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I'm looking for a way to change the container for MKV, FLV, and AVI video to MP4 (without re-encoding), since none of the aforementioned 3 are compatible with Smart Cutter (whereas MP4 is).
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FFmpeg can be used to remux these containers to mp4 assuming the audio&video formats used in those containers are mp4 compatible.
./ffmpeg -i <path to input file> -codec copy <path to output file with .mp4 extension>users currently on my ignore list: deadrats, Stears555
smart cutter compatible opfrmats here and I don;t see the type of format you;d see in .avi files (ASP) there:
Well, the format for the AVI container files is H.264, AAC (same with the MKV and FLV).
Brorsoft Video Converter, yes I know, I had to spend about $30 but it really does a great job Remuxing and batch processing. I don't think they have it for Mac though... I can't remember which one I use on Mac but if I remember I will come back and edit it in. (Here is an edit it in remembrance) I used to use "Remux" on the Mac and I see that it is still out there albeit it is a newer version. I haven't figured out how to do multiple folders and have it recreate the separate multiple folders on the output though. It just takes everything from any nested folders and remuxes them into one folder. I prefer Handbrake if you actually have to transcode and still want quality but Brorsoft is quick and processes 4 at a time. I can't say enough about Handbrake because it makes the best compatible and quality transcodes and does a great job on batch processing but is no where near as fast as remuxing.
Oh yes I have also used MPEG StreamClip http://www.squared5.com/ as it can remux and works on Mac but I don't think it is as compatible or fast like Handbrake or Brorsoft.
One cool thing about MPEG Stream Clip is that it can actually fix a bad video timeline which has broken time code and would otherwise drop all video after the time code break but Streamclip will rebuild all time code breaks so those programs that error out on some videos Streamclip can fix it.
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Tim Tamashiro's Drinky Jazz Cabaret: Nat the Cat
Presented by Arts Commons
This is drinky jazz, not thinky jazz!
Engineered Air Theatre
Friday November 8, 2019
Saturday November 9, 2019
Doors at 6:30pm, Theatre opens at 7:00pm, and Show begins at 8:00pm.
Nat King Cole met more than his fair share of career challenges and racism. Yet, he remained one of the most thoughtful and gracious entertainers in history. Join former CBC Radio Host Tim Tamashiro as he recounts the stories and songs of Nat the Cat's nine lives. This is "drink-y" jazz, not "think-y" jazz, so we recommend you arrive thirsty!
Tim Tamashiro is a jazz evangelist. He supports jazz artists throughout Canada and around the world and he participates as a singer. Tim is the former host of Tonic on CBC Radio 2. He's a passionate believer in jazz as the ultimate music education and he also believes that the spaces between songs are as important as the music. Stories matter. Stories can make songs even more compelling.
Tim grew up in Blackfalds, Alberta. At that time it was a very small village of a thousand citizens. Being a Japanese kid in a small town presented both challenges and opportunities. Tim was "different" by circumstance. That helped him embrace the fact that standing out from the rest of the world might be a good thing.
The performance is approx. 90-minutes in duration with one 15 minute intermission. However, please note that because of the nature of this live event, expect the performers to give the time needed for laughter, applause, etc., which will impact the duration of the show.
This venue is wheelchair accessible. Please note, wheelchair patrons CAN be seated in the cabaret area.
This performance is best suited for audiences 14 years and older.
We regret that a relaxed performance, audio described performance, or audio-enhanced/subtitles are not available for this presentation. Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions or comments: email@example.com
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To make planning your trip a bit easier, the most convenient parking can be found in the Arts Commons Parkade or across the street in the City Hall Parkade (attached by a +15 with an elevator). Arts Commons is also easily accessible by Calgary Transit (the C-Train is a block away) and the Centre City Cycle Track Network (there are bike racks out front of each entrance on 8th Ave SE).
Ideal for: Performances, presentations, lectures, weddings
Capacity: 185 – Theatre-style seating 150 – Cocktail reception 80 - dinner
Stage: Stage measures 11' deep x 34' wide
Accessibility: Theatre seating includes wheelchair accessible seats
Included: customizable theatre lighting, standard room set-up, private lobby, event planning support
Completed in 1994 the Engineered Air Theatre carries on the tradition of having a theatre located in its exact location for over 100 years, even incorporating rescued decorative elements from the old Empress Theatre into both its theatre and lobby design. In the summer of 2016, the Engineered Air had a face lift with the comfier chairs and updated décor.


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Save the American Church—Elect Pete Buttigieg
Maybe VP Biden would work, as a nominal Catholic. Infused grace is no friend to imputation, as history aptly demonstrates.
Senator Booker's liberation theology could do the trick.
Kamala Harris married a Jew and was raised by a Jamaican Christian and a Hindu mother from India. We should shy away from her as she seems to lean baptist, though her ecumenical roots could push her in a useful direction.
So, let's stick with Buttigieg. As a married homosexual and avowed member of the 'religious left', Mayer Pete is probably the American church's greatest hope for revival…but maybe not how you think.
The western church needs revival.
Every year, the western church cedes a bit more.
Each year, the American church ebbs further into irrelevancy.
The only western churches growing are the large churches, the megachurches. Call it the Walmart effect. The large churches offer programs, resources, facilities, shiny objects, whatever, things that your typical smaller church cannot.
Hundreds of smaller churches shut their doors each year.
Each passing generation becomes more unchurched. Most Americans still identify as Christian, but very few are active in a church in any way. Few ever attend a Sunday service, the most basic of all Christian activities.
Look no further than Europe to see the brimming cesspool of a dead church, a church with no life, a church with no mission, no witness, no Spirit.
"We need revival!" you'll hear some proclaim. Well roll out the tent, get the praise band fired up, and get to preachin'! If you're not picking up on my sarcasm, please forgive me. Haven't we tried this?
The western church needs…something. But what?
The church was born of blood.
The blood of Christ, specifically.
The Gospel has always been accompanied by bloodshed. To the unregenerate man, the Gospel message is a message of death, either way, so why wouldn't he hate the message as well as the messenger?
History bears this out.
Stephen, standing before the high priest and shouting, "Brothers and Fathers, hear me," (Acts 7:2) before proclaiming Christ and Him crucified and being summarily stoned to death, Stephen stood first in a long line of those chosen to die for their faith.
Saul went about "breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord." (Acts 9:1) He literally went door to door, dragging men, women, and children off to prison and death for being followers of the Way.
John the Baptist – beheaded
James – killed by the sword
Peter – crucified
Paul – beheaded
The list goes on. Despised and hated by both Romans and Jews, Christians wore a target squarely on their backs. The general persecutions of early Roman emperors gave way to the Great Persecution of 304-05 A.D. Christians were burned, stoned, crucified, and yes, thrown to the lions in the arena and amazingly…
…the Church exploded across the Roman empire.
Consider that within a generation of the Resurrection, there was a functioning church in Rome, the very seat of persecution.
Consider that the only thing that distinguished Christians from Jews, to the Romans, was the Christian refusal to rebel or resist. Rebellion doomed the Jews. Their third rebellion, the Bar Kokhba revolt, turned into a practical genocide.
Consider that the more Rome tried to annihilate Christianity, the faster it spread.
Consider that Constantine issued the Edict of Milan in 313 A.D., shortly after the Great Persecution, forbidding all forms of persecution against Christians. In 380 A.D., the Edict of Thessalonica established Christianity as the official religion of the Roman empire. That turned out to be a nearly fatal blow to the church, but the point is, the harder Rome tried to kill the church, the more it thrived, the more it grew.
Persecution purifies the church. Persecution strengthens the church.
It's always been that way.
Christendom is the enemy of Christianity.
Liberty, though a great blessing, always leads to collusion. The sinful hearts of men guarantee it. Coerced virtue is not really virtue, especially virtue coerced at the hands of government or perceived benefit from that same virtue.
Western Christians revel in luxury.
We benefit from a society founded on Judeo-Christian principles, a society and culture, until recently, largely in cahoots with the Christain faith. A majority of Americans still identify as Christian though the fastest growing demographic is the 'religiously unaffiliated'.
I may say what I want, preach what I want, proclaim where I like…for now, anyway, and what is the yield?
Comfort. Contentment. Inertia. No urgency. The religious equivalent of a 98-pound-weakling cowering in silence while the bully kicks sand in our face and steals our girlfriend.
The western church is persecuted subtly.
Peter describes Satan as a lion, prowling around to see who he might devour. (1 Peter 5:8) A Lion does not always charge right in for the kill. Sometimes he stalks his prey, encircles it, leads it unwittingly into a favorable position. Sometimes he works in a team.
Satan steadily, obscurely, tightens the noose around the collective neck of the western church.
Daily we feed our children into the fires of ungodly and intentional indoctrination that are our public schools. We send them to the university where the conversion is complete. Young people abandon the faith in droves.
We drown in cultural wickedness, swim in licentiousness.
Much persecution in the west consists of reviling, as the enemies of God leverage LGBTQ+ issues, women's reproductive rights, and other issues to mischaracterize Christians and slander the Lord. A Christian today can expect to be categorized as hateful, mean, bigoted, spiteful, close-minded, narrow-minded, and discriminatory. The enemies of God will even use our faith against us branding us Un-Christlike, Un-Christian, Hypocrites even.
They grow in their audacity daily as reviling leads to social, political, cultural, and inevitably, legal ostracization. Look no further than to our friends to the north to see into the future of religious liberty in our nation.
At some point, you will be forced off the fence. You will have to pick a side. They will demand it.
And perhaps that is exactly what we need, maybe the sooner the better.
I pray for revival in the western church.
Maybe we need a good dose of hardship to get us there.
I hesitate in saying we ought to pray for persecution.
I pray that we'd utilize the liberty God has afforded us to continue the work of our fathers before us. I pray that we'd embrace political freedom as a tool of spiritual freedom, a means to proclaim truth. In military terminology, we'd use the freedom of maneuver afforded us in the west to advance the Kingdom of God.
It seems like we're moving in the opposite direction. Chinese Christians, under great duress, literally cry upon receiving the privilege of owning a Bible, the very word of God. Most American Christians would have to blow the dust off of theirs.
God will build His church. Jesus promises it. I believe it.
It's always been watered by the blood of the martyrs. Why would today be any different?
Maybe Trump has been good for the nation. Perhaps. Perhaps Clinton would have been better for the church, or Kim Jong Un. Perhaps we could've moved past collusion and into obvious opposition, which maybe, just maybe, is exactly what we need.
Okay, okay, I don't know if Mayor Pete would get us there. I don't know if he would institute outright and obvious persecution against the church, but it's coming. It's coming here in the west. Make no mistake. The nets are drawing up around us, even as we speak.
And though I don't anticipate it, perhaps a healthy dose of hardship and persecution is exactly what the western church needs, to filter out pretension, burn away the chaff, and usher in revival.
Are you ready?
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Rich B. on July 5, 2019 at 10:41 am
Wow. Great article. At first I'd only read the headline and assumed it was at face-value. I'm glad I read it first.
I think you're right though. We're too comfortable. Too lax. Struggle and adversity and real persecution are coming. It's only then that true believers will be tested. In real fire. I think that fire is very likely to come from the rapidly growing and socially powerful LGBT movement with Mayor Pete as its leader.
The only area where I'd disagree with you is I don't think he will be elected at this point in time. The party wants Biden. But the LGBTQ movement is more powerful and boisterous than a single Presidential election and the wake-up call that you mention is still likely no matter who wins in 2020.
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NZ shares fall as more Commercial Bay delays weigh on Fletcher, Precinct
New Zealand shares fell, with Fletcher Building and Precinct Properties New Zealand under pressure on news the Commercial Bay development is running behind schedule and facing more cost overruns.
Wednesday, May 29th 2019, 6:12PM
by BusinessDesk
The S&P/NZX 50 Index decreased 26.85 points, or 0.3 percent, to 10,096.47. Within the index, 26 stocks fell, 20 rose, and four were unchanged. Turnover was $151.4 million.
Fletcher fell 2.6 percent to $5.30 on a volume of 2.9 million shares, more than twice its 90-day average of 1.2 million. The country's biggest construction firm was under the spotlight again after Precinct warned the Auckland CBD project was set to open six months later than the previous forecast, potentially adding another $10 million to the $690 million development cost.
"Fletcher's been sold off a little bit today, which is probably a sign of investors reaching exhaustion with this poor update," said Grant Davies, an investment adviser at Hamilton Hindin Greene. Precinct dropped 3 percent to $1.61 on a volume of 1.8 million shares, almost twice its daily average of 945,000.
Fonterra Shareholders' Fund units fell 3.4 percent to $4.04, leading the benchmark index lower. Fonterra Cooperative Group shares, which are restricted to its farmers, fell 3.3 percent to $4.05. The Reserve Bank today said it was increasingly concerned about rising dairy farm debt. It said about a third of dairy farms are struggling to turn a profit at current prices.
Smaller rival Synlait Milk, which pays a premium above Fonterra, rose 1.2 percent to $9.35 on a volume of 268,000 shares, more than twice its average volume. A2 Milk was up 0.8 percent at $15.98.
Spark New Zealand was the most traded stock on a volume of 3.9 million shares, less than its usual volume of 5.6 million. It slipped 0.3 percent to $3.755. Kiwi Property Group rose 0.6 percent to $1.575 on a volume of 3.3 million, more than its 1.3 million average.
Contact Energy was unchanged at $7.33 on a volume of 1.1 million shares after saying it will spend $30 million on geothermal appraisal wells in Taupo.
Of other stocks trading on volumes of more than a million shares, Goodman Property Trust was down 1.1 percent at $1.82, Air New Zealand decreased 0.6 percent to $2.635, Meridian Energy fell 0.9 percent to $4.25, and Argosy Property dropped 2.2 percent to $1.31.
Port of Tauranga rose 2 percent to $6.12, the day's biggest increase on the benchmark index.
Stride Property Group rose 0.5 percent to $2.13 after reporting flat annual earnings and an unchanged dividend. It's forecasting an unchanged dividend for the 2020 financial year. Investore Property, which is managed by Stride, increased 0.6 percent to $1.75.
NZX was unchanged at $1.05 after Hawke's Bay Regional Council said it will go ahead with plans to sell 45 percent of Napier Port in an initial public offering, with a view to listing the company in July. That would be the second IPO of the year, with would-be medicinal cannabis firm Cannasouth seeking up to $10 million in a listing next month.
Outside the benchmark index, Turners Automotive Group rose 2.1 percent to $2.48 after beating its downgraded underlying earnings guidance. The company today said it may sell its Oxford Finance and EC Credit divisions as it seeks to focus on the auto retailing business, which it described as a core strength.
Pacific Edge sank 16 percent to 18 cents after narrowing its annual loss. However, Davies said based on its cash position it may need to raise funds in the next six months.
Asset Plus fell 1.5 percent to 64 cents as cheaper operating costs and a lower finance bill helped lift the property investor's annual profit. It will ask shareholders next month to approve a $58 million building acquisition. Augusta Capital, which manages Asset Plus, was down 2 percent at $1.20.
Green Cross Health decreased 0.9 percent to $1.14 after reporting a 3.2 percent increase in annual profit, due largely to a strong result from its medical centres business.
Kiwibank's Kiwi Capital Funding perpetual capital notes were the most traded debt security on a volume of 928,000. The notes, paying annual interest of 7.25 percent, will be redeemed in July. They traded at $1.037, down 0.1 percent.
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WALLER, Tex. — In late July, when dates were announced for a series of concerts featuring the enigmatic singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston performing with members of bands including Wilco, Built to Spill and Fugazi as part of his rotating cast of backing musicians, the shows were billed as Mr. Johnston's final tour. But sitting in his home on a rural cul-de-sac in this farming community 45 miles from Houston on Monday, Mr. Johnston seemed surprised at this news.
"Why would it be?" he asked, between drags on a Marlboro and ravenous gulps of orange drink from a large plastic cup.
Mr. Johnston is only 56, but the idea of him quitting the road isn't unreasonable. He has battled manic depression and schizophrenia most of his adult life, and in recent years endured multiple physical ailments, including diabetes, a kidney infection and hydrocephalus, a condition in which fluid on his brain caused him to frequently lose his balance. In the last year, his mental health also worsened.
"We had to call the police twice in the last three months and forcibly take him into a clinic to adjust his medications," said his older brother, Dick, a genial former computer consultant who also manages Mr. Johnston's career. "He's doing pretty good now," Dick added.
Mr. Johnston first emerged as a songwriting savant from Austin's proudly left-field music scene in the 1980s. His early cassettes, decorated with his warm, cartoonish drawings, overflowed with winsome, guileless pop songs recorded on a boombox. Taking musical cues from the Beatles and Bob Dylan, his songs narrated with precision and humor Mr. Johnston's shaky path through the world, documenting his struggles with his own sanity and his dogged pursuit of love.
The sheer volume of his work suggested a mania or compulsion, but he harbored a naked ambition for mainstream success. He talked his way onto MTV in 1985 and reveled in the praise of famous fans like Sonic Youth and Kurt Cobain. But a brief stint on a major label notwithstanding, Mr. Johnston's high-pitched, off-kilter singing voice, uncomfortably intimate lyrics and erratic behavior fated him to be alternative rock's eccentric mascot, not its shining star.
On a trip to New York in 1988, he assaulted the Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley, landed in Bellevue Hospital Center and upon his release went straight to the punk dive CBGB to perform. Two years later, while his father, Bill, was flying him from Austin to West Virginia in a private plane, Mr. Johnston had a psychotic episode and caused the plane to crash land. Amazingly, he and his father survived, largely unharmed. At several points, Mr. Johnston's psychiatric treatment has required extended stays at inpatient facilities, and although he now lives with some degree of independence, he requires considerable assistance.
On the day I visited him, he and his family had suffered a new blow: Only hours earlier, Mr. Johnston's father, who lived next door, had died. He was 94 and in poor health; when I arrived, the sheets and blankets were still on the bed in the father's living room where he died.
It wasn't clear how well Mr. Johnston was absorbing the loss. He was extremely subdued and withdrawn, but Dick admitted this is not unusual. When I walked into his house, Mr. Johnston was at a table in a black hooded sweatshirt, chain-smoking and listening to the Beatles' "Abbey Road" on a small record player. "They remastered the original and, boy, does it sound great," he said. Arrayed in front of him were two Kool-Aid Jammers juice pouches, several packs of cigarettes, a Coke can, a nearly empty gallon jug of orange drink, a television, a drawing pad, a notebook and a thick blue Bible. He said little about his father's death beyond murmuring, "We'll be all right."
Mr. Johnston's house is a shrine to his enthusiasms. The walls are lined with comic books, album covers, posters and shelves of movies and music, most on VHS tapes and vinyl. The kitchen cabinets are jammed with action figures and other collectibles. Above Mr. Johnston's bed are dozens of photos of naked women, clipped from magazines. He passes his days here living both an indulgently creative existence and a surreal arrested adolescence. He writes songs and draws nearly every day — his visual art has been featured in multiple galleries including a show at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2006 — often while watching movies, listening to music, smoking cigarettes, eating and drinking copious amounts of sugary drinks.
Mr. Johnston's physical health is improved: His hydrocephalus has been treated with a surgically implanted tube, he's lost weight and is no longer diabetic. Whether he's ready for this tour, which begins on Thursday in New Orleans and continues through mid-November, is less certain. "I'm concerned about his physical stamina because he's been doing nothing for the longest time," said Dick. Mr. Johnston was out of breath and a little wobbly from a short walk in his backyard the afternoon I visited. When asked if he was excited about touring, he answered with a long, drawn-out, "Ehh," before adding, "a little bit."
His brother conceded that the tour was his idea, not Daniel's, but said it was their father, who was Daniel's manager between 1997 and 2001, who had told him to take the initiative — Daniel would eventually warm to it. "If you ask him, he'll say: 'Ehh. I'm just going to stay home,'" said Dick. "That's kind of what happened this time."
If nothing else, the artists Mr. Johnston is scheduled to perform with are excited. "I owe Daniel a lot as an inspiration to me," said the Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, who will lead a backing band for two shows in Chicago. "Daniel has managed to create in spite of his mental illness, not because of it. He's been honest in his portrayal of what he's been struggling with without overtly drawing attention to it."
Doug Martsch of Built to Spill, who will be playing multiple shows in the northwest, said learning Mr. Johnston's songs has been a lesson in the value of simplicity. "The amazing thing is half these songs are the same three chords," he said.
Mr. Johnston's backing bands, who were arranged by the tour's booking agent, will choose their own set lists of Mr. Johnston's songs. In most cases, Mr. Johnston doesn't know the musicians personally and isn't familiar with their music. Dick will prepare a binder of lyrics for him based on each set list, but Mr. Johnston is unlikely to be in contact before the day of their first show together.
"That's the plan, which I'm not psyched about," said Mr. Martsch. "We like to rehearse like crazy. We don't believe there's any magic in music. It takes hard work and practice. It doesn't look like we're going to get much of that, so we're going to have to hope for the magic."
It's not clear the musicians involved understand Mr. Johnston's current level of impairment, which appears more pronounced than it had been in the past, but Dick has confidence his brother "will rise to the occasion." Whether this will in fact be Mr. Johnston's final tour depends on how it goes. "This could be," said Dick, "but it doesn't have to."
Mr. Johnston, for his part, seems most comfortable at home, writing and drawing. Dick estimated that he has around 1,500 unreleased tapes of his brother's songs, though he hasn't come close to listening to them all. Mr. Johnston's most recent sessions spawned four albums worth of material, though the next release is likely to be drawn from older recordings being pieced together by the producer Brian Beattie, who has worked with Mr. Johnston in the past.
Mr. Johnston occasionally shows flashes of the ambition of his younger years — "Hopefully, I could have a big hit someday, a real hit," he said — but mostly his nonstop creative regimen seems compelled by deeper impulses.
"I can't stop writing," he said. "If I did stop, there could be nothing. Maybe everything would stop. So I won't stop. I've got to keep it going."


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Enchanted Rock to expand backup generation to California
Enchanted Rock, the Houston company that provides backup electricity to commercial and industrial customers, announced it is expanding into California, sensing an opening in a state that has had to recently resort to widespread power outages to lower the risk of wild fires.
The company's decision to expand into California is a natural next step as demand increases for stable generating capacity during power outages, said Thomas McAndrew, CEO of Enchanted Rock. Enchanted Rock designs and installs natural gas powered generators so companies can continue to operate during natural disasters when the power grid goes down.
Enchanted Rock is part of a growing number of power generators that are installing backup generation for companies that don't want to lose power during natural disasters or who want to take advantage of selling power to the grid when prices are high. The number is growing so rapidly that Public Utility Commission is trying to get a better handle on exactly how many back-up generators are available to supply power during times of critical need.
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During Hurricane Harvey two years ago Enchanted Rock said that its microgrids powered a group of H-E-B stores, the large grocery chain, and Buc-ee's travel centers, the Texas-based convenience store chain, for a continuous 105 hours. While most businesses in the area were closed due to widespread flooding, H-E-B and Buc-ee's remained open. The backup generation prevented the two companies from losing revenue and perishable inventory and boosted customer loyalty.
Enchanted Rock operates and maintains 127 microgrid sites.


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The news that Leigh Griffiths is set to undergo an operation in the summer should mean that Celtic speed up their pursuit of forward Odsonne Edouard.
Hoops boss Brendan Rodgers has revealed, as reported by The National, that Griffiths, 27, is to have the operation after Saturday' Scottish Cup Final, and he is confident that the player will be fit for the Champions League qualifiers which begin in July.
They should not take the operation for granted though, and the move to make Edouard a Hoops player on a permanent deal should be as concluded as soon as possible.
Edouard, who himself is injured and is set to miss the Scottish Cup Final, is set to return to PSG at the end of the season, after a successful loan spell with the Hoops.
He scored 11 goals in his season with the Bhoys, a good return for the Frenchman, and was on his way to establishing himself as the main striker at the club before the club's injury jinx struck and he pulled his hamstring.
The 20-year-old has showed enough for the Hoops this season however to ensure that a deal should be struck with PSG, with his performances against Rangers a particular highlight, as he scored three goals against them this season.
With doubts over Moussa Dembele's long-term with the club, it is important that Edouard is kept at the club, as he has all the potential to be a huge player for the Bhoys.
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A mobile medical van of the centre with a doctor and supporting staff pays weekly visits to outlying areas of Delhi and provides medical care and medicines to poor people, especially those belonging to scheduled castes. The areas served are:
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v) Tughlakabad CONCOR terminal. A total of 21,049 patients (5189 men, 10,154 women, and 5706 children) were treated during 2018-19.
Presently immunization services for infants and children are being provided at Arya Samaj Road, Karol Bagh, Jamuna Khadar and at New Ashok Nagar, near NOIDA. Vaccines are provided by the CDMO (Central District), Government of NCT, Delhi. For details, please see Immunization Report under Appendix –2.


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I posted the picture sideways so you can get a better feel for it.
Jack writes:
Hi, Scott,
I've attached a photo of the module. For reference, it is HO and is 6' by 2'. I plan to fix it up a bit and to use it for switching & operations practice. I have a GE 70 Ton switcher painted for the small railroad that operated in my home town. The Unadilla Valley Railroad. I'm building a craftsman caboose for the very same railroad. It's one that I played on as a kid! I have several buildings, depots, etc that I can place as industries. It should be fun! If you need other photos or specifications, let me know. I really appreciate the help on this scheme.
I took a look and this is a neat little railroad. I'll give it some thought this week. I'm working on Rick's final design and will kick this around on Thursday.


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By Tina Sinclair
Far be it from me as a non-lawyer to make an authoritative analysis of such an important legal document as the proposed new Constitution, which will be the fundamental law of our country if it gets a "YES" in the forthcoming Referendum.
However, as most of us citizens who will vote in that referendum are not lawyers either, clearly we are all expected to have some idea of its contents. It was with this in mind that I waded through the 164 pages kindly provided by Veritas and came up with the following few notes.
It is a pity that we have had to use an immense amount of time, effort and resources to come up with what looks like a compromise document, but it is the only way we are going to move forward to the elections we are all waiting for, whether or not it is adopted.
The issues of land and race/ethnicity loom large, unsurprisingly: those are the big Zimbabwe issues, about which we all become tense and emotional, all the more so when they are joined together.
It seems that we are still disagreed about what is right and good, and we still spend a lot of energy denying "non-indigenous" Zimbabweans the same rights as "indigenous" citizens without defining "indigenous". It is clear which political party won the contest on that issue – for the time being.
There are contradictions, however – and those may end up overturning the restrictions on the rights of white citizens. The Preamble speaks of being united in our common desire for equality and our resistance to racism, and commitment to building a just nation founded on values of equality and fairness, among others.
This is repeated in Chapter 1 Founding Principles, where Zimbabwe is founded on respect for fundamental human rights and recognition of the equality of all human beings, as well as others.
Likewise, in Chapter 4 Human Rights 4.13: "Every person is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection and benefit of the law." And "every person has the right not to be treated in an unfairly discriminatory manner on such grounds as their nationality, race, colour…"
It would be a great service to the general public if one of the many well-funded NGO's could quickly publish a non-partisan summary. My notes make no pretence to summarise the document methodically, but merely to highlight items which caught my eye.
Going through the document in order, my comments are in red. I note that God is mentioned in the Preamble, and in Chapter 2 on Rights, the diversity of cultures and ethnic groups is recognised – although there is a caveat in clause 2.3(k) for "due respect for vested rights", which I do not understand and therefore distrust.
Sixteen national languages are to be treated equitably, that could become problematic.
Interestingly, there is a whole section on Foreign Policy, which states among other requirements that "the State must participate in… international organisations which stand for peace, well-being and progress…" So we would presumably move to re-join the Commonwealth.
The social rights (housing, employment, education, health) are there "within resources available", although there is no such caveat for war veterans.
The family is protected in 2.17, which is good, as the family is the basic building block of society, but there is no mention of families split up over the past decade because of the economic and political crisis. I would like to see another clause, along the lines that "the state will take all necessary measures to reunite families split because of economic difficulties."
2.19 provides that the state will take "all practical measures to provide free and compulsory basic education for children" while 2.26 stipulates that the state must ensure that international conventions acceded to are incorporated into domestic law.
Chapter 3 on Citizenship is more or less the present situation, except that in 3.5 the state cannot revoke citizenship if the person would be rendered stateless by so doing. 3.6c states that an Act of Parliament may make provision for the prohibition or permitting of dual citizenship in respect of citizens by descent or registration.
Section 4.3 recognises both common law and customary law. In 4.5 under Right to Life, capital punishment is there, but anyone under 21, over 70 and all women are excluded. Unborn children are also protected, with termination of pregnancy "only in accordance with the law".
In 4.7 Rights of Arrested and Detained Persons, an arrested person has a right to consult at his/her own expense with a legal practitioner and a medical practitioner of his/her choice.
A person can only be detained a maximum of 48 hours without being brought to court even if the time lapse falls on a weekend or public holiday. Detained persons have the right to be detained in conditions befitting their human dignity. 4.14 gives all persons the right not to have their person or home searched arbitrarily.
4.15 provides for Freedom of Assembly, and 4.16 freedom to demonstrate and petition, but those freedoms must be exercised peacefully.
4.18 provides for Freedom of Expression and the Media, while in 4.19 Freedom of Access to Information, "every citizen or resident, including the media, has the right to any information held by the State, international and non-governmental agencies at every level, in so far as required for the execution or protection of a right in the interests of public accountability", which right may be restricted "only to the extent reasonably justifiable in an open, just and democratic society."
4.2 deals with Property Rights. No person shall be compulsorily deprived of their property except on reasonable notice and with fair compensation within a reasonable time. The acquiring authority has to apply for a court order confirming the acquisition, if it is contested.
Clause 4.29 on the Right to Agricultural Land repeats the contentious status quo referred to in my introduction, i.e. that the right to agricultural land is only granted to "indigenous" Zimbabweans and to land held under BIPA agreements. No other person may apply to the court for compensation except for improvements, nor can s/he challenge the acquisition "on the grounds that it is discriminatory in terms of clause 4.13."
Section 4.30 on Environmental Rights is far too short, stipulating only that the state "shall prevent pollution and ecological degradation." There is no mention of the urban environment in which nearly half the population lives, nor do I see any mention of the right of communities to benefit sustainably from the resources in their environment.
4.32 on the Right to Education would benefit from the addition of the right to a gender-sensitive syllabus, and preferably also a syllabus promoting an enquiring mind. I am slightly confused by some of these rights appearing in two different places, in the document, not understanding the reason for this.
Section 5 on the Presidency provides for two Vice Presidents, who will be elected alongside the President. Citizens by registration are excluded from standing as president or vice-president. No one can stand as President or VP if s/he has already served for two terms under this constitution.
5.14 on Succession provides for the First Vice President to succeed and remain until the end of the normal term if the President dies/resigns/is removed. 5.15 gives former presidents and vice presidents the same salaries and conditions as those in office.
5.22 provides for a Vote of No Confidence in Government to be passed by Parliament, stipulating that if the President does not dissolve Parliament and call an election within 14 days, Parliament stands dissolved.
Section 6.5 provides for 88 members of the Senate, six from each province elected by proportional representation (party list system based on votes for the National Assembly)plus 16 chiefs (two from each rural province), plus the President and Vice President of the Council of Chiefs, plus eight appointed Provincial Governors (based on votes in that province), plus two representatives of persons with disabilities.
The party lists will be the zebra system, i.e. male and female candidates listed alternatively, every list headed by a female candidate. The ZEC chairperson or a nominee will conduct election of the Senate President and Deputy by members.
Part 3 on the National Assembly provides for 210 MPs elected by secret ballot, plus, for the first two Parliaments after the constitution's effective date, an additional 60 women members, six from each province, elected by proportional representation.
7.1 deals with electoral disputes, requiring "timely resolution" (c.f. 33 disputes over 2000 election still unresolved in 2005).
6.33 prevents Parliament from "imposing any punishment other than a fine for breach of privilege or contempt." (c.f. Roy Bennett's prison term). 6.34 enables every citizen and permanent resident to petition Parliament on anything in its jurisdiction, including enactment and repeal of legislation. The Clerk of Parliament may only serve two six-year terms.
7.4 on Elections stipulates that elections may not be held more than 30 days before the expiry of the five-year Parliamentary term. By-elections must be held within 90 days of a vacancy being declared, except that if it occurs within nine months of a general election being due, the seat may remain vacant. This clause might be used to determine the on-going debate about the 26/38 vacant seats.
7.7 provides for Delimitation of Electoral Boundaries to be drawn up by ZEC every 10 years, as soon as possible after the Census. If this is less than six months before a poll, the new boundaries shall not apply to that poll. (NB our next Census is due mid-August). The Preliminary report must be laid before Parliament within seven days of the President, and the Final report published within 14 days after release by ZEC in the Gazette.
On the Judiciary in Section 8, there will be both a Constitutional Court and a Supreme Court, as well as the other courts including customary courts. Anyone can appeal directly to the Constitutional Court on any constitutional issue. If at any level a party requests a constitutional matter to be referred to the Constitutional Court, this must be effected.
On the Appointment of Judges 8.19, the Judicial Services Commission must invite the public to make nominations, conduct public interviews and submit a list of three to the President who must select one from the list.
Ministry Permanent Secretaries are appointed by the President in consultation with the Civil Service Commission, for five years renewable once only. The Civil Service Commission is appointed by the President (not in consultation with anybody?).
Chapter 11 – Security Services must have utmost respect for the rights and freedoms provided in the Constitution and rule of law. They are subject to this Constitution, Parliament, the President and Cabinet.
They may not act in a partisan manner, further the interests of any political party, members cannot be active members of any political party, and they may not be engaged in civilian institutions except during public emergency.
11.5 provides for an independent complaint mechanism through Act of Parliament for individuals/the public to complain and be provided with a remedy. Deployment outside Zimbabwe by the President must be approved by Parliament within seven days. Commander of the various services can serve for a maximum of two five-year terms.
11.12 The Defence Service Commission is to be chaired by the Chair of the Civil Service Commission, and at least half its members never been in the security forces. Salaries to be agreed between Ministers of Finance and Defence.
11.15 The Police Service Commission same as for Defence. Intelligence and Correctional Services ditto.
Chapter 12 sets up five Independent Commissions: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, Zimbabwe Gender Commission, Zimbabwe Media Commission and the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission. These are not subject to any control, but are accountable to Parliament.
12.7 ZEC – the Chair is appointed by the President after consultation with the JSC and Parliament's SRO. In general, Commission chairpersons can be other than that recommended, provided that "SRO must be informed as soon as possible." Same for HRC and NPRC, while Gender and Media Commissions only consultation with SRO.
HRC : Police must comply with any directive given by the HRC. National Peace and Reconciliation Commission: prevention/transformation of conflict only mentioned as a sub-paragraph. "Tell the truth about the past." NB – no cut-off date as e.g. "before 2000".
14 – Provincial and Local Government: clause 2.3 "An Act of Parliament must provide an appropriate mechanism to facilitate coordination between central government, provincial and metropolitan councils and local authorities."
This does not clearly spell out power relations between the different levels – c.f. polemic over local authorities being under Minister of Local Government.
We will be back to eight Provinces + Harare and Bulawayo, i.e. no Midlands North and South. The Provincial Governor is appointed by the President from a list of two provided by the party which won most votes in that Province. Harare and Bulawayo have no provincial governor, while any mayor of an urban area must be elected directly (c.f. polemic around Muchadeya Masunda).
15 Traditional Leaders must not be partisan.
16 Agricultural Land This section sets out the restrictions on compensation already referred to in 4.29. It restricts recipients of land allocation to one plot per person. The establishment of a Land Commission is provided for, tellingly not in the Chapter on Independent Commissions supporting Democracy, although it is required to act independently.
17 Finances provides for "at least 5% of National Revenues to go to Local Authorities." NB This will not empower them, and rural councils have suffered from loss of the revenue they used to get from commercial farms.
The Auditor-General is independent in that s/he is a public officer but not a civil servant. On Procurement, an Act of Parliament must provide for the establishment of joint ventures, contracts for infrastructure and facilities and concessions of mineral and other rights, to ensure transparency.
18 For Commissions, Chairs and Deputies must be of different genders. 18.8 Government must ensure adequate funds for all commissions and constitutional institutions.
Constitutional Amendment Bills: The Speaker must give 90 days' notice in the Gazette, and 2/3 of the membership of each House is required for it to be adopted. If concerning Chapter 4 (human rights) or 16 (land), within three months of Parliament adopting the Bill the matter must go to a National Referendum. If the amendment concerns a term-limit, it is not applicable to anyone holding that office at the time or before the amendment is adopted.
Schedules Oaths of Office – not certain why "so help me God" is to be omitted in affirmation, in view of Preamble.
4th Schedule – Qualification of Voters: over 18 and Zimbabwe citizen. It is silent on Zimbabwe citizens overseas, although it stipulates that "Any residential requirement prescribed by Electoral Law must be consistent with the Constitution, especially Section 4.24."
6th Schedule; Date of Effectiveness: mostly on publication day, ie 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11.3, 12, 14; the rest on the day President in 1st elections assumes office.
Savings for First Elections
For the first elections, existing boundaries are saved, i.e. "those in place immediately before publication day" for first election. Voters lawfully registered immediately before publication day are entitled to remain so registered for the purpose of the first election, while there must be voter registration and inspection for at least 60 days after publication day.
The date of the first election is not specified, and any challenge to the validity of the first presidential election is to be dealt with in terms of the Supreme Court as constituted under the former constitution.


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26/04/2015 11:54 - How Much Should I Charge or Pay
Calculate at €8 an hr, round up to include food n fuel if you wish...draw up a contract..give a weekly rate but also state what each day is..add in note re holidays, sick, when u expect pay..get parents to sign it...v little, if any, room for misunderstanding then...my simple workings are if you work extra hours you get extra pay at end of week, your booked they pay regardless of use...your time off no pay..discuss bank hols also..
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26/04/2015 12:13 - How Much Should I Charge or Pay
Tks for that, really appreciate it. So basically you get paid if you are available for work ? Realistically, do childminders get paid for Bank Holidays ? Would it be fair to expect one week, if not two weeks, paid holidays a year or would this be pushing it ? Tks
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26/04/2015 11:33 - How Much Should I Charge or Pay
Hi all, would really love some advice pls. I have been asked to mind two siblings, four afternoons a week in my home. I have school collections, although school is only a ten minute walk away, provide dinner and help with homework. I have quoted 130 euro for both kids term time only, hols will be more. Where I am confused is what, or do I, charge for sick days, hols etc. I have been minding part time for many years and always found this the biggest sticking point, I feel I have been ripped off many times and want to get all this sorted before I start. During the summer hols, I will have the kids part time, so should I expect to be paid when they take hols etc. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks Angela.
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26/04/2015 14:13 - How Much Should I Charge or Pay
Im notified cm n dont charge bank hols, it depends on how u work things personally n how parents see things...
self employed cmers have no entitlements to any paid hols...for me its a step too far to ask any parent for paid hols as they have to find cover..
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