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The Pendulum has Swung: California Passes Harassment Legislation In Wake Of #Metoo Movement
By: Don Samuels
Recently, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a series of Bills that add additional protections to victims of sexual harassment and may make it more difficult for employers to defend those claims. Specifically, on or before January 1, 2019, the following laws will take effect:
SENATE BILL NO. 1300
Senate Bill 1300 provides the most numerous and far reaching changes to the harassment landscape in California. It adds a number of new provisions to the government code which broaden the definition of harassment and may diminish the ability of an employer to defend itself in court. Specifically, the Bill adds a new Section, 12923, to the Government Code which:
Substantially broadens the definition of a hostile work environment to include any conduct that "sufficiently offends, humiliates, distresses, or intrudes upon its victim, so as to disrupt the victims emotional tranquility in the work place, affect the victims ability to perform the job as usual, or otherwise interfere with and undermine the victims personal sense of wellbeing."
Indicates that a single incident of harassing conduct is sufficient to create a triable issue regarding the existence of a hostile work environment if the harassing conduct has unreasonably interfered with the plaintiff's work performance or created an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
Rejects the "stray remark" doctrine and instructs that "the existence of a hostile work environment depends on the totality of the circumstances and a discriminatory remark, even if not made directly in the context of an employment decision or uttered by a non-decision maker, may be relevant, circumstantial evidence of discrimination."
Instructs that the legal standard, except in very limited circumstances, for sexual harassment should not vary by type of workplace.
Instructs that harassment cases are rarely appropriate for disposition on summary judgment.
In addition, Senate Bill 1300 also:
Codifies case law that an employer may be responsible for the acts of non-employees with respect to harassment of employees, applicants, unpaid interns, or persons providing services pursuant to a contract in the workplace.
Adds Section 12964.5 to the Government Code, which restricts the ability of an employer to require an employee to sign a release of a claim or right under certain circumstances. Note a "release of claim or right" includes requiring an individual to execute a statement that he or she does not possess any claim or injury against the employer or other covered entity, and includes the release of a right to file and pursue a civil action or complaint.
Prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to sign a non-disparagement agreement or other document that purports to deny the employee the right to disclose information about unlawful acts in the workplace, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment. Any agreement or document in violation of this section is contrary to public policy and shall be unenforceable.
Significantly, this section does not apply to a negotiated settlement agreement to resolve an underlying claim that has been filed by an employee in court, before an administrative agency, alternative dispute resolution forum, or through an employer's internal complaint process. Critically, a settlement agreement will only be considered to have been "negotiated" if the employee received notice and an opportunity to retain counsel.
CONFIDENTIALITY OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS
In addition to the restrictions imposed by new Government Code Section 12964.5, Senate Bill 820 adds Section 1001 to the Code of Civil Procedure and relates to the confidentiality of settlement agreements. Specifically, this new section outlaws provisions in a settlement agreement that prevent the disclosure of factual information related to a claim filed in a civil or administrative action regarding sexual harassment or other forms of harassment. However, the prohibition does not apply to the identity of the claimant, if they requested it to be confidential, nor does it prohibit the confidentiality of the amount paid in settlement of a claim. That provision, however, must be read in light of the new federal tax provision that precludes the deductibility of payments in connection with the settlement of sexual harassment or sexual assault claims that are subject to a confidentiality provision.
ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 3109
In keeping with the concerns underlining new Government Code 12964.5 and Code of Civil Procedure Section 1001, Section 1670.11 is added to the Civil Code and makes a provision in a contract or settlement agreement void and unenforceable if it waives a party's right to testify in an administrative, legislative, or judicial proceeding concerning alleged criminal conduct or sexual harassment.
LESSONS TO BE LEARNED
The California legislature has greatly expanded the protection of employees and other individuals in connection with sexual harassment. As a result of these changes, it is even more imperative for employers to train their employees to recognize and report allegations of sexual harassment and to affirm that they have been trained on these issues and they are not aware of any such circumstances. Additionally, employers need to be careful when requiring an employee to forego legal claims or to restrict their ability to disclose facts relating to sexual harassment by either preventing such disclosure in a settlement agreement or trying to prevent their testimony in an official proceeding.
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The Assessing Department has the responsibility of appraising and determining the true cash value of all taxable properties located within the City. This department also has the responsibility to prepare the assessment rolls and tax rolls for the City. The State of Michigan Constitution and Statue require that, notwithstanding, any other provision of law, the assessed values placed upon the assessment roll shall be at 50% of true cash value. The assessed values, when equalized, become the State Equalized Values.
A Notice of Assessment is mailed to each property owner in the beginning of March each year as notice of these values. The ONLY times these values may be appealed is during the March Board of Review. The dates and times of these meetings are on the Notice of Assessment. At the close of the March Board of Review the values become final and cannot be appealed. (With the exception of Commercial and Industrial Property which may be appealed directly to the Michigan Tax Tribunal by May 31).
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Revitalized Nickel Creek Adds Mondavi Center Show To Tour
Sarah Hoover
Nickel Creek performs in May in Oakland.
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They sure have come a long way from their Little Cowpoke days.
This year, Southern California acoustic Americana trio Nickel Creek turns 25 and celebrates the occasion with a new album and nationwide reunion tour, including a recently added show at UC Davis' Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on August 3. Loyal fans are jubilant.
Sara Watkins (fiddle), her brother Sean Watkins (guitar), and Chris Thile (mandolin), began touring together as children in 1989, releasing Little Cowpoke and Here to There in the '90s. After pairing with Allison Krauss to produce their first studio album, Nickel Creek, in 2000, the nominations and awards came pouring in, including the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album (This Side) in 2003.
Nickel Creek has always expertly woven together a sound from bluegrass, pop, folk rock, Americana, and even classical influences. But their new album, A Dotted Line, does so with new vitality — the product of a seven-year hiatus in which the musicians each pursued solo projects and other collaborations, adding to the breadth of their already incredible talent.
"The thing I'm most grateful about is that [the fans] are coming with us," Sara said before taking the stage in Chicago last week. "Of course they want us to play things from earlier records, but that they're also coming with us for the new music makes us feel like it's a shared experience with the audience."
Sara, Sean and Chris have each produced at least two solo albums since completing their Farewell (For Now) tour in 2007. Sara has collaborated with the likes of John Mayer and The Decemberists, and guest hosted A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. Sean formed the indie folk duo Fiction Family with Jon Foreman (formerly of Switchfoot).
Chris formed another progressive bluegrass band, The Punch Brothers, in 2006, and worked with Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer and Stuart Duncan to release The Goat Rodeo Sessions in 2011. He has recently toured solo, performing Bach's violin Sonatas and Partitas reimagined for mandolin. His performance at the Mondavi Center in February was extremely well-received.
"[The time apart] has made us all much stronger as individuals, and ultimately as a band." Sara considers Keillor a particularly good mentor: "He has been so generous to me," she said. "You learn a whole lot from watching that show [A Prairie Home Companion] from the sidelines. How he reads the audience and reads the timing. It's remarkable."
At a recent show in Oakland, Chris joked that Nickel Creek disbanded simply because they had run out of creative titles for their instrumental pieces. Once the ideas started flowing again, it was time to regroup.
In reality, the musicians were mulling over a bit more than just creative titles, but only by their combined efforts did these ideas get off the ground. When the trio reconvened in Chris' apartment last June, each musician brought a few "song starts"—unfinished melodies, chord progressions, or lyrics—to polish for an EP.
The first project was "Destination," a song start Sara had tried unsuccessfully for years to complete. "I couldn't hone in on the subject matter," she said. "I knew the vibe I was going for, a dissatisfaction with wherever you are, but I couldn't figure it out lyrically." After some input from Sean and Chris on the lyrics and arrangement, "it kind of came naturally"—a benefit of knowing each other so well. "There's a shorthand we have communicating now, which speeds things along," Sara said.
Their musical and personal bond was so effective that Sara, Sean and Chris soon realized they had plenty of material for a full album. The most creatively titled of the new instrumental pieces, "Elephant in the Corn" is a bouncing, whimsical treat. Other highlights of the album include "21st of May" — Sean's humorous tune predicting the end of the world — and an infectious, danceable cover of Canadian new wave band Mother Mother's "Hayloft." A Dotted Line seamlessly transitions between these tracks and more melancholy songs like "Christmas Eve," and "Where is Love Now" (a Sam Phillips cover), which beautifully display each musician's vocal prowess.
According to Sara, Nickel Creek's ranging style arises organically from the songs they love to hear.
"We don't really think, 'Let's try to play a pop song now.'" She said. "If there's a song we really like, we play it because it's exciting and we want to figure it out. To learn the parts by playing them, you get a great intimacy with the song."
Just what this tour means for Nickel Creek's future remains to be seen, but for now, they are living in the moment.
"We are not planning very far into the future. Instead, we're going to enjoy the diverse turn our careers have taken and enjoy all the things that come with that," Sara said. "We don't have to pick just one thing, so we don't want to."
Joining Nickel Creek on the tour are The Secret Sisters, a charismatic pair of sisters from Muscle Shoals, Alabama with a definitively more twangy, country sound than the main act. Laura and Lydia Rodgers are fresh off the release of their sophomore album, Put Your Needle Down, produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett. Despite their name, it's no big secret that these talented young songstresses are related. Their feisty on-stage interactions invite the audience in, like just another member of the family, privy to both the sass and the love they share sitting with relatives around the piano.
The Rodgers' come from a strong musical background, abundantly obvious from the ease with which they transition between the sweet, poppy "Good Luck, Good Night, Goodbye," the heartfelt "Let There Be Lonely" and the feisty murder ballad "Iuka." And the smoky "Dirty Lie" — a collaboration with Bob Dylan himself — is not to be missed.
Fans new and old will love the show, which offers a little of everything from both groups' impressive catalogues.
Tickets are available at Mondaviarts.org.
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Tax Reform in Georgia: Lessons for Ukraine
There is no doubt that the tax reform carried out by the Mikhael Saakashvili's team after its ascend to power in 2004 was a success. But the Georgian government did not start the reform by sharply reducing the tax rates
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The Georgian government did not start the reform by sharply reducing the tax rates. Before anything else, it reviewed the motivation system within the tax service. It was impossible to fire all the tax inspectors instantly, as it was done with the police. Therefore, the government decided to alter their mindset by restructuring the system of their motivation. First changes in the tax legislation were adopted already in 2005, when a new tax code and a law on tax amnesty were introduced.
High tax rates, a complicated corruption-inducing system, kickbacks for securing VAT refund, tax benefits in exchange for bribes, collusion between business and tax inspectors, shake-downs on the companies that were not willing to pay kickbacks. This is all about Georgia before 2004. One of the most favourable tax legislations in the world, the tax service offers highest quality services via electronic systems, businesses are convinced that they have to pay taxes. This is all about Georgia after 2011.
There is no doubt that the tax reform carried out by the Mikhael Saakashvili's team after its ascend to power in 2004 was a success. As a result, Georgia climbed 100 places in the Doing Business ranking, from the 111th place in 2005 (the 2005 ranking reflected the situation in the second half of 2003 and the first half of 2004, i. e. before the "Rose revolution") to the 12th place in 2011. The share of the companies that paid taxes (compliance rate) rose to 78-85% from 35%. The ratio of budget revenues to GDP almost doubled, rising from 16% in 2003 to 31% in 2011.
The Georgian government did not start the reform by sharply reducing the tax rates. Before anything else, it reviewed the motivation system within the tax service. It was impossible to fire all the tax inspectors instantly, as it was done with the police. Therefore, the government decided to alter their mindset by restructuring the system of their motivation. Harsh sentences given to tax inspectors on corruption charges were combined with widely broadcast arrests of corrupt officials, and quickly discouraged most of them from taking bribes. Authorities arrested numerous former officials and businessmen suspected of corruption. They were given an option of buying themselves out of prison by paying substantial amounts of money to the treasury (the payments sometimes equalled tens of millions of dollars). These methods were condemned by human rights organisations, yet they clearly demonstrated to the society and bureaucrats that the rules of the game had changed and the country started a new way of living.
First changes in the tax law occurred already in 2005, when a new tax code and a law on tax amnesty were introduced. There were three stages of the tax reform. The main achievements of the first stage (2005-2006) were the decrease in a number of taxes from 22 to 7, the simplification of tax procedures and the expansion of the tax base. Only a few of the tax rates were reduced. The social security contribution changed the most – from 33 to 20%. The later stages (2007-2009 and 2010-2011) saw radical reductions in tax rates. In 2008, the social security contribution was merged with the personal income tax. The combined tax rate was lowered from 32% to 25% in 2008, and further to 20% in 2009. Also in 2008, the corporate income tax rate was decreased from 20% to 15%, and in 2009, the dividend and interest tax rate was reduced from 15% to 5%. Moreover, the 100% depreciation of fixed assets investment was introduced, with an opportunity to report losses during five years.
Table 1. Key tax system indicators in Georgia in 2004-2011
First stage Second stage Third stage
Number of taxes 22 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
VAT rate (%) 20 20 18 18 18 18 18 18
Personal income tax rate (%) 12-20 12 12 12 25 20 20 20
Social security contribution (%) 33 20 20 20
Corporation income tax (%) 20 20 20 20 15 15 15 15
Dividend and interest income tax (%) 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5
Source: Ministry of Finance of Georgia, IMF
Tax rates were lowered simultaneously with broadening the tax base, which included the cancellation of tax benefits, and with introduction of a stricter control over tax evasion. One of the unpopular steps included prohibiting the street trade without a licence (and accordingly with no taxes paid). Small street vendors went to the streets to protest against the measure that could deprive them of their only source of income. The provision that required all enterprises to use cash registers to record VAT collected on each transaction caused massive discontent and the resistance of businesses. The government did not make any concessions. Moreover, it enforced the new rules by means of controlled purchases made by secret customers. It punished all the disobedient enterpreneurs with hefty fines, which often exceeded the price of a cash register by several times.
At the same time, the Georgian government streamlined the tax administration system. In order to improve the business environment and to minimise contacts between businesses and bureaucrats, authorities introduced a system of electronic tax reporting in 2007. They also established the risk-based system of tax audits based on clear criteria. Since 2011, only those companies that were deemed at risk of evading taxes were subject to tax inspections.
Thanks to the comprehensive tax reform, Georgia managed not only to create a favourable business environment, but also to improve its fiscal situation. It is notable that the state budget revenues grew most before the changes in the tax laws. The ratio of budget revenues to the GDP was equal to 23% already in 2004, in comparison to only 16% in 2003 (a 7.0 percentage points decrease). Tax revenues rose almost by 4.0 percentage points, to 16% of GDP. In the next years, revenues grew as well, yet at a lower speed: they grew by 8.0 percentage points in four years – up to 31% of GDP in 2011.
Graph 1. The dynamics of key budget figures in Georgia in 2000-2014 (% of GDP)
Source: IMF
The Georgian experience of tax reform has never been more relevant for Ukraine as it is today. Both governmental and non-governmental organisations that take part in designing changes to the Ukrainian tax code should analyse the reasons behind the success of the Georgian reforms and draw appropriate conclusions from it. In my opinion, the main reasons of the success are the following:
First, Georgian reformers were not only liberals, but pragmaticts as well. Their primary task was to increase the budget revenues. They were successful thanks to the active struggle against corruption, though their methods were not always ideal.
Secondly, tax rates were reduced gradually. This reduction was matched by the cancellation of tax benefits, which prevented a slump in budget expenditures and contributed to the creation of the same rules for all.
Thirdly, in addition to lowering tax rates, a lot was done to simplify the tax administration system.
Fourthly, a stricter control over paying taxes was introduced. A new system was created, which ensured that only those who actually evaded paying taxes were punished. At the same time, honest companies could work without fearing unwarranted and tiresome tax inspections. New strict rules caused discontent and even protests, yet were accepted by the business community because they applied equally to all, without any exemptions.
Finally, the comprehensive approach was very important. The main principles of the tax reform in Georgia are low tax rates, ease of paying, strict control over tax evaders, equal rules for all. If at least one ingredient is omitted, a cake called "tax reform" may prove to be not only inedible, but poisonous as well.
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Vladimir Dubrovskiy: 1-2% of GDP in Additional Revenues as a Result of a Crackdown on Simplified Taxation are Unrealistic Figures (Vladimir Dubrovskiy, RPR expert)
Tetyana Prokopchuk: Business Believes that the Priority is to Simplify the Administration of Taxes (Tetyana Prokopchuk, Vice President of Policy of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine)
Robert Conrad: Tax Reform is not Simply Changing the Law (Robert Conrad, Duke University)
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Roman Zharko: Core Problem of the Ukrainian Tax System is Practice of Discretionary Use of Fiscal Mechanism to Reach the Established Revenue Targets (Roman Zharko, PhD, Tax Manager, Baker Tilly)
Tax Reform in Ukraine: How to Accomplish the Impossible (Vladimir Dubrovskiy, expert of the RPR group)
Tax Reform in the Light of Macroeconomic Stability: the NBU Perspective (Dmytro Sologub, Deputy Governor at National Bank of Ukraine, and Serhiy Nikolaichuk, Director of monetary policy and economic analysis department at NBU)
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How Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel Became The Most Ruthless In History
By Katie Serena
Though he's the face of the organization, there's so much more to the Medellín Cartel than just Pablo Escobar.
At the height of its power, the Medellin Cartel made roughly $100 million in drug profits a day.
They supplied 96 percent of the United State's cocaine and controlled 90 percent of the global cocaine market. The cartel differed from its smaller counterparts in that it was highly organized, highly influential, and capable of corrupting almost anyone. For just under twenty years, the cartel effectively took over Colombia.
YouTubeThe main members of the Medellín Cartel.
By the time of their downfall, not only was the Colombian government working around the clock to take them down but so were the governments of the United States and Canada as well as several organized resistance groups. Eventually, they were able to arrest or assassinate most of the cartel members, ending, of course, with the infamous Pablo Escobar.
As the cartel's leader, Escobar had much to do with the organization of the cartel. The Colombian version of The Godfather — and even known as El Padrino — Escobar worked to corrupt local police departments, pay off government officials, and keep the order amongst the cartel members.
However, the Medellin Cartel was much more than just the escapades of Pablo Escobar. Through the years the cartel had multiple leaders, committed hundreds of crimes, and owned a fleet of planes, helicopters, yachts, and even two rumored submarines. From the beginning, the cartel was set up to become exactly what it was: the largest, most terrifying drug cartel in Colombian history.
The Rise Of The Medellin Cartel
Wikimedia Commons"El Patrón", Pablo Escobar
The Medellin Cartel's most famous member is probably Pablo Escobar. Known as the "King of Cocaine," Escobar was also the wealthiest criminal in history, at one point raking in $2.1 billion in personal income in one year. He was so rich he even had his own zoo, complete with hippos. By the time of Pablo Escobar's death, he was worth a known $30 billion, though he most likely had hidden assets that totaled more.
While the world knew him as a vicious, dangerous criminal, the residents of Medellin, Colombia thought of him as a successful and generous businessman. Within the local cities, he had made a name for himself as a generous donor to the slums of Medellin, particularly the children of the poor.
Escobar got his start in the late 70s when the cocaine trade took off. Following the drug movement of the 60s, demand for psychoactive drugs increased. Due to its tropical climate, Colombia became the number one grower of the coca plant, the plant from which cocaine is derived.
Escobar entered the drug business by smuggling coca paste, the unrefined version of the plant's leaves, into Colombia, then back out into America. He would refine the paste himself and hire mules to smuggle the resulting powder into the United States either in their luggage or in condoms filled with it.
Eventually, Pablo Escobar teamed up with Carlos Lehder and George Jung, two fellow Medellin Cartel members who had expertise in flight trafficking. They organized flights into South Florida by way of the Bahamas, using small biplanes that could fly below the radar and land on unmarked dirt roads in the Everglades.
Escobar would also enlist his cousin, Gustavo de Jesus Gaviria Rivero, to join the growing Medellin Cartel. For years, Rivero operated the cartel quietly behind Escobar's flamboyant leadership. He developed the routes that the cartels used, and maintained order over them, while Escobar gallivanted made a name for himself.
Wikimedia CommonsThe known drug routes of cartels throughout the 70s and 80s.
Rivero was the one who thought up alternative measures when the governments began cracking down on drug smuggling. Rather than move to different, less effective routes, Rivero began hiding cocaine in shipments of things that were legal, such as fruits, clothing, and appliances.
He would mix the drug into fruit pulp, cocoa powder, wine, and even clothing such as blue jeans. Once in the United States, trained chemists would extract the drug.
Over time, the American government began to pick up on the Medellín Cartel's movements and tricks. However, Rivero and Escobar were always one step ahead of everyone else. They constantly moved their channels, switching from the tourist-infested shores of the Bahamas to poverty-stricken Haiti, down to Panama. Eventually, from the interactions with the locals in these new channels, the Sinaloa, Juarez, and Tampico cartels were born.
The Cartel's Many Crimes
Getty ImagesLuis Galan, a Colombian senator and presidential hopeful, murdered by the Medellin Cartel.
As part of doing business, the Medellin Cartel was naturally involved in violence and crime that extended beyond drug smuggling. The exact numbers of murders carried out by Medellin Cartel members or on their orders is unknown, though some experts put the number at somewhere around 4,000.
They weren't just killing civilians or other drug cartel members either. At least 1,000 of them were Medellin police officers or journalists, while 200 were judges and Colombian government officials. They even killed Colombian presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán as he was about to walk on stage to give a speech in front of 10,000 people.
In 1989, Escobar and the Medellin Cartel were responsible for the single deadliest criminal attack in Colombian history. In an attempt to assassinate presidential candidate Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, the cartel placed a bomb onboard Avianca Flight 203. Moments after it took off, the plane exploded over the town of Soacha, killing 107 people.
In 1985, left-wing guerrillas from a movement known as M-19 stormed the Colombian Supreme Court in retaliation to the Supreme Court's study of the constitutionality of their extradition treaty with the U.S. M-19 was paid by an unknown group of people to destroy all files on "Los Extraditables," the group of cartel members who were under threat of extradition. Ironically, most of "Los Extraditables" were members of the Medellin Cartel, including Escobar himself.
Though many of their crimes were well-publicized, thousands of murders, kidnappings, and terrorist attacks went unreported, due to fear of retaliation or bribery to keep quiet.
The Fall Of The Medellin Cartel
Getty ImagesA late 1980s drug bust, turning up pounds of cocaine from Colombia.
By the early 1980s, cocaine had become an epidemic and the War on Drugs had been declared. Crack cocaine, a cheaper and more addictive alternative to the pure powder had ravaged America's inner cities and sparked the government to increase pressure on Colombia to capture the kingpins — namely Escobar and the rest of the Medellin Cartel.
However, despite a formal extradition order from the U.S., and increased Colombian police presence, Escobar managed to evade capture. He vowed never to surrender to the United States or anyone else, and continued to run his ring from inside Colombia.
Running out of options, the newly organized Drug Enforcement Administration sent two officers, Javier Peña and Steve Murphy, down to Colombia, to assist the Colombian government in capturing Escobar and extraditing him to the U.S.
Within days, Escobar had put a $300,000 hit out on Peña and Murphy. The two officers were immediately placed under watch by local authorities, unable to move about Medellin unsupervised. However, the bounties drove other organizations to up their search efforts, and soon the PEPES (People Persecuted by Pablo Escobar) was formed, a militant group determined to bring him to justice.
In 1991, it seemed as if they would get their wish. Feeling pressure from the police, Los Pepes, and rival cartels, Escobar finally orchestrated his surrender. However, he was determined not to be incarcerated like any old drug mule.
Instead, he set it up so that he could serve his time in La Catedral, a luxury prison of his own design which sat on a hill overlooking Medellin.
Of course, being Pablo Escobar, he was able to escape La Catedral in no time and was back on the streets of Medellin trafficking drugs almost before authorities had realized what happened.
Soon, however, evading arrest began to take a toll on Escobar. He soon became paranoid, turning to murder and violence quicker than before, eventually murdering two of his allies. His actions quickly turned even his closest confidants against him, and they began calling a police hotline, leaving tips as to his whereabouts.
Wikimedia CommonsColombian police stand over the body of Pablo Escobar, whose death sparked the beginning of the end for the Medellin Cartel.
Finally, one day after his 44th birthday, Pablo Escobar was taken down. He had made a mistake, ultimately a fatal one, by lingering too long on a phone call with his son, Juan Pablo Escobar. Police were able to track the signal and surround the house. As Escobar tried to escape to the rooftops, he was gunned down by Colombian authorities. Within moments, Pablo Escobar was dead.
Though Escobar was gone, the Medellin Cartel was far from over. Their distribution networks, some of the most efficient in the world, are still in use, funneling cocaine from newer cartels to places like Sierra Leone, Barcelona, and Chicago.
The city of Medellin, once ravaged by crime, hovering at roughly 6,000 homicides per year, now plays host to skyscrapers and highrise apartments. The economy has equalized, opening up to culture and art and lowering gang activity.
The torment that the Medellin Cartel put the city through pushed it to become bigger, better and faster than before. Though crime still exists, the residents of the city claim it is stronger than ever before.
After learning about the Medellín Cartel, check out these facts about Pablo Escobar. Then, take a look at the Instagram photos of some of the most famous cartel members.
Katie Serena
Katie Serena is a New York City-based writer and a staff writer at All That's Interesting.
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@protocol LFAudioEncoding;
/// 编码器编码后回调
@protocol LFAudioEncodingDelegate <NSObject>
@required
- (void)audioEncoder:(nullable id<LFAudioEncoding>)encoder audioFrame:(nullable LFAudioFrame*)frame;
@end
/// 编码器抽象的接口
@protocol LFAudioEncoding <NSObject>
@required
- (void)encodeAudioData:(AudioBufferList)inBufferList timeStamp:(uint64_t)timeStamp;
- (void)stopEncoder;
@optional
- (nullable instancetype)initWithAudioStreamConfiguration:(nullable LFLiveAudioConfiguration*)configuration;
- (void)setDelegate:(nullable id<LFAudioEncodingDelegate>)delegate;
- (nullable NSData*)adtsData:(NSInteger)channel rawDataLength:(NSInteger)rawDataLength;
@end
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The Summer Olympics in Tokyo simply can't take place as scheduled
By Jane McManus
One person who knows exactly how devastating it would be to cancel the Olympics is Nancy Hogshead-Makar. As a 17-year-old, the swimmer was training full time for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The focus of every day was training. Her naps were rigorously scheduled. Her diet was meticulously thought-out. She pushed herself to her physical limits. There was no purpose other than Olympic gold.
"I think someone who says, 'Let's move it to next year,' has no idea what it takes to make an Olympic team," Hogshead-Makar said. "The goal had me by the throat. I made a promise to myself after the Olympics that I would never give myself to a goal so completely."
But in 1980, the United States wouldn't send a team to the Olympics. President Jimmy Carter boycotted the event in response to the USSR invading Afghanistan in 1979. He made the decision in March of 1980, after Hogshead-Makar and her teammates had been swimming 14 miles a day for three months to increase their lung capacity and strength.
"We were in mourning," she said.
The Olympic flame just traveled from Athens to the Matsushima base in Japan. And yet, that flame is a symbol of a tradition that cannot go forward as scheduled. We can say that knowing that those on the team are giving up something that they have pursued singularly. But a pandemic virus that is affecting some parts of the world more severely than others, where athletes from nations that have fought back the infection come into contact with those from nations where it rages and those where it hasn't yet arrived, is a problem that scales well above one beloved Olympic tradition.
The Olympic flame has arrived in Japan, but the Games simply can't move forward at this time. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP)
The calls to cancel the Olympics are getting louder. The CEO of USA Swimming, Tim Hinchley III, knows exactly what it takes to make the team, so it is with deep seriousness that he called for a year-long postponement.
Hinchley wrote the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee, "the right and responsible thing to do is to prioritize everyone's health and safety and appropriately recognize the toll this global pandemic is taking on athletic preparations."
It's time to change the date. Norway and Brazil have already come out in favor of a delay. As painful as that would be given the time and money to prepare, it is really the only option. It's not just about the players on the field and how quickly they might transmit the virus to each other — see the NBA if there are any doubts about how that works. Theoretically with rigorous testing in place, you could quarantine each athlete and test them several times before the games.
Except that it isn't just about the athletes. Even if you closed the Olympics to spectators, there are officials and support staff, security and heads of sport that need to be at the events. There would be production crews for the international broadcast feed. There would be cafeterias and hotel rooms to be cleaned, common spaces where people would gather, restaurants and bars.
Sports arenas and courts empty worldwide as coronavirus precautions are taken
And how would athletes prepare? Those stay at home orders apply to them as well. As much as we watch and as famous as they become, Olympic athletes are not essential employees. They are not the doctors who will treat the sick, they are not workers who will make masks or restock grocery shelves. The most important jobs right now are not the ones in the spotlight.
The one thing that made Hogshead-Makar feel better about missing the 1980 Olympics when she was 17, was feeling that she was sacrificing something for the good of the country. An attorney who is now the CEO of Champion Women, which advocates for equity in sport, Hogshead-Makar got the Congressional Medal of Freedom that year, which bolstered that feeling of sacrifice.
Nancy Hogshead-Makar (Phillip Faraone/Getty)
Since then, she has a more nuanced understanding of the geopolitics of that decision, but at the time the sense of solidarity brought her comfort. In 1984, she went on to win three gold medals and a silver.
The coronavirus is a different kind of impediment than the one that kept US athletes home in 1980. And yet, that sense of shared sacrifice is important. We need to pull together to stop the spread of a virus with the potential to kill millions around the world. Our games, our goals, our pursuits are all being put on hold.
Even the ones that had us by the throat.
"I encourage athletes to find some meaning," Hogshead-Makar said. | {
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Upper body strength is essential to improve your gymnastics, weightlifting, build muscle & get better at a huge variety of important CrossFit skills.
Upper body strength is essential if you want to be a good athlete. Crossfit is often about legs and core. These WODs are not. Not at all. | {
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import {fixture, html, assert} from '@open-wc/testing';
import '../../../test/common-test-setup';
import {createChange} from '../../../test/test-data-generators';
import {CommitId} from '../../../types/common';
import {EventType} from '../../../types/events';
import './gr-confirm-revert-dialog';
import {GrConfirmRevertDialog} from './gr-confirm-revert-dialog';
suite('gr-confirm-revert-dialog tests', () => {
let element: GrConfirmRevertDialog;
setup(async () => {
element = await fixture(
html`<gr-confirm-revert-dialog></gr-confirm-revert-dialog>`
);
});
test('renders', () => {
assert.shadowDom.equal(
element,
/* HTML */ `
<gr-dialog role="dialog">
<div class="header" slot="header">Revert Merged Change</div>
<div class="main" slot="main">
<div class="error" hidden="">
<span> A reason is required </span>
</div>
<gr-endpoint-decorator name="confirm-revert-change">
<label for="messageInput"> Revert Commit Message </label>
<iron-autogrow-textarea
id="messageInput"
class="message"
aria-disabled="false"
></iron-autogrow-textarea>
</gr-endpoint-decorator>
</div>
</gr-dialog>
`
);
});
test('no match', () => {
assert.isNotOk(element.message);
const alertStub = sinon.stub();
element.addEventListener(EventType.SHOW_ALERT, alertStub);
element.populateRevertSingleChangeMessage(
createChange(),
'not a commitHash in sight',
undefined
);
assert.isTrue(alertStub.calledOnce);
});
test('single line', () => {
assert.isNotOk(element.message);
element.populateRevertSingleChangeMessage(
createChange(),
'one line commit\n\nChange-Id: abcdefg\n',
'abcd123' as CommitId
);
const expected =
'Revert "one line commit"\n\n' +
'This reverts commit abcd123.\n\n' +
'Reason for revert: <INSERT REASONING HERE>\n';
assert.equal(element.message, expected);
});
test('multi line', () => {
assert.isNotOk(element.message);
element.populateRevertSingleChangeMessage(
createChange(),
'many lines\ncommit\n\nmessage\n\nChange-Id: abcdefg\n',
'abcd123' as CommitId
);
const expected =
'Revert "many lines"\n\n' +
'This reverts commit abcd123.\n\n' +
'Reason for revert: <INSERT REASONING HERE>\n';
assert.equal(element.message, expected);
});
test('issue above change id', () => {
assert.isNotOk(element.message);
element.populateRevertSingleChangeMessage(
createChange(),
'much lines\nvery\n\ncommit\n\nBug: Issue 42\nChange-Id: abcdefg\n',
'abcd123' as CommitId
);
const expected =
'Revert "much lines"\n\n' +
'This reverts commit abcd123.\n\n' +
'Reason for revert: <INSERT REASONING HERE>\n';
assert.equal(element.message, expected);
});
test('revert a revert', () => {
assert.isNotOk(element.message);
element.populateRevertSingleChangeMessage(
createChange(),
'Revert "one line commit"\n\nChange-Id: abcdefg\n',
'abcd123' as CommitId
);
const expected =
'Revert "Revert "one line commit""\n\n' +
'This reverts commit abcd123.\n\n' +
'Reason for revert: <INSERT REASONING HERE>\n';
assert.equal(element.message, expected);
});
});
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By A.D. Quig - December 6, 2016
Ward Reports
Ald. Proco Joe Moreno (1) says "A large majority of the residents and community members who attended" a meeting on a new LGBTQ friendly affordable housing project "expressed enthusiasm and strong support for the proposed development."
Ald. Brian Hopkins (2) needs players for his Holiday Classic 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, December 28th and 29th in the Pulaski Park Fieldhouse.
Ald. Pat Dowell (3) has every last detail of what's been going on in her ward in her latest newsletter.
Ald. Rod Sawyer (6) told WLS' Bill Cameron that Gov. Rauner's CPS veto is "almost a terrorist act!"
Ald. Greg Mitchell (7) is looking to verify and update contact information of community organizations leadership, including tenant associations, condo boards and block clubs.
Ald. Michelle Harris (8) has pics from her town hall meeting.
Ald. Patrick D. Thompson (11) has deets of the 11th Ward Democratic Organization's holiday plans.
Ald. David Moore (17) stopped by the set of Chicago PD with actor Jason Beghe (Detective Hank Voight). "I want to personally thank the Chicago PD team for filming in the 17Th Ward. Thank you for keeping your commitment to hiring local residents as extras, for using our neighborhood stores to purchase items and restaurants to supply food."
Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30) is offering free pics with Santa December 12.
Ald. Emma Mitts' (37) next pastors meeting is December 10.
Ald. Anthony Napolitano (41) thanked Ald. Nick Sposato (38) and his ward sup, Patrick Sanders, sharing a pic of Sanders bagging a raccoon bare handed. "No job to big and always willing to jump in and help."
Ald. Tom Tunney (44) says he'll be keeping an eye on CTA construction after the passage of the Transit TIF ordinance: "I know that the CTA has not always been the best steward of the land around its stations, but I am committed to making sure Lakeview residents and businesses are protected during and after construction."
Ald. James Cappleman (46) tweeted: "I'm of the generation where close to half my friends died from AIDS. I read the gay press to see who died that week. #RememberWorldAIDSDay"
Ald. Ameya Pawar (47) will be sitting down for a chat with Pat Whalen tonight.
Comm. John Fritchey (D-12) says he's "working on a concept" to address homicides in the city. "I'm not sure it's workable or would get buy-in but we at least need to discuss new ideas. #700Killed" | {
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Would you like to rent out your property in or near Torrevieja by Orange Holiday Housing? Excellent choice!
Orange Holiday Housing stands for service and hospitality. You choose the services you desire. We have three standard packages. If you desire services which are not listed in the standard packages or if you require occasional support, please feel free to contact us. We are very flexible and (almost) anything is possible.
Depending on your choice we can arrange the whole booking process including contact with the guests before, during and after their stay. You will have full control without having to do anything. Do you only want guests in your home whom you select or would you like us to rent out the house as often as possible? No problem. Obviously you have access to your own property whenever you want to. An email, text or phone call is adequate. In addition, you determine the rental price and the terms. Naturally we will advise you in this matter.
When we arrange the cleaning you can be assured that the home will be spotless. Cleaning is something we value a lot, this of course includes the washing of towels and bed linen, and making the beds.
At each check-in we take the time to explain how your home works. It is pleasant for the tenants and it prevents misuse of the property or equipment. We also provide information about the surrounding areas and there is an extensive information pack in 3 languages. Preferably we check-out your guests personally. When it is difficult to do so, we perform an inspection of the house as soon as possible after the guests have left after which we inform you about our findings and advise you about the refund of the deposit. When your guests would like a shuttle service to or from the airport, we can provide this as well. For Alicante and Murcia we charge €50,- oneway. When your guests want to rent a car, bike or boat, we are also happy to be of service. We are available 7 days a week for questions and emergencies, both for you and your guests.
As a homeowner you will have one contact person within Orange Holiday Housing throughout the whole year.
Would you like to know more? You can reach us by mail, telephone, WhatsApp and of course face-to-face in The Netherlands or Spain!
Emptying your mail box and sending the content to you by email.
On top of this rate you pay the invoices from third parties (materials and mechanics). Repairs will only take place with your permission. | {
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Every year, women are doing hundreds of hours of work-- behind the scenes and for no pay.
Men work hard too (of course they do!), but no one ever forgets to give a gold star to a man who works very hard. It's visible, it brings home a paycheck, it's the social norm.
The Force of Nature sculptures are data visualizations that transform the work hours of women of various ages, ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds into weight-bearing sculptures, photographic portraiture, and social practice interactive events.
Every woman and every different demographic group experiences work inequity differently, so each sculpture, in material and composition, reflects the personality of the person it was built for.
The solid forms are typically representative of the women's paid labor, because that's more seen in society, and the ones that are more transparent represent the unseen labor-- invisible, but it's still there. And the spaces in between represent when the women were not working, so if you look at them you see very few spaces for any of these women. | {
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If your wedding dress neckline begs for a necklace, make sure you deliver. The lariat, pendant or locket necklace for the bride are all beautiful additions to your wedding ensemble. The bridal necklace acts as a "mettre en valeur', meaning it highlights and shows to advantage the wearer and her beautiful décolleté, face and the graceful lines of your dress, especially a strapless wedding dress. If you are going for a vintage-inspired wedding look, consider gold bridal necklaces. To make things a little more modern, silver wedding necklaces with a small diamond or crystal are a great place to start. Wedding jewelry for brides are always a fun accessory to pick out, however, these necklaces make a perfect bridesmaids gifts as well! | {
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You're probably not going to believe this, but I really have a hard time talking about myself. Oh, I can tell you what I'm doing, or what I like to read, or what my family is up to, but that's actually a different thing. I can talk about my life; but talking about me is a different matter. I mean 'who am I' is a question I struggle with on a regular basis. Even in my fifties I'm constantly learning new things about myself. But let's take a stab at it.
I'm a Believer. I'd like to tell you I'm a Christian but frankly, I've never been really comfortable with the designation. The word Christian means 'like the Christ' and I recognize that try as I might, I don't qualify for that label most of the time. But I do believe that Jesus is the Son of God and will keep trying to live up to His example and no doubt I'll write about that struggle from time to time.
I'm a cyclist. It's my favourite mode of transportation. It's also my favorite form of exercise, relaxation, time-killer, and sport. I love it not just because it's economical and environmentally friendly; not just because I think it's a big part of the solution to air pollution, global warming, obesity, health care, and crumbling infrastructure; I love it because it's just plain fun! When I ride I feel 15 instead of 50!
I'm a storyteller. Mostly I love to tell the stories of the Bible, by heart, just as they appear in scripture. I feel the scriptures were meant to be heard, not read. When they are heard they come alive in a way that reading will never accomplish. That why I join with others to tell these stories as they were meant to be heard. I also enjoy helping others tell their stories. It's the only way we will ever break down the walls that separate us.
I'm a geek. Foremost an audio-geek, though I obsess to some degree on all kinds of technology. Computers are cool, but I'm a high end user, not a programmer. I find my talents being used in a variety of places from churches, to concerts, and one of my favorites – community theatre. Most of the time I see myself as a poor man's Montgomery Scott, struggling to jury rig something that will get the job done with less than optimal resources.
I'm a writer. Not a pro by any stretch. But I love to write; poetry, drama, humour, and of course I journal. I write because I have to. I write because there's a part of me missing when I don't. I guess that's why I'm here. Now admittedly, there are time when I just don't feel I have anything to say. When that happens, I won't write. But that's not likely to happen very often.
I'm a cancer survivor. Well, so far anyway. I was diagnosed with cancer in my right tonsil in November of 2010. After surgery and seven weeks of radiation therapy I was declared cancer free in March of 2011. All in all I have been most fortunate and blessed. I had a great medical team at the Juravinski Cancer Centre looking after me, wonderful help from the Canadian Cancer society, and the incredible community of Kortright Church supporting me every step of the way. Before I was diagnosed I was a the captain of Team Kortright a fundraising team in the yearly Ride To Conquer Cancer in support of the Princess Margaret Hospital's cancer research. Now I continue in this effort only now it is far more personal. Please click here and support this more than worthy cause.
Basic Biographical Information. I was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada in 1954. Still living in the same place, not too terribly far from the neighbourhood in which I grew up. Married the lovely Roberta in 1982 and still wonder why it is she agreed to the ordeal of spending her life with me. We have no children, but one cat named Samantha. I have two brothers, Steven and Alexander, both with wonderful families of their own; all of whom I never see nearly enough. When not at work or out cycling around the area you'll likely find me at my second home – Kortright Presbyterian Church – where I have the privilege of serving as Technical Director.
Thank you for subscribing to my blog. My blog has moved to my new web page. Visit the new site of my blog, read my post today, then subscribe to my blog and receive all my posts as they are published. My new site is http://claudemariottini.com. The old site, with the ending .org will not be functional after January 1, 2012. | {
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Now you know how a computer works. The basic concepts are actually rather simple. Of course, actually building a computer is an incredibly complex undertaking. Fortunately, we programmers can focus on programming them.
Then the computer continues with the next command. Then the next. And so on. This is the programming of the computer.
Each program is just a sequence of commands. To think like a computer we have to think in sequences, too! It's as simple as that. If you can formulate a sequence of commands that delivers the output that you want, then you have designed a program! Writing this down in a programming language is the last step.
Let's start thinking in sequences with a real-world example: My morning routine. As I can't do more than one thing at a time (especially early in the morning), this is a good example of a sequence. I start the sequence when the alarm rings. I get up, go to the bathroom and brush my teeth. Then I go to the kitchen and make a cup of tea (no, you don't have to drink coffee to be a programmer). I eat my breakfast and get dressed. Then I get out of the door. A nice, straightforward sequence. I can also put it in a graphical representation that helps to think about sequences: A flowchart.
Figure 3. A flowchart of my morning routine.
Figure 4. How to choose the socks according to the weekday.
Now there is an input to the sequence: The current weekday. It changes the path of execution depending on its value. It is also called a condition or in programming slang an if statement. The condition is depicted by the rhombus symbol in the sequence. If this were a computer program, we would read the current weekday from a memory location that contains this information.
But a sequence does not have to be just straight top-to-bottom. We can also move back up in the sequence and perform a step again. This is called a loop. Such a loop should always include a check that will finally let the sequence continue. Otherwise our program will never finish.
I need a loop in my morning routine because I keep all my socks in the same box. I have to take a random sock out and check if it has the color that I want to wear that day. If the color matches, I keep it. Otherwise I put it back into the box. Then I take the next sock and perform the same check again. So I have a loop.
Figure 5. How to select two socks of the same color.
I finish the loop when I have two socks with the correct color. But what happens if the box does not contain at least two socks of the color I want? I would stand in my dressing room forever, taking out socks and putting them back. As a human, I would get frustrated after a few minutes and just go with the other color. But a computer does not get angry, bored or hungry. So it will do this into all eternity. You have to give it another exit condition to prevent this case.
Figure 6. How to select two socks if there aren't enough socks of the same color.
Of course, you could also check that there are at least two socks of the right color in the box before the sequence starts. Whatever solution you choose: you are responsible that the program can finish under all conditions. Designing the correct sequence that always provides the correct result under all possible circumstances is our job.
This is the essence of programming: Formulating the solution to a problem in a sequence so a computer can execute it.
Keep practicing this skill with all kinds of problems. Think them through in your head. Draw the solutions on paper. Think about mathematical problems. Think about everyday problems. Thinking them through and writing them down in flowcharts will sharpen your programming skills without needing a computer at all!
Describe your own morning routine. Try to find a twist to it to make the sequence more interesting, like deciding which tea to drink.
Revisit the sock problem. Create a sequence that sorts the socks according to their color, so you don't have to do it again every morning.
Let's make the sock problem more interesting: Imagine all socks have a unique number. Every day, you want to wear socks that have higher values than on the day before. This means you have to sort the socks according to their number. There are multiple ways to solve this. Try to see how many you can find. Then try to compare them: How many steps does each solution take to sort 10 socks that are in random order.
In the next sections, you will learn about algorithm, functions and data types. | {
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Sputnik is a CMS that behaves as a wiki (out of the box) and has a pretty cool back end storage mechanism that supports databases, flat files, and git repositories. By using git I can work "offline" on a copy of the sites powered by sputnik and just sync the changes back when I'm ready. Since I don't allow ssh access to the production servers running sputnik, I've set up a scheme whereby I can sync changes from my laptop up to the VC server. The sputnik server will pull any changes down automatically and push any changes up as well.
Here's the script that does it.
I wrote this in a quick and dirty fashion and should really clean it up before letting it loose. Oh well.
Continue reading "Sputnik + Git" | {
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Accommodation in Weston-super-mare, North Somerset.
Kenilworth Guest House, Weston super Mare offers friendly, family-run accommodation a short, level walk from the Town Centre and Promenade.
On Sunday 21st April 2019 the sun will rise at 06:05 and will set at 20:18. It's going to be quite a warm day, with temperatures reaching 23.4°C. Today is expected to be a dry day, with a very low chance of rain. It will be a very clam day today, with a maximum expected wind speed of 10mph.
On Monday 22nd April 2019 the sun will rise at 06:03 and will set at 20:19. It's going to be quite a warm day, with temperatures reaching 23.7°C. Today is expected to be a dry day, with a very low chance of rain. It will be quite a breezy day, with a maximum expected wind speed of 16mph.
On Tuesday 23rd April 2019 the sun will rise at 06:01 and will set at 20:21. It will be a mild day, with temperatures reaching around 18.5°C. Some moderate to heavy rain is expected, 6mm of rainfall is possible today. It will be quite a breezy day, with a maximum expected wind speed of 18mph.
On Wednesday 24th April 2019 the sun will rise at 05:58 and will set at 20:23. It will be a mild day, with temperatures reaching around 11.8°C. Heavy rain which could cause some standing water is expected, 11mm of rainfall is possible today. It will be quite a breezy day, with a maximum expected wind speed of 28mph.
On Thursday 25th April 2019 the sun will rise at 05:56 and will set at 20:24. It will be a mild day, with temperatures reaching around 9.7°C. A light shower is possible, 2mm of rainfall is possible today. It could be quite a gusty day today, with a maximum expected wind speed of 40mph.
On Friday 26th April 2019 the sun will rise at 05:54 and will set at 20:26. It will be a mild day, with temperatures reaching around 9.2°C. Some moderate to heavy rain is expected, 7mm of rainfall is possible today. Some quite strong winds are possible today, with a maximum expected wind speed of 60mph.
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By ohtadmin | on July 16, 2008
The Archbold Board of Zoning Appeals granted variances to Lugbill Brothers, Inc., Archbold, for a proposed office building in the Archbold Industrial Park.
The firm is proposing to construct the building for the Northwest Ohio Educational Service Center, which would lease space to the Northwest Ohio Computer Association. Plans call for the building to be built on the south side of Nolan Parkway, on a nine-acre site.
The service center board is expected to make a firm decision on the building project at the end of this month.
Approved in the variance was a rear yard variance of five feet to allow for "ancillary structures"; in this case, airconditioning units, which will be 35 feet from the rear of the property, rather than 40.
Tim Miller, building designer, said the air conditioning units, known as chillers, will be screened or muffled to limit noise.
The board also allowed the reduction in the size of the parking lot, from the 610 spaces called for in the zoning code, to 448.
Miller told board members it is anticipated about 180 employees will work in the building, but more attend meetings and conferences there.
The board decided to allow the parking lot to be built without curbs on the west side, in case the lot needs to be expanded in the future. The parking lot will be sloped to contain storm runoff.
Lugbill Brothers also agreed to provide screening between the Fox Chase Manufactured Housing Community and the office building.
Board members Tim Smith, Phil Grieser, and Brad Roth voted in favor of the variance. Board members Tim Ziegler and Rich Winzeler were absent.
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June 10 1957- Stax Records
GM – FBF – During Black Music Month, there is a lot of good posts by people that look at artists on a daily and weekly basis. So let us look at the more famous record companies that put their sounds on wax. Over the rest of the weekends in June I will remind you of many that started in the late 50's through the 70's, starting with the sound of the South. Enjoy!
Remember – Barry Gordy and Motown want to create "The Sound for Young America", I will stick with the rest of America. – Estelle Axton
Today in our History – June 10, 1957
Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in 1961. It was a major factor in the creation of Southern soul and Memphis soul music. Stax also released gospel, funk, jazz, and blues recordings. Renowned for its output of blues music, the label was founded by two siblings and business partners, Jim Stewart and his sister Estelle Axton (STewart/AXton = Stax). It featured several popular ethnically integrated bands (including the label's house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s) and a racially integrated team of staff and artists unprecedented in that time of racial strife and tension in Memphis and the South.
Following the death of Stax's biggest star, Otis Redding, in 1967, and the severance of the label's distribution deal with Atlantic Records in 1968, Stax continued primarily under the supervision of a new co-owner, Al Bell.Over the next five years, Bell expanded the label's operations significantly, in order to compete with Stax's main rival, Motown Records in Detroit. During the mid-1970s, a number of factors, including a problematic distribution deal with CBS Records, caused the label to slide into insolvency, resulting in its forced closure in late 1975.
In 1977, Fantasy Records acquired the post-1968 Stax catalogue and selected pre-1968 recordings. Beginning in 1978, Stax (now owned by Fantasy) began signing new acts and issuing new material, as well as reissuing previously recorded Stax material. However, by the early 1980s, no new material was being issued on the label, and for the next two decades, Stax was strictly a reissue label.
After Concord Records acquired Fantasy in 2004, the Stax label was reactivated, and is today used to issue both the 1968–1975 catalog material and new recordings by current R&B and soul performers. Atlantic Records continues to hold the rights to the vast majority of the 1959–1968 Stax material.
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To help him organize and pare down, he turned to Claudia Smith, a professional organizer with Clear Your Clutter Consulting in Davis.
"Downsizing and letting go of stuff is good for everyone," said Smith, who said many of her clients are in their 40s to 60s. "I go into homes where the attic is crammed and every room is filled. The kids are completely overwhelmed."
Grace Bamlett, owner of Organized Outcomes in Orangevale, said parental possessions are "an emotional weight for baby boomers." She said 10 to 15 percent of her business is clients who are "either having to downsize for their parents or dealing with stuff left to them after their parents have died. It's a large group of people, and it's only growing larger."
As professional organizers, Bamlett and Smith encourage their clients to shed belongings but not the memories.
Bamlett is a proponent of "guilt-free" organizing. "If you're holding onto something because you feel you should, don't. Give it to a charity that speaks to your heart. Or find another relative, someone who's interested in family genealogy."
If parents are alive and willing, ask if they want help.
Start giving things away to family or friends: jewelry to a dear friend. A set of dishes to a daughter-in-law. "It's far better to give them to a loved one now," said Smith. "They can enjoy them and your kids don't get stuck with everything when you die."
Years before she died, Judy Hertel's mother sat down with her two daughters at the kitchen table, going through her heirloom and costume jewelry. At her mother's suggestion, Hertel and her sister made a list of the pieces they especially wanted to keep.
"She wasn't ready to give anything up yet but wanted to know what we wanted," said Hertel, mother of three kids in their teens and early 20s. "And she wanted to avoid any fights after she was gone," she laughed.
Savor memories
One way to eliminate the avalanche of stuff is by capturing a loved one's memory in smaller ways, such as a shadow box, which contains "the essence of the member in a physically small way," as Smith put it.
Sacramento attorney Don Fitzgerald, whose father was a school bus driver and avid outdoorsman in Siskiyou County, has several shadowboxes created by his sister after their father died about 11 years ago. Using pieces of their dad's favorite flannel shirts, his fishing lures and old family photographs, she gave one to each of the six grandchildren, including a photo of each child with "Papa."
"One glance at the shadowbox," said Fitzgerald, "and great memories come flooding back."
Smith, the professional organizer, did the same for her father.
"You don't need a room packed full of stuff to honor a memory," said the Davis resident. "You want to keep the history and memories alive, without the burden of a huge volume of physical stuff."
Sibling differences
It can be challenging when siblings come home to divvy up Mom and Dad's belongings. When Hertel's father died in January 2013, he left behind a lifetime of possessions in the family home outside Chicago. Everything was still in the house, from old family board games to Hertel's wedding dress. And then there was the basement. Her father, a General Motors machinist, had a basement workshop filled with tools, lathes, vises and thousands of pieces of leftover scrap metal. Cleaning all of it out to ready the house for sale fell to Hertel and her siblings.
"My brother just wanted it done. His attitude was: Go in, get it done and put the house on the market." Her sister, by contrast, needed to touch every piece of paper, which greatly slowed the process. "It created a lot of tension," recalled Hertel.
Ultimately, they donated clothing, linens and kitchenware to a local church charity. They recycled 150 pounds of metal, including boxes of bolts, screws and nails. And they filled two waist-high dumpsters with discards.
The task was further complicated because Hertel was in California and not able to be as hands-on as she would have liked. In retrospect, she wishes they'd done far more of the sorting while her parents were still alive.
Sandy Edwards, a retired teacher in Carmichael, vividly remembers how she and her siblings divvied up the contents of their parents' sprawling, four-story Victorian mansion in Merchantville, N.J., which had been in the family since 1900. It took two years and innumerable trips back East. Essentially, "we linked arms and walked room by room. We didn't assign values to anything but used three colors of Post-it notes" to mark the things each wanted to keep, including items for grandchildren. "The emotional part was extremely hard to do," Edwards said, but dividing things up was comparatively easy among her siblings.
Don't wait till too late
Four or five years before her mother died at age 97, Marty West, a retired UC Davis law professor, helped her go through closets, drawers and paper files. It was a process her mother welcomed, she said.
For her mother's 90th birthday, West took home boxes of loose family photographs and assembled a four-volume scrapbook of her mother's life, starting with baby pictures in 1915. It was a way to preserve the best of all the random photos that pile up in drawers and closets.
It wasn't until after her mother died that West discovered – stashed in her mother's garage – a treasure trove of old family correspondence, some dating back to the 1800s. The letters, in shoeboxes and cardboard containers, had been stored unopened for years. Some were from her Kansas grandmother written to her grandfather while they were courting in 1896. Some were from her parents, who were social and religious activists in the 1940s, working as high school teachers in the Japanese internment camp in Manzanar and later in a church-sponsored relocation hospital in Chicago.
"It was sad when I discovered all this correspondence because I could no longer ask her about it," said West.
For the last several years, West has been methodically going through hundreds of letters. She's tossing out "anything I'd never want to read again," but keeping correspondence that has personal, historical or emotional significance. Old letters from aunts, uncles and cousins have been sent to surviving relatives. The ones she is keeping are filed chronologically in airtight plastic containers, rather than cardboard boxes that could be susceptible to insects.
With her own professional papers, chronicling her work on UC Davis faculty women's issues, West has already donated many to the UC Davis archives.
Tackling those kinds of chores now can save everyone tedium and some heartache in the long run.
Miller, having closed up his parents' Palo Alto home and settled most of their legal affairs, is now committed to paring down the physical pieces of their lives that he's accumulated in Davis. "The nature of the job is emotionally wrenching, but most of it is so tedious just because of the sheer quantity," said Miller.
For him, it couldn't be done without a professional at his side.
"We baby boomers want someone to give us permission to let go," said Smith, the professional organizer. "We feel a huge responsibility to honor the past. But there's the financial, emotional and sheer exhaustion of the time and energy in dealing with it."
That's why she advocates a simple rule of thumb: "We spend our first 40 years in life collecting things. And we should spend our second 40 years getting rid of things."
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Sudan Public Holidays News and Updates
See also: upcoming public holidays in Sudan and public holidays news and updates in Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (DRC), Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, South Sudan, Uganda.
This page contains a sampling of our database of news and updates related to Sudan public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays and national holidays, as of November 2020, and covering calendar year 2022 Sudan public holidays, gathered as part of our continuous monitoring of worldwide news media and official government sources to detect changes to bank holidays and public holidays legislation, or ad hoc bank holidays and public holidays changes, anywhere in the world.
Below is this list of Sudan public holidays news and updates.
2020 (public news feed delayed by 30 days)
Sudan Juba Peace Agreement Public Holiday November 15
Sudan News Agency (Khartoum) - The Sudanese Council of Ministers has declared Sunday, November 15, 2020, as a national public holiday throughout Sudan, to mark the arrival in Khartoum, Sudan's capital city, of the leaders of the armed movements that signed the Juba Peace Agreement, in South Sudan, on October 3, 2020.
Sudan 2020 Public Holidays Announced
The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan (Khartoum) - The Sudanese Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has released its annual list of the official non-working national public holidays in the Republic of Sudan for the calendar year 2020.
Sudan Declares December 25 Public Holiday
The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan (Khartoum) - Sudan's Religion Affairs and Endowments Minister, Nasraddeen Mufreh, has announced that the cabinet of ministers, of the Sudanese transitional government, had approved the declaration of Christmas Day, on December 25, as an official public holiday in the Sudan.
The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan (Khartoum) - The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has released its annual list of the official non-working national public holidays in the Republic of Sudan for the calendar year 2019.
Sudan Public Holiday January 1st
The Sudan News Agency (SUNA) - The Cabinet's Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has declared that Monday, January 1, 2018, would be a public holiday in all parts of the country on the occasion of Sudan National Day.
Sudan Public Holiday December 24
The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan (Khartoum) - The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has announced that Saturday, December 24, 2015, had been declared a non-working public holiday in Sudan on account of the upcoming Eid Al-Mawlid (Prophet's Birthday) annual non-working public holiday in the Sudan.
Sudan Public Holiday April 13
The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan (Khartoum) - The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has announced that Monday, April 13, 2015, would be a one-off non-working public holiday in Sudan on account of the presidential and national elections being held in Sudan on that day.
Sudanese Public Holiday January 1st
The Sudan News Agency (SUNA) - The Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has declared that Thursday, January 1, 2015, would be a public holiday in all parts of the country on the occasion of the anniversary of the independence of Sudan.
Sudanese 2014 Eid al-Adha Public Holidays
The Sudan News Agency (SUNA) - The Cabinet Ministry of the Republic of Sudan has declared that the upcoming annual Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holidays in the Republic of the Sudan would be extended to run from Friday, October 3, until Wednesday, October 9, 2014.
Sudanese Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday January 24
The Sudan News Agency (SUNA) - The Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has declared that Thursday, January 24, 2013, would be a public holiday in all parts of the country on the occasion of the anniversary of the holy Birthday of the Prophet.
The Sudan News Agency (SUNA) - The Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has declared that Tuesday, January 1, 2013, would be a public holiday in all parts of the country on the occasion of the fifty-seventh anniversary of the independence of Sudan.
The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan (Khartoum) - The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has released the list of official non-working national public holidays in the Republic of Sudan for the upcoming calendar year 2013.
Sudan Adds New Public Holiday
The Sudan News Agency (SUNA) - Sudan's President, Omer Al-Bashir, has issued a presidential decree declaring May 31st as a new annual non-working public holiday in Sudan to commemorate the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD), signed in Doha on May 31st, 2011.
Sudan 2012 Eid al-Fitr Public Holidays Announced
The Sudan News Agency (SUNA) - The Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has announced that the date of the upcoming Mulid (Prophet's Birthday) would be observed as a non-working public holiday throughout Sudan from Saturday, August 18, 2012, until Tuesday, August 21, 2012, inclusively.
Sudan 2012 Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday Announced
The Sudan News Agency (SUNA) - The Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has announced that the date of the upcoming Mulid (Prophet's Birthday) would be observed as a non-working public holiday throughout Sudan on Sunday, February 5, 2012.
The Sudan News Agency (SUNA) - The Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has announced that the date of the upcoming Mulid (Prophet's Birthday) would be observed as a non-working public holiday throughout Sudan from Monday, August 29,2011, until Friday, September 2, 2011, inclusively.
Sudan Announces Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday
The Sudan News Agency (SUNA) - The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers has announced that next Tuesday, February 15, 2011, would be the date of the upcoming Al-mawlid public holiday (the birthday of Prophet Mohamed).
Sudan Rules-Out Referendum Public Holiday
The Sudan News Agency (SUNA) - The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers has announced that there would be no public holidays declared for the upcoming referendum on the secession of Southern Sudan.
Sudan Announces Eastern Christmas Public Holidays
The Sudan News Agency (SUNA) - The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers has announced that the public holidays for the upcoming Orthodox Christmas will begin on Friday, January 7, and last until Sunday, January 9, 2011.
Sudan Announces Christmas Public Holidays
The Sudan News Agency (SUNA) - The Sudanese Council of Ministers has announced that the upcoming public sector holidays for Christmas, would run from Friday, December 24, until Sunday, December 26, 2010, inclusively.
Sudan Declares Islamic New Year Public Holiday
The Sudan News Agency (SUNA) - The Sudanese Council of Ministers has announced that tomorrow, Tuesday, December 7, 2010, would be a public holiday on account of the 1432AH Islamic New Year.
Sudan Announces Eid Al-Adha Public Holidays
Secretariat of Sudan's Council of Ministers (Khartoum) - The Sudanese Council of Ministers has announced that the upcoming public holidays for the Eid Al-Adha would be from Sunday, November 14, until Thursday, November 18, 2010, inclusively.
Sudan Announces 2010 End of Ramadan Public Holidays
Secretariat of Sudan's Council of Ministers (Khartoum) - The Secretariat of Sudan's Council of Ministers has announced the dates for the upcoming Eid Al Fittr (End of Ramadan) public holidays.
Sudan Declares April 15 Electoral Public Holiday
Al Jazeera (Nairobi) - The Secretariat-General of the Council of Ministers of the government of Sudan has declared a one-off electoral public holiday, tomorrow, Thursday, April 15, 2010, to get the maximum number of people to vote in the current elections.
Sudan Declares Public Holiday Today
Reuters (Khartoum) - Late last night, the government of Sudan declared today, Monday, December 7, 2009, as a one-off public holiday to coincide with the final day for voters to register for the upcoming presidential, parliamentary and local elections.
Sudan Announces April 11 Election Date
Sudan Radio Service (Khartoum) - Sudan's National Election Commission has announced that the upcoming general elections, briefly scheduled for April 5, 2010, will now take place on April 11, 2010.
Sudan Announces End of Ramadan Public Holidays Dates
The Sudan Tribune (Khartoum) - Sudan's Cabinet State Minister, Kamal Abdel-Latif, has announced that the upcoming End of Ramadan public sector holidays would begin on Sunday, September 20, 2009.
Sudan Declares April 15 Census Public Holiday
The Sudan Tribune - The Secretariat of the Council of Ministers announced today that Tuesday, April 15, 2008, would be an official public holiday throughout Sudan to coincide with the implementation of the fifth Sudan Population and Housing Census.
Sudan Extends New Weekends To Entire Country
El Watan - The government of Sudan, under the Presidency of Omar al Bachir, announced that, beginning on January 26, 2008, weekends in Sudan will be Fridays and Saturdays.
Sudan's Capital State Extends Weekends To Fridays And Saturdays
New Sudan Vision - Starting on January 12, 2008, Khartoum State weekends for both public and private sectors will be 2-day long; Fridays and Saturdays.
Sudan Confirms Sham Al-Nasim Public Holiday
Sudanese Media Center - The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers announced that next Monday, April 9, 2007, will be an official holiday for all the employees in the state on the occasion of Sham Al-Nasim.
Sudan Declares July 9 CPA Signing Public Holiday
United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) - The Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers of Sudan has announced that Sunday, July 9, 2006, would be an official public holiday throughout Sudan on the occasion of the celebrations of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).
Sudan Announces Date Of Islamic New Year Public Holiday
Sudan Radio (Omdurman) - The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers of Sudan has announced that next Tuesday, January 31, 2006, will be a public holiday throughout Sudan to celebrated the first day of the new Islamic year 1427.
Sudan Declares August 6 Public Holiday
Sudan TV (Omdurman) - The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers has declared a one-off public holiday to coincide with the Sauturday, August 6, 2005, funeral of veteran southern Sudanese leader Dr John Garang De Mabior.
Sudan Radio Service (Nairobi) - The government of Sudan has declared today, Thursday February 24, 2005, a one-off public holiday and encouraged people to stay indoors, following yesterday's arms' depot blast in which 80 people died and over 250 were injured.
Sudan Announces End of Ramadan Public Holiday Date
Sudan TV (Omdurman) - Following its consultative meeting on the sighting of the Moon, the Sudanese Council of Muslim Scholars has declared December 5, 2002, as the date of the upcoming Id-al-Fitr public holiday.
Sudan Announces December 25-29 Public Holidays
Suna News Agency (Khartoum) - The government of Sudan has announced a public sector holiday from Monday to Friday, December 25-29, 2000, inclusively, on the occasion of the upcoming annual public holidays for Christmas and End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr).
See also: Sudan bank holidays and public holidays for 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
Background Information (Sudan)
Wikipedia page for Sudan (includes commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays)
Bank of Sudan (Sudan central bank)
ISO-3166 Codes: SD and SDN.
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Vann Molyvann (born November 23, 1926) is a Cambodian architect. During the Sangkum Reastr Niyum regime (1955–1970) Prince Norodom Sihanouk enacted a development policy encompassing the whole kingdom with the construction of new towns, infrastructure and architecture. Molyvann was the foremost of..
The Preah Suramarit Theatre or the Bassac Theatre is the former national theatre of Cambodia in the capital Phnom Penh.
Designed by chief national architect Vann Molyvann in 1966, it opened in 1968 as the Grand Théâtre Preah Bat Norodom Suramarit (aka Mohorsrop Theatre). Built to resemble a..
The Institute of Foreign Languages Faculty was designed by Vann Molyvann.
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The most striking element of the National Bank of Cambodia, built by Van Molyvann in 1968 is the huge roof constructed out of concrete.
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The Police offices were constructed in 1959 and one of Vann Molyvann's first projects in Phnom Penh.
Although there is limited research out there regarding this building, it was designed with 'brise soleil' sun shading. Sadly this building was demolished in 2006.
Originally opened in 1969 as the Cinéma d'Etat (State Cinema), the Chenla Theatre underwent a complete facelift in 2002 and becoming part of the Phnom Penh Cultural Centre.
Phnom Penh Cultural Center was previously known as the Chenla Theatre. The cultural center in Phnom Penh was built in the 1960's. It was renamed Phnom Penh Theater after the Pol Pot war in the late 1970's. Recently, the theater was renovated again and state-of the art facilities and equipments.. | {
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Top 5 for the weekend April 6-8
Published 12:00 am EDT, Thursday, April 5, 2012
OUR HEARTS WILL GO ON
Just in time for the centennial of the Titantic sinking comes the re-release of the Academy Award-winning "Titanic," an epic re-created in 3D and IMAX 3D -- so real you'll think those iceberg chunks will land in your lap and Leo and Kate will steam up your glasses. Still rated PG-13. (And don't forget about that Titanic artifacts exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum while you're in the mood ...) Check listings for theaters and showtimes.
FAREWELL -- FOR REEL
The Irish stepdancing musical "Riverdance" is reeling its way around the world one more time, ending a 17-year run that's played to more than 22 million people in 40 countries and has been seen by 2 billion on TV. The company takes its final bows in Detroit at 8 p.m. Friday, April 6, and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 7, at the Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward Ave., Detroit. Tickets are $20.50-$75.50. Call 313-471-6611 or visit www.olympiaentertainment.com.
FRUIT-FILLED DELIGHTS
The East Great Falls gang is back, 10 years later but we bet not a whole lot wiser, in "American Reunion." The "American Pie" crew has turned out in force for the sequel, including Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan and Eugene Levy. We're already smacking our lips. Rated R. Check listings for theaters and showtimes.
SOMETHING TO "SMILE" ABOUT
Music fans are in for a treat when composer, arranger and producer Van Dyke Parks -- Brian Wilson's chief collaborator on the Beach Boys' "SMiLE," among other projects -- performs at 9 p.m. Saturday, April 7, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, 4454 Woodward Ave., Detroit. Admission is $10. Call 1-313-832-6622 or visit www.mocadetroit.org.
BLUES IN BERKLEY
WCSX "Motor City Blues Project" host Mark Pasman will hold a Paz Man SuperSession on Saturday, April 7, at the Berkley Front, 3087 W. 12 Mile Road. The troupe -- which includes members of Mitch Ryder's Band, Jeanne & the Dreams, Free Beer and special guests -- will play in honor of Tim Hunt, a Berkley resident and music scene regular who recently died from complications of Crohn's disease. The music starts at 10 p.m. Admission is free. Call 248-547-3331 or visit the Berkley Front's Facebook page. | {
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Q: Fire input event from Angular 5 test I've been trying things and looking at the Angular docs for an hour plus, and still can't get this test to pass. I'm using Jest (which is very similar to Jasmine). The thing is, it's working in the app when I ng serve, I just can't write a passing test for it!
HTML template
id="typeahead-plan"
placeholder="search"
type="text" class="form-control br--top"
[(ngModel)]="selections.clientId"
[ngbTypeahead]="searchClients"
(input)="resetFileId()"
(blur)="filterFileIds()"
(keyup.enter)="filterFileIds()"
(selectItem)="selectClientPlan($event.target.value)" />
Spec
test('Submit button is disabled when changing plan', () => {
component.resetFileId = jest.fn();
fixture.detectChanges();
const submitEl = fixture.debugElement.query(
By.css('button[data-test=submit]')
);
const planInputEl = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('#typeahead-plan'));
expect(submitEl.nativeElement.attributes['disabled']).not.toBeDefined();
planInputEl.nativeElement.value = 'd';
planInputEl.triggerEventHandler('input', null);
fixture.detectChanges();
expect(component.resetFileId).toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(submitEl.nativeElement.attributes['disabled']).toBeTruthy();
});
The test says that the spy was expected to have been called, but it never was, so that leads me to think I'm not triggering the input event correctly. If I comment out the toHaveBeenCalled assertion, then the next one fails, as the submit button doesn't have a disabled attribute. Again, it's all working fine clicking through the UI manually, just not in the tests. This kind of thing keeps rearing its head as I try to learn how to write tests, and it's really frustrating and slowing down my development.
A: Looks like I have to include an object with a target when raising the event. The Angular docs state:
The test assumes (correctly in this case) that the runtime event handler—the component's click() method—doesn't care about the event object.
Other handlers are less forgiving. For example, the RouterLink directive expects an object with a button property that identifies which mouse button (if any) was pressed during the click. The RouterLink directive throws an error if the event object is missing.
However, they don't say what the "other handlers" are, or what they need, which seems to be a glaring omission.
So, if I do: inputEl.triggerEventHandler('input', { target: inputEl.nativeElement }); then the event fires and it detects that the function was called.
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impacts. Meanwhile, our brothers and sisters of color must consider and navigate it every minute of every day. This journal is an outstanding tool to cultivate racial awareness by posing the questions white people are not posing to one another in everyday conversation. May the disciplined discovery it offers lead you to places you never imagined, both in your heart and mind, as well as out in the world. Mostly, may it result in you finding new ways to translate your best intentions into meaningful action".
"Some of the questions this journal asks seem simple at first. If you stay with it, and challenge yourself to go beyond the "easy" or "obvious" answer, you may discover some pretty interesting things about yourself and about the world around you. I am finding this experience challenging and sometimes uncomfortable, and totally worth the effort. Very glad this exists and hoping more people will choose to get into what needs to be a nationwide conversation about race.
Note: I did notice at least one statement in the book that tells me it assumes the reader/journaler is in the United States. Doesn't mean the content is not applicable elsewhere, but just be aware of it if you happen to live outside the US."
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Kremlin Unaware of French Media Reports on Details of Putin-Macron November 7 Phone Talks
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https://sputniknews.com/russia/202011261081285585-kremlin-unaware-of-french-media-reports-on-details-of-putin-macron-november-7-phone-talks/
The Kremlin is unaware of the article in the French business magazine Challenges that provides controversial details of the November 7 phone talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik on Thursday.
MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - On November 12, the Paris-based weekly magazine, citing a diplomatic source, claimed that Putin had asked Macron for France's help in the production of the COVID-19 vaccine.
"No. It was not brought to our attention," Peskov said when asked to comment on the French media report.
The most recent phone talks between the two leaders took place on November 16. Putin and Macron discussed the developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Prior to that, the Russian and French presidents, indeed, held the phone talks on November 7. However, the sides once again discussed the situation in Karabakh, as well as in eastern Ukraine and Libya. They also tackled security issues, including terrorist challenges in Europe, and, for a fact, expressed their interest in deepening the two countries' cooperation on combating the coronavirus pandemic.
Russia is currently developing three COVID-19 vaccines, with two of them proven to be effective. The world's first registered vaccine against the coronavirus, Russia's Sputnik V, is going through phase 3 trials in Russia, as well as in Belarus, the United Arab Emirates, India, and Brazil. Sputnik V is 92 percent effective, based on data from the first 16,000 volunteers who have received both shots of the two-dose vaccine.
Dmitry Peskov, Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin
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Congratulations to EMBL Australia Group Leader Associate Professor Max Cryle, who has been awarded a Career Development Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council.
With three new institutions joining our Partner Laboratory Network, we're searching for three ambitious early-career researchers to become EMBL Australia Group Leaders in the areas of Bioinformatics, Cancer Genomics and Host Pathogen Interactions.
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Ferguson Prosecutor Admits His Handling of the Grand Jury in the Darren Wilson Case Was Not Normal
Ferguson Prosecutor Bob McCulloch appeared on a radio interview and admitted that his handling of the grand jury in the Darren Wilson case was not "normal."
McGraw Milhaven asked the right questions. The excellent video is a bit over 27 minutes, so I won't write more so you can have time to watch. Please, don't miss the part towards the end where McCulloch believes that because he did not previously charge police officers for killing unarmed citizens, that it proves he was fair in accessing the Darren Wilson case.
Posted on 12/19/2014, in Michael Brown - Ferguson and tagged Bob McCulloch, Darren Wilson, Ferguson, McGraw Milhaven, Michael Brown, radio interview. Bookmark the permalink. 35 Comments.
writersdream9 | 12/19/2014 at 3:07 pm
You have presented this very well and unbiasedly. The bias lies with me. I just don't trust him. Thank you though for sharing this!!
Oh writersdream, I don't trust McCulloch either. He's like a poisonous snake who justifies his decisions and actions on the basis of acting according to his nature.
You sure said it! That's the way I feel when listening to him.
Watching/listening now
@BlackManUSA @ShaunKing We attorneys are not permitted to put on a witness known to be lying, under our ethical rules.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) December 19, 2014
He's so full of sh*t..
Jueseppi! Thanks for the re-blog. Have a wonderful week-end.
I have to listen to this again……it must be some sort of hallucination, a dream, a sign of the apocalypse………something !!!
deray mckesson retweeted
TC @tchopstl · 5m 5 minutes ago
First 3 versions of Darren Wilson's story of the chase DW gave w/in 24 hours of killing Mike Brown. #Ferguson
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shannoninmiami | 12/19/2014 at 11:43 pm
anonymous released the radio calls long before the grand jury was had the case and we know Wilson didn't call in anything of the sort. he didn't say anything about shots fired and neither did the cops that showed up before he was done killing Mike Brown. witnesses saw 2 other cops show up before wilson was done killing Mike and they said neither one of those 2 cops felt the need to shoot. so those 2 pigs saw the murder too, who are those guys?
the young turks did a video discussing the two construction workers that witnessed the murder and that's where i heard of the detail about the those two other cops, I just looked for that video and I cant find it now but i'll find it sometime.
Is this the video?
shannoninmiami | 12/20/2014 at 8:42 pm
YEP!! that's the one!
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/lawmaker-wants-investigation-of-st-louis-prosecutor/ar-BBh0Our?ocid=ASUDHP
note: I'm not a "msn" fan but here's an article.
Sort of OT: My God,
Still We Rize @BaburRealer · Dec 18
WI Gov Walker calls Nat'l Guard to be ready for #DontreHamilton indictment decision
I embedded the link to video into your comment. Milwaukee has a history of profiling minority men and it has no problem slapping the harshest of sentences on them for the most minor crimes. It improved starting around the 1980's, but like in other places, corporations, and even courts, things started going backwards in retaliation for the first Black being elected president of the United States.
Xena, sad to report but Dontre Hamilton is another #hashtag. One I'd never heard until people in Milwalkkkee shut the highway down. (70+ got arrested??) The movement is bringing a lot of local killings to national awareness.
IIRC, Dontre was killed back in April, the police who shot him numerous times was immediately terminated. The citizens there want charged brought against him and they expect a decision by end of year.
Ferguson had it right, "there's a Ferguson everywhere"
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn said that Dontre was an "emotionally disturbed person. Two other officers had responded to a call about Dontre in the park, but (now former) officer Christopher Manney arrived much later and decided to engage Dontre. Chief Flynn terminated Manney saying that he treated Dontre as a dangerous criminal instead of following his training and treating Mr. Hamilton as an EDP."
Manney was not charged. Chief Flynn stated, "Every member of this police department has had to make critical decisions under pressure with insufficient information that could have gone wrong. Here's the point I want to make — there's got to be a way of holding ourselves accountable absent of putting cops in jail for making mistakes."
The Milwaukee County prosecutor wouldn't decide on whether to file charges against Manney. The feds stepped in to investigate and then the County prosecutor took the matter before a grand jury.
I've been saying —- there are segments of our society that are thought to be burdens by common folk as well as some law enforcement personnel. Until they respect that all lives matter, we will continue to see minorities, the mentally ill, the homeless, the disabled, and the poor killed under color and claim of official right without consequences. It's Aryan ideologies in American society.
Exactly, Aryan ideology.
Was reading about the Veiled Prophet http://t.co/Dmf4IlyiIo
Yours truly, Chief Dotson of STLPD a member. Maybe a boyhood dream of his. Ha
How interesting these secret societies w/in it's ideology.
Don't know why but it doesn't surprise me. There were "conspiracy theories" going back over 10 years that White Supremacists planned on getting into five sectors to give them control; law enforcement; teaching; medicine; the judiciary and politics. The "conspiracy theory" thought that White Supremacists were in actual competition with the Illuminati for positions in the same five sectors and eventually, they will begin to war against and destroy each other. The theory also said that while the Illuminati seeks control to rule, that White Supremacists seek to destroy and the Aryan concept of leading the general population to believe that those they destroy are or will be burdens on society is the first step to killing without consequences.
The second step is likened to what the Nazis did in eastern Europe which is to get Aryan supporters to give over people and again, without consequences. We see this in 911 callers where their calls result in law enforcement killing, and the caller fades into the woodwork with no consequences.
There was a time when I read conspiracy theories for fun, never giving them serious consideration because I thought that Americans are too smart, and there is too much that history has taught us, for us to go back in time.
"There was a time when I read conspiracy theories for fun, never giving them serious consideration because I thought that Americans are too smart"
You and me both, Jesse Ventura was a nut; but now his absurdities are beginning to show a realism making me think twice. Even some of what "right wingers" claim are starting to make sense. (can't believe I said it)
Here's a current conspiracy theory for ya. I put nothing past LE unions. I may not agree but it sure makes one wonder.
I just watched this asshole promoting his radio interview with mc conman, and he's virulent filthy racist too. he's disgusting.
Two sides to a story | 12/20/2014 at 12:34 am
Hope McCulloch is left twisting in the wind soon. Hopefully he's getting desperate. Clearly he's used to doing whatever he wants to do without much fanfare. The world is watching now!
Well Saints preserve, that Mr. McCulloch is so impartial he saw fit to permit 'fabricators of the truth' as witnesses… to a murder. And – he believes this didn't bear any weight upon the GJ decision. No sir, right after Wilson's testimony, it was settled in their minds. No harm, no foul. Does this smell like sulfur to you, as in rotten eggs? It does to me!! 🙂 He's a real double talker.
I just did some reading, and it appears that grand juries are only used in an investigative capacity when an elected government official is suspected of using his/her office to commit a crime. A reason for that is because there is generally no body of authority with jurisdiction to investigate elected officials. I'll see if I can find a law professor or legal writing on the matter.
What peeked my curiosity is that McCulloch said he presented all witnesses,proven liars or not, before the grand jury because he used the grand jury to investigate.
Fascinating find Xena. Impression, McCulloch allowed these witnesses to absolve himself of any prejudice. Seems to me he actually had two options, one, a special prosecutor or two, send the matter to the grand jury 'without' witnesses who were discredited.
McCulloch's obligation was to Michael Brown – McCulloch indicated that the FBI and other investigators found what his office found, witnesses who were less than truthful. Would those investigative materials not be at the disposal of the grand jurors? If they were available or not, what purpose would it serve Michael Brown to have those untruthful witnesses testify?
McCulloch, it appears, would like the public to believe that the grand jury made their determination based on potential credible evidence presented through testimony to which they had the option to believe or not believe – and, 'investigate matters' they were uncertain about. Which is what the prosecutors office is all about. Sounds more like a trial to me, not a query and assist on factual evidence to move forward to trial.
It makes no sense whatsoever. No more sense than having Darren Wilson 'tell his side of the story' to the grand jury. Is Wilson's statement evidence of no wrong doing? Not in my book. But I certainly appreciate Milhaven's statement that McCulloch hadn't heard Michael Brown's side of the story…and I don't believe he ever intended for this case to go to trial.
There's lots of info on U.S. attorneys using grand juries for investigative purposes, but nothing for the State of Missouri that I've found thus far.
deray mckesson @deray :
We distrust police accounts for good reason. The destruction of black life is too easily justified by blue fiction. We protest. #Ferguson
Protest is the end of silence. It is the end of accepting murder as a condition of life. Protest is the beginning of change. #Ferguson
Protest must also be community-building. The strength of new relationships is the strength of the movement. #Ferguson
If you cannot imagine freedom, then you cannot fight for it. If you cannot dream while awake, you may sleep forever. #Ferguson
There is a difference b/t protest spreading and the movement spreading. The former is about moments, the latter about new power. #Ferguson
We've been fighting for 400 years. Do not let people rush you as we fight right now. Freedom won't come easily or quickly. #Ferguson
Hi Yahtzee, love Deray; he's comedic/ articulate. I watched he/Wyze/Netta/2unchain on a panel last week (via live stream), they all were on point.
Another "sort of OT: Meet the Pro-Slavery Fairview Park Auxiliary Cop
http://m.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2014/12/19/meet-the-pro-slavery-fairview-park-auxiliary-cop
Peni, it kinda reminds me of a certain individual who came out with his identity posting racial hate-speech and racially offensive comments who now wants to be a paralegal.
Oh my…….that one too.
Peni, yeah — that one. LOL!
Uh, another OT subject yours truly STL:
@valeriehahn .@STLFireDept responded to a man on fire in a portable toilet at 6th and O'Fallon Street at 8:20 p.m. Man taken to hospital; unknown cond.
HowardK @Fluffenburger · 22h22 hours ago
@valeriehahn @STLFireDept …..wow! he must have been really really gassy
Becky Timmons @Inkydelaware · 9h9 hours ago
Hate when this happens–MT "@valeriehahn: .@STLFireDept responded to a man on fire in a portable toilet, taken to hospital; unknown cond."
cfbostonbrian | 12/22/2014 at 9:53 pm
People need to break away from the frickin' norm. If this country was based on what was considered normal, then the English would rule over america (yes small case a), but because some dared to be different, the English was evicted, if you will. The more police officers get away with this type of police brutality, the more they will do and the more vicious of their killings. | {
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Two-time Dancing With the Stars champion Julianne Hough may have traded in her dancing shoes for a seat on the judges panel this season, but you'd never know it looking at her body.
The dish is not only simple and delicious, but also lower in calories and carbs than the starchy original. Here, we reveal our own take on the recipe—inspired by Julianne's ingredients—that you can make at home in just minutes. Pair it with a side salad to round out the meal and don't forget to tune in to Dancing with the Stars tonight to see the six remaining couples battle it out for a place in the Semi-Finals!
STEP 1: Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F. Cover an oven tray with foil and lightly grease with olive oil.
STEP 2: Using a very sharp knife, split the squash in half lengthwise and scrape out the seeds and pulp.
STEP 3: Season the squash with the olive oil, salt and pepper.
STEP 4: Place the two squash halves cut side down on a baking sheet and bake for about 30 minutes, or until the insides are soft.
STEP 5: Remove squash from the oven and allow it to cool for a few minutes. Then, run a fork through the inside of the squash to create spaghetti-like strands and transfer into two bowls.
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Q: angular ignores my routing view controller When i click on a link such as
<a ui-sref ="memostate({type:'memo' , subject:'part/abc' })">
my routing works fine, and my browser loads for instance:
"localhost:75/memo?subject=part/abc"
The template gets all its {{}} bindings resolved.
as my state is defined as
.state({
name: 'memostate',
url: '/:type' + '?' + ':subject/',
views: {
'resultPage': {
templateUrl: "memoView.html",
controller: 'memoController'
}
},
})
however when i paste in or reload that exact link, my state controller gets ignored. It does get downloaded from the server because I have the script tag on the template, but none of my braces get resolved. It is pretty peculiar..
If i define the url of my state with that exact link as well, it does not work.
If i remove the memostate and write ng-controller="memoController" in my template, the html template page still shows up with no bindings resolved; even though the controller still shows up downloaded in the dev tools network tab.
Is it a server side issue? how can i tell the template to use that controller.
Any idea?
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Volkswagen Amarok este o camionetă produsă de Volkswagen Autovehicule Comerciale din 2010. În prezent este la a doua generație.
A doua generație (2022)
A doua generație Amarok a fost lansată pe 7 iulie 2022, având la bază noul Ford Ranger (T6).
Note
Legături externe
Amarok | {
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It's an ordinary mechanic's lien. Failure to pay the lien means the contractor can sue to foreclose. The home will then go to a foreclosure sale, the contractor will get the proceeds, then any surplus will go back to Steele.
If Steele tries to play his usual "dodge the process server" game, he will lose. He can be served by publication. If he is served by publication, the contractor only loses its ability to go after Steele for the difference of the sale price and the lien. | {
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Big horn worm • Bearded Dragon . org .
Discuss topics of food for your beardies here.
The hornworms are squishy and usually no problem for them to chew up and digest.
The calciworms can be tough sometimes if they eat a lot at once and don't chew them. Then they can come through whole like that. Try offering them more slowly to allow time for chewing and see if that helps. Not really a cause for concern in either case.
OK thanks, something else real quick. I saw a spot behind RJs neck, hidden in a "fold " it looks like shed, but kinda thicker, not sure how else to explain it. But I was wondering, to be safe, how do you identify yellow fungus?
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Billy Bob Thornton isnt throwing his hat into the ring to take over from Donald Trump – and doesnt think his fellow celebrities should either.
The Bad Grampa star, 63, confessed he isnt sure why the public are so interested by what famous people – such as Katy Perry, Robert De Niro and Chrissy Teigen – think about politics.
I think sometimes its a little bit overblown with celebrities really having stuff to say about politics, he explained.
We really dont know whats going on behind the scenes with these politicians.
Ive had favourite senators and presidents over the years but the fact of the matter is Im not sure why people are so interested in what an entertainer has to say about politics.
A string of famous faces have come out against Donald Trump in the year since he began his Presidency.
Chrissy Teigen recently announced she was disgusted by his border control measures – which separated more than 2,000 children from their parents.
Kanye West, Oprah and even Kim Kardashian have been rumoured to be running for a seat in the White House, amid all the controversy.
But Billy Bob has vowed he wont be one of those campaigning in the 2020 election.
To be very frank, Im not a very educated guy, Im severely dyslexic, I have OCD – Im not the guy you want running anything, he added to the Daily Telegraph Australia.
The Fargo stars words come after Kim had to speak out over speculation she was planning to run for President.
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Enlarge / This screenshot from local television station KWCH Channel 12 shows Barriss at a recent co..
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Q: Execution of a remote Bash script fin GitHub fails I'm trying to run a bash script on my RaspberryPi 3 model B+ with the following curl:
export GITHUB_TOKEN=<my_personal_access_token>
curl -sSL https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}@raw.githubusercontent.com/inmarsat-enterprise/fieldedge-core/main/install.sh | bash
I have also tried with doing a sudo apt install dos2unix from another thread, but this also failed with the command:
curl -sSL https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}@raw.githubusercontent.com/inmarsat-enterprise/fieldedge-core/main/install.sh | dos2unix |bash
The bash script "install.sh" contains user prompts, and it's spitting out of the script at the first one, but I have no idea how to resolve this issue?
Can anyone help?
Error I'm seeing on the Pi:
pi@fieldedge:~ $ curl -sSL https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}@raw.githubusercontent.com/inmarsat-enterprise/fieldedge-core/main/install.sh |dos2unix | bash
[FieldEdge INFO] Starting FieldEdge setup...
[FieldEdge INFO] Using GITHUB_TOKEN for secure file access.
[FieldEdge INFO] Updating host system. This may take several minutes...
Hit:1 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian bullseye InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian bullseye InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Continue script installation?
1) Yes
2) No
#? 1) Yes
2) No
#? #? #? #? 1) Yes
2) No
1) Yes
#? #?
pi@fieldedge:~ $
A: I don't know what the issue is since there are no obvious errors, but a simple workaround is to download the script to a file and then execute that file instead of using the pipe:
curl -sSL https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}@raw.githubusercontent.com/inmarsat-enterprise/fieldedge-core/main/install.sh > install.sh
bash ./install.sh
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Drinking With Clowns – Rhythmically mesmerizing and melodically captivating
Published on October 1, 2017 in Reviews by staff
Drinking With Clowns is project is led by Baldo Bobadilla (singer/songwriter/producer from Paraguay) and Kristias Trujillo (Drummer/Composer from Mexico), who over the years have been joined by many talented musicians from the South America and the United States and have made amazing contributions to the project, such as the collective's third member, Alejandro Jimenez (Colombia – Percussion). The idea of spreading positive harmony and love throughout the world is not only limited to the band's music, as Bobadilla is also the Executive Director of Future Kind – an organization dedicated to bringing educational opportunities to those least fortunate among us, for which the band is an active donor and contributor.
Drinking With Clowns, who have shared the stage with many international artists as well as played at prestigious venues, has so far released four albums, 'Mind Your Head' (2007), 'My New Head' (2010), 'El Vuelo' (2012), and the latest self-titled album 'Drinking With Clowns' (2017).
The tracks on this album have a feeling of freedom about them, of the flexible variety and facility, as if each one on its own could easily play on for hours without running out of rhythm and euphony. Their music seems primed to accommodate almost anything, looking back to their heritage, or forward to the latest trends.
The tracks begin as defined arrangements but always sound as if they are ready to accept improvisations and have been tightened through the process of performance into blocks of music that can be savored both melodically and rhythmically.
Each song retains a well-structured Latin flavor, with democratic anticipation of the next instrument, of the next musician who might come in at the moment of their cue. The music of Drinking With Clowns has the atmosphere of a circle rather than a linear hierarchy, the sound of artists looking outwards, at the other musicians, and at the audience, rather than downwards at their shoes or inwards at their miseries and doubts.
This is music for exteriors, for expansion, for diffusion, for bringing joy to the world. But always horizontally, side by side with the listener, and not vertically, looking down at the audience. The pace is set by the groove of the drums and percussion, but there are smooth swaying guitars, rich funky bass lines and vocals in both Spanish and English.
The groove running throughout the album, is sexy without being sexual, it celebrates open-limbed movement rather than flirtatiousness or grinding or anything wet or heavy. This is music for the masses music which shuns exclusivity. Drinking With Clowns are about inclusion, participation, cooperation and sharing, and it comes shining through in their music.
Rhythmically mesmerizing and melodically captivating, Drinking With Clowns can go from the insistent slow burn of "Liberaté" to the rhythmic delights of "Tropical", and then onto the upbeat funk of "I Wanna" and "Out Of Control" before sliding towards the banging alternative sound of "Time To Go".
Their varied influences, soaked in with their roots sound, seems to be the perfect combo for the band's wide range of talents showcasing their natural groove, eclectic flourishes and cultural flavor; if you want a feel for this group here is your starting point. Drinking With Clowns has put together a solid studio recording to chill out, get down, drive around, or simply listen to!
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For a limited time, Chase Sapphire Preferred is offering an increased sign up bonus of 50,000 Ultimate Rewards points (normally 40,000) after spending $4,000, PLUS another 5,000 points when you add an authorized user and make a purchase. This makes one of Chase's most popular travel rewards cards even more valuable–if you use the points wisely.
Before you even consider applying for this card, it's important to note that Chase has been denying applications if you've had more than 5 new credit cards appear on your credit report in the last 24 months–regardless of your credit score. If someone has added you as an authorized user on their card, that counts towards the 5. Read my post, The Real Value of Good Credit, for ways to check your credit report for free before applying.
You also need to be careful if you've had the Sapphire Preferred card in the past. If you received the sign up bonus less than 24 months ago, you won't receive it again even if you are approved for the card–and you won't find out until you spend the required $4,000 and nothing happens. It's important not to waste new applications for no bonus points, so keeping a good record of dates is paramount.
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5,000 bonus points after you add an authorized user and make a purchase in the first 3 months from account opening.
Earn 2X points on travel and at restaurants. 1 point per dollar on all other purchases.
There are those who apply for credit cards simply to convert the sign up bonus into cash as quickly as possible, then cancel and move on to the next card. Chase Sapphire Preferred is a rewards credit card–not cash back–and is geared towards use on travel. While you can certainly apply your Ultimate Rewards points to statement credits at 1 cent per point, there are more valuable alternatives.
I just priced out a round trip flight for 2 seats in economy on American Airlines from JFK to Hamilton Bermuda on May 11 returning on May 15. The total fare is $884.60. That same flight booked via the Ultimate Rewards site would be 70,768 points, netting you a not-very-enticing 1.25 cents per point.
Here's a better way. Those same seats are available for only 30,000 points plus $202.70 in taxes if you instead transfer Ultimate Rewards to your British Airways Executive Club account (an American Airlines partner) and book the award flight there. You'd have to pay the tax portion in cash, but for the balance of $684.90, you'd be realizing more than 2.25 cents per point.
How about a hotel example? Lets investigate the Hyatt Regency in Orlando Florida. This upscale resort hotel is conveniently located near DisneyWorld, SeaWorld and Universal theme parks.
I took a look at four nights, March 9-13. The lowest available rate is $279 per night. Add in tax and the $22 daily resort fee and that room will run a total of $340 per night. I can book that same room for 15,000 points per night using Hyatt Gold Passport points that I can easily transfer from Ultimate Rewards. Once again, I'm realizing a little over 2.25 cents per point.
Your mileage may vary on all of this as airfare and hotel prices fluctuate over time. In addition, there is some research involved in understanding how each frequent flier and hotel loyalty program works, but the payoff is well worth the effort.
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Chemical Etched also known as Acid Etched, we custom make all our plaques or nameplates. Matching your exact Pantone colour of your company logo is not a problem. There is a choice of two mounts are either mahogany wood or black foamex.
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Q: Creating a mailto link with auto link generation I know how to make a standard mailto link to allow users of a webpage to email an email address. However, I'm looking to create a 'share link', so when one clicks on the link the link of that page/URL is entered into the email body to share.
How is this possible?
Thanks
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<a href="mailto:[email protected]?body=Hello%20Fritz,%0D%0A%0D%0Asome%20text">Mail with predefined body</a>
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We decorated common areas working considerately around the residents.
A complete office refit including tape and jointing and decorations for a high specification finish.
This was a complete refurbishment of a six bedroom ward including conservatory, kitchens, bathrooms and living areas.
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Current non-equity national tour director Mark Bramble doesn't disappoint in a mostly commendable production that played a one-night stand in West Palm Beach on New Year's Eve.
The 16-week touring production heads north beginning Saturday. The tour will include a stop at Dayton's Schuster Center from Jan. 10- to 15.
For the reviewed production at West Palm Beach's Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Bramble chose to have the curtains closed as the audience filed into the theatre. As the show began, the curtain rose until we could only see those dancing feet. One could hear vocal indications of recognition at that point.
And what great work those dancing feet accomplish. They belong to the roughly 40-person cast, which admirably clicks tap shoes in unison. They fully inhabit their characters and execute the musical's creative, vivacious dances with flair, giving us a toe-tapping, memorable evening filled with glitz and glamor. It appeared to be just the stylish New Year's Eve celebration audience members were seeking. All that was missing was a champagne toast.
It's easy to want to toast "42nd Street's" likable heroin, Peggy Sawyer, an eager but naïve performer wannabe who arrives to make it big in New York City from Allentown, Pa. during the height of the Great Depression.
Certainly the dancing and extravagance of "42nd Street" are big draws for the musical, a love letter to Broadway and musicals. It originally opened on the Great White Way in 1980, played for 3,486 performances and won Tony Awards in 1981 for Best Musical and Best Choreography. A 2001 revival earned two Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical and spanned 1,524 performances.
But the people who lived during the musical's setting of the Great Depression hardly enjoyed success and extravagance. Near the beginning of the show, Julian Marsh, the director of "Pretty Lady," the musical-within-the-musical, remarks that those who don't wish to audition can join the bread line outside. Marsh himself badly needs a hit; the Depression's hit him hard.
Into this world of frustration and desperation Sawyer arrives. It's a world with which we can identify, with the economic woes the nation's faced in recent years. It's easy to root for Sawyer, perhaps because we see part of ourselves in this determined, desperate young woman seeking the American Dream.
Of course, our emotional investment in the character depends on how effectively an actor conveys Sawyer's desire and commitment.
Clara Cox excels in the role. At first, her body posture, mannerisms and voice suggest insecurity, hesitancy, modesty and even an apologetic feeling for merely being at the theater. By the end, as the star, she walks with an air of triumph and confidence.
Sawyer's a challenging role. That's because a performer must convince us that the inexperienced young woman has potential as a performer, but is capable of quickly transforming into an actor who performs like a seasoned veteran. Cox makes this transition appear seamless.
Leading lady Dorothy Brock also changes during the course of "42nd Street." At the beginning, she's arrogant and vain, but later shows compassion to Sawyer.
Matthew J. Taylor is commanding, driven and demanding as desperate director Julian Marsh, matching the intensity of Slocum's Brock. But Taylor also deftly conveys Marsh's softer, compassionate side. One moment, he's like a drill sergeant, the next he's like a coach anyone would want to play for.
Taylor's also comical, especially in the scene in which an incredulous Marsh is told by Sawyer that she'd rather return to her hometown of Allentown than play the lead in "Pretty Lady." Taylor's Marsh scrunches up his face and draws out the word "Allentown" with a mixture of disbelief, belittlement and disgust, as though the lowly town gives off a stink that spreads all the way to New York. Wouldn't it be funny if "42nd Street" played a theater in Allentown?
Gerrianne Genga is a hoot as "Pretty Lady" co-author and airhead Maggie Jones, playing her with a high-pitched voice and great comedic timing.
Director Bramble has helmed the production with a comedic bent and smart staging, which includes highlighting major characters at key moments. Bramble's pacing is effective; it's fast, especially toward the end, reinforcing the chaos, tension and high stakes as Sawyer scrambles to learn her part. She has "36 hours to learn 25 pages, six songs and 10 dance numbers." Bramble manages to pace the production quickly and, at the same time, stress key moments of the story and not rush the production.
At times, cast members don't sound as comprehensible as they could. There are also moments when they speak before applause completely dies down.
Singing wise, company members display mostly expressive, versatile and strong voices that are pleasant to listen to. The singers are accompanied by a vibrant, live orchestra.
Musical highlights include a catchy "We're in the Money" a rousing "Lullaby of Broadway," and a sultry, inviting rendition of the title song.
Scenic designer Kacie Hultgren keeps the sets simple, although some look a bit amateurish. Roger Kirk's costumes are period appropriate and elegant, particularly the costume worn by Brock.
Lighting designer Ken Billington helps focus performers and establish mood.
This touring company is nearly as big as the 48-member cast of the original Broadway production, resulting in the rich sound of those clicking shoes.
They'll click throughout the tour in several states, including Ohio and Pennsylvania.
One of the cities is Bethlehem, Pa. It's about 10 miles from Allentown.
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Use the "Faculty and Staff Appointments" section of the Atlas website to process your HR transactions.
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from __future__ import division
from vistrails.core.modules.vistrails_module import ModuleError
from vistrails.core.modules.basic_modules import Module, Float, Integer
from vistrails.core.modules.config import ModuleSettings
import vtk
from .hasher import vtk_hasher
from .vtk_wrapper.wrapper import VTKInstanceWrapper
class vtkBaseInspector(Module):
_settings = ModuleSettings(abstract=True)
def auto_set_results(self, vtk_object):
mid = self.moduleInfo['moduleId']
for function in self.outputPorts.keys():
if hasattr(vtk_object, function):
retValues = getattr(vtk_object, function)()
if issubclass(retValues.__class__, vtk.vtkObject):
output = VTKInstanceWrapper(retValues, mid)
self.set_output(function, output)
elif isinstance(retValues, (tuple, list)):
result = list(retValues)
for i in xrange(len(result)):
if issubclass(result[i].__class__, vtk.vtkObject):
result[i] = VTKInstanceWrapper(result[i], mid)
self.set_output(function, type(retValues)(result))
else:
self.set_output(function, retValues)
class vtkDataSetInspector(vtkBaseInspector):
_settings = ModuleSettings(abstract=False, signature=vtk_hasher)
_input_ports = [('SetInputConnection0', 'vtkAlgorithmOutput'),
('SetInput', 'vtkDataSet'),
]
_output_ports = [('GetBounds', [Float] * 6),
('GetScalarRange', [Float] * 2),
('GetLength', [Float]),
('GetCenter', [Float] * 3),
('GetNumberOfPoints', [Integer]),
('GetNumberOfCells', [Integer]),
('GetPointData', 'vtkPointData'),
('GetCellData', 'vtkCellData'),
]
def compute(self):
port_object = None
if self.has_input("SetInputConnection0"):
ic = self.get_input("SetInputConnection0")
if hasattr(ic, "vtkInstance"):
ic = ic.vtkInstance
producer = ic.GetProducer()
try:
port_object = producer.GetOutput()
except AttributeError:
raise ModuleError(self,
"expected a module that supports GetOutput")
elif self.has_input("SetInput"):
port_object = self.get_input("SetInput")
if hasattr(port_object, "vtkInstance"):
port_object = port_object.vtkInstance
if port_object:
self.auto_set_results(port_object)
class vtkDataSetAttributesInspector(vtkBaseInspector):
_settings = ModuleSettings(abstract=False, signature=vtk_hasher)
_input_ports = [('SetInput', 'vtkDataSetAttributes')]
_output_ports = [('GetScalars', 'vtkDataArray'),
('GetVectors', 'vtkDataArray'),
('GetNormals', 'vtkDataArray'),
('GetTCoords', 'vtkDataArray'),
('GetTensors', 'vtkDataArray'),
('GetGlobalIds', 'vtkDataArray'),
('GetPedigreeIds', 'vtkAbstractArray'),
]
def compute(self):
vtk_object = None
if self.has_input("SetInput"):
vtk_object = self.get_input("SetInput")
if hasattr(vtk_object, "vtkInstance"):
vtk_object = vtk_object.vtkInstance
if vtk_object:
self.auto_set_results(vtk_object)
class vtkDataArrayInspector(vtkBaseInspector):
_settings = ModuleSettings(abstract=False, signature=vtk_hasher)
_input_ports = [('SetInput', 'vtkDataArray')]
_output_ports = [('GetMaxNorm', [Float]),
('GetRange', [Float] * 2)]
def compute(self):
vtk_object = None
if self.has_input("SetInput"):
vtk_object = self.get_input("SetInput")
if hasattr(vtk_object, "vtkInstance"):
vtk_object = vtk_object.vtkInstance
if vtk_object:
self.auto_set_results(vtk_object)
class vtkPolyDataInspector(vtkDataSetInspector):
_settings = ModuleSettings(abstract=False, signature=vtk_hasher)
_input_ports = [('SetInputConnection0', 'vtkAlgorithmOutput'),
('SetInput', 'vtkDataSet'),
]
_output_ports = [('GetVerts', 'vtkCellArray'),
('GetLines', 'vtkCellArray'),
('GetPolys', 'vtkCellArray'),
('GetStrips', 'vtkCellArray'),
('GetPoints', 'vtkPoints'),
('GetNumberOfVerts', [Integer]),
('GetNumberOfLines', [Integer]),
('GetNumberOfPolys', [Integer]),
('GetNumberOfStrips', [Integer]),
]
def compute(self):
vtk_object = None
if self.has_input("SetInputConnection0"):
port_object = self.get_input("SetInputConnection0")
if hasattr(port_object, "vtkInstance"):
port_object = port_object.vtkInstance
producer = port_object.GetProducer()
try:
vtk_object = producer.GetOutput()
except AttributeError:
raise ModuleError(self,
"expected a module that supports GetOutput")
elif self.has_input("SetInput"):
vtk_object = self.get_input("SetInput")
if hasattr(vtk_object, "vtkInstance"):
vtk_object = vtk_object.vtkInstance
if vtk_object:
self.auto_set_results(vtk_object)
_modules = [vtkBaseInspector,
vtkDataSetInspector,
vtkDataSetAttributesInspector,
vtkDataArrayInspector,
vtkPolyDataInspector]
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Kimberly Shields | Memphis Personal Injury Attorney | Branch & DhillonBranch & Dhillon, P.C.
Kimberly grew up in Memphis, TN. She received her R.N. from Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in 1980 and her B.A. from Memphis State University in 1990. She graduated from Cecil C. Humphrey's School of Law at the University of Memphis in 1995 and was admitted to the Tennessee bar the same year. Prior to practicing law, Kim was also a practicing Registered Nurse for 15 years.
Kim has over 21 years of experience as a trial lawyer in the areas of Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury. She was named a power player in her specialty by Memphis Business Quarterly. Kim has been listed on the Pro Bono Honor Roll with Memphis Area Legal Services. She is a former Partner of The Hardison Law Firm who received Tier One in Health Care Law, Medical Malpractice, and Personal Injury – Defense of "Best Law Firms". The publication features all of the top ranked (Tier 1) U.S. law firms by practice area and includes a breakdown of firms ranked nationally.
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Marcus Aurelius: Yes. My decision disappoints you?
Commodus: You wrote to me once, listing the four chief virtues: Wisdom, justice, fortitude and temperance. As I read the list, I knew I had none of them. But I have other virtues, father. Ambition. That can be a virtue when it drives us to excel. Resourcefulness, courage, perhaps not on the battlefield, but... there are many forms of courage. Devotion, to my family and to you. But none of my virtues were on your list. Even then it was as if you didn't want me for your son.
Commodus: I search the faces of the gods... for ways to please you, to make you proud. One kind word, one full hug... where you pressed me to your chest and held me tight. Would have been like the sun on my heart for a thousand years. What is it in me that you hate so much?
Commodus: All I've ever wanted was to live up to you, Caesar. Father.
Marcus Aurelius: [Marcus Aurelius gets down on his knees] Commodus. Your faults as a son is my failure as a father. Come.
Commodus: Father. I would have butcher the whole world... if you would only love me!
Commodus: Your fame is well deserved, Spaniard. I don't think there's ever been a gladiator to match you. As for this young man, he insists you are Hector reborn. Or was it Hercules? Why doesn't the hero reveal himself and tell us all your real name? You do have a name.
Maximus: My name is Gladiator.
Commodus: How dare you show your back to me! Slave, you will remove your helmet and tell me your name.
Commodus: And now they love Maximus for his mercy. So I can't just kill him, or it makes me even more unmerciful! The whole thing's like some crazed nightmare.
Falco: He is defying you. His every victory is an act of defiance. The mob sees this, and so does the senate. Every day he lives, they grow bolder. Kill him.
Commodus: No. I will not make a martyr of him.
Falco: I have been told of a certain sea snake which has a very unusual method of attracting its prey. It will lie at the bottom of the ocean as if wounded. Then its enemies will approach, and yet it will lie quite still. And then its enemies will take little bites of it, and yet it remains still.
Commodus: So, we will lie still, and let our enemies come to us and nibble. Have every senator followed.
Gracchus: Then perhaps Caesar will be so good as to teach us, out of his own extensive experience?
Commodus: Lucius will stay with me now. And if his mother so much as looks at me in a manner that displeases me, he will die. If she decides to be noble and takes her own life, he will die.
Commodus: What am I going to do with you? You simply won't... die. Are we so different, you and I? You take life when you have to... as I do.
Commodus: Then take it now.
Commodus: ...squealed like a girl when they nailed him to the cross. And your wife... moaned like a whore when they ravaged her again and again... and again.
Maximus: The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end.
Commodus: Give me your sword!
Commodus: [to his guards] Sword, give me a sword!
Quintus: Sheathe your swords! Sheathe your swords! | {
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package irutil
import (
"bytes"
"fmt"
"go/parser"
"path/filepath"
"strings"
"testing"
"honnef.co/go/tools/go/ir"
"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/analysistest"
//lint:ignore SA1019 go/loader is deprecated, but works fine for our tests
"golang.org/x/tools/go/loader"
)
func TestSwitches(t *testing.T) {
conf := loader.Config{ParserMode: parser.ParseComments}
f, err := conf.ParseFile(filepath.Join(analysistest.TestData(), "switches.go"), nil)
if err != nil {
t.Error(err)
return
}
conf.CreateFromFiles("main", f)
iprog, err := conf.Load()
if err != nil {
t.Error(err)
return
}
prog := CreateProgram(iprog, 0)
mainPkg := prog.Package(iprog.Created[0].Pkg)
mainPkg.Build()
for _, mem := range mainPkg.Members {
if fn, ok := mem.(*ir.Function); ok {
if fn.Synthetic != 0 {
continue // e.g. init()
}
// Each (multi-line) "switch" comment within
// this function must match the printed form
// of a ConstSwitch.
var wantSwitches []string
for _, c := range f.Comments {
if fn.Source().Pos() <= c.Pos() && c.Pos() < fn.Source().End() {
text := strings.TrimSpace(c.Text())
if strings.HasPrefix(text, "switch ") {
wantSwitches = append(wantSwitches, text)
}
}
}
switches := Switches(fn)
if len(switches) != len(wantSwitches) {
t.Errorf("in %s, found %d switches, want %d", fn, len(switches), len(wantSwitches))
}
for i, sw := range switches {
got := sw.testString()
if i >= len(wantSwitches) {
continue
}
want := wantSwitches[i]
if got != want {
t.Errorf("in %s, found switch %d: got <<%s>>, want <<%s>>", fn, i, got, want)
}
}
}
}
}
func (sw *Switch) testString() string {
// same as the actual String method, but use the second to last
// instruction instead, to skip over all the phi and sigma nodes
// that SSI produces.
var buf bytes.Buffer
if sw.ConstCases != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "switch %s {\n", sw.X.Name())
for _, c := range sw.ConstCases {
n := len(c.Body.Instrs) - 2
if n < 0 {
n = 0
}
fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "case %s: %s\n", c.Value.Name(), c.Body.Instrs[n])
}
} else {
fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "switch %s.(type) {\n", sw.X.Name())
for _, c := range sw.TypeCases {
n := len(c.Body.Instrs) - 2
if n < 0 {
n = 0
}
fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "case %s %s: %s\n",
c.Binding.Name(), c.Type, c.Body.Instrs[n])
}
}
if sw.Default != nil {
n := len(sw.Default.Instrs) - 2
if n < 0 {
n = 0
}
fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "default: %s\n", sw.Default.Instrs[n])
}
fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "}")
return buf.String()
}
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By Aram Ilyich Khachaturian
Violin Solo sheet music
Piano Accompaniment sheet music
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Composed by Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (1903-1978). Edited by David Oistrakh. Score and part. International Music Co. #2246. Published by International Music Co. (IM.2246).
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unclejuniorsoprano
Happy Town USA
June 05, 2010 Khachaturian by Uncle Jun
I don't know why this concerto isn't performed at least half as much as the Tchaikovsky. Like the Tchaikovsky, it's both technically very difficult and very Russian {I don't know what an Armenian concerto sounds like}. Don't attempt to play this piece unless you can...
handle the Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn, as there are similarities to both of them. There are a lot of notes in this concerto, especially the 3rd mov. Oistrakh is the man to emulate. It was written with his tone in mind & dedicated to him.
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Manuel Tabora
June 19, 2007 Awesome and not overplayed
This concerto is one of my favorites. It is a beautiful piece. The recording I have is by Oistrakh himself (the concerto was dedicated to him). It is not as flashy and virtuostic as other pieces (Paganini No. 1 for example) but the harmonies in this piece are anything but...
traditional, which makes some passages kind of awkward to play until you put some serious work into it. I had to chose between the Mendelsohnn E minor, the Goldmark, and this, and I chose this because it seems like everybody plays the Mendelsohnn, and I wasn't even able to find a recording of the Goldmark, so this is kind of a happy medium between the overplayed and the vanished. A very satisfying piece, I feel like it is my first "big" concerto.
Roland Herrera, Westbury Park Strings
June 11, 2007 Great edition
If you've never heard the Melodiya recording of Oistrakh playing this Concerto with a Russian Orchestra - then you have missed out. This is the best edition to get. It was dedicated to Oistrakh.. he played it magnificently, and what a privelage it is to have his bowings and fingerings | {
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Parveen Hassan is the founder of Conservative Women's Hub, an online platform, dedicated to debate and engage Conservative women entering public life. Parveen is the West Midlands Conservative Women's Organisation (CWO) Deputy Chairman 2017-2019 and former Chairman of Birmingham Heartlands CWO. Parveen's experience covers political and leadership campaigning, a seasoned, grass roots campaigner within the Conservative Party, local and regional elections, the West Midlands NO2AV referendum, Team 2015, Conservative City Seats Initiative 2015, and mayoral campaign in 2017.
Parveen first came active in the world of politics, following the former Prime Minister, David Cameron's vision to attract diverse women from all backgrounds to enter the party and play a part for the country as public servants. She continues to support more women to enter the political sphere for the voluntary party. As head of communications for the Conservative Friends of Bangladesh (CFOB) 2016, Parveen was part of the Project Shapla 2017 delegation. The international social action volunteering project in Bangladesh where she visited the Rohingya refugee crisis in Kutupalong camp, Cox's Bazar to experience first hand the impact on survivors and global injustices with parliamentarians.
Parveen Hassan's career outside the world of political interests remain on women and inclusion, international development and public accountability. She served on various charity boards as a trustee and director, supporting diverse and new migrant communities addressing violence against women. Devoted to delivering fairness and justice, her twenty six years of experience in the civil service leads in a multiplicity of roles advising on strategic stakeholder engagement on prosecution policy and inclusion areas within the criminal justice sector. She's also a board member for West Midlands Tell Mama, advising on tackling hate crime for the region.
Recognised for her dedication to public service on equalities and women, Parveen won best female employee of the year at the British Asian Hafta Awards 2009 for her projects to address violence against women; finalist of the AAA Gold Award for Women of the Year Asian Achievers Awards 2009. Winner of the WM LCJB Criminal Justice Award in equalities, public confidence, and community engagement and NBCPA Award on community engagement including numerous staff awards for her community, and stakeholder engagements (2009-2018). In 2018, Parveen featured in the British Bangladeshi Who's Who List of the most Influential British Bangladeshi's in the UK for her public service. Parveen also won the Women Economic Forum, Exceptional Women of Excellence Award for women empowerment projects and features on the West Midlands 550 campaign of top regional leaders, leading on inclusion and diversity.
BBC 100 Women Season 2013 Parveen Hassan at BBC Studios
Parveen Hassan was one of the first selected BBC 100 Women aspiring global leaders in 2013 striving to make the world a better place for women with real life experiences. Parveen Hassan appeared on BBC News channels on an international platform, debates through social media with unheard voices on women's achievements, barriers and development.
Following a series of interviews on Brit Asia TV on successful Asian women and for mainstream media on the role of Muslim women in the UK. She's a regular contributor in the Bangladeshi press raising the profile of women in education, employment and political engagement, continuously campaigning to heighten awareness for the prominent role Bangladeshi women can play in society and their vital economic contributions.
She continues to takes a keen interest in international development, gender equality, tackling injustices and Bangladesh.
This is a personal blog.
Parveen Hassan, WEF Women of Excellence
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The requirements of the UK trust register (aka Trust Registration Service) were introduced by the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (the 'Regulations') and came into force on 26 June 2017.
The Regulations implement the European Union Fourth Money Laundering Directive and seek to ensure greater transparency in respect of trust and company structures. As well as imposing certain information gathering requirements, the Regulations also require HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to maintain a register of.
The trust register requirements potentially apply to any trusts that have a UK tax consequence. Where a trust falls within the scope of the trust register, trustees must provide information in respect of the trust, trust assets and persons defined as beneficial owners and potential beneficiaries of the trust.
The data held on the trust register will not be available to the general public, however, it may be shared by HMRC with law enforcement authorities in the UK or another EEA member state, if requested.
Here is a link to the HMRC Guidance Notes for the full requirements.
Which trusts need to register?
A non-UK trust which directly holds assets in the UK and is liable to pay one or more relevant UK taxes for a particular tax year.
If the trust is a non-UK trust that does not have any UK source income or hold any UK assets directly it will fall outside the scope of the UK trust register.
Trustees must generally provide information by 31 January 2018, however, earlier deadlines can apply in certain circumstances.
Trustees must also inform HMRC of any changes to the trust. This must generally be done by 31 January following the end of the tax year in which the change occurred, assuming the trustees were liable to file a tax return in that year.
Any advisers who are being paid by the trustees to complete the UK trust register.
Beneficiaries would include all persons named on the trust deed. Potential beneficiaries would generally include persons indicated by the settlor in a document (such as a letter of wishes) as someone who should benefit from the trust.
Direct, withhold consent to or veto the exercise of a power mentioned in the above.
The breadth of the definition of control may bring protectors within the scope of the Regulations.
The following provides an overview of the various information that will need to be reported.
The full name of any advisers who are being paid by the trustees to complete the UK trust register.
If the residential address is outside the UK, the passport number or ID card number of the individual, along with the country of issue and expiry date.
For classes of beneficiaries, the trustees must provide a description of the beneficial class on the trust register. There are expected to be instances where individuals within the class need to be separately identified and reported as above, however, there is still some uncertainty with HMRC as to when this is required.
If applicable, the name of the register of companies in which the legal entity is entered, the company registration number and the jurisdiction in which the company is registered.
The information provided is held on the UK trust register by HMRC. HMRC may use the information to review the tax filings of named beneficiaries and settlors to ensure this is consistent with the information on the UK Trust Register.
The information held on the trust register is not available to the public, however, it may be shared with law enforcement authorities such as the Financial Conduct Authority, The Serious Fraud Office and the Metropolitan Police. The UK Government have confirmed there is currently no intention for any of the information to be made public.
Will we need to provide you with our personal information?
Reportable persons will need to provide the relevant information to ensure we can accurately and fully complete the trust register. Alongside the disclosure obligations, the Regulations also impose an information gathering obligation on trustees. In particular, trustees are required to ensure they hold relevant, up to date, information for each of the persons reportable under the UK trust register.
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Meredith Stensland, Sara Sanders, and Marla Berg-Weger
Advance care planning (ACP) is the process of determining and documenting desired wishes for the end of one's life. Referred to by such terms as end-of-life planning, advance (health) directives, and living wills, ACP is a relatively new concept within our society, having emerged as a social, political, and ethical issue in the United States only since the 1960s. Researchers and legislators have been challenged in their efforts to examine healthcare decision-making and design appropriate policy to guide practice. This article will define ACP, provide an overview of the history and evolution of the process and the associated legal and ethical issues, and describe the process with three specific populations. In addition, it examines the role of the social work profession in working with individuals and families on planning for the end of one's life.
Diane R. Bessel and Erin Carman
Social work is different from other helping professions in that its mission and ethical standards require members to not only serve persons in need, but to support their empowerment and work for the amelioration of harmful social conditions and inequities through advocacy. Social work advocacy has taken many historic and contemporary forms, reflecting the broad spectrum of social work practice and related knowledge, values, skills, and cognitive and affective processes. Given increasing diversity and complexity in the world today and the continuing need to advance human rights, as well as social, economic, and environment justice, ongoing commitment and attention to social work advocacy is needed, especially as it pertains to social work education, practice, and operational approaches.
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Larry E. Davis, John M. Wallace Jr., and Trina R. Williams Shanks
African Americans have been a part of the nation's history for nearly four hundred years. Although their history includes the forced imposition of chattel slavery, the strict enforcement of legal segregation, and a tenuous acceptance as equal citizens, African Americans have been, and continue to be, major contributors, creators, investors, and builders of America. In this article we summarize briefly the history of African Americans, we examine racial disparities in key indicators of social, mental, and physical well-being, and we highlight persistent strengths that can be built upon and areas that provide hope for the future. The challenge for social work is to simultaneously celebrate the historical successes and ongoing contributions of African Americans to this country while also recognizing the vestiges of structural racism and fighting for greater civil rights and social and economic justice.
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Iris Carlton-LaNey
This article discusses the African American social welfare system that began to develop during the early 20th century. This social welfare system, designed by African Americans to serve African Americans, addressed needs that were not being met by any other formal social services while the nascent social work profession was emerging. The myriad programs included settlement houses, boys and girls programs, training schools, and day nurseries. The women's club movement played a critical role in the development of this social welfare system and provided much of the impetus for change and inclusion. Through formal organizations, including the National Urban League (NUL) and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), and an array of clubs and social groups, social services were extended to urban and rural communities throughout the United States.
Ageism in the Workplace
Patricia Brownell
Older workers make important contributions to the workplace, its productivity, and its culture. Work remains important for older adults for financial security, to give meaning to later life, to maintain social networks, and to promote lifelong learning. However, ageist beliefs about the capacity of older adults to remain productive and contributing workers in the workforce can create barriers for older workers. Understanding how older workers experience ageist behavior in the workplace can help employers, policy makers, and social workers learn more about how to address this social problem. Organizations can become more age friendly through enabling workplace programs, supportive management, and proactive human resource managers. Social workers serving older adults in employee assistance programs and in private practice can help them to challenge ageism in the workplace. Finally, legislation such as the Age Discrimination in Employment Act protects the rights of older workers; however, more legislation is needed to address bullying and harassment of older adults in the workplace.
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Nancy R. Hooyman and Amanda Barusch
The rapidly growing older population is more heterogeneous than any other age group. Although many face vulnerabilities and inequities as they age, most are resilient. This entry explores the "greying of America," examines the definition and measurement of aging, reviews the diversity among older adults in the United States, discusses productive, successful, and active aging, and suggests leadership roles for social workers in enhancing the well-being of elders and their families.
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Jeanette C. Takamura
Public policy advances in the field of aging in the United States have lagged compared to the growth of the older adult population. Policy adjustments have been driven by ideological perspectives and have been largely incremental. In recent years, conservative policy makers have sought through various legislative vehicles to eliminate or curb entitlement programs, proposing private sector solutions and touting the importance of an "ownership society" in which individual citizens assume personal responsibility for their economic and health security. The election of a Democratic majority in the U.S. House and the slim margin of votes held by Democrats in the U.S. Senate may mean a shift in aging policy directions that strengthens Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, if the newly elected members are able to maintain their seats over time. The results of the 2008 presidential election will also determine how the social, economic, and other policy concerns will be addressed as the baby boomers join the ranks of older Americans.
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Alaska Natives represent less than 1% of the U.S. population but reside in more than 229 Native villages and account for 40% of federally recognized tribes. Most Alaska Native communities shared common Euro-American contact experiences: exposure to western religions, education, and disease. Historical trauma contributes to many of the social welfare problems Natives experience today: low educational attainment, unemployment, inadequate health care, substance abuse, and violence. Service delivery mechanisms, lack of cultural appropriateness, and isolation compound these pressing issues. Locally delivered social welfare services that take into account traditional Native worldviews, values, languages, and intergenerational relationships are effective in addressing many of these issues.
Alcohol and Drug Problems: Law Enforcement and Legal Policy
Anna Celeste Burke
Historically, U.S. policy has been characterized by long-standing ambivalence evident in the changing emphasis placed on prohibition as the aim of drug policy, and in debate about the relative merits of various approaches to drug control. Often characterized as supply reduction versus demand reduction efforts, significant changes have occurred over time in these efforts, and in the emphasis placed on them. In the last quarter of the twentieth century, U.S. drug policy adopted a more prohibitionist stance, with increased reliance on a variety of law enforcement, and even military actions, to control the supply and use of drugs, even in the face of evidence for the effectiveness of prevention and treatment, and high costs associated with the burgeoning incarceration rates.
American Social Security System
Eric R. Kingson, Dana Bell, and Sarah Shive
This entry examines why our nation's Social Security system was built, what it does, and what must be done to maintain and improve this foundational system for current and future generations. After a discussion of the social insurance approach to economic security and its underlying principles and values, the evolution of America's Social Security system is reviewed—beginning with the enactment of the Social Security Act of 1935, through its incremental development, to the changed politics of Social Security since the mid-1990s. Next, program benefits and financing are described and contemporary challenges and related policy options are identified, in terms of both the program's projected shortfall and the public's need for expanded retirement, disability, and survivorship protections. The entry concludes by noting that social workers have an important role to play in shaping Social Security's future.
Sondra J. Fogel, M. Dwayne Smith, and Beth Bjerregaard
Capital punishment, the administration of death as a legal sanction, is a criminal-justice response to a restricted class of criminal activities that involve the killing of another human being. As a legal process, capital punishment has been modified by several landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Yet, it remains a controversial penalty with factors of race, gender, socio-economic status, mental health status of the defendant, and other extra-legal factors often attributed to the sentencing decision. Social workers are increasingly used as mitigation experts or in similar types of roles for the defense team. As a profession, social work opposes the use of capital punishment. The purpose of this entry is to provide an overview of the death penalty as it is currently practiced in the United States and to review current issues and controversies surrounding its administration. | {
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Tourists stranded as earthquake shakes Taiwan
A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-storey building, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks.
By Stephen Wilkie
18th Sep 2022, 2:00pm
Updated 18th Sep 2022, 3:10pm
The magnitude 6.8 quake was the largest among dozens that have rattled the island's south-eastern coast since Saturday evening, when a magnitude 6.4 quake struck the same area.
Most of the damage appeared to be north of the epicentre, which Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said was in the town of Chishang at the relatively shallow depth of seven kilometres (four miles).
The three-storey building, which had a 7-11 convenience store on the ground floor and residences on the upper ones, collapsed in nearby Yuli town, the island's Central News Agency said.
This handout photo taken and released by the Taitung County Fire Bureau shows firefighters moving a person during a rescue operation at the site of a collapsed building (via Getty Images)
The 70-year-old owner of the building and his wife were rescued first, but it took longer to get to a 39-year-old woman and her five-year-old daughter.
A photo released by the Hualien city government showed the girl lying on a blanket and being handed down a metal ladder from the top of the debris by helmeted rescue workers in orange uniforms.
Photos showed the top two storeys sprawled across a narrow street and on to the other side, with electricity wires pulled down by the fallen building.
Police and firefighters rushed to a bridge collapse on a two-lane road in what appeared to be a rural part of Yuli where three people and one or more vehicles may have fallen off, according to media reports.
A landslide trapped nearly 400 tourists on a mountain in Yuli famous for the orange day lilies that blanket its slopes at this time of year.
A canopy on a platform at Dongli station in Fuli town, which is between Yuli and the quake's epicentre at Chishang, hit a train, leaving three of the cars tilted at an angle, the agency said, citing the railway administration.
The shaking was felt at the north end of the island in the capital Taipei.
In Taoyuan city, west of Taipei and 210 kilometres (130 miles) north of the epicentre, a man was injured when a ceiling collapsed on the fifth floor of a sports centre.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami advisory for several southern Japanese islands near Taiwan, but later lifted it.
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Mouse to select various options, numpad to hotkey build units, space to use hyper beam, arrow keys to view minimap and area.
Heliguardian war is like a real time strategy helicopter game, but without the ability to micromanage your troops. The objective is to get your helicopter troops to destroy the enemy base. It's surprisingly fun, so turn that in-game music off and keep reading.
Heliguardian starts off simple; you have the option to build two types of helicopters, and can use an emergency hyper beam to obliterate the map in case things aren't in your favour. Make careful use of they hyperbeam; it can save your life, and clear a stalemate. Also, the hyper beam kills gives you money for each helicopter, so spend it fast before your stock maxes out. Hotkey use is very important; remember to constantly spawn helicopters every few seconds.
Experience, the upgrade currency, is calculated by your level score divided by two. Ultimately, you might think, "Hey, if I prolong the battle, I will get more experience!" Well, actually, the game discourages that with a bonus for time taken to complete the level. Yes, at a point, you will make more experience than the bonus would have to offer, but do you really want to waste that much time on one single level? Upgrades in this game are very important; the most important ones are money regeneration, and population count. The most useless one is money stock, so besides taking note of these three, feel free to upgrade whatever you want. A good strategy is to upgrade the dragonfly and constantly build those en masse.
You cannot queue units, unfortunately, so remember to constantly fill your population count with helicopters. If you overbuild, your money will be lost, which is not too big of a deal, but something to watch out for. Also, you cannot view the sides of the map for some reason; a little interesting tidbit.
Turrets and sideturrets are useful once you've established a middle ground fight, but the game allows you to constantly build them even if you already have some; all it does is waste your time, so be advised against that.
You can replay battles for more experience; I recommend just replaying the last level you beat if you need a little more for an upgrade. The end-game of HeliGuardian can get pretty difficult; however, there are some tips to get past them. First off, make sure money regeneration is maxed out; this is crucial, you cannot win without a steady flow of money. Then, max out extra money per kill, and spam traps. Just keeping hitting the A hotkey no matter what, and remember to be constantly spawning helicopters. Also, the hyper beam is a necessity to break their assaults; you cannot physically win the game without using the hyper beam properly, so time your uses with it and the spawning of helicopters.
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Behind The Scenes: How Copy Edits Work
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One of the things we like to do here at Pub Crawl is give you a peek behind the curtain at parts of publishing you might not otherwise see. If you follow any authors on social media, the odds are very high you've seen them mention their copy edits more than once. So what exactly are they?
Copy edits come later in the editorial process—almost the last thing authors will do before it's too late to change the text! (And believe us, most authors aren't nearly ready to stop tweaking words, even when it's time!)
The copy editor is many things. Grammar guru, continuity expert, repetition police, dictionary, the works. Here's how some of it works:
Grammar guru: The copy editor will mark up all the spots the story's grammar isn't quite right, indicating what the correct usage would be. It's then up to the author to either accept the chance, or write 'stet' (which is Latin for 'let it stand', we're a quaint bunch in publishing) if they want to leave it the way it is. The author might want to leave something the way it is (technically incorrect) for any number of reasons. The character's voice—a teenager mightn't say 'whom', even if it's correct. Their own personal style—they might really like using far too many em-dashes, like I do. Impact—they might want a sentence fragment or something all mixed up to create a sense of confusion, or chaos, or to shine a light on particular words. (Fun fact: ask any group of authors what they stet the most, and they'll almost always tell you it's the places the copy editor points out you should, technically speaking, have a semicolon.)
Continuity expert: The copy editor is the one who points out that when your character says 'I can't believe it's only been three days', they really shouldn't believe it. Because it's been five. (Whoops. Yes, that is a personal example.) They check all kinds of things, from eye color to that one mention of a character who got erased in an earlier draft, and technically shouldn't exist at all. The copy editor is the one who points all this out after you've read the manuscript dozens of times, and would cheerfully swear it's completely clean.
Repetition Police: After checking the manuscript completely, the author is usually completely sure there are no word repeated too close together. They usually find they're wrong. (See what I did there?) The copy editor catches repeats and confusing language, anywhere it's not quite clear what a sentence means.
Dictionary: During copy edits on These Broken Stars, Meg and I learned that you can rifle through a box hunting for something, but you riffle through papers. Two Fs. When you've got an Aussie on the team, the copy editor sometimes also points out things that might be correct in Australia or the UK, but are completely confusing if you're an American.
Suffice it to say we love our copy editors, who make us look smart! For more entertaining tales of saves copy editors have made for other authors, check out this hilarious post by author, literary agent and Pub Crawl/LTWF alumnus Mandy Hubbard.
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This 60-Year-Old IRONMAN Triathlete Isn't Slowing Down
Passion & Purpose | December 5, 2018
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By Brookdale Senior Living
When Reiko Donato's daughter was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, it changed everything. Well, almost everything. Despite doctor's visits, surgeries and the stress of being a new parent, one thing always remained the same: Reiko loved to run.
"With so many things out of control in my life, it gave me a sense of control," says Reiko.
Her daughter, Alex, was only seven months old when she had a major seizure that sent her to the ER. Just before her first birthday, she was diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC), a rare disorder that causes tumors to grow in the brain, eyes, lungs, kidneys and heart. TSC affects over 50,000 people in the U.S., and is the most common cause for autism and epilepsy -- both of which affect Reiko's daughter.
Being a new parent is enough to send anyone's life into chaos, let alone a serious and rare diagnosis. Little was known about TSC at the time, and so Reiko soon found herself acting as her daughter's advocate, shuttling between doctors' appointments, surgeries and MRIs.
Today, Alex is 19, and through careful monitoring and treatment, her condition is stable. She and Reiko still spend a considerable amount of time in and out of the doctor's office.
And through it all, Reiko has kept on running.
So when a friend recommended she check out a local indoor triathlon, she thought, why not? Reiko entered her first triathlon at age 50, and to her surprise, she won in her age group. Then she entered another, and then another.
It wasn't long before Reiko found herself entering the most rigorous of triathlons: the IRONMAN, which consists of a 2.4 mile swim followed by a 112 mile bike ride and topped off with a full-length, 26.2-mile marathon. After placing fourth in her age group in her first IRONMAN in Chattanooga, it was official -- Reiko was hooked.
"We joke in the triathlon community about 'drinking the Kool-Aid,'" says Reiko. "From the outside it may look a little crazy, some of the things we do. But you get hooked! Crazy becomes the norm. Everyone's doing it."
It may sound impossibly hard -- and oftentimes it is. At the age of 60, Reiko must maintain a careful balance between rest and training: 10 to 12 hours of training during the week, with one day for rest. And on race days, there's weather to consider, nutrition, equipment, pacing and bodily stress.
Races are a problem-solving challenge as much as a physical one -- and that's exactly what draws Reiko to the race.
"IRONMAN days are a lot like life," she says. "My life didn't turn out the way I expected it to, with my daughter's challenges. It threw me a curveball. Race day is the same way. Maybe someone kicks your goggles off in the water, or you have crazy weather, or you drop your nutrition bottle on your bike. But you have to accept it and figure out how to deal with it. That's what really makes me want to do the race."
But despite the challenges IRONMAN presents, Reiko mostly talks about her friends in the tight-knit triathlon community, and how much fun she has.
"I always have a great time racing, no matter what kind of day I have," says Reiko. "It's so different from my role as a special needs mom, or from my background as a market researcher. It's good for your body, and I've found a social network group too."
Over the last ten years, Reiko has competed in IRONMAN triathlons around the globe, including the World Championship, where she earned a finisher's medal. This year, she celebrated turning 60 by competing in IRONMAN Chattanooga on her birthday . . . and won. This qualifies her for her the 2019 World Championship race in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
In the end, it all comes back down to racing for her daughter. Reiko sits on the board of the TS Alliance, and has used her races as a platform to raise over $250,000 for tuberous sclerosis research.
"My daughter keeps me going on hard days," she says. "She doesn't know her life any other way. She's got annual brain and abdominal MRIs to make sure tumors aren't growing. She has seizures, medication every single day, a lot of doctors' appointments, and is still doing occupational and speech therapy. But she takes it all in stride and doesn't complain."
"If Alex can do it, I can do it. I am doing this for Alex."
To make a donation to help find the cure for Tuberous Sclerosis, visit the the TS Alliance website.
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Mikołaj Wasilewicz (ur. 1837 roku w Łęcznej – zm. 27 września 1934 roku w Lublinie) – podporucznik w powstaniu styczniowym, rolnik.
Życiorys
Żonaty z Salomeą Wasilewicz z Ziółkowskich.
Pośmiertnie odznaczony Krzyżem Niepodległości z Mieczami. Pochowany na cmentarzu wojskowym przy ul. Lipowej w Lublinie.
Walczył w oddziale Kajetana Cieszkowskiego "Ćwieka"
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Bibliografia
Zdzisław Bieleń, Groby uczestników powstania styczniowego na cmentarzach Lublina, Lublin 1985, s. 47.
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Niepodległości z Mieczami
Oficerowie powstania styczniowego
Pochowani na cmentarzu przy ulicy Lipowej w Lublinie
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using System;
using NetRuntimeSystem = System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using NetOffice.Attributes;
namespace NetOffice.PowerPointApi
{
/// <summary>
/// DispatchInterface PageSetup
/// SupportByVersion PowerPoint, 9,10,11,12,14,15,16
/// </summary>
/// <remarks> Docs: <see href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/PowerPoint.PageSetup"/> </remarks>
[SupportByVersion("PowerPoint", 9,10,11,12,14,15,16)]
[EntityType(EntityType.IsDispatchInterface)]
public class PageSetup : COMObject
{
#pragma warning disable
#region Type Information
/// <summary>
/// Instance Type
/// </summary>
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Advanced), Browsable(false), Category("NetOffice"), CoreOverridden]
public override Type InstanceType
{
get
{
return LateBindingApiWrapperType;
}
}
private static Type _type;
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never), Browsable(false)]
public static Type LateBindingApiWrapperType
{
get
{
if (null == _type)
_type = typeof(PageSetup);
return _type;
}
}
#endregion
#region Ctor
/// <param name="factory">current used factory core</param>
/// <param name="parentObject">object there has created the proxy</param>
/// <param name="proxyShare">proxy share instead if com proxy</param>
public PageSetup(Core factory, ICOMObject parentObject, COMProxyShare proxyShare) : base(factory, parentObject, proxyShare)
{
}
///<param name="factory">current used factory core</param>
///<param name="parentObject">object there has created the proxy</param>
///<param name="comProxy">inner wrapped COM proxy</param>
public PageSetup(Core factory, ICOMObject parentObject, object comProxy) : base(factory, parentObject, comProxy)
{
}
///<param name="parentObject">object there has created the proxy</param>
///<param name="comProxy">inner wrapped COM proxy</param>
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never), Browsable(false)]
public PageSetup(ICOMObject parentObject, object comProxy) : base(parentObject, comProxy)
{
}
///<param name="factory">current used factory core</param>
///<param name="parentObject">object there has created the proxy</param>
///<param name="comProxy">inner wrapped COM proxy</param>
///<param name="comProxyType">Type of inner wrapped COM proxy"</param>
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never), Browsable(false)]
public PageSetup(Core factory, ICOMObject parentObject, object comProxy, NetRuntimeSystem.Type comProxyType) : base(factory, parentObject, comProxy, comProxyType)
{
}
///<param name="parentObject">object there has created the proxy</param>
///<param name="comProxy">inner wrapped COM proxy</param>
///<param name="comProxyType">Type of inner wrapped COM proxy"</param>
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never), Browsable(false)]
public PageSetup(ICOMObject parentObject, object comProxy, NetRuntimeSystem.Type comProxyType) : base(parentObject, comProxy, comProxyType)
{
}
///<param name="replacedObject">object to replaced. replacedObject are not usable after this action</param>
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never), Browsable(false)]
public PageSetup(ICOMObject replacedObject) : base(replacedObject)
{
}
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never), Browsable(false)]
public PageSetup() : base()
{
}
/// <param name="progId">registered progID</param>
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never), Browsable(false)]
public PageSetup(string progId) : base(progId)
{
}
#endregion
#region Properties
/// <summary>
/// SupportByVersion PowerPoint 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16
/// Get
/// </summary>
/// <remarks> Docs: <see href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/PowerPoint.PageSetup.Application"/> </remarks>
[SupportByVersion("PowerPoint", 9,10,11,12,14,15,16)]
public NetOffice.PowerPointApi.Application Application
{
get
{
return Factory.ExecuteKnownReferencePropertyGet<NetOffice.PowerPointApi.Application>(this, "Application", NetOffice.PowerPointApi.Application.LateBindingApiWrapperType);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// SupportByVersion PowerPoint 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16
/// Get
/// Unknown COM Proxy
/// </summary>
/// <remarks> Docs: <see href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/PowerPoint.PageSetup.Parent"/> </remarks>
[SupportByVersion("PowerPoint", 9,10,11,12,14,15,16), ProxyResult]
public object Parent
{
get
{
return Factory.ExecuteReferencePropertyGet(this, "Parent");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// SupportByVersion PowerPoint 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16
/// Get/Set
/// </summary>
/// <remarks> Docs: <see href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/PowerPoint.PageSetup.FirstSlideNumber"/> </remarks>
[SupportByVersion("PowerPoint", 9,10,11,12,14,15,16)]
public Int32 FirstSlideNumber
{
get
{
return Factory.ExecuteInt32PropertyGet(this, "FirstSlideNumber");
}
set
{
Factory.ExecuteValuePropertySet(this, "FirstSlideNumber", value);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// SupportByVersion PowerPoint 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16
/// Get/Set
/// </summary>
/// <remarks> Docs: <see href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/PowerPoint.PageSetup.SlideHeight"/> </remarks>
[SupportByVersion("PowerPoint", 9,10,11,12,14,15,16)]
public Single SlideHeight
{
get
{
return Factory.ExecuteSinglePropertyGet(this, "SlideHeight");
}
set
{
Factory.ExecuteValuePropertySet(this, "SlideHeight", value);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// SupportByVersion PowerPoint 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16
/// Get/Set
/// </summary>
/// <remarks> Docs: <see href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/PowerPoint.PageSetup.SlideWidth"/> </remarks>
[SupportByVersion("PowerPoint", 9,10,11,12,14,15,16)]
public Single SlideWidth
{
get
{
return Factory.ExecuteSinglePropertyGet(this, "SlideWidth");
}
set
{
Factory.ExecuteValuePropertySet(this, "SlideWidth", value);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// SupportByVersion PowerPoint 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16
/// Get/Set
/// </summary>
/// <remarks> Docs: <see href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/PowerPoint.PageSetup.SlideSize"/> </remarks>
[SupportByVersion("PowerPoint", 9,10,11,12,14,15,16)]
public NetOffice.PowerPointApi.Enums.PpSlideSizeType SlideSize
{
get
{
return Factory.ExecuteEnumPropertyGet<NetOffice.PowerPointApi.Enums.PpSlideSizeType>(this, "SlideSize");
}
set
{
Factory.ExecuteEnumPropertySet(this, "SlideSize", value);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// SupportByVersion PowerPoint 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16
/// Get/Set
/// </summary>
/// <remarks> Docs: <see href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/PowerPoint.PageSetup.NotesOrientation"/> </remarks>
[SupportByVersion("PowerPoint", 9,10,11,12,14,15,16)]
public NetOffice.OfficeApi.Enums.MsoOrientation NotesOrientation
{
get
{
return Factory.ExecuteEnumPropertyGet<NetOffice.OfficeApi.Enums.MsoOrientation>(this, "NotesOrientation");
}
set
{
Factory.ExecuteEnumPropertySet(this, "NotesOrientation", value);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// SupportByVersion PowerPoint 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16
/// Get/Set
/// </summary>
/// <remarks> Docs: <see href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/PowerPoint.PageSetup.SlideOrientation"/> </remarks>
[SupportByVersion("PowerPoint", 9,10,11,12,14,15,16)]
public NetOffice.OfficeApi.Enums.MsoOrientation SlideOrientation
{
get
{
return Factory.ExecuteEnumPropertyGet<NetOffice.OfficeApi.Enums.MsoOrientation>(this, "SlideOrientation");
}
set
{
Factory.ExecuteEnumPropertySet(this, "SlideOrientation", value);
}
}
#endregion
#region Methods
#endregion
#pragma warning restore
}
}
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PixelTools MPEGRepairHD can be used to convert any PowerPoint presentation to an MPEG stream with a user selectable slide duration.
A demonstration of the PowerPoint conversion process can be obtained by clicking ppt2mpeg.zip. Download this file, unzip the directory structure and execute the runppt.bat file. The demo compresses a sample PowerPoint slide sequence into an MPEG file using the batch process of MPEGRepairHD. The resultant PixelTools.Mpg can be viewed on any MPEG-2 player.
MPEGRepairHD can encode a sequence of bitmaps of any dimension with patent-pending technique that instructs MPEG decoders to display each bitmap with a specific duration.
The first step is to convert your PowerPoint presentation into a sequence of bitmap files. Select Edit | Select All to select your entire presentation. The select File | Save As | Device Independent Bitmaps and enter the name of the first bitmap to be saved in the Save As dialog box.
The next step is to configure MPEGRepairHD to encode the sequence with the appropriate duration. An easy way to do this is to use the PptToMpg.ini in the above referenced demo. Just depress the down arrow in the Base Encoding Profile edit box, select the Load Custom ini file and browse to the PptToMpg.ini configuration file. Browse to the first slide using the File button in the Encode Input edit box. Browse or enter the name of the resultant MPEG file in Encode Output edit box. Depress the Run button to complete the process.
Number of Frames: Select the total number of source slides that you wish to convert into an MPEG file. You can also enter ALL which will encode all slides in the sequence in your source directory.
Bitrate: Select the desired output bit-rate for your target decoder.
Output Rate:Select: the Output Frame Rate appropriate for your target decoder. 25, 29.97 or 30 are typical frame rates. Do not use the frame rates in parenthesis as these are not legal MPEG rates.
Input Control: Select the Multiply Input Frame Rate By: option and enter your desired frame rate multiplier in the adjacent edit box to result in your desired slide duration. For example, if your frame rate has been set to 30 (frames per second) and you want each slide to be displayed for 5 seconds, the multiplier should be 30 x 5 or 150.
Audio /Mux: If you wish to create a multiplexed stream including an audio file, check the appropriate Output Stream and Audio Source Options. Depress the Mux button to select your desired multiplexing type and output bitrate.
The Expert Workshop SDK can be used to encode a sequence of bitmaps to be displayed at a slow duration IE several seconds per slide.
VidEncodeParams_struc .eNABLESTUFFING should be set true to create constant bit-rate streams or false for highly compressed variable bit-rate streams.
VidEncodeInputControl_struc.RateBy should be set to the number of repeated frames you wish to add to each source bit-map. For example, if your frame rate has been set to 30 (frames per second) and you want each slide to be displayed for 5 seconds, the RateBy value should be 30 x 5 or 150.
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Because accidents happen, and they usually tend to do so when we least expect it, it's important that we are always prepared. This means that you should perhaps try to find yourself a locksmith before you are even in need of one. Research a couple of companies and when you have decided on one, be sure to store their telephone number in your phone or address book and keep it handy at all times. What's even worse than being locked out of your home or car is not knowing where to turn and whom to call when something like this happens.
But how do you choose a locksmith?
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For this week's Open Season we had the always enjoyable and fully bearded Michael Cote from Red Monk joining the illustrious team of myself, Matt Asay and Ashlee Vance.
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Q: Copy from one XML to another by Windows batch I am trying to write a simple Windows batch (.cmd) script that copies some XML element from one XML file and insert it in the right place in another file.
The first XML file has a structure like this:
<config>
<jx></jx>
<roul>
<rect>
</rect>
<background>
</background>
<text>R</text>
<color>123</color>
<vcenter>true</vcenter>
<textformat>center</textformat>
<rl>
<r1>
<egmid>G</egmid>
<number>1</number>
</r1>
<r2>
<egmid>C</egmid>
<number>2</number>
</r2>
</rl>
</roul>
<a></a>
<b><b>
</config>
the second (destination) xml file before the merge:
<config>
<jx></jx>
<roul>
<rect>
</rect>
<background>
</background>
<text>R</text>
<color>123</color>
<vcenter>true</vcenter>
<textformat>center</textformat>
<rl> </rl>
</roul>
<a></a>
<b><b>
</config>
An after the merge it should look similar to the source xml file:
<config>
<jx></jx>
<roul>
<rect>
</rect>
<background>
</background>
<text>R</text>
<color>123</color>
<vcenter>true</vcenter>
<textformat>center</textformat>
<rl>
<r1>
<egmid>G</egmid>
<number>1</number>
</r1>
<r2>
<egmid>C</egmid>
<number>2</number>
</r2>
</rl>
</roul>
<a></a>
<b><b>
</config>
I need to copy all the tags that are between the <rl>/</rl> tags
and copy them in the second XML file that looks almost the same but has no children elements between <rl>/<rl>.
The two files are in separate locations like:
*
*c:/andrej/tmp1/file1.xml
*c:/andrej/tmp2/file2.xml
What I learned from other posts is how to loop trough XML lines, but not how to copy and then somehow echo it or paste it to another XML file...
The code I have for now is:
(for /F "delims=" %%a in ("c:\andrej\tmp1\file1.xml") do (
set "line=%%a"
set "newLine=!line:roulettes>=!"
if "!newLine!" eq "!line!" (
rem ...
)
))
Can anyone help me?
A: note: Your XML snippets aren't fully valid, by the way. The closer of your <b> tag at the bottom of all your XML examples is missing a slash. This solution assumes you fixed that.
As others have pointed out, it's better to parse and objectify XML and other such structured markup than to hack and scrape it as flat text. The batch language unfortunately doesn't offer much for parsing XML, but it's easy enough to borrow from other languages.
PowerShell is particularly well-suited to handle XML. You can read an XML file as text, then cast that data as an XML object simply by prefacing it with [XML]. Handy, right? From there, select the source node from XML1 and the destination node from XML2 using XPath expressions, then import from 1 into 2.
Here's a hybrid Batch + PowerShell script demonstrating this. Save this with a .bat extension and salt to taste.
<# : batch portion (begin multiline PowerShell comment)
@echo off & setlocal
set "xml1=c:\andrej\tmp1\file1.xml"
set "xml2=c:\andrej\tmp2\file2.xml"
if not exist "%xml1%" (
echo XML1: %xml1% not found.
exit /b 1
)
if not exist "%xml2%" (
echo XML2: %xml2% not found.
exit /b 1
)
rem // relaunch self with PowerShell
powershell -noprofile "iex (${%~f0} | out-string)"
rem // end of script
goto :EOF
: end batch / begin PowerShell hybrid code #>
$src = [xml](gc $env:xml1)
$dest = [xml](gc $env:xml2)
$src.SelectNodes("//roul/rl/*") | %{
"copying {0} and its descendents" -f $_.Name
[void]$dest.SelectSingleNode("//roul/rl").AppendChild($dest.ImportNode($_, $true))
}
$dest.Save($env:xml2)
write-host "Saved changes to ${env:xml2}" -f green
# // return execution back to Batch
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Alcatel-Lucent Settles Bribery Case
In one of the biggest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act settlements of all time, Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent S.A. will pay $137 million for bribing officials in Costa Rica, Honduras, Malaysia, and Taiwan.
The company and three subsidiaries will pay $92 million to resolve criminal charges with the DOJ and $45 million in disgorgement to the SEC.
The settlement places Alcatel-Lucent seventh on the top-ten FCPA list.
By agreeing to plead guilty, Alcatel-Lucent escaped substantive bribery charges. In a two-count criminal information, the DOJ charged the company with violating the internal controls and books and records provisions of the FCPA.
The DOJ and the company entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement. Among other things, Alcatel-Lucent pledged to stop using third-party sales and marketing agents in conducting its worldwide business. The DOJ said the unprecedented pledge was made on the company's "own initiative and at a substantial financial cost."
Three subsidiaries were also charged and each agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to violate the antibribery, books and records, and internal controls provisions of the FCPA.
Alcatel-Lucent — which provides telecommunications equipment and services — was formed in 2006 after U.S.-based Lucent Technologies merged with Alcatel, a French company. The new company is headquartered in Paris, France.
The illegal conduct started in the late 1990s and continued through 2006.
Prosecutors said Alcatel-Lucent's three subsidiaries bribed foreign officials to win business in Costa Rica, Honduras, Malaysia, and Taiwan. The company also hired agents without proper controls in Kenya, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Angola, Ivory Coast, Uganda, and Mali. Overall, Alcatel-Lucent admitted making $48.1 million in profits as a result of its bribery.
In Costa Rica, a subsidiary wired about $18 million to two consultants. More than half of the money, the DOJ said, was then passed to Costa Rican government officials. The bribes produced contracts worth more than $300 million for Alcatel-Lucent and a profit of more than $23 million.
In Honduras, a company subsidiary hired a "consultant" who was a perfume distributor with no experience in telecommunications. He was personally selected by "the brother of a senior Honduran government official," the DOJ said. Alcatel-Lucent won contracts in Honduras worth $47 million, with profit of $870,000.
In Taiwan, the company and its joint venture there hired two consultants with no telecommunications experience. They passed some of their $950,000 payments to Taiwanese legislators. Alcatel-Lucent received a contract worth $19.2 million and earned $4.3 million.
In September 2008, former Alcatel executive Christian Sapsizian, 62, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and forfeiture of $261,500 for bribing employees of the state-owned telecommunications authority in Costa Rica. He had pleaded guilty in June 2007 to two counts of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Sapsizian, a French citizen, was a 20-year Alcatel employee and served as the company's deputy vice president for Latin America. Before being fired in 2004, he caused Alcatel to wire $14 million in "commission" payments to a consultant, who then transferred $2.5 million to a government official in Costa Rica.
Sapsizian admitted to conspiring with Edgar Valverde Acosta, a citizen of Costa Rica who was Alcatel's senior country officer there, to arrange the bribes. Acosta was indicted with Sapsizian on June 14, 2007. He's an FCPA fugitive, last known address: Costa Rica.
The U.S. indictments of Sapsizian and Acosta resulted from bribery investigations by Costa Rican authorities. In October 2004, Alcatel learned of the investigations. It fired Sapsizian and Acosta and disclosed to U.S. authorities that it had uncovered payments from employees and consultants to government officials and political parties.
Lucent, meanwhile, settled Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges of its own in December 2007 with the DOJ and SEC. Its violations occurred before the merger with Alcatel. The settlement included a $1 million criminal fine and $1.5 million in civil penalties. Lucent's offenses involved payment of travel expenses for Chinese government officials from 2000 to 2003.
In April 2009, Alcatel-Lucent signed agreements in Washington, D.C. worth $1.7 billion with China Mobile and China Telecom to help the Chinese companies roll out 3G technology.
In February this year, Alcatel-Lucent said in its consolidated financial statements that it had reached agreement in principle with the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle Foreign Corrupt Practices Act offenses.
Alcatel-Lucent also paid $10 million in January to settle corruption charges brought by the government of Costa Rica.
The SEC's civil complaint said all of Alcatel-Lucent's bribes were "undocumented or improperly recorded as consulting fees in the books of Alcatel's subsidiaries and then consolidated into Alcatel's financial statements. The leaders of several Alcatel subsidiaries and geographical regions, including some who reported directly to Alcatel's executive committee, either knew or were severely reckless in not knowing about the misconduct."
Alcatel-Lucent's common stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol ALU.
View the DOJ's December 27, 2010 release here.
Download the criminal information in US v. Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. here.
Download the deferred prosecution agreement in US v. Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. here.
Download the criminal information in US v. Alcatel-Lucent France, S.A. et al here.
Download the plea agreement in US v. Alcatel Centroamerica, S.A. (Costa Rica) here.
View the SEC's Litigation Release No. 21795 (dated December 27, 2010) in SEC v. Alcatel-Lucent, S.A., Civil Action No. 1:10-CV-24620-GRAHAM (S.D. FL.) here.
Download the SEC's civil complaint here.
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Good Friday's fixture sees Town travel to league leaders Leyton Orient for the first time, in a match that will be televised on BT Sport.
Orient sit two points clear of Salford at the top of The National League with just three matches to go, while Town have a five point cushion between themselves and eighth placed Ebbsfleet; meaning there is plenty to play for at The Breyer Group Stadium.
Having been appointed Manager of a side just three points above the relegation zone in November 2017, Justin Edinburgh has transformed Orient into title contenders and will be desperate to get his side into The Football League, where The O's spent 112 years before relegation in 2016/17.
The sides met for the first time in history at The CNG Stadium in September, with both boasting unbeaten records, though it was Orient that maintained their impressive start with a 3-0 victory.
Saturday's opponents go into the clash on the back of a late win at Sutton at the weekend, the 23rd time Orient have scored in the final 15 minutes of matches this season.
Macauley Bonne has been the most prolific for the league's third top scorers behind Town and Salford with 23 goals, though it is a defence that has conceded a league best 35 goals that has caught the eye this season.
Despite that record, goals look to be on the cards on Friday with the two sides going a combined ten matches without keeping a clean sheet.
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Mamata Banerjee turns against Congress, wants to hijack leadership of the anti-BJP Grand Alliance
PC: The Week
The anti-BJP grand alliance had been forged with a view to consolidate the so-called secular votes and corner the BJP in 2019 elections. However, significant cracks have emerged within the ambitious alliance. The most obvious and lethal of the rifts is the dispute for leadership between Mamata Banerjee and the Congress represented by its president Rahul Gandhi. While Mamata Banerjee has tried giving the cold shoulder to Rahul Gandhi given his weak leadership and organisational skills. However, Congress has time and again voiced its concerns about this and has made it clear that it will not accept any outside leadership and wants Rahul Gandhi to lead the hyped front.
Mamata Banerjee first hinted at her desire to lead the prospective anti-BJP front followed by desperate advice (almost command) to consolidate the anti-BJP votes. However, her unnecessary advice has not gone down well with the Congress. It has almost become clear that the grand alliance will face troubled waters due to the absence of undisputed leadership.
Even though it was the Congress which had floated the idea of an anti-BJP front it soon became clear that the Congress would not be the dominant ally amongst the opposition parties. In fact, it can be safely said that even though the Congress tried to bring the regional powers at one common stage, these regional powers are not very enthusiastic about keeping the ever depleted Congress in the loop. Soon after the grand alliance had come into picture, Mamata Banerjee went out to extend a hand towards other anti-BJP powers such as NCP chief Sharad Pawar and TRS chief Rao. However, she was found reluctant to visit ailing Congress veteran Sonia Gandhi on the ground that she did not want to disturb her. The fact that non-Congress leaders such as Sharad Pawar and Chandrashekhar Rao do not share very cordial relations with the Congress is out in the open. This has given rise to the speculations of a non-BJP non-Congress front. The joke would be on the Congress which would end up bringing everyone on a common platform only in order to isolate itself from mainstream politics.
The anti-Congress sentiment has been in part fuelled by its dwindling fortunes. No one is ready to play sycophant to someone like Rahul Gandhi who has a horrible track record to start with. Moreover, with Rahul Gandhi becoming the face of the alliance, the contest gets reduced to 'Rahul v Modi' narrative. We all saw the result of such a contest in 2014, even as the BJP swept through the general elections. The Congress has only reduced in stature thereafter. It has even started showing signs of a party that is nearing its dissolution. Congress is not only a diminished lot but also a divided lot. It is plagued by infighting and massive ego clashes even among the top leaders. Many of its senior most leaders showed reluctance to press with the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of India showing that everything is not right within the party leadership and cadres. TMC, though a regional satrap still has predictable dominance in West Bengal even though the BJP is enjoying growing presence in the region. Compared to this the Congress can only boast of its glorious electoral past. It only enjoys some dominance in its bastions but is no longer the pan-India party that it used to be. Its electoral fortunes are highly unpredictable and no one wants to risk their survival by contesting under Congress' leadership of the grand alliance.
The Congress has not remained silent about this issue. They have tried cornering Mamata and throw her out of the coalition by targeting Mamata Banerjee at the state level. The Bengal Congress chief, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury publicly snubbed Mamata Banerjee making it clear that she should not interfere with internal Congress matters and that it is only Rahul Gandhi who has the right to lead an anti-BJP front. The tussle between Mamata Banerjee and Congress has thus come out in the open. It is suggestive of the fact that the question of a holistic anti-BJP alliance is not even in the picture. The Congress and Mamata Banerjee cannot work alongside with both of them harbouring Prime Ministerial ambitions.
Mamata Banerjee had at first only hinted at her Prime Ministerial ambitions but now she has even started to attempt overwhelming power much to the displeasure of the Congress. On the contentious issue of impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra she made a veiled attack at the Congress without making much fuss. Instead of showing sympathy for the dismissal of the motion, she admonished the Congress for taking a wrong political move. She further stated that even though she tried to dissuade the Congress from making the suicidal move the Congress leadership was adamant on going ahead with it. The Congress Bengal chief, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury tried to hit back at Mamata Banerjee with another very personal comment. He went on to suggest that Mamata Banerjee is hands in glove with the BJP and that she is trying to dislodge an alliance against Prime Minister Modi from inside.
Mamata Banerjee has started meddling with Congress' internal affairs and at times even admonishing/ sidelining the party which still claims to be the most popular opposition party and the undisputed opposition leader. However, with Mamata Banerjee hinting at Prime Ministerial ambitions the Congress is in a fix. If it leaves the alliance as a protest against Rahul Gandhi being treated as a non-entity it would end up facing a deadly situation where the BJP takes a lion's share among the voters and the rest being garnered by the other "secular" parties. In such a situation the Congress might plummet further from its 2014 tally. However, if the Congress stops harping on Rahul Gandhi's leadership it would mean an abject surrender. The Congress will be reduced in status to a third choice. The next general elections might be a lose-lose scenario for the Congress if the grand alliance is hijacked. As far as Mamata Banerjee's over-ambitiousness is concerned, her claim can only be described as a far-fetched dreamed. Experiments like former Prime Minister Deve Gowda and IK Gujral did not go down well with the electorate. In all probability, the country will not be enchanted with Mamta Banerjee as the Prime Ministerial candidate.
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Despite the chilly and rainy weather, the Grand Opening of Cauldron Ice Cream in Irvine still drew over 400 people eager to try out the new store and its famed OG Puffle cone. A long line wound around the building located in the Cypress Village Shopping Center on the corner of Jeffrey and Trabuco. Cauldron Irvine joins six other locations throughout Southern California including Santa Ana, Temple City, Glendale, Pasadena, Chino and Convoy (San Diego).
While the name Cauldron may not be a household name, many people have seen pictures of the rose shaped servings of ice cream served in a bumpy waffle cone on Instagram. The owners know the value of social media marketing and developed a product that would be aesthetically appealing. Co-owner James Ho said, "Our core value is freshly made ice cream, but people eat with their eyes first, so presentation is key." With over 100,000 followers on Instagram, this strategy appears to be working.
Cauldron is known both for unique flavors of ice cream—like Earl Grey Lavender, Maple Bourbon Crunch, and Vietnamese Coffee-- and the OG Puffle cone, which was inspired by a popular street food in Hong Kong. The cones were not a part of the original concept, but have definitely added to the popularity of Cauldron. As Ho says, "Its hard to beat cold, creamy ice cream served in a warm shell." In case its really too cold outside to eat ice cream, Supa Hot Chocolate is also on the menu, a warm chocolatey beverage topped with plenty of creamy foam.
When asked why Irvine was selected for the sixth location of Cauldron, Ho replied, "Irvine is a family centric community, and ice cream is all about families." Ho was joined at the Grand Opening by his two partners, Dan Nguyen and Steven Cao. Expansion of Cauldron continues with a third Orange County location in Garden Grove as well as other states and even Canada.
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Yesterday was. Last week...was. Let only what needs to be pondered from the past remain in the present. Let today be a fresh beginning.
Abba Poemen said about Abba Pior that every single day he made a fresh beginning.
Sometimes the burdens accumulate. Day after day, we add something onto our shoulders. Soon enough our posture-physical, emotional, and spiritual-degrades. A new beginning is necessary.
The Swiss theologian Karl Barth said that grace is new every day. He is channeling Abba Pior, who made a fresh beginning every day. In our Sunday liturgy, we have a prayer of confession and the assurance of grace. This part of the service gives us the opportunity to make a new beginning every week: we name our waywardness and wrongdoing and acknowledge that, for God in Christ, we are forgiven. God always offers new beginnings.
Here is a daily practice you can use to make a fresh beginning of each day. Before you go to bed at night, examine your day. What were your interactions like? Did you live with grace and peace? Did you wrestle with self-doubt or anxiety? Did you judge another? Were you defensive or offensive? Be critical of yourself. Own your faults and failures. Acknowledge the good and loving. Then, name what went wrong, name the ways you acted against God's ways. As you name those things, pray "Lord, in your mercy hear my prayer." Repeat until you no longer dwell on the wrong and rest well.
In the morning, examine your thoughts and feelings. What are you carrying over from yesterday? As another pastor recently told me, you will act out of those first feelings your whole day if you don't reckon with them. In prayer, say, "God's grace is new each day." Repeat until there is relief.
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Hello and welcome to Meet the Press. Record petrol prices puts pressure on interest rates and make framing this year's Federal budget that much harder.
Look, you hear of some companies that are announcing already that they want to put up prices because of fuel costs. Then, C, if a large number of people were to do that, then it wouldn't help anybody.
And, D, it puts pressure on interest rates, doesn't it?
And, D, the best answer always comes from Paul Bongiorno.
This morning, the dialogue continues. The Treasurer is our guest. But first, what the nation's papers are reporting this Sunday April 30. The 'Sunday Mail' leads with - mum's fury, private Jake Kovco's mother angrily denies her son took his own life. All the papers give prominence to the Kovco casket fiasco as the Government and the military struggle to make amends, an honour guard of 300 members of the dead man's unit, the famous Third Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment, greeted the flag-draped coffin on its return. The 'Sunday Age' reports - Costello warms to nuclear option, the clean energy of the future. The Treasurer is quoted saying the evidence is there of gradual global warming and we have to begin addressing it. The 'Sunday Times' has - home owners dread rate rise. Family budget faces crunch. The paper says with inflation on the rise there's speculation that interest rates will rise to rein in spending. In just over a week, Peter Costello will deliver his 11th budget, an endurance record in itself, and it's shaping as perhaps his most challenging. Welcome back Treasurer.
Good to be with you Paul.
If I could go to the Kovco matter, everyone's talking about it this morning, it's been a tragic week really for the Kovco family, made worse by the bungle. Nobody can be happy about that, can they?
Nobody is happy, it shouldn't have happened. It's terrible for the family that it did happen, and our hearts and our sympathy go to them and of course our apologies go to them for what has happened. The most important thing now of course is to have an inquiry to first establish the circumstances of the death and then, of course, look at the circumstances of the delivery of the body back to Australia. But I hope now the family can get on with the burial and they can come to terms with their grief and the process can move on to establish the truth through these inquiries.
On that point, it seems that the Defence Minister maybe added to the family's grief by giving a different version, by speculating on how the death occurred?
Well, I don't think there's any point in speculating now. What obviously happens in these circumstances is a terrible casualty happens, you make inquiries, you try and find out what happened, you get one explanation, but until everybody has been interviewed and all the pieces have been put together you never really get a complete picture and this is what a coronial inquest does of course. It goes to everybody, examines all the forensics and you come to a conclusion. Until you get the whole picture, you can't actually say what happened.
Is there any sort of lesson to be learnt from privatisation here? Some people have been critical of the military privatising the return of the body. I suppose the point being - maybe there are some things that should never be privatised?
Well, Paul, you've got to make the best arrangements as you can. Bear in mind you're coming out of a country where there are big security risks, you've got staging points in the Middle East. You've got to make the best arrangements and the quickest arrangements that you can. I don't think you should broaden out from this to any general principle of Government administration except to say that the Government should do everything that it can to ensure these errors do not occur again. And can I tell you this, it is not matter of cost or anything else. Every cost that is required to do that will be provided for. It's just a question of who's on the ground, who has the arrangements and who has the facilities at the time.
Coming to the budget, how's it going to work this year? Do you have to wait until you see what the Reserve Bank board decides on Tuesday before you can finalise your budget, finalise what you'll give and what you'll take?
No. The conduct of our monetary policy, which I put in place in 1996, is to have the independent bank monthly meetings setting the cash rate. It does that according to a formula that's been agreed between the Government and it, an inflation formula of 2% to 3% underlying over the course of the cycle. That goes on on a monthly basis. The fact that there hasn't been a change for some time means many people think that that process hasn't been occurring. It has been occurring. It's been occurring every month and that will go on before the budget, after the budget, for years to come, I hope. So, we don't sit around and wait for these things. We make our own assessments as to what the economy needs, where it has to go, and we take the right decisions accordingly.
You, as you've just pointed out, you have taken your hands off that particular lever, but in past years you've voiced your opinion. There are a lot of nervous people out there waiting on the Reserve Bank's decision. Do you think there is a case for a change?
For over 10 years now, Paul, I have studiously refrained from predicting future interest rates. You know that because you ask me on a daily basis.
I'm just wondering if you thought there was a case for a change.
Let me make this point - interest rates in this country will be set as they always have been, according to an inflation target, 2% to 3% underlying over the course of the cycle, and this will be determined by the board at its meeting. I don't predict the future of interest rates. I've got other things that I'm turning my mind to at the moment, and that is an independent arrangement which has served Australia well over 10 years and will continue.
On Wednesday at the release of the latest consumer price index numbers, Labor's Wayne Swan said the rise in the basic cost of living makes tax reform all the more urgent.
Treasurer Costello in this budget must put an end to the tax grab on additional earnings of families. Families when they work a bit of overtime, when they do an extra shift, shouldn't be losing 50, or 60 or 70 cents in every additional dollar they earn. That's why we need some new policies with a bit of vision.
You've said that women will be a big concern, a big focus, in this budget. Will you be addressing the issue raised by Wayne Swan there?
Paul, as you know, he opposed tax cuts at the last election sorry, he opposed them the last budget he voted against tax cuts in the last budget. This is the kind of nonsense you get out of the Opposition. They vote against tax cuts and then demand that taxes be cut. I think they learn this at Labor Party training school not to stand for anything, not to have any policy but to demand things that they've previously voted against. I think we can put him to one side. What we can say is that last year we cut tax, the year before we cut tax, the year before we cut tax, we've legislated another tax cut from 1 July. If at the end of the budget process, after funding initiatives in health, in defence, in security, we can balance our budget and relieve the burden of tax, that is what we will aim to do. We've now got the Australian economy into a position where we can balance our budget, where our debt is low. We have big expenditures coming, but if we can fund those expenditures and reduce taxes, that's our aim, this is the rule we've established over the last three years and we'll continue to observe that rule.
When we come back with the panel, we ask - is Australia's record foreign debt a bigger problem than the Government admits?
You're on Meet the Press with Treasurer Peter Costello. And welcome to the panel - Laura Tingle, the Australian 'Financial Review and Michael Harvey, the Herald Sun. Remember the debt truck launched by the Liberals in Opposition back in 1995? It drew attention to our then record foreign debt. Mr Howard and Mr Costello had no doubts it was putting pressure on interest rates. 11 years later the Government has repaid $96 billion of its contribution. But Labor is unimpressed.
All this Government has done is transfer the debt from Government to ordinary Australians. HECS debt up for Australian kids, credit card debt up for Aussie families, and the foreign debt up massively for all of us, from something like $180 billion when this Government came to office to $500 billion, half a trillion now.
Mr Costello, you've been heralding the fact that the Government has no net Government debt any more but Australian households really wallowing in debt. At the very least that's a big political problem for you now. Isn't next week's budget really going to be about trying to ameliorate the effects of petrol prices and other pressures on household budgets, on debt-laden households?
Well, when you're talking about debt, there's a few different issues that you've got to carefully sort out. Otherwise you get people like Kim Beazley who don't understand it making the kind of howlers you just saw him making. The Government doesn't owe any debt, so that taxpayers have no obligation to pay taxes either to service debt or to re-pay it. We've repaid $96 billion of Labor's debt. Now, then when you come to foreign debt, well, if the Government doesn't owe any money, who does owe money to overseas lenders? Principally, the Australian banks. About 80% of that debt is owed by Australian banks - Westpac, National, ANZ, Commonwealth. That would be a worry if the Australian banks suffered some big shock which they weren't prepared for. We've done stress tests on the Australian banks. They are very well capitalised, they are extremely profitable, the IMF, APRA, the Reserve Bank, all believe that the Australian banking system which carries most of that foreign debt under various scenarios wouldn't be in trouble at all, scenarios such as a property crash, scenarios such as an interest rate rise. Whilst the Government owes none of that debt, while the private sector is well capitalised - and we don't get complacent about that - then as the IMS has found, this is not a substantive problem.
It is a substantial problem for Australian households and it's not good, is it, that the economy is so driven by debt these days?
Well, Australians have borrowed money during a period of exceptionally low interest rates, as you would expect them to. They were borrowing far less when home mortgage interest rates were 17%, with home mortgage interest rates at 7% they do borrow more. For many of them it's enabled them to live in better houses or to renovate or to buy cars or to educate their children. As long as you see the capacity to service those borrowings and as long as the banks aren't getting lax in relation to lending standards, which would be a worry, then you look back at the economy and you allow people to make their own decisions, but I do want to re-emphasise this point because I made it to the bankers myself, they shouldn't become lax about credit standards, they shouldn't be lending money to people who on various scenarios might have trouble with servicing. I've made that point to the banking sector. I've received assurances from the banking sector that their credit standards aren't being reduced, if anything they believe that they're actually being more prudent about them.
Treasurer, one of the biggest pressures on household budgets is of course petrol prices and the Prime Minister has made some comments suggesting that family tax benefits are perhaps the offset, if you like, to that pressure. Do you see family tax benefits indeed as a tax cut?
Well, they are, because with the family tax benefit a family with two children pays no tax at about $40,000 to $45,000. Let's think about this for a moment. A family which is on almost average earnings in Australia, which are between $40,000 and $50,000 with two kids, pays no tax, zero. Because the family tax benefit nets out, cashes back, the whole of their tax liability. People sometimes say, "Well, let's cut taxes for middle income families." You can't cut them because they're paying none. They're not paying any income tax. The only way we found that you could actually improve their position was by increasing the family tax benefit, which is a $600 per annum, which we did you'll recall shortly before I think it was the 2000, 2001 election.
So are changes to the family tax benefit in this budget going to make up for petrol price rises and indeed the prospect of interest rate rises?
Michael, interest rate rises will go on across the cycle for a long period of time. Petrol price rises will come and they will go. Let me make this point. Let's suppose the situation deteriorates in Iran. Then you would expect the petrol price to go up, could go up very very substantially. Now, the Australian Government of course has to bear in mind assistance to families, and we do, and that's why families pay no net tax. But the idea that there is a countervailing action in the Australian Government for every development overseas is not the way we base policy. What we base policy on is within the Australian economy, within the ability to raise revenue, to service, to fund those services that we need and balance our budget, what's the best deal we can do for families. That's the way we set it.
Treasurer, you've talked about what you can do for families, but they're not the only ones and some of the hardest hit group at the moment are the very group you want to see getting into the workforce, that's the single mums. Is there something you can do for them, because they must be being hit by all these pressures as much as anyone else?
Sure. For those that are on pensions, what we do in fact is we tie our pensions to wages. Wages are moving higher than inflation, so pensioners, people actually on pensions of one kind or another, have actually been getting real increases now for five or six years. In addition to that, single mothers would get family tax benefits including the $600 per child lump sum paid at the end of the year, remember, that's the payment Labor said didn't exist. Had a mother come up to me the other day, she had four kids and she said she was looking forward to getting $2,400 lump sum tax free, at the end of the financial year which is the $600 payment.
Treasurer, what about the 2.7 million Australians who are either childless couples or singles, they're not helped by Family Tax Benefit A or B to meet rising prices?
Well, you're right, Paul, that our tax system favours families. That is, a family will pay less tax than a single person on the same income. You're absolutely right about that. But I wouldn't walk away from that for a moment, because the family's got to support mum, dad and a couple of kids on that income. The single person only has to support one person. The fact that the family gets a much better tax deal and at average earnings pays no tax, actually helps that family with the raising of the kids. The raising of the kids is the future of our society. In an ageing society, we need more kids and they're our future, and I don't walk away from that for a moment.
Coming up, Australians have doubts about the ethics of three senior Government ministers. And in the cartoon, Mark Knight in the Herald Sun is scathing over the private Kovco casket bungle - tomb of the unknown solder, Kuwait airport - for the mascot, 'disgrace' isn't the word.
You're on Meet the Press. Late last week another email emerged in the Cole Inquiry warning the PM, Foreign Minister and the Trade Minister of concerns in the UN Security Council over corruption of oil-for-food sanctions against the regime of Saddam Hussein. Again, the ministers either could not specifically recall or believe they did not see it. After similar responses during their appearances at the commission, the Morgan poll found 54% of Australians thought the PM didn't act ethically. 56% for the Foreign Minister and 55% for the Trade Minister.
Treasurer, these are pretty worrying poll figures. You must be concerned about the prospect of political damage to the Government, or is this issue just too complicated for voters to care about?
It's a damaging perception, though, isn't it?
Well, whilst these things are going on, Paul, you are hearing one side of the story with witnesses coming through. Let's wait until we've heard all sides of the story.
Treasurer, about this time last year, you talked about the benefits of a smooth transition in the leadership of the Coalition. Do you still think that that would be in the best interests of the Government, and is there enough time to have a smooth transition of leadership, if necessary, during the current term of the Government?
Well, of course, it's always in the best interests of a Government, and anybody who thinks about that for a moment will realise that. But at the moment we're focused on doing the budget. I'm totally focused in relation to that, and I'm not being distracted by other things.
But beyond the budget will you rule out a challenge in this term, Treasurer?
Michael, as I said, I'm not being distracted by anything else. I know that I get asked these questions every budget time. Experience has shown me that, whatever you say, people can always beat up the story. I have no intention whatsoever of beating - allowing anyone - even a master such as yourself, to beat up a story.
It's reported in one of the papers today that you haven't committed to a 12th budget, is that right?
Well, Paul, can I please just deliver this budget. I think there's enough work to be done on the 11th budget before we start working on the 12th budget. As I said earlier, the budget is the premier economic statement of the Government. It's a statement of our revenues and our expenses. We have a background of moving petrol prices, we have a background in relation to monetary policy which will rise and fall over the long and medium term, which has its own independent cycle, which is related to inflation, moving up and down all the time, and the Government must make sure that its decisions are consistent with ensuring that we have good, strong economic management.
Let's talk about some specifics in this budget then. It's going to be a big surplus, plug some holes with that. We talked about front lines before, what about our northern front line? A big issue seems to have been the numbers of illegal fishing spottings on the rise again. Is there more we can do on that sort of issue?
I think there is more that we can do, which is not to say we haven't been doing anything to date, but certainly protecting our fisheries is a priority for this Government. We know that there have been a lot of vessels that have been sighted, many by some of the indigenous people. I think an investment in providing trackers or people who can give alerts, particularly amongst the indigenous community in northern Australia, would be a very, very positive thing to do. And the Government is also determined that those vessels that have been apprehended will be destroyed. We are looking at boat destruction facilities which will be used for illegal apprehended vessels in northern Australia, so that the message that goes out is - your boat might get here but it will never get back because it will be destroyed in Australia. We want that message to go out to illegal fishermen who are tempted to come into Australian waters in the north.
Treasurer, you've been quoted again today talking about the benefits of nuclear energy, possibly in Australia in the future. But isn't this a bit of a contradiction in terms? You're not talking much about other forms of energy, and for example, wind farms seem to be something that the Government just can't sort of accommodate, particularly in Coalition electorates. Don't you think we should be doing a bit more to encourage some of those other forms of energy?
Probably better than a nuclear silo.
You may not like that either. And planning would have to be taken into account in the siting of a nuclear generator, quite right, absolutely right. But I think longer term, as we look to alternatives to fossil fuels, nuclear will come right back. It is coming right back.
Do you believe it will be a hard sell in Australia, given that we don't even want to dispose of our own nuclear waste for medicinal purposes?
Look, we mine uranium and we sell it to people to build nuclear power stations. What would be the logic in saying, "Nuclear power stations are acceptable in every other country except the one where the uranium is mined?" What would be the logic in that? If it becomes commercial - and that's a big if - because we have cheap supplies of fossil fuels - but if it does become commercial, I believe we thought to do it.
Thank you very much for joining us today, Treasurer Peter Costello, and thanks to the panel, Laura Tingle and Michael Harvey. Until next week, goodbye. | {
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Brilliant! Thank you so much, Chris.
Unfortunately, it also assumes the instructor hasn't changed the name of the assessment.
But I'm having more difficulty (because I'm a SQL novice) adding a statement that will let me see only tests available after a certain date (for instance, if I wanted only tests that were occurring from October 1 forward). I look through the tables, but I'm not sure where to find that information. Any help is appreciated.
"to_date" doesn't appear to be a Microsoft SQL argument.
The web tells me I can use "Cast" to replace it (or "convert"), but that apparently entails some sort of editing of the argument that I've tried to do but I keep returning syntax errors.
While what you say is true, it's a fairly safe bet at our institution that the instructors haven't edited the name. However, keeping that in mind, I'm wondering if there isn't a flag put on the assessment like "use lockdown = true/false" that would be more foolproof.
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Bringing The X-Men Into The MCU
When Walt Disney Entertainment acquired 20th Century Fox the entertainment giant gained the rights to several Marvel Comics properties, particularly the mutant superheroes, the X-Men. Ever since then fans of the comic book and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) have speculated into oblivion over the possibilites of bringing the X-Men into the MCU.
Aside from the logistics of finding and hiring the right people (actors, writers, directors, etc.), there is the hurdle of making the mutants fit logically in the intricate MCU. Consider the fact that the mutants in the comics and the Fox X-Men films have been a part of their societies for many years and were widely feared and distrusted. When watching an older MCU film, it is clear that mutants are not anywhere to be found (aside from a deleted clip from Iron Man where Nick Fury references mutants). Where are they? The simple answer is that mutants do not exist and the closest thing to the MCU had were the Inhumans who only appeared on TV shows and it's murky if they are actually part of the MCU. That is a debate for another time, but looking closely at the TV shows like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. it can be said that most shows are part of the MCU. Otherwise, where were the mutants during the calamitous events of the Avengers films? The heroes could have used their help!
On a related note, the same headache is going on with the Eternals. If they existed in the MCU throughout history why were they MIA during Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame? We'll find out how this is explained when their film comes out next year.
Now, Marvel Studios is free to bring the X-Men into the MCU, so how can it be done? There are a few options and hopefully, Marvel Studios will find the best one. Here is what can be done:
A cheap plot device would be some kind of hand wave where it's declared that Professor X or some other powerful telepath altered the memories of all of humanity to hide mutants throughout history. Alright that is ridiculous and not even Fox attempted to pull off such a silly plot point. Something like that is practically impossible and beyond Professor X's capability. What convenient plot device can be used to even attempt this? How about the Reality Stone or the Mind Stone? Maybe this would work but it would be a reach.
The MCU X-Men films could carry on as if there was not anything amiss and say the mutants have been in their universe all along. They just never got around to featuring them. Add in various reasons as to why mutants were busy during the Avengers films or Captain America: Civil War (off in space fighting aliens?). It can work, this basically asks audiences to ignore such questions, accept the mutants and move on. Think of it as when characters are recast. No one onscreen acknowledges this and their message is neither should we.
OK, that left an unsatisfactory taste in our collective mouths. How about a universe colliding event that changes reality and merges universes like in Crisis on Infinite Earths or Secret Wars or Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse? This plot would allow fans to see characters from the Fox X-Men films one final time before their reality and the MCU are remolded into a new one. That needs time and a huuuge budget to pull that off. Still, it would be cool though to see Hugh Jackman or Patrick Stewart coming back one last time to play Wolverine and Professor X.
Probably the best option is to slowly introduce mutants into the MCU. They would have existed throughout history but they are very, very rare; numbering probably a couple dozen at most during any given time. This would allow older mutants like Wolverine, Apocalypse, Magneto and Professor X to exist and not have them be a new creation in the MCU. Being they are rare, the mutants tend to keep low profiles until recent events forces them to come out of hiding. A new phenomenon occurs where mutants start appearing in huge numbers seemingly overnight. Just as scared as normal humans by their newly manifested powers the mutants either try to fit in with society, become reclusive or lash out and become villains. This leads to persecution and strife and the creation of the Brotherhood of Mutants and the X-Men.
In Avengers: Endgame, Rocket Raccoon stated the use of the Infinity Gauntlet unleashed unimaginable energy on Earth, which by the end of that film happened three times. This could trigger the mutant gene in normal teenagers which were otherwise latent in older MCU films. The five year jump in Avengers: Endgame is time enough for a person to develop powers and become public by 2023 when that film ended.
Incidently, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver can be considered mutants. Their powers manifested thanks to Hydra and their use of Loki's sceptre, which had the Mind Stone, as shown in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. They survived Hydra's experiments and gained powers thanks to their latent mutant genes. A simple retcon could verify this in some film and overall would be a sound method of bringing the X-Men into the MCU.
Whichever scenario Marvel Studios uses, we are completely confident that the way the way the mutants are introduced into the MCU will be entertaining and imaginative.
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6 comments on "Bringing The X-Men Into The MCU"
Paul Bowler
I think the X-Men will be gradually introduced into the MCU, perhaps though Easter egg style mentions that will indicate their presence, cameos in some of the new films or in post crew scenes. Eventually it will build to their own movie and then a big team up with the rest of the MCU in something like a Secret Wars movie say?
Current rumors have that is the way Marvel Studios will go, which is for the best.
Honestly, the mutants need to take a break onscreen to allow fans to disassociate from the Fox X-Men films. This would make them more receptive of the new cast.
Gradually introducing mutants into the MCU is a good way of testing out new actors and characters and will create demand for future X-Men films.
Totally agree, we need time to have some distance everything form the Fox X-Men films a bit, and then gradually bring them into the MCU by debuting a whole new cast for the team.
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Great post! I think for myself personally I'm more interested in seeing the Fantastic Four being prioritised over X-Men. As much as I love the X-Men they need a cinematic breather after 20 years. When the time comes I think the easiest and perhaps most interesting way to integrate them into the MCU would be via the multi-verse…probably the same approach should be taken with FF as well.
I'm in agreement with you regarding my preference for the FF. On the whole, the mutants had their time on film with some outstanding achievements meanwhile we've yet to see a great FF film and have lots of material worth exploring.
I think Marvel Studios will slowly bring in the mutants and the FF, which is the right approach.
ishallakam
My theory is that the FF will be introduced as "retired" superheroes who work as consultants for SHIELD. When the next Thanos-level big bad becomes known, they will have to come out of retirement to help (especially if it's a classic FF villain like Doom or Galactus).
This approach let's the MCU completely avoid the origin story. They could also introduce them as cameos in other films, which would help build hype, and it would let them cast older, established actors instead of trying to bring them in as 20-somethings. (Imagine bringing in Christoph Waltz as Doom, or Steve Carrell as Reed Richards.) | {
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Java Program to find Prime Number : Prime Number is a positive integer number that is divisible by only two numbers, that is 1 and the number itself. Note: 1 is not a prime number as it isn't divisible by two number.
The prime numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11…….
In similar way the loop continues till n is less than or equal to n.
At last, if the number is divisible by itself and 1 then the count will be equal to 2.
From definition, for a number to be prime it must be divisible by 1 and itself. So the statment count++ must execute only twice. Once at n =1 and another n=12.
Here if the given number is divisible by any other number, than 1 and itself, then the number is not prime.
Here 'break' statement and no. of 'for loops' is less. Compare the two code and you will find the difference in implementation of for loop. Both the codes are correct, but you can reduce the number of iteration with the proper implementation of logic. Though, you don't see much different, it will matter a lot when you will be a professional.
Learn about break and continue statement in java. | {
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The Hafenkapelle band is sponsored by the German American Social Club of Cape Coral, Florida, and has been in existence for over thirty five years. The band is a typical costumed German band and also a community band, having been proclaimed the official band of the City of Cape Coral.
The Hafenkapelle members rehearse and socialize every Wednesday evening at the German American Social Club on Pine Island Road in Cape Coral. They perform at a variety of venues throughout the year, particularly in the "Fest" season — October through November. The full band number around twenty pieces, but have numbered as many as thirty over the years. Smaller groups are available, down to 10 members. The Hafenkapelle play a variety of music — mostly German favorites, but also Pop and Big Band numbers popular in Germany and America.
The highlight of the Hafenkapelle performances every year is as one of the feature bands of the Cape Coral German American Social Club's annual Oktoberfest the last two full weekends in October. They have played for every Club Oktoberfest. The band was established in the early 1980's by Uwe Kellner, past president of the Cape Coral German American Social Club.
Hafenkapelle has a few openings for musicians who want to have fun playing ohmpa pa pa, big band and more serious German music. We won't ask you to perform until the Kapellmeister thinks you are ready.
Contact the Kapellmeister for more information.
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Bank of India Recruitment 2018: Bank of India has notified 158 officer (credit) vacancies in the general banking stream. Interested and eligible aspirants can apply from 20th April onwards. Candidates can hurry up to apply for Bank of India Officer posts as there is not much time for the last date. The last date to apply for BOI Officer Posts is 5th May. Hence candidates can proceed to apply soon. The online application form will be available at bankofindia.co.in. Candidates can fill up the online application on the website. Also, the Officer notification PDF will be accessible to download on official portal. Applicants can download and observe all the details keenly once before applying for the Bank of India jobs.
Bank of India is one of the well-known banks of India. It serves the nation with its various banking services. The BOI is having large number of clients across India. And also the bank has widely spread across India. Annually, it drafts various recruitment notifications to hire the eligible personnel for various jobs. The Bank of India has announced Junior Management Grade Scale -1 (JMGS I) posts. The number of vacancies advertised is 158. Candidates having the suitable eligibility criteria can apply for the announced posts before 5th May.
Candidates will be shortlisted through written test and interview rounds. As per the notification, the Bank of India is going to conduct the written test on 10th June for the announced posts.
A Degree (Graduation) in any discipline with minimum 60% marks along with MBA/PGDBM/PGDM/PGBM/PGDBA from institute of repute (two/three-year programme) / Post-graduation degree in Commerce/ Science /Economics. (candidates appearing in the final year of examination of MBA/PGDBM/PGDM/PGBM/PGDBA from institute of repute (two/three-year programme) / Post-graduation degree in Commerce/ Science / Economics are eligible to apply, However their final result should be declared on or before 30th June 2018.) OR Chartered Accountant OR ICWA OR Company Secretary A certification in computer course for minimum three months OR Information Technology or related paper as one of the subjects at graduation level or afterwards, is a must.
The applicant's minimum and maximum age as on April 1, 2018, should be 21 and 30.
Go to the Career's section on the homepage.
Click On "Recruitment of Officers in General Banking Stream – Project No. 2018-19/1 Notice dated 01.04.2018".
Go through the details from the notification.
Register with the site by tapping on "Click here for New Registration" and enter name, contact details and email-id.
Give the provisional register number and password, which is generated by the system.
After registering with the site, fill up the application.
Check the details clearly once and click on 'Submit' button.
Upload the photo, signature as per the guidelines given on notification.
Pay the requisite application fee using any debit/credit cards.
After that candidates will receive e-receipt.
Take a printout of e-receipt and online application form. | {
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Capt. James Downey, then-DDG 1000 program manager, speaks to assembled crew and guests in the hangar bay aboard the future guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) following a transfer of ownership ceremony on May 20, 2016. US Navy photo.
Former DDG-1000 program manager Rear Adm. James Downey took over as Commander of Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC), and his predecessor there will soon become the new Program Executive Officer for Ships.
In addition to leading the four major Regional Maintenance Centers, Downey will also serve as the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) deputy commander of surface warfare (SEA 21), a role that was merged with CNRMC last year.
Downey served as major program manager for the Zumwalt-class destroyers since 2010, overseeing delivery of the first of three ships. He previously served as the CG(X) next-generation cruiser program manager and the chief engineer, principal assistant program manager and warfare systems director for the Ford-class aircraft carrier program.
He took command of CNRMC and SEA 21 in separate ceremonies on June 29 and July 1, respectively.
Rear Adm. William Galinis, who served as CNRMC since 2013, will take command of PEO Ships in a planned July 20 ceremony at Washington Navy Yard. Galinis has a long record on both the ship design and repair side – both of which PEO Ships deals with. Galinis held multiple positions at the Supervisor of Shipbuilding organization and led surface ship maintenance at Norfolk Ship Support Activity. He also served as the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock (LPD-17) program manager from 2005 to 2009.
The Navy could not confirm to USNI News if outgoing PEO Ships Rear Adm. David Gale, who also served as CNRMC for three years before becoming PEO Ships, was retiring or moving to a new assignment.
Taking the helm of the DDG-1000 program office is Capt. Kevin Smith, who most recently served as major program manager of the Zumwalt Integrated Combat Systems office within PEO Integrated Warfare Systems (IWS), located at Washington Navy Yard along with PEO Ships. | {
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Last year I started experiencing a health issue. At first I tried to ignore it, thinking it was temporary and nothing serious. As time went on, it became clear that this was not going away, at least not on its own.
In the series Dangerous Prayers, we learn about the power of praying prayers like "Search me," "Break me," or "Send me." Now, asking God to do these things in our lives can be a little scary, just like scheduling surgery. When I give Him permission to uncover something that has to change in me, I trust that the change will be good for me, even if it's a hard thing to walk through. There's something I'm learning to keep in mind as I pray these prayers.
Hurt is different than harm.
Don't hold back. Pray those prayers, and open your heart to what God has for you. It may hurt for a while, but in the end, it will be worth it. | {
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DatingAdvice Forum | Into His Gf Or Me?
Into His Gf Or Me?
He's been nice to me, asked to send me study materials to help for my exam, caught him staring, texted me with random excuses to talk than asked to go out for sushi after my exam. HIs grandma and I live in the same apts and he comes here 3 days a week, a year ago I got impatient and called him out on it and said a guy w/ a gf couldn't be interested in me, he said he was being friendly and has a gf he's happy with. But the secret stares and the coming around, could it mean something else?
exactly! if he claims to have a gf he is happy with then why is he giving you all of this attention? My personal opinion is that he is trying to charm you into being his side chick. You are worth more than that. Don't fall for his tricks and seemingly nice gestures. Don't get your hopes up.
and to directly answer your question,he's clearly into his gf. Despite all of the things he is telling you and doing, at the end of the day he's still with her and I don't think he has any intentions of leaving her anytime soon to be with you. I realized that you are smitten by him and that's understandable considering the descriptions of the charming things he has done for you. However, if you continue to hold on to this belief that you might have a chance with him you may very well end up heartbroken and disappointed. Having been through a similar ordeal, my best advice to you wouldbe to move on to better things and meet other singles. You don't wanna hold on to a guy who is in a relationship as 9/10 his girlfriend is going to be his #1 priority and you on the other hand are gonna be his #2. Know that you are WORTHY of more than that. I know it will be hard but move on…the best is yet to come and I have faith that you are strong enough to get over him.
In light of this information racial similarity that you and the guy share…I have no idea. It's hard to tell..maybe you over analyzed his gestures. But I,m still sticking to my previous opinions on this matter.
I give up. The choice is yours…all the best.
Reply To: Into His Gf Or Me?
Sophia, the way I approached it might have scared him and backed him into a corner. I started off by saying why do you think a guy would beat around the bush when he likes a girl and he said he didn't know and it depends on the guy and i kept going with it and he said are you trying to go somewhere with this? then i said yeah you have these random excuses this ant that and he didn't own up and we fought in a bad way. Now he sees me outside and smiles but at the same time he's also a shy guy i can tell from his movements. He also had asked to go out to eat together. and his texts were getting more frequent. Do you think he was trying to get to know me first and know that I liked him before anything? @sophia how should I move forward from here? He comes to the apts often and has started dressing nicely since the fight. How can I tell if he is?
Sounds like both.. I have a friend like this maybe he's happy with his Girlfriend but wants something to progress with you.
He does like you, just not more than he likes his gf hence why he won't leave her for you. what your doing wrong is your blaming yourself for calling out a guy who is obviously flirting with you while he has a g. You didn't do anything wrong! you had every right to get mad and call him out. In fact when men are put in heated passionate confrontation about matters of the heart, they may react weird at first but if they truly want you, that fight would ignite a sense of urgency in going after the girl they want or they realize, shoot i guess i went too far with the whole flirting thing, i don't wanna mess things up with my girl. He didn't come running back to you after you expressed your frustration, that should tell you he doesn't like you ENOUGH. Im sorry hun but you gotta move on, he's having fun at your expense and your wasting your time when you should be focusing on finding someone who knows what he wants and isn't taken.
here's the best part, to get a guys attention don't pay him any attention. from now on your job is to ignore him without making it obvious, just act indifferent, if he looks don't look at him but if he says hi of course say oh hey and make it seem your in a rush to go whether its inside your apartment or if your leaving even better (stay allusive don't say where your going or what your doing keep it vague), heyyy sorry gotta run. he'll be the one writing to this site wondering what happen to the cute girl who gave me attention. if he truly likes you he'll know he's losing you and he'll come running, shy or not trust me unless he's under 14 he'll come to you, if he doesn't he doesn't like you enough. remember you made it easy for him all he has to do is acknowledge his feelings for you. | {
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Top 4 Requirements for Email Security
By Pie Security | 19 October 2020
Email Security - let's start with a short example:
Alice and Bob are upgrading from a long friendship in letter writing to the faster 21st-century version of email communication. But before getting started, Alice and Bob should understand that email also carries a level of risk and learn what some of the requirements are to mitigate those risks.
First, let's have a look at how emails are sent.
Alice wants to email Bob who is not online; she uses SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) to deliver the email from her server to Bob's where it is then stored on a POP server (Post Office Protocol).
Once online, Bob can download the message from the POP server to his computer or mobile device and read it.
To use another example, Alice may work for a school or organisation. If she wants to email Bob from her work email, all her emails will be routed through a work server to Bob's POP server and eventually his device.
You can look at the chain of communication as a string of attack vectors, where each area is a possible opportunity for a cyberattack or data breach, as follows:
Alice and her system
Alice's organisation's (or her own) SMTP server
Alice's or Alice's work ISP (Internet Service Provider)
Bob's POP server
Bob and his computer system
To protect against these 4 attack vectors, you need to ensure you have the following requirements at each stage:
Message Integrity – the message sent and received are exactly the same.
Message Confidentiality – the message is not exposed or readable to any third party.
Message Authenticity – the recipient is very confident about the identity of the sender.
Non-Repudiation – the sender cannot deny that they have sent a message.
The problem with email message integrity
Emails do not come with message integrity checks by default so, there is no standard way of knowing if your message hasn't been changed during its travel to the recipient.
During its travel, it could bounce through several servers including an email scanning server.
Often, email malware and virus scans involve a slight change to the message header, either adding in its own entries or removing harmful content.
This process makes it more difficult to check integrity because the message is changed in the scanning process.
Message integrity can be verified using something called a hash. A hash is a result of encrypting a message with a chosen hash algorithm. The result is a string of characters known as a hash.
On arrival, the receiving server does a hash check to ensure that the hash from the sending server is the same as the hash that the receiving server has calculated for the message itself.
Message Confidentiality and Authenticity
Ensuring message confidentiality means knowing with great certainty that your message cannot be read by anyone other than who it is intended for. I group authenticity and confidentiality because the methods of providing these in the email are much the same.
Online, confidentiality is handled with encryption and digital identity, ensuring the message is only opened by the person it is intended for, also ensured that no third party is able to read it.
Encrypting the message is not enough to ensure confidentiality as an encrypted message could still come from a malicious source or if decryption keys are somehow discovered by a malicious third party, the message can be read by the wrong person on arrival.
PGP and S/MIME encryption techniques deal with this by binding a public and private key pair to an email address. The user must keep the private key secure at all times to ensure that only they can open the sender's message.
Non-Repudiation
Non-repudiation is very important for the future of digitisation in the workplace. If a sender cannot deny they have sent the message in question, then emails can have legal standing. This opens up opportunities for paperless workflows in the signing of and agreeing of contracts or work.
Integrity, authenticity and confidentiality play a role in non-repudiation but do not paint a full picture. Yes, we must say with a great deal of confidence that a message has not been changed, is from who it says it's from and that it cannot be opened by anyone else.
While protocols used for internet communications can provide an assurance that a given client system is "talking" to its intended server, there's no fool-proof method for recording a session where the client could not dispute this in a legal case with the service provider.
You can have authenticity and confidentiality without non-repudiation but you cannot have non-repudiation without confidentiality and authenticity.
Non-repudiation can be provided with a high level of confidence using a digital certificate managed and issued by a Certificate Authority.
The digital certificate would be linked to an email address and used to encrypt and sign messages. Additional options also allow some digital certificates (those used in signing and encrypting documents) to record timestamps for when data is changed and by who.
Understanding Email Encryption Techniques
Email encryption is not a simple concept to understand and is often left to the cryptographers and email providers to deal with.
Unfortunately, without a public understanding of how it all works, there aren't opportunities to scrutinise providers when they do not provide full security.
No email provider is currently ensuring all 4 areas are covered.
Gmail and Microsoft, for example, will provide end-to-end encryption ensuring confidentiality and integrity but not providing any means to authenticate the identity behind the sender or receiver.
As fraud and cyberattacks continue to rise, organisations and institutions must ask themselves how they're ensuring protection in each area. If there are gaps with current email providers, they can be filled without the need to switch providers.
One way to do this is to integrate an email gateway solution. Email gateways provide a middle destination server for messages where they can be scanned, encrypted, validated and authenticated.
To request a demo of our email encryption gateway and see how it works in practice, contact us today.
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Schubertiade, Jiayan Sun, piano
The Smith College Department of Music and the Sage Chamber Music Society present pianist Jiayan Sun in a series of eight recitals Schubertiade: Celebrating the Music of Franz Schubert
For more information regarding this series see the Smith College Libraries' libguides:
Schubertiade: Celebrating the Music of Franz Schubert, with Jiayan Sun
Recital 8: Piano Sonatas 3, Jiayan Sun
Recital 8: Program, Peter Bloom
Recital 5: The Schwanengesang Poets: Rellstab, Heine, and Seidl, William Hite and Jiayan Sun
Recital 5: The Schwanengesang Poets: Rellstab, Heine, and Seidl: Program, Peter Bloom
Recital 6: A Benefit Concert To Support People Fighting the Coronavirus in Hubei Province, China, Jiayan Sun, Joel Pitchon, and Marie-Volcy Pelletier
Recital 4: Part 1: Music for Piano Four-Hands, Jiayan Sun, Judith Gordon, and Yang Liu
Recital 3: Part 1: Sonata No. 6 in E Minor, D. 566 and Sonata No. 16 in A Minor, op. 42, D. 845, Jiayan Sun
Recital 3: Part 2: Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959, Jiayan Sun
Recital 2: Part 1: Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano, op. post. 162, D. 574 and Four Impromptus, op. 90, D. 899, Jiayan Sun and Joel Pitchon
Recital 2: Part 2: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, op. 100, D. 929, Jiayan Sun, Marie-Volcy Pelletier, and Joel Pitchon
Recital 1: Part 1: Sonata No. 15 in C major, D. 840 and Sonata No. 18 in G Major, op. 78, D. 894, Jiayan Sun
Recital 1: Part 2: Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958, Jiayan Sun
Recital 1: Piano Sonatas 1: Program, Peter Bloom
Jiayan Sun | {
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Calling all clients and partners in the London and Toronto areas! We are excited to invite you to the Q2 2013 London and Toronto User Group meetings, to be held in June, 2013.
The meetings are also great times to share what has worked for you in your use of the Pardot system, as well as learning and being inspired by fellow marketers in how they approach marketing, too! | {
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