or subtract numbers.
This function will take a 3-element array and perform a math opperation. If the middle element is "plus", return their sum. If it's "minus", return their difference.


THE RUNESTONE A film review by Mark R. Leeper Copyright 1992 Mark R. Leeper
Capsule review: Rent this one for a Friday night and make some popcorn. There is a monster loose in New York and its roots are in Norse mythology. If the plot is less than totally original, the writing and acting are good and the cast is impressive. Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4). (Minor spoilers below)
By this point there is little original that can be done with the stale plot that some myth about a fabled monster has a basis of truth and the beastie is loose in a modern city. And, of course, nobody believes that the myth can be true. It was even a weekly television series, KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER. THE RUNESTONE does just about the best that can be done. First, it uses a genuine myth and, at the same time, not a myth that has been over-used. In Norse mythology the world end sin a battle between Aesir and the powers of Hel, led by Loki. One of Loki's children was the monster wolf Fenrir. It was really Fenrir and his wolf-cub children who bring about Ragnarok, the great icy apocalypse of the world--icy because one of the wolf-children stole the sun. It is Fenrir who killed and devoured Odin. Previously Tyr once allowed the gods to capture Fenrir, but at the cost of his right hand--bitten off by the great wold. Just what all this has to do with modern-day New York is rather neatly set up in the plot of THE RUNESTONE.
Willard Carroll directed and wrote the screenplay based on a novella by Mark E. Rogers. The writing is actually very crisp and witty without lowering itself to self-satire or camp. These are several throwaway jokes, some actually quite funny., but the main plotline is still taken seriously. Because the script is so well-executed, the producers were able to attract a surprisingly good cast. Top-billed, though not quite the main character, is Peter Riegert of OSCAR and CROSSING DELANCEY, playing Gregory Fanducci, a likable sarcastic Italian policeman with a taste for Pez candy. William Hickey, who played the aging godfather in PRIZZI'S HONOR, has a decent-sized role as an eccentric expert in Norse mythology who tries to straddle the old gods' world and the modern world. Alexander Godunov plays a clockmaker with mystical ties to the old world. And at the center of all the activity is Joan Severance, playing young artist Marla Stewart.
I do not know if this film has had a theatrical release. After seeing a positive review I rented it on tape. Like last year's WARLOCK, this is not a great film, but it is certainly a fun film. Great for a Friday night watch after a hard week. I give it a high +1 on the -4 to +4 scale.
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Quick Start
The LRRS allows access only to authorized users with specific roles (system administrator, lecturer, TA and student). Depending on the user’s role, he/she is able to access only specific modules of the system.
How LRRS Works
Below is a quick summary of the core LRRS modules aligned to their user roles. For a more detailed explanation, please refer to the documentation of the system.
- Administrator • Creates lecturer and TA user accounts and course portals.
- Lecturer • To make the system more flexible we allowed the lecturer to create his/her own course portals.
- Student • Create their user accounts using their student id and Passport/ID numbers.
- Visitor • Can only view public reports without the need for authorization.
• Administrator assigns lecturer and TA to each course portal.
• Posts lab reports inside course portals
• Browse course portals in the system and join them. Based on the setting for each course portal (managed by its lecturer) the joining process may require lecturer approval.
• View/download Lab report assignments in the portal.
• Submit their work for the lab report assignment.
• View their marked submission and request remarking if needed.
To better understand different user roles, see System Use Case.