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Aston Villa vs Leicester City
Wed 8/02/2023
Aston Villa vs Leicester City Betting Odds 4 Feb, 2023 15:00
The 1x2 market sees Aston Villa ranked as favourite by the bookies. The best odds to back a Aston Villa win are priced at 1/1 with Unibet. One can expect a probability of 50% for this bet to succeed. Bet £10.00 and win £20.20.
A draw is a great option to back in the correct score market. The best odds of 23/4 with Unibet for this type of bet are excellent. It is 15% likely to succeed. A punter with a £10.00 stake will get £67.50 back.
The DNB market is quite an attractive option for a game involving Aston Villa. The best odds to back Aston Villa in the draw no bet market are at 7/15 with Betsson, which has 68% chance of success. Bet £10.00 and get £14.70 on success.
Both teams will surely do a great job here. Most bookmakers think that both teams will score one goal or more. The best odds for the BTTS market are 4/5 at Unibet. Bet £10.00 and get £18.20 back. This has a 55% chance of success.
Any Other Score
Red Card Given
Match Result and Both Teams to Score
Aston Villa can be picked in the match result and also have both teams to score. The best odds to bet on Aston Villa in the both teams to score and win market are at 31/10 with Betsson. Bet £10.00 and get £41.00. The chance of success is at 24%.
The game will be played on 4 February 2023 with a 15:00 kick off time in the Premier League.
Where can you live stream Aston Villa vs Leicester City
If you are a registered member, you can stream the game live and watch the match between Aston Villa and Leicester City from the following bookmakers with their live stream online service:
Match Betting Odds
Aston Villa find themselves ranked number 55 in the World Team Rankings whilst Leicester City are 85 meaning both teams come into the game with a high profile following. The odds for the game make Aston Villa at 1/1 with Unibet with the draw priced at 14/5 with Unibet and Leicester City coming in at 17/6 thanks to Betsson. The correct score line in the game to finish 1-1 can be taken at 23/4 with Unibet which may go against the match winner market favourite but does offer strong options. Both teams to score often throughs up a real opportunity and none more so than in this game, for each side to strike and for the result to coincide with the correct score market you can get a best price 4/5 with Unibet. For a clean ninety minutes, you can get odds of 1/10 with Unibet for no red card to be shown throughout the game. | {
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Currently rented to good tenants who would like to stay on at $250 per week however, available with vacant possession if required.
A very sunny and bright home featuring two large bedrooms, both with big built ins; lounge room with gas heating and a dining room. Convenient u-shape kitchen with electric stove, range hood, pantry and good bench space. Combined bathroom with bath, shower cubicle, toilet and vanity.
Separate internal laundry, good storage and a carport.
A very attractive home with the convenience of being on the bus route to the CBD and to the nearby Bradfordville shopping complex and the Health Hub with modern medical and ancillary health and fitness services. | {
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Committee to Protect Journalists has swung to the defense of Kemi Olunloyo who is still in Port Harcourt prison for allegedly defaming a Port-Harcourt Pastor, against court orders granting her bail.
Kemi, who runs the blog HNN Africa, has been jailed for 69 days pending trial, despite two court orders for her release on bail.
Kemi Olunloyo's original post has been removed from Instagram, but a legal document CPJ has reviewed indicates it was published first "on or about" February 17. When she published the letter, Kemi wrote that neither the pastor nor the woman had responded to her request for comment.
Kemi is scheduled to appear at the Federal High Court again on May 23, her lawyers told CPJ. Omololu-Olunloyo and Welson are scheduled to appear together before the magistrate court on June 14, the lawyers said. | {
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More and more renowned vehicle manufacturers are already using HELLA daytime running light as standard. The reasons for this are quite simple: Daytime running light solutions are safe, cost-effective and gentle on the environment - and what's more, they add bold visual accents.
The new Mercedes A-Class and the brand new Audi A8 therefore roll off the production line complete with daytime running lights by HELLA.
In both cases, it has been possible to successfully integrate the latest generation of technically sophisticated headlights into the overall vehicle concept.
The result: Vehicles on the street that are shining examples of this technology - both during the day and at night thanks to the HELLA light solutions.
Young, dynamic, sporty - thanks to these attributes, the new Mercedes A-Class is close to the pulse of a new generation. The three sporty headlight variants by HELLA lend the front of the vehicle a particularly dynamic appearance. The new A-Class has been available to order from retail outlets since June 2012.
With the new A-Class Mercedes aspires to set standards - and appeal to a new target group. The sporty compact car therefore reflects two trends that are particularly well received by the younger generation: Sophisticated design and intelligent driver assistance. The front lighting which has been developed by HELLA also meets these expectations. The customer has three equipment specifications to choose from: Halogen, Bi-Xenon and Intelligent Light System (ILS) with adaptive high-beam assistant.
All three variants have been adapted to the optics of the new Mercedes design. A element which is characteristic of the brand follows the inner contour and closes the headlight at the top. It forms the vehicle-specific light signature during the day and at night. In the Xenon variants, this element contains the LED-based turn signal, position light and daytime running light functions. It emphasizes the overall dynamic impression of the newly designed vehicle. Furthermore, in the sporty AMG variant the theme of red design elements used in the vehicle is also revisited and continued in the headlight.
With the recent launch of the new Audi A8, AUDI and HELLA are celebrating a double world premiere: For the latest model of the Audi flagship will now be on the road boasting the world's first ever Matrix LED headlight with a glare-free high beam. Yet another fascinating feature of this innovative lighting technology is the "wipe-action" indicator light with dynamic display. The specification of course also includes the integrated daytime running light.
It is not only the safety-enhancing functions that make the headlights of the AUDI flagship stand out in the crowd - it is also their attractive design. Below the designer grille, which optically divides the headlamp into segments, can be found the world's first dynamic indicator light. As soon as the driver switches on the indicator, a strip of seven blocks lying one next to the other starts to light up sequentially at intervals of 20 milliseconds. After 150 milliseconds all the LED segments are bright and illuminate with full intensity although the impression of "a wipe-action indicator" is given. As was the case in the predecessor model, AUDI and HELLA have combined the functions of indicator, daytime running lights and position lights in one optical system this time, too. The end product is a vehicle with an impressive and distinctive look that is typical of its make, a striking look which is thrown into sharp relief both day and night. | {
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While the current interpretation of the constitution is that the 280 plus elected members of the Assembly decide if a matter is vital and should be referred, the NSW Synod has suggested a new way forward.
The NSW Synod will bring a proposal to 11th Assembly in Brisbane to amend clause 39 of the constitution so that Synods and Presbyteries are able play a part in deciding what is vital to the life of the Church.
The proposal, if passed, will allow Synods and Presbyteries to tell the Assembly when they felt a decision was vital to the church life. If three of the five Synods and at least half of the Presbyteries agreed within six months of an Assembly meeting that a matter was vital, it would be referred to councils for concurrence. The Assembly decision could then be revoked if the majority of Synods and two thirds of Presbyteries did not concur with the Assembly decision.
The NSW Synod proposal has been referred to the Assembly's Church Polity Committee ahead of it being brought to the 11th Assembly.
1. By renumbering current clause 39 as 39(a). | {
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If you use Photo Booth on a Mac for quick reference shots, remember that the pics it takes are reversed.
Notice how the lettering on this pic taken in Photo Booth is a mirror image.
But what Photo Booth won't change is Junior Mints delicious chocolate and mint flavor.
This is something to keep in mind when you are considering which hand you want a character holding something (right or left) – but also for smaller details like how clothes are buttoned.
Note: For those unaware, men and women's clothing generally button differently.
Pic taken with Photo Booth.
To rectify this, Photo Booth has a pull down menu under Edit where you can flip all the photos selected.
Okay – glad I got that out of my system. | {
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In 2000, after several years of quiet conversations, a small group of directors led by Dave Beglan began negotiations in earnest with the families who owned the Gavel, Orzech and Good Hill Farms. Realizing that development pressures were increasing and that Roxbury's active agricultural land was at risk at the time, Executive Director Julie Steers and Chairman of the Land Acquisition Committee Ric Sonder met with the staff of Connecticut's Department of Environmental Protection to share the Trust's very ambitious acquisition plan and began to prepare grant applications to the Open Space and Watershed Acquisition Fund that might match up to 50% of the purchase prices.
By the fall of 2002, four grants totaling $2.9 million had been received from the Open Space and Watershed Acquisition Fund. In November 2003 the Town of Woodbury had approved a grant of $250,000. During 2003 our goal was to reach out to everyone in the community through neighborhood parties. The Trust was gratified by the willingness of people to be hosts, resulting in some 30 gatherings and a multitude of gifts to Save Our Farms. Our elementary school students also rallied, contributing $550 to the Save Your Pennies, Save Our Farms campaign. Because of all this community support, the Diebold and Ceres Foundations made significant contributions towards the purchase of the Gavel and Good Hill Farms in honor of Dorothy Diebold.
The Campaign to Save Our Farms to preserve Good Hill Farm, the Gavel Family Farm and the Orzech Farm has been a primary focus of the Land Trust resulting in the permanent preservation of over 800 acres of active farmland, the enhancement of greenways and the further protection of the Shepaug River. We are very grateful to the Gavel, Orzech and Pond families for their generosity and commitment to preserving this farmland for generations to come.
Roxbury Land Trust leases agricultural land on which local farmers grow hay, corn, and pumpkins, and graze cattle. The Land Trust's Farm Management Committee works with our other farm leases in town to sustain local agriculture. Sustaining local farming helps preserve rural vistas and Roxbury's agricultural history. Although our preserves are open to the public, please note that farmland is working land. Please respect our farmers by keeping out of the open fields during growing season, not entering areas where animals are grazing, and never driving on fields. | {
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Elworthy Electrical has been a trusted name in industry in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland area for 75 years, with experience that circles the globe. Elworthy has a unique combination - extensive experience with a well equipped shop. This makes us one of the few companies in BC capable of providing a full range of electrical services.
Whether it's an easily resolved service call, equipment installation or repair, full plant relocation, renovation, or modernization, you can be sure Elworthy will provide the quality services you can trust. | {
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Jennie Laws is a Toronto-born singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist. Her passion for original songwriting reflects on a lifetime of music
Jennie Laws – "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
JonFromJersey, 1 year ago
Singles Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Jennie Laws, Toronto
Jennie Laws is a Toronto-born singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Her passion for original songwriting reflects on a lifetime of music making and has created many opportunities. She has opened up for Bruno Mars and sang background vocals for INXS and Michael Buble. She releases a Christmas song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".
Check it out courtesy of Spotify.
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Meet the Designer Pierluigi Cerri with Olson and Baker
10th August 2017 | Olson and Baker
Pierluigi Cerri graduated from the Polytechnic University of Milan. In 1974 he became a founder partner of Gregotti & Associati, winning numerous architecture competitions there. A member of L'Alliance Graphique Internationale, in 1976 he managed the image of the Venice Biennale; he was responsible for the image of the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle in Bonn and Palazzo Grassi in Venice. He has been editor of Casabella and Rassegna magazines; he has handled the design of collections of publications for the most important Italian publishing houses, including Electa, Einaudi, Bollati Boringhieri, Fabbri, Bompiani and Skirà. He has designed display layouts in the most important museum venues in Europe, Japan and the USA. He handled the corporate identity for the new cultural centre of Il Lingotto in Turin, and for Unifor, Italia '90, Pitti Immagi-ne, Prada, iGuzzini and Fratelli Guzzini, Ferrari Auto, Pirelli, GeNova04 European Capital of Culture, Cosmit ISaloni, the Milan Triennale, Mito Settembre Musica and Sea. He has designed objects and layout designs for B&B Italia, Desalto, Poltrona Frau, Fontana Arte, Arflex, Molteni&C and Fusital.
Want to know more? Get in touch at [email protected] | {
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Labor Big McLaughlin Gets New Court Date
by Tom Robbins
Brian McLaughlin, the scandal-scarred ex-city labor chief charged with stealing more than $2 million, was in federal court this morning asking a judge for more time to examine a "mountain" of documentary evidence that federal prosecutors say they will use against him.
Looking leaner and grayer than he did before his arrest in October on 43 counts of racketeering, mail fraud, and other charges, McLaughlin sat in silence alongside his attorney, Michael Armstrong, who said he still needed more time to sift through the records. "The mountain is still there, we are still working on it," Armstrong told U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas who set a new March 1st court date to assess the case's status. "We'll see then if the mountain has been conquered," said Karas. Assistant U.S. attorney Daniel Braun, who is prosecuting the government's case did not object to the delay.
The mountain consists of more than 100 boxes of evidence that the government has provided to McLaughlin, former president of the city's 1.5 million-member Central Labor Council. The evidence is the result of a eight-year probe by the city's Department of Investigation, the federal Office of Labor Racketeering, the FBI, and the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office that was sparked when McLaughlin, who was also a power in Local 3 of the city's electrical workers union, allegedly took bribes from a contractor looking to violate union manning requirements on a city street lighting contract. Investigators watched and listened for years as McLaughlin, a former Queens Democratic assemblyman, allegedly took more bribes from other contractors, and conspired to steal from his assembly campaign committee, the Labor Council, and even a little league sponsored by his local union. McLaughlin has denied the charges but has spoken to few of his former colleagues in the labor movement since his arrest.
This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on January 19, 2007
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Someone should have told you that you were more than your worst mistake, so that you weren't still imprisoned there in the spot of that momentary failure so long after it; still stuck trying to undo something that could never be undone and believing it made you less than.
Someone should have told you that God was not angry with you, so that your faith was allowed safe passage to grow and fearlessly move toward the One who made you and adores you without caveat or condition; the One who delights in you as you are.
Someone should have told you that it wasn't your fault, so that you were relieved of the wasteful, crushing burden of what you were never meant to carry or deserve to still be saddled with; all the guilt and regret that unfairly declare you culpable.
Someone should have told you that you were a bona-fide, freakin' miracle; a once in history collection of atoms and color and sound, so that you never doubted for a second your inherent worth, and the beautiful mark you've made in the places where your feet have landed.
Someone should have told you that you were forgiven, so that you didn't cling to a vicious grudge against yourself which pronounced you dirty; so you were not tried for the same crime again and again in the court of your own head.
Someone should have told you that your sadness wasn't a sickness, so you could have allowed yourself to grieve fully; to feel and speak the depth and breadth of your pain, instead of daily burying it beneath a brittle facade of okayness and pretending you weren't devastated.
Someone should have told you that your best was good enough; that the honest desires of your heart and the diligent work of your hands regardless of the results, made your efforts successful. If they had, you may not have felt failure in anything less than perfection.
Someone should have told you that you were not what people said you were. That might have emancipated you from the expectations of a million voices judging you from a distance, which you believed as gospel. You might have found your identity independent of the shouts from the crowd or the cutting words of the critics.
Someone should have told you that you were loved as you were; not because of anything you did or won or achieved or made, but simply because you were lovable. It may have saved you from so restlessly striving to earn what you already deserved.
I can't undo the brutal omissions you endured in the past, or the time you've squandered or the peace you've surrendered as a result.
I can only give you these words now, as a firm and steady spot to plant your foot and pivot as you begin again down another road, one with far fewer demons hiding in the shadows to ambush you.
So stop to listen to the whisper in your ear, that breaks the long and heavy silence and says that you are free. Feel the lightness that only love brings.
Somewhere along the road someone close to you should have told you all this, but they didn't. | {
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Our Parent Peer Support Group meets on Wednesday nights from 6:45-8:15 p.m. for parents with a middle or high school child who is challenged with mental health symptoms. Please note that this group. The peer support group is designed to be a safe, confidential place to share your experiences and learn from others. The group is facilitated by Nancy Dever and Debbie Gillespie and will be held at Wayne Presbyterian Church, Room 207, 125 E. Lancaster Ave, Wayne. For questions or to RSVP, contact Nancy Dever at [email protected] or call 610-574-3319.
NAMI PA, Main Line and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church are co-sponsoring How to Help a Loved One When Sadness Turns to Depression presented by Dr. Judith Katz on Monday, January 28, from 7-8 p.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (132 E. Valley Forge Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406). Dr. Judith Katz is a psychiatrist practicing in a community mental health center in Philadelphia. She treats depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder and has expertise in the treatment of personality disorders and psychosis. She is also a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research at the University of Pennsylvania. She has a particular interest in supporting families as they support loved ones who are experiencing mental illness.
WiseWorking, LLC is conducting a Digital Stress Management Survey to track how digital technology is being used in the mental health space. To participate in this survey, please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/dMHpSurvey0420. | {
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Rush Resume their Time Machine Tour in Europe -- First Stop: Helsinki, Finland
Rush is set to take the stage again tonight at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, beginning the European leg of their 2011 Time Machine tour. This marks the second time Rush has performed in Finland; the first time occurring on October 29, 2007 during the Snakes & Arrows Tour.
Following the show in Helsinki, Rush will play a dozen dates throughout May, including additional stops in Sweden, their first-ever stop in Ireland, Scotland, five shows in the UK, Holland and Germany.
The band will then take another week-long break before returning to the United States to close out the 2011 Time Machine Tour with 13 dates that will take place primarily across the western US. (Click HERE for all the dates).
For all of our European friends who are seeing Rush over the course of the next month, have fun and take some pictures!
For numerous pictures from the first leg of the tour, click HERE.
[Geddy Lee Speaks to the Irish Times - April 28th, 2011]
[Rush End the First Leg of the 2011 Time Machine Tour - Head Over to Europe for the Next Leg - April 23rd, 2011]
[Rush Rock Cleveland / New Concert DVD Information - April 16th, 2011]
[Exclusive Video: Rush Rock Madison Square Garden - April 12th, 2011]
[Rush at Hershey Park: How Sweet it Is - April 9th, 2011]
[Rush 2011 Time Machine Tour Begins Tonight - March 30th, 2011]
Mike Cronis May 4, 2011 at 11:02 PM
The whole sausage thing should be pretty funny in Finland and Sweeden, as well as Europe as a whole.
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HONORING THE DREAM: Composer and Music Professor Peter Boyer will receive the Ellis Island Medal of Honor this spring.
In recognition of his orchestral work Ellis Island: The Dream of America, Professor of Music Peter Boyer has been selected as one of the recipients of the 34th Ellis Island Medals of Honor.
The annual medal is given to a selection of 100 Americans whose accomplishments in their field and inspired service to the nation are worthy of commendation.
The Helen Smith Chair in Music at the university, Boyer will join with his fellow recipients—including Executive Director of the U.N. World Food Programme David Beasley, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, and former Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt—for this year's award ceremony on May 11 held on Ellis Island located in Upper New York Bay.
Upon hearing of the announcement, Boyer expressed both his surprise and gratitude to the selection committee.
Since the medal was founded in 1986, the Ellis Island Honors Society has honored a diverse selection of honorees (including seven U.S. presidents) whose careers celebrate the American ideals of opportunity and possibility.
As he prepared to compose Ellis Island: The Dream of America, Boyer said that he conducted extensive research in 2001 and 2002 on the immigrant experience at Ellis Island through the Ellis Island Oral History Project. | {
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ASNMU discusses referendum
Emily Pagel
During the Tuesday, March 18 ASNMU meeting, the board voted unanimously on the dates of the referendum election.
On Monday, April 7 ASNMU referendum elections will begin. The election ballots will run from noon Monday, April 7 to noon Wednesday, April 9. During this time students will have the opportunity to vote on the Student Discretionary Activity Fee.
Anthony Viola/NW
ASNMU representatives vote on the dates of the referendum and ASNMU elections during the 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 19 meeting in the UC.
ASNMU President Amber Lopota said the referendum committee has completed their meetings with all organizations in preparation for the election.
"The referendum committee has been meeting over the past two months to address the Direct Allocation groups, Radio X, North Wind, ASNMU and SFC, to review proposed changes in allocation and governing documents," Lopota said. "Reviewing documents, soliciting changes as needed to clarify requests and their validation, as well as deliberating the benefits to the student body as a result of approving/denying the requests has been an ongoing effort."
Students will also be voting for who will represent their student body on the ASNMU executive board for the following semester.
ASNMU down campus representative Spencer Deering said the voting process is simple for students.
"You can vote online," Deering said. "It's really simple. You just vote for all the people that are running as long as they don't contradict with each other. There are going to be a few people that are running for slots where there are no competitors so thats something that is pretty simple. You choose who you vote for and hopefully you have a good informed decision."
That's really the ultimate goal."
Students wishing to run as a candidate for the election would have to meet the application deadline by Sunday, March 27.
"The process would to be to go into the ASNMU office," Deering said. "We have a form for candidates to fill out and it includes all the rules and the jobs of any the positions that they wish apply for. There's a couple of interest meetings that they will have to attend to see exactly what their requirements would be and they would run for campaign.
Deering also said that students are not restricted by year or major when being running for elections.
"Any student can apply as long as they are in good standing with the university and that is checked by the Dean of Students to see if they are eligible or not," Deering said.
Debates happen Thursday April 4 open forum JXJ 104 at 6pm.
"It starts with the debates, I think thats the time when students can get a really good idea of who the representatives and who's running for president and vice president and who they want to vote for and thats really the starting point of the voting process.
"I would like to say how important it is to vote and people to be aware because ASNMU does have a lot of power to help students with any problems that they have and so you want the right people in there doing the things you want done."
"It is important for students to vote every time elections come around, as it is their opportunity to decide who they would like to hold accountable for the coming year's advocacy through ASNMU," Lopota said. "It is also a time they can make decisions about how they would like to fund their student groups, the North Wind and Radio X, through the proposed allocation changes that will incrementally come from an increase to the student activity fee."
"I would like to simply request EVERY student take the time to vote in this election," Lopota said. "The number of voters that turn out is recorded and directly affects the perception of how actively passionate the student body is about how their voice is heard. The higher the number of voters, the more obvious it becomes that students are paying attention and are interested in maintaining an active voice in the operations of their university."
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Roman Simić Bodrožić (* 1972 in Zadar (Jugoslawien), heute Kroatien) ist kroatischer Schriftsteller und Verlagslektor. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten jungen kroatischen Autoren und spiegelt in seiner Prosa die Stimmung seiner Generation wider.
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Roman Simić war Herausgeber und Chefredakteur der wichtigen kroatischen Literaturzeitschrift Quorum und ist Organisator und Programmdirektor des renommierten Festival of the European Short Story in Zagreb. Er arbeitet als Lektor für den kroatischen Verlag Fraktura, nachdem er zuvor mehrere Jahre für das Verlagshaus Profil tätig war.
In den Jahren 1992 und 1996 gewann er den 2. Preis beim Goran Preis für junge Dichter. Im Jahr 2003 war er Stipendiat der Stadt Graz, 2004 des Literarischen Colloquiums in Berlin. Er nahm an der Biennale junger Künstler des Mediterran in Rom 1999 und am Schriftstellertreffen der Tage des André Malraux in Sarajevo 2000 sowie an den Präsentationen zeitgenössischer kroatischer Prosa-Schriftsteller in Wien 2001–2003 und in Göteborg 2004 teil.
Im Jahr 2005 erhielt er für das Buch In was wir uns verlieben (U što se zaljubljujemo), (2007 auf Deutsch bei Voland & Quist erschienen) den Jutarnji-List-Preis für das beste kroatische Prosawerk des Jahres. 2012 erschien sein dritter Kurzgeschichtenband Von all den unglaublichen Dingen (Nahrani me), (2013 auf Deutsch beim Verlag Voland & Quist), welcher vorrangig das Thema Elternschaft in seinen vielen Facetten behandelt und auf den persönlichen Erfahrungen Simićs beruht. In seinem Spiel mit den Erzählperspektiven verschwimmen die Grenzen zwischen autobiografischen und fiktiven Elementen. Seine Erzählungen wurden ins Französische, Schwedische, Slowenische, Polnische, Bulgarische, Litauische, Spanische, Serbische und Englische übersetzt.
Er lebt mit seiner Ehefrau, der Autorin Ivana Bodrožić, in Zagreb, Kroatien.
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U trenutku kao u divljini. (Im Augenblick wie in der Wildnis). Gedichte, Zagreb 1996
Mjesto na kojem ćemo provesti noć. (Der Ort, an dem wir die Nacht verbringen werden). Kurzgeschichten, Zagreb 2000 (polnische Übersetzung 2003; slowenische Übersetzung 2004)
U što se zaljubljujemo. (In was wir uns verlieben), Erzählungen. Zagreb 2005
Übersetzung Alida Bremer: In was wir uns verlieben. Voland & Quist, Dresden / Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-938424-21-6.
Nahrani me. (Füttere mich). Kurzgeschichten, Zagreb 2012
Übersetzung Brigitte Döbert: Von all den unglaublichen Dingen. Voland & Quist, Dresden / Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-863910-33-4.
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Roman Simić-Bodrožic bei TimeOut Croatia (englisch).
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What Can the Boss Teach New Jersey Residents About Estate Tax Planning?
September 2, 2016 /by Jeffrey Love
New Jersey's legendary troubadour just completed a triumphant return to MetLife Stadium in the swamps of Jersey. We know that Bruce and Miami Steve learned more from a three-minute record than they ever learned in school. But, perhaps you didn't know that the Boss's classic lyrics can also remind us to show a little faith as there is still some "magic in the night" for New Jersey residents who want to avoid or reduce the New Jersey Estate Tax.
"Don't give me my money, honey . . . I don't want it back"
The New Jersey Estate Tax is a tax that can be eliminated or reduced by lifetime gifts. Instead of leaving two grand sitting in your pocket, a New Jersey resident can make gifts without triggering federal gift tax by using available annual exclusions (currently $14,000 per donee) and the lifetime gift tax exemption of $5,450,000. Because New Jersey does not impose a state gift tax, these federal exemptions offer "tramps like us" an opportunity to stay and avoid getting out while we're young.
New Jersey's estate tax law is based on the former credit for state death tax, which was repealed in 2005. These are better days, it's true, because under the current rules, lifetime gifts are not "pulled back" when considering the New Jersey taxable estate. In other words, a New Jersey resident is only taxed on the assets that the decedent still owned at the time of his or her death – not the assets that have been gifted.
Note, before trying to make it good somehow, there are some other taxes to consider before a substantial gift is made. If appreciated assets are gifted, the donee receives the transferor's basis. In an instance where the capital gains tax which would be triggered by a donee's sale exceeds the anticipated New Jersey Estate Tax, it is more tax-efficient for the individual to retain the asset until death (and pay the New Jersey Estate Tax) because assets subject to the Estate Tax will receive a "step-up" in basis. The step-up can work to avoid the higher capital gains tax when the beneficiary ultimately sells the asset. Also, when the donor intends to benefit individuals who are not a spouse, parent or descendant, those lifetime transfers can be subject to a New Jersey Inheritance Tax of up to 16% when the transfers are made "in contemplation of death" to non-exempt beneficiaries.
"This boardwalk life for me is through . . . you know you ought to quit this scene too"
New Jersey imposes a state estate tax on estates valued in excess of $675,000. Many clients change their "domicile" to a different jurisdiction to avoid the state estate tax. Florida is a frequent destination, but more recently, clients will cross the river from the Jersey side to New York to take advantage of the current $4,187,500 state estate tax exemption available to New York residents.
A person can have multiple residences, but for purposes of state estate taxation, an individual has only one "domicile." While there is no universally adopted definition of domicile, many states (and the IRS) share a general understanding that domicile means the place where a person has a fixed residence and the present intention of making it his or her permanent home. Once a domicile is established, "she's the one" until superseded by a new one.
When clients have multiple residences and they want to change their domicile from New Jersey to Waynesboro County, Darlington County or some other jurisdiction, advance planning is recommended. Although there is no one fact that establishes a decedent's legal domicile, when a change is considered, some of the following actions are recommended:
Filing a Declaration of Domicile in the new domicile state
Changing of vehicle and voter registrations
Filing state income or personal property taxes in the new domicile state
Executing new estate planning documents
Changing registrations for places of worship or club memberships
"The times are tough now, just getting tougher . . . cover me"
Many New Jersey estate planning clients choose to maintain their house up in Fairview or take a good look around and refuse to leave their hometown. The reason is often not tax motivated – clients want to be close to their family, grandchildren, shore homes and friends. Also, gifting strategies to reduce the estate tax may not be viable or tax efficient.
For those who have learned to sleep at night knowing the price to pay by staying in New Jersey, there has been renewed activity in the purchase of single life and second-to-die life insurance to "cover" the New Jersey Estate Tax that will be incurred. Many clients are coupling the life insurance with a Long Term Care rider to help preserve family assets in the event of a long-term illness. Advice from a qualified or visionary planner, perhaps dressed in the latest rage, should be sought regarding the ownership and beneficiary designation of such policies, the tax considerations when an LTC rider is involved and the benefits of an irrevocable trust to own the policy.
The Failure to Coordinate the Provisions of Your Current Will with Documents Referenced in that Will Can Have Costly Consequences
August 2, 2016 /by Jeffrey Love
A recent decision of the New Jersey Superior Court, Chancery Division, highlights the importance of reviewing your estate plan to ensure that it meets your current objectives and that lifetime trusts or charitable foundation documents referenced in your estate plan remain in force. In a decision entitled In the Matter of the Estate of Muhammed Belal Hussain, deceased, members of a decedent's family sought to invalidate a charitable bequest to a foundation that was identified in the decedent's last will and testament. The heirs argued that the bequest to the charity lapsed because the referenced foundation was never established. The decedent's Will was signed in December, 2008, almost five years before the testator died in 2013. The court ruled that the charitable bequest failed because the charitable foundation did not exist at the time of the decedent's death.
Although in certain instances a court can invoke the cy pres doctrine or the doctrine of probable intent to save an intended charitable bequest, the chancery judge refused to do so in this instance. The decision noted that the executor of the estate attempted to create a foundation after the testator's death. The court rejected this post-mortem tactic and declined to permit the testamentary bequest to a foundation that never existed.
The decision highlights the importance of reviewing your estate plan to ensure that it meets your current objectives and that any trust or charitable foundation referenced in your most current Will is in full force and effect. In the decision summarized here, the decedent's failure to establish the charitable foundation in the five years after signing the Will led to the delay, expense and uncertainty of a probate litigation.
An estate plan is not a boilerplate Will or trust that a client signs and stores in a file. On the contrary, a coordinated estate plan is necessary so as to ensure that you preserve your assets and business interests for those beneficiaries or charities you presently intend to benefit. It is essential to have your estate plan reviewed periodically to ensure that your plan is coordinated with the titling of your assets, your beneficiary designations and the documents referenced in your Will. Equally important, the plan should be reviewed to confirm that it addresses current estate and inheritance tax laws.
The New Jersey Uniform Trust Code Becomes Effective July 17, 2016
July 15, 2016 /by Allison L. Lee and Jeffrey Love
On January 19, 2016, New Jersey joined over 30 other states when it enacted its version of the Uniform Trust Code, P.L. 2015, c.276 ("the NJUTC"). The objective of the legislation is to provide predictability, transparency and fairness for parties involved in the establishment and management of trusts, as well as those charged with their administration.
The NJUTC, which is effective July 17, 2016 applies retroactively, with certain exceptions. It's advisable that parties to existing trusts, as well as legal practitioners and other advisors confirm the impact of the new law and review planning opportunities now available. To highlight some of the important provisions of the new law:
Many provisions of the NJUTC can (and, if inconsistent with a Grantor's wishes, should) be overridden by a trust agreement. Other provisions of the law, however, cannot. For example, if a beneficiary older than 35 so requests, the trustee must provide the beneficiary with copies of both the trust instrument and information regarding the investment and management of the trust assets;
Non-judicial settlements, designed to minimize or eliminate altogether costs and delays inherent in obtaining approval from the court in matters of trust administration are permitted, subject to limited public policy exceptions. Matters that may be resolved by a non-judicial settlement agreement include the interpretation or construction of the terms of the trust, the approval of a trustee's accounting, direction to a trustee to refrain from performing a particular act or the grant to a trustee of any desirable power, the resignation or appointment of a trustee, the determination of a trustee's compensation, the transfer of a trust's principal place of administration and the liability of a trustee for an action relating to the trust;
The NJUTC also allows for the modification of a trust if the trustee and all interested beneficiaries agree. There are several instances when the terms of a trust as envisioned by the trust's creator no longer meet the intended purpose of the trust. For example, a provision directing a trustee to make distributions at certain pre-set ages may no longer be appropriate if the beneficiary is not sufficiently mature enough to handle the asset distributed, if the beneficiary is experiencing dependency issues or if there are potential creditors that could attach the trust funds distributed. Similarly, a beneficiary in a strained marital relationship may prefer that mandatory distributions be eliminated;
The NJUTC also addresses the relationship between a trustee and an investment advisor, as a result of a new section on powers to direct investment functions. Although the provisions of the NJUTC defining the trustee/investment advisor relationship are clearly defined, such provisions are not within the scope of the mandatory rules and, consequently, can be modified to better conform to a grantor's objectives. For example, under the default provisions, a fiduciary who has delegated investment functions to an investment advisor has no duty to monitor the conduct of the investment adviser, provide advice to the investment adviser or consult with the investment adviser, communicate with or warn or apprise any beneficiary or third party concerning instances in which the fiduciary would or might have exercised the fiduciary's own discretion in a manner different from the manner directed by the investment adviser. Grantors should consider whether these provisions are acceptable. It is anticipated that investment advisors will also update their policies as a result of the NJUTC, and those policies should be reviewed by a Grantor who is considering taking advantage of the NJUTC's new section on powers to direct investment functions.
Take Advantage of Estate Planning Techniques that Thrive in a Low Interest Rate Environment
June 24, 2016 /by Jeffrey Love
Current interest rates, which remain near historic lows, present several income, estate and gift tax planning opportunities. A number of estate planning techniques, including a grantor retained annuity trust ("GRAT"), an intra-family loan, an installment sale of a closely-held family business interest and a charitable lead annuity trust ("CLAT"), are more beneficial during periods of low interest rates.
A GRAT remains a viable estate planning technique
A GRAT allows the transfer of property with appreciation potential to an irrevocable trust whereby the grantor retains the right to receive a fixed annual annuity payable for a term. At the end of the annuity term, the trust property passes to the trust's beneficiaries. If the grantor survives the term, the value of the trust assets are not included in the grantor's gross estate for estate tax purposes.
The IRS requires the use of published interest rates to value the annuity and remainder interests. Under Section 7520 of the Internal Revenue Code, the IRS uses a rate based on 120 percent of the Mid-Term Applicable Federal Rate ("AFR") to discount the value of an annuity, an income interest for life or a term of years, or a remainder or reversionary interest in a trust to present value (the "7520 Rate"). The 7520 Rate (which varies from month to month) for June, 2016 is 1.8%. When the value of the trust property transferred to a GRAT appreciates at a rate exceeding the 7520 Rate the grantor will have successfully passed wealth to the GRAT's beneficiaries outside the transfer tax system.
The transfer of the property to the GRAT is a gift for gift tax purposes to the extent that the initial value of the trust property exceeds the present value of the grantor's retained annuity interest for the month the GRAT is created. A "Walton" GRAT is a technique that effectively permits the grantor to "zero-out" the gift to the GRAT. This technique is often used when a grantor has fully utilized his or her lifetime gift tax exemption.
The Department of the Treasury's Green Book for Fiscal Year 2017, which provides explanations of the President's budget proposals, attempts to impose some downside risk in the use of a GRAT. For example, a proposal would require that a GRAT have a minimum term of ten years and a maximum term of the life expectancy of the annuitant plus ten years. The administration has long targeted GRATs, and it is important that the legislative landscape be monitored in this regard to ensure the GRAT remains a viable estate planning technique.
Intra-family loans remain attractive planning tools
Consideration should also be given to the making or renegotiation of existing intra-family loans. Utilizing the current low interest rates in connection with an intra-family loan, a borrower can effectively retain the earnings on the borrowed funds which exceed the interest due on the debt.
Note that in order to avoid assessment of "imputed income," the Code requires that the borrower pay interest on the loan. In order to avoid imputed interest on an intra-family loan, interest must be paid at the AFR. In June, 2016, the AFR for Short-Term Loans (3 years or less) is .64%; 1.41% for a Mid-Term Loan (greater than 3 years but less than 9 years); and 2.24% for Long-Term Loans (greater than 9 years). A demand loan which is payable in full at any time on demand of the lender typically requires an interest rate equal to the Short-Term AFR, compounded semiannually, for the period during which the loan is outstanding.
Consider an installment sale of a closely-held family business interest
Another estate planning technique which can afford a significant opportunity to transfer wealth outside the transfer tax system involves the sale of a closely-held business or family partnership which has appreciation potential to a family member under an installment sale. The sale is generally made in exchange for a promissory note which bears interest over a term of years at the current AFR. In many instances, the note requires an annual interest payment with a balloon payment due at the end of the term.
This technique effectively permits the seller to "freeze" the value of the asset sold at the balance due under the promissory note. Future appreciation in the asset's fair market value above the note and interest due is not includable in the seller's taxable estate. This technique works especially well when a low interest rate environment coincides with favorably low valuation of the business or family partnership – either due to current market conditions or a temporary decrease in fair market value. In addition, when an installment sale is made pursuant to a transaction involving a grantor trust, capital gains tax on the interest sold can be avoided and if the trust is properly structured, the future appreciation in value occurs outside the transfer tax system.
Charitable planning opportunities exist
For individuals who are charitably inclined, a CLAT can also perform well in a low interest rate environment. Under the terms of a CLAT, a charity receives annuity payments for a stated term. At the end of the trust term, the property remaining in the CLAT passes to one or more non-charitable beneficiaries (typically the children of the donor). Note that there are Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax implications if the non-charitable beneficiaries of a CLAT include grandchildren of the donor.
The annuity amount is valued by assuming that the charity's interest will earn a rate equal to the 7520 Rate for the month the donor establishes the CLAT. If the growth of the trust property outpaces the 7520 Rate, the growth inures to the benefit of the trust's remainder beneficiaries outside of the donor's taxable estate.
Donors can obtain significant tax benefits utilizing a CLAT, including an upfront income tax deduction if the CLAT is structured as a "grantor trust" and the gift and estate tax laws allow a deduction for the actuarial value of the annuity interest committed to charity.
Legislation Regarding Digital Assets Poses Planning Considerations
June 9, 2016 /by Jeffrey Love
As technology and the use of social media become more prevalent, access to digital assets in the event of the account owner's death has become an increasingly important estate planning consideration. Digital assets include a variety of media including social media pages, emails, and frequent flyer points.
There have been many reported instances when family members have faced tremendous obstacles gaining access to a deceased relative's digital assets. A number of states have introduced and/or enacted legislation on the topic. Connecticut laid the groundwork for digital asset planning with the approval of Public Act No. 05-136, "An Act Concerning Access to Decedents' Electronic Mail Accounts," which took effect October 1, 2005. Over the past several years, other states have acted to adopt laws that protect digital assets and grant the family of a decedent the right to access and manage those assets. In 2014, the Uniform Law Commission approved the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, which is designed to allow executors, trustees, or the person appointed by the court complete access to a decedent's digital assets.
In April 2016, the New Jersey legislature proposed bill A3598 which would authorize an executor or administrator to access digital assets of a deceased person. The law was referred to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. A link to the full text of the proposed New Jersey bill is http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A4000/3598_I1.HTM. In May 2016, the New York legislature proposed bill S07604, which is similar to NJ A3598, but primarily focuses on providing a procedure for disclosure of digital assets. The bill was amended on third reading, now titled NY A09910, and is currently awaiting Senate approval. A link to the full text of the proposed bill is http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A09910&term=2015&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y#A09910.
In the absence of a controlling statute, there are a few basic actions that can help secure access to an account owner's digital assets. At a minimum, it is recommended that a list of all user names and passwords of digital accounts be maintained. This list should be stored in a secure place, and the executor of the account owner's estate should be notified how to retrieve this information. These digital assets include email addresses and airplane miles/vacation rewards, as well as bank account login codes. This list should be reviewed and updated periodically to reflect password updates.
In an instance where an account owner may feel uncomfortable authorizing access to social media accounts, or other programs that contain personal messages and information, several of the major social media platforms have recently introduced procedures for users to decide how they want their account to be managed after they pass away. For example, Facebook recently allowed its users to select a legacy contact. This contact will be granted limited access to the account. For example, the contact may be authorized to change a profile/cover photo or add relatives who were not previously connected. Limitations have been placed on the contact's ability to log in to the account or see personal messages or images. Other platforms have similar procedures which can be accessed by the following links:
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/2842?lang=en
https://support.twitter.com/articles/87894#
https://help.instagram.com/264154560391256/
Don't be Lulled into Inaction – Plan for the New Jersey Estate Tax
September 25, 2015 /by Jeffrey Love
According to a "Quick Facts" report of the United States Census Bureau, the median value of a home in Bergen County, New Jersey for the period ending 2012 was $461,400. This figure is almost 37% higher than the New Jersey state average. Adjusted for inflation, the median value of a Bergen County home will approach $500,000 by 2015. This data confirms that planning for the New Jersey Estate Tax, which is triggered when the value of an estate exceeds $675,000, remains an important consideration for most Bergen County residents. Read more →
Benefits of Planning With a Properly Drafted Trust
July 8, 2015 /by Jeffrey Love
There are significant "non-tax" estate planning concerns that can be addressed through the implementation of a properly drafted trust. A trust can provide a measure of protection so that the assets you have accumulated over a lifetime are not dissipated by a creditor or divorcing in-law. Read more →
A Primer on the New Jersey Estate Tax
There have been a number of New Jersey legislators recently advocating for the repeal of the New Jersey Estate Tax or an increase in the applicable exclusion amount. The text of bill A120 clearly states the basis for the attack – "this archaically low threshold for New Jersey's estate tax—less than the value of many middle-class homes—encourages small businesses and their owners to shut down and leave the State." Read more →
First Microbrewery in Hackensack
May 30, 2015 /by Winne Banta
Bruce Rosenberg secured approval for the first microbrewery in the City of Hackensack and only the second in Bergen County. The addition of Alementary Brewery is seen as part of the city's significant efforts toward redevelopment. Says Rosenberg, "What the City and planning board made clear during the approvals process was that they want to encourage the types of entrepreneurial business and adaptive reuse of existing buildings being pursued by Alementary Brewery." The owners plan to open by Fall 2016 and offer a dozen beers, half for sale off-site at local bars and restaurants and the other six available only at the brewery.
Overview of the New Jersey Inheritance Tax
April 28, 2015 /by Jeffrey Love
Recently, a number of bills have been introduced advocating the repeal of the New Jersey Inheritance Tax, which is a transfer tax imposed when certain transferees receive a gift or bequest. Legislators who advocate for repeal argue that it is unduly burdensome. Read more →
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Opposition to introduce European minimum wage in Hungary
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Representatives of the united opposition, should they win the general election next spring, have pledged to make the personal income tax system fairer and to combat corruption.
They also vowed to introduce a European minimum wage as well as measures promoting a level playing field for entrepreneurs. At a press conference on Tuesday, Márton Ilyés of Momentum said personal income tax brackets would not be hiked but the system could be made fairer by easing taxes for low earners, adding that taxes on the minimum wage were high in Hungary compared with other European Union member states.
Also, the opposition plans measures to
narrow the gap between underdeveloped regions and more advanced ones,
he said.
László Varjú, a deputy leader of the Democratic Coalition, said business interests linked to the ruling Fidesz party had become rich at the expense of hard-working earners who were struggling to make ends meet. The government's wage policy was "a mere band aid", and changes were possible only if a European minimum wage, binding on all governments, were enacted, he said.
Jobbik deputy leader Dániel Z. Kárpát said that despite the government's policy of keeping Hungarian wages relatively low to make Hungarian labour competitive, minimum and average wages should be raised to be "closer to an acceptable European average".
Police officers, fire fighters, and health-care employees need to paid better in the hope of retaining their services,
he added.
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Párbeszéd deputy group leader Bence Tordai vowed to "rid the Hungarian economy of corruption" and to make public procurement "transparent and fair". Doing so would make the price of services and goods purchased through that system cheaper, he insisted.
Tordai pledged to scrap the law on strategic government investment projects and to review projects already completed.
The opposition wants Hungary to join the European Public Prosecutor and to set up a national anti-corruption agency,
An opposition government would review the assets of politicians through a new asset declaration system designed to show "how the wealth of decision makers has grown", Tordai said.
In response, the deputy group leader of Fidesz said the opposition planned to scrap the minimum wage wholesale. In a video, László Böröcz quoted Péter Márki-Zay, the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition alliance, as saying there was no need for a minimum wage at all. The Fidesz official said Marki-Zay had argued that the minimum wage carried "many disadvantages".
Böröcz said the minimum wage, however, meant employees were not exposed to the aggressive low-wage practices of multinationals, and he accused Márki-Zay if being "on the side of multinationals" instead of Hungarian employees. "Conversely, Fidesz is on the side of Hungarians, which is why we have raised the minimum wage to 200,000 forints (EUR 540), three times the amount it was last time round when there was left-wing government."
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Section, acts June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 898; Oct. 9, 1962, Pub. L. 87–764, 76 Stat. 762; Nov. 19, 1977, Pub. L. 95–196, 91 Stat. 1420, related to the providing of accommodations at places for holding court. See section 462 of this title.
Repeal effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164, set out as an Effective Date of 1982 Amendment note under section 171 of this title.
Pub. L. 87–833, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 959, related to Akron, Ohio.
Pub. L. 87–699, Sept. 25, 1962, 76 Stat. 598, related to Richland, Washington.
Pub. L. 87–562, § 4, July 30, 1962, 76 Stat. 248, related to Fort Myers, Saint Petersburg, Fort Pierce, and West Palm Beach, Florida.
Pub. L. 87–560, July 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 247, related to Marshall, Texas.
Pub. L. 87–559, July 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 246, related to Decatur, Alabama.
Pub. L. 87–553, July 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 222, related to Winchester, Tennessee.
Pub. L. 87–551, July 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 221, related to Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Pub. L. 87–337, Oct. 3, 1961, 75 Stat. 750, related to Lafayette, Louisiana.
Pub. L. 87–36, § 3(g), May 19, 1961, 75 Stat. 83, related to Kalamazoo, Michigan; Fayetteville, North Carolina; and Dyersburg, Tennessee.
Pub. L. 86–366, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 647, related to Durant, Oklahoma.
Act July 20, 1956, ch. 657, 70 Stat. 594, related to Bryson City, North Carolina.
Act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1006, 64 Stat. 982, related to Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Act Aug. 21, 1950, ch. 767, 64 Stat. 469, related to Newnan, Georgia.
Act Aug. 10, 1950, ch. 675, § 2, 64 Stat. 438, related to Rock Island, Illinois.
Act Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 744, 63 Stat. 923, related to Thomasville, Georgia.
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The only way that this would work is if people were silly enough to singup with a service like this.
seriously, would you setup to a service who did this?
there are plenty of well known companies out there doing VoIP and PLENTY of free applications which people use. SKYPE being just one.
yes, this could happen. but so can they get it just as easily by going through your trash or calling you on your mobile pretending to be someone from your bank.
its called social engineering; because it relies on the victim falling for whatever the 'hacker' is doing. | {
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Tickets: At the door. Suggested donation – $12-15, under 19 – $5. Raffle tickets, RY T-shirts, refreshments available.
Teen theatre company Recycled Youth presents Showdown in Mudville. The sheriff, the Saloon Girl, the town drunk, and the crooked Mayor, who resembles a well known modern politician, tell their story through comedy, dance and song. | {
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Submitted by Mike Durek of The Use. You can see a report from the recent performance by The Use at the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco.
Posted on May 6, 2013 May 6, 2013 by catsynth This entry was posted in Cats, Synthesizers and tagged analog, black cat, cat, michael durek, midnight monday, moog, Synthesizers, the use. Bookmark the permalink.
Well kitty, what are you going to borrow it for?
Do you have an upcoming show ?
Clicked the link of the performance at the Luggage Store Gallery.
Aha! You can't have thumbs and work this; you need a cat snoopervisor!
LOL nice! Thanks Amar, and thanks all. I let her smell it and she hasn't been in the studio since. It is kinda pricey after all. Can't have any hairballs on a borrowed Voyager. | {
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.IO;
using Demax;
namespace ModelExporter
{
class Exporter
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
CCore e = new CCore();
e.RunWindowed(320, 240, new OpenTK.Graphics.GraphicsMode(32, 16, 8, 4), "HelloWorld", OpenTK.GameWindowFlags.Default);
if (!Directory.Exists("import"))
Directory.CreateDirectory("import");
if (!Directory.Exists("export"))
Directory.CreateDirectory("export");
if (!Directory.Exists("anim"))
Directory.CreateDirectory("anim");
ObjVolume.ExportModelFolder(null, "import", "export");
ObjVolume.ExportModelFolder(null, "anim", "export", true);
Console.WriteLine("Done!");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
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Hollywood.tv caught up with Britney Spears as the singer and her assistant Carla made a stop at a gas station in a Camry last night.
The troubled pop tart was wearing knee high boots, black hat and a leather coat as she went inside to buy some cigarettes. The pesky paps peppered her with questions and wondering if she was alright, telling her that Adnan Ghalib's partner filmed the pair during their weekend getaway, cruelly trying to provoke a reaction from the singer. Appearing unhappy, Britney ignored the guy until leaving claiming, "I was filming him too". Britney then returned to the car, lit a cigarette, and Carla drove off. | {
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Background: A face transplant is a rare and relatively new procedure. First three full facial transplants in the US were all performed in 2011, and fewer than 10 full face transplants have been performed in the nation. Its long-term course remains under investigation. No loss of a transplanted face on patients taking the immunosuppression drugs appropriately have been reported . Rejection nearly always appears first dermatologically, which facilitates its detection compared to internal organ transplants. Rejection can present as a blotchy or spotty rash, and it may appear anywhere on the transplant .
Abstract: A 32-year-old man who had undergone a full facial transplant ~7 years prior presented concerning for transplant rejection. He had several days of persistent lip ulcers and malaise. Dermatology service indicated the erosions were more typical of rejection than vesicles (HSV). He was hospitalized for 7 days receiving treatment for organ rejection along with empiric HSV treatment comprised of methylprednisolone, mycophenolate, tacrolimus, and valacyclovir.
Pain service was consulted on day 2 of admission for facial pain evaluation. Patient noticed pain on his face a few days prior to admission. Patient localized the pain to the bilateral forehead and the triangular area from the corners of the upper lips to the glabella (i.e., the danger triangle of the face), including anesthesia dolorosa of right forehead where he typically lacks sensation. He denied tenderness to palpation. Pain was described as burning without radiation and was constant. There were no known triggers or temporal changes. Patient reported experiencing the same pain in the past when he has had rejection episodes. Pain was rated at 5/10 with oral (PO) and intravenous (IV) narcotics and 10/10 without medication. Patient stated that he has tried gabapentin, pregabalin, and homeopathic medicine in the past without relief. He reported having baseline facial pain that was different in quality than his current pain. The baseline pain was dull and "in the bone," and it was controlled by 1 tablet of hydrocodone-acetaminophen 10-325 mg every 6 hours as needed (PRN).
Pain service recommended increasing the frequency of hydrocodone administration to every 4 hours PRN with hydromorphone (IV) 0.5mg every 4 hours PRN for breakthrough pain since opioids have provided relief for the patient (patient requested nearly all the PO and half the IV doses during hospitalization). We also recommended topiramate 25 mg at bedtime since the quality of the pain appeared neuropathic. This achieved adequate pain control per patient.
Conclusion: Pain associated with face transplant rejection can be present in areas without tactile sensation (i.e., anesthesia dolorosa), suggesting there is a central representation of the area responsible for painful sensations, which is affected by the rejection process. The combination of opioid analgesics and neuropathic medications, in this case topiramate, was able to control an acute exacerbation of pain. Gabapentin and pregabalin could have been a sensible alternative (had patient not experienced the lack of efficacy in the past).
2. Kanitakis J, Badet L, Petruzzo P, Béziat JL, Morelon E, Lefrançois N, Françès C, Claudy A, Martin X, Lengelé B, Testelin S, Devauchelle B, Dubernard, JM. Clinicopathologic Monitoring of the Skin and Oral Mucosa of the First Human Face Allograft: Report on the First Eight Months. Transplantation 2006; 82:1610. | {
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The Storm Prediction Center just put out a Mesoscale Discussion for parts of southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, and southwest Indiana. Basically, the MD lets the public know they are monitoring a specific area for a possible watch (severe thunderstorm or tornado).
A warm front is lifting northeast across the area. The concern is that the warm front will act as the mechanism to get thunderstorms to pop. I think the majority of thunderstorms will stay confined to near the front. There could be a few sporadic thunderstorms popping south of the warm front in the "warm sector".
We do have a pretty humid air mass in place. At noon (CT), temperatuers are in the middle to upper 70°'s and dew points are in the lower to middle 60°'s. That is plenty enough "juice" to get things going.
Here is a look at the instability in the atmosphere.
This thermodynamic field is called CAPE. CAPE stands for Convective Available Potential Energy. More specifically, this is SBCAPE (Surface Based Convective Available Potential Energy). This ultimately is the amount of instability in the atmosphere. | {
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S 31.5" 21.5" 37.5" 55.5"
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The printed design of this jumpsuit is very casual and fun. It is made even more fun with the addition of the open shoulders and back with the cross back straps and tie. The short sleeves drape on your arms to increase the amount of air flow to make you feel comfortable. The loose fitting legs are opened up with a cut that goes all the way up to the thigh. The lightweight material and the open nature of this outfit make it more of a summer jumpsuit, but you can wear it through the fall with the addition of a light jacket. Easy to care for, you'll feel great wearing this with heels or sandals. | {
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The airport in Warsaw has been recently expanding and actually looks quite nice now compared to what it looked like a couple of years ago. I took an Uber from my hotel to the airport and it cost ~$6 USD, which was super cheap and generally taxis don't cost a lot of money in Poland and therefore the ~25 minute ride was super cheap.
LOT recently opened a special premium check-in area for Star Gold, Business, and First class passengers, however the area is nothing special and just consists of a normal check-in area surrounded by a fancy wooden 'fence' with an agent guarding the entrance. I had to show him my Senator card before he let me in.
Check-in was super simple and I was informed that there had been an aircraft change from an ancient B737 to a newer E195, so technically the equipment was 'upgraded'. Next to the premium check-in area is a Star Gold fast track security area, which didn't have any queues and therefore I cleared security in less than ten seconds and made my way over to LOT's only Business Lounge, Polonez.
The lounge feels super small since there is a ton of unnecessary furniture everywhere that blocks certain areas. There is however plenty of seating areas such as regular chairs and couches.
The food spread consisted of chocolate, cookies, heated snacks, finger sandwiches, soup, salads, etc. The food selection was actually quite nice, there was also various types of alcoholic beverages.
Overall, the LOT Polish Airlines Business Lounge Polonez in Warsaw is a comfortable place to relax and have some snacks. There is also a fake waterfall on one side of the wall, although I think it distracts much more than it actually calms you down. There is also a special Elite Club Lounge inside of this lounge which is accessible to Star Gold members, a review of that one is up next! | {
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Courtney A. Hoffman
Ph.D., English
"The Disappointment" – Annotations by William Chen
Addison on the Dissection of a Beau's Brain: Annotations and Analysis by Audrey Cossin
Mash-Up Videos: 18th-Century Text with 21st-Century Video
Memes and Poster Design
Magical Texts
Fantastic Beasts Multimodal Essays
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The Age of Letters: Epistolarity in the Eighteenth Century
The epistolary is often regarded as an eighteenth-century phenomenon. Rachael Scarborough King recently argued that letters function as what she calls a "bridge genre," creating connections between forms, as well as functioning as a nascent genre from which others grew. Novels, poetry, newspaper articles, pamphlets all were composed in the letter form. Ordinary people wrote to each other about history and nature, business and religion, personal triumph and tragedy, love and politics. With literacy and global expansionism on the rise, more and more of the population in Britain and around the world began to participate in a culture of epistolary exchange that spread ideas spanning mountain ranges and oceans. The eighteenth century was an age of letters as communication, as well as of lettered people. This course will explore eighteenth-century epistolarity through its many genres: fictional, actual, poetic, political, and cultural. Engaging with eighteenth-century letter texts, students will analyze and discuss the methods by which letters were exchanged, how fiction explored epistolary culture, where letters served as devices to promote conversation, how letter-writing permeated eighteenth-century society, how ideas about consciousness and the self could be portrayed through letters, and how letter writing persists in twenty-first century communication, even if we do not realize it. Using the Writing and Communication Program's WOVEN curriculum, students will analyze and replicate letters in the projects they complete for the course, which may consist of textual annotation and analysis, video design and creation, map-making, and blog post composition. These projects will require individual or collaborative work, depending on the assignment, and students can expect to present their ideas to the class, both formally and informally.
Our Literary Mothers: British Women Writers in the Eighteenth Century
In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf suggests that women writers should lay flowers on the grave of Aphra Behn, in tribute to Behn's position as the trailblazing woman who supported herself by her writing. Since Woolf's acknowledgement of Behn's contributions opening up the intellectual, financial, and literary worlds to women, many other women writers of the eighteenth century have been touted as putting cracks in the canon: Anne Finch, Frances Burney, Charlotte Smith, Elizabeth Montagu, Mary Wortley Montagu, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Mary Shelley are only a few of the women whose writing changed their world and the world of literature in the period. This course will explore eighteenth-century writing by women in conjunction with the texts these women inspired, reacted to, and revised, placing examples of the period's literature in conversation with each other. Though we will be reading texts by and about men, women, and non-binary individuals, our focus will be on how women writers negotiated their place within the culture of the long eighteenth-century. Using the Writing and Communication Program's WOVEN curriculum, we will explore multiple genres of communication including drama, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, editing, and discussion. Students will analyze and replicate these styles of communication in the projects they complete for the course, which may consist of textual annotation and analysis, video design and creation, map-making, and blog post composition. These projects will require individual or collaborative work, depending on the assignment, and students can expect to present their ideas to the class, both formally and informally.
Birthday Suits: Materiality of the Body in the Eighteenth Century and Today
In Samuel Richardson's 1740 novel Pamela, a character mentions needing a "birthday suit," by which he means a new suit of clothing to wear when attending events celebrating the King's birthday. Yet, in today's parlance, the term has come to signify nakedness, the human body in its natural form, thus suggesting the idea of bodily materiality encompasses a multifaceted landscape. Using our WOVENText curriculum, we will consider how eighteenth-century models have been transformed – or not – leading to the ways bodies are presented and represented in the twenty-first century. How do modern image texts, including videos, cartoons, ads, and photographs, provoke similar questions about size, shape, costume, attitude, class, gender, and race as eighteenth-century understandings of bodily materiality? How do scenes from television shows such as Grey's Anatomy resemble dissection theatres in the eighteenth-century? How do today's clinical trials for medical treatments compare to rhetorical and empirical methods that were developing during the 1700s? Why do publications such as The Spectator comment on dress and gender performance like modern periodicals do? What techniques do writers such as Jonathan Swift share with cultural critics today? The class will also include a visit to the Bodies Exhibit in Atlantic Station, in addition to challenging students to produce various multimodal artifacts that explore historical trends in the scientific study of the body, gender performance, and visual portrayal of bodies in literature, nonfiction texts, and print culture.
Your Obedient Servant: Movement of Information in the
Age of Print Media and Beyond
What does it mean to convey information between people: between individuals, between the masses, between nations? In an age when a message can be sent with the push of a button, when we can communicate via emojis, and we can block access for those whom we chose, the notion that news could days, weeks, months, or years to arrive at its destination – or maybe never arrive at all – is occasionally hard to fathom. This course will examine the ways in which letters, the postal service, newssheets, periodicals, and pamphlets gave rise to email, tweets, video chats, and websites as means of disseminating information, both personal and public, over the last two centuries. Using multimodality and the WOVEN curriculum (Written, Oral, Visual, Electronic, and Nonverbal), we will consider how twenty-first-century means of communication have been shaped by those of the eighteenth and nineteenth century. How did ideas, social norms, public policies, and scientific advancements spread before the internet – when a pen and ink was the only way to communicate over distances? Why and how was the promulgation of print and visual culture intertwined, and why do we still read the letters of ordinary people who lived in the eighteenth century? What can the method by which information was conveyed show us about the modes through which we communicate today? How can twenty-first-century technologies of communication teach us about our relationships with our friends, families, communities, and the world? We will discuss these topics and others in this ENGL 1102 course.
Graduate Academic Writing
This course is designed to familiarize graduate students in the sciences and engineering with various genres of academic writing and communication. By conducting rhetorical analyses of example materials across genres, students will understand the conventions by which each of these genres is produced and how to assess the rhetorical situations surrounding them. Students will work to improve their existing writing and communication skills in these genres, utilizing the writing process through multiple stages (including revision and peer review), as well as improve their abilities to collaborate with colleagues. We will discuss principles of rhetoric and why these are important for communicating in the scientific and engineering communities, both for the university setting and academic writing for a broader audience.
Harry Potter and the Material Object
Though we often believe that we, as individuals, are separate entities from the things in our lives, everyday objects – books, computers, phones, silverware, clothing – are integrated parts of our lives and existences. In this course, we'll consider how J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, a cultural phenomenon that has affected a wide audience in the twenty years since it was first published, transcending age, gender, race, and class barriers, portrays objects and the interactions between objects and characters in Rowling's novels. Materiality functions much differently in the fictional Wizarding World than in reality, so that a book or a broomstick might engage with a character independently of their wishes, and things (with a few exceptions) can be created, erased, or transformed with a thought. We'll be reading the novels and exploring some theories of human/object interactions, as well as learning new ways to think about the material world and communicating those idea through multiple modes, both digital and analog. Students will design and create their own material objects, present them to an audience, and analyze how objects and humans' interactions with them can reveal meaning and significance in both fictional worlds and the world which we inhabit. Things are everywhere – how are we connected to our things, and how are they becoming part of our selves?
Biomedical Innovations and the Question of Ethics
Utilizing texts that question, challenge, and document changes in biomedicine and the ethical considerations of such innovation since the 1950s, students will hone their skills in rhetorical practices across multiple modes of communication. This class will seek to emphasize the importance of communication skills in the dissemination of information about these new and exciting technologies. These will include written projects, visual essay design, journal blog posts, presentations with visual components, and a group research project culminating in a podcast episode. Innovations in biomedicine seem to appear almost daily on the evening news, on radio broadcasts, across our newsfeeds, and in fictional narratives. From gene therapy to designer babies, therapeutic uses of blood doping to scandals in cycling, the effects of scientific advancement and their engagements with existence as we know it permeate facets of our lives, some of which we might not even realize. As we consider what drives these developments and what are the underlying ethical implications of pushing the boundaries of the human, students will design, create, and communicate their ideas on the subject through various modes and media. | {
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I have been a brittle asthmatic since early childhood but the severity and frequency of attacks has increased over the past 14 years, resulting in several ventilated episodes in ICU. Some of the admissions have been comparatively uneventful whilst others have been more traumatic for both myself and those close to me.
I had never spoken to anyone at length about my experiences; I always thought that because I was a qualified nurse I shouldn't feel vulnerable and anxious, or 'fall to pieces', so didn't: not on the outside anyway. I thought that was what I should expect, and what was expected of me by others. I kept my feelings to myself, and wrote a journal and poetry about those feelings. Putting things on paper did help, but later found a new meaning to the power of speech.
initially I felt relief, as if a weight had been lifted.
a few hours later I 'fell to pieces', as everything that had been conveniently stored at the back of my mind had been pushed to the front.
and finally acceptance, in equal measures, of what had happened, what could happen in the future, and that support offered should be grabbed with both hands.
Admissions continue, but the psychological aspect is now easier to deal with. I still keep my journal up to date and have written a few more poems, which still helps put thing into perspective, but am still reassured that there is always someone to talk to if I need that little bit of extra help.
But the more I think about it, no nearer do I get.
And put the trauma and the stress so very far behind.
It's such a strange old feeling to know that for some time - how long?
I was not alive on earth, but was dead and so was gone.
How long id it last? What did they do? And whatever did they say?
What exactly went on while I was so far away?
I need to get things sorted out and settled in my mind.
I need to come to terms with life – and death – so peace I'll find.
And carry on with my life feeling undeterred. | {
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Fashion that's made in France and eco-friendly? The French say 'oui!'
Why We Wrote This
"Using these leftover fabrics just made sense"
"It's not a question of being trendy"
For over a century, Hauts-de-France was the textile capital of France – until the jobs disappeared overseas. Today, it's trying to reinvent itself as the country's eco-friendly textile engine.
The push to reuse local materials and reduce waste is part of a larger phenomenon by French entrepreneurs to offer products that are made domestically. This past June, about 450 textile businesses joined forces to create the Textile Valley project, with the goal of bringing 1% of the country's overall textile production back to Hauts-de-France, and with it, upwards of 4,000 jobs.
Fashion-forward France wants to become a leader in eco-friendly clothing production. Part of that strategy is promoting items that are made locally.
Their hope is to revitalize communities, boost the local economy, and help consumers think differently about how they shop.
And since September 2020, the French government has plugged 100 billion euros into relaunching the economy, with a third dedicated to relocating production back to France using more modern, sustainable practices.
"French people like these products because they're original, but also because they make a positive impact and have a history," says Hubert Motte, founder of upcycle clothier La Vie est Belt. "Especially since COVID, there's a desire by French people to leave 'fast fashion' behind and buy products that are made locally."
Tourcoing, France
Strips of used, donated bicycle tires lie stacked in a pile on a flat work surface in a labyrinthine warehouse in this northern French town. Soon, the tires will be washed, perforated for buckles, and assembled into smart, sturdy belts.
They aren't the only upcycled product created by La Vie est Belt. The textile company also takes used sheets to make men's and women's underwear, and even sells a DIY kit for customers to make their own undergarments.
"French people like these products because they're original, but also because they make a positive impact and have a history," says Hubert Motte, who founded La Vie est Belt in 2017 at the age of 23. "Especially since COVID, there's a desire by French people to leave 'fast fashion' behind and buy products that are made locally."
In doing so, Mr. Motte and his company are helping turn this region into a textile-recycling engine at a time when both eco-friendly clothes and buy local movements are growing – the latter by as much as 64%, according to recent polls. The effort draws on the local history of Hauts-de-France's history, which for over a century was the textile capital of France.
The push to reuse local materials and reduce waste is part of a larger phenomenon by French entrepreneurs to offer products that are made domestically. This past June, around 450 textile businesses joined forces to create the Textile Valley project, with the goal of bringing 1% of the country's overall textile production back to Hauts-de-France, and with it, upwards of 4,000 jobs.
In an industry that destroys between 10,000 and 20,000 tons of products each year in France, textile producers in Hauts-de-France are now leading the country in creating eco-friendly, locally made clothing and accessories. Their hope is to revitalize communities, boost the local economy, and help consumers think differently about how they shop.
"French consumers are transforming how they buy clothing, leaning towards zero waste and buying less," says Annick Jéhanne, president of Fashion Green Hub, a community of 300 businesses and collectives dedicated to sustainable fashion based in neighboring Roubaix. "But major labels need to make their clothing more sustainable and provide eco-friendly alternatives so that, ultimately, the consumer can make better choices."
France's textile industry can be traced as far back as the 14th century to northern towns like Tourcoing and Roubaix, known primarily for production of wool and lace. After taking a hit following World War I and II, the industry began to prosper by the early 1950s, becoming the largest economic driver for the region.
But as businesses began outsourcing production to plants overseas, the industry saw a steady decline by the 1960s. And by the 21st century, local textile production had almost completely disappeared. Today, Hauts-de-France suffers from a lack of skilled textile workers as well as one of the highest levels of unemployment in the country.
Charles-Henri Florin, the owner of Peucelle & Florin, a Roubaix-based wool business in operation for a century, had a front-row seat to the region's change in fortunes. The company got its start producing high-end wool for major labels. But instead of following its competitors, which were outsourcing to Asia in the 1960s, Peucelle & Florin decided to change its business model – looking to Italy to import quality recycled wool.
Héloïse Grimonprez, owner of the Edie Grim fashion label, with her father Charles-Henri Florin, owner of wool importers Peucelle & Florin, stand in the Peucelle & Florin stockroom. The father-daughter team has dedicated each of their businesses to supporting local textile producers and designers.
"That allowed us to weather the storm, and also keep production in Europe," says Mr. Florin from his sprawling stockroom, which houses thousands of fabric samples. "It's important to be transparent. Everyone is thinking about their environmental footprint these days."
Mr. Florin passed on his savoir-faire and appreciation for sustainability to his daughter, Héloïse Grimonprez, who founded her clothing label Edie Grim in 2015. The two are now in partnership, with Ms. Grimonprez buying up Peucelle & Florin's unused fabrics to create chic, tailor-made coats and blazers.
"When I started the company, no one was using terms like 'eco-friendly,'" says Ms. Grimonprez. "But using these leftover fabrics just made sense. They were just sitting there and I thought, 'I need to do something with this.'"
The growing desire to know the source of clothing is not just for the upwardly mobile and looks to be more than a passing trend. Mainstream brands are looking for ways to make their labels more eco-friendly as well, handing over part of production to the region. And since September 2020, the French government has plugged 100 billion euros into relaunching the economy, with a third dedicated to relocating production back to France using more modern, sustainable practices.
Roubaix-based national retailers are increasingly committing to better practices. Clothier Camaïeu sends the entirety of its unsold women's clothing to a local workshop to be upcycled by women facing joblessness, and fashion retailer La Redoute is creating a 100% eco-friendly men's line and aiming to produce zero carbon emissions by 2030.
France's next generation of designers looks set to carry the "made in France" concept beyond the trends, too. ESMOD, a private fashion school with branches across France, recently challenged students to create an eco-friendly clothing line to be produced by a local retailer. And degree programs in textile production, like the recently launched EPICC school – aimed at young people facing school difficulties – offer hope for the future of the industry here.
Entire neighborhoods in Tourcoing and Roubaix are now dedicated to new textile designers and producers, and several initiatives are working to boost manufacturing while also fighting exclusion.
The Projet Resilience – a network of 60 textile producers – has worked with those facing social or economic marginalization since March 2020 to teach basic sewing. The Atelier Agile has similar goals but on a smaller scale, planning to train about 30 people starting in January to produce small clothing series for new labels and capsule collections. And La Vie est Belt employs those living with disabilities, in partnership with social inclusion group AlterEos.
"Professors are asking us more and more to think about sustainability in our creations," says Dune Girardot, who started working at Edie Grim after graduating from ESMOD last year. "It's not a question of being trendy. It's because it's important."
There are obstacles yet to overcome. The textile industry here is still recovering from having sent production overseas – it lost 530,000 jobs between 2006 and 2015, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. As the desire for products made in France increases, the region has struggled to meet demand – both in materials and manpower.
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"I'm on back order. I'm waiting for more donations to come in so I can make my belts," says Mr. Motte of La Vie est Belt. "It shows that things are changing. There's definitely an energy here."
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Halloween at sea tops chefs' operational effort
Published on November 18, 2017 by LCDR Fiona Southwood (author), ABIS Nicolas Gonzalez (photographer)
Able Seaman Maritime Logistics - Chef Alex Mullen cooks a Halloween dinner for Ship's Company onboard HMAS Newcastle in the Middle East region.
HMAS Newcastle may have been on operations but the chefs on board have worked tirelessly throughout the deployment with the morale and welfare of the ship's company in mind.
Ideal job on operations
Published on November 17, 2017 by LS Tom Gibson (author and photographer)
Able Seaman Marine Technician Erik Schneider is seen inside HMAS Warramunga's gas turbine room during the ships deployment to Operation MANITOU.
A world of oceans has opened up for a man who has landed his "ideal job" with the Royal Australian Navy.
Newcastle's operations complete
Published on November 16, 2017 by CPL Max Bree (author), ABIS Nicolas Gonzalez (photographer)
HMAS Newcastle
HMAS Newcastle has rounded out her busy six-month deployment to the Middle East, completing some 'firsts' and 'lasts' for Australian Navy ships in the region.
Visit informs new capability vision
Published on November 15, 2017 by LTJG Michelle Tucker (author), Petty Officer 1st Class Marcus Stanley - USN (photographer)
Members of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) engage in discussion with members of the information warfare (IW) department of Carrier Strike Group 11 during a visit aboard aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
The United States Carrier Strike Group 11 welcomed three members of the Royal Australian Navy for a 10-day visit in October aboard aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during its deployment in the Arabian Gulf.
CTF150 - Team building training
Published on November 09, 2017 by LCDR Jacqueline Swinton (author), Unknown (photographer)
Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150) Rotation 9 group photograph during a team building exercise in the Blue Mountains.
A team from the Royal Australian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and the Defence Science Technology Group, are preparing to take command of the next rotation for Combined Task Force 150 in the Middle East.
Navigation by sea and by road
Published on November 30, 2017 by LEUT Theresa Swift (author and photographer)
Lieutenant Matthew Lloyd, conducts preparations for HMAS Sirius' departure from Port of Kuantan, Malaysia.
Lieutenant Matthew Lloyd took the long way round on completion of his Junior Warfare Application Course at HMAS Watson in Sydney in June, setting out on a 5000 kilometre motorbike ride across Australia to resume his passion for salt water.
'Eyes and ears' determined and ready to shine
Published on November 28, 2017 by LEUT Will Singer (author), CPOIS Damian Pawlenko (photographer)
Seaman Combat Systems Operator Adeel Patel at Fleet Base West, Western Australia.
The lure of an adventurous and an unrivalled career was enough motivation for a recruit to 'pull out all the stops' before heading to HMAS Cerberus for the 11 weeks of Recruit School.
Finals for FFG champion
Published on November 23, 2017 by LEUT Elizabeth Ringrose-Voase (author), POIS Yuri Ramsey (photographer)
Leading Seaman Marine Technician Sarah Battenally at Fleet Base East, Garden Island, Sydney.
A love of fast cars, fast bikes, gas turbines, and warships wouldn't normally correlate with a desk job, but for Leading Seaman Marine Technician Sarah Battenally, it led to her being recognised as a finalist in the 2017 NSW Telstra Business Women's Awards.
Lucky seven for graduating Navy Recruit
Published on November 22, 2017 by LCDR Helen Ward (author), PO Vickie Austin (photographer)
Member of General Entry 357 Taylor Division Recruit Rob Hilton with his dad Chief Petty Officer Peter Hilton and his mum, ex-Chief Petty Officer Linda Hilton.
The power of the number seven was widely discussed by one particular family at the recent Recruit School Graduation parade for GE 357 in HMAS Cerberus.
Communication key to supply
Published on November 20, 2017 by LEUT Theresa Swift (author), Unknown (photographer)
Leading Seaman Richard Hankinson is a member of the ships company onboard HMAS Sirius which is currently deployed on Indo-Pacific Endeavour.
Whatever the role of the warship, there's still the requirement for professionals of all descriptions onboard, and in Navy's combat support vessels communication is in high demand. | {
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Miami Beach Police Release Photos, Body Cam Video in Andrew Gillum Hotel Incident
Gillum was found "inebriated" in a room at the Mondrian South Beach last month, police said
Published April 22, 2020 • Updated on April 22, 2020 at 7:17 pm
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Miami Beach Police have released new images and officer body camera footage from last month's incident at a South Beach hotel room involving former Florida governor candidate Andrew Gillum.
The items, released in response to public records requests, include more than two dozen photos from the March 13 incident at the Mondrian South Beach.
A police report said Gillum was "inebriated" and initially unresponsive when he was found in a hotel room along with a male companion where authorities found baggies of suspected crystal methamphetamine.
Fire rescue crews were called to the hotel around 1 a.m. regarding a suspected drug overdose, police said. Police say Gillum and two other men were in the hotel room.
"Mr. Gillum was unable to communicate due to his inebriated state," a police report said.
The 40-year-old Democrat, a former Tallahassee mayor who ran for governor in 2018, was not charged with any crime. The Miami Beach police report said Gillum was allowed to leave the hotel for home after he was checked out medically.
Gillum later said he would be entering a rehabilitation facility, saying he "fell into a depression that has led to alcohol abuse."
Miami Beach Police have released new images and officer body camera footage from last month's incident at a South Beach hotel room involving former Florida governor candidate Andrew Gillum. NBC 6's Tony Pipitone reports.
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Description: E-commerce has grown to be a reputable means used on the internet to achieve the process of buying and selling online. With E-commerce integration on your site, you can sell just about any product you are offering to people through the internet.
Meta Description: E-commerce has grown to be a reputable means used on the internet to achieve the process of buying and selling online. With E-commerce integration on your site, you can sell just about any product you are offering to people through the internet. | {
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In this amazing clip, acro paragliding pilot Gill Schneider teamed up with his father's circus class to mix juggling, trapeze and other circus arts with paragliding. The whole video is fun to watch as you learn a bit about Sheneider's love for flying and see some more ground-based interactions between himself and the class, but around 2:30 things suddenly escalate when he takes trapeze artist Roxane Giliand up in the sky above France for some nail-biting acrobatics. You can see more photos of the circus here. Video shot and directed by Shams Prod. | {
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According to South Wales Argus, Transport for Wales in partnership with Business Wales, the Welsh Government flagship business support service, is to host a 'Meet the Buyer' event in Newbridge this month.
The event, taking place on November 13th is designed so that local businesses can find out more about the opportunity to prepare bids for contracts worth £50m each year over 15 years.
More information at South Wales Argus.
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It's Like The Best Disease, Ever.
So your going about your daily business when bam! A sudden massive urge (like needing the loo, but less uncomfortable) comes across you to throw your life out of the window and run to the nearest airport. Is this you?
You get depressed when you see the "There's nothing like Australia" advert.
Or any travel advert in fact. You'll be sat twiddling your thumbs watching Countdown when it hits you like a shot in the gut. You long to be back there (or just there) stronger than your need for food or drink. You instantly begin calculating the number of wage packets needed to be on the plane.
There really is nothing like Australia!
Even conversations about sport, breakfast, fluffy bunnies, other non-travel related subjects! Your memories and future travel plans seem to be on your mind 24/7 and you always go back to them in conversation.
That Chinese/Thai/Italian/Indian takeaway is ruined. Forever.
It just doesn't taste the same. With every mouthful you have you get more and more disheartened about how "it's just not like it was in (insert backpacking country here)." What you once thought was the holy grail of food after a night out, or the savior of your lazy weekend, is now just a deceptive bad impression of what could have been.
Bam is right 😛 I went on a trip with my family a couple of years back, came back and got so depressed at work, once I saw what life could be, that I quit in two months. Haven't gone back to work since. | {
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This third assignment is to create an demonstration of egghunter shellcode for x86 Linux, with a configurable "egg" payload. The full source code and associated build script is available on GitHub. This demo weighs in at 43 bytes assembled, which is suboptimal but okay for showing the concept.
The purpose of an egghunter is to use a size-constrained executable payload (the hunter) to locate a larger payload (the egg) that has been somehow placed elsewhere in memory, perhaps on the stack or the heap.
The egg is typically detected by prepending a header of 8 distinctive bytes. It is assumed that this pattern will not naturally occur in normal program code or data, so once it is found it is likely to be the egg. This demo further assumes that the egg is located in an executable page and the hunter may simply jump to it.
The technique used here is one of the simpler approaches described in skape's paper Safely Searching Process Virtual Address Space (pdf). The hunter walks the entire process's memory space from bottom to top, detecting and skipping over pages that are not mapped, since attempting to read from an unmapped address like 0x00000001 would crash the shellcode. The paper provides several optimised iterations of example shellcode; this assignment is an original implementation that does much the same thing.
8 byte headers consisting of the same 4 bytes repeated are convenient because the half-header will usually appear in the hunter—we don't want it to find itself instead of the egg.
Linux pages are aligned 4096-byte blocks and we can and should skip page-by-page to get through the unmapped regions quickly.
A reliable and fast way to test if an address is mapped is to send a pointer to an appropriate syscall and see if it returns an error that we passed an invalid pointer.
A suitable syscall is access(), whose filename pointer argument can be used for this test. It will reliably return EFAULT (AL = 0xf2) if the pointer is in an invalid region.
First define a couple of constants—one for access's syscall number 33, and another for the specific return value if the pointer is not mapped.
Next set some registers that will stay the same for the duration of the hunt. EDX is cleared to 0x0 but it will be incremented before the next test, so really our search begins at 0x1.
For every target address in EDX we will use access() to check if we can safely read it. If access() doesn't return EFAULT, that means it's okay to read and we can jump to check_address, which tests for the egg header.
; Check the validity of [edx] and [edx+4] before reading them.
If EFAULT did occur we should skip immediately to the next page. This will save 4095 calls to access() per page. First EDX is shifted 12 bits to the right so that whatever offset exists within the current page is discarded. EDX is then incremented to move to the next page, then shifted left again to create 12 zero bits. It is now pointing directly at the start of the page so we skip the inc edx and go straight to the next access_check.
Once we are satisfied that a given address in EDX is safe, we must test the memory location to see if it is the beginning of our egg. The pattern was stored in ESI so both [EDX] and [EDX+4] are compared with that register. If both of them match then execution falls through to the jump.
In this code the egg header is set to 0x40414243 repeated twice. These are a series of INC instructions on the general purpose registers. At the moment when the egg is found EDX will be pointing to the beginning of this header. The CPU will perform this set of increments twice before executing the actual target code. The target code probably can't make any assumptions about the state of the registers anyway so these increments will do no harm.
It compiles and builds. In this situation I am testing it with the raw output of assignment 1, the TCP bind shell. The script outputs convenient hex for both the egg and the hunter, and also generates a C program containing both.
That test C program looks like this. It is arranged so that the egg will be somewhere in memory (the .data section in this case).
When this test program is run it immediately runs the egghunter and launches the bind shell payload. I can see that it is now listening on port 4444. I can connect and use the shell. I could use any other egg payload if I wanted to by passing different machine code to the build script. | {
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Happy Friday! How are you? Are you feeling spring-like yet? We still have snow in the garden so I'm going to say no, not for us at the moment. It's a slow one for us this weekend, we'll mostly be at home, having some work done to the house and catching up on some shows. Maybe even some baking? Plus we've been out quite a lot lately, so a weekend in will be nice.
1. Letting everyone see my wedding dress. The boutique is quite small, so we squeezed all eight of us in and I got to put it on again. I think nearly everyone was crying, my mum for the second time.
2. Eating all the Easter chocolate. We still have a cupboard full but we're staying away from it for while. I think we've possibly sickened ourselves.
3. A little surprise get together for my little brothers birthday. I think he actually knew about it in the end, but it was still a fun night.
4. Our mini seed garden that I'm watching with great anticipation for something to start growing.
5. Season two of Queer Eye has been announced for Netflix -woohoo!!
6. *touch wood, but my nails seem to be getting stronger! They haven't been peeling or chipping for weeks now and feel quite strong. Fingers crossed this continues.
7. New socks! Honestly, I'm so easily pleased.
8. Being very awake in the mornings just now. I think it probably has something to do with the lighter, brighter morning hours. But whatever it is, it makes me want to get up and out of bed. | {
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GetUp! - Victorian Environment Minister Neville -- vote for cleaner air!
Victorian Environment Minister Neville -- vote for cleaner air!
Next Wednesday, July 15, State and Federal Environment Ministers will convene to decide new national air pollution standards. The current standards are failing to protect the health of our communities. It's essential that our politicians vote in favour of the strictest possible standards. To do that, they'll need to know their constituents care about clean air.
Can you contact Victorian Environment Minister Lisa Neville and ask her to vote in favour of the strictest possible standards on air pollution?
The big polluters have succesfully lobbied against stricter standards for far too long. We need to speak up and let our politicians know that we won't tolerate the health of our communities being jeopardised so big polluters can have their way.
Can you contact Victorian Environment Minister Lisa Neville to say you care about clean air?
We've given you some talking points to get you started, but we encourage you to use your own words.
Air pollution is killing Australians.
Illness from air pollution kills 3000 Australians every year. Some of the worst affected communities are those living near polluting coal mines, coal-fired power stations and coal export facilities. It's estimated that health damages in Australia associated with pollution from coal-fired power amounts to $2.6 billion per annum. In the Hunter Valley, coal-fired power stations cause an estimated $600 million in health damages every year. A 2010 report showed that asthma rates among children aged 9 to 15 in the Hunter region were four times higher than the national average.
For 15 years, Australia's pollution standards have allowed the coal industry to release harmful levels of particle pollution into communities. The coal industry has campaigned to be allowed to continue polluting. It's time our politicians put the health of communities over these vested interests.
Health experts and the WHO advocate stricter standards.
Air pollution impacts cardiovascular and respiratory health, and is responsible for conditions like asthma, lung cancers and premature death. There is a growing body of evidence about the harmful effects of air pollution related to coal power. Respected Australian scientists such as Fiona Stanley and Tim Flannery have campaigned for stricter national air pollution monitoring at coal-fired power plants. The WHO also recommends stronger standards. | {
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Darfur activists need to put up or shut up
By Alec Brandon
The genocide in Darfur has certainly become a hip cause in the U.S. It has succeeded in uniting some of Hollywood's most liberal with the South's most conservative evangelical Christians. Lately students have been throwing in their hats, calling on campuses to divest and demanding that the genocide stop. Many public intellectuals have dedicated their time and energy to educating people on the horrors occurring in Sudan, most prominent of whom is New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who dedicates nearly every other column to an aspect of Darfur's genocide.
Ironically, many of these activists use the media to blame the media's lack of coverage of the genocide (one need only look at last week's Viewpoints article, "Why the media refuses to talk about Darfur," 5/9/06), yet countless amounts of ink and airtime have been rendered useless by the pleading of these activists.
Honestly, I have read countless words telling me why I should care about Sudan but next to none dealing with the next logical step: What should we call for to stop the Darfur genocide?
A quick survey of the largest activist groups on the genocide in Darfur only confirms this. Groups like the "Darfur Advocacy Fund" and "Save Darfur" go heavy on the rhetoric but lack any substance. This sentiment is echoed by activists here on campus and throughout the country. Marching on Washington or calling my Senator is not counterproductive, but it isn't going to have any impact. The most effective policy ideas that Darfur activists seem capable of rallying around are that elite universities should divest and that there should be more diplomatic pressure or U.N. action. While these ideas are warm and fuzzy (and surely succeed in uniting disparate ideological groups), they do nothing for Darfuris.
The furthest the popular activist groups are willing to go is to demand that the president gather support for a stronger multi-national force to protect the civilians of Darfur. But what does the nature of any such force have to do with protecting the civilians of Darfur? I am pretty sure those in Darfur would be happy to see any type of force protect them from the militias that haunt their existence. That no activist group would be conscious of this fact is sickening.
Since when is a humanitarian crisis the time to start making stipulations on how the crisis is averted? Perhaps these activists misunderstood the moral imperative they were creating when they likened the genocide in Darfur to those in Rwanda and the Holocaust. The editors of the New Republic were spot-on when said that to "care about a problem without caring about its solution" is nothing but a "sophisticated form of indecency." Essentially all that Sudan activists have achieved up until now is rallying people against genocide.
When Darfur activists aren't trying to solve the genocide in an appropriately "international" manner, they are bitching and moaning about the fact that the public doesn't share their passion for the topic. But it might be time for activists to reconsider that blame. Darfur activists have not gotten any traction because they spend all their time telling me why I should care about genocide, only occasionally throwing in a half-baked solution. It should come as no surprise that it is difficult to gather substantial public backing when your primary message is: "There is a genocide going on in Darfur, doesn't that suck…. Let's march." No one wants to think about the murder of innocent Darfuris unless they are also told that they can do something to prevent it, aside from long-term solutions that do little to avert the death and destruction that the Darfurian genocide has created.
It is time for Darfur activists to either put up or shut up. If they think that there is a moral imperative, then they had better be willing to back that up with a demand for action. To fail to discuss the concept of unilateral American action in this context is to ignore the very nature of a moral imperative. The New Republic summed it up best: "The discussion of Darfur, even by many people whose outrage is sincere, has become a festival of bad faith. Everybody wants to do everything but what must be done. It is the season of heartless bleeding hearts."
I'm willing to support military action, or at least the threat of it, to stop the genocide in Darfur. It is high time that a strategic debate of that sort overtook the silly and worthless discussion going on now. And the activists pointlessly dominating the present discussion ought to take note. | {
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A motley group of political operatives plots to take over the world – using a likeable white guy as a puppet. A new, hilarious stinging satire on Australian politics.
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Comin' Soon…
The Troy Savings Bank Music has bolstered its upcoming season with six new shows:
Wednesday, October 6, 8pm: JP, Chrissie and the Fairground Boys (featuring the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde) $29, $35
Sunday, December 12, 7pm: The Canadian Brass, $31, $38; students $25
Tuesday, December 21, 8pm: Judy Collins (her annual holiday show is back) $29, $34, $41, $46
Friday, January 14, 8pm: Arrival (ABBA tribute band from Sweden), $20, $25, $31, $35; students $15
Sunday, April 17, 7pm: Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro de Cuba, $25, $29, $35
Saturday, May 7, 8pm: The Glenn Miller Orchestra, $20, $25, $29, $35
Tix are currently available to members and will go on sale to the general public on Friday, August 27.
Academy Award winner Ryan Bingham – who penned and sang "The Weary Kind," the main theme from "Crazy Heart" – is headed back to Nippertown, and he's graduated from Valentine's Music Hall, where he last played. This time around, he's headed into The Linda in Albany for a show with his band the Dead Horses at 8pm on Sunday, October 17. The Rustlanders open the show. Tix are $17.
Blues guitarslinger and multiple Grammy Award winner Joe Louis Walker will be scorching the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock at 9pm on Friday, September 3. General admission tix are $20.
OK Go – who rocked Albany's Tulip Festival back in May – are headed back to Nippertown for a show at Northern Lights in Clifton Park on Wednesday, October 27. Priced at $15 in advance, tix will go on sale on Friday. Also at Northern Lights, Lotus shakes things up at 9pm on Wednesday, November 17 with opening acts Mux Mool and ELECTRONICAnonymous. Priced at $17 in advance, tix go on sale on Friday.
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The Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories Grymchak and his assistant was exposed and detained by SBU officers, together with NABU detectives and representatives of the Office of Special Investigations of the Prosecutor General's Office.
The officials were detained on suspicion of committing a crime under part 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code (fraud).
"The detainees demanded a bribe in the amount of $ 1.1 million from the entrepreneur for allegedly exercising influence on decision-making by persons authorized to perform state functions, – the SBU states -Upon receipt of part of the funds in the amount of $ 480 thousand, they were "caught red-handed."
According to media reports, it is about Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories Yuriy Grymchak. He is also known as a native of Donetsk, former MP and former assistant to Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko.
Yuriy Lutsenko himself has already responded to the detention of his colleague.
"Yes, it's true. The GPU, together with the SBU and NABU investigators detained my former assistant and MP Grymchak for fraudulent misappropriation of more than $ 1 million," wrote Lutsenko.
"NSRD (covert investigative (search) actions) indicate that he and his aides have demanded money for influence on the courts and officials of the Ministry of Culture for making the biased decisions. I am ashamed of him. But this clearly shows that the law is the same for everyone in the GPU."
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LOVE: Raewyn Billings and her daughter Lilly, 1, are a modern-day family of two after a long battle to have children. Picture: Jonathan Carroll.
RAEWYN Billings had to pinch herself on Sunday to make sure her motherhood journey was real.
The Ashtonfield woman celebrated her second Mother's Day after welcoming baby Lilly on May 7, 2018.
It was not an easy road to become a parent. At age 19 she was diagnosed with endometriosis, but was hopeful she would still be able to conceive when the time was right. "I always though I would be a mum," she said. "I knew it would be a challenge but it definitely was not as easy as I thought."
After building an impressive career in science, moving to Canada for four years to continue her study in the field of genetics and eventually returning to the Hunter, she found herself having to undergo yet another surgery for endometriosis. It was after this stay in hospital that her specialist said those words - "it is now or never".
"I thought by 25 I would find Mr Right, we would get married and have kids," she laughed. "It was so unrealistic."
With the support of friends and family Ms Billings decided IVF was going to be the pathway to fulfill her longing to have a child.
It took three long gruelling attempts, but the week before her 40th birthday she got the good news. "It was amazing," she said. "I still pinch myself that she is actually real."
Lilly's birth was bittersweet however, because as she arrived, Ms Billings father was admitted to hospital after an earlier terminal illness diagnosis. He spent four precious months with his new granddaughter before he lost his battle with the illness.
"I don't know how we could have got through it without Lilly," she said. "She brought so much to our family. I can't imagine life without her."
This year Mother's Day marked a whole year of Ms Billings new life in her family of two and give her a chance to appreciate her own mum. "If I am even a small pinch of what my mum is, then Lilly is going to be a very special girl."
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Q: Why can't we take a limiting relative frequency over nested spheres in relativistic spacetime? The Measure Problem of eternal inflation cosmology is to determine the correct probability measure over the theoretically infinitely many individuals (or civilizations or worlds) for self-locating belief. Ultimately we want to know what credence we should we assign to being in a world with property P, according to a given model, so that we can judge how much the observation of P or not-P confirms or disconfirms the model.
A seemingly natural answer is just to take a finite sphere in spacetime, estimate the portion of observers in it where P holds out of all individuals in the sphere, then repeatedly expand the sphere and take the frequency of individuals observing P in the limit as the sphere grows without bound.
But at least one discussion of this problem asserts that, "in relativistic spacetime, the proposal to assign probabilities by taking limiting relative frequencies in sequences of nested spheres doesn't even make sense" (Arntzenius and Dorr 2017). Why not?
[EDIT 3 Oct 2020 - Earlier in the paper they write, "in relativistic space-times there is no useful notion of a 'four-dimensional sphere'—the closest analogues of spheres are regions bounded by hyperboloids, but these regions will in general contain infinite numbers of observers and hence be useless for the purpose of taking limits."
So they seem to be arguing that the procedure doesn't even make sense in Special Relativity or a flat Minkowski spacetime.]
Never mind all the other issues about the reference class problem, what counts as an observer, etc. I just want to know why taking limiting relative frequencies in sequences of nested spheres doesn't make sense in relativistic spacetime.
[EDIT - Assume a flat Minkowski spacetime to begin with. "Spheres" in the Minkowski metric aren't finite, so that won't work. And spheres in one observer's coordinates won't be spheres for another. But can't we at least define nested bounded sets that grow without bound?]
Update: Detailed reference
Arntzenius, Frank, and Cian Dorr. 2017. "Self-Locating Priors and Cosmological Measures". In The Philosophy of Cosmology, ed. by Khalil Chamcham et al., 396–428. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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A: I think commentator @probably_someone has the right answer. Nested spheres in relativistic spacetime don't make sense because a sphere in one reference frame is not a sphere in others. A natural idea, which Dorr and Arntzenius hint at, is to take spheres in the invariant Minkowski metric (the spacetime interval), but these will generally be hyperboloids of infinite volume and therefore not helpful for taking finite frequencies.
However, I think D&A have made a dialectical error by resting too much on the notion of a sphere per se. If we just want to take a limiting relative frequency, it won't matter whether we take it over a sequence of spheres, ellipsoids, or any other bounded regions, provided the choice of regions is not biased towards the actual distribution of properties. Concentric spheres in one reference frame will still be nested bounded regions in every other reference frame.
The relevant question, then, is this: Is there a legitimate worry that we will get different frequencies depending on which reference frame we use to define our spheres? Such variance would require a peculiar distribution of properties that is biased towards certain reference frames, and to argue for that would require considerations beyond mere relativity.
So in sum, frame-independent spheres are not well defined in any relativistic spacetime, but relativity on its own does not rule out taking a limiting relative frequency over bounded regions of spacetime. If there is any obstacle to such a procedure, it must come from further considerations: either (i) a peculiar frame-biased distribution of properties, (ii) considerations of mass and curvature in General Relativity, or (iii) other aspects of Eternal Inflation. I would love to know what exactly the main obstacle is, but that is another question.
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Brunk House holds open house April 15
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Take a Saturday drive, enjoy spring blooms and step back in time at the Brunk House.
The Polk County Historical Society will hold its spring open house 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 15 at the historic home of Harrison and Emily Brunk, built for them and their eventual 12 children in 1861.
The Brunk House will offer tours of the home for a donation, and, for a fee, there will be pies, cookies and other desserts to snack on in the large family kitchen or while strolling the grounds.
Outside, visitors can check out cars, as Auto Clubs of Salem will bring their refurbished vehicles.
The Brunk House is one stop on the club's Spring Blossom Drive that starts at Walery's Pizza in West Salem anytime between 9 a.m. and noon and also includes Polk County Museum, Cafe 22 West, Heritage Center at the Mill, Willamette Pie Co., Egan Gardens and the Hitchin' Post. It is open to the public and features an optional "poker hand," where players get cards as they go from place to place. To join the poker run, it's $5 a hand, which benefits the Boys and Girls Club. Like the free tours at the Brunk House, each stop will feature deals or freebies, including free ice cream cones at Cafe 22.
The blossoms on display at the Brunk house include gardens with tulips and daffodils.
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The Master Gardeners, who work mostly in the vegetable and berry gardens, will be on site to answer gardening questions.
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Q: Regular expression help The strings to be matched are based on length.
String S should be matched iff (|S| mod 3) > (|S| mod 2)
where |S| is the length of the string.
I've tried to find wrt LCM but I don't know how to proceed with the solution.
The length that can be accepted is 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, ...
How to build this regex.
A: let the strings consist of lowercase alphabets for simplicity, so [a-z] is one character
The accepted lengths are a sequence 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 20, 22, ...
We can group these as {2}, {4,5,8}, {10,11,14}, {16,17,20}, ...
Notice that 4 on the addition of 6 gives 10, 5 on the addition of 6 gives 11, and so on.
To build the regex, consider the special cases first:
length of 2, regex would be [a-z]{2}
similarly for lengths 4, 5 and 8 regex would be [a-z]{4}, [a-z]{5}, [a-z]{8}
For lengths greater than 8, zero or more, six-character string is appended
so the final regex would be
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Health Ministry wants public to be its 'eyes and ears' once smoking ban kicks in
The nationwide smoking bans at all restaurants and eateries will be enforced on Jan 1, 2019. - NSTP/LUQMAN HAKIM ZUBIR
By Shaarani Ismail - December 23, 2018 @ 3:29pm
IPOH: The Health Ministry has urged members of the public to act as its 'eyes and ears' when the smoking ban at all restaurants and eateries is fully enforced nationwide on Jan 1 next year.
Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye said the public can lodge their complaints directly to the ministry via its hotline at 03-8892 4530.
"During this enforcement period, it's important that this is not done just by the ministry but also with the cooperation of the public.
"The government is widening the scope of non-smoking zones not just to bring down the numbers of smokers but to also protect the rights of those who do not smoke so that they will not be exposed to secondhand smoke, and protect their health," he said.
He was speaking to reporters after attending a lunch session with the Perak Chinese Schools Council Committee on Sunday.
Dr Lee said the ministry's enforcement drive in the first six months will lean more towards advising stubborn smokers. However, he noted that this does not mean that smokers should regard the ban lightly.
Asked if the ministry's 5,000-strong enforcement team is enough to tackle the ruling, Dr Lee said the ministry will strategise the deployment of its officers nationwide. He said stern enforcement will take place after six months via regular patrols and with help from the public.
"We will arrange the deployment of our enforcement officers nationwide. In the first six months, we need to increase enforcement efforts.
"However, enforcement action in these six months will focus on educating the public and restaurant owners so that they are aware of the ruling and hopefully, they will respect the ban.
"After six months, there will be patrols to check on the smoking ban and the public can call the ministry hotline if they see people breaking the law," he said.
Asked if restaurant operators can designate smoking zones within their premises, Dr Lee said it is possible but these smoking zones must be built three metres away from the dining area.
"It must be at a distance of three meters from the dining area and premises. This means that even if the operators want to, they cannot build a smoking zone in their restaurant. But if they set it up three metres away, then the ministry will not be able to take action."
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Krabi, in southern Thailand, has the distinction of being the country's oldest continually inhabited settlement, while Thailand itself, has the distinction of being the only Southeast Asian country that was never colonized. The residents of Krabi, like the rest of the country, are descended from the Chinese, who migrated there in the first century A.D.
Recorded history designates Krabi as part of the Kingdom of Ligor, a major city-state of the Siamese Kingdom. The city was originally a group of three communities that provided elephants for the capital city of Bangkok. As these communities grew, they were combined and eventually given the status of a town.
Subject to King Rama the fifth, Krabi was under the direct jurisdiction of a governor. Its status was eventually raised to a "fourth-level city" and from then on, Krabi was as distinct as the other Thailand provinces.
Today for the most part, the elephants are gone, replaced by tourists who plod the streets and stroll the beaches along the Andaman Sea and are awed by the high, limestone cliffs of Krabi.
Once upon a time in Krabi Town, a person would holler, or whistle, or maybe stomp his feet, and an elephant would come lumbering toward him, the driver astride his neck. Mr. Elephant would kneel on his front legs and the passenger would climb aboard and off they would go at the sub-breakneck speed of two miles an hour. Things have changed.
Today, you can still ride on an elephant, but taxis and rental cars will get you to your destination faster – river taxis, too. Taxis come in the form of cars, trucks, and motorcycles, so it's your choice how you want to go… for a ride, that is. Fares are reasonably priced according to your destination.
Being a port town, Krabi also has "longtail" boat river taxis available at the Chao Fah Pier. They serve the islands and beaches. There are also ferry services that serve farther island destinations. A number of these river taxi services do not operate during monsoon season, which runs from May to October. In their stead, a combined bus/longtail boat service can be utilized. Private ferry transfers are also available.
Several car rental services (also called car hire or self-drive) are available. Reserve your car beforehand and save money and time.
Scuba Diving – Undoubtedly Krabi is the gateway to the Andaman Sea of Thailand. From Krabi, you can launch off into the various dive locations: Phi Phi, Similans, Phuket, Hin Daeng and Hin Muang and Lanta. Apart from colourful marine life, sightings of whale sharks, mantas, leopard sharks and stingrays, also expect to have some fun weaving through the caves and caverns which make Krabi and its surrounding areas such a great adventure. The dive operators have of course the full range of dive courses for you to choose from.
Snorkeling – Untainted hard and soft corals are found just off the shorelines of Krabi, making it the perfect residence of marine fish life. Some of the best snorkeling in Thailand is found just off Krabi.
Rock Climbing – Krabi is enveloped by many limestone and hard rock mountains, making its terrain ideal for both experienced rock-climbers and those who want to try out this sport. Afraid of heights? Don't worry, there are many levels of rocks and the operator can help you book your rock climbing lessons with a reputable and reliable instructor.
Sea Kayaking and Canoeing – Amidst the many rock islands that surround Krabi are many waterways which twine through water pools that are perfect for kayaking. Even those who have not tried it before will easily do so under the guidance of your experienced leader. Take half a day out and explore the ravines that surround the Krabi region.
Jungle Trekking – Krabi region is surrounded by fabulous mountains and hills that make your holiday a complete adventure.
Elephant Trekking – What a novelty! Imagine mounting one of these gentle giants, and let them take you on an hour-long trek through the jungles of Krabi.
Emerald Pool and Crystal Pool – Believe it or not, there are some natural water pools filled with cool spring waters from the surrounding mountains tucked in the middle of the forests in Krabi.
Spas and Massage – You cannot visit Thailand without going for one of the local Thai massages. Choose between an oil massage and non-oil, and let the skilful hands of the experienced masseuse rub away all your aches and pains. Wonderful, especially after a day of diving or trekking. Something that everyone gets pretty hooked on! | {
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Дагей (умер в 588 году) — святой епископ ирландский. День памяти — 18 августа. Упоминается под именами Дейг (Daig, Daig Maccairaill), Дагей (Dageus, Daggeus, Dagaeo, Daigeus, Daygaeus, Dagaeus, Dagée), Дега (Dega), Дэг (Daigh), Даго (Daghous, Daghaeus, Dagous), Дегад (Deghadh), Даган (Daganus), Даг.
Ученик Финиана (Finian), был ирландским епископом и исповедником на острове Инис-Каоин-Деаг (Inis-Caoin-Deagha), ныне Инишкин (графство Монахан), живший ближе к концу VI века. Его имя на гаэльском означает Великое пламя, и он вероятно, был назван в честь своей матери. Считается одним из «трёх мастеров Ирландии» («one of the Three Master Craftsman of Ireland»).
Биография
Родился в Киннакта Бреаг (Kiennacta Breagh; графство Мит). Отец — Кайрилл (Cayrill, Carill), сын Ласрена (Laisrén), сын Даллана (Dallán), сын Эогана мак Нейлла, сын Ниалла Девять Заложников, сын . Мать — Дейга (Deighe), была дочерью Трена (Tren), сына , Лоэгайре мак Нейлла. Другими детьми Дейги были святой , сын Финтана (Fintan), святой Диармайд с Инис Клотранн, сын Лугны (Lugna), святой , сын Ниата (Niata), святой Фелим (Килморский), который был другим сыном Кайрилла и Дейги, старший брат святого Дейга, святая Фемия, которая была другой дочерью Кайрилла, святой Манчин Лимерикский (Mainchín of Limerick), сын Коллана из Коранна (Collan of Corann) и , другой ирландский придворный поэт.
Ещё ребёнком Дагей отправился в монастырь на острове Девениш (графство Фермана), чтобы учиться под руководством святого . По окончании учёбы отправился учиться под руководство святого Комгалла в монастырь Бангор, после чего стал художником при святом Киаране Клонмакнойсском, для которого сделал 300 колокольчиков, 300 посохов и 300 экземпляров Евангелия, которые были распространены в качестве дара среди других монастырей Ирландии.
Затем по благословению святого Колумбы основал монастырь на острове Инишкин. Местные жители пытались его убить, но это им не удалось, и они были вытеснены на полуостров (в графстве Корк).
Присутствовал при кончине Карлена, епископа Армского 24 марта 588 года. Скончался предположительно в том же году 18 августа, в этот день его поминают.
Среди учеников Дагея — святой . Дагей явил многие чудеса, перечисленные в его житии. Мартиролог сообщает: «A man of grace for our wheat was Daig, the good and great son of Cairell».
Примечания
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St. Daig Maccairaill
Святые Ирландии
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Q: How can I reflectively get a field on a Scala object from Java? I have the following object:
package com.rock
object Asteriod {
val orbitDiam = 334322.3
val radius = 3132.3
val length = 323332.3
val elliptical = false
}
How can I use Java reflection to get the values of each of those variables?
I can get a method from an object by can't seem to figure out how to get fields.
Is this possible?
Class<?> clazz = Class.forName("com.rock.Asteriod$");
Field field = clazz.getField("MODULE$");
// not sure what to do to get each of the variables?????
Thanks!
A: This works:
Class<?> clazz = Class.forName("com.rock.Asteriod$");
Object asteroid = clazz.getField("MODULE$").get(null);
Field orbitDiamField = clazz.getDeclaredField("orbitDiam");
orbitDiamField.setAccessible(true);
double orbitDiam = orbitDiamField.getDouble(asteroid);
System.out.println(orbitDiam);
And prints the result 334322.3
A: Start off with clazz.getDeclaredFields() -- this gives you all the fields declared in the class, as opposed to just the public ones. You may well find them to be private and to actually have synthesized getters. So do check all the methods as well with getDeclaredMethods. Print out everything to see what's going on. And if it isn't too much trouble, post back with findings, it could be an interesting read for others.
A: I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve, but if you just want the values you don't need reflection:
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] s) {
System.out.println(com.rock.Asteriod$.MODULE$.orbitDiam());
}
}
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Lions' defense continue to carry load without stars
So who needs these star players? Apparently not the Lions, who found a way to make plays in win over Washington
Lions' defense continue to carry load without stars So who needs these star players? Apparently not the Lions, who found a way to make plays in win over Washington Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/2eI43wH
Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press Published 7:48 p.m. ET Oct. 23, 2016
Lions 20, Redskins 17
Lions receiver Marvin Jones Jr. makes a 52-yard catch against the Washington Redskins' Josh Norman during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford runs against the Washington Redskins during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions receiver Anquan Boldin scores the winning touchdown against the Washington Redskins in the fourth quarter Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions receiver Anquan Boldin, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring the winning touchdown against the Washington Redskins late in the fourth quarter Sunday, October 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Detroit Lions' Zach Zenner scores a touchdown against the Washington Redskins during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions coach Jim Caldwell watches action against the Washington Redskins on Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Detroit Lions' Khyri Thornton causes the Washington Redskins' Matt Jones to fumble during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions defensive end Ezekiel 'Ziggy' Ansah tries to tackle the Washington Redskins' Chris Thompson during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions cornerback Darius Slay watches action against the Washington Redskins on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field. Slay suffered a hamstring injury in the first half. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Detroit Lions Kyle Van Noy celebrates a fumble recovery by teammate Kerry Hyder during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions LB Antwione Williams celebrates a fumble recovery by teammate Kerry Hyder during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions WR Golden Tate runs by the Washington Redskins' Bashaud Breeland for a first down during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions receiver Golden Tate is tackled by the Washington Redskins' Donte Whitner during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Washington Redskins QB Kirk Cousins hands off during the second half against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Detroit Lions head coach Jim Caldwell watches the action against the Washington Redskins Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions RB Zach Zenner runs against the Washington Redskins during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Detroit Lions' Anthony Zettel (69) tries to tackle the Washington Redskins Matt Jones' during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Detroit Lions defenders try to block a field goal by the Washington Redskins' Dustin Hopkins during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions WR Golden Tate goes for the ball against the Washington Redskins 'Will Blackmon during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions defensive tackle Tyrunn Walker rushes towards the Washington Redskins' Kirk Cousins during the second half Sunday, October 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford runs past the Washington Redskins' Ryan Kerrigan for a first down during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions receiver Golden Tate is defended by the Washington Redskins' Greg Toler during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Washington Redskins QB Kirk Cousins runs for a touchdown during the second half against the Detroit Lions Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Washington Redskins QB Kirk Cousins celebrates his 19-yard go-ahead touchdown run with tight end Vernon Davis late in the fourth quarter against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Detroit Lions cheerleaders perform during the game against the Washington Redskins Sunday, October 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) and fullback Michael Burton (46) take the field for action against the Washington Redskins on Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions left tackle Taylor Decker (68) takes the field for action against the Washington Redskins on Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions QB Matthew Stafford passes against the Washington Redskins during the first half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions linebacker Tahir Whitehead (59) and safety Tavon Wilson tackle the Washington Redskins' Matt Jones during the first half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins. Age: 29. 2016 stats: 16 starts, 97.2 QB rating, 67% completion, 25 TDs, 12 INTs, 96 rushing yards, 4 rushing TDs. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Detroit Lions Zach Zenner runs against the Washington Redskins during first half action Sunday, October 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Detroit Lions fans watch action against the Washington Redskins Sunday, October 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions defensive end Ziggy Ansah rushes against the Washington Redskins in the first half Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins tries to evade Detroit Lions defensive lineman Kerry Hyder on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford signals against the Redskins in the first half Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions QB Matthew Stafford calls a play during the win Sunday at Ford Field. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Washington Redskins QB Kirk Cousins passes during the first half against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Detroit Lions head coach Jim Caldwell watches action against the Washington Redskins Sunday, October 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Detroit Lions cheerleaders perform during the game against the Washington Redskins on Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Detroit Lions Golden Tate is tackled by the Washington Redskins Donte Whitner during second half action Sunday, October 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions defensive lineman Armonty Bryant sacks Washington Redskins QB Kirk Cousins during the first half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Detroit Lions defensive lineman Khyri Thornton tackles Washington Redskins RB Robert Kelly during the first half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions receiver Golden Tate runs by the Washington Redskins' Will Blackmon during the first half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions defensive lineman Armonty Bryant, center, celebrates with teammates Kerry Hyder, left, and Devin Taylor after sacking the Washington Redskins' Kirk Cousins (on the ground) during the first half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP
Lions LB Antwione Williams celebrates a fumble recovery by teammate Kerry Hyder during the second half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit.(Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP)
Detroit Lions safety Glover Quin was packing up his suitcase after the game, a three-game winning streak neatly tucked away on his way out the door after a 20-17 victory.
Nearby, safety Don Carey was speaking with reporters. He was fielding the same questions Quin had answered a few minutes earlier.
How did the Lions' defensive backs pull this off? How is the defense pulling this off?
Star cornerback Darius Slay left the game with a hamstring injury late in the second quarter. Johnson Bademosi entered the game and the secondary didn't seem to miss a beat. How?
The linebackers don't have DeAndre Levy and the defensive line is still without Haloti Ngata. And they're doing enough to win. How?
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"It does not change anything," Carey said of substitutes filling for key starters. "It does not change how we prepare, it doesn't change the plays we call. Truly, when we say 'next man up,' it's not a mantra. That's an expectation. So guys are continuing to prepare whether they're a start or not. Guys are going to continue to play and just try to keep this train going."
Quin shouted over: "I told them that, man! I told them that!"
Next man up. Sure. It's one of the oldest platitudes in football. But, of course, it isn't true. Star players get star paychecks for a reason and Bademosi essentially filling in for Slay is roughly the same thing as Jimmy Olsen putting on Superman's cape after the Man of Steel went down with a Kryptonite stinger.
Lions linebacker Tahir Whitehead (59) and safety Tavon Wilson tackle the Washington Redskins' Matt Jones during the first half Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. (Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP)
And that's what made the Lions' performance, especially in the secondary Sunday, impressive. Bademosi held his own, as did Nevin Lawson, who took on more of the No. 1 cornerback responsibilities. Nickel cornerback Quandre Diggs made plays.
"That's the crazy part," Carey said. "We're not looking for somebody to be Darius. We're looking for somebody to play in the scheme of that defense, the technique of that defense and execute it to the best of their ability. Therefore, when the next man steps up that's what we expect him to do and that's what we've been getting."
It's not sexy. It's not flashy. But it's resilient and, as the Lions are proving, it's dependable.
"We're just fighting, man," Quin said. "Whoever's out there, they're expected to play at a high level. We're just fighting, man."
Lions report card: High marks for Stafford, defense
So there were no big speeches among the defensive backs with Slay in street clothes on the sidelines when the second half started. There were no assurances of faith or pats on the back.
There was just this. A quiet understanding among the players. They aren't the NFL's best defense. They don't have glory stats and rankings. But they're finding out that they don't need them.
"Would it be nice if we were No. 1?" Quin said. "Sure, which would mean probably some of these games probably would be not as close. But we're not. But we're playing the way we play and we're finding ways to win. That's what matters."
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#ifndef _IRTKNORMALISEDGRADIENTCORRELATIONSIMILARITYMETRIC_H
#define _IRTKNORMALISEDGRADIENTCORRELATIONSIMILARITYMETRIC_H
/*
* Class for voxel similarity measure based on normalised gradient correlation
*
* Note that the input gradient vectors must already be normalised.
*
*/
class irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric : public irtkSimilarityMetric
{
private:
// Number of dimensions
int _dim;
// Number of samples
double _n;
// Measure of gradient correlation
double _correlation;
public:
// Constructor
irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric(int dim = 3);
// Get vector dimension
int GetDim();
/// Add sample
virtual void Add(int, int) {};
/// Remove sample
virtual void Delete(int, int) {};
/// Add sample
virtual void AddWeightedSample(int, int, double = 1) {};
/// Remove sample
virtual void DeleteWeightedSample(int, int, double = 1) {};
// Add sample
virtual void AddVector(double [], double [], double = 1);
// Remove sample
virtual void DeleteVector(double [], double [], double = 1);
// Combine similarity metrics
virtual void Combine(irtkSimilarityMetric *);
// Reset similarity metric
virtual void Reset();
// Reset similarity metric
virtual void ResetAndCopy(irtkSimilarityMetric *);
// Evaluate similarity measure
virtual double Evaluate();
};
// Get vector dimension
inline int irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric::GetDim()
{
return _dim;
}
inline irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric::irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric(int dim)
{
_dim = dim;
_correlation = 0;
_n = 0;
}
inline void irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric::AddVector(double x[], double y[], double weight)
{
double inner_prod = 0;
for(int i=0; i<_dim; i++){
inner_prod += x[i] * y[i];
}
_correlation += inner_prod * weight;
_n += weight;
}
inline void irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric::DeleteVector(double x[], double y[], double weight)
{
double inner_prod = 0;
for(int i=0; i<_dim; i++){
inner_prod += x[i] * y[i];
}
_correlation -= inner_prod * weight;
_n -= weight;
}
inline void irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric::Combine(irtkSimilarityMetric *metric)
{
irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric *m = dynamic_cast<irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric *>(metric);
if (m == NULL) {
cerr << "irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric::Combine: Dynamic cast failed" << endl;
exit(1);
}
_correlation += m->_correlation;
_n += m->_n;
}
inline void irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric::Reset()
{
_correlation = 0;
_n = 0;
}
inline void irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric::ResetAndCopy(irtkSimilarityMetric *metric)
{
irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric *m = dynamic_cast<irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric *>(metric);
if (m == NULL) {
cerr << "irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric::Reset: Dynamic cast failed" << endl;
exit(1);
}
_dim = m->_dim;
_correlation = m->_correlation;
_n = m->_n;
}
inline double irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric::Evaluate()
{
if (_n > 0) {
return _correlation / _n;
} else {
cerr << "irtkNormalisedGradientCorrelationSimilarityMetric::Evaluate: No samples";
return 0;
}
}
#endif
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Home Politics Omicron version, France closes its borders to tourists arriving from Great Britain
Omicron version, France closes its borders to tourists arriving from Great Britain
Virgil Harper
LONDON – Great Britain is now a little more an island: neighboring France has erected its bridges.
Faced with the new wave of Omicron, it closed borders to tourists from Great Britain. Only the French returning home from Saturday and the English living in France will be able to travel.
It is an announcement that disrupts the plans of thousands of people ready to go for White Week or the culture of big cities across the channel and which highlights how, despite hopes and forecasts, it is also a " There will be no "normal" Christmas.
In restaurants, in cinemas, in cinemas across the United Kingdom, cancellations are falling: Queen Elizabeth will skip a pre-Christmas breakfast. "It's too risky to uncover the prospect of so many people getting sick around Christmas," a spokesperson said.
Every day in the UK brings new firsts. Yesterday, 78,610 new cases of covid, the highest since the start of the pandemic. Confirmed Omicron variant positives are 10,000, but true cases would be at least twice that. Understandable, therefore, is the decision of France, where the transmission of the new version is currently limited (about 250 cases).
Yesterday, in a press conference, Prime Minister Boris Johnson assured the country that it would not be necessary to cancel Christmas. During the same meeting, Chris Whitty, the head of public health for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales and one of the most authoritative voices in the pandemic, encouraged citizens to use common sense, which is essential to the safety of the ceremony. was not. And the family reunion they absolutely didn't want to miss.
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The country seems to have considered Whitty more than premier if the hospitality sector anticipates bookings and very heavy losses in free fall today. Meanwhile, the day is complicated for Johnson on a political level as well. Voting is underway in North Shropshire following the resignation of MP Owen Paterson due to a conflict of interest. The outcome of a college that has always and only voted Tory will be a judgment on the credibility and credibility of the premiership.
(Corrire della Sera)
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The best video games of E3 (vote for your own in our poll)
More than 300 game publishers showed off thousands of video games at the E3 trade show last week. I didn't see them all, but I got a glimpse of most of the big games and the ones that generated a lot of buzz. Many of the games were frontrunners coming into the show and they made it onto my most-anticipated games list. But some games at E3 2010 were genuine surprises. Here's my list of the best games at E3. And for fun, here's the list from a year ago, when it was easy to see that Alan Wake and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves would be the big hits. I'll be voting this week in the Game Critics Awards, and you can bet that a lot of these titles will be on that list.
1. Rage (developer: id Software; publisher: Bethesda Softworks) multiple platforms.
I expected this game to be the best at E3 and it managed to hold off all challengers. At the core of this game is a new graphics technology known as Virtual Texturing. It comes from graphics wizard John Carmack at id and is part of id Tech 5, a new game engine that renders agamzing graphics. The game itself is set in a futuristic wasteland that blends influences from the Wild West and the Road Warrior. In this post-Doomsday world, you race highly weaponized cars and then shoot a lot of mutants. The game makers have created a combination of cool characters and enemies, realistic sci-fi environments, and cool game play advances such as a crossbow that shoots electric darts.
2. Crysis 2 (developer: Crytek; publisher: Electronic Arts) Xbox 360, PS 3, PC. holiday 2010.
This game is one of the only titles I've looked at that looks good in stereoscopic 3D. This game is the latest creation from a German company run by the brothers Yerli: Cevat, Avni and Faruk. They developed Far Cry back in 2004 and became known for their beautiful 3D graphics technology. This game carries on that tradition with a dramatic new story as well. This time, aliens are attacking New York City and are causing virtual 9/11 building collapses. Your job is to don an armored suit that lets you run at superhuman speeds or slip into stealth mode. Against this backdrop is a dramatic story where you have to make tough choices, such as leaving survivors behind as you run for your life. The game also has solid first-person shooter game play to satisfy shooter fans.
3. Killzone 3 (developer: Guerrilla Games; publisher Sony) PS 3. 2011.
Sony touted this title in 3D, but I think it looks just fine in 2D. The Helghast home planet is as creepy as ever, with both arctic and jungle action appearing in this game. Guerrilla Games took a long time to get Killzone 2 out. But they're promising a faster turnaround on Killzone 3 and a major overhaul of the graphics and game play at the same time. You'll be able to fly around with jet packs in levels that cover 10 times more territory than before. As such, it's a strategically important game for Sony as it tries to come up with a "Halo killer." It's being built by a team of 130 people, and so far the craftsmanship looks excellent.
4. Call of Duty Black Ops (developer:Treyarch; publisher: Activision Blizzard) Xbox 360, PS 3, PC. Nov. 9, 2010.
At E3, Treyarch showed off a new level where you can steal a Hind helicopter gunship and wreak havoc along a mountain river canyon with it. With this game, Treyarch will prove it can make a Call of Duty game every bit as good as its sister studio Infinity Ward. Gamers will get to play riveting scenes, like a crazy firefight in the midst of the burning city of Hue during the Vietnam War or hiding from Soviet troops as you infiltrate behind the Iron Curtain to take out a remote radar station. You play covert operatives going on secret missions. From what Treyarch has shown so far, the title will be action packed and it will always zero in on the tense moments leading up to inferno of combat.
5. Civilization V (developer: Firaxis Games; publisher: Take-Two Interactive) PC. fall 2010.
The strategy genre wasn't very visible at E3 amid all of the combat games. But thank heaven that Firaxis is reinventing this hit franchise for strategy fans. I loved Civ IV, but the tweaks for this bird's-eye-view strategy game are taking me back to the great strategy games of my childhood. With the redesign, now you can now fight battles on both a tactical and strategic level. Hexagons replace squares, allowing for more natural terrain movement. And the leaders of rival countries are now animated in a more emotion-inducing way. It's a perfect example of taking a classic game and improving it so that players will come back to it by the millions. Civilization V is proof that it's always possible to regenerate interest in a classic franchise.
6. Halo: Reach (developer: Bungie; publisher: Microsoft) Xbox 360. fall 2010.
This prequel takes us back to the days when the Covenant were first coming into contact with humanity and had just begun to "glass" planets, or turning them into melted sand and dirt. Halo has sold more than 34 million units and Bungie can be trusted to come up with another blockbuster game with its fourth and final installment in the Halo series. (Afterward, other developers will pick up the Halo universe games). In the single-player campaign, you have to help stave off the Covenant invasion both on the ground and in the all-new space combat as well. With the cool new multiplayer combat, Bungie has already proven it can still please and surprise gamers.
7. Steel Diver (developer/publisher: Nintendo) 3DS. No date.
This submarine game was one of the surprise delights of the show. It is one of the upcoming games for the 3DS handheld with stereoscopic 3D viewing. As you stare at the 3.5-inch 3DS screen, you can see the depth in the imagery, seeing past your submarine into the underwater terrain. You have to use the speed of the sub and its ability to diver or surface to navigate the underwater terrain. At the same time, you have to rise to the surface on occasion to fire torpedoes at the walls that get in your way. You also have to mind your air and deal with underwater obstacles. Nintendo has been working on this game for almost six years. Nintendo showed off the title as "Submarine Demo" way back in 2004. It looks great in stereoscopic 3D, as if you were playing in an aquarium. But it's only one of 70 titles that are coming for this game system.
8. LittleBigPlanet 2 (developer: Media Molecule; publisher: Sony) fall 2010 for PS 3.
The original LittleBigPlanet from 2008 let fans create their own characters and art work to be used in levels. Now Media Molecule is extending the user-generated content trend so that you can now create your own games within the larger game. Users can tap artificial intelligence, vehicles and graphical assets to make their own sophisticated mini games. This has been standard practice with a lot of shooting games on the PC. But the consoles have never been quite as friendly to users who wanted to hack their way to happiness. The developers have created their own game for this side-scrolling platform game, with more than 40 levels and six different themes. You can bounce around inside virtual pinball machines to score points and get to the next level. Everything about this game makes me think about how creative it allows gamers to be.
9. Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (developer/publisher: Nintendo) Wii. 2011.
Nintendo has been working on this new installment of Zelda for a long time. It finally unveiled the game, showing off how the sword play works with the Wii MotionPlus control, which can capture the subtle twists of your wrist as you slice sideways or chop downward. While it didn't work so well on stage because of wireless interference, the game worked properly when I tried it out behind closed doors. Besides swinging a sword, you can roll bombs, crack whips or shoot flying beetles. The only flaw I see so far is the inaccuracy of the controls when it comes to shooting arrows. That's a fundamental flaw of the Wii itself, but hopefully Nintendo will be able to deal with it by the time this comes out.
10. Portal 2 (developer: Valve; publisher: TBA) PC, Xbox 360, PS 3. 2011. Valve has revived a beloved franchise that came out of the indie game movement. The original Portal could spin your head around, allowing you to shoot an opening, or portal, into a wall and come out upside down so that you could maneuver past an obstacle. Now the original antagonist, a computer artificial intelligence named GLaDOS, is back in this game, where the physics effects are going to be more interesting and the puzzles even more mind-bending. Valve's Gabe Newell promises that this one will be twice as long as the previous game.
Here's some other titles that I also liked at the show:
11. Gears of War 3 (developer: Epic Games; publisher: Microsoft) Xbox 360. April 2011. The human planet of Sera is fast becoming a wasteland and all that's left to save it are the Gears, the Marine-like soldiers who make Arnold look like he didn't exercise enough. Gears of War is all about close combat, hiding behind corners and firing as much as you can as fast as you can at any targets that are moving close enough to turn you into red meat. This game brought us innovations such as the chainsaw bayonet and taught us that it's more fun to play a game if your side is not invulnerable and you have to hide as much as you shoot. Now you can shoot away at giant plant-like beasts who are trying to kill you with wild limbs; but you can fight in four-player cooperative mode.
12. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (developer/publisher: LucasArts). Oct. 26, 2010. You get to play Darth Vader's fugitive apprentice StarKiller, once again in this series that pre-dates the formation of the Rebel Alliance in Star Wars lore. The first game made expansive use of physics technology, allowing you to use The Force to toss around Imperial Stormtroopers as if they were rag dolls. This game takes those effects to new heights.
13. Motorstorm Apocalypse (developer: Evolution Studios; publisher: Sony) PS 3. No date. In this Motorstorm, you race your car through a coastal city that is disintegrating in a natural disaster. There's lots of debris that kicks up and gets in your way as you race to salvation. It actually looks good in stereoscopic 3D.
14. Medal of Honor (developer: EALA/EA Dice; publisher: Electronic Arts) PS 3, PC, Xbox 360. Oct. 12, 2010.
This decade-old franchise should have been the winner, not Call of Duty. But Electronic Arts lost touch with the quality that made Medal of Honor: Allied Assault one of the best video games ever. Now the company has committed itself to reviving this franchise, taking advantage of the weakness created by the firing of Infinity Ward's founders. EA is moving this franchise into the modern setting of Afghanistan in a direct challenge to the Modern Warfare version of Call of Duty. EA showed off cool multiplayer combat with up to 24 players per battle.
15. Dead Space 2 (developer: EA Visceral Games; publisher: Electronic Arts) PS 3, Xbox 360, PC. 2011. EA created a compelling new franchise with the first installment of this deep space horror game with third-person shooting. You'll be shooting to dismember the many disgusting monsters coming at you. This time, you get a nicer spacesuit and better weapons. The scene that EA showed in this game make you feel like you're thrown from the frying pan into the fire, over and over again, as you have to strategically dismember monsters. You escape from one peril, only to face another loud and roaring monster.
16. Dance Central (developer: Harmonix; publisher: MTV) Xbox 360. Nov. 2010. Created by the developers of Rock Band, this game uses Microsoft's Kinect motion-sensing system to great effect as it captures your dance moves. You are unemcumbered by by controllers as you try to match the moves of the dancers on screen.
17. Kinectimals (developer: Rare; publisher: Microsoft) Xbox 360. This title was perhaps the cutest of the show. Using Kinect, you can stand in front of your pet tiger and pet him with your hands. You can toss a ball, and, just as with Nintendogs, your pet may or may not decide to chase it. This titles blends motion control with artificial intelligence.
18. End of Nations (developer/publisher: Trion Worlds). PC. 2011. This is a real-time strategy game that takes place across an entire globe. You can build your army and move into any given region for a huge battle that involves dozens of players. To take out huge enemy bosses, you have to cooperate with other players, dropping coordinate air strikes and artillery barrages just before you mop up with ground forces.
19. Bulletstorm (developer: Epic Games/People Can Fly; publisher: Electronic Arts). PC, Xbox 360, PS 3. 2011. I got a package in the mail about this game. It was a bunch of ice-cooled hamburger. It drove home the point that this game is really a comedy. It makes a joke out of shredding your opponents into chunks of meat using your big giant machine guns, telekinesis, and gravity whips — all to the tunes of hard rock. You can earn more points in the game if you kill with style (Yes, the anti-violence crowd will have a field day with this one). In this game, you are on a hostile planet full of bad guys and man-eating plants. If you enjoy disgusting fun, this could be your game.
20. Epic Mickey (developer: Junction Point; publisher: Disney Interactive) Wii. fall 2010. Mickey Mouse has been reimagined by Warren Spector's team as a mischievous and darker character that is reminiscent of Mickey's early years. It's a major effort to make an 80-year-old icon relevant to today's gamers. Spector hopes to produce the quality video game that Mickey fully deserves.
21. Star Wars: The Old Republic (developer: BioWare; publisher: Electronic Arts) PC. This massively multiplayer online game is one of the most expensive games being developed anywhere. Hopefully the deep stories and variety of this game galaxy will keep the Star Wars faithful busy, whenever it arrives. The game play is choppy, but the galaxy is vast.
22. Metal Gear Solid: Rising (publisher: Konami) PS 3, Xbox 360. 2011. This game features Raiden a character that co-starred in Metal Gears Solid 2. On stage, Hideo Kojima talked about how you can use swords to slice your rivals in slow motion.
23. Mafia II (publisher: Take-Two Interactive) PS 3, Xbox 360, PC. August 24, 2010. There's an endless opportunity to upgrade your career as a hardened criminal in this open world game. It's got good graphics and exciting missions with lots of action.
24. Fable III (developer: Lionhead Studios; publisher: Microsoft) Xbox 360. Peter Molyneux promises more emotion-laden game play with the latest installment of this action role-playing game. Here you can find out what it's like to claw your way up to being king, and then living with the choices that you make.
25. Gran Turismo 5 (developer:; publisher: Sony) PS 3. 2010. Racing games just don't get more realistic than this. This game represents the state of the art for people who can't get enough driving during the daytime.
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1. Discuss the role of cholinesterase inhibitors in attention performance.
2. Identify and describe which measures may best detect the treatment effects of donepezil among individuals with Alzheimer's disease.
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Google to Slowly Move Everyone to the New Gmail
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Jun 5, 2018, 8:04 AM by Eric M. Zeman @zeman_e
Google is preparing to more broadly roll out its new Gmail design to users on the web and mobile devices. For the moment the new Gmail is opt-in, but that is going to change over the next few months. The new Gmail will become generally available to everyone starting in July, though people will still need to opt in. Google says people who don't opt in within eight weeks from general availability will be migrated automatically. Google will allow people to opt out of the new Gmail for up to 12 weeks after it reaches general availability, or through October. After October, all users will be migrated to the new Gmail. The new Gmail has a refreshed design with features like nudge, snooze, and scam notifications. It also helps people unsubscribe from newsletters and makes it easier to view attachments. The new Gmail is already available to Android and iOS devices should users care to upgrade.
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Contacts left out of new Gmail
Google forget to include Contacts in the new Gmail.
Now you have to navigate to a new page by going to the Google apps (9 dots) and find Contacts among Map, Drive, Photos, Calendar etc.
In the current Gmail, you could get to your contacts by clicking on Gmail in the upper left corner. Now Contacts are buried.
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City Terminates Contract of Parks and Recreation Director
By Matthew Leslie on January 17, 2021 • ( 16 Comments )
Note: This story has been edited from its original version.
The City has terminated the contract of Parks and Recreation Director Hugo Curiel. According to 1st District Fullerton City Councilmember Fred Jung, City Manager Ken Domer announced the action to members of the council Friday morning, January 15. In a letter that same day to members of the Parks and Recreation Commission, Domer wrote that the separation of Curiel's contract was for no single cause, citing a "need to move forward in a different direction from prior years."
Director of Parks and Recreation Hugo Curiel had his contract with the city terminated on January 15.
In an email to The Observer, Domer reiterated that the contract separation was not because of any "wrong-doing" and there was "no cause for my action other than I am constantly reviewing operations and responding to changing circumstances. As the City Manager I am responsible for day-to-day operations and to make adjustments as needed, and sometimes they are bigger than others that are made more frequently. Given the City's ongoing financial condition, as we transition to a lesser level of service ability in response to staffing levels and revenue projections, the organization will constantly be changing so we can continue to deliver services and be responsive to our residents."
According to Transparent California, Curiel's salary was $141,024 in 2019, the most recent year available on the site, with additional pay of $8,536. Pension debt of $33,089 and benefits of $ 34,217 brought his total compensation for that year to $216,866.
Domer also wrote in his message to Parks and Recreation Commissioners that he would not be appointing a new Director for at least a year, but rather he would assign specified City employees to oversee different areas of the department who would be reporting to "Toni in the Deputy City Manager role" (evidently referring to Antonia Graham). Graham is expected to leave that position in 90 days to take a position as Chief Operating Officer of the newly formed Orange County Power Authority, of which Fullerton is a member, where Jung represents Fullerton as Vice Chair.
The following day, Mayor Bruce Whitaker, who now represents the City's 4th District, said Curiel's removal wasn't a Council initiative, and that he had nothing to do with the decision, but did note that the Council has to be open-minded when looking at the City's budget. He predicted that the Council would have to become more active in a time of tight municipal finances and that cities would need to be willing to restructure personnel and overhead. Neither Whitaker nor Jung supported Measure S, a proposed City tax increase, which was on the November 2020 ballot and failed by a significant margin.
Fred Jung said he supported the decision to remove Curiel, calling it "necessary as we go forward" in a phone interview with The Observer Friday, January 15. Jung, who was elected in November, characterized Curiel's exit as, "The start of change that's necessary for the City," saying that it was "ridiculous that the City's parks weren't being better managed and taken care of." Mayor Whitaker also said he had noticed deterioration in the City's parks, but said most of the problems were "solvable," (such as "lots of trash") and suggested that volunteer assistance from residents could help to maintain parks in the City.
Without naming any specific issues, Jung also said he found it "objectionable on a personal level that the [Parks and Rec] department had found itself in the middle of one controversy after another."
Both Whitaker and Jung thought there was favoritism on the part of the City in allowing access to City parks and facilities to some sports groups and not others. Jung, a former Parks and Recreation Commissioner, was careful to say he thought that the department itself was "great," but that its leadership was not treating nonprofits equally. "You can't expect leadership not to appreciate equity amongst non-profits," Jung said. "One group's agenda should not be prioritized while another's is ignored."
Whitaker would like to see Independence Park be made more available to members of the public who are not necessarily involved in organized sports activities. Whitaker also said that personal relationships had played a part in deciding which groups were given access to City fields, and that the City needed to set aside biases in those decisions.
Curiel was appointed to the job of Director in 2013 by then City Manager Joe Felz. Curiel had been with the department since 2008, serving as a Parks Project Specialist. Felz, who served as City Manager from 2011 until his resignation in early 2017, had prioritized revenue-generating activities for many of the City's facilities. Downtown's historic Amerige Field, for example, is unavailable to members of the public because it is leased to Hope University for baseball games. Prior to his hiring as City Manager, Felz himself served as Director of Parks and Recreation.
Nothing about the decision was included in the most recent of Domer's weekly City Manager Updates, and the City has not issued a press release about Curiel's removal. Efforts by The Observer to reach Curiel were unsuccessful.
The personnel shift comes just one month after the first meeting of City Council that now includes two newcomers, Jung and 2nd District Mayor Pro Tem Nick Dunlap. Previous members Jennifer Fitzgerald and Jan Flory, who both declined to run for reelection, were generally supportive of city hall initiatives. Jung said Friday that he was "elected for change."
Correction: An earlier version of this story included two sentences referencing the appearance of a possible conflict of interest in the allocation of city sports fields to sports organizations in Fullerton in past years. This passage has been removed at the request of individuals who complained that the story implied that they had either exerted or benefitted from alleged favoritism in the City's decision to allocate fields and playing times to The Fullerton Rangers soccer club.
To clarify, in the author's conversation with him on January 16, Mayor Bruce Whitaker referred only to the "political clout" of the Fullerton Rangers, but did not name any specific individuals who might have brought undue influence to bear on decisions about which sports fields the city chose to allocate to the team. It was the author alone who cited the position of a now former Fullerton City Council member's spouse as a member of the Rangers' board as an example of perceived favoritism, recalling comments by members of the public at the time of field allocation decisions.
The author included the reference to the Fullerton Rangers only as an example of the public's perception of a possible conflict of interest, and did not mean to factually assert that undue influence was brought to bear on any field allocation decisions. The author apologizes to the individuals named if the former version of the article implied that it did. The Observer strives to be as factual and clear in our reporting as we can be, and will provide corrections and/or clarifications to stories as necessary.
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Mark Gennaro says:
Once again the Cost of "Red Tape" at the upper end of Management has caused more damage and waste of taxpayer dollars that should and could have been appropriated towards the the actual benefiting of the Fullerton Parks and Recreation programs
that Hugo Curiel was so passionate about improving. He will be missed by many residents who have seen the benefit of his work and contributions to the City, and I wish him the best in his future endeavors.
gtrueblood says:
"Domer also wrote in his message to Parks and Recreation Commissioners that he would not be appointing a new Director for at least a year" – Simple cost cutting for a financially overstretched city? Hmmm…
David Zenger says:
All sorts of strings in Fullerton appear to have been pulled and persuaded the past 8 years in a fashion so that plausible deniability could be exercised. Think of all the unanswered code violations, idiot vanity projects, foolish vendetta lawsuits and failure of police reform. Of course it could all be an unhappy coincidence.
And let's not forget forgery and fraud that was aided and abetted from the top,
MIchael Savage says:
Jesse,
Thanks for your response. I will not be making any official comments or statements. I have no desire to drag this out. Any future comments from me will be as part of public comments in a city council meeting.
savagel1 says:
I would like to thank Jennifer and Sean for calling out Fred Jung on his baseless accusations regarding field allocations. As a parks and Recreation commissioner and my involvement in the sports user group meetings as well as the development of the current sports user group policy, I find it appalling that Fred would stoop to that level and based on his misinformation, potentially make it difficult for Mr. Curiel to find employment in the public sector. In my opinion, Mr. Jung's claims may have something to due with the user group he is involved with getting pushback from Parks and Rec. for their consistent user group policy violations. I may be wrong but his group has come up in discussions more than once. I could go on with Mr. Whitaker's statements but I think Sean and Jennifer already addressed that appropriately in their above comments. Jesse, please explain to the group why the writer would publish this without fact checking his information. Seems like an important step in the process Right? I look forward to seeing an update.
Jesse La Tour says:
Hi Michael. Thank you for your comments. If you would like to make an official comment or statement, free free to e-mail [email protected]. In the article, Mr. Jung did not make any specific allegations, but gave an overall assessment/opinion on this matter and his views are of course his own. While I cannot speak to Mr. Jung's motivations, his opinions on the matter as a new sitting Councilmember are relevant to this story.
Sean Fitzgerald says:
In the interest of clarity, which I was very adamant about yesterday, I did not call out Councilman Jung. I simply wanted the baseless accusations included by Mr. Leslie removed…and they have been. Thanks again Jesse!
Ben Lu says:
I would like the mayor and city council to look into the practice the city Park and Rec commission had regarding leasing park land to cell phone companies to build cell phone transmission towers. One tower at the Edward White Park has just been completed but seems not activated yet. From the proposal, the lease will provide the city a meager $38K annual income, but taking space out of a city park, in a dense residential neighborhood, and right next to Parks Junior High, with only 20 feet from the school's track field, where kids do their daily outdoor activities. It is a potential liability to the city, if there are any adverse impacts to the health of the students, like what had been reported from many other cities across the country.
Jesse, thank you very much for that update and for your words of apology.
I want to be extremely clear: the assertion that I ever used my personal relationships to impact field access for either of the nonprofit sports organizations I have served is a slanderous lie. I have never once helped an organization prepare their field request, nor have I participated in any meetings related to field allocation, nor have I advocated in any way for greater field access, preferred fields or time blocks. In short, I've never had ANYTHING to do with that process, so there exists not one shred of proof that I've engaged in such conduct.
I understand that Councilman Whitaker makes the assertion that personal relationships have been used in the past, but I cannot tell whether he cites me as an example or the writer makes that insinuation on his own. If Councilman Whitaker did not make this assertion directly, then I'd respectfully ask that he clarify his statement to clear my name and that Mr. Leslie also clarify that adding this insinuation was irresponsible, particularly since I was not even asked to comment.
Ironically, it may be that Councilman Whitaker and I have very similar interests with regard to youth sports in this city. From my time on the Parks & Rec Commission to my time serving two different sports nonprofits, I have been a staunch advocate of recreational sports being the highest priority where our City's resources are concerned. During the City's most recent field use policy discussion, I advocated for greater transparency and accountability on the part of our partner nonprofits in the wake of the embezzlement suffered by the Rangers and FAST. In short, I have given hundreds of hours of my time to youth sports in Fullerton over the years, all the while maintaining a strict firewall between my service on local nonprofits and my wife's service of the broader community.
I will not simply watch as unfounded allegations are leveled against me, my wife, and others.
Sean, the writer is updating the article to more accurately reflect what Mr. Whitaker stated, what the writer added, and removing any reference to any implied wrongdoing for which we do not have proof. I apologize for any confusion and/or harm this may have caused.
Jennifer Fitzgerald says:
You do a great disservice to journalism when you print accusations that have no basis in fact. The city went through a thoughtful and exhaustive update on its field use policy ensuring that true non-profits got first priority access to field…fields that we taxpayers pay for. The entire City Council, including Mr. Whitaker, voted for that policy. You are dead wrong on favoritism being granted to any league because of my husband's participation. Next time, work harder to get the story right. I'm sick of being your favorite scapegoat.
Jennifer, the writer is updating the article to more accurately reflect what Mr. Whitaker stated, what the writer added, and removing any reference to any implied wrongdoing for which we do not have proof. I apologize for any confusion and/or harm this may have caused.
Hugo has been a wonderfully responsive, caring director of Parks and Rec. he not only returned phone calls quickly but would meet us in the park to better understand our concerns. Fullerton needs more people like him. Please rehire him.
Michale Savage says:
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I work from a Person-Centred and Existential orientation and offer general counselling services to all ages. I work within the BACP Ethical Framework and am a member of BACP. I am a full member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and am working towards accreditation with BACP.
As you share your experiences and any issues that may be preventing you from moving forward, I will listen with openness, acceptance and a non-judgemental attitude. Hopefully we can explore your experiences so you can begin to understand and gain new insight into yourself. If there are any difficult feelings to encounter we can meet them in a safe and well managed space, without it becoming overwhelming. In approaching your inner world in this way we can create the space for new positive feelings and choices to emerge.For many people, simply having the safe space to communicate difficult experiences and being listened to in privacy and confidentiality can be deeply healing in and of itself.
All sessions are held in the strictest confidentiality, with none of your personal information being divulged to any third party. I respect your privacy and abide by the BACP code of ethics.
I've never asked for help until now, didn't realise FGM effected me so much ,now I have a better understanding of what counselling is.
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Talking about dark thoughts without being judged and in a safe environment could help ease my anxiety.
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Are you searching for [tag]baseball speed drills[/tag]? You've come to the right place! Try out these ideas below and let me know how it goes for you.
I have been working with Brian Graham, the former interim GM for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He had a [tag]baseball drill[/tag] for infielders to have their back turned when he was getting ready to hit a fungo. A [tag]baseball coach[/tag] would tell the player when the [tag]baseball[/tag] was about to be hit.
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It is a good baseball drill for quickness.
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"Just Like The First Church"
Religious organizations and individuals often are heard saying the Church today should be " just like the first New Testament Church". Obviously they believe that the group they are associated with meets this definition or they would not be talking so much about this subject. I believe that they seek to pacify their pride and exclusivism by implementing this tactic as a means of isolating other " so-called " believers who do not qualify as the " true Church " like they do. A simple study of the Word of God will prove this religious theology to be nothing more than a lie. There is NO CHURCH TODAY that is like the Church found in Acts chapters 2 through 7. As a matter of fact, no Church that you read about in the Bible was ever identical to this first congregation of Believers. Not Galatia, not Corinth, not Phillipi, not Colosse, not Thessalonica, or any other mentioned in the Word. ALL Churches, however, are exact then and now including the one in Acts 2-7 in that they are made up of local congregations of believers who meet on the Lord's day to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth, but to say that a group of Believers on Earth today is identical to the first Church that existed after Pentecost is to perpetrate a religious lie. Here are some questions for those who believe and teach this theology; 1. Do the individuals in your assembly sell ALL their possessions and give the money to the Church leaders for distribution as needed (Ac. 2:45,4:34-35 )? 2. Do the preachers in your assembly heal the sick and smite backslidden Believers with instant death (Ac. 5:1-11 )? 3. Do the deacons in your assembly regularly perform miracles for all to see (Ac. 6:8 )? Furthermore,does your congregation exhibit the " signs " listed in Mark 16:17-18 that are in the same context as the " pattern " in verse 16? If your assembly does not meet these qualifications, you ARE NOT in a Church that is identical to the first one after Pentecost and you should IMMEDIATELY cease and desist from this false teaching. | {
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In 2016, acclaimed English singer-songwriter PJ Harvey recorded the Grammy®-nominated Hope Six Demolition Project, a powerful protest album conceived out of travels across the globe with award-winning photographer, Seamus Murphy. Accompany Harvey on her quest for inspiration in Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Washington, DC, and back home to London, where she transforms her experiences and encounters into groundbreaking music. Capturing all stages of the album's creation—including an historic public recording session at London's Somerset House—A Dog Called Money offers a unique glimpse inside the process of a prodigiously talented artist, and the humanity at the heart of the work.
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Q: Generate Tuple Type using a mapped Type Good morning,
I'm trying to achieve the following,
Create a type that will take the keys from the following object
const obj = {
setName: () => void;
setAge: () => void;
}
And generate a Tuple type using a mapped type that makes
[ "setName", "setAge" ]
I might be completely wrong here but for the mapped type I think this would work
type MyType<T> = {
[P in keyof T]: T[P]
}
But if T is a type from the object I showcased above, I would end up with the following type
type MappedType = {
setName: () => void;
setAge: () => void;
}
But what I want is
type MappedType = [setName, setAge]
Any help is greatly appreciated.
A: what you need is UnionToTuple<U>:
// T ====> [...T, E]
type Push<T, E> = T extends any[] ? [...T, E] : [];
// union to intersection of functions
// UnionToIoFn<'a' | 'b'>
// ====> ((x: 'a') => void) & ((x: 'b') => void)
// ====> that equal to { (x: 'a'): void; (x: 'b'): void }
type UnionToIoFn<U> =
(U extends any ? (k: (x: U) => void) => void : never) extends
((k: infer I) => void) ? I : never
// UnionPop<((x: 'a') => void) & ((x: 'b') => void)> ===> 'b'
// UnionPop<{ (x: 'a'): void; (x: 'b'): void }> ===> 'b'
type UnionPop<F> =
F extends ({ (x: infer X): void; })
? X
: never;
type UnionToTupleIter<U, Res> =
[U] extends [never]
? Res
: UnionToTupleIter<
Exclude<U, UnionPop<UnionToIoFn<U>>> ,
Push<Res, UnionPop<UnionToIoFn<U>>>
>
type UnionToTuple<U> = UnionToTupleIter<U, []>;
// test
const obj = {
setName: () => {},
setAge: () => {},
}
// You wanted
// type YouWanted = ["setAge", "setName"]
type YouWanted = UnionToTuple<keyof typeof obj>;
click here to try the code in ts playground
A: Do you really need a Tuple type or is an Array type ok? If you just need ('setName', 'setAge')[], you can easily write (keyof typeof obj)[]. I don't think it's necessary to make it into an tuple type (it's definitely possible tho), since I wouldn't rely on the order of object properties, and tuples typically infer a fixed ordering of things in it.
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Paul, David Ainsworth did publish his conclusions: http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/Governance/article/1172289/peter-bone-meet-nick-hurd-discuss-bill-amend-charities-act-2011/ Conservative MP's bill seeks to reinstate the presumption of public benefit for religious organisations An MP who has proposed a bill to reinstate the presumption of public benefit for religious organisations will today meet with the charities minister, Nick Hurd, to discuss it. Peter Bone, Conservative MP for Wellingborough, presented a Ten Minute Rule Motion in the House of Commons on 19 December seeking leave to bring a bill to amend the Charities Act 2011 to "treat all religious institutions as charities". Bone said yesterday on BBC's The Big Questions programme that the bill will contain three tests that an organisation must pass before it can be a charity: it must either provide prayer, do social work and education or provide money to other charities. He said that sham charities and those that have harmful doctrines would also not be permitted. The motion passed its first reading in December by a majority of 166 to seven. A second reading of the bill, which is formally titled the Charities Act 2011 (Amendment) Bill, has been scheduled to take place on 22 March, although parliament is not due to be sitting on that day. It is rare that bills introduced under the 10-minute rule become law because they are usually opposed by the government in the later stages. The majority pass their first reading without any opposition. Bone's bill was introduced in response to a recent decision by the Charity Commission to refuse charitable status to the Preston Down Trust, a congregation of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, a religious group which practices a "doctrine of separation" which limits their contact with the outside world. The Brethren have since appealed to the charity tribunal. A Charity Commission spokeswoman said: "Judging from his comments during the BBC programme, Mr Bone's test appears different in nature as well as content to the commission's understanding of the public benefit requirement for religious charities in charity law. "The public benefit of a religion derives from the positive impact the organisation's doctrines and practices have on the wider community: activities carried out by a religious organisation have to be seen in that context. "Demonstrating public benefit is not an onerous task for religious organisations – the commission registers hundreds of religious charities each year." There's already a foolish comment from B Temple who seems to be an Exclusive Brethren lobbyist from his comments in various places.
Wilton Park quote: "Christian sect school" The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church is a mainstream Christian Church holding substantially the same doctrines as the Church of England. The PBCC is not a sect but is structured and operates on common Christian ground as taught by Holy Scripture which is available for all Christians. As this is so blatantly untrue, what confidence can be given to the remainder of their press release. (Does the CofE shut up or internally exclude its members for watching TV/going to the pub/having a coffee with a neighbour etc. NO. Does the CofE withdraw or ex-communicate people for the same as above and other sillies. NO. Does the CofE have its church buildings behind barred and gated enclosures? No. Does the CofE lock its doors [and its security gates] after a service starts? NO Do visitors to a CofE service have to phone in advance to gain entry and only be granted entry if they are 'well disposed'. NO. The list could continue. Neither the CofE nor other mainstream Churches are anything like the Exclusive Brethren. In my opinion, yes, they are a sect, there's nothing mainstream about them.
Mr Flyyn: It looks like you colleagues continue to do a good job (unlike the BBC): The link refers to the Exclusive Brethren: Parliamentarians gather evidence of alleged 'harm' from former Plymouth Brethren http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/bulletin/third_sector_daily_bulletin/article/1168609/parliamentarians-gather-evidence-alleged-harm-former-plymouth-brethren/?DCMP=EMC-CONThirdSectorDaily where Baroness O'Loan said she had not yet decided what she might do with evidence given to her but that she was concerned about the restrictions of the Brethren way of life, and its effect on children. "At the moment we are just gathering evidence," she said. "We have not decided what we would do next. "But we need to know more. If this organisation is being funded by us because it's a charity, we need to be sure that its charitable status is justified." She said she was concerned about the fact young people were not allowed to go to university or join groups outside their own community. O'Loan said she was also keen to find out whether the disciplinary process of "shutting up", where members of the congregation stopped speaking to a particular individual, was practised on children.
I think their signage is a clear attempt to bamboozle people into thinking it's a place of public worship (It also means that no rates are paid on the building) while making it as difficult as possible to attend in reality. Once vetting has occurred am I right in thinking the visitor is no longer a member of the public, but now a guest? So how does that fit with public worship?
I'm sure there are more charities than that - quite apart from each meeting hall etc. How about CENTRAL G H TRUST which had income of over £1million and claimed nearly £1/4 million in Gift Aid on top of that to help build EB Meeting Halls that year.
Michael Waterson, We're not stupid. We spotted the slick PR machine crank up; the flurry of charitable acts appear out of nowhere; the name change to more publically acceptable one, all just after this whole sorry mess went public. That's right, just at the same time as the Charity Commissioners denied the Exclusive Brethren charitable status. Strange co-incidence that? So, no it's not about giving, giving, giving. Do you really believe we're that gullible to think this exclusive and reclusive self serving sect has had a sudden change of heart to become outward looking and concerned with the people it was previously told to hate? Rather, more and more of us are becoming concerned about the harm done to members and ex-members (the public) by the policy of (non-scriptural) extreme separation which prevents ex-Exclusive Brethren from seeing children, parents, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins, grand-parents etc who remain in the Exclusive Brethren. It also prevents members of the public from even sharing the most basic of human relationships such as a cup of tea together as that would defile them. Do I want my tax supporting this system. Clearly NO!
John Handel I see on Third Sector you question which name is referred to regarding the Exclusive Brethren/Plymouth Brethren Christina Church and why is the name important? The Plymouth Brethren name goes back many centuries after founding by John Darby. Sadly Darby was a divisive man and led the first schism which divided the Brethren movement into open and closed groups. The open group has had many luminaries over the centuries including the like of George Muller, FF Bruce, WE Vines, Thomas Barnardo, and many others. This open group is also referred to as Christian Brethren. The other group, the closed or exclusive group did as the name suggests and looked inward rather than outward. For the current Exclusive Brethren (many schisms later, and even more exclusive over the centuries) to now put on the publically respected clothing of the Open/Christian Brethren can be seen at the best as obfuscation, or at the worst, deception to attempt to convince the public that they're the good guys and have been for centuries. Sad really. For info on the Open/Christian Brethren see here: http://www.brethrenonline.org/faqs/Brethren.htm They remain socially involved evangelical church.
John Handel: I despair of MPs like Mr Bone who have not done any basic research to find out who these men in nice suits lobbying them are. Five minutes on a search engine is all it takes ... Thankfully despite the Exclusive Brethren's best efforts, spin doctors and PR merchants the majority of the Christian Church do not feel threatened by the Charity Commissioners. Why? Because public benefit is so interwoven into the fabric of their organisations they do not have to think twice about it. But let's be sure: The Evangelical Alliance met with the Charity Commissioners to be 100% sure this did not affect their members and got the following reassurances and clarification: http://www.eauk.org/current-affairs/news/the-advancement-of-religion-and-public-benefit.cfm 1.under the current law the provision of services of public worship which are genuinely open to anyone to attend is in itself sufficient to satisfy the public benefit requirement even if, in practice, the numbers attending such services are small; 2.contrary to what has been reported in the press, the Commission confirmed that there is no difficulty in restricting access to the sacrament of Holy Communion in accordance with denominational requirements. Difficulties only arise if restrictions are imposed upon access to the worship services of which the sacrament forms a part; 3.the Commission will not involve itself in matters of doctrine except where the outworking of particular doctrinal beliefs impacts upon the public benefit of the organisation. In practice, we understand this to mean situations where the outworking of particular doctrines may give rise to detriment or harm in which case this must be weighed against the positive public benefit in order to determine whether or not, on balance, charitable status is appropriate. There you have it - a storm in an EB teacup!
Roger: You quite rightly quote "Next week millions will remember the wonderful occasion when God sent a Saviour into the world." But the Exclusive Brethren won't. No Christmas tree, no visiting relatives outside the church membership, no celebratory family dinner together, no gifts to celebrate the greatest gift of all – Jesus. Just a normal day, because the EB don't celebrate Christmas! Despite the Exclusive Brethren's best efforts, spin doctors and PR merchants the majority of the Christian Church do not feel threatened by the Charity Commissioners. Why? Because public benefit is so interwoven into the fabric of their organisations they do not have to think twice about it. But let's be sure: The Evangelical Alliance met with the Charity Commissioners to be 100% sure this did not affect their members and got the following reassurances and clarification: http://www.eauk.org/current-affairs/news/the-advancement-of-religion-and-public-benefit.cfm 1.under the current law the provision of services of public worship which are genuinely open to anyone to attend is in itself sufficient to satisfy the public benefit requirement even if, in practice, the numbers attending such services are small; 2.contrary to what has been reported in the press, the Commission confirmed that there is no difficulty in restricting access to the sacrament of Holy Communion in accordance with denominational requirements. Difficulties only arise if restrictions are imposed upon access to the worship services of which the sacrament forms a part; 3.the Commission will not involve itself in matters of doctrine except where the outworking of particular doctrinal beliefs impacts upon the public benefit of the organisation. In practice, we understand this to mean situations where the outworking of particular doctrines may give rise to detriment or harm in which case this must be weighed against the positive public benefit in order to determine whether or not, on balance, charitable status is appropriate. There you have it - a storm in an EB teacup!
Craig Jones Jesus does indeed speak about the world hating Him. But never does He or His Father speak about the Godhead hating the world. Quite the contrary. John 3:16 Darby Translation 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal. Just because the world hated Him it did not stop and does not stop Him still loving the world. Is this your reverse interpretation another dodgy proof-text taken out of context and mangled?
John Handel: History is never a precise science. People do say what they want to/are told to say as well as what truly happened. Police witness statements are clear evidence of this. The circumstances around the Aberdeen event can also be considered - such as the latest and probably greatest schism in Exclusive Brethren history which followed this debacle. Something happened for such a traumatic change. The history writers on balance support the view that JT Jr was drunk and abusive: A contemporaneous record of the events included a sound recording of John Taylor Juniors appalling language can be found here: http://peebs.net/Aberdeen_Incident/if-we-walk-in-the-light.php Certainly the style and the language used by Mr Taylor in *a church meeting* is far from what I would expect or consider acceptable from a church member and especially that of the worldwide 'Man of God'/Leader. Maybe if you study this you'll realise where the truth really is?
John Handel - you made me laugh! Trying to apply Assembly out-of-context dodgy doctrine on Christians outside of the EB who can read the Bible for themselves. How many more 'proof texts' like these are used? You don't really believe that verse is a catch all for all who disagree with the leadership do you? | {
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Some weeks ago I met Gert Weinberg's family members (sister-in-law and nieces) from Brazil. It was a very special and emotional meeting. They were so happy that the Dokin site enabled them to learn more about the years Gert spent in this country, the homes he lived in and more details about his life. Prior to this, they knew very little about his life between January 1939 and July 1943 when he was killed in Sobibor. This sharing of information is the epitome of what I hoped to accomplish with my research and the raison d' être of the website! I can only hope that more people find the site and discover historical information on their ancestry. But having said that: since the site was launched a year ago, the number of daily visitors hasn't diminished and is still quite high. In fact, it is much higher than I had expected.
It all makes it so worthwhile!
In the last few months I have taken a bit of a side tangent. After discovering that there were many mistakes in the lists of people who were deported to Theresienstadt, I decided to research this thoroughly. I scanned the transport lists, transferred them into Excel and tried to find out what really happened to this group of almost 5,000 people. Unfortunately my fears were justified: I have discovered more than 100 people who did not come back but whose name never appeared on the transport lists. In some cases it was the other way around. I find it very disturbing that almost 70 years after the end of the Holocaust there are still people who have been swept off this earth, and not only just physically. If a person's name isn't even living on, what is left? I have shared the outcome of my research with all the institutions and am waiting for their feedback.
How could this have happened? I do not have a clue. But I am researching this now with the intention of writing an article.
In five days it will be 70 years since Auschwitz was liberated. To commemorate all the people who were deported from Westerbork all the names will be read at the camp. The reading started today and will continue around the clock to finish on the 27th. I will be reading on Monday the 26th at 14:50. The reading of the 102,000 names can be followed via livestream at 102000namenlezen.nl.
Apart from all this I am also working on an article about the survival chances of the refugee children with Peter Tammes, and on the first chapter of my book. I'm finding the first chapter the most difficult, which is why I started with chapter 6 last year. | {
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As 2016 comes to a close, I'm taking a few moments to look back and be thankful for the year so far.
This year was a test and a blessing, as I lost one of my favorite clients and gained four. I have amazing clients who teach me new things at every interaction.
I worked from the beaches of Coron, city streets of Taipei, ryokans in Kyoto, museums in Auckland, and old towns in Jakarta. Before the year ends, I will also have worked among snowy backdrops in Seoul.
I turned 25 in Tokyo, got my first jellyfish sting, learned to snowboard on The Remarkables, rediscovered my fear of heights while paragliding, and wrote more blog posts than I can count.
I went on a church retreat (despite detesting crowds), tried and failed at TRX, joined a bible study, and still cannot cook.
Through the ups and downs, God has remained a faithful and masterful manager, taking away responsibilities I can't handle and challenging me enough to grow.
Overall, it was an amazing year. Cheers to the next one.
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This week's spotlight is Chioma of Chioma's Evolution of Style. Her outfit from last week's link-up is fabulous! We love it, so make sure to stop by her blog and say hello!
NEXT WEEK: Next week we are styling your favorite looks featuring red/white/pink in honor of Valentine's Day! Thanks so much for linking up each week! xo.
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Love your marsala jacket! Such a fun deviation from the traditional black moto.
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Nachrichten»MorphoSys AG: Dr. Sarah Fakih joins MorphoSys as Head of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations
MorphoSys AG: Dr. Sarah Fakih joins MorphoSys as Head of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations
PLANEGG/MUNICH GERMANY / ACCESSWIRE / April 1, 2019 / Dr. Sarah Fakih joined MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, MDAX & TecDAX; NASDAQ: MOR) as Vice President and Head of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations effective April 1, 2019. She will report to Chief Financial Officer Jens Holstein.
Sarah joins MorphoSys from Qiagen N.V., a leading global provider of sample and assay technologies for molecular diagnostics, academic research, the pharmaceutical industry and applied testing. Qiagen is listed in the German indexes MDAX and TecDAX as well as at the New York Stock Exchange. Sarah has held the position of Director Investor Relations since April 2018 at Qiagen N.V. in Hilden. She joined the Investor Relations Department in October 2015, having started as a scientist at Qiagen in 2009. Sarah has a PhD in Chemistry (Dr. rer. nat.) from the University of Münster, held a Postdoctoral position at the King's College London, Department of Pharmacy, and was awarded a habilitation at the University of Göttingen, Department of Inorganic Chemistry. Sarah had also been appointed to a full professorship for Coordination Chemistry / Bioinorganic Chemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich in 2009 and has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Würzburg in collaboration with the Florida Gulf Coast University, USA and Boston University, USA.
"We are extremely happy that we have gained with Sarah a highly experienced and competent Investor Relations expert with a strong scientific background for this important corporate function in our company. We wish her a good start and every success in her new role at MorphoSys", commented Jens Holstein, Chief Financial Officer of MorphoSys AG.
About MorphoSys:
MorphoSys (FSE & NASDAQ: MOR) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of exceptional, innovative therapies for patients suffering from serious diseases. The focus is on cancer. Based on its leading expertise in antibody, protein and peptide technologies, MorphoSys, together with its partners, has developed and contributed to the development of more than 100 product candidates, of which 29 are currently in clinical development. In 2017, Tremfya(R), marketed by Janssen for the treatment of plaque psoriasis, became the first drug based on MorphoSys's antibody technology to receive regulatory approval. The Company's most advanced proprietary product candidate, MOR208, has been granted U.S. FDA breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Headquartered near Munich, Germany, the MorphoSys group, including the fully owned U.S. subsidiary MorphoSys US Inc., has approximately 330 employees. More information at https://www.morphosys.com.
HuCAL(R), HuCAL GOLD(R), HuCAL PLATINUM(R), CysDisplay(R), RapMAT(R), arYla(R), Ylanthia(R), 100 billion high potentials(R), Slonomics(R), Lanthio Pharma(R) and LanthioPep(R) are registered trademarks of the MorphoSys Group. Tremfya(R) is a trademark of Janssen Biotech, Inc.
MorphoSys forward looking statements
This communication contains certain forward-looking statements concerning the MorphoSys group of companies. The forward-looking statements contained herein represent the judgment of MorphoSys as of the date of this release and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which might cause the actual results, financial condition and liquidity, performance or achievements of MorphoSys, or industry results, to be materially different from any historic or future results, financial conditions and liquidity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition, even if MorphoSys's results, performance, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which it operates are consistent with such forward-looking statements, they may not be predictive of results or developments in future periods. Among the factors that may result in differences are that MorphoSys's expectations may be incorrect, the inherent uncertainties associated with competitive developments, clinical trial and product development activities and regulatory approval requirements (including that MorphoSys may fail to obtain regulatory approval for MOR208 and that data from MorphoSys's ongoing clinical research programs may not support registrationor further development of its product candidates due to safety, efficacy or other reasons), MorphoSys's reliance on collaborations with third parties, estimating the commercial potential of its development programs and other risks indicated in the risk factors included in MorphoSys's Registration Statement on Form F-1 and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these uncertainties, the reader is advised not to place any undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of publication of this document. MorphoSys expressly disclaims any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements in this document to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, unless specifically required by law or regulation.
Dr. Sarah Fakih
Head of Corporate Communications & IR
Alexandra Goller
Director Corporate Communications & IR
Dr. Julia Neugebauer
Dr. Verena Kupas
Manager Corporate Communications & IR
Tel: +49 (0) 89 / 899 27-404
[email protected]
SOURCE: MorphoSys AG
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The thank you call. It's the easiest step in the fundraising process. No asking. Just a simple thank you.
So, why is it that fundraisers are not very good at thank you calls? Why aren't more thank you calls conducted?
As fundraisers, we get involved in our day to day tasks and we often times overlook this important strategic step.
When making the thank you calls, be sure you have one agenda item – donor appreciation. Simply pick a donor to call, ring them, and tell them you are calling only to check in with them and to let them know how grateful you are for their support. Donors will find it a refreshing approach and you will feel good about taking the act, as well.
How do you decide who to call? Run a list from your constituent relationship management (CRM) of donors who have given who have given $500+ in the last 12 months. If the list is lengthy (that's a nice problem to have!), engage some volunteers in the activity. Be sure to hold out donors for you to call to take part in the engagement strategy.
Touching base with a donor and simply thanking them for their support of the organisation is a terrific way to not only express appreciation, but you might also gain one or two "nuggets" of information you may not have previously known. Be sure to document the call in your CRM system.
Commit to making one thank you call a week. Since we are in week two of the New Year, you need to make two this week!
The University of Queensland (UQ) sent another creative stewardship video at the end of the calendar year via eMail to its alumni and donors.
The UQ three-minute video really impresses us as it shows gratitude, it showcases various projects and impacts of giving across campus, and it is presented from the hearts of those impacted. "Thanks to our donors and alumni" is a clause used repeatedly throughout the video, which is as outstanding as the others we have blogged about in the past.
The stewardship video is also timely as it appears to join the mannequin challenge, a viral Internet video trend where people remain frozen in action like mannequins while a moving camera films them.
Kudos to UQ for producing another outstanding thank you/donor care video. A terrific way to end the year with a heartfelt message to supporters. | {
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Ezekiel 34:1-3. God often pictures those who lead His people as shepherds. Often God had to rebuke His people.
In this study we look at what God teaches us as He rebukes His people, and what He expects from leaders. | {
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If you want to get more complete image about your website you need to know how well your site is converting. It was designed with a specific goal in mind, be it game download, game purchase or filling up newsletter form. Google Analytics can help you track goal conversion rate.
For a website dedicated to games I advise to setup two goals: game download and game purchase. Those two are the most important goals your site should be aimed for. You need to maximize number of downloads per visitor and your games should maximize number of purchases.
If your Google Analytics account is set up and working you can proceed to setup goals. Click Edit link in Settings column. In the second table you will be able to setup up to 4 goals. Click edit on G1.
You will need to enter goal information: Goal URL and Goal Name. URL is important. Google uses it to determine whether the goal was achieved or not. If you enter wrong URL, your goal will not be tracked. Goal name is not that important, but keep it meaningful.
If you want G1 to track downloads you can skip funnel section completely. If you track purchases you can enter URL of all steps that are necessairy to complete order, like enter billing informations, credit card data, etc. You will be able to check where people abondon purchase process.
Match type is the trickiest one. First of all, to make it work, you need a page your game is downloading that will redirect to a certain binary file. On this page you need to put Google Analytics code. And last but not least, if you want to track all downloads, you better put that page in subfolder download and choose regular expression match. Enter /download/ as Goal URL. Otherwise if you enter URL without or with www. one of this URL's will not be tracked.
As I mentioned in one of my previous articles, tracking orders is not so easy. First of all, you need to put Google Analytics code on your invoice page. If you are using eSellerate, you are lucky. eSellerate is kind enough to setup this on request. I don't know if other e-commerce providers can assist you with it, but their help would let you not only track number of transactions, but also order value and quantity of purchased products (and even more, like average order value, site conversion rate, revenue per medium, etc.).
Once you get some orders you'll be able to see a lot of great informations about your website. But having information is just the beggining, what you do with it is the key to your success.
Tracking your visitors is very important. If you don't know who is visiting your site, where is coming from or what are your most popular pages then you are not able to improve your website. What is even worse, you don't know if a change on your website has a positive or negative impact on your traffic. There are various options available for website owners, from free to commercial. For a long time I have been using commercial software, but it didn't give me information I needed. And then I found Google Analytics.
Google wants you to attract more of the traffic you are looking for, and help you turn more visitors into customers.
Use Google Analytics to learn which online marketing initiatives are cost effective and see how visitors actually interact with your site. Make informed site design improvements, drive targeted traffic, and increase your conversions and profits.
Google Analytics is a free tracking tool (though some argue about it and say it's an exchange deal – you let them know how big is your site, they let you use their software). Installation process is quite simple. You need to go to http://www.google.com/analytics/ and set up a Google account, or if you have a Google account just sign in and Google will create Analytics service for you.
The next step is to add website profile. Google will show you tracking code. All you need to do is to copy this code into your website footer (I hope you do use templates). After Google verifies placement of tracking code you are ready to go. Come back next day and check out what it was able to track. If you see no data, it means you did something wrong.
The best thing about Google Analytics is that you place just one piece of code and it detects which pages on your site are the most popular. This is something not every commercial soft offers. You can easily find out that ie. "your game description page" is the most popular page on your website and what's more – you can find out how people go to this page (search engine traffic, referrals, direct entries, etc.).
Setting up Google Analytics is almost done. The important step is to set up goals. This will be covered in the next post.
I, just like many developers here, was suffering due to lack of sales. Creating games is fun, but when your game is done, you put in on your website and then wait… wait… and sometimes sales come, but mostly not.
I started to ask myself why is this happening. My games are great (don't they? ;-)) so what's wrong? Am I the only one that likes my game?
I started to read various blogs regarding making money online. No, not to make money selling ads, but to learn how to improve my website. When I finally got some results I decided to write few articles to help you find the right way.
So you want to know how to get more sales without spending a penny?
First of all, you need to know who is visiting your site and what one is doing. You need a good tracking tool. Because you don't want to spend a penny, you can use Google Analytics (GA). That's what I use and it works great. Installing Google Analytics is easy, so I won't go deep into this topic today.
When you get GA working the next thing you need to do is to set goals. I recommend setting two goals, but you can have up to four. First one should be game download. Second one, game purchase.
I advise you to install same goal tracking code on all download pages. I assume that you have some kind of a page: "You are downloading…" and then this page is redirecting to binary file.
Google Analytics will track how many downloads you have and what is your site conversion to goal (CRd). What is even more important, GA can report this in depth, so you can find out CRs for each referral. This will let you choose sites that have quality traffic and you can invest some more money into advertising on those sites.
Tracking purchases ain't that easy. Most of us make use of a 3-rd party shopping cart. I use eSellerate.net. A lot of people uses Plimus, BMT Micro, etc. If you want to track your orders you need to contact your e-commerce provider. eSellerate did a great job for me implementing GA.
You can meet a problem here. Your e-commerce provider my not let you redirect your customer to your site (thank you page), so you lose referral information. You can workaround this by using a mix of PHP and JS script that sets GA cookies on e-commerce service domain. I wrote that script for eSellerate and if you want I can send it to you (I'll write an article about this later).
You can improve each of this metrics. If you succeed improving it, you will get more sales without spending a penny. How to do that? You need to use Google Website Optimizer. You can read about one of my experiments in the post Improving Runes of Avalon website. In the nearest future I will talk about how you can make such experiments using Google Website Optimizer on your own. | {
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Q: Ruby replace double blackslash with single blackslash In Ruby I am trying to replace double backslash \\ with single backslash \ in string but it's not working.
This is my string
line = "this\\is\\line"
desired output
"this\is\line'
This is what i tried
line.gsub("\\", "\") # didn't work
line.gsub("\\", "/\") # didn't work
line.gsub("\\", '\') # didn't work with single quote as well
line.gsub("\\", '/\') # din't work with single quote as well
A: You are being tricked - it actually is working, but the console is displaying it escaped with \ in line. Use puts to actually see what it is being set without it being escaped with backslashes.
So #1: line = "this\\is\\line" is actually this\is\line. Proof:
irb(main):015:0> line = "this\\is\\line"
=> "this\\is\\line"
irb(main):016:0> puts line
this\is\line
So to actually make a string with double backslashes, you need: line = "this\\\\is\\\\line". Proof:
irb(main):017:0> line = "this\\\\is\\\\line"
=> "this\\\\is\\\\line"
irb(main):018:0> puts line
this\\is\\line
So finally, once you actually have a string with double backslashes, this is the gsub you want: line.gsub("\\\\", "\\")
irb(main):020:0> line = "this\\\\is\\\\line"
=> "this\\\\is\\\\line"
irb(main):021:0> puts line.gsub("\\\\", "\\")
this\is\line
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