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Friedrich von Stockheim (* 10. Mai 1509; † 1556 in Geisenheim oder Eltville), aus dem Geschlecht der Herren von Stockheim, war Vizedom des Rheingaus. Zur Unterscheidung von seinem Vater Friedrich, der vor ihm dieses Amt innehatte, wird er in der Literatur auch als Friedrich von Stockheim der Jüngere bezeichnet.
Friedrich von Stockheim war der Sohn von Friedrich von Stockheim (1462–1528) und dessen Frau Irmel von Karben (1484–1529). Er war der Bruder von Karl, Philipp, Johann, Adolf und Clara. Carl, Philip, Johann und Friedrich waren gemeinsam Inhaber des Lehens über das Oberstockheimer Gericht (von Kurpfalz). Adolf wurde Domherr im Dom zu Mainz. Clara war mit Albrecht von Dienheim verheiratet.
Friedrich von Stockheim wurde Domherr, bis er 1526 resignierte. In den Jahren 1544 bis 1556 war er Vizedom des Rheingaus. Er wohnte in Eltville wo er ein stattliches Haus erbaute und war auch in Geisenheim begütert.
In erster Ehe heiratete er Dorothea geborene von Venningen und in zweiter Ehe Agnes von Koppenstein. Sie starb 1553 in Eltville und besitzt ein Epitaph in der dortigen katholischen Pfarrkirche Sankt Peter und Paul.
Der Sohn Wilhelm von Stockheim (1539–1584) war seit 1553 Amtmann der Grafschaft Idstein.
Literatur
Otto Renkhoff: Nassauische Biographie. Kurzbiographien aus 13 Jahrhunderten. 2. Auflage. Wiesbaden 1992. ISBN 3-922244-90-4, S. 788
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Required for Ray-Tracing in Resident Evil Village
AreejMarch 5, 2021
During the announcement of the Radeon RX 6700 XT, AMD announced its collaboration with Capcom to implement ray-tracing and its suite of FidelityFX effects, most notably ambient occlusion in Resident Evil Village. Earlier, it was assumed that all the RX 6000 series graphics cards would support ray-tracing in the game, but as per AMD's official website that's not the case:
Without ray-tracing, a Ryzen 5 1600 and a Radeon RX 5700 are sufficient to run the game with high to ultra settings at 1080p/1440p. It's unclear whether we're looking at a 30 or 60 FPS target, but I'd reckon the latter as the RE engine is highly optimized. For ray-tracing, however, the GPU requirement goes all the way up to the higher-end RX 6800 XT. The CPU requirement stays the same, indicating that this game is going to be quite intensive on the GPU.
As explained earlier, there are two ray-traced effects noticeable right off the bat: RTGI (ray-traced global illumination) and ray-traced reflections. This will be the first major AMD-partner game to support ray-traced reflections which again makes it very possible that Super Resolution will be out by then, considering how performance-intensive they are. However, if that's not the case, you'll definitely need a 6800 XT to run the game with ray-tracing even at 1440p.
AMD's custom AO algorithm, namely Combined Adaptive Compute Ambient Occlusion (CACAO) (basically the counter to HBAO+) is also likely at work here, as evident from the much more detailed shadows in the right image.
It's very likely that NVIDIA's RTX GPUs won't support ray-tracing at the time of launch, and will be patched in later on. Either way, I expect the Ampere parts to outperform Big Navi due to the fully dedicated ray-tracing pipeline. As far as DLSS is concerned, there's a very slim chance of that showing up.
Resident Evil Village will launch on the 7th of May on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, One X and Series X|S. It'll leverage an upgraded version of the same RE engine used in the publisher's recent titles.
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January 2019 | Who is Making Moves ?
First feature of 2019 is about blogger Deandra James of Black Princess Diaries. Deandra is a college graduate living in Georgia, she loves dogs, music, singing, reading, writing poetry, hanging with friends and the color pink. Deandra is expressing herself in many different ways, she blogs about poetry, life updates, fashion, makeup and book reviews. I adore her Instagram account and am thrilled we could work together. Check out the Q&A we did below.
Sharon: What has been your most satisfying moment as a blogger?
Deandra: I think my most satisfying moment is just making the impact that I've made in such a short time. I get told people love my blog. I'm slowly getting into collaborations with brands. Most importantly, I feel like some of my posts help people and that's all I ask for. That's all I wanted.
Sharon: How did you decide to blog?
Deandra: I originally made my blog specifically for my poetry, but then later decided that I wanted to do more than post poetry. I like to think of myself as a black princess (not in a vain way or anything) but also, I thought it would be cute to put a little twist to the Princess Diaries movie title. Thus, The Black Princess Diaries was born.
Sharon: How do you generate new ideas or goals?
Deandra: They really just come to me. Sometimes it takes some thinking and I have to sit and think about what I really want or need for myself in the future (near or far). Some ideas come easy and some, not so much. My best ideas come to me without much thought. Just take your time, don't put too much stress on it, and your brain will bless you with a light bulb idea.
Sharon: How long do you stick with an idea or product before giving up?
Deandra: I am terrible at keeping something going. I don't last long at all. Sometimes a few weeks...sometimes just a few days. That's why I'm so surprised and proud of myself that I didn't give up on my blog and I'm still going strong 5 months in.
Deandra in her signature pink!
Deandra: I'm going to be honest, It's really hard to motivate me. I have so much motivation around, yet I can't get motivated. The only thing that has motivated me is my blog. My blog motivates me to keep going because I see a bright future ahead with it. I see a business. I see something that I know as I go further into it, will be stressful and make me want to quit sometimes, but in the end something I want to do, which is why I'll never quit.
Deandra modeling a graphic t-shirt and gorgeous pink locks.
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Ghost Worlds
The search for other Earths
December 20, 2005 | By Dan Falk
Pawel Artymowicz recently had one of those "fiction is reality" moments. As he was crossing the border into the U.S., an immigration officer asked him what he did for a living. Artymowicz, a U of T astronomy professor, responded that he was a theoretical astrophysicist.
"And what is that?" the officer asked, a little suspiciously.
"Oh," said Artymowicz, eschewing all technical descriptions of his work. "I study how planets outside our solar system form."
"Ah, you mean like Class M planets," said the official, proudly recalling how the writers of Star Trek denoted Earth-like planets in the far reaches of the galaxy.
This accidental conjoining of the research interests of a scientist and the enthusiasm of a science-fiction fan would have been unlikely 20 years ago. At that time, no extra-solar planets of any sort had been discovered for Artymowicz or anyone else to study.
But in 1992, Penn State University astronomer Alexander Wolszczan published evidence of the first planet to be found outside our solar system – a distant, rocky orb circling a pulsar in the constellation of Virgo. Since then, "everything has changed," says Debra Fischer, an astronomer at San Francisco State University and a recent guest of U of T's department of astronomy and astrophysics. In October, Fischer delivered a public lecture at Convocation Hall on extra-solar planets as part of the department's 100th anniversary celebrations. The study of these planets, she says, has grown from an intriguing diversion to one of the hottest fields in astronomy physics. "In the beginning, it was like stamp collecting," she says. There was a planet here, and a planet there. But now astronomers are starting to compare our own solar system to other planetary systems and are being forced to rethink long-held theories of how stars and planets come into being. U of T researchers are among those trying to integrate these discoveries into a broader picture of stellar and planetary evolution. One day, the search for these distant celestial bodies may yield the Holy Grail of planetary astronomy – the discovery of another Earth.
Sci-fi books and movies would have us believe the galaxy is teeming with hundreds of humanoid civilizations inhabiting planets that look a lot like Earth. But the astronomical evidence to support this view is so far lacking. Almost all of the 150-plus extra-solar planets that scientists have detected are gas giants – hundreds of times bigger than Earth. Many of these immense planets hug their parent stars in tight orbits, completing a full circuit in just a few days. (Even Mercury, the speediest planet in our solar system, requires 88 days to orbit our parent star, the sun.) And while Earth and its siblings travel around the sun in near-circles, many of these newly discovered planets move in highly elliptical orbits. In the jargon of astronomy, they have "high orbital eccentricities." The surface temperature on these planets is furnace-hot much of the time. Life almost certainly could not develop under these conditions.
Is it possible that other Earth-like planets exist, but have so far escaped our detection? The recent wave of discoveries certainly makes the existence of other Earths likely, says Artymowicz, but scientists don't know how many smaller, rocky planets will be found in the galaxy. "I don't think we're at the point where we can reliably predict the number," he says. "But there is no physical reason why terrestrial planets shouldn't be there."
If there is another Earth out there, astronomers are unlikely to see it just yet because of the techniques they use to detect planets. The radial velocity method, which has been used for several years, is biased toward finding large planets with tight orbits, says U of T astronomer Ray Jayawardhana. Through radial velocity, a scientist can infer the existence of a planet by observing its influence on the light of its parent star. Suppose we're viewing a far-off star system from its edge, says Jayawardhana. An orbiting planet will spin toward us for part of its year and away from us for a similar amount of time. Its parent star will also move very slightly – tugged by its planet toward us and away from us in a regular cycle. This distinctive wobble causes subtle shifts in the light of the star. By observing the system for several orbital periods with a telescope and a spectrograph (which measures the intensity of light at different wavelengths), astronomers can pin down the distance of the planet from its sun, and estimate the planet's mass. The radial velocity technique tends to locate large planets in close orbits because these planets cause their parent stars to wobble most. Finding smaller planets or planets moving in wider orbits is more challenging. Still, as astronomers refine the radial velocity method, they believe they'll be able to spot planets only a few times larger than Earth (they're already detecting objects the size of Uranus and Neptune, which are about 15 times as massive as Earth).
At the same time, astronomers are honing another planet-detection technique, the transit method. Consider once again that we're observing a distant planetary system edge-on. Light from the star would seem to dim ever so slightly when a planet passed in front of it. If, for example, the planet completes an orbit every 10 days, we would have to watch the star for a month or two – noting a slight dimming of the star's light on each pass of the planet – to be confident of the planet's existence. The smaller the planet, the more powerful the telescope we would need to detect it.
Alien astronomers viewing our solar system edge-on could make a similar set of observations. "If you had a sensitive enough telescope, you would actually see the Earth transit the disc of the sun," says Norman Murray, the associate director of the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at U of T. "And a year later you'd see it transit again – and you'd know it was a planet and not a bird or something flying over your telescope."
The transit method is a promising detection technique; so far, astronomers using it have found about a half-dozen planets. Plans call for sophisticated orbiting telescopes (successors to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope) that will look for the periodic transits of many stars – possibly leading to the discovery of thousands of extra-solar planets in the coming decades, including, in all likelihood, some planets that resemble Earth.
In the meantime, Murray and the astrophysicist Matthew Holman of Harvard University have devised a way for astronomers to infer the existence of Earth-sized planets without actually seeing them transit their host stars. Their idea, published in the journal Science last winter, involves carefully timing the transits of huge planets the size of Jupiter. The key is gravity. In a system with a Jupiter-sized planet and a smaller Earth-sized planet, the smaller body will induce slight irregularities in the orbit of the larger body. (In a similar way, astronomers in the 19th and early 20th centuries were able to use irregularities in the orbit of Uranus to infer the existence of Neptune and Pluto.)
Think of our hypothetical alien astronomers dozens of light years away, watching our solar system. With powerful enough telescopes, they could detect transits of Jupiter against the sun. If these alien astronomers monitored Jupiter for several decades, they would notice that the time between successive transits was not exactly the same. They could use this discrepancy to infer the existence of at least one other planetary body. (They would likely presume the existence of Saturn, since its gravitational pull would have the greatest effect on Jupiter's transit times.) If they had even more powerful telescopes, capable of detecting Earth's transits, they would discover irregularities in our orbit, too. "Such astronomers would see variations in the times between transits in the order of 10 minutes, due primarily to the influence of Venus," explains Murray.
Murray and Holman's technique of scrutinizing transit times would allow astronomers to determine properties of the unseen planet that they can't with radial velocity. The planet's mass can be calculated, based on its effect on the orbit of the larger planet. Astronomers could also work out the size of the orbit as well as its eccentricity. And if astronomers are really lucky, and see both planets transit the host star, they can also calculate the sizes of the planets. If you know the size and the mass, you can determine density. "So you can immediately say whether the planets are terrestrial or gas," says Murray. Terrestrial planets are where life is most likely to be found.
To comprehend these strange new worlds, we need to understand how these planets formed – a line of inquiry that Murray and several other U of T astronomers are actively pursuing. "A theory of planet formation would tell us, in principle, what fraction of stars, like our sun, harbour Earth-like planets," Murray explains. It would also give astronomers a better idea of where to look for them, he says. But the extra-solar planets found so far are tough to explain using our existing theories.
The prevailing view is that a planetary system begins as a slowly spinning, immense ball of gas. The hot, central part becomes the star, while the material far from the core flattens and evolves into a Frisbee-shaped cloud of debris. This cloud – the proto-planetary accretion disc – is thought to exist for about 10 million years before dissipating, and provides the raw materials from which planets eventually form. The basic scenario is still believed valid; what is hotly debated are the details of the process.
One problem with the traditional model is that it implies that giant gas planets should form far from their parent stars. After all, this is where we find them in our solar system. But it's not where we see gas giants in extra-solar planetary systems. "We had an understanding of how our system formed, how the Earth fits into the planetary system and how the conditions for life evolved in our solar system," explains Artymowicz. "There was quite a shock when we discovered that other solar systems are different."
Now, astronomers are trying to fine-tune the old model. At present, they're torn between two competing scenarios. In the core-accretion model, planets are born when small chunks of rock, sand-grain-sized debris and dust collide within the disc. As the rocky core grows, its gravity draws in more dust and gas from its surroundings. If it's large enough, over millions of years it will keep on gathering gas until it becomes a giant planet, like Jupiter. If it is smaller, it will become a rocky planet like Earth. A problem with this scenario is that the accretion process is too slow; giant gas planets may not have enough time to form. In a competing scenario, the disc-instability model, denser patches of gas and dust undergo a sudden collapse, causing one or more planets to form in a mere thousand years.
One U of T theorist, however, believes that gas giants can form according to the core-accretion model at a much faster rate than previously imagined. Roman Rafikov, recently from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, has been examining the competing models. The Astronomical Journal just published his argument that a giant planet orbiting a star at a distance equivalent to Neptune's orbit in our solar system can form "on a time-scale of about 10 million years."
While the question of how planets form may seem esoteric, it bears directly on the likelihood that other Earths exist, says Murray. The disc-instability model is neutral on the formation of terrestrial planets – they may or may not form. But the core-accretion model requires terrestrial planets to form. Under that model, gas giants are simply terrestrial planets that, over millions of years, continued to gather gas. In other words, if the core-accretion model is correct, Earth-like planets may be commonplace.
The search for another Earth will intensify over the next several years, with the launch of a new generation of space-based telescopes and the construction of immense new telescopes on the ground. Among the most ambitious ground-based projects is the proposed Thirty Metre Telescope, which, when completed by 2015, will be the world's largest. U of T is one of 15 Canadian universities co-operating on the project, with backing from the National Research Council and several U.S. institutions. A number of U of T scientists are playing major roles in the project, including astronomers Ray Carlberg and Bob Abraham and physicist Pekka Sinervo, U of T's dean of Arts and Science.
With these new telescopes, astronomers may make their most tantalizing finding yet: a terrestrial planet orbiting within the "Goldilocks zone" of its parent star (the narrow ring that is neither too hot nor too cold for life to evolve). But the diverse and ever-increasing trove of strange new worlds that scientists have already found has triggered a revolution in astronomy.
"It has been a tremendously exciting 10 years," says Jayawardhana. "After centuries of people talking about it, we have finally found not one, not two, but more than 150 planets around other stars. It's truly remarkable."
Dan Falk is a Toronto science journalist and the author of Universe on a T-Shirt: The Quest for the Theory of Everything (Penguin Canada). Additional reporting by Stephen Strauss.
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High schoolers explore engineering in South Jersey program
By Katherine Scott
Does concrete float? Depends how you make it.
25 high school students from New Jersey and Pennsylvania jumped right into a civil engineering class, where their objective was to build a concrete canoe that they would later race.
It's all part of Rowan University's Introduction for Students to Engineering or RISE for short. The program takes place over three days in Glassboro.
Melanie Basantis, Rowan's Director of Engineering Outreach, explained, "We want to increase their confidence, in addition to increasing their interest in engineering, making it an exciting, dynamic program."
They take a hands on approach. Students are able to get into labs and explore different branches of engineering, even if they already show an interest in a particular one.
Tessa Kierland of Mullica Hill said, "Well I'm interested in like the biomedical engineering. It also shows you the other options, and it shows you like, what they have to offer."
Joey Kenney of Sicklerville will be a freshman at Rowan and took part of the RISE program himself. He advised the participants to keep an open mind.
"When I was in the program, I wanted to do electrical engineering. I was really set on that, but I kind of kept an open mind going through the program, and I looked into a lot of other things, and I realized I was more interested in mechanical than I was electrical," Kenney said.
For some of these high school students, getting inside college classrooms and seeing what equipment and resources are available is part of the fun.
Zoe Miloszewski of Mullica Hill pointed out, "Definitely there's more higher level equipment here, like we're not using big, machine things at the high school classes so this is more advanced."
Basantis told 6abc, "We give them an idea of what our freshman engineering students do here at the College of Engineering- hands-on projects."
According to Basantis the programs main goal is to help students determine their path for the future, in college and beyond.
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Antibiotic susceptibility and antibacterial activity of neutralized cell-free supernatant of Lactobacillus rhamnosus MT539286 against Foodborne and Clinical pathogens.
Muffrah Hasan Department of Microbiology, University of Karachi, Karachi-Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2569-346X
Afsheen Arif Karachi Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (KIBGE), University of Karachi, Karachi-Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5681-0833
Abid Hasnain Department of Food, Science & Technology, University of Karachi, Karachi-Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7390-0662
Tanveer Abbas Department of Microbiology, University of Karachi, Karachi-Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1784-3077
Keywords: Antibacterial Activity, Lactic Acid Bacteria, Antibiotic Susceptibility, Lactobacillus Rhamnosus.
Background: The emergence of horizontally transferable antibiotic resistance (AR) in probiotic strains of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) has incited a need to establish stringent safety measures for the assessment of commercial probiotics. Lactobacillus rhamnosus is not only a prevalent constituent of commercially available probiotics but also has an abundant presence in fermented foods.
Methodology: The present study tested antimicrobial activity and antibiotic susceptibility of L. rhamnosus isolated from fermented cabbage. Agar well diffusion assay was used to determine the antibacterial activity against a number of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, and antibiotic susceptibility testing was used to determine the antibiogram of several antibiotics. For this, the neutralized Cell-Free Supernatant (nCFS) of L. rhamnosus was used, which exhibited antibacterial activity against several bacteria.
Results: Antagonistic activity of nCFS of L. rhamnosus was found against Listeria monocytogenes, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Salmonella typhimurium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella enterica. Maximum inhibitory activity was observed against Listeria monocytogenes. Whereas, no activity was found against Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pyogenes, Bacillus subtilis, Vibrio alginolyticus, Proteus mirabilis and Proteus vulgaris. The intensity of inhibition among the isolates was in the sequence of Listeria monocytogenes > Escherichia coli > Bacillus cereus > Vibrio parahaemolyticus > Salmonella typhimurium. L. rhamnosus was found susceptible against Chloramphenicol and Novobiocin. Moreover, it exhibited resistance to Amoxicillin, Levofloxacin, Oxacillin, Streptomycin and Tobramycin.
Conclusion: This study suggests that the use of L. rhamnosus as a probiotic requires extensive examination of AR genes present in this strain.
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Hasan, M., Arif, A., Hasnain, A., & Abbas, T. (2020). Antibiotic susceptibility and antibacterial activity of neutralized cell-free supernatant of Lactobacillus rhamnosus MT539286 against Foodborne and Clinical pathogens. International Journal of Endorsing Health Science Research (IJEHSR). Retrieved from http://aeirc-edu.com/ojs14/index.php/IJEHSR/article/view/489
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Oxley holdings launch a new phase of its highly popular residential project, The Rise @ Oxley, offering 31 new units to prospective clients.
The Rise @ Oxley was originally developed as a mixed-use development with two floors dedicated to commercial shops and 120 residential units sitting on top of those shops. Although the shops haven't been launched for sale yet but a total of 51 residential units have been sold since their launch in the June of 2014.
Although The Rise @ Oxley is located at a stone's throw away from Orchard Road, which is practically the haven for shopaholics in Singapore, and the famous Killiney Road, a place for those who like to eat out, the Rise @ Oxley itself though has managed to carve a place of peace and seclusion.
According to the Director of Marketing at Oxley, Eugene Lim, a big chunk of projects launched recently are 99-year leaseholds, this is one of the rare freeholds. He also added that 43% of residential units had already been sold and there was also a demand in Oxley Rise enclave as there hadn't been a new launch since 2008.
The Rise @ Oxley started with very competitive rates considering the fact that it is located in one of the premium area of District 9. Of the original apartments initially launched, one-bedroom units (463 sq. ft.) have all been sold at prices staring from $2,280 psf (per sq. ft.) and going up to $2,479 psf. The other original options are two bedroom apartments (614 to 646 sq. ft.), three bedroom apartments (667 to 1,163 sq. ft.) and penthouses (753 to 1,195 sq. ft.). The new phase consists of 31 two-bedroom apartments units starting from a price of $2,110 psf or from S$1.38 million.
Eric Low, deputy CEO of Oxley, believes it to be an opportune time for investors to invest in luxury segment as currents prices are below replacement prices. It is because of the narrowing price gap between 99-year leasehold projects in the Core Central Region (CCR) and Rest of the Central Region (RCR).
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What Happens to Our Pets During a Hurricane?
With Hurricane Florence on the horizon, we thought it prudent to give you a tidbit of information on how to keep your pets safe during a state of emergency as well as what to do in the unfortunate event you become separated from your beloved pets.
In case you're asking yourself, "Are there any laws about pet evacuation?" the answer is – YES! In 2006, the federal Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (PETS Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 5196a-d (2006)) was passed, which directs FEMA to develop emergency plans to ensure that local and state emergency plans take into account procedures for handling the rescue, housing, and safe recovery of pets and service animals during a state of emergency or major disaster. In North Carolina, the Department of Public Safety has included protocols and procedures for taking care of your pet in the North Carolina Emergency Operations Plan. In case you didn't want to read all 462 pages of the plan, here are a few key points:
Pet owners are primarily responsible for the care and shelter of their pets during an emergency situation if they have the capacity to do so.
Emergency Response teams, in connection with County Animal Control and Animal Response Teams, will work to:
Assess the needs and numbers of affected pets;
Support animal rescue;
Support evacuation sheltering operations to place pets in existing or temporary animal shelters during the event; and,
Provide support to control wild and exotic animals.
Emergency Response Teams will work to ensure that your pet(s) are sheltered, fed, and cared for in the event they become lost or temporarily abandoned.
Emergency Response Teams will coordinate media response efforts, including hotlines for concerned pet owners to locate and reunite with their pets.
What Can You Do to Help?
At Fourscore Law, we recognize that pets are part of the family. As such, here are a few, non-legal, pointers to help you traverse the storm:
Establish temporary housing for your pets if at all possible – you would be surprised the number of friends, families, co-workers, or acquaintances, who would be more than willing to help watch your pet during a state of emergency.
Become a host – as part of the emergency operations plan, host families serve an integral part of the emergency preparedness. If you have a large backyard or home, volunteer to house a few pets in the event your County Animal Shelter needs help.
Donate Food and Supplies – most Animal Shelters are not normally equipped with the necessary food and medical supplies to support a massive influx of temporary pet residents. When you're out at the store searching for bottled water, pick up an extra bag of dog food and run it by your local shelter.
For all of our clients, colleagues, friends, families, as well as any of our competitors in the Wilmington, Raleigh-Durham, or Outer Banks regions of North Carolina, as well as any of our neighbors in Virginia and South Carolina, stay safe out there! Our thoughts will be with you, and we'll work to help you rebuild after the storm – including any pro bono services helping you reunite with your pet(s)!
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Q: cambiar la imagen el index de un stakedWidget mediante un QcomboBox Buenas noches tengo el siguiente codigo:
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMainWindow, QApplication
from PyQt5 import uic
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
from tabla import tabla_style
class Principal(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
QMainWindow.__init__(self)
uic.loadUi("new_exe.ui",self)
self.setWindowFlags(Qt.FramelessWindowHint)
self.b_close.clicked.connect(lambda:self.close())
self.b_min.clicked.connect(lambda:self.showMinimized())
if self.combo.currentIndex() == 0:
self.stackedWidget.setCurrentIndex(0)
elif self.combo.currentIndex()== 1:
self.stackedWidget.setCurrentIndex(1)
app = QApplication([])
p = Principal()
p.show()
app.exec_()
y lo que estoy tratando es que cuando cambie el valor de qcombobox cambie el index del stakedwidget sin embargo no funciona
Alguna sugerencia¿?
A: Tu debes usar un señal para hacer el cambio ya que tu verificación solo se hace en el constructor por unica vez.
Asumiendo que el QComboBox tiene la misma cantidad de items que páginas el QStackedWidget solo es necesario conectar la señal currentIndexChanged:
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMainWindow, QApplication
from PyQt5 import uic
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
class Principal(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
QMainWindow.__init__(self, flags=Qt.FramelessWindowHint)
uic.loadUi("new_exe.ui",self)
self.b_close.clicked.connect(self.close)
self.b_min.clicked.connect(self.showMinimized)
self.combo.currentIndexChanged.connect(self.stackedWidget.setCurrentIndex)
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
p = Principal()
p.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
Observación: No abuses de las funciones lambda, en el caso de PyQt es mejor hacer una conección directa ya que se ahorra recursos y se aumenta la rápidez.
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(a) Statement of Policy: It is the policy of the Supreme Court to ensure access to the courts by all persons, including those who may not have the benefit of legal representation. The purpose of this rule is to provide a means for assisting persons who do not have legal representation, by authorizing Court Assistance Officers to provide those litigants with educational materials, court approved forms, limited assistance in completing court forms, and information about court procedures so they might better understand the legal requirements of the court system, and to provide referrals to legal, community and social services organizations and resources providing similar assistance.
(1) 'Court Assistance Officer' is a person qualified under guidelines adopted by the Supreme Court to provide a full range of court assistance services.
(2) 'Deputy Clerk' is an employee of the District Court Clerk who is assigned the responsibility of providing a limited range of court assistance services under guidelines adopted by the Supreme Court, as part of his or her overall clerical duties.
(3) 'Project Director' is person appointed by the Administrative Director of the Courts to oversee and coordinate the statewide operation of court assistance services.
(c) Court Assistance Services: Full or limited court assistance services shall be provided in every county.
(1) Where feasible, those services should be provided through a court assistance office staffed with a full or part time Court Assistance Officer, who has the training to provide a full range of court assistance services and referrals under guidelines established by the Supreme Court.
(2) Where the appointment of a Court Assistance Officer is not feasible, the District Court Clerk shall appoint a Deputy Clerk to provide limited court assistance services as defined by the Supreme Courtís guidelines. The Project Director shall be notified of the assignment, and provide input on the selection if requested.
(d) Assignment of Court Assistance Officers: A Court Assistance Officer may be an employee of the District Court Clerk, or another county employee who is under the direction of the Administrative District Judge or Trial Court Administrator, or an independent contractor retained by the Supreme Court who is under the direction of the Administrative District Judge or Trial Court Administrator. The Administrative District Judge or Trial Court Administrator, the Project Director, and the District Court Clerk shall provide advice and consent in the selection and assignment of Court Assistance Officers under guidelines for minimum qualifications established by the Supreme Court for that position.
(e) Management of Daily Operations: The Administrative Judge or Trial Court Administrator shall be responsible for managing and supervising the day-to-day activities of Court Assistance Officers who have been retained by the Court or are county employees other than deputy clerks. The District Court Clerk shall be responsible for managing and supervising the day-to-day activities of Court Assistance Officers who are employees of the District Court Clerk, and Deputy Clerks who provide limited court assistance services. The Administrative District Judge or Trial Court Administrator, and the Program Director, may, from time to time, provide input on the performance of employees of the District Court Clerk providing court assistance services, which shall be considered by the District Court Clerk, in good faith.
(f) Policy and Rules of Conduct: The Supreme Court shall establish guidelines for court assistance services which specifically define the types of referrals, instructions, forms, educational materials, and information about the court and court processes, which may be provided by a Court Assistance Officer or Deputy Clerk, as well as requirements for education and training of court assistance personnel.
(g) Unauthorized Practice of Law: It is the policy of the Supreme Court to encourage the use of attorneys whenever possible. The materials and assistance provided through court assistance services are not intended as a substitute for legal advice. Services, materials or information provided by Court Assistance Officers or Deputy Clerks providing court assistance services under the guidelines established by the Supreme Court shall not constitute the unauthorized practice of law.
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Cabot reports Johnson's camp has requested a trade after an offseason full of rumors. The 25-year-old was a no-show at the Browns' voluntary offseason program Monday.
Johnson is a dynamic pass-catcher and a dual-threat in the mold of Darren Sproles. With Sproles contemplating retirement, the Eagles appear to be in need of a passing-down back.
Right now, the Eagles backfield consists of Howard, Josh Adams, Corey Clement and Wendell Smallwood. Johnson is a bit on the small side at 5-foot-9 and 210 pounds, but his numbers speak for itself.
In his four NFL seasons, Johnson has averaged 4.3 yards per carry and has scored five total rushing touchdowns. In the passing game, Johnson has averaged 9.2 yards per catch and eight total receiving touchdowns.
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Q: Javascript for showing image on mouseover Please see this link.
How images are showing large on mouseover according to the position of mouse and screen scrolling?
Can any one provide the same script for this purpose.
Thanx in advance
A: If you use jquery it is quite easy.
Here is a tutorial: Easiest Tooltip and Image Preview Using jQuery.
Here is the actual JS code from the site above (note you need jquery for this)
/*
* Image preview script
* powered by jQuery (http://www.jquery.com)
*
* written by Alen Grakalic (http://cssglobe.com)
*
* for more info visit http://cssglobe.com/post/1695/easiest-tooltip-and-image-preview-using-jquery
*
*/
this.imagePreview = function(){
/* CONFIG */
xOffset = 10;
yOffset = 30;
// these 2 variable determine popup's distance from the cursor
// you might want to adjust to get the right result
/* END CONFIG */
$("a.preview").hover(function(e){
this.t = this.title;
this.title = "";
var c = (this.t != "") ? "<br/>" + this.t : "";
$("body").append("<p id='preview'><img src='"+ this.href +"' alt='Image preview' />"+ c +"</p>");
$("#preview")
.css("top",(e.pageY - xOffset) + "px")
.css("left",(e.pageX + yOffset) + "px")
.fadeIn("fast");
},
function(){
this.title = this.t;
$("#preview").remove();
});
$("a.preview").mousemove(function(e){
$("#preview")
.css("top",(e.pageY - xOffset) + "px")
.css("left",(e.pageX + yOffset) + "px");
});
};
// starting the script on page load
$(document).ready(function(){
imagePreview();
});
and here is the relevant html segment
<ul>
<li><a href="1.jpg" class="preview"><img src="1s.jpg" alt="gallery thumbnail" /></a></li>
<li><a href="2.jpg" class="preview"><img src="2s.jpg" alt="gallery thumbnail" /></a></li>
<li><a href="3.jpg" class="preview"><img src="3s.jpg" alt="gallery thumbnail" /></a></li>
<li><a href="4.jpg" class="preview"><img src="4s.jpg" alt="gallery thumbnail" /></a></li>
</ul>
A: Take a look at: http://www.mind-projects.it/projects/jqzoom/
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We've got a home and family to support us and the means to take a month off. But of course there are other people our age who don't have this. So we decided to use the publicity from this trip to raise funds for CentrePoint, a charity who house and support homeless young people.
If you donate, you'll get something in return.
We all get loads of requests for charity donations from people doing challenges, and we didn't want to join the long line of requests for your hard earned cash without giving anything in return. So we thought we'd do things a little differently.
Give over £80 and we'll kite buggy naked. There will be photo / video evidence (don't worry, we'll fuzz out the relevant bits).
Give over £50 and you can ask us to buggy for a whole day wearing just speedos, sleep rough, or leap frog the whole width of a beach at low tide. Any other requests, put them with your donation in the comments, or in the comments below this article!
Give over £25 and we'll send you a postcard from Brazil – thongs optional!
Give over £8 and we'll tag you in our facebook video about the adventure, making you look both generous and exceedingly cool.
For every £100 we'll also do an extra blog post or video blog. The link below takes you to our just giving page, which we'e chosen because it's simple, fast, and easy to donate, and your money goes to Centrepoint immediately.
Whether damaged by neglect, escaping abuse, or avoiding gang culture, there are currently 50,000 young homeless people in the UK every year – that's about the total number of 15 – 19 year olds living in Manchester. People who don't have a permanent address can't claim benefits or housing support, so CentrePoint gets them back into accommodation and back on track with their lives. Even £10 will provide one night's secure accommodation for a homeless young person, so your money will have a direct impact.
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Q: what wrong with this code as it's giving error? set serveroutput on
DECLARE
V_IND_NAME VARCHAR(100);
V_CREATE INTEGER := 1;
BEGIN
select max(index_name) into V_IND_NAME from USER_INDEXES I where TABLE_NAME='ETL_TXN_Q'
and (select count(1) from USER_IND_COLUMNS C where c.table_name = i.table_name and c.index_name = i.index_name) = 2
and (select c.column_name from USER_IND_COLUMNS C where c.table_name = i.table_name and c.index_name = i.index_name and c.COLUMN_POSITION=1) = 'ETQ_SID'
and (select c.column_name from USER_IND_COLUMNS C where c.table_name = i.table_name and c.index_name = i.index_name and c.COLUMN_POSITION=2) = 'PROCESSED_STATUS';
IF V_IND_NAME = 'ETQ_ETQ_SID_PROCESSD_STATUS_UK' THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Index is correct and No Action Needed');
V_CREATE := 0;
ELSIF V_IND_NAME is NOT NULL THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Index ' || V_IND_NAME || ' exists with different name on same columns do drop it');
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP index ||V_IND_NAME';
END IF;
IF V_CREATE = 1 THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Creating index ETQ_ETQ_SID_PROCESSD_STATUS_UK...');
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'create unique index ETQ_ETQ_SID_PROCESSD_STATUS_UK on etl_txn_q (etq_sid,processed_status) tablespace &ITS_INDEX';
END IF;
END;
/
Output error:
ERROR at line 22:
ORA-06550: line 22, column 4:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol ";" when expecting one of the following:
if
A: check: ENDIF is needed to be END IF.
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Q: String length in bytes in JavaScript In my JavaScript code I need to compose a message to server in this format:
<size in bytes>CRLF
<data>CRLF
Example:
3
foo
The data may contain unicode characters. I need to send them as UTF-8.
I'm looking for the most cross-browser way to calculate the length of the string in bytes in JavaScript.
I've tried this to compose my payload:
return unescape(encodeURIComponent(str)).length + "\n" + str + "\n"
But it does not give me accurate results for the older browsers (or, maybe the strings in those browsers in UTF-16?).
Any clues?
Update:
Example: length in bytes of the string ЭЭХ! Naïve? in UTF-8 is 15 bytes, but some browsers report 23 bytes instead.
A: Here is a much faster version, which doesn't use regular expressions, nor encodeURIComponent():
function byteLength(str) {
// returns the byte length of an utf8 string
var s = str.length;
for (var i=str.length-1; i>=0; i--) {
var code = str.charCodeAt(i);
if (code > 0x7f && code <= 0x7ff) s++;
else if (code > 0x7ff && code <= 0xffff) s+=2;
if (code >= 0xDC00 && code <= 0xDFFF) i--; //trail surrogate
}
return s;
}
Here is a performance comparison.
It just computes the length in UTF8 of each unicode codepoints returned by charCodeAt() (based on wikipedia's descriptions of UTF8, and UTF16 surrogate characters).
It follows RFC3629 (where UTF-8 characters are at most 4-bytes long).
A: For simple UTF-8 encoding, with slightly better compatibility than TextEncoder, Blob does the trick. Won't work in very old browsers though.
new Blob([""]).size; // -> 4
A: Took me a while to find a solution for React Native so I'll put it here:
First install the buffer package:
npm install --save buffer
Then user the node method:
const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
const length = Buffer.byteLength(string, 'utf-8');
A: Actually, I figured out what's wrong. For the code to work the page <head> should have this tag:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
Or, as suggested in comments, if server sends HTTP Content-Encoding header, it should work as well.
Then results from different browsers are consistent.
Here is an example:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>mini string length test</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write('<div style="font-size:100px">'
+ (unescape(encodeURIComponent("ЭЭХ! Naïve?")).length) + '</div>'
);
</script>
</body>
</html>
Note: I suspect that specifying any (accurate) encoding would fix the encoding problem. It is just a coincidence that I need UTF-8.
A: In NodeJS, Buffer.byteLength is a method specifically for this purpose:
let strLengthInBytes = Buffer.byteLength(str); // str is UTF-8
Note that by default the method assumes the string is in UTF-8 encoding. If a different encoding is required, pass it as the second argument.
A: Here is an independent and efficient method to count UTF-8 bytes of a string.
//count UTF-8 bytes of a string
function byteLengthOf(s){
//assuming the String is UCS-2(aka UTF-16) encoded
var n=0;
for(var i=0,l=s.length; i<l; i++){
var hi=s.charCodeAt(i);
if(hi<0x0080){ //[0x0000, 0x007F]
n+=1;
}else if(hi<0x0800){ //[0x0080, 0x07FF]
n+=2;
}else if(hi<0xD800){ //[0x0800, 0xD7FF]
n+=3;
}else if(hi<0xDC00){ //[0xD800, 0xDBFF]
var lo=s.charCodeAt(++i);
if(i<l&&lo>=0xDC00&&lo<=0xDFFF){ //followed by [0xDC00, 0xDFFF]
n+=4;
}else{
throw new Error("UCS-2 String malformed");
}
}else if(hi<0xE000){ //[0xDC00, 0xDFFF]
throw new Error("UCS-2 String malformed");
}else{ //[0xE000, 0xFFFF]
n+=3;
}
}
return n;
}
var s="\u0000\u007F\u07FF\uD7FF\uDBFF\uDFFF\uFFFF";
console.log("expect byteLengthOf(s) to be 14, actually it is %s.",byteLengthOf(s));
Note that the method may throw error if an input string is UCS-2 malformed
A: Another very simple approach using Buffer (only for NodeJS):
Buffer.byteLength(string, 'utf8')
Buffer.from(string).length
A: This function will return the byte size of any UTF-8 string you pass to it.
function byteCount(s) {
return encodeURI(s).split(/%..|./).length - 1;
}
Source
A: Years passed and nowadays you can do it natively
(new TextEncoder().encode('foo')).length
Note that it's not supported by IE (you may use a polyfill for that).
MDN documentation
Standard specifications
A: Based on the following benchmarks, this appears to be the fastest choice that works on all platforms:
*
*In Node.js: Buffer.byteLength(string).
*Otherwise:
*
*new TextEncoder().encode(string).length on big strings.
*String.charCodeAt() (as described here) on small strings. At what point a string is "big" depends on your machine (for me, it's roughly 300 characters).
I have created the following library that implements the above:
import stringByteLength from 'string-byte-length'
stringByteLength('test') // 4
stringByteLength(' ') // 1
stringByteLength('\0') // 1
stringByteLength('±') // 2
stringByteLength('★') // 3
stringByteLength('') // 4
A: There is no way to do it in JavaScript natively. (See Riccardo Galli's answer for a modern approach.)
For historical reference or where TextEncoder APIs are still unavailable.
If you know the character encoding, you can calculate it yourself though.
encodeURIComponent assumes UTF-8 as the character encoding, so if you need that encoding, you can do,
function lengthInUtf8Bytes(str) {
// Matches only the 10.. bytes that are non-initial characters in a multi-byte sequence.
var m = encodeURIComponent(str).match(/%[89ABab]/g);
return str.length + (m ? m.length : 0);
}
This should work because of the way UTF-8 encodes multi-byte sequences. The first encoded byte always starts with either a high bit of zero for a single byte sequence, or a byte whose first hex digit is C, D, E, or F. The second and subsequent bytes are the ones whose first two bits are 10. Those are the extra bytes you want to count in UTF-8.
The table in wikipedia makes it clearer
Bits Last code point Byte 1 Byte 2 Byte 3
7 U+007F 0xxxxxxx
11 U+07FF 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx
16 U+FFFF 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
...
If instead you need to understand the page encoding, you can use this trick:
function lengthInPageEncoding(s) {
var a = document.createElement('A');
a.href = '#' + s;
var sEncoded = a.href;
sEncoded = sEncoded.substring(sEncoded.indexOf('#') + 1);
var m = sEncoded.match(/%[0-9a-f]{2}/g);
return sEncoded.length - (m ? m.length * 2 : 0);
}
A: I compared some of the methods suggested here in Firefox for speed.
The string I used contained the following characters:
œ´®†¥¨ˆøπ¬˚∆˙©ƒ∂ßåΩ≈ç√∫˜µ≤
All results are averages of 3 runs each. Times are in milliseconds. Note that all URIEncoding methods behaved similarly and had extreme results, so I only included one.
While there are some fluctuations based on the size of the string, the charCode methods (lovasoa and fuweichin) both perform similarly and the fastest overall, with fuweichin's charCode method the fastest. The Blob and TextEncoder methods performed similarly to each other. Generally the charCode methods were about 75% faster than the Blob and TextEncoder methods. The URIEncoding method was basically unacceptable.
Here are the results I got:
Size 6.4 * 10^6 bytes:
Lauri Oherd – URIEncoding: 6400000 et: 796
lovasoa – charCode: 6400000 et: 15
fuweichin – charCode2: 6400000 et: 16
simap – Blob: 6400000 et: 26
Riccardo Galli – TextEncoder: 6400000 et: 23
Size 19.2 * 10^6 bytes:
Blob does kind of a weird thing here.
Lauri Oherd – URIEncoding: 19200000 et: 2322
lovasoa – charCode: 19200000 et: 42
fuweichin – charCode2: 19200000 et: 45
simap – Blob: 19200000 et: 169
Riccardo Galli – TextEncoder: 19200000 et: 70
Size 64 * 10^6 bytes:
Lauri Oherd – URIEncoding: 64000000 et: 12565
lovasoa – charCode: 64000000 et: 138
fuweichin – charCode2: 64000000 et: 133
simap – Blob: 64000000 et: 231
Riccardo Galli – TextEncoder: 64000000 et: 211
Size 192 * 10^6 bytes:
URIEncoding methods freezes browser at this point.
lovasoa – charCode: 192000000 et: 754
fuweichin – charCode2: 192000000 et: 480
simap – Blob: 192000000 et: 701
Riccardo Galli – TextEncoder: 192000000 et: 654
Size 640 * 10^6 bytes:
lovasoa – charCode: 640000000 et: 2417
fuweichin – charCode2: 640000000 et: 1602
simap – Blob: 640000000 et: 2492
Riccardo Galli – TextEncoder: 640000000 et: 2338
Size 1280 * 10^6 bytes:
Blob & TextEncoder methods are starting to hit the wall here.
lovasoa – charCode: 1280000000 et: 4780
fuweichin – charCode2: 1280000000 et: 3177
simap – Blob: 1280000000 et: 6588
Riccardo Galli – TextEncoder: 1280000000 et: 5074
Size 1920 * 10^6 bytes:
lovasoa – charCode: 1920000000 et: 7465
fuweichin – charCode2: 1920000000 et: 4968
JavaScript error: file:///Users/xxx/Desktop/test.html, line 74: NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY:
Here is the code:
function byteLengthURIEncoding(str) {
return encodeURI(str).split(/%..|./).length - 1;
}
function byteLengthCharCode(str) {
// returns the byte length of an utf8 string
var s = str.length;
for (var i=str.length-1; i>=0; i--) {
var code = str.charCodeAt(i);
if (code > 0x7f && code <= 0x7ff) s++;
else if (code > 0x7ff && code <= 0xffff) s+=2;
if (code >= 0xDC00 && code <= 0xDFFF) i--; //trail surrogate
}
return s;
}
function byteLengthCharCode2(s){
//assuming the String is UCS-2(aka UTF-16) encoded
var n=0;
for(var i=0,l=s.length; i<l; i++){
var hi=s.charCodeAt(i);
if(hi<0x0080){ //[0x0000, 0x007F]
n+=1;
}else if(hi<0x0800){ //[0x0080, 0x07FF]
n+=2;
}else if(hi<0xD800){ //[0x0800, 0xD7FF]
n+=3;
}else if(hi<0xDC00){ //[0xD800, 0xDBFF]
var lo=s.charCodeAt(++i);
if(i<l&&lo>=0xDC00&&lo<=0xDFFF){ //followed by [0xDC00, 0xDFFF]
n+=4;
}else{
throw new Error("UCS-2 String malformed");
}
}else if(hi<0xE000){ //[0xDC00, 0xDFFF]
throw new Error("UCS-2 String malformed");
}else{ //[0xE000, 0xFFFF]
n+=3;
}
}
return n;
}
function byteLengthBlob(str) {
return new Blob([str]).size;
}
function byteLengthTE(str) {
return (new TextEncoder().encode(str)).length;
}
var sample = "œ´®†¥¨ˆøπ¬˚∆˙©ƒ∂ßåΩ≈ç√∫˜µ≤i";
var string = "";
// Adjust multiplier to change length of string.
let mult = 1000000;
for (var i = 0; i < mult; i++) {
string += sample;
}
let t0;
try {
t0 = Date.now();
console.log("Lauri Oherd – URIEncoding: " + byteLengthURIEncoding(string) + " et: " + (Date.now() - t0));
} catch(e) {}
t0 = Date.now();
console.log("lovasoa – charCode: " + byteLengthCharCode(string) + " et: " + (Date.now() - t0));
t0 = Date.now();
console.log("fuweichin – charCode2: " + byteLengthCharCode2(string) + " et: " + (Date.now() - t0));
t0 = Date.now();
console.log("simap – Blob: " + byteLengthBlob(string) + " et: " + (Date.now() - t0));
t0 = Date.now();
console.log("Riccardo Galli – TextEncoder: " + byteLengthTE(string) + " et: " + (Date.now() - t0));
A: This would work for BMP and SIP/SMP characters.
String.prototype.lengthInUtf8 = function() {
var asciiLength = this.match(/[\u0000-\u007f]/g) ? this.match(/[\u0000-\u007f]/g).length : 0;
var multiByteLength = encodeURI(this.replace(/[\u0000-\u007f]/g)).match(/%/g) ? encodeURI(this.replace(/[\u0000-\u007f]/g, '')).match(/%/g).length : 0;
return asciiLength + multiByteLength;
}
'test'.lengthInUtf8();
// returns 4
'\u{2f894}'.lengthInUtf8();
// returns 4
'سلام علیکم'.lengthInUtf8();
// returns 19, each Arabic/Persian alphabet character takes 2 bytes.
'你好,JavaScript 世界'.lengthInUtf8();
// returns 26, each Chinese character/punctuation takes 3 bytes.
A: You can try this:
function getLengthInBytes(str) {
var b = str.match(/[^\x00-\xff]/g);
return (str.length + (!b ? 0: b.length));
}
It works for me.
A: Ran into this How to emulate mb_strlen in javascript with strings containing HTML
where the string was not a good match for earlier answers.
I got the expected length of 8 here:
const str = 'X "FUEL"'
const div = document.createElement("div");
div.innerHTML = str
console.log(div.textContent.length)
A: I'm checking the length with :
const str = "as%20"
const len = new URL(str.replace(/%[A-F0-9]{2}/g, "..."), "https:$").pathname.replace(/%[A-F0-9]{2}/g, "-").length - 1
console.log(len) // 13
when i (try to) verify if a directory name is less than 180 characters
A: sizeInBytes = Buffer.from(data).length
Example:
let data = 'šč'; // data with utf-8 characters
console.log( data.length ); // 2
console.log( Buffer.from(data).length ); // 4
|
Тышовце () — гмина (волость) в Польше, входит как административная единица в Томашувский повят (Люблинское воеводство), Люблинское воеводство. Население — 6438 человек (на 2004 год).
Сельские округа
Чартовец
Чартовец-Колёнья
Чартовчик
Чермно
Клёнтвы
Липовец
Марысин
Микулин
Недзведзя-Гура
Переспа
Подбур
Пшевале
Рудка
Собуль
Вакиюв
Войцехувка
Замлыне
Прочие поселения
Черменец
Дембина
Дронжаки
Голаиха
Гвозьдзяк
Юрдыка
Каливы
Колёнья
Колёнья-Чартовчик
Колёнья-Чермно
Колёнья-Микулин
Колёнья-Недзведзя-Гура
Колёнья-Нова-Чермно
Колёнья-Пшевале
Контек
Линья-Дольна
Линья-Гурна
Майдан
Нова-Весь
Новинки
Переспа-Колёнья
Первшаки
Под-Полями
Подгуже
Стара-Весь
Свидоватка
Тшечаки
Вулька
Выгон
За-Граничкон
Залава
Зелёне
Известные уроженцы
Богайчук, Демьян Иосифович (1899—1946) — советский военачальник, полковник. Родился в селе Переспа.
Соседние гмины
Гмина Комарув-Осада
Гмина Лащув
Гмина Мёнчин
Гмина Мирче
Гмина Рахане
Гмина Вербковице
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In addition to Walddörfer SV, 215 other teams from 33 different countries played in Boys 14. They were divided into 53 different groups, whereof Walddörfer SV could be found in Group 9 together with Storvreta IK, IF Lödde 2 and Scandia United SA.
Walddörfer SV continued to Play off A after reaching 2:nd place in Group 9. In the playoff they made it to 1/64 Final, but lost it against Stryn with 0-6. In the Final, Pequeninos do Jockey won over Lizzy Football Club and became the winner of Play off A in Boys 14.
Walddörfer SV also participated in Boys 13 during Gothia Cup 2016. They reached the 1/32 Final in B13 Play off A, but lost it against Husie IF with 0-5. |
10 Greatest X-Men Stories
Marvel's most famous mutants have been around for nearly fifty years and in that half-century a lot of great, not so great, and just bad stories have been told. Below we've collected what we think are the ten best X stories ever told across all of the Marvel "X" titles. This includes everything from X-Men to Wolverine stories. If it's mutant, it was considered.
#1 Days of Future Past (Uncanny X-Men #141-142)
This was a tough one to put above Dark Phoenix as they can both be considered the best of the best. But Claremont and Byrne's original story that saw Wolverine and Kitty in a future ruled by Sentinels and all of the X-Men dead has never been topped. Even nearly thirty years after it was originally published, it's still one of the two definitive X-stories ever told.
#2 Dark Phoenix Saga (Uncanny X-Men #129-138)
It's a shame we'll likely never see a movie with the real Dark Phoenix story, and it's sad that kids today are growing up with X-Men The Last Stand as their introduction to what is one of the most epic stories Marvel ever put in print. While the more recent Phoenix stories in the X-books have spiraled into utmost stupidity, Claremont's original fall of Jean Grey is still unbelievably amazing to this day. She eats suns. C'mon. That's awesome.
#3 God Loves, Man Kills (Marvel Graphic Novel #5)
This is what X2 was loosely based on, and is yet another amazing storyline by Claremont. While some fans may feel the enemies were a little over the top, it's one of those classic X-Men stories that's become really part of the backbone of the mythos.
#4 Gifted (Astonishing X-Men 1-6)
It doesn't matter what your opinion on Joss Whedon is, some hate him and a lot more worship him, but his run on Astonishing is really what nailed him the job of directing The Avengers. His first six issues on that book were easily the best. He brought back Colossus and introduced the mutant cure that would late be used in the third movie. For a little while it was almost like he was channeling Claremont.
#5 Weapon X (Marvel Comics Presents #72-84)
This is the original "origin" of Wolverine explaining how he got that Adamantium skeleton as well as his claws. In this story, the claws were the result of too much Adamantium being bonded to his arms. Years later that would be retconned out for bone claws.
#6 X-Men 1-3 (X-Men, Vol 2 #1-3)
This was the launch of the new X-Men series with Jim Lee and Chris Claremont. It was also the end of Claremont's initial 17-year run of steward of the X-Men. And it was a classic, and epic, send off for him. The teams face off against Magneto on Asteroid M in a story that wouldn't really be continued the way Claremont wanted until X-Men Forever.
#7 House of M
You can get on Quesada's case for his bonehead decisions regarding Spider-Man, and some fans may not like what happened to the mutants in this crossover, but it was excellent. Scarlet Witch's breakdown and the resulting alternate reality was even better than the Age of Apocalypse timeline Marvel did a decade before.
#8 Decimation
This immediately followed House of M and detailed the massive de-powering of the majority of the world's mutants. It's a story where the repercussions are still being felt in the X-books.
#9 Fatal Attractions
Why is the story that retconned Weapon X included on this list? Because, like some of the recent crossovers, this was a story that had major ripples through the X-books. Magneto ripping the Adamantium off Wolverine's bones was a shocker and changed the course of the books for quite a while.
#10 Age of Apocalypse
A really good alternate universe tale that did affect the main Marvel timeline in some ways. Xavier dead, Magneto the good guy, and a world ruled by Apocalypse. |
Ray's New Clothing Line. 2wice clothing line coming soon ... Be ready ! - کرن, رے 2wice~~~~So Ray's clothing line is coming out and it's going to be around 45$. It's called 2wice. I'm not sure exactly when it going to come out. Check it out when it comes in stores. Wallpaper and background images in the Mindless Behavior club tagged: mindless behavior ray ray. |
This is a story about Sunnyslope High School seniors on a Geology field trip to the Grand Canyon. It's an annual trip over spring break and usually full of geological studies. But this time the studies are interrupted by unseasonably warm rains causing record snow melt which floods the canyons. One senior gets cut off from her group and encounters more forces of the canyon than she had ever dreamed.
It's a fictional extrapolation of some true-to-life mishaps in the Grand Canyon National Park. The characters are fictional, but their personalities come from real people from Phoenix, AZ and the author's memories of friends from her hometown.
No way could I have made this stuff up by myself. I got ideas from several sources. First and foremost were the books about the Havasupai Tribe, which included I am the Grand Canyon: The Story of the Havasupai People (Hirst), and Havasupai Legends: Religion and Mythology of the Havasupai Indians of the Grand Canyon (Sithson and Euler). I read up other articles describing the Navajo, Paiute, Yavapai, and Hopi tribes, too, but the Havasupai originally lived in a vast area of the Grand Canyon that included the major corridor trails leading down to the Colorado River.
In my book the hidden civilization had a medicine man who used local flora for remedies. So I used info from River and Desert Plants of the Grand Canyon (Huisinga, Makarick, and Watters), and Herbal Medicine of the American Southwest (Kane). I also found that several of the plants/shrubs in my own yard are convenient to have in cases of injury or sickness. Did you know that deer weed, a pesky invasive weed that everyone kills or pulls out is great for indigestion or colicky babies? I keep a bunch of it in my backyard. I just need to keep my 6.5 pound Papillon/Chihuahua mix, "Tango," out of it because the seeds stick to his fur.
Desiree's family owned and operated an organic farm in Central Phoenix, so I needed a local desert source, The Garden Guy: A Seasonal guide to Organic Gardening in the Desert Southwest (Owens) just to make sure their seasonal crops were accurate. It's also a great book for high desert plant care. At this moment I'm still having trouble growing melons before the summer heat comes. I don't know how the ancient tribes managed to do it. Maybe they planted it under the pines on the west walls of the canyons--gonna have to research that one some more.
Hiking and camping in the Grand Canyon is no easy feat. It requires careful planning as well as the right equipment, clothing, and food. Sometimes even when folks get it right things go wrong. The sources I used describing mishaps in the Grand Canyon were: Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon (Ghiglieri and Meyers), First Through Grand Canyon: The Secret Journals and Letters of the 1869 Crew Who Explored the Green and Colorado Rivers (Ghiglieri). I strongly recommend both books for information as well as entertainment. Over the Edge describes some stupid things people did before getting killed/injured, but it also described freaks of nature happening to very smart and well-planned visitors who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. First Through Grand Canyon describes all the escapades of J.W. Powell's crew. All of Powell's planning wasn't good enough for his expedition either--except for his choice of the most ablest crew at the time. If it weren't for the crew's courage, guts, and resourcefulness NONE of them would have made it through alive.
Since the story wrapped around a geology class, I needed a basic geology workbook. My geologist consultant, Mr. Ken Euge was very kind to lend me a copy of Physical Geology, 5th Edition by Plummer and McGeary. For someone like me who has zilch background in Geology, I found it very zilch-background-friendly and would recommend it to anyone needing a good reference on basic physical geology (plus it's got lots of pictures for folks like me who need more than the printed word for learning).
Anyway, I got most my Grand Canyon info from hiking maps and blogs. The park has really good maps and DVD's about hiking. I personally recommend the Corridor Trail DVD because of the breathtaking views of the areas as you descend down. Of course it's not as good as being there.
Then there's the hiking blogs. Make no mistake--the Internet is a powerful tool for research, but at the same time it can be dated. Case in point: the blogs listed raving (and some not so raving) reviews of the The Tusayan Cafe. I drove up to the GCNP to find out for myself (Sept. 2011), but the cafe is no longer in business! Another case in point, some bloggers recommended the helicopter trip from the south rim to Supai Village. I went to the Tusayan airport to book a trip (Sept. 2011) only to find out that the Havasu Creek Flood in August 2008 killed that helicopter service! Harumpf!
I needed a few more research sources for my sequel. In addition to the above-mentioned books and recent trip to GCNP, I also needed info about the Grand Canyon Orphan Mine. In my story, Shedi, Evaline's now 9 year old granddaughter climbed up to the rim via a cable left by the closed-down Orphan Mine Tramway. She was also seen by Royce Sumner on his descent up the Bright Angel Trail. Even though it's a fictional story, I wanted to make sure there was in fact a cable and that it could be seen from somewhere along the Bright Angel Trail. Well, I downloaded the eBook, The Grand Canyon Orphan Mine, to check 1) its proximity to the corridor trail, and 2) if any tram cable (or hoisting cable) was still lying around after the mine's closure in 1969. By the way The Grand Canyon Orphan Mine is a GREAT quick READ if you want to go back in history about this mine's operations through the eyes of its operations manager.
Shedi also has a blood disease and needs medical help from the outside world. Her diagnosis stems from a white blood cell differential performed by none other than Aunt Toni (who appeared in the first book as Dominique's Aunt). Well, she returns in the second book as a nurse's aid and medical lab technician. I used to be an MLT in my past life, but can't remember all the hematology, so I purchased a textbook on the subject. I made sure the one I got had a few good chapters (with pictures, of course) on basic blood sampling and prepping for analysis. |
Trust and Surrender - F.A.I.T.H.
Do you trust other people?
That question can seem full of contradictions and complications. Perhaps you trust your parents and your best friend, but you resent authority so not your teachers and government officials. Or you've been hurt repeatedly by men in the past, so you only trust women. And so on.
What about trusting yourself? That may seem like an obvious, easy yes, but examine this more closely. Have you ever let yourself down? Broken your word? Failed at something so miserably you could never believe in yourself again?
Circumstances and limiting beliefs create patterns of distrust. We come into this world as loving, caring, compassionate beings ready to express all of ourselves. And slowly we learn that all is not joy and bliss. Kids tease and hurt each other. Friends let you down. Your parents can't or choose not to give you everything you want. That belief that "everything will be okay" gets tarnished and pretty soon you stop trusting. And when you stop trusting, you constrict your energy. You get in the way of the flow of life. You start telling the universe that your world is not well, and the universe responds accordingly.
This October, when the glory of fall blooms in spectacular bursts of color, we take a look at Trust and Surrender. I look forward to moving forward and exploring this with you as our authors share their insights.
Happy fall! Remember to breathe! |
We think you've got this one, gents. Whether you're close shaving or grooming your beard and mustache to perfect man-ness.
Prep your skin with a toner of your choice and give it 15 minutes to activate — then it's time to apply the mask.
The right facial mask will contain antibacterial and anti-inflammatory ingredients that can speed healing. Try to avoid beard and moustache while applying the mask.
Look in the mirror and you won't recognize yourself. Try not to laugh as it might crack the mask, and (oh, yes) that shot of whisky may not be such a good idea for your skin routine, but on the other hand it can prepare you for the night ahead.
Hold on! You're not ready yet. Once you remove the mask, whether it's a peel-off or a simple wash-off, follow these steps. |
# Academy Awards
22nd January 2023 - 28th January 2023
Oscars: Record day for Ireland as Banshees of Inisherin and An Cailín Ciúin scoop nominations
The 95th Oscars will be held on Sunday, 12 March live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Updated Tue 4:43 PM
What Irish films and actors could be up for nomination at this year's Oscars?
Here's a guide to what to watch out for.
Updated Mon 10:03 PM
An Cailín Ciúin to be entered into the Oscars international film category
The director and producer of the acclaimed film said they are "honoured beyond words".
Aug 3rd 2022, 8:20 AM
# Hollywood
Academy says Will Smith was asked but refused to leave Oscars after Chris Rock slap
Smith could face expulsion from the Academy for the open-handed slap.
Mar 31st 2022, 7:22 AM
# and the oscar goes to...
Quiz: How much do you know about the Oscars?
The 94th Academy Awards are taking place in Los Angeles tonight.
The Oscars are on tonight – here's everything you need to know
There's plenty of Irish interest in tonight's ceremony.
# Oscars
Irish actors Jessie Buckley and Ciarán Hinds among this year's Oscar nominees
Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog led with 12 nominations, while Kenneth Branagh's Belfast received seven nominations.
Updated Feb 8th 2022, 5:34 PM
Beyonce, Jay-Z and Ariana Grande in Oscars race as shortlists unveiled
The three musicians are in the running for Best Original Song.
Dec 21st 2021, 10:51 PM
Nomadland wins big at Oscars, but no award for Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon
The socially distanced event took place in Los Angeles last night.
Chloe Zhao becomes first woman of colour to win Best Director
Anthony Hopkins, Frances McDormand, Daniel Kaluuya and Youn Yuh-jung pick up actor awards
Irish studio beaten to animated feature award by Pixar
# you really like me
Quiz: How well do remember these famous Oscar moments?
Tonight's ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles will be restricted to 170 people as the pandemic rolls on.
Apr 25th 2021, 10:00 PM
# oscars 2021
Animation Wolfwalkers to lead the Irish charge at Oscars 2021 tomorrow
Remote hubs in London and Paris are being set up to allow European nominees to "dial-in" to the awards.
Oscars ceremony to have 'central hubs' in other countries as it loosens requirement to attend in person
Under the previous plans, all nominees would have been required to travel to California despite travel restrictions and Covid-19 risk.
Academy Award nominees told they must attend in person, with no virtual attendance permitted
Winners must attend the ceremony in person, otherwise the Academy will be accepting the award on their behalf.
# nominees
Irish animated film Wolfwalkers among this year's Oscar nominees
This year's awards will take place on 25 April.
Best Picture films must meet diversity criteria under new rules
The film industry has long been criticised for its failures on representation.
# golden statuette
What to watch out for in the Oscars tonight
Will Saoirse get her coveted Oscar?
# player ratings
How do you rate the nominees up for Best Picture in this year's Oscars?
Let us know by giving them a mark out of 10.
Galway native to be first woman to conduct the Oscars' orchestra
Eimear Noone is a successful composer and conductor who is based between Ireland and California.
Jan 24th 2020, 11:01 AM
Oscars change 'outdated' Foreign Language Feature Film category to International Feature Film
"We have noted that the reference to 'foreign' is outdated within the global filmmaking community."
'The ref made a bad call': Mixed reaction to Green Book Best Picture win at Oscars
Olivia Colman took home Best Actress for her role in The Favourite.
Criticism over news Oscars won't be broadcasting editing or cinematography awards live
Prominent directors are not impressed.
# Red Carpet
The Oscars has no host for the first time in 30 years but is promising 'phenomenal' presenters
TV network ABC says the hostless show could be a good thing.
Here are 7 of the movies we were surprised to see left out of this year's Oscar nominations
So, we're going to just pretend A Quiet Place never happened, are we?
Jan 23rd 2019, 4:19 PM
Kevin Hart steps down as Oscars host after criticism for past homophobic tweets
When given the ultimatum between apologising for the tweets or withdrawing as Oscars host, the comedian chose the latter.
Dec 7th 2018, 7:47 AM
Oscars to postpone controversial 'Best Popular Film' category as it needs more study
The move came after some backlash from people in the film industry.
Sep 7th 2018, 8:47 AM
Academy Awards chief being investigated for sexual harassment - reports
In response to queries, the Academy said it "treats any complaints confidentially to protect all parties".
# Oscar Theft
The bloke who stole Frances McDormand's Oscar streamed it on Facebook
Nice move, Terry.
Mar 6th 2018, 7:48 AM
# BehindTheScenes
9 of the greatest behind-the-scenes shots from this year's Oscar ceremony
This is what we're talking about.
# inclusion rider
Frances McDormand asks all female nominees to stand in rousing Oscars speech
She won the Best Actress award for her role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
# Oscars2018
7 of the most important moments from last night's Academy Awards
What a night.
Can Saoirse take her first Oscar? Here's everything you need to know before tonight's show
What to look out for, where to watch and what's the 2018 controversy…
Mar 4th 2018, 1:00 PM
Millennials - Here's the film that won the Oscar for Best Picture the year you were born
How many have you seen?
Mar 2nd 2018, 6:00 PM
# Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Ronan's stylist has hinted at her Oscar gown, and we're absolutely intrigued
She's gone for an all-female glam squad.
Casey Affleck pulls out of presenting best actress award at Oscars
There has been renewed attention on historic accusations of sexual harassment against Affleck in recent months.
Oscars introducing strict new envelope rules to prevent another major mix-up
Last year, it was mistakenly announced that La La Land was the winner of Best Picture, instead of Moonlight.
Jan 23rd 2018, 8:59 AM
# oscars so whaaat?
Oscars screw-up: Accountants behind mistake assigned bodyguards
PwC has taken responsibility for the unprecedented error.
Mar 3rd 2017, 7:57 AM
# breaking the mould
Mahershala Ali's Oscar win last night was a truly historic one
The actor became the first Muslim actor to win one.
Feb 27th 2017, 8:53 AM
# red carpet tales
'I wore a suit from Dunnes' - one Irish man's trip to the Oscars as an unexpected nominee
Michael Creagh's rollercoaster story, from nomination to the red carpet.
# Best Bits
21 unmissable moments you probably missed from Oscars 2016
Breastfeeding, champagne flutes and more…
This Oscar winner's surprise message to his kids was the best 'thank you' of the night
"Let's get a dog".
Feb 29th 2016, 12:34 PM |
Varian Medical Systems Adds RapidArc® and Image Guidance to New Low Energy Treatment Platform for Radiation Therapy in International Cancer Clinics | Varian
Varian Medical Systems Adds RapidArc® and Image Guidance to New Low Energy Treatment Platform for Radiation Therapy in International Cancer Clinics
MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) is introducing the world's first low-energy radiotherapy system with image-guidance and RapidArc treatment capabilities for international cancer clinics. Varian's UNIQUE™ radiotherapy system is expected to make advanced care more affordable and more widely available to cancer patients around the world.
"This package is truly a unique offering for international markets," says Dow Wilson, president of Varian's Oncology Systems business. "We have added high-tech image-guidance and arc therapy tools to a low energy platform together with our treatment planning and information management software so that technology for fast, state-of-the-art cancer treatments can be made available to treatment centers at a cost under $2 million. It's in keeping with our mission to save more lives by making proven advanced radiotherapy technology available to people who currently do not have access to it."
The UNIQUE Performance Edition incorporates all the tools needed to easily establish or enhance a clinically effective radiotherapy treatment operation. The UNIQUE* platform's low energy medical linear accelerator incorporates Varian's proven technologies for reliable and consistent dose control, delivery, and beam shaping, into an elegant machine with patient friendly design that is small enough to fit into almost all existing treatment bunkers. The system is ideally equipped for treating cancers of the head and neck, breast, cervix and prostate, which make up the majority of cases in most areas of the world. It will be exhibited for the first time at the 10th Biennial ESTRO Conference on Physics and Radiation Technology taking place here this week.
"It's a comprehensive, cost-effective offering that will provide cancer patients with standard treatments as well as advanced techniques, including intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), and RapidArc® treatments," said Rolf Staehelin, Varian's European marketing director. "By making UNIQUE available with advanced capabilities developed for our high-energy platforms, we hope to help more clinicians around the world to offer higher standards of care for all of their patients."
Varian will also offer a UNIQUE Power Edition without RapidArc technology or image-guidance software, for centers that prefer to begin with a more basic yet upgradeable platform.
Either package is ideal for treatment centers looking to transition from older cobalt units to modern radiotherapy technology. The small footprint of the UNIQUE accelerator allows it to fit into most small, existing treatment vaults. UNIQUE is not for sale in the U.S., Canada, or Japan.
In addition to the UNIQUE offerings, the Varian booth at ESTRO (Booth No. 240) is showcasing a wide spectrum of new and updated products that improve and simplify the processes of radiotherapy and radiosurgery, including a new version of the Eclipse™ radiotherapy treatment planning system, with new features that enhance the product's speed, precision, and clinical flexibility. Varian is also highlighting the widespread clinical implementation of its RapidArc volumetric modulated arc therapy technology, which represents the most successful product introduction in the company's history with more than 180 centers globally treating clinically to date. Prior to the show, Varian held a Users Meeting attended by more than 220 people which focused on the multiple clinical indications for which RapidArc is being routinely utilized at cancer centers around the world.
*UNIQUE™ is a works-in-progress and requires country-specific regulatory approval prior to clinical use. UNIQUE™ is not for sale in the USA, Canada, or Japan.
Editorial contact: Neil Madle, Varian Medical Systems, +44 7786 526068, [email protected]
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., of Palo Alto, California, is the world's leading manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy, radiosurgery, proton therapy, and brachytherapy. The company supplies informatics software for managing comprehensive cancer clinics, radiotherapy centers and medical oncology practices. Varian is a premier supplier of tubes and digital detectors for X-ray imaging in medical, scientific, and industrial applications and also supplies X-ray imaging products for cargo screening and industrial inspection. Varian Medical Systems employs approximately 5,100 people who are located at manufacturing sites in North America, Europe, and China and approximately 79 sales and support offices around the world. For more information, visit http://www.varian.com.
SOURCE Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
SOURCE: Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
Web site: http://www.varian.com/ |
Select your training organisation with care – The Association of British Investigators traces its roots back 100 years and has led the professionalisation and development of our sector. The Association has over 500 or so full and provisional members and is on the brink of Chartered Institute status.
The Association of British Investigators is sector accredited by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency [Department for Transport] and is endorsed by the Law Society of England and Wales who recognise the A.B.I as the premier professional body for private investigators working in the UK and beyond: "A non profit organisation, its national and international membership provides credibility and due diligence". The A.B.I is also an approved supplier to the Law Society of Scotland, who acknowledge: "Its national and international membership provides the only credible list of accredited operatives".
Needless to say sector training and professional investigator excellence are the core values and ethics that A.B.I members embrace.
Association of British Investigators (ABI), British Agents, ASIS, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Association of Security Consultants (ASC), Council of International Investigators (CII), EX Police in Industry & Commerce (EPIC), Institute of Counter Fraud Specialists (ICFS), Institute of Paralegals, Institute of Professional Investigators (IPI), International Professional Security Association (IPSA), The Worshipful Company of Security Professionals (CoSP), The Security Institute (SyI), Society of Forensic Interviewers (SOFI), World Association of Detectives (WAD). |
Marvin Gaye's tune "Let's Get It On" featured one the great Motown bass lines, played by Wilton Felder.
Bassist Adam Stevens took the tune, his bass and a looper, and made it his own.
Once again, Adam turns in an amazing all-bass performance.
I'm pretty sure is not Jamerson.
couldn't be done better than on a fender jazz. classic sound.
its Wilton Felder for a fact and Paul Humphrey on drums… same duo plays on many awesome tracks including the immortal Root Down – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R99VnAwZepM.
Everything about this video is beautiful! Absolutely great stuff mr Adam!
Glasses + the shirt… NO. But nice sound. A pleasure for my ears.
Might have sounded better on a fretless, lots of fret buzz, but still very good. |
Bruntwood has signed up to the InnovateHer programme to help give female pupils clearer routes into digital or technology careers.
InnovateHer operates an after-school enrichment course that aims to inspire girls to study STEM related subjects by highlighting the job opportunities that exist in innovation sectors and connecting them with leading industry role models to help reduce the ever-changing skills gap.
Its partnership with Bruntwood will see a specific education and skills programme delivered to students at Liverpool Life Sciences UTC in the Baltic Triangle over the course of eight weeks, followed by a year-long mentoring process with senior Bruntwood team members.
Kelly McNair at Bruntwood, said: "We know from our work with digital and creative businesses that necessary skills evolve at a tremendous pace. It's crucial therefore that young people feel inspired with the right training and information to be able to pursue a career in STEM with confidence.
"The number of girls pursuing such careers remains significantly lower than boys, so we are really excited to become a gold level partner with InnovateHer and have the opportunity to work with them and Liverpool Life Sciences UTC to deliver our eight-week STEM programme.
"This partnership also reaffirms our commitment to supporting ambitious communities and locations across the Liverpool city region to uncover the next generation of entrepreneurs, creators and thinkers."
Chelsea Slater, co-founder and director of InnovateHer, said: "We're so excited to be partnering with Bruntwood this year. Bruntwood's values align closely with ours; as soon as we met them, we knew it would be a great partnership.
"The first school they will be supporting is Liverpool Life Sciences UTC, where we will teach up to 20 girls tech skills, build their confidence, exhibit inspiring digital spaces and showcase role models from Bruntwood and partner companies." |
With one exception, The Print Shop 2.0 projects act and function exactly like The Print Shop 3.0 and 3.5 projects. When you initially open a Print Shop 2.0 project, you will want to import it into the Project Gallery.
Older The Print Shop files will also open inside The Print Shop 3.5. However, they will react differently than Print Shop 2.0 or 3.0 files. Not all of the elements you have created will import into The Print Shop 3.5 from The Print Shop 23.1. Some backgrounds, watermarks, and other design features do not import into The Print Shop 3.5. The Print Shop 23.1 files will also become rasterized. This means that some objects will become permanent parts of your project and cannot be edited. You can still add additional elements to your projects though and cover up things you don't want on your project.
It will take a minute or two to convert your old Project into a new The Print Shop 3.5 project. Please be patient with this process as your computer may seem unresponsive during the conversion process.
Once your project is converted you can edit it using The Print Shop 3.5.
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That may be my first character design sheet ever.
I was really unhappy with the hunter introduced in chapter 6. He was not like what I had in mind at all (an veteran task force type of guy).
So in the middle of chapter 7 I decided to redo it from scratch. Chapter 6 will be replaced by a new chapter 6.2.
Let me know what you think of that one. |
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Servicegrossistene is an association of 21 independent wholesalers servicing the Norwegian catering market. The members are deeply rooted in their local communities and go to great lengths to develop flexible, individual solutions for each customer, large or small.
For more information please visit www.servicegrossistene.no
Eurosupply is a part of SG Maritime, a group of seven independent Ship Chandlers. Through this association, we can offer around the clock service along the entire Norwegian coastline. SG Maritime's members provide full range of provisions to the oil industry, maritime sector, navy and oil platforms. Our scope of delivery covers full range of fresh, chilled and frozen goods, as well as duty free goods and technical equipment.
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Eurosupply AS exports Norwegian brands from reputable manufacturers worldwide. In our selection you will find traditional Norwegian products that have delighted Norwegian and foreign consumers for years. Wherever you are in the world, we ensure a fast delivery through our international partners.
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Eurosupply AS offers its international customers a full range of Norwegian products suitable for both private and catering. Through our agreements with our suppliers, we ensure our customers access to the current range, and guarantees the best quality at competitive prices.
Our storage facilities ensures high availability and fast deliveries.
Brynild Gruppen AS is one of Norway`s largest family-owned food companies
Hans Petter Brynildsen had turned 42 years when he took the plunge from safe job as a skilled carpenter to an uncertain future as soft drinks manufacturer. What began in a very small scale in the "kitchen" eventually became the basis for further expansion. Brynild Gruppen AS is now one of Norway's largest family-owned confectionary manufacturer with roots dating back to 1895. Brynild offers a wide range of products and with brands such as Brynild, Dent, Minde Sjokolade, Den lille Nøttefabrikken and Michael's Farm they have something to offer to every taste and preference.
Eurosupply AS is pleased to offer our foreign customers a complete range of products from Brynild. We can assure swift deliveries of excellent Norwegian products at very competitive prices.
Freia was founded in Oslo in 1889 by Fredrik Wilhelm Hjorth Christensen and Olaf Larsen. In 1892 they sold the company to Mr. Johan Throne Holst who developed Freia to the dominant chocolate factory in Norway with many strong brands like Kvikk Lunch, Twist, Daim, Non-stop and Kong Haakon etc. Freia was for several decades a driving force in implementing working environment measures and culture. In 1992 Freia was taken over by Kraft General Foods.
Eurosupply AS is pleased to offer our foreign customers a complete range of products from Freia/Kraft. We can assure swift deliveries of excellent Norwegian products at very competitive prices.
Friele – Norwegians' favorite Coffe
It all started in 1799 when Captain Herman Friele I went ashore in Bergen to start trading activities. Friele AS has for many years been the leading coffee producer in Norway with a market share of approx. 35%. Their factory in Bergen is one of Europe's most modern coffee roasters.
The Friele family has managed the coffee empire from Bergen for seven generations but in 2013 the majority of the shares were sold to D.E Master Blenders. As a consequence of the merger between DEMB and the coffee division of Mondelēz International in 2015, the company has changed name to Jacobs Douwe Egberts Norway.
Eurosupply is pleased to offer our foreign customers swift deliveries of excellent Norwegian coffee products.
Kavli – a company with a proud history!
Kavli is a food company with a long and proud history; it was established in 1893, when farm boy Olav Kavli took trade letter as self-employed in Bergen. The company is now one of the largest and most international food conglomerates and manufactures in Norway with world-renowned products such as cream cheese and caviar.
Kavli Group is owned by the charitable foundation Kavli Trust who distributes the proceeds to charitable purposes within research, culture and humanitarian work.
Eurosupply AS is pleased to offer our foreign customers a complete range of products from Kavli. We can assure swift deliveries of excellent Norwegian products at very competitive prices.
It was in 1905 that Kari and Nils Lerum built themselves a new house in in the bottom of the Sognefjord and opened a country store in the basement. Part of the business was to ship berries and fruit by boat to Bergen. A summer day in 1907 some baskets with berries were left on the pier and to avoid that the berries should go to waste, they decided to make squash of it. This was the start of a successful venture. Lerum AS is still a family owned business, now located in Sogndal. The company produces a variety of household products but is still best known for their tasteful juices and jams.
Eurosupply AS is pleased to offer our foreign customers a complete range of products from Lerum. We can assure swift deliveries of excellent Norwegian products at very competitive prices.
One has to look far to find a Norwegian home without a Mills product in the fridge.
Mills DA is a Norwegian family-owned company, established in Oslo in 1885. The company produces several of Norways most famous and beloved foods brands, such as Delikat, Mills, Vita Hjertego', Soft Flora and Melange.
Eurosupply AS is pleased to offer our foreign customers a complete range of products from Mills. We can assure swift deliveries of excellent Norwegian products at very competitive prices.
Nidar is the largest supplier of confectionery to the Norwegian market
For over a hundred years Nidar has offered small and large candy delights to the Norwegian people. Today they are the largest supplier of confectionery in the Norwegian market. They make all kinds of candies, including chocolate, jelly candy, caramels, liquorice, chocolates, marzipan and pastilles. Among the most famous brands are Stratos, Laban, Smash!, Troika, Crispo, Doc 'Halslinser, Bocca and Bamsemums.
Eurosupply AS is pleased to offer our foreign customers a complete range of products from Nidar. We can assure swift deliveries of excellent Norwegian products at very competitive prices.
It was Gunnar Nilsen who in 1943 established Stabburet* in Fredrikstad. From an ordinary grocery store Stabburet has evolved to become a major Norwegian food producer with many famous brands, including Grandiosa, Norway's most popular frozen-pizza. In the period 1980 to 2011 it was sold approx. 370 million Grandiosa pizzas. Other brands include Nora jam, fruit juice and frozen vegetables, Stabburmakrell, Nugatti, Fun Light and Idun.
*Stabburet = a type of farmhouse for storing food.
Eurosupply AS can offer a complete range of products from Stabburet. We have favourable agreements with the vendor, ensuring our customers access to the current range, and the best quality at competitive prices.
Tasty seafood from the coast of Norway
Sandanger AS is one of the largest seafood producers in Norway. Sunnmøre, their brand name, originates from the name of the region where it all started. The origin was a combination of a general store and a farm where they produced meat and fish canning. In 1948 the company expanded their scope of delivery to include other types of processed fish food. In the 1970's they decided to concentrate their business on fish products only.
Through our favourable agreements with the vendor, we ensure our customers access to the best quality at competitive prices.
More than 100 years of biscuit production
Norwegians eat ten million kg biscuits per year, equivalent to 2.2 kg biscuits per capita. Sætre's energetic rooster has established itself as one of the country's most famous and tradition-bound brands. Sætre has been associated with biscuits in almost 130 years.
Eurosupply AS is pleased to offer our foreign customers a complete range of products from Saetre. We can assure swift deliveries of excellent Norwegian products at very competitive prices.
TINE SA is a proprietary cooperative company. Their core business is the production and sale of milk, cheese and other dairy products in Norway and abroad.
Eurosupply AS is pleased to offer our foreign customers a wide range of products from Tine. We can assure swift deliveries of excellent Norwegian products at very competitive prices.
"TORO" means ox in Spanish and the label was first used on bouillon cubes in 1946. The brand TORO has become one of the best known brands in Norway. In the TORO portfolio there are around 750 products within many different product groups. More than 140 million packages of TORO products are produced annually and nearly 50 new products are introduced to the market every year.
Eurosupply AS is pleased to offer our foreign customers a wide range of Toro products. We can assure swift deliveries of excellent Norwegian products at very competitive prices.
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Browns' Beckham, Washington's Collins leave with injuries
Posted: Oct 25, 2020 / 04:13 PM MDT / Updated: Oct 25, 2020 / 05:19 PM MDT
CORRECTS TO FIRST HALF – Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (13) is helped off the field in the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Cleveland receiver Odell Beckham and Washington safety Landon Collins will have more tests Monday to determine the extent of what could be season-ending injuries.
Beckham injured his left knee while attempting to make a tackle after Baker Mayfield threw an interception on the team's opening pass play. Beckham limped to the locker room and didn't return.
Losing Beckham would be a significant setback for the Browns (5-2). He has 23 receptions for 319 yards and three touchdowns this season.
Collins injured his left ankle/Achilles tendon in noncontact fashion early in the second quarter. He limped off to the injury tent before being ruled out minutes later and carted off the sideline with his helmet on and head down. Collins has been an integral part of a Washington defense that allowed its fewest points in three seasons.
Other key injuries Sunday in Week 7:
— Dallas quarterback Andy Dalton was knocked out of a loss at Washington after brutal hit by linebacker Jon Bostick. Dalton was evaluated for a concussion and ruled out. Bostick was ejected because the hit on a sliding Dalton. Ben DiNucci replaced Dalton for the Cowboys, who later announced that Dalton was alert, in good spirits and would fly back to Dallas with the team.
— New York Jets defensive end Kyle Phillips will miss the rest of the season after sustaining an ankle injury. Phillips was carted off the field early in the second quarter. Safety Bradley McDougald left in the second half with a shoulder injury. Receiver Breshad Perriman (concussion) left the game in the fourth quarter after a big hit from Buffalo safety Micah Hyde.
— The Niners lost two offensive starters. Receiver Deebo Samuel (hamstring) left with five catches for 65 yards. Running back Jeff Wilson, filling in for injured starter Raheem Mostert, took a cart to the locker room and was ruled out with an ankle injury. He had 112 yards and three touchdowns on 17 carries.
— Los Angeles Chargers tight end Virgil Green injured his right ankle making a 26-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter. Teammate Melvin Ingram helped carry Green onto a training table. He was then carted to the locker room and later ruled out.
— Jacksonville receiver Dede Westbrook sustained a significant left leg injury that was so gruesome that CBS opted not to show a replay. The Jaguars also lost cornerback Sidney Jones (back).
— Denver running back Phillip Lindsay (concussion) was ruled out against Kansas City.
— New England receiver N'Keal Harry (head) was ruled out against San Francisco.
— Cincinnati's offensive line took two hits, with tackle Jonah Williams (neck) and center Trey Hopkins (concussion) exiting. The injuries added to the offensive woes for a team already playing without running back Joe Mixon (foot).
— Carolina left tackle Russell Okung (calf) left in the second half against New Orleans and did not return.
— New Orleans offensive tackle Terron Armstead (arm) left in the second quarter and did not return.
— Green Bay safety Raven Greene (oblique) left in the fourth quarter against Houston and did not return.
— Houston cornerback Bradley Roby (knee) left in the first quarter and missed the rest of the game. Texans interim coach Romeo Crennel said after the game that he didn't think that Roby's injury was major. |
// Copyright 2018 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
#include "chrome/browser/resource_coordinator/local_site_characteristics_data_store_factory.h"
#include "base/feature_list.h"
#include "chrome/browser/history/history_service_factory.h"
#include "chrome/browser/profiles/incognito_helpers.h"
#include "chrome/browser/profiles/profile.h"
#include "chrome/browser/resource_coordinator/local_site_characteristics_data_store.h"
#include "chrome/browser/resource_coordinator/local_site_characteristics_data_store_inspector.h"
#include "chrome/browser/resource_coordinator/local_site_characteristics_non_recording_data_store.h"
#include "chrome/browser/resource_coordinator/tab_manager_features.h"
#include "components/keyed_service/content/browser_context_dependency_manager.h"
#include "content/public/browser/browser_context.h"
namespace resource_coordinator {
namespace {
bool g_enable_for_testing = false;
} // namespace
// static
SiteCharacteristicsDataStore*
LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreFactory::GetForProfile(Profile* profile) {
return static_cast<SiteCharacteristicsDataStore*>(
GetInstance()->GetServiceForBrowserContext(profile, true));
}
LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreFactory*
LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreFactory::GetInstance() {
static base::NoDestructor<LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreFactory> instance;
return instance.get();
}
void LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreFactory::EnableForTesting() {
g_enable_for_testing = true;
}
LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreFactory::
LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreFactory()
: BrowserContextKeyedServiceFactory(
"LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStore",
BrowserContextDependencyManager::GetInstance()) {
DependsOn(HistoryServiceFactory::GetInstance());
}
LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreFactory::
~LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreFactory() = default;
SiteCharacteristicsDataStore*
LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreFactory::GetExistingDataStoreForContext(
content::BrowserContext* context) const {
DCHECK(context);
// Remove the const attribute from |this| and calls
// |GetServiceForBrowserContext| with the |create| parameter set to false.
// This is basically a getter that returns the data store associated with a
// context without creating it if it doesn't exits.
SiteCharacteristicsDataStore* data_store =
static_cast<SiteCharacteristicsDataStore*>(
const_cast<LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreFactory*>(this)
->GetServiceForBrowserContext(context, false /* create */));
DCHECK(data_store);
return data_store;
}
KeyedService* LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreFactory::BuildServiceInstanceFor(
content::BrowserContext* context) const {
SiteCharacteristicsDataStore* data_store = nullptr;
Profile* profile = Profile::FromBrowserContext(context);
DCHECK(profile);
if (context->IsOffTheRecord()) {
content::BrowserContext* parent_context =
chrome::GetBrowserContextRedirectedInIncognito(context);
DCHECK(parent_context);
// Off the record profiles correspond to incognito profile and are derived
// from a parent profile that is on record.
DCHECK(!parent_context->IsOffTheRecord());
LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreInspector* parent_debug =
LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreInspector::GetForProfile(
Profile::FromBrowserContext(parent_context));
SiteCharacteristicsDataStore* data_store_for_readers =
GetExistingDataStoreForContext(parent_context);
DCHECK(data_store_for_readers);
data_store = new LocalSiteCharacteristicsNonRecordingDataStore(
profile, parent_debug, data_store_for_readers);
} else {
data_store = new LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStore(profile);
}
DCHECK(data_store);
return data_store;
}
content::BrowserContext*
LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreFactory::GetBrowserContextToUse(
content::BrowserContext* context) const {
return chrome::GetBrowserContextOwnInstanceInIncognito(context);
}
bool LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreFactory::
ServiceIsCreatedWithBrowserContext() const {
// If this factory is enabled for tests then it's preferable to create this
// service on demand so tests can use custom factories (via the
// SetTestingFactory function).
if (g_enable_for_testing)
return false;
// Otherwise it's fine to initialize this service when the browser context
// gets created so the database will be ready when we need it.
return true;
}
bool LocalSiteCharacteristicsDataStoreFactory::ServiceIsNULLWhileTesting()
const {
return !g_enable_for_testing;
}
} // namespace resource_coordinator
|
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A woman casts her vote in the second round of the French presidential election of 2007
Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy allows eligible citizens to participate equally—either directly or through elected representatives—in the proposal, development, and creation of laws. It encompasses social, economic and cultural conditions that enable the free and equal practice of political self-determination.
The term originates from the Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía) "rule of the people", which was coined from δῆμος (dêmos) "people" and κράτος (kratos) "power" in the 5th century BCE to denote the political systems then existing in Greek city-states, notably Athens; the term is an antonym to ἀριστοκρατία(aristocratie) "rule of an elite." While theoretically these definitions are in opposition, in practice the distinction has been blurred historically. The political system of Classical Athens, for example, granted democratic citizenship to an elite class of free men and excluded slaves and women from political participation. In virtually all democratic governments throughout ancient and modern history, democratic citizenship consisted of an elite class until full enfranchisement was won for all adult citizens in most modern democracies through the suffrage movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. The English word dates to the 16th century, from the older Middle French and Middle Latin equivalents.
A democratic government contrasts to forms of government where power is either held by one, as in a monarchy, or where power is held by a small number of individuals, as in an oligarchy. Nevertheless, these oppositions, inherited from Greek philosophy, are now ambiguous because contemporary governments have mixed democratic, oligarchic, and monarchic elements. Karl Popper defined democracy in contrast to dictatorship or tyranny, thus focusing on opportunities for the people to control their leaders and to oust them without the need for a revolution.
Several variants of democracy exist, but there are two basic forms, both of which concern how the whole body of all eligible citizens executes its will. One form of democracy is direct democracy, in which all eligible citizens have direct and active participation in the decision making of the government. In most modern democracies, the whole body of all eligible citizens remain the sovereign power but political power is exercised indirectly through elected representatives; this is called representative democracy. The concept of representative democracy arose largely from ideas and institutions that developed during the European Middle Ages, the Age of Enlightenment, and the American and French Revolutions.
While no consensus exists on how to define democracy, equality and freedom have both been identified as important characteristics of democracy since ancient times. These principles are reflected in all eligible citizens being equal before the law and having equal access to legislative processes. For example, in a representative democracy, every vote has equal weight, no unreasonable restrictions can apply to anyone seeking to become a representative, and the freedom of its eligible citizens is secured by legitimized rights and liberties which are generally protected by a constitution.
One theory holds that democracy requires three fundamental principles: 1) upward control, i.e. sovereignty residing at the lowest levels of authority, 2) political equality, and 3) social norms by which individuals and institutions only consider acceptable acts that reflect the first two principles of upward control and political equality.
The term "democracy" is sometimes used as shorthand for liberal democracy, which is a variant of representative democracy that may include elements such as political pluralism; equality before the law; the right to petition elected officials for redress of grievances; due process; civil liberties; human rights; and elements of civil society outside the government.
In the United States, separation of powers is often cited as a central attribute, but in other countries, such as the United Kingdom, the dominant principle is that of parliamentary sovereignty (while maintaining judicial independence). In other cases, "democracy" is used to mean direct democracy. Though the term "democracy" is typically used in the context of a political state, the principles also are applicable to private organizations.
Majority rule is often listed as a characteristic of democracy. Hence, democracy allows for political minorities to be oppressed by the " tyranny of the majority" in the absence of legal protections of individual or group rights. An essential part of an "ideal" representative democracy is competitive elections that are fair both substantively and procedurally. Furthermore, freedom of political expression, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press are considered to be essential rights that allow eligible citizens to be adequately informed and able to vote according to their own interests.
It has also been suggested that a basic feature of democracy is the capacity of all voters to participate freely and fully in the life of their society. With its emphasis on notions of social contract and the collective will of the all voters, democracy can also be characterized as a form of political collectivism because it is defined as a form of government in which all all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives.
While democracy is often equated with the republican form of government, the term " republic" classically has encompassed both democracies and aristocracies. Some democracies are constitutional monarchies, such as the United Kingdom and Japan.
Cleisthenes, "father of Athenian democracy", modern bust.
The term "democracy" first appeared in ancient Greek political and philosophical thought in the city-state of Athens. Led by Cleisthenes, Athenians established what is generally held as the first democracy in 508-507 BCE. Cleisthenes is referred to as "the father of Athenian democracy."
Athenian democracy took the form of a direct democracy, and it had two distinguishing features: the random selection of ordinary citizens to fill the few existing government administrative and judicial offices, and a legislative assembly consisting of all Athenian citizens. All eligible citizens were all to speak and vote in the assembly, which set the laws of the city state. However, Athenian citizenship excluded women, slaves, foreigners (μέτοικοι metoikoi), non-landowners, and males under 20 years old..
Of the estimated 200,000 to 400,000 inhabitants of Athens, there were between 30,000 and 60,000 citizens. The exclusion of large parts of the population from the citizen body is closely related to the ancient understanding of citizenship. In most of antiquity the benefit of citizenship was tied to the obligation to fight war campaigns.
Athenian democracy was not only direct in the sense that decisions were made by the assembled people, but also directest in the sense that the people through the assembly, boule and courts of law controlled the entire political process and a large proportion of citizens were involved constantly in the public business. Even though the rights of the individual were not secured by the Athenian constitution in the modern sense (the ancient Greeks had no word for "rights"), the Athenians enjoyed their liberties not in opposition to the government but by living in a city that was not subject to another power and by not being subjects themselves to the rule of another person.
Range voting appeared in Sparta as early as 700 BC. The Apella was an assembly of the people, held once a month. In the Apella, Spartans elect leaders and made voting by range voting and shouting. Every male citizen of age 30 could participate. Aristotle called this "childish," as opposed to something sophisticated as using stone voting ballots the Athenians used. But in terms, Sparta adopted it because of its simplicity, and to prevent any bias voting, buying, or cheating that was predominant in the early democratic elections.
Even though the Roman Republic contributed significantly to many aspects of democracy, only a minority of Romans were citizens with votes in elections for representatives. The votes of the powerful were given more weight through a system of gerrymandering, so most high officials, including members of the Senate, came from a few wealthy and noble families. However, many notable exceptions did occur. In addition, the Roman Republic was the first government in the western world to have a representative government, although it didn't have much of a democracy. The Romans invented the concept of classics and many works from Ancient Greece were preserved. Additionally, the Roman model of governance inspired many political thinkers over the centuries, and today's modern representative democracies imitate more the Roman than the Greek models because it was a state in which supreme power was held by the people and their elected representatives, and which had an elected or nominated a leader. Representative democracy is a form of democracy in which people vote for representatives who then vote on policy initiatives as opposed to a direct democracy, a form of democracy in which people vote on policy initiatives directly.
During the Middle Ages, there were various systems involving elections or assemblies, although often only involving a small part of the population. These included:
the upper-caste election of the Gopala in the Bengal region of the Indian Subcontinent,
the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (10% of population),
the Althing in Iceland,
the Løgting in the Faeroe Islands,
certain medieval Italian city-states such as Venice,
the tuatha system in early medieval Ireland, the Veche in Novgorod and Pskov Republics of medieval Russia,
Scandinavian Things,
The States in Tirol and Switzerland and
the autonomous merchant city of Sakai in the 16th century in Japan.
Most regions in medieval Europe were ruled by clergy or feudal lords.
The Kouroukan Fouga divided the Mali Empire into ruling clans (lineages) that were represented at a great assembly called the Gbara. However, the charter made Mali more similar to a constitutional monarchy than a democratic republic. A little closer to modern democracy were the Cossack republics of Ukraine in the 16th–17th centuries: Cossack Hetmanate and Zaporizhian Sich. The highest post – the Hetman – was elected by the representatives from the country's districts.
Magna Carta, 1215, England
The Parliament of England had its roots in the restrictions on the power of kings written into Magna Carta, which explicitly protected certain rights of the King's subjects, whether free or fettered – and implicitly supported what became English writ of habeas corpus, safeguarding individual freedom against unlawful imprisonment with right to appeal. The first elected parliament was De Montfort's Parliament in England in 1265.
However only a small minority actually had a voice; Parliament was elected by only a few percent of the population, (less than 3% as late as 1780), and the power to call parliament was at the pleasure of the monarch (usually when he or she needed funds).
The power of Parliament increased in stages over the succeeding centuries. After the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the English Bill of Rights of 1689 was enacted, which codified certain rights and increased the influence of Parliament. The franchise was slowly increased and Parliament gradually gained more power until the monarch became largely a figurehead. As the franchise was increased, it also was made more uniform, as many so-called rotten boroughs, with a handful of voters electing a Member of Parliament, were eliminated in the Reform Act of 1832.
In North America, the English Puritans who migrated from 1620 established colonies in New England whose local governance was democratic and which contributed to the democratic development of the United States, although these local assemblies had some small amounts of devolved power the ultimate authority was held by the Crown and the English Parliament.
18th and 19th centuries
The first nation in modern history to adopt a democratic constitution was the short-lived Corsican Republic in 1755. This Corsican Constitution was the first based on Enlightenment principles and even allowed for female suffrage, something that was granted in other democracies only by the 20th century. In 1789, Revolutionary France adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and, although short-lived, the National Convention was elected by all males in 1792.
The establishment of universal male suffrage in France in 1848 was an important milestone in the history of democracy.
Universal male suffrage was established in France in March 1848 in the wake of the French Revolution of 1848. In 1848, several revolutions broke out in Europe as rulers were confronted with popular demands for liberal constitutions and more democratic government.
Although not described as a democracy by the founding fathers, the United States founders also shared a determination to root the American experiment in the principle of natural freedom and equality. The United States Constitution, adopted in 1788, provided for an elected government and protected civil rights and liberties for some.
In the colonial period before 1776, and for some time after, often only adult white male property owners could vote; enslaved Africans, most free black people and most women were not extended the franchise. On the American frontier, democracy became a way of life, with widespread social, economic and political equality. However, slavery was a social and economic institution, particularly in eleven states in the American South, such that a variety of organizations were established advocating the movement of black people from the United States to locations where they would enjoy greater freedom and equality.
In the 1860 United States Census the slave population in the United States had grown to four million, and in Reconstruction after the Civil War (late 1860s) the newly freed slaves became citizens with (in the case of men) a nominal right to vote.
Full enfranchisement of citizens was not secured until after the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) gained passage by the United States Congress of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
20th and 21st centuries
The number of nations 1800–2003 scoring 8 or higher on Polity IV scale, another widely used measure of democracy.
20th century transitions to liberal democracy have come in successive "waves of democracy," variously resulting from wars, revolutions, decolonization, religious and economic circumstances. World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires resulted in the creation of new nation-states from Europe, most of them at least nominally democratic.
In the 1920s democracy flourished, but the Great Depression brought disenchantment, and most of the countries of Europe, Latin America, and Asia turned to strong-man rule or dictatorships. Fascism and dictatorships flourished in Nazi Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal, as well as nondemocratic regimes in the Baltics, the Balkans, Brazil, Cuba, China, and Japan, among others.
World War II brought a definitive reversal of this trend in western Europe. The democratization of the American, British, and French sectors of occupied Germany (disputed), Austria, Italy, and the occupied Japan served as a model for the later theory of regime change.
However, most of Eastern Europe, including the Soviet sector of Germany fell into the non-democratic Soviet bloc. The war was followed by decolonization, and again most of the new independent states had nominally democratic constitutions. India emerged as the world's largest democracy and continues to be so.
By 1960, the vast majority of country-states were nominally democracies, although most of the world's populations lived in nations that experienced sham elections, and other forms of subterfuge (particularly in Communist nations and the former colonies.)
A subsequent wave of democratization brought substantial gains toward true liberal democracy for many nations. Spain, Portugal (1974), and several of the military dictatorships in South America returned to civilian rule in the late 1970s and early 1980s ( Argentina in 1983, Bolivia, Uruguay in 1984, Brazil in 1985, and Chile in the early 1990s). This was followed by nations in East and South Asia by the mid-to-late 1980s.
Economic malaise in the 1980s, along with resentment of Soviet oppression, contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the associated end of the Cold War, and the democratization and liberalization of the former Eastern bloc countries. The most successful of the new democracies were those geographically and culturally closest to western Europe, and they are now members or candidate members of the European Union. Some researchers consider that contemporary Russia is not a true democracy and instead resembles a form of dictatorship.
The Economist's Democracy Index as published in December 2011, with greener colours representing more democratic countries and clearly authoritarian countries in dark red.
The liberal trend spread to some nations in Africa in the 1990s, most prominently in South Africa. Some recent examples of attempts of liberalization include the Indonesian Revolution of 1998, the Bulldozer Revolution in Yugoslavia, the Rose Revolution in Georgia, the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon, the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan, and the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia.
According to Freedom House, in 2007 there were 123 electoral democracies (up from 40 in 1972). According to World Forum on Democracy, electoral democracies now represent 120 of the 192 existing countries and constitute 58.2 percent of the world's population. At the same time liberal democracies i.e. countries Freedom House regards as free and respectful of basic human rights and the rule of law are 85 in number and represent 38 percent of the global population.
In 2010 the United Nations declared September 15 the International Day of Democracy.
The following countries are categorized by the Democracy Index 2011 as Full democracy:
1. Norway
2. Iceland
3. Denmark
4. Sweden
5. New Zealand
6. Australia
9. Finland
10. Netherlands
11. Luxembourg
12. Ireland
13. Austria
15. Malta
17. Uruguay
18. United Kingdom
19. United States
20. Costa Rica
22. South Korea
24. Mauritius
25. Spain
The Index assigns 53 countries to the next category, Flawed democracy: Argentina, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Indonesia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Zambia
Democracy has taken a number of forms, both in theory and practice. Some varieties of democracy provide better representation and more freedom for their citizens than others. However, if any democracy is not structured so as to prohibit the government from excluding the people from the legislative process, or any branch of government from altering the separation of powers in its own favour, then a branch of the system can accumulate too much power and destroy the democracy.
World's states colored by form of government as of 20111
Presidential republics2 Semi-presidential republics2
Parliamentary republics2 Single-party republics
Parliamentary constitutional monarchies Absolute monarchies
Military dictatorships Parliamentary constitutional monarchies in which the monarch personally exercises power
Republics with an executive president dependent on a parliament Countries which do not fit any of the above systems
1This map was complied according to the Wikipedia list of countries by system of government. See there for sources. 2Several states constitutionally deemed to be multiparty republics are broadly described by outsiders as authoritarian states. This map presents only the de jure form of government, and not the de facto degree of democracy.
The following kinds of democracy are not exclusive of one another: many specify details of aspects that are independent of one another and can co-exist in a single system.
Basic forms
Direct democracy is a political system where the citizens participate in the decision-making personally, contrary to relying on intermediaries or representatives. The supporters of direct democracy argue that democracy is more than merely a procedural issue. A direct democracy gives the voting population the power to:
Landsgemeinde of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, example for direct democracy in Switzerland
Change constitutional laws,
Put forth initiatives, referendums and suggestions for laws,
Give binding orders to elective officials, such as revoking them before the end of their elected term, or initiating a lawsuit for breaking a campaign promise.
Of the three measures mentioned, most operate in developed democracies today. This is part of a gradual shift towards direct democracies. Elements of direct democracy exist on a local level in many countries, though these systems often coexist with representative assemblies. Usually, this includes equal (and more or less direct) participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law.
Representative democracy involves the selection of government officials by the people being represented. If the head of state is also democratically elected then it is called a democratic republic. The most common mechanisms involve election of the candidate with a majority or a plurality of the votes.
Representatives may be elected or become diplomatic representatives by a particular district (or constituency), or represent the entire electorate through proportional systems, with some using a combination of the two. Some representative democracies also incorporate elements of direct democracy, such as referendums. A characteristic of representative democracy is that while the representatives are elected by the people to act in the people's interest, they retain the freedom to exercise their own judgment as how best to do so.
Parliamentary
Parliamentary democracy is a representative democracy where government is appointed by representatives as opposed to a 'presidential rule' wherein the President is both head of state and the head of government and is elected by the voters. Under a parliamentary democracy, government is exercised by delegation to an executive ministry and subject to ongoing review, checks and balances by the legislative parliament elected by the people.
Parliamentary systems have the right to dismiss a Prime Minister at any point in time that they feel he or she is not doing their job to the expectations of the legislature. This is done through a Vote of No Confidence where the legislature decides whether or not to remove the Prime Minister from office by a majority support for his or her dismissal. In some countries, the Prime Minister can also call an election whenever he or she so chooses, and typically the Prime Minister will hold an election when he or she knows that they are in good favour with the public as to get re-elected. In other parliamentary democracies extra elections are virtually never held, a minority government being preferred until the next ordinary elections.
Presidential Democracy is a system where the public elects the president through free and fair elections. The president serves as both the head of state and head of government controlling most of the executive powers. The president serves for a specific term and cannot exceed that amount of time. Elections typically have a fixed date and aren't easily changed. The president has direct control over the cabinet, the members of which are specifically appointed by the president himself.
The president cannot be easily removed from office by the legislature, but he or she cannot remove members of the legislative branch any more easily. This provides some measure of separation of powers. In consequence however, the president and the legislature may end up in the control of separate parties, allowing one to block the other and thereby interfere with the orderly operation of the state. This may be the reason why presidential democracy is not very common outside the Americas.
A semi-presidential system is a system of democracy in which the government includes both a prime minister and a president. The particular powers held by the prime minister and president vary by country.
A constitutional democracy is a representative democracy in which the ability of the elected representatives to exercise decision-making power is subject to the rule of law, and usually moderated by a constitution that emphasizes the protection of the rights and freedoms of individuals, and which places constraints on the leaders and on the extent to which the will of the majority can be exercised against the rights of minorities (see civil liberties).
In a constitutional democracy, it is possible for some large-scale decisions to emerge from the many individual decisions that citizens are free to make. In other words, citizens can "vote with their feet" or "vote with their dollars", resulting in significant informal government-by-the-masses that exercises many "powers" associated with formal government elsewhere.
Some modern democracies that are predominately representative in nature also heavily rely upon forms of political action that are directly democratic. These democracies, which combine elements of representative democracy and direct democracy, are termed hybrid democracies or semi-direct democracies. Examples include Switzerland and some U.S. states, where frequent use is made of referendums and initiatives.
Although managed by a representative legislative body, Switzerland allows for initiatives and referendums at both the local and federal levels. In the past 120 years less than 250 initiatives have been put to referendum. The populace has been conservative, approving only about 10% of the initiatives put before them; in addition, they have often opted for a version of the initiative rewritten by government.
In the United States, no mechanisms of direct democracy exists at the federal level, but over half of the states and many localities provide for citizen-sponsored ballot initiatives (also called "ballot measures", "ballot questions" or "propositions"), and the vast majority of states allow for referendums. Examples include the extensive use of referendums in the US state of California, which is a state that has more than 20 million voters.
In New England Town meetings are often used, especially in rural areas, to manage local government. This creates a hybrid form of government, with a local direct democracy and a state government which is representative. For example, most Vermont towns hold annual town meetings in March in which town officers are elected, budgets for the town and schools are voted on, and citizens have an opportunity to speak and by heard on political matters.
In contemporary usage, the term democracy refers to a government chosen by the people, whether it is direct or representative. The term republic has many different meanings, but today often refers to a representative democracy with an elected head of state, such as a president, serving for a limited term, in contrast to states with a hereditary monarch as a head of state, even if these states also are representative democracies with an elected or appointed head of government such as a prime minister.
The Founding Fathers of the United States rarely praised and often criticized democracy, which in their time tended to specifically mean direct democracy, often without the protection of a Constitution enshrining basic rights; James Madison argued, especially in The Federalist No. 10, that what distinguished a democracy from a republic was that the former became weaker as it got larger and suffered more violently from the effects of faction, whereas a republic could get stronger as it got larger and combats faction by its very structure.
What was critical to American values, John Adams insisted, was that the government be "bound by fixed laws, which the people have a voice in making, and a right to defend." As Benjamin Franklin was exiting after writing the U.S. constitution, a woman asked him "Well, Doctor, what have we got—a republic or a monarchy?". He replied "A republic—if you can keep it."
Queen Elizabeth II, a constitutional monarch.
Constitutional monarchy
Initially after the American and French revolutions, the question was open whether a democracy, in order to restrain unchecked majority rule, should have an élite upper chamber, the members perhaps appointed meritorious experts or having lifetime tenures, or should have a constitutional monarch with limited but real powers. Some countries (as Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Scandinavian countries, Thailand, Japan and Bhutan) turned powerful monarchs into constitutional monarchs with limited or, often gradually, merely symbolic roles.
Often the monarchy was abolished along with the aristocratic system (as in France, China, Russia, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Greece and Egypt). Many nations had élite upper houses of legislatures which often had lifetime tenure, but eventually these lost power (as in Britain) or else became elective and remained powerful (as in the United States).
Socialist thought has several different views on democracy. Social democracy, democratic socialism, and the dictatorship of the proletariat (usually exercised through Soviet democracy) are some examples. Many democratic socialists and social democrats believe in a form of participatory democracy and workplace democracy combined with a representative democracy.
Within Marxist orthodoxy there is a hostility to what is commonly called "liberal democracy", which they simply refer to as parliamentary democracy because of its often centralized nature. Because of their desire to eliminate the political elitism they see in capitalism, Marxists, Leninists and Trotskyists believe in direct democracy implemented through a system of communes (which are sometimes called soviets). This system ultimately manifests itself as council democracy and begins with workplace democracy. (See Democracy in Marxism)
Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians.
—Che Guevara, Speech, Uruguay, 1961
Anarchists are split in this domain, depending on whether they believe that a majority-rule is tyrannic or not. The only form of democracy considered acceptable to many anarchists is direct democracy. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon argued that the only acceptable form of direct democracy is one in which it is recognized that majority decisions are not binding on the minority, even when unanimous. However, anarcho-communist Murray Bookchin criticized individualist anarchists for opposing democracy, and says "majority rule" is consistent with anarchism.
Some anarcho-communists oppose the majoritarian nature of direct democracy, feeling that it can impede individual liberty and opt in favour of a non-majoritarian form of consensus democracy, similar to Proudhon's position on direct democracy. Henry David Thoreau, who did not self-identify as an anarchist but argued for "a better government" and is cited as an inspiration by some anarchists, argued that people should not be in the position of ruling others or being ruled when there is no consent.
Demarchy
Sometimes called "democracy without elections", demarchy uses sortition to choose decision makers via a random process. The intention is that those chosen will be representative of the opinions and interests of the people at large, and be more fair and impartial than an elected official. The technique was in widespread use in Athenian Democracy and is still used in modern jury selection.
Consensus democracy requires varying degrees of consensus rather than just a mere democratic majority. It typically attempts to protect minority rights from domination by majority rule.
Qualified majority voting is designed by the Treaty of Rome to be the principal method of reaching decisions in the European Council of Ministers. This system allocates votes to member states in part according to their population, but heavily weighted in favour of the smaller states. This might be seen as a form of representative democracy, but representatives to the Council might be appointed rather than directly elected.
Some might consider the "individuals" being democratically represented to be states rather than people, as with many others. European Parliament members are democratically directly elected on the basis of universal suffrage, may be seen as an example of a supranational democratic institution.
Non-governmental
Aside from the public sphere, similar democratic principles and mechanisms of voting and representation have been used to govern other kinds of communities and organizations. Many non-governmental organizations decide policy and leadership by voting. Most trade unions and cooperatives are governed by democratic elections. Corporations are controlled by shareholders on the principle of one share, one vote.
A marble statue of Aristotle.
Aristotle contrasted rule by the many (democracy/ polity), with rule by the few (oligarchy/ aristocracy), and with rule by a single person ( tyranny or today autocracy/monarchy). He also thought that there was a good and a bad variant of each system (he considered democracy to be the degenerate counterpart to polity).
For Aristotle the underlying principle of democracy is freedom, since only in a democracy the citizens can have a share in freedom. In essence, he argues that this is what every democracy should make its aim. There are two main aspects of freedom: being ruled and ruling in turn, since everyone is equal according to number, not merit, and to be able to live as one pleases.
But one factor of liberty is to govern and be governed in turn; for the popular principle of justice is to have equality according to number, not worth, .... And one is for a man to live as he likes; for they say that this is the function of liberty, inasmuch as to live not as one likes is the life of a man that is a slave.
—Aristotle, Politics 1317b (Book 6, Part II)
Among modern political theorists, there are three contending conceptions of the fundamental rationale for democracy: aggregative democracy, deliberative democracy, and radical democracy.
Aggregative
The theory of aggregative democracy claims that the aim of the democratic processes is to solicit citizens' preferences and aggregate them together to determine what social policies society should adopt. Therefore, proponents of this view hold that democratic participation should primarily focus on voting, where the policy with the most votes gets implemented.
Different variants of aggregative democracy exist. Under minimalism, democracy is a system of government in which citizens have give teams of political leaders the right to rule in periodic elections. According to this minimalist conception, citizens cannot and should not "rule" because, for example, on most issues, most of the time, they have no clear views or their views are not well-founded. Joseph Schumpeter articulated this view most famously in his book Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Contemporary proponents of minimalism include William H. Riker, Adam Przeworski, Richard Posner.
According to the theory of direct democracy, on the other hand, citizens should vote directly, not through their representatives, on legislative proposals. Proponents of direct democracy offer varied reasons to support this view. Political activity can be valuable in itself, it socializes and educates citizens, and popular participation can check powerful elites. Most importantly, citizens do not really rule themselves unless they directly decide laws and policies.
Governments will tend to produce laws and policies that are close to the views of the median voter– with half to his left and the other half to his right. This is not actually a desirable outcome as it represents the action of self-interested and somewhat unaccountable political elites competing for votes. Anthony Downs suggests that ideological political parties are necessary to act as a mediating broker between individual and governments. Downs laid out this view in his 1957 book An Economic Theory of Democracy.
Robert A. Dahl argues that the fundamental democratic principle is that, when it comes to binding collective decisions, each person in a political community is entitled to have his/her interests be given equal consideration (not necessarily that all people are equally satisfied by the collective decision). He uses the term polyarchy to refer to societies in which there exists a certain set of institutions and procedures which are perceived as leading to such democracy. First and foremost among these institutions is the regular occurrence of free and open elections which are used to select representatives who then manage all or most of the public policy of the society. However, these polyarchic procedures may not create a full democracy if, for example, poverty prevents political participation.
Some see a problem with the wealthy having more influence and therefore argue for reforms like campaign finance reform. Some may see it as a problem that only voters decide policy, as opposed to a majority rule of the entire population. This can be used as an argument for making political participation mandatory, like compulsory voting or for making it more patient (non-compulsory) by simply refusing power to the government until the full majority feels inclined to speak their minds.
Deliberative
Deliberative democracy is based on the notion that democracy is government by deliberation. Unlike aggregative democracy, deliberative democracy holds that, for a democratic decision to be legitimate, it must be preceded by authentic deliberation, not merely the aggregration of preferences that occurs in voting. Authentic deliberation is deliberation among decision-makers that is free from distortions of unequal political power, such as power a decision-maker obtained through economic wealth or the support of interest groups. If the decision-makers cannot reach consensus after authentically deliberating on a proposal, then they vote on the proposal using a form of majority rule.
Radical democracy is based on the idea that there are hierarchical and oppressive power relations that exist in society. Democracy's role is to make visible and challenge those relations by allowing for difference, dissent and antagonisms in decision making processes.
Ideal forms
Inclusive democracy is a political theory and political project that aims for direct democracy in all fields of social life: political democracy in the form of face-to-face assemblies which are confederated, economic democracy in a stateless, moneyless and marketless economy, democracy in the social realm, i.e. self-management in places of work and education, and ecological democracy which aims to reintegrate society and nature. The theoretical project of inclusive democracy emerged from the work of political philosopher Takis Fotopoulos in "Towards An Inclusive Democracy" and was further developed in the journal Democracy & Nature and its successor The International Journal of Inclusive Democracy.
The basic unit of decision making in an inclusive democracy is the demotic assembly, i.e. the assembly of demos, the citizen body in a given geographical area which may encompass a town and the surrounding villages, or even neighbourhoods of large cities. An inclusive democracy today can only take the form of a confederal democracy that is based on a network of administrative councils whose members or delegates are elected from popular face-to-face democratic assemblies in the various demoi. Thus, their role is purely administrative and practical, not one of policy-making like that of representatives in representative democracy.
The citizen body is advised by experts but it is the citizen body which functions as the ultimate decision-taker . Authority can be delegated to a segment of the citizen body to carry out specific duties, for example to serve as members of popular courts, or of regional and confederal councils. Such delegation is made, in principle, by lot, on a rotation basis, and is always recallable by the citizen body. Delegates to regional and confederal bodies should have specific mandates.
Participatory politics
A Parpolity or Participatory Polity is a theoretical form of democracy that is ruled by a Nested Council structure. The guiding philosophy is that people should have decision making power in proportion to how much they are affected by the decision. Local councils of 25–50 people are completely autonomous on issues that affect only them, and these councils send delegates to higher level councils who are again autonomous regarding issues that affect only the population affected by that council.
A council court of randomly chosen citizens serves as a check on the tyranny of the majority, and rules on which body gets to vote on which issue. Delegates can vote differently than their sending council might wish, but are mandated to communicate the wishes of their sending council. Delegates are recallable at any time. Referendums are possible at any time via votes of most lower-level councils, however, not everything is a referendum as this is most likely a waste of time. A parpolity is meant to work in tandem with a participatory economy.
Cosmopolitan democracy, also known as Global democracy or World Federalism, is a political system in which democracy is implemented on a global scale, either directly or through representatives. An important justification for this kind of system is that the decisions made in national or regional democracies often affect people outside the constituency who, by definition, cannot vote. By contrast, in a cosmopolitan democracy, the people who are affected by decisions also have a say in them.
According to its supporters, any attempt to solve global problems is undemocratic without some form of cosmopolitan democracy. The general principle of cosmopolitan democracy is to expand some or all of the values and norms of democracy, including the rule of law; the non-violent resolution of conflicts; and equality among citizens, beyond the limits of the state. To be fully implemented, this would require reforming existing international organizations, e.g. the United Nations, as well as the creation of new institutions such as a World Parliament, which ideally would enhance public control over, and accountability in, international politics.
Cosmopolitan Democracy has been promoted, among others, by physicist Albert Einstein, writer Kurt Vonnegut, columnist George Monbiot, and professors David Held and Daniele Archibugi. The creation of the International Criminal Court in 2003 was seen as a major step forward by many supporters of this type of cosmopolitan democracy.
Inefficiencies
Economists since Milton Friedman have strongly criticized the efficiency of democracy. They base this on their premise of the irrational voter. Their argument is that voters are highly uninformed about many political issues, especially relating to economics, and have a strong bias about the few issues on which they are fairly knowledgeable.
Popular rule as a façade
The 20th Century Italian thinkers Vilfredo Pareto and Gaetano Mosca (independently) argued that democracy was illusory, and served only to mask the reality of elite rule. Indeed, they argued that elite oligarchy is the unbendable law of human nature, due largely to the apathy and division of the masses (as opposed to the drive, initiative and unity of the elites), and that democratic institutions would do no more than shift the exercise of power from oppression to manipulation. As Louis Brandeis once professed, "We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
All political parties in Canada are now cautious about criticism of the high level of immigration, because, as noted by The Globe and Mail, "in the early 1990s, the old Reform Party was branded 'racist' for suggesting that immigration levels be lowered from 250,000 to 150,000." As Professor of Economics Don J. DeVoretz pointed out, "In a liberal democracy such as Canada, the following paradox persists. Even though the majority of respondents answer yes to the question: 'Are there too many immigrant arrivals each year?' immigrant numbers continue to rise until a critical set of economic costs appear."
Plato's The Republic presents a critical view of democracy through the narration of Socrates: "Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequaled alike." In his work, Plato lists 5 forms of government from best to worst. Assuming that the Republic was intended to be a serious critique of the political thought in Athens, Plato argues that only Kallipolis, an aristocracy led by the unwilling philosopher-kings (the wisest men), is a just form of government.
James Madison critiqued direct democracy (which he referred to simply as "democracy") in Federalist No. 10, arguing that representative democracy—which he described using the term "republic"—is a preferable form of government, saying: "...democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths." Madison offered that republics were superior to democracies because republics safeguarded against tyranny of the majority, stating in Federalist No. 10: "the same advantage which a republic has over a democracy, in controlling the effects of faction, is enjoyed by a large over a small republic".
Political instability
More recently, democracy is criticized for not offering enough political stability. As governments are frequently elected on and off there tends to be frequent changes in the policies of democratic countries both domestically and internationally. Even if a political party maintains power, vociferous, headline grabbing protests and harsh criticism from the mass media are often enough to force sudden, unexpected political change. Frequent policy changes with regard to business and immigration are likely to deter investment and so hinder economic growth. For this reason, many people have put forward the idea that democracy is undesirable for a developing country in which economic growth and the reduction of poverty are top priorities.
This opportunist alliance not only has the handicap of having to cater to too many ideologically opposing factions, but it is usually short lived since any perceived or actual imbalance in the treatment of coalition partners, or changes to leadership in the coalition partners themselves, can very easily result in the coalition partner withdrawing its support from the government.
Fraudulent elections
In representative democracies, it may not benefit incumbents to conduct fair elections. A study showed that incumbents who rig elections stay in office 2.5 times as long as those who permit fair elections. Above $2,700 per capita democracies have been found to be less prone to violence, but below that threshold, more violence. The same study shows that election misconduct is more likely in countries with low per capita incomes, small populations, rich in natural resources, and a lack of institutional checks and balances. Sub-Saharan countries, as well as Afghanistan, all tend to fall into that category.
Governments that have frequent elections tend to have significantly more stable economic policies than those governments who have infrequent elections. However, this trend does not apply to governments that hold fraudulent elections.
Democracy in modern times has almost always faced opposition from the previously existing government, and many times it has faced opposition from social elites. The implementation of a democratic government within a non-democratic state is typically brought about by democratic revolution. Monarchy had traditionally been opposed to democracy, and to this day remains opposed to the abolition of its privileges, although often political compromise has been reached in the form of shared government.
Post-Enlightenment ideologies such as Fascism, Nazism and Neo-Fundamentalism oppose democracy on different grounds, generally citing that the concept of democracy as a constant process is flawed and detrimental to a preferable course of development.
Several philosophers and researchers outlined historical and social factors supporting the evolution of democracy. Cultural factors like Protestantism influenced the development of democracy, rule of law, human rights and political liberty (the faithful elected priests, religious freedom and tolerance has been practiced).
Others mentioned the influence of wealth (e.g. S. M. Lipset, 1959). In a related theory, Ronald Inglehart suggests that the increase in living standards has convinced people that they can take their basic survival for granted, and led to increased emphasis on self-expression values, which is highly correlated to democracy.
Recently established theories stress the relevance of education and human capital and within them of cognitive ability to increasing tolerance, rationality, political literacy and participation. Two effects of education and cognitive ability are distinguished: a cognitive effect (competence to make rational choices, better information processing) and an ethical effect (support of democratic values, freedom, human rights etc.), which itself depends on intelligence.
Evidence that is consistent with conventional theories of why democracy emerges and is sustained has been hard to come by. Recent statistical analyses have challenged modernization theory by demonstrating that there is no reliable evidence for the claim that democracy is more likely to emerge when countries become wealthier, more educated, or less unequal. Neither is there convincing evidence that increased reliance on oil revenues prevents democratization, despite a vast theoretical literature called " The Resource Curse" that asserts that oil revenues sever the link between citizen taxation and government accountability, the key to representative democracy. The lack of evidence for these conventional theories of democratization have led researchers to search for the "deep" determinants of contemporary political institutions, be they geographical or demographic.
In the 21st century, democracy has become such a popular method of reaching decisions that its application beyond politics to other areas such as entertainment, food and fashion, consumerism, urban planning, education, art, literature, science and theology has been criticized as "the reigning dogma of our time". The argument is that applying a populist or market-driven approach to art and literature for example, means that innovative creative work goes unpublished or unproduced. In education, the argument is that essential but more difficult studies are not undertaken. Science, which is a truth-based discipline, is particularly corrupted by the idea that the correct conclusion can be arrived at by popular vote.
In 2010 a study by a German military think tank has analyzed how peak oil might change the global economy. The study raises fears for the survival of democracy itself. It suggests that parts of the population could perceive the upheaval triggered by peak oil as a general systemic crisis. This would create "room for ideological and extremist alternatives to existing forms of government".
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Idaho Politics, Pandemic
Posted on December 17, 2020 by mjohnson
During his successful 2018 campaign to become Idaho's governor, Brad Little pulled off one of the great stealth attacks on a political rival in recent memory. You may remember the story that only became public after Little's election.
As a conservative who was still more moderate than his Republican primary opponents, Little needed to navigate the choppy waters of a party taken over by Donald Trump, and he found a way to do it.
Little's task: prevent then-Congressman Raul Labrador from securing Trump's endorsement thereby signaling to the Trump loving base of the party that Labrador was the anointed one. Little – or at least his political operatives – settled on a very Trump-like strategy. They would disqualify Labrador in Trump's eyes. They produced a mashup tape of Labrador's not infrequent criticism of Trump and got the tape to the White House. Almost best of all they did so without leaving fingerprints.
Labrador is heard on the tape belittling Trump in 2016 for being "a big whiner," for not being a "gracious" loser and for threatening to sue anyone who crossed him, which Labrador called "just a ridiculous and a preposterous way to run a campaign." Trump was reportedly ready to support Raul, but the tape nixed a Twitter endorsement and Trump ultimately stayed out of the Idaho race. Little won the primary and then easily dispatched Democrat Paulette Jordan in the general election.
The Idaho Press's Betsy Russell wrote about the incident and what it seemed to say about Little the politician. Russell quoted College of Idaho political scientist Jasper LiCalzi saying, "It shows that Little understands politics — he's not some naive person." Little's campaign operatives, LiCalzi added, "didn't just fall off the potato truck."
So how to explain the governor's unilateral political surrender in the battle against the worst pandemic in a hundred years? Why has Little allowed a collection of his biggest political adversaries, and I don't mean Democrats, to define the terms of the debate around sensible, science-based public health measures?
Idaho's governor thinks he's battling one enemy – COVID-19 – but he's really in a fight with his most committed political enemies, as well.
There is an old rule in politics about picking your enemies carefully. Little needs to start naming his enemies. He's fighting – not very effectively – COVID-19, but he is also at war with science deniers, militia backing armed thugs and people who want him to be a one-term governor. Why isn't Little fighting back with all the tools of a tough politician who "didn't just fall off the potato truck?"
For starters, why doesn't Little take on the dangerous, clownish militia agitator Ammon Bundy? Bundy and his followers are apparently some of the people who have repeatedly disrupted Idaho health district and school board meetings and even shut down school events. They intimidate and threaten public officials outside their own homes.
The Kansas City Star reported on Bundy and his multi-state network – "Ammon's Army" – in October. This network, the paper said, "includes militia members, anti-maskers, conspiracy theorists, preppers and anti-vaccination activists. Its rapid growth has been boosted by the joining of Bundy's far-right paramilitary supporters cultivated from armed standoffs over the years with a large base of new activists radicalized through protests over COVID-19 health directives."
By refusing to name Bundy and his violence-threatening followers as real enemies of Idaho, Little is giving the radicals a pass. He should be defining them as the dangerous outliers they are, standing in the way of sensible public health measures. He should be asking: "Are you on Bundy's side or are you on the side of an overworked, overwhelmed ICU nurse?"
The same goes with the odious Wayne Hoffman, the mouthpiece of the increasingly radical Idaho Freedom Foundation, a group that has opposed Little at every turn on virtually every issue and is now stoking the ludicrous fiction that wearing a mask to protect yourself and your fellow citizens is somehow a violation of your Constitutional right to make someone else sick.
"It's become a familiar pattern," the Idaho Falls Post Register said in a recent editorial. "Hoffman and those of his ilk spread lies about the pandemic. The protestors take up those falsehoods and lead campaigns of intimidation to hobble any effective response to the pandemic at the local level. And so they are deeply culpable for the wave of death that is bearing down on us."
Ignoring public health enemies isn't the way to beat them
Yet, Little's response to these self-important Neanderthals is so lame as to be laughable: "We're marshaling all our forces. And yet, the enemy, this plague, continues to advance." The governor actually said that during a news conference last week, while pleading ineffectively for "compliance" with public health measures that his real enemies attack hourly in every corner of the state. He's not marshalling anything, he's abdicating.
By not naming, shaming and holding responsible the public health deniers who have crippled Idaho's response to the virus, Little has discarded a major and valuable weapon in the fight. The "enemy" is indeed the virus, but the enemy is also a gang of deplorables hampering a more effective response.
It's not like any of these people – Bundy, Hoffman, Lt. Governor Janice McGeachin and any number of COVID denying legislators – are friends of Little. All of them, and add Labrador, who was photographed in the big indoor mall in Boise last weekend violating the city's mask order, would knife Little in heartbeat. Heck, they are already doing so.
Hoping to show Little that an overwhelming number of Idahoans support a governor willing to lead more aggressively on the pandemic, a new grassroots group – The Idaho 97% – organized, as one of the founders Emily Walton told me this week, "to let him know we need him to run Idaho." Walton said, "there has been no public voice for the vast majority of Idahoans who want to see the government function." Little should be leading this majority and calling out the clowns in the minority.
"Brad Little, I think, comes across a little bit as, oh, he's just a nice rancher, almost a naive guy, but he's a tough politician, too," LiCalzi, the College of Idaho political scientist, said of candidate Little in 2018. He noted that Little didn't hesitate to attack his Democratic rival with negative TV ads, and he cut Labrador off at the knees. What's happened to that political fire?
"I think it's clear," LiCalzi said, "he's not somebody who's going to just let someone run over him." But getting run over is exactly what has happened as Little has allowed his most committed political opponents to get away with a campaign of misinformation, intimidation and denial.
These should be the people defined as responsible for so much death and disease, but by his wimpy response to these knuckleheads Little has brought the blame on himself.
A few additional stories you may find of interest…
MLB Is Finally Recognizing the Negro Leagues as the Major Leagues They Always Were
A big victory this week for Larry Lester, co-founder of the Negro League's museum in Kansas City and a baseball historian, who has been a tireless advocate for Major League Baseball recognition of the Negro Leagues as part of the majors.
"I'm turning cartwheels and excited about a lot of hard work that I've put in over the years to get the leagues recognized as a major entity on par with the American and National League," Lester says. "I don't know what to say other than, why did it take them so long?"
Read the entire story in The Ringer:
A closer look at Republicans who didn't stick with Trump
Josh Kraushaar writes in National Journal:
"To anticipate the Republican Party's political future, it's useful to look at the categories of Republicans who have moved on from Trump, or at least stopped indulging the president's political delusions."
The Texas Wedding
I read a story like this one from Texas Monthly and wonder: are people really this stupid?
"Photographers' experiences shooting weddings during the pandemic have run the gamut. Several photographers described couples who were cautious, respectful, and understanding. But many were not. 'I would say about fifty percent of the weddings I've shot, there's been no masks at all. It's like we're living in the pre-COVID parallel universe,' one photographer told me. 'I've been in hotel ballrooms inside and it's been packed like sardines and everyone's having a great time. No one's wearing masks. I'm there as the photographer documenting the reception and there's sweat flying, and it's hot, and the music's blaring and the fan's on, and I'm just like, 'Well, the odds are that one of every ten people here have COVID and don't realize it.'"
Obviously, the answer is…yes.
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The Weekend Gourmet: San Antonio's Culinaria Grand Tasting 2014...an Evening of Food and Drink!
San Antonio's Culinaria Grand Tasting 2014...an Evening of Food and Drink!
Michael and I were invited to attend the Culinaria Grand Tasting last month. This fun event is San Antonio's premier food and wine event, featuring some of the city's best chefs...along with lots of great wine and spirits. The Grand Tasting was held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center last month. This amazing evening was just one of many great events that comprised the annual week-long Culinaria Festival. An evening sipping cocktails and nibbling on food presented by some of San Antonio's best chefs...and in a gorgeous setting? Sounds like the makings of a perfect foodie evening to me! We parked our car, enjoyed a stroll along a peaceful section of the Riverwalk, and were greeted by colorful lights in the Grotto section of the Convention Center. The entire area -- both indoors and outdoors -- was filled with enticing aromas and mouthwatering food stations. We picked one end to start and made our way around the entire circuit, savoring bites of so many delicious foods! Our first stop was Stella Public House, which was featuring Italian delights.
I especially loved Stella Public House's light and refreshing Caprese Salad Skewers and the luscious, creamy Salted Caramel Panna Cotta. Both dishes were expertly prepared and delicious. Our evening was already off to a fantastic start! Another highlight of the evening was the creative and refreshing Golden Tomato Gazpacho from Las Ramblas, located inside the Hotel Contessa. This cold soup was the perfect light bite on a warm Texas evening!
With all the tasty bites we were enjoying, we needed something to wash it down. Enter the large wine sampling stations, which offered something for everyone. Whether you prefer white or red (...or both, maybe?), they had plenty of offerings to sample. One of my personal favorites was the Barrel Reserve Port from Texas' Messina Hof winery. It was sweet, smooth, and medium bodied...and very easy to drink! If wine's not your thing, no worries! There were also several spirit companies on hand providing samples and mixing up some fun cocktails.
We took our time visiting each station to chat with the chefs and sample their delicious culinary creations. One of the most creative dishes we tried that evening was created by Chef Jason Dady, one of San Antonio's best chefs. He was featuring a dish from his newest restaurant, Umai Mi.
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Disclosure: Culinaria provided me with a complimentary pair of Grand Tasting tickets to facilitate this feature. All opinions expressed are my own, and all photographs are copyrighted by Michael K. Garcia. They may not be copied or otherwise used without prior consent. |
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Salem Harbor in Salem, a major international seaport from the Revolutionary War to the mid-19th century, today is a commercial and recreational port located on Boston's North Shore, 19 miles northeast of Boston Harbor. Petroleum products for the New England Power Company and domestic heating oil make up the bulk of commercial traffic through the harbor. Lobstering by a small network of families who have done it for generations is also evident.
Initial work in Salem Harbor, completed in 1894, consisted of an eight-foot-deep, 300-foot-wide entrance channel to the South River on the western side of the harbor, and an eight-foot-deep, 50-150 feet wide channel up the South River. The most recent work in the harbor includes:
A 32-foot-deep channel extending about 1.6 miles from deep water at the junction of the Beverly and Salem Harbors to a point 1,500 feet from the Salem Terminal Wharf. The channel is 300 feet wide, except for its final .25 mile, when it widens to 400 feet. Local interests dredged the remaining 1,500 feet to the terminal, a turning basin, and berths.
An eight-foot-deep branch channel, 100 feet wide and 700 feet long, on the east side of Derby Wharf. Derby Wharf is the site of a custom house built in 1819, during Salem's Golden Era, and is part of the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, which is listed on the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places.
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Rogue landlord register proves to be a capital idea
Posted May 29, 2018 by Laura West
All London boroughs have shown their support for the capital's Rogue Landlords and Letting Agents checker. All 33 of them have signed up to the scheme, says London Mayor, Sadiq Khan. He said his campaign to name and shame rogue and unscrupulous landlords has now reached a significant milestone. When the database was launched in December, it had the support of 10 boroughs. Now all 32 boroughs, along with the City of London, have pledged their commitment to the scheme.
The landlord and letting agent checker is a free online tool which enables would-be tenants to find out if the person letting or managing a rental property has committed any housing offences. As well as tenants being able to check their landlord before signing a rental contract, the database can also be shared between councils to improve enforcement action against rogue landlords who operate in more than one London borough. The records of fines and successful prosecutions are submitted by the local authorities supporting the checker. The London Fire Brigade and consumer redress schemes The Property Redress Scheme and The Property Ombudsman also supply information. Anyone accessing the site can also report a rogue landlord or agent.
The public database will show records for 12 months, in most cases. However, the private database will keep records for up to 10 years as this will enable local authorities to build a complete picture of an agent or landlord when they are carrying out investigations.
Mr Khan said it is an important milestone in protecting tenants in the capital. He said he made it clear that rogue landlords and tenants would be exposed and have nowhere to hide when the checker was launched. The online tool means tenants can make a more informed choice about where to live. He believes it is a significant step forward in stamping out illegal or unscrupulous practices in the rental sector.
The Residential Landlords Authority said it supported any scheme which would root out criminal landlords who are giving the entire sector a bad name. RLA director, Carrie Kus, said they welcomed any measure which helps tenants sort out the majority of decent, law-abiding landlords from the rogue element.
Many landlords are also calling for a similar database for landlords and agents to check bad tenants. It can cost thousands to evict bad tenants either because of unpaid rent and bills or damage to the property.
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Unfortunately, the original version of this article contained an error. One of the subheadings within the "Methods" section read "Generation and purification of oncolytic adenoviruses expressing human TRAIL or human ING4 transgene", but it should have read "Generation and purification of oncolytic adenoviruses expressing human TRAIL or human IL-12 transgene".
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SRC Legal Service to close for a month
Students will need to see SUPRA or the Redfern Legal Centre instead
by Alan Zheng
Undergraduate students in legal strife will have no choice but to take their problems to SUPRA or the Redfern Legal Centre, with the SRC Legal Service (SLS) closing over September.
The closure has been catalysed by Acting Principal Solicitor An Li's decision to take pre-arranged leave, organised prior to her starting at the Legal Service in April this year.
The closure will not affect any of the service's existing caseload, according to Li, telling Honi that adjournments had been sought and obtained in several student matters.
The student-funded SLS is suffering from capacity drawbacks after long-time principal Thomas McLoughlin was given the sack in June, forcing the SRC to hire an interim part-time solicitor.
In contrast, the University of Technology Sydney Students' Association (UTSSA) runs a legal service managed by a solicitor and two trainee solicitors.
The search for a new Principal is on pause as the SRC defends McLoughlin's unfair dismissal claim in the Fair Work Commission. Honi understands that the claim was not settled at conciliation.
USyd's student-funded SLS is an incorporated legal practice which receives close to $160,000 in annual funding from the SRC.
Assisting more than 700 students every year with employment, family, criminal law issues and more, the service is a cornerstone of the SRC's service offering, outreach and advocacy for vulnerable students and activists involved in the organisation's campaigns.
In the past, the service has represented more than 130 students over proposed changes to the Bachelor of Visual Arts degree, and has consistently advised student journalists on defamation and other media law issues.
The SLS has been used as political leverage by student politicians of all political cloaks, with promises of increased funding and expanding services consistently pledged every year.
2018 SRC President Imogen Grant promised a dedicated a discrimination solicitor specialising in sexual assault.
In last year's election, Reboot (Labor Right/Unity) presidential candidate Adriana Malavisi promised to bring in specialised discrimination and sexual assault lawyers. That same policy was promised by the Grassroots for Feminism ticket. Soft-Right Liberal ticket "Students first for SRC" also pledged to increase funding to the legal service.
Students have historically supported the provision of legal services through student organisations like the SRC.
In 2018, the Redfern Legal Centre conducted a client satisfaction survey of clients of its SSAF-funded service in SUPRA's offices. The survey found 100% of all respondents supported the provision of a legal service for postgraduate students by SUPRA.
Back in May, SUPRA launched the SUPRA Legal Service (SUPRAL) as part of an $80,000 restructure which allowed SUPRAL to take over from the Redfern Legal Centre as the key legal service provider for postgraduate students at the University.
If you're an undergraduate student and require legal assistance in September, call the SUPRA Legal Service on (02) 9351 3714. SUPRAL runs drop-in legal service sessions on 1-3pm on Mondays and Thursdays before 2:30pm.
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About "The Smear Campaign Against Charters" Op-Ed in the WSJ By The Founder of Four NC Charter Schools – There's So Much More There
21 Aug 2019 / caffeinatedrage
This week the Wall Street Journal printed an op-ed by Baker Mitchell, the founder of the Roger Bacon Academies four of which are classified as "public" charter schools in North Carolina.
Simply put, when considering the context in which these schools operate, the actual student body makeup compared to other geographically close schools, and Mitchell's loyalty to privatization efforts in North Carolina of public education, then it is easy to see how baseless an argument he has.
Here is the text:
Leland, N.C.
With a new school year ahead, the attacks on charter schools have begun anew. In North Carolina we're hearing outrageous charges of racism. A public-television commentator claimed recently that "resegregation" was the purpose of charter schools "from the start."
Meanwhile, parents are voting with their feet. Statewide enrollment in traditional public schools has declined four years in a row. Less than 80% of K-12 students now attend district schools. More than 110,000 are enrolled in charters and 100,000 in private schools. More than 140,000 are being home-schooled.
The suggestion that district schools are being resegregated through "white flight" to schools of choice is nonsense. North Carolina charters today have a slightly higher percentage of black students (26.1%) than district schools (25.2%). And those students aren't assigned. Parents choose our schools.
It's "certainly no accident" that critics invoke the Jim Crow era by referring to "segregation," Lindalyn Kakadelis of North Carolina Education Strategies told me. "The goal is to stop the growth of K-12 education options at any cost." Charter school critics "do not want families making educational decisions for their children. The system does not want to lose control or money."
Charges of racism are intended to divert attention from the failure of traditional public schools to educate minority children. According to the most recent Charter Schools Annual Report to the North Carolina General Assembly, published in February, charter-school students at virtually every grade level and in virtually all student subgroups—white, African-American, Hispanic, economically disadvantaged, students with disabilities, and students with limited English proficiency—outperformed traditional public-school students in English, math and science at the end of the school year. The sole exception was high-school math scores, where results were mixed.
The Roger Bacon Academy, which I founded in 1999, oversees four charter schools in southeastern North Carolina that are among the top-performing in their communities. All four schools are Title 1 schools, meaning 40% or more of the students come from lower-income households. One of the schools, Frederick Douglass Academy in downtown Wilmington, is a majority-minority school.
We succeed where others fail because we do things differently. Our classical curriculum, direct-instruction methods, additional instructional hours, and focus on orderliness are a proven formula for successful learning.
I never intended to get involved in education. But after selling a company I founded, I began volunteering as a science instructor at Houston-area elementary schools. I met Thaddeus Lott, principal of Wesley Elementary, a high-achieving school with a predominantly low-income black student body.
I pulled into the parking lot and noticed a 6-foot-high barbed-wire fence around the school. I quickly learned the problems were outside. The students were well-behaved and academically advanced. They read Shakespeare, learned phonics, and memorized multiplication tables. The results were so impressive that Houston school officials accused the school of cheating on tests—then forced the superintendent out when the charge was proved wrong.
Charter schools do not seek to replace traditional public schools, but rather to complement them, providing alternatives to the existing system. Our way is better for some students, not all. Let parents decide.
The "resegregation" attacks are a continuation of a broader smear campaign that began last year. Parents and policy makers shouldn't be distracted. Charters are doing well—and if they don't, they lose their charters and are shut down, unlike failing district schools.
First, let it be known that Baker Mitchell has a fairly long history here in North Carolina that's not pretty and seems to be bent on making money.
From 2014 in a report from Lindsay Wagner for NC Policy Watch:
There was also a 2014 ProPublica report that stated:
Mitchell even caught the attention of John Merrow, the venerable education reporter.
And he also is involved with the North Carolina libertarian think tank, The John Locke Foundation, which is funded by Art Pope, who along with Mitchell is aligned with the Koch brothers. Pope was also the first budget director for Gov. Pat McCrory when he won office and crafted many of the financial details still governing school funding today and helped push many of the education reforms in NC.
What Mitchell talks about in his op-ed doesn't reveal even a clear, cursory story and fails to go into detail. It's literally opaque glossing.
He uses charged words like "racism." In fact, he is trying to utilize talking points that many pro-charter school advocates in North Carolina are adopting to combat serious criticisms that have merit based on resegregating populations in NC. In fact, the Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of Public Charter Schools sent out such a list that Mitchell parrots. Those points are easily debunked.
But this part of Mitchell's op-ed really needs clarification:
These are the report card summaries of each of those schools.
Here is the Leland Charter Day School in Brunswick County.
11.5% of students in this school for this last report card are economically disadvantaged. 44.3% of students in the state are considered economically disadvantaged.
This is Columbus Charter School in Columbus County.
This is South Brunswick Charter in Brunswick County.
7.5% of students in this school for this last report card are economically disadvantaged. 44.3% of students in the state are considered economically disadvantaged.
This is Douglass Academy in Wilmington (New Hanover County) which Mitchell highlights in his op-ed.
One of those schools seems to be servicing large numbers of economically disadvantaged students. One services the same percentage as the state average. Two service really small numbers of students who are economically disadvantaged.
It would be really interesting to compare Mitchell's schools with the schools in geographically close proximity on those same variables. In fact, the tables below show those differences for each school.
School Performance Grades for all schools were taken from the official North Carolina School Report Cards site. Percentages for student race and economically disadvantaged students for charter schools were taken from there as well. Percentages for students in traditional public schools who are economically disadvantaged are also from the official North Carolina School Report Cards site.
Percentages for student race race for traditional public schools schools were taken from Schooldigger.com as those numbers are not in the school report card outline for those schools.
Here is the comparison for Leland Charter Day School in Brunswick County.
School Public / Charter School Performance Grade % White students % Economically disadvantaged
Charter Day School Charter 74 ("B") 75.4 5.0
Acme Delco Elem. Public 65 ("C") 35.9 52.8
Belville Elem. Public 70 ("B") 61.8 48.1
Just look at the differences in the numbers of white students and economically disadvantaged students in the charter school compared to the two closest traditional schools geographically.
Here is the comparison for Columbus Charter School in Columbus County.
Columbus Charter Charter 68 ("C") 65 44
Evergreen Elem. Public 49 ("D") 53.2 53.9
Chadbourne Elem. Public 52 ("D") 21.6 75.2
Here is the comparison for Douglass Charter School in New Hanover County.
School Public / Charter School Performance Grade Racial Makeup % Economically disadvantaged
Douglass Charter 51 ("D") 89.9% African-Amer 67.8
Williston Middle Public 49 ("D") 24.3% White
48% African American
21.8% Hispanic 61.5
Wrightsboro Elem. Public 50 ("D") 33.6% White
31.5% African American
24% Hispanic 61.1
Performance Grade- wise these schools are very aligned. But Mitchell highlighted this school to show his commitment to minority students. But he never mentions the word "diversity." And Douglass is NOT diverse. In fact, looking at those other two schools, there is much more diversity and more likely a very active ESL/ELL program.
Here is the comparison for South Brunswick Charter School in Brunswick County.
South Brunswick Charter Charter 78 ("B") 82 5
Virginia Williamson Elem. Public 60 ("C") 68.4 71
5% versus 71%?
Baker Mitchell intentionally forgets to mention is in measuring his schools in North Carolina against those in the surrounding community.
Why? Because his narrative would fail horribly.
He fixates on one point and never fully explains the context. It would be nice if he clarified if he just was just looking at racial divisions or socio-economic divisions or income-levels. It actually would be nice to see how many of the students in his schools are considered students with disabilities.
This is what NC defines as "students with disabilities."
That might be a whole new post.
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Visa Sets Its Sights on $33 Trillion Worth of Checking
The new product it's offering businesses could significantly speed up and simplify payments.
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Dec 15, 2018 at 9:00PM
Credit card network Visa (NYSE:V) announced this week that it's partnering with fintech player Ingo Money to launch a new offering for retailers and banks, called QuickConnect, that will let them make rapid digital payments to customers, circumventing the old ACH/paper checks system. Despite the ongoing shift to modern digital payment systems, the legacy systems still move massive amounts of money around -- and Ingo Money says $33 trillion worth of paper checks and ACH payments a year could be shifted to the new Visa-linked platform.
In this segment of the MarketFoolery podcast, host Chris Hill and senior analyst Jason Moser discuss this latest salvo in the War on Cash, the size of the opportunity for Visa, and what it means for others in the payments industry.
A full transcript follows the video.
This video was recorded on Dec. 13, 2018.
Chris Hill: Visa announced a partnership to help companies eliminate $33 trillion in paper checks. It is one more move in the War on Cash. I remind our dozens of listeners, it was an executive at Visa who used that phrase.
Jason Moser: We piggybacked on it.
Hill: We piggybacked on it, but that was not hyperbole on our part. We were quoting directly from a Visa executive who said, "We are at war with cash." You like this move?
Moser: I do. This really shines a light, I think, on how valuable that Visa Toll Booth, and Mastercard as well. They both do the same thing. But when you want to do something in finance that can affect the largest population and make an experience better, faster, you're going to be relying on Visa and Mastercard. You're going to have to make sure you bring them into that equation at some point or another.
It's interesting to understand a little bit why this matters. A lot of times, the automatic clearing house process is a way for companies to be able to push these payments to individuals. That has existed for a very long time. I think the fintech industry is looking at the ACH process as a little bit antiquated. And primarily, that's because of the time involved in moving funds. It can sometimes take a matter of a couple of days. While an institution may make those funds available to you immediately, they could still be on the hook if there's a chargeback. So ultimately, what this does is, instead of utilizing the automatic clearing house network, this essentially jumps on those Visa and Mastercard rails. In this case, it's going to be Visa. I suspect we'll see Mastercard participating in this in some way, shape or form sooner or later.
When you look at the actual numbers involved of how big of a deal this could be, there's an association called the National Automated Clearing House association, NACHA. Kind of makes me think of nachos. I don't know why that is.
Anyway, NACHA reports that the average ACH transaction costs around $0.11 per transaction. There are over 25 billion ACH payments made every year. There were more than 25 billion made in 2016, and that number is up from there. So, you can see the opportunity that exists there. I think this is one way for companies like Visa and Mastercard to get in there and really focus on the one big differentiator here, and that is the time involved in getting the money from Point A to Point B. That's the big problem this solves for a lot of people. You get there faster, you reduce the risk of chargebacks, because you're riding right on those car rails.
It's the first step, I think, in what we'll see as the continued evolution in fintech and the companies that are participating.
Hill: What about a company like Paychex, which is in the business of paychecks, and HR solutions? If you're seeing this news, that's going to cause an upset stomach.
Moser: I would think. I think employers who utilize Paychex or other forms of payment software are going to look at this and see if there's another way that they might be able to pay their employees in a timelier fashion and even cheaper than they're doing so now. We've gotten to the point where most people -- I think most people. There are still some people out there that physically want to see that check. I know personally, I don't want to see it. I want you to just get that money straight to my account. I want another check like I want another hole in the head. So I think that for companies looking at what options exist out there, and you're seeing companies like Square and PayPal really participating in this, as well, yeah, if you're Paychex or a company like that, you've got to be looking at this and thinking, "Oh, man, what are we going to do to keep up here?" Because this is certainly something that could disrupt their business. |
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Volkswagen Golf R was spotted testing at the Nürburgring
The hot hatch which everyone was waiting for is finally out for the world to see. The hotly anticipated Volkswagen Golf R was spotted testing at the Nürburgring with the bare minimum camouflage. The car that was being tested was surely a prototype as the car had a roll cage which certainly won't make it to the street going version but we can now get a pretty good idea of how the car will actually look. The car showcased some interesting bits, a new extended spoiler, large wheels, and shiny blue brake calipers.
The all-wheel-drive hatchback was probably undergoing final testing and while many would argue that this car actually isn't a prototype as there is no camouflage on the car whatsoever but actually there is a fair bit of tape on the front and rear bumpers which hide the final bodywork. However, it is still noticeable that this car doesn't seem to get the five-point LED daytime running lights which is seen in the GTI, GTE and the GTD on the front bumper.
However, there were some internal slideshows that had been leaked on to the internet which did suggest that this might pretty much be the case with the front and rear bumpers. Though those slideshows also had information about the power output of the unreleased models, it is highly likely that the unreleased GTI TCR and the R will not get the extra lights that the other performance-oriented models have.
The side venting is quite unique and certainly is a lot different than the GTI's design. It has a more traditional look to it, so the ones looking for something new in the looks would certainly want to buy the GTI. The Volkswagen logo on the front has been now updated and there is the revised R model badge which for the time being has been concealed with a strip of black tape.
The badge will now sit on the front fender which again has been taped with a white one for now. There are now new blue brake calipers on the front wheel which shows "R", so there is no identity crisis that which golf we are looking at. The wheels on this car are quite large with the tires being quite skinny along with a low ride height which certainly does suggest that this particular machine is the cream of the crop.
Quite unusually, the B-pillar of the car now has "Volkswagen" lettering on it which certainly is a first. There might be some hints of some side skirts on the car too which does certainly increase the oomph of this car by quite a lot.
No mistake this is a hugely popular hatchback and most of the changes done to this car's appearance will probably go well as this car sells like hotcakes out there. The story at the back is interesting too. There is now a quad exhaust system and a big chunky roof spoiler which will give the R a unique sense of distinction from its other cousins.
The spoiler is of great interest, adds a sporty nature to the car and almost looks like an aftermarket one, to be honest. The spoiler though may not be a part of some special packages and it is highly unlikely that it will be offered as standard with the golf R.
This is because the first Golf R spotted did not have a spoiler but it does certainly look great and adds quite a bit of flair to the Golf. Another pleasing to the eye bit is the rear diffuser which is quite prominent which does suggest that the Golf being tested will launch as the flagship version.
On the performance side, firstly there were some reports which suggested that this car was supposed to be fitted with the RS3 Sportback's 2.5-liter turbo engine. But in time Audi refused to share its iconic inline-five engine so the Volkswagen took a different route.
The current car is powered by a TSI 2.0 liter four-cylinder which puts out nearly 330 horsepower. This power will be put through a DSG transmission through all for wheels. A manual version is also likely to be offered.
There is another version which exists only in rumors as of now, this potent version is supposed to deliver nearly 400 horsepower. However, this has to be seen in the upcoming times and they are just rumors as of now.
There was quite a little peek in the interiors of the car. From what it looks, the car does certainly have some big bolsters in order to hold you in place and the overall look seems mighty and aggressive. The car will make its debut later this year as is confirmed by Volkswagen.
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Q: Hide select2 multi search box I am trying to make a select2 search box visible if the values in a HTML drodown match a value. Following is my code snippet.
Somehow, the Select2 dropdown is always shown.
Any help is appreciated...
I have added the CSS based on the suggestion on select2 github repo
https://github.com/select2/select2/issues/861
<html>
<style type="text/css">
.other {
display: none !important;
}
</style>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.3/js/select2.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.3/css/select2.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<select class="one" name="one" id="one">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">3</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="5">5</option>
<option value="6">6</option>
<option value="7">7</option>
</select>
<br>
<br>
<select class="other" name="other" multiple="multiple">
<option value="AL">Sample1</option>
<option value="WY">Sample2</option>
</select>
<script>
// In your Javascript (external .js resource or <script> tag)
$("#one").change(function() {
$('#value').change(function()
{
if($('#value').val() == '1')
{
$('.other').hide();
} else
{
$('.other').show();
}
}
)});
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".other").select2({
tags: true
});
});
</script>
</html>
A: Can you do something like this ? Not sure about your usercase. But I will suggest to destroy the select and then hide. And later again create the instance and show.
$("#one").change(function() {
if($(this).val() == '3')
{
$('.other').select2('destroy');
$('.other').hide();
} else {
$(".other").select2({
tags: true
});
$('.other').show();
}
});
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".other").select2({
tags: true
});
});
<html>
<style type="text/css">
.other {
display: none !important;
}
</style>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.3/js/select2.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.3/css/select2.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<select class="one" name="one" id="one">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="5">5</option>
<option value="6">6</option>
<option value="7">7</option>
</select>
<br>
<br>
<select class="other" name="other" multiple="multiple" style="width: 100px;">
<option value="AL">Sample1</option>
<option value="WY">Sample2</option>
</select>
</html>
A: $("#one").change(function() {
console.log('me called');
if($('#one').val() == '1')
{
$('.select2').hide();
console.log($('#other'))
console.log('me called1');
} else
{
$('.select2').show();
console.log('me called2');
}
});
Does this work for you?
When you select 3 and and then select 1, the select2 element disappears.
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UPDATE: I've added the official obituary.
I was awaiting the formal obituary, but… I'm heartbroken to report that Jeff Koch passed away over the weekend.
Koch served at the Office of Management and Budget and most recently was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management at U.S. Department of Labor.
Koch passed away suddenly on November 3 after an unexpected complication of cancer, according to friends.
I will update this post with the official obituary when it is available, which will have viewing and funeral times.
But in the meantime, friends have created a GoFundMe page for Koch's wife, Patty Stolnacker Koch. "The friends of Patty and Jeff have organized this gofundme for Patty – – not only to show our love, caring and support to this wonderful friend and mom-to-be, but to also to help relieve some of the many expenses of raising a child," the page says.
The official obituary:
JEFFREY WESCOTT KOCH passed away unexpectedly with his beloved wife by his side on November 3, 2018, after a courageous battle with liposarcoma. He was 55.
The son of Janice Park Koch and the late Franklin Wescott Koch, Jeff was born on May 6, 1963, in Plainfield, NJ. He graduated from Warrensburg High School in Warrensburg, Missouri in 1981 and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1985.
He was an Eagle Scout and a passionate member of the Boy Scouts of America, serving in multiple positions including District Commissioner for Washington, DC. He was also a member of the Boy Scouts' Tribe of Mic-O-Say organization.
In January 2017, Jeff was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management at U.S. Department of Labor. He previously held various appointed positions at the U.S. Department of Labor as well as the White House Office of Management and Budget, during which time he received a letter of commendation from President George W. Bush.
Between 1998 and 2002, Jeff served as chief of staff for his friend and fellow Eagle Scout, Rep. Pete Sessions. Prior to his time in Washington D.C., Jeff worked as an engineer at RF Monolithics, Inc. and E-Systems in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Jeff is survived by his wife of seven years, Patty Stolnacker, and his expected daughter, due in January. He is also survived by his mother, Janice Koch, of Rowlett, Texas; his sister, Jennifer Leigh Davenport, with husband Mark and children Bryce and Hannah, of Rockwall, Texas; his brother, Barry Franklin Koch, with wife Claudia and children Lara and Julie, of Ingolstadt, Germany; and his loyal friend, Lincoln. Jeff was an adored husband, son and brother, a beloved friend and confidante, and a tireless volunteer.
He was passionate about cycling, engineering, nature, and music. He made a lasting difference to every endeavor he pursued. Jeff brought his engineering acumen and sense of fun to everything he did, providing joy and lasting memories of Halloween haunted houses, Olympic festivities, and epic water slides to his Palisades neighborhood.
Memorial services will begin on Friday, November 9, 2018 with a visitation at the Everly Wheatley Funeral Home in Alexandria, Virginia from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., followed by a service on Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 3 p.m. at the Fairlington United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Virginia.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests sending memorial contributions in Jeff's name to Cycle for Survival's team Tour de Cure – DC: http://mskcc.convio.net/goto/JeffKoch. Please view and sign the family guestbook.
I've gotten funeral details from some friends:
Friday 11/9: 5:00- 8 PM Viewing – Everly Wheatley Funeral Home, 1500 W. Braddock Rd., Alexandria VA
Saturday 11/10: 3 PM – Funeral – Fairlington United Methodist Church, 3900 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302 Reception to follow.
Sunday 11/11: 11 AM – Private Burial
Koch was known for his passion and his humor. But he was also known for his work. In 2008, he was recognized with Federal Computer Week's Fed 100 award.
Jeff Koch
Jeff Koch, manager of the Office of Management and Budget's Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness portfolio, didn't try to force agencies to accept the Bush administration's e-government plans for back-office services. Faced with resistance from agency managers and lawmakers, Koch used persuasive tactics.
He cleared roadblocks to ensure that initiatives such as E-Payroll and E-Travel could mature.
"Jeff has provided unwavering leadership for the agencies with his management of the Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness E-Government portfolio," said Karen Evans, OMB's administrator for e-government and information technology.
"Jeff has ensured the milestones for each of the initiatives are met, and any obstacles in the way have been cleared."
Agencies saved $508 million in 2007 from initiatives in Koch's portfolio.
I will update this post with the obituary once it is available.
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03.19.2012 DorobekINSIDER: IT strategic plan; ACT-IAC plans for 2012; and smartphone security
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Happy Monday — I hope you had a good weekend.
And I've had a bunch of people ask me about the new iPad. I don't have it… YET. Yes, it was supposed to be delivered Friday, but… we are putting on an addition at home and there was an electrical issues, so… I wasn't home on Friday to get it. I'll get it today and report back, of course.
On today's program…
Everybody is thinking mobile. And there will be a plan very soon. We'll get a preview from the federal Deputy CIO Linda Schlosser.
The American Council on Technology and the Industry Advisory Council have been bringing government and industry together for decades. We'll talk to the leaders of both of those organization about what is changing in 2012.
Do you have a password on your smartphone? We will tell you why you just may want to do that.
All that ahead…
But after the break… we'll start with the stories that impact your life for Monday the 19 of March, 2012… your government world in 120-seconds…
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DorobekINSIDER: Amazon's cloud coup: Frank DiGiammarino
Frank DiGiammarino
Amazon's Web Service's government arm has scored a coup — hiring Frank DiGiammarino, who left the White House late last year.
The DorobekINSIDER has confirmed that DiGiammarino has been named Amazon Web Service's director of innovation and global expansion for Amazon Web Services, which is mostly known for books but has been making a big play in the cloud — and in government. And that includes some smart hires. Last year, Amazon hired Teresa Carlson, who had led Microsoft Federal.
DiGiammarino left the White House earlier this year where he served as an advisor to the Vice President for recovery implementation and director of the Recovery Implementation Office. In that job, he was responsible to ensuring the $787 billion in stimulus got out into the economy as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Here he is at 2010's Gov 2.0 Summit talking about the stimulus spendings impact on innovation:
DiGiammarino is widely respected, previously serving as the vice president of strategic initiatives for the National Academy of Public Administration, where he helped created the innovative Collaboration Project. The Collaboration Project was developed along with Lena Trudeau, who is now at the General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service's Associate Commissioner, Office of Strategic Innovations. It was designed to be a place where government could collaborate around collaboration.
This is only the latest in some high profile people jumping into the cloud. Carlson joined Amazon Web Services last year, and Viveck Kundra, the former federal chief information officer, announced that he is joining Salesforce.com.
After the break… read DiGammarino's full bio…
Posted in Circuit, Contracting, innovation, Management, OMB, White House, Whose In and Whose Out
DorobekINSIDER: GovLoop issue of the week: CES, CES Government, and mobile
Welcome to the GovLoop Insights Issue of the Week with Chris Dorobek.
Each week, our goal is to where each week, our goal is to find an issue — a person — an idea — then helped define the past 7-days… and we work to find an issue that will also will have an impact on the days, weeks and months ahead. And, as always, we focus on six words: helping you do your job better.
This week, we're going to get geeky… we're going to embrace our inner nerd. This week was the annual gadget-a-thon known as CES — the Consumer Electronics Show out in Las Vegas. I got to attend for the first time this year — both to CES and CES Government. One of the key speakers was Steve VanRoekel, the federal chief information officer. And later on, we'll have highlights of his speech, and talk about what it means for you.
Also later on, we'll have our weekend reading list — the weekends are a good time to rejuvenate — but also some time to take a step back and ponder. And we'll have some reading that may guide you as you work to think outside of the box.
But after the break, we'll have our look at the week that was for the second week of January 2012… plus the full Week in Review…
Posted in CIOs, Collaboration, Events, Executive, innovation, Issue of the Week, Management, Networks and telecom, OMB, Performance, procurement, security, Technology
DorobekINSIDER: Kundra names Schlosser as deputy federal CIO
Lisa Schlosser has been appointed the next deputy administrator in the Office of E-Government and Information Technology in the Office of Management and Budget. She will start in that post on July 5, sources tell the DorobekINSIDER. In that role, she effectively serves as the deputy federal CIO.
Schlosser has been at the Environmental Protection Agency since 2008, initial overseeing the Office of Information Collection and most recently as the principal deputy associate administrator for EPA's Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education. Before that, she was the CIO at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. (NOTE: This information has been updated at of 06.02.2011.)
She will replace Mike Howell, who left the OMB post late last year to become deputy program manager for the Information Sharing Environment.
Schlosser is widely respected within the CIO community and she has an impressive resume having experience across a wide variety of issues, including cyber-security. She also served as a military intelligence officer for the Army. Her efforts have also been recognized with Federal Computer Week's 2008 Fed 100 award and the Laureate Award by the Computerworld Honors Program.
Before HUD, she was the associate CIO and chief information security officer at Transportation Department and she served as the vice-president for Business Operations and Response Services for Global Integrity and a a senior manager for Ernst & Young.
Schlosser is a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves and did a tour of duty in the Middle East during the Iraq war.
Read her full bio after the break:
Posted in CIOs, Circuit, Executive, Executives, information sharing, Management, OMB, Technology, White House
DorobekINSIDER: Pre-panel prep: Building a bridge between IT and acquisition
Communication is difficult — any of us who have been married have learned this lesson the hard way — and we do it over and over again. And in organizations, it can be intensely difficult.I get to moderate a panel next week that looks at the issue of communication between agency IT and acquisition organizations. And improving that relationship cover four of Federal CIO Vivek Kundra's 25 point IT management reform plan (PDF):
Align the Acquisition Process with the Technology Cycle
13. Design and develop a cadre of specialized IT acquisition professionals
14. Identify IT acquisition best practices and adopt government-wide
15. Issue contracting guidance and templates to support modular development
16. Reduce barriers to entry for small innovative technology companies
On Tuesday, April 26, I get to moderate a fantastic panel of luminaries to talk about the issues and challenges of bringing IT and acquisition. (More information about the 1105 Government Information Group's Federal IT Acquisition Summit here.)
The panel:
Linda Cureton, Chief Information Officer, NASA Headquarters
Simon Szykman, Chief Information Officer, Department of Commerce
David Wennergren, Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer, Department of Defense
Roger Baker, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, Department of Veteran Affairs
Read our discussion points… and add your thoughts… after the break…
Posted in CIOs, Contracting, Events, GSA, OMB, Performance, Policy, procurement
DorobekINSIDER: Shutdown – will is happen, and are you prepared?
Today is the day — potential shutdown day.
While there are reports that progress has been made in budget discussions, midnight is the deadline. (National Journal has a great blow-by-blow about how we actually got to this place… after six continuing resolutions.)
National Journal's insiders are saying that there will be a government shutdown… and the Gallup poll suggests the public wants a compromise, while the Pew survey shows sharp division among the public about who is to blame for this mess…
But what about the DorobekINSIDERs? We are asking you —
Some resources:
OPM has an entire shutdown page – including a FAQ – and OPM's contingency plan.
GovLoop has a list of 10 pre-potential showdown to-do items… and one might be investing in you.
Posted in budget, Management, OMB, poll, White House
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T'was The Night Before Christmas..
There was nada happenin', now thats pretty bad.
And no, I don't mean stick it in the freezer!
I don't know how many of you have heard of I.C.E., it stands for In Case of Emergency. Basically it means that you put an entry in your mobile phone with I.C.E. as the prefix and in the unfortunate situation that you are involved in an emergency or an accident, the medical personal or emergency services can easily find your loved ones or next of kin's phone number in your phone if it is needed.
I.C.E is the brainchild of a British paramedic who came up with the idea after he encountered difficulties with alerting the family members of accident victims. In the wake of the London terrorist bombings the idea has taken off, via the internet.
There may be some concerns about privacy, but when a life is on the line, rescue workers insist the benefits of I.C.E. far outweigh any risk. "I don't know if it's an invasion of privacy because if you have a cell phone anyways, we're going to start hunting and looking as well. So, wouldn't you rather have a designated person that we can contact immediately and get the information that we need?" said one emergency services worker.
Here is an interview with Bob Brotchie, the paramedic who came up with the idea.
It is such a simple thing to do and could mean the difference between life and death. As soon as I read about this online I decided I had to do an entry about it in my blog, plus I also now have my I.C.E. contact in my mobile phone.
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If you are new to motorcycling you will soon notice (unfortunately) that many car drivers unintentionally (usually!!) simply will not see you. It is worth remembering these tips when you are on the road, so that you learn how other drivers 'see' you out on your bike.
1. You will soon notice that there are many more cars and lorries out on the road than bikes and in some cases the drivers simply do not 'recognise' a motorbike. They will unintentionally ignore you, not even registering you are there as they are constantly on the look out for other cars and lorries. When out riding on your motorbike, make sure as much as possible that they can see you, ride just to the right of the centre of your lane so you are more visible. Always ride with dipped headlights so it gives you more of a presence on the road. Wear bright clothing to make you stand out more.
2. As you and your bike are a smaller size than a car, car drivers may not realise how far away you actually are and they can find it difficult to judge how fast you are going. If I'm out on my bike and approaching a junction I always keep a close eye on any car waiting to pull out, just in case they decide to try and dive out in front of me. I have had occasions when they simply haven't seen me and pulled right out in front of me, causing me to do an emergancy stop. The look of horror on their faces when they see a motorbike screeching to a halt at their side would be almost comical if it were not for the fact that their inattention almost caused me to hit them. Nowadays I tend to have my brakes covered when approaching junctions, especially during the rush hour, if I am out on my bike. Rush hour is always the worst time, especially when you have all the school run mums out as well rushing to get their kids to school on time.
3. Also remember that as we and our bikes are smaller we can quite easily fit into the blind spot of a car! Cars will sometimes pull out to overtake another vehicle, not realising that you are already there. If you are riding along side another vehicle just keep an eye on it, just in case it does decide to try this.
4. If, like me, you slow your bike by dropping down a gear instead of braking remember a car driver will not necessarily realise what you are doing. If you can it may be worth just dabbing your rear brake just to let them know you are slowing down. They may notice a sudden glare of a brake light and get the idea.
The best advice I can give you is to RIDE AS IF YOU ARE INVISIBLE!!!
Ride as if no one can see you, and anticipate that other road users will always do the wrong thing in any given circumstance!! It is what I was told to do when I first started riding, and I do it EVERYTIME I go out on my bike.
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2014 | The Old Adam Lives!
You can throw out the penultimate issues in that post title and realize that Pastor Mark is still teaching from Steven Paulson's book, "Lutheran Theology", the chapter on "Baptism's Freedom from Sin".
And then…enjoy the World Cup games.
And bask in the fact that the L.A. Kings won the Cup (Stanley's)…again.
And…congratulations to you Spurs fans, as well.
Thanks to Reuters for the photo.
Pastor Mark continues in Steven Paulson's book, "Lutheran Theology".
And thanks to jefferyparks51.wordpress.com, for the photo.
How do we view the world? What words are we using to define reality? From what words are we deriving meaning and truth?
And thanks to flicker and sjcockell, for the photo.
Love it…hate it…indifferent to it…it's going to work on you in any event.
And thanks to flicker and hollywoodhollows, for the photo. |
Here are some things you can do to be a part of your baby's life. Think its Father's Day and perform the following activities, you will find that the more you do with her, the more comfortable you will be in handling the child.
When mom's breast milk or formula has been put in a bottle, you can give your baby the bottle. Cuddle with and talk and sing to your baby during bottle time. |
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IBD offers roof maintenance consulting services aimed at extending the life cycle and reducing the long term costs of building operation. The true cost of maintenance is zero dollars and the only way to achieve the zero cost is thru routine inspection of all building assets. The building and roofing assets can be the most costly to repair and/or replace and they are often overlooked as where the greatest savings can be achieved.
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Finding contentment in these frantic times can sometimes feel like an uphill battle. An organized daily mindfulness practice will help you rediscover your peace, because there are deep wellsprings of joy within us no matter how perplexed we may feel.
Your happiness is just waiting to be freed from the chains that have bound it due to the hectic nature of your life.
Simply reading inspirational quotes and knowing about the miraculous benefits of meditation will not free you from anxiety, stress, unhappiness and exhaustion. But have no fear! A diligent daily mindfulness practice can help with these things.
Mindfulness is defined as a state of heightened awareness around your moment to moment thoughts, emotions, and experiences.
Enter the trend of mindfulness challenges.
A 30-day mindfulness challenge promotes the practice of daily activities that reduce stress and anxiety, improve performance and productivity, and increase happiness with a greater sense of peace, presence and overall well-being. Taking this challenge will also provide practical tools and strategies you can start using immediately to gain more focus and presence in your own life.
Take a holistic approach to your emotional needs and start building an awareness for yourself and the world around you. Mindfulness is a practice that can drastically change the way you think, feel and act.
Identify what you want to achieve in the 30 days. This could be anything from more peace, a greater sense of presence in your day to day life – anything!
Visualize this goal, and encourage your brain to think differently and find new ways to achieve the desired results. For example, if your goal is to cultivate more gratitude, imagine what it would look and feel like to already have more gratitude in your life. For the best results, repeat this visualization every day for the next month.
Remind yourself why you decided to do the mindfulness challenge and why it is so important to you. Focus on that importance and use it as motivation!
Look at the bigger picture and visualize the next 30 days. Picture yourself overcoming any possible hurdles that might hinder your performance.
Imagine the finer details of your personal goal and what it will be like to achieve it (see #2).
Imagine the level of elevation you will feel after successfully focusing on your personal aspirations for a month and achieving your goals.
Gently bring your thoughts back to the present moment and take that good feeling with you into the rest of your day.
Even just one minute of meditation a day can make a huge difference in your personal well-being. Incorporating this one minute daily meditation will be immensely helpful throughout your mindfulness challenge – it will keep you anchored in your intention for doing the challenge in the first place. Meditation and mindfulness go hand in hand, so it will also help you cultivate mindfulness.
To get started, find a nice quiet place and a comfortable seat (in a chair with a straight spine, or cross-legged on the floor) and close your eyes.
Focus your attention on your breath. Feel the breath as it goes in and out of your lungs. Stay in touch with the different sensations during this process. Don't try to alter it in any way. Just breathe as you normally would.
It is inevitable that your mind will wander. Don't panic! Relax, and try to bring your thoughts back to what you were focusing on. Recollect them without criticizing yourself. Being mindful of your thoughts is the sole purpose of this mindful meditation!
In time, your mind will eventually become calm like a still pond. You will feel serenity within. With each passing day, you will be one step closer to inner calm as you proceed on your journey. Try this every day for 30 days during your mindfulness challenge and see if you feel a difference in your general sense of well-being.
Instill healthy habits in your friends and family who are interested in your journey by encouraging them to take part! Then, you can compare your progress with each other to foster a spirit of community and a sense of being supported that will propel you towards success.
Completing your own 30-day mindfulness challenge will require discipline, commitment, focus and sacrifice. It won't guarantee that you have a mindfulness habit for life, because you can fall out of good habits just as easily as you fall into bad ones. However, it will be a step in the right direction. So take the leap, start a 30-day mindfulness challenge, and enjoy the journey to connecting with your spirituality.
Have you done a mindfulness challenge? We'd love to hear about your experience! Are you considering doing one for the first time? Share your questions, comments, and concerns in the comments below so we can take part in and support your journey. |
Over 1.5 billion people regularly use Facebook.
And as the social network has grown, the rate at which Facebook shares news, and releases new features and products has accelerated.
It can be a little hard to keep up sometimes.
With this in mind, I'd love to share 11 Facebook tips, tricks, and facts with you.
This post will give you plenty of great stuff to help you get the most out of and better understand Facebook. From why you get shown certain ads and which types of posts get the most engagement, to how closely connected you everyone else on the planet and much, much more.
Have you ever seen a random ad appear in your timeline and wondered why Facebook is showing it to you?
It probably has something to do with your Advert Preferences – a selection of topics Facebook believes you're interested in based on your profile, Pages you like or engage with, ads you click on and apps and websites you use.
It's super interesting to understand more about what topics Facebook believes you're interested in and within your Facebook settings, you can view and even edit these preferences.
A Buzzsumo study of over 1 billion Facebook posts from 3 million brand pages found that images posted to Facebook via Instagram receive more engagement than natively published images.
This is particularly interesting, as often, cross posting from one platform to another results in less engagement (native Facebook video vs. embedding a YouTube video on Facebook, for example).
However, with Instagram being owned by Facebook, there could be some benefits for Facebook by making posts from Instagram more visible in the timeline.
Six degrees of separation is the theory that everyone in the world is six or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person. However, thanks to social media, it appears the six degrees are now shrinking.
Each person in the world (at least among the 1.59 billion people active on Facebook) is connected to every other person by an average of three and a half other people.
This highlights how social media, and Facebook, in particular, is making us more connected. You can find out more about this and find your degrees of separation over at the Facebook research blog.
Almost everyone who uses Facebook has lots of information, content and memories stored within the social network.
Pro tip: The data that you download from Facebook contains a lot of sensitive information like inbox messages, photos and more. It could be a good idea to keep it all saved in a safe location.
For a full list of what's included when you download your information, check out this page on the Facebook Help Center.
Buzzsumo's study of over 1 billion Facebook posts discovered that posts on Facebook that include a hashtag receive less engagement than those without hashtags.
Hashtags have become a default way to categorize content across Twitter and Instagram, but not made much impact on Facebook. Do you ever use hashtags on Facebook? I'd love to hear your experience in the comments below this post.
Often, when I browse my Facebook Newsfeed, I spot something that grabs my attention but don't immediately have time to read a post or watch a video.
Facebook now boasts more than 1.5 billion users, more than 1 billion of which use the service daily.
What's even more interesting is that nearly half, around 46%, of Facebook's users never log in to the desktop site and use Facebook only on mobile devices.
Will we soon hit the tipping point where the majority of Facebook users are mobile-only? VentureBeat predicts that we could reach that landmark at some time in 2016.
I find this one is extremely helpful. My calendar is like my personal assistant, and I use it to plan and organize both my work and social schedules.
Once you've copied the URL, open up Google Calendar and on the left-hand side you'll see an option called 'Other Calendars.' Click on the drop down next to 'Other Calendars' and choose "Add by URL" as shown below.
Once the lightbox opens up, insert the URL you copied from Facebook and your Facebook events will now sync with Google Calendar.
Video has become an excellent way to reach and engage your audience on Facebook.
If your brand uploads a lot of video content to Facebook, there's a useful Video Library feature that gives you a list of all the videos you've uploaded as well as multiple ways to filter them.
This is a great way to filter through all of your Facebook videos and discover your most successful content at a glance. You could consider re-sharing some of your most highly viewed content or using it as a blueprint for future video posts.
2015 was a huge year for Facebook Messenger and the app now has over 800 million monthly active users.
On Facebook's Newsroom, David Marcus, VP of Messaging Products at Facebook explains that the Messenger team's mission is to "make Messenger the best place to communicate with all the people and businesses in the world.
As Messenger, and more private social media and communication platforms boom, it feels like social media is becoming a little less about sharing our lives publicly, and more about connecting on a personal level with the people closest to us.
In their Digital in 2016 report, We Are Social note that they're seeing an increased number of 'private' accounts on Instagram too, again backing up the feeling that social media is heading in a more private direction.
As marketers, this could also lead to a shift in the way we approach social media. Moving more towards value-led marketing that helps enhance customer experience and generate more favorable mentions and recommendations between individuals.
To succeed in this more personal social media environment, we need to get better at listening to individuals. Not just using social media as a way to share and promote marketing messages and campaigns. |
PM warned of toxic results if funding bonds are broken
Synthetic organic chemists and mathematicians appeal to Cameron over cuts. Paul Jump writes
Paul Jump
Twitter: @PaulJump
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Keep it coming: researchers do not want synthetic organic chemistry to be cut
Researchers in two subject areas funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council have written to the prime minister to warn about the damage recent changes to the council's funding processes could do to their fields.
In July, the EPSRC announced its first decisions on whether to increase, maintain or reduce funding for the subjects in its portfolio as part of its efforts to "shape capability".
Among the subjects slated for reduction is synthetic organic chemistry. However, a group of nearly 30 researchers has written to David Cameron to warn that the cuts will undermine their work and "seriously injure an invaluable section of the UK economy".
The letter, organised by Anthony Barrett, professor of chemistry at Imperial College London, is backed by a statement of support signed by more than 100 scientists, including several Nobel prizewinners.
In response, David Delpy, chief executive of the EPSRC, has written to Professor Barrett to assure him that the cuts will be gradual and not "dramatic". His letter says the pressures on the EPSRC's budget mean a recent "spike" in funding for the discipline cannot be maintained without "damaging other important areas of the research base".
"I am sure that all of us would like to see the strongest possible UK research base...It is vital that we work together to achieve this and to demonstrate the importance of future funding for research," he says.
The EPSRC also announced last month that it is to merge its fellowship schemes and confine applications to priority areas.
Frank Kelly, chair of the Council for the Mathematical Sciences, has written to Mr Cameron to protest against the restriction of mathematics applications to researchers working in statistics and applied probability.
Professor Kelly, who is also professor of the mathematics of systems and master of Christ's College, Cambridge, says the changes have been introduced "with no warning" and would cut off one of the few sources of postdoctoral support in maths.
"Fellowships at the postdoctoral level provide a rare opportunity for the future leaders of the discipline to develop independently, and the loss of these fellowships to the general area of mathematical sciences will hit the best young mathematicians disproportionately," he writes.
A spokesman for the EPSRC said it would maintain overall funding levels for maths fellowships over the current spending period and intended to invite applications in more areas later this year.
But he noted that funding for statistics and applied probability had been highlighted as a priority in the recent EPSRC-commissioned International Review of Mathematical Sciences.
"The EPSRC did not support any postdoctoral research fellows in statistics and applied probability between 2005 and 2009. Focusing investment strategically in this area offers the chance to make a clear difference," he said.
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Due to my background and travels, a lot of educators will ask me about character education / discipline management programs. Which ones work best, which one to avoid, etc.?
There are lots of good ones out there. Personally, I endorse Girls and Boys Town. Girls and Boys Town is to discipline management what Benjamin Bloom and Madeline Hunter are to instruction. Everything else is a derivative of the original breakthrough thinking and practice.
That being said, it really doesn't matter which fundamentally sound program you pick. Success and failure isn't based on the program. It is based on you.
If the program your select is implemented with full fidelity by every adult on the campus, it will work.
Every modification (no matter how logical) and every adult who opts out, "My kids behave just fine, I don't need a program," increases the both the speed and inevitability of failure. But it is not program failure, it is implementation failure. And implementation failure is leadership failure. |
Here are some of my suggestions for getting the most out of a program evaluation you do on yourself.
Do not be afraid Your internal evaluation is an opportunity, not a slug-fest. It should be non-judgmental, but to the best you can, it should be deeply honest. And let me add this caveat: if your tendency is to be self-critical, then your honesty needs to include, "This is what I did really well." If your tendency is to let things slide, then your honesty needs to admit where things did not go well – and if you need to take any ownership when they did not. But I know you spiritual formation types. You're more likely going to blame yourself. I say again, be brutally honest about the times when you were awesome! It's required.
Listen to feedback If you have done an evaluation or feedback form, review what has been said. Be grateful for the people who are willing to offer their critique. Listen with care and an open heart and mind. Sit with it for a bit before reacting. Note especially where more than one person offers the same feedback. Don't do anything about it yet! Just note that it's there. You need to do some digging first.
What evidence do we have that people learned/grew/were changed by this program?
Ask yourself "what impact did this program have?" It's easy to count how many people attend, how many are confirmed, how many classes you have, and how many volunteers participated. What's trickier is measuring how did this actually change people's lives? Because, to be deeply honest, if we've offered programs that have had no impact on people, the question arises, should we keep doing this? And if we don't, what should we do instead? On the other hand, the program may have had an impact we didn't expect and outside our immediate view. As we know, spiritual formation changes the lives people lead day to day, and that may be trickier to see. So think about this carefully, knowing that there are some things we may not immediately see. In fact (as I think of it), be sure to think about programs you offered over a year ago to see what has happened since then.
Ask yourself "what are we going to change?" Be sure not to start with this! Do not start with "how it's going to be better next year" until you've done a good bit of reflection and evaluation. But once you have a good sense of what you've done in the past, then do ask how you want to change in the future. I repeat: Do not be afraid. Yes, you can tweak things to improve them, but you can also make large changes. For example: Do we really want to offer Sunday School? (Oh, did I say that out loud?) The point being, you can float radical ideas even if you don't plan to implement them right away. If you're basing them on feedback, information, data, and evaluation, don't be afraid to put big changes on the table.
Follow through If you've made plans to change programs or offerings in the coming year, or you've seen areas where you want to improve, make sure to actually do the things you've decided to do. The summer is a dangerous time where plans are lost in the sands of a long hiatus, so set things up right away to ensure changes can be made when you launch again in the fall.
I'll say again, evaluating your program is a great opportunity to celebrate successes that may have been invisible in the day to day tasks, and to acknowledge ways in which things can be better. But I hope you realize that the work of spiritual formation is more than just classes and programs; it's about transforming lives, opening people to the love of God in their lives and their place in God's kingdom. |
Q: How to calculate MAX(SUM()) in postgresql in particular to query below I am trying to get MAX(SUM()) in PostgreSQL, which is not possible directly in PostgreSQL. I am trying to get the result by any method, but unable to get the desired result. My table is like this -
CREATE TABLE user_transactions (
id integer NOT NULL,
user_id bigint,
credit_rupee numeric,
created_at timestamp without time zone,
);
This is sample data
id credit_rupee user_id date
1 30 72873 2015-03-25
2 10 76296 2015-03-25
3 3 73130 2015-03-26
4 2 73142 2015-03-26
5 8.44 73145 2015-03-26
6 2 72911 2015-03-26
7 5 73158 2015-03-26
8 10 73067 2015-03-26
9 2 76296 2015-03-26
10 1 76296 2015-03-27
11 5.5 73042 2015-03-27
12 2 73042 2015-03-27
In this i want to get the user with highest sum of credit_rupee for a particular day.
The result i want is
user_id max date
72873 30 2015-03-25
73067 10 2015-03-26
73042 5.5 2015-03-27
The problem is i cannot select all three user_id,max(),date without GROUP BY date and user_id which makes it difficult to arrive at the result mentioned above.
i have tried many combinations like
SELECT MAX(sum),user_id,date FROM(
SELECT SUM(credit_rupee),user_id,DATE(created_at) FROM user_transactions
GROUP BY user_id,DATE(created_at)
ORDER BY DATE(created_at)) as m
GROUP BY date ORDER BY date;
SELECT DISTINCT(user_id),max,date from(
SELECT MAX(sum),user_id,date FROM(
SELECT SUM(credit_rupee),user_id,DATE(created_at) FROM user_transactions
GROUP BY user_id,DATE(created_at) ORDER BY DATE(created_at)) as m
GROUP BY DATE,user_id ORDER BY date) as x
GROUP BY date,user_id
Etc., But no matter however tried unable to get the result which i wanted.
Can anybody help me how to arrive at the result?
Thanks
A: This query will give you exactly what you want:
SELECT user_id,
credit_rupee,
created_at from
(SELECT
rank() OVER (PARTITION BY created_at ORDER BY credit_rupee DESC) AS rank,
user_id, credit_rupee, created_at
FROM user_transactions ) sq
WHERE rank=1;
A: Aggregate in a subquery and use distinct on in the outer:
select distinct on (1, 2)
date, user_id, credit_ruppe
from (
select user_id, date, sum(credit_ruppe) as credit_ruppe
from sample s
group by 1, 2
) s
order by date, user_id, credit_ruppe desc
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-select.html#SQL-DISTINCT
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Kate Chopin: "A Point at Issue!"
"A Point at Issue!" is Kate Chopin's short story about a young couple who test their marriage commitment by living for a year on different continents.
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Kate Chopin's "A Point at Issue!" online and in print
You can read the story online, although if you're citing a passage for research purposes, you should check your citation against one of these accurate printed texts.
In print you can find "A Point at Issue!" in The Complete Works of Kate Chopin and in the Library of America Kate Chopin volume, as well as in other paperback and hardcover books. For publication information about these books, see the section "For students and scholars" near the bottom of this page.
"A Point at Issue!" characters
Eleanor Gail
Charles Faraday
Professor Beaton, Mrs. Beaton, Margaret Beaton, and Kitty Beaton
M. and Mme. Clairegobeau
"Monsieur l'Artiste"
"A Point at Issue!" time and place
The story takes place in an American town called Plymdale (a town with a university), and in Paris, France, in the late nineteenth century.
"A Point at Issue!" themes
The story, as we explain in the questions and answers below, focuses on characters seeking to build a marriage that lets them find balance in their lives, that lets them bond with a partner while maintaining their individuality. Other readers find different subjects and themes in the story.
You can read about finding themes in Kate Chopin's stories and novels on the Themes page of this site.
When Kate Chopin's "A Point at Issue!" was written and published
The story was written in August of 1889, very early in Chopin's writing career. It was first published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch on October 27, 1889 (it was Kate Chopin's second published story) and was subtitled "A Story of Love and Reason in Which Love Triumphs." The subtitle was apparently added by the newspaper's editor.
You can find out when Kate Chopin wrote each of her short stories and when and where each was first published.
Questions and answers about "A Point at Issue!"
Q: I've read The Awakening and At Fault and have been reading Chopin's short stories in the order you have them listed on this site. I thought I was getting a sense for what to expect. But "A Point at Issue!" feels so different from the Chopin I know. How is this story related to everything else she wrote?
A: This is an early story. The difference in feeling you're responding to may be partly a difference in the characters and the setting and, therefore, the language of "A Point at Issue!" Most of Chopin's better-known characters are Creoles or Acadians, many of her famous stories are set in Louisiana, and much of the fiction we associate with her includes Creole and French dialectal expressions.
But Chopin sometimes offers us characters who are not Creole or Acadian (David Hosmer in At Fault), she sometimes sets her stories in other American places ("The Story of an Hour") or in Paris ("Lilacs"), and she sometimes avoids regional dialects ("A Pair of Silk Stockings").
Yet, different as it may feel, "A Point at Issue!" may be helpful in understanding what Chopin was thinking about as she began her writing career. Like several works she included in Bayou Folk, her first collection of short stories, this piece focuses on characters seeking to build a marriage that lets them find balance in their lives, that lets them bond with a partner while maintaining their individuality.
As the story reads, Eleanor and Charles were each "to remain a free integral of humanity, responsible to no dominating exactions of so-called marriage laws." It is achieving exactly such a life that characters–women especially–struggle with in many of Chopin's later works.
Q: Is the point of this story that Eleanor is not strong enough to get what she wants? Is that why she goes running back to her husband?
A: Eleanor and Charles are both fearful that their spouses have been unfaithful. Eleanor admits to the fact. Charles, as Chopin tells us, in "man's usual inconsistency," has "quite forgotten" his own jealousy.
"The element that was to make possible" the union between Eleanor and Charles, Chopin writes, "was trust in each other's love, honor, courtesy, tempered by the reserving clause of readiness to meet the consequences of reciprocal liberty." In a way, then, both partners have been less than fully ready to "meet the consequences of reciprocal liberty." If Eleanor is, as you phrase it, "not strong enough to get what she wants," then neither is Charles.
To be sure, Eleanor has other reasons for returning to the States. She has, after all, accomplished what she set out to do in Paris.
You can read more questions and answers about Kate Chopin and her work, and you can contact us with your questions.
Accurate texts of "A Point at Issue!"
The Complete Works of Kate Chopin. Edited by Per Seyersted. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 1969, 2006.
Kate Chopin: Complete Novels and Stories. Edited by Sandra Gilbert. New York: Library of America, 2002.
A recent article that discusses "A Point at Issue!"
Despain, Max and Thomas Bonner, Jr. "Shoulder to Wings: The Provenance of Winged Imagery from Kate Chopin's Juvenilia Through The Awakening." Xavier Review 25.2 (2005): 49-64.
Selected books that discuss Kate Chopin's short stories
Koloski, Bernard, ed. Awakenings: The Story of the Kate Chopin Revival Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2009.
Robert L. Gale. Characters and Plots in the Fiction of Kate Chopin Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2009.
Beer, Janet, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Kate Chopin Cambridge, England: Cambridge UP, 2008.
Ostman, Heather, ed. Kate Chopin in the Twenty-First Century: New Critical Essays Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars, 2008.
Arima, Hiroko. Beyond and Alone!: The Theme of Isolation in Selected Short Fiction of Kate Chopin, Katherine Anne Porter, and Eudora Welty Lanham, MD: UP of America, 2006.
Beer, Janet. Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton and Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Studies in Short Fiction New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Stein, Allen F. Women and Autonomy in Kate Chopin's Short Fiction New York: Peter Lang, 2005.
Walker, Nancy A. Kate Chopin: A Literary Life Basingstoke, England: Palgrave, 2001.
Koloski, Bernard. "Introduction" Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie by Kate Chopin New York: Penguin, 1999.
Toth, Emily. Unveiling Kate Chopin Jackson: UP of Mississippi, 1999.
Koloski, Bernard. Kate Chopin: A Study of the Short Fiction New York: Twayne, 1996.
Petry, Alice Hall (ed.), Critical Essays on Kate Chopin New York: G. K. Hall, 1996.
Boren, Lynda S. and Sara deSaussure Davis (eds.), Kate Chopin Reconsidered: Beyond the Bayou Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 1992.
Perspectives on KateChopin: Proceedings from the Kate Chopin International Conference, April 6, 7, 8, 1989 Natchitoches, LA: Northwestern State UP, 1992.
Toth, Emily. "Introduction" A Vocation and a Voice New York: Penguin, 1991.
Papke, Mary E. Verging on the Abyss: The Social Fiction of Kate Chopin and Edith Wharton New York: Greenwood, 1990.
Toth, Emily. Kate Chopin. New York: Morrow, 1990.
Elfenbein , Anna Shannon. Women on the Color Line: Evolving Stereotypes and the Writings of George Washington Cable, Grace King, Kate Chopin Charlottesville: UP of Virginia, 1989.
Taylor, Helen. Gender, Race, and Region in the Writings of Grace King, Ruth McEnery Stuart, and Kate Chopin Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 1989.
Bonner, Thomas Jr., The Kate Chopin Companion New York: Greenwood, 1988.
Bloom, Harold (ed.), Kate Chopin New York: Chelsea, 1987.
Ewell, Barbara C. Kate Chopin New York: Ungar, 1986.
Skaggs, Peggy. Kate Chopin Boston: Twayne, 1985.
Seyersted, Per. Kate Chopin: A Critical Biography Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 1969.
Quinn, Arthur Hobson. American Fiction: An Historical and Critical Survey New York: Appleton-Century, 1936.
Rankin, Daniel, Kate Chopin and Her Creole Stories Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 1932. |
Who could Arsenal face in the Europa League group-stage draw?
Arsenal will find out their Europa League group-stage opponents when the draw is made on Friday.
The Gunners, preparing for their first European campaign outside the Champions League since 1999/2000, could be joined in the hat by Everton, who hold a 2-0 lead over Hajduk Split ahead of Thursday's play-off round second-leg tie.
The group stage draw takes place in Monaco on Friday at midday – here's what else you need to know…
How does the draw work?
It will comprise 48 teams, with 16 entering the competition at this stage, 22 progressing from the Europa League play-off round and 10 dropping down from the Champions League play-off round following elimination.
The 48 entrants are split into four seeding pots based on their club coefficients, with each of the eventual 12 groups to contain one team from each seeding tier.
No team can play a club from their own association – so Everton and Arsenal cannot be in the same group – with the exact draw procedure confirmed before Friday's ceremony.
Who's in the hat?
Arsenal are one of 16 teams to have qualified automatically for the group stage.
Those clubs have been joined by 10 teams eliminated from the Champions League at the play-off round.
That includes Mario Balotelli's Nice and Bundesliga side Hoffenheim, who were knocked out of the Champions League by Liverpool.
The 22 winning clubs from the Europa League play-off round will then complete the list of 48 group-stage participants.
Who could Arsenal, Everton face?
Should Everton reach the group stage, they would be kept apart from Arsenal in the draw.
The Gunners hold the highest coefficient ranking (105.192) making them a top seed.
Villarreal, Lazio and Lyon are also top seeds so Arsenal will avoid these teams. That means no Lyon reunion for Arsenal's club-record signing Alexandre Lacazette, although the two sides could face each other in the knockout rounds should they qualify.
The remaining top seeds will be confirmed after Thursday's second-leg ties.
But Arsenal could face Eredivisie side Vitesse, who have several Chelsea players on loan including Mason Mount, Charlie Colkett and Matt Miazga.
Who's likely to qualify?
Everton are in a strong position in their play-off tie having beaten Hadjuk Split 2-0 at Goodison Park in the first leg, with the return leg on Thursday night.
Serie A giants AC Milan should also advance after their 6-0 first-leg win over Shkendija, while Marseille, Ajax and Zenit St-Petersburg have work to do to avoid elimination.
Here's the state of play in the Europa League play-off second-leg ties ahead of Thursday's games… |
The FILMART is organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and takes place every March at the huge Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The market maintains its significance as hub for sales to many important countries in Asia and is regarded as a bridge between the East and the West, providing for business access to Mainland China. Exhibitors and visitors from Hong Kong, Mainland China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand, amongst others are regulars.
Participation at the Stand is limited and will be handled on a "first come, first served" basis. According to the rented space, a certain number of companies which register with EFP receive an exhibitor's badge. Further companies receive a visitor's badge and will NOT be listed in the Exhibitor's Guide of the FILMART. These FILMART regulations are not negotiable.
The FILMART offers *market screenings for European films which have to be booked with the market directly: click here.
European worlds sales companies may also receive Film Sales Support (FSS) from EFP for the marketing of a maximum of two European films at the FILMART which covers 50% of their costs in relation to the marketing campaign and travel (economy ticket). |
Fernish steps into brick and mortar
Fernish
Caroline Jansen @jansen_caroline
Fernish, a direct-to-consumer furniture subscription service, has teamed up with Alliance Residential to create showrooms.
The company has already unveiled six showrooms, four in Los Angeles and two in Seattle, and has plans to open two to three additional ones in the next 10 days, Michael Barlow, the company's co-founder and CEO, told Retail Dive in an interview.
Fernish said it is looking to expand outside of its current markets, although no specific plans have been shared. But, Barlow confirmed in an email to Retail Dive that the partnership opens national opportunities because Alliance has "a presence in multiple metros across the US."
Fernish's latest announcement to move into brick and mortar may be taking a page from many direct-to-consumer brands' playbooks.
Casper in 2017 formed a partnership with Target to begin selling its products in stores, and a year later launched pop-ups in select Nordstrom stores. In February last year, the company opened its first standalone store in New York, and announced plans to open 200 stores across North America.
But perhaps Fernish's move more closely resembles that of Burrow, which in addition to its two standalone New York showrooms, Burrow House and The Local, has partnered with retail stores, coffee shops and co-working spaces to feature its furniture, according to the company's website.
"Showrooms are a win/win as they allow Fernish to utilize our expertise in digital marketing along with our growing young professional customer base — and pair that with our multifamily partners' physical spaces in their communities — to create a holistic potential customer and resident experience," Barlow said in an email to Retail Dive.
Partnering with real estate companies allows consumers to see what Fernish pieces would look like in a space that could potentially become a home. Fernish offers a number of brands through its subscription service, including Crate&Barrel, CB2, Floyd, Campaign and Alder & Tweed.
"Fernish Showrooms are a great example of how our service sits at the intersection of disruptive retail and real estate," Barlow said. "We're excited to continue working with our partners like Alliance Residential to continue to expand this feature."
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The Wabash Trilogy
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William J. Palmer
978-1-60235-164-6 ($25.00); 978-1-60235-168-4 (PDF, $14.99) © 2010 by William J. Palmer. 625 pages
The Wabash Trilogy includes three new novels by William J. Palmer: The Wabash Baseball Blues, The Redneck Mafia, and Civic Theater. Each novel shows Palmer at his most poignant and hilarious as he tracks his characters through the tragicomedy of life in the Midwest.
Reviews of William J. Palmer's "Mr. Dickens" novels . . .
And fun it is when William J. Palmer sends Charles Dickens into bawdy Mayfair in The Detective and Mr. Dickens. —New York Times Book Review
But even if you are not a mystery buff, you will enjoy The Detective and Mr. Dickens. . . . The book, a result of both imagination and expertise, is a multifaceted jewel. . . . If it doesn't revive your interest in Dickens' novels, it will at least provide you with the pleasure of a good mystery. —San Diego Magazine
The brightest star on the 1990 gift list . . . It is an informative, entertaining, and thoroughly exciting tale . . . and, happily, there is more to come in what could be a great new series. —St. Louis Post Dispatch
Amazingly entertaining, suspenseful reading for both mystery aficionados and literature lovers. —Booklist
It will delight fans of Victorian London in general, and of Charles Dickens in particular . . . The novel, with elegant literary flair, provides a satisfying blend of scholarship and imagination. —Chicago Sun Times
You will yearn for Palmer's next installment. —Indianapolis News
We always talk about "escaping" into a good mystery. The phrase was never more apt than in the case of The Detective and Mr. Dickens and its sequel, The Highwayman and Mr. Dickens. —Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
William J. Palmer is the author of the "Mr. Dickens" series of Victorian murder mysteries which have been selections of The Literary Guild, The Book of the Month Club, The Mystery Guild and The Doubleday Book Club. Two of these novels have also been optioned for feature film production. He has also written books on film history and novel criticism. He is a professor in the English Department at Purdue University and lives in West Lafayette, Indiana, in close proximity to the Wabash River. |
De Staatsbibliotheek Bamberg (Duits: Staatsbibliothek Bamberg) is een algemene, regionale en wetenschappelijke bibliotheek met het zwaartepunt op de geesteswetenschappen. De bibliotheek is ondergebracht in de Neue Residenz aan het Domplein. De Vrijstaat Beieren is verantwoordelijk voor de bibliotheek.
Overzicht
De Staatsbibliotheek Bamberg verzorgt de stad Bamberg en de regio Opper-Franken met literatuur voor onderzoek, beroep en onderwijs. De historisch gegroeide collecties met meer dan 500.000 banden worden voortdurend aangevuld met aanwinsten in alle vakgebieden. Zwaartepunten zijn de geschiedenis en de geografie van (Opper-)Franken, kunstgeschiedenis, handschriftenkunde en boekwetenschap.
In alle aspecten van het bibliotheekwezen werkt de Staatsbibliotheek samen met de Universiteitsbibliotheek Bamberg.
Een van de regionale taken van de bibliotheek is het verwerven van materiaal van en over personen, die met de regio Opper-Franken door hun geboorte of door hun werk verbonden zijn.
Bovendien bewaart de bibliotheek de wettelijk verplichte exemplaren voor de regio Opper-Franken. Dat betekent dat de bibliotheek een kopie van elk boek ontvangt, dat in Opper-Franken gepubliceerd wordt. Bovendien wordt een lopende een volledige bibliografie van de regio bijgehouden.
De bibliotheek bewaart ook de collecties boeken van het Historisch Vereniging te Bamberg, het Natuurkundig Gezelschap te Bamberg, de Kunstvereniging Bamberg, de E.T.A. Hoffmann-Gesellschaft en de afdeling Bamberg van de Frankenbund.
De reputatie van de bibliotheek als internationaal gerenommeerd wetenschappelijke bibliotheek berust op haar uitgebreide handschriftenarchief. Deze collectie gaat terug tot Keizer Hendrik II, die het bisdom Bamberg in 1007 gesticht heeft. Drie van deze handschriften werden opgenomen in het UNESCO-register Memory of the World:
De Bambergse Apocalyps (Duits: Bamberger Apokalypse; Msc.Bibl.140),
Het Commentaar op het Hooglied, op de Spreuken van Salomon en Daniël (Duits: Kommentar zum Hohen Lied, zu den Sprüchen Salomos und zum Buch Daniel; Msc.Bibl.22) en
De Pharmacopoeia uit Lorsch (Duits: Lorscher Arzneibuch; Msc.Med.1).
Collectie in cijfers
566.000 banden
80.000 prenten en foto's
3.600 incunabelen (wiegendrukken)
6.400 handschriften en autografen (daarvan 1.000 middeleeuwse handschriften)
1.650 lopende tijdschriften
Geschiedenis
De kern van de collectie gaat terug tot Keizer Hendrik II, die het bisdom Bamberg 1007 gesticht heeft. Onder zijn donaties aan de kathedraal van Bamberg bevonden zich vele handschriften van grote waarde, die hij of zijn voorgangers verzameld of in opdracht gegeven hadden. Zo kamen handschriften uit verschillende religieuze centra van de westelijke wereld naar Bamberg. Later werden daar talrijke boeken geschreven en geïllustreerd, vooral in de 12e eeuw door de benedictijner monniken van de abdij Michaelsberg.
In Bamberg werden voor het eerste gedrukte, Duitstalige boeken met houtsneden geïllustreerd. Hoewel de Staatsbibliotheek Bamberg alleen fragmenten uit de vroegste drukperiode in Bamberg bezit, toont de collectie van incunabelen de grote omvang van de boekproductie in de 15e eeuw.
De handschriften en gedrukte boeken in de kloosters van de stad en het bisdom Bamberg kwamen na de opheffing van die kloosters in de jaren 1802–1803 in het bezit van de Keurvorstendom Beieren. Ze kwamen terecht in een openbare bibliotheek en werden met de bibliotheek van de oude universiteit van Bamberg samengevoegd, die in 1648 als een seminarie van de Jezuïeten werd opgericht. Dat seminarie is inmiddels gesloten. In de loop van de 19e eeuw werd de bibliotheek verrijkt door schenkingen zoals die van de collectie van Joseph Heller, die 80.000 prenten en tekeningen omvat. In onze tijd ontstond een archief met materiaal van en over Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, met daarbij een speciale collectie met alba amicorum uit de 18e en 19e eeuw.
Gebouw
De Staatsbibliotheek Bamberg is gehuisvest in de oostvleugel van de Neue Residenz, die van 1697 tot 1703 door Johann Leonhard Dientzenhofer in opdracht van prins-bisschop Lothar Franz von Schönborn gebouwd werd. Oorspronkelijk was het bestuur van het bisdom in deze vleugel gevestigd.
De zogenaamde Dominikanerräume zijn een deel van de museale ruimtes, die voor het publiek niet toegankelijk zijn. Zij zijn genoemd naar de boekenkasten uit het Dominicanenklooster te Bamberg, die men tijdens de secularisatie (de periode van de opheffing van de kloosters in de vroege 19e eeuw) naar de bibliotheek gebracht heeft, nadat het klooster was opgeheven.
Het Vierzehnheiligen-Paviljoen op de derde verdieping, dat ook tot de museale ruimtes behoort, was de bibliotheek van de prins-bisschop van Bamberg. Sinds 1978 dient de voormalige wijnkelder als magazijn van de bibliotheek. In de entree wordt kostbaar glas in lood uit de 16e en 17e eeuw tentoongesteld, die de kunsthistoricus en verzamelaar Joseph Heller als legaat aan de bibliotheek nagelaten heeft. Vanuit de entreehal kan de leeszaal bereikt worden. Vroeger diende deze zaal als audiëntiezaal en zomerverblijf van de prins-bisschop. Vanuit de leeszaal is er een mooi uitzicht over de rozentuin, die ook in opdracht van Lothar Franz von Schönborn aangelegd werd. Tijdens de tentoonstellingen, die meerdere keren per jaar plaatsvinden, kunnen de Sternengewölbe en de voormalig tuinzaal – of Scagliolasaal – bezocht worden.
Externe links
Officiële website van de Staatsbibliotheek Bamberg
Officiële website van de Staatsbibliotheek Bamberg
Catalogus van de Staatsbibliotheek Bamberg
Catalogus van de Staatsbibliotheek Bamberg
Handschriften van keizer Hendrik II: digitale collecties van de handschriften, die uit de tijd van Hendrik II stammen
Handschriften van keizer Hendrik II: digitale collecties van de handschriften, die uit de tijd van Hendrik II stammen
Schatten uit de Staatsbibliotheek Bamberg: digitale collecties van zeldzame boeken, handschriften en prenten
Bibliotheek in Duitsland
Cultuur in Beieren
Bouwwerk in Beieren
Bamberg |
#GivingTuesday Matters to Mary PUPpins!
GDRNT has had almost $8,000 in Emergency expenses between Trent and Mary PUPpins. To date we have raised a little over $1,000 to replenish our Emergency Fund. This is on top of our normal veterinary expenses that typically run $3,000 to $7,000 a month our emergency fund is to cover those weekend and late night Emergency Veterinary Bills. That is with generous discounts from our veterinary teams.
Mary PUPpins doesn't need a spoonful of sugar for her medicine because she is recovering so very well! Mary came to us as medical emergency from a local shelter that knew rescue could get her the expensive care that she needed. Mary PUPpins needed a few day in the Emergency Veterinary Hopsital to get on the road to recovery. We are pleased to say Mary PUPpins is doing great but our Emergency Fund no so much.
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Great Dane Rescue of North Texas has a lot to be thankful for this year. Even in loosing Trent we have found great support from our friends, donors, fosters and volunteers. While we are grateful for all of you we want to use this as a reminder of some basic pet safety and planning for an emergency with your pet.
Stop. Stop right now and look up the closest 24 hour and after hour veterinary clinic to your home. Not even kidding. In the panic you will be lucky to find your car keys. So find it and pre program the phone and address in your phone.... or just write it someplace you can find it fast.
Once you are there.. do you have a way to pay for emergency services? Most ER/After hour clinics require payment up front. Have an emergency savings or credit card to cover emergency expenses.
Better yet.. Help prevent trips to the ER by minimizing the most common ricks!
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Exactly one week Trent stayed with GDRNT before he went running healthy at the bridge.
It is a wrap and with outmatching funds we busted our goal with over $8,019 in individual donations and $3,500 in matching funds we totaled over $11,500!
A huge thank you to everyone who donated to GDRNT and participated in #NTXGiving!
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What Has Trinity so Excited? NTXGiving PUPdate!
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This one was difficult for me to write.. so hope I do it justice.
I do not remember when I first met Doris, she was just always fully present. A soft spoken strong woman/grandmother with great love for her family, friends, rescue and Pearl Jam. Her passing was not only personal loss for a lot of us but also a tremendous loss for GDRNT. |
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Columbus mill fined $122,500 by OSHA
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A Columbus grain facility has been slapped with a stiff fine after investigators recorded several violations during an inspection last fall.
The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Madison area office cited Duffy Grain for two willful and six serious safety violations, totaling $122,500 in penalities. In addition, the company has been placed in the government agency's 'Severe Violator Enforcement Program.'
OSHA inspectors were sent to the mill in September 2015 after receiving a complaint accusing the company of unsafe working conditions.
According to OSHA officials, inspectors observed a worker at risk of being engulfed in grain and entangled by operating augers as they cleaned storage bins.
'Sending workers into a grain bin with the auger moving is extremely dangerous,' said Ann Grevenkamp, OSHA's area director in Madison in a news release. 'Duffy Grain knows the precautions that needed to be taken to protect its workers, but failed in their responsibility to follow them. Someone's life and well-being should never be the cost of doing business.'
Grevenkamp says it takes just two to three seconds for flowing grain to trap a worker in a grain storage bin. Sixty seconds later, hundreds of pounds of grain can submerge and smother them.
'When it happens, more than half the time workers die by suffocation,' Grevenkamp said.
Federal safety investigators found workers faced with this and other dangers at Duffy Grain's Columbus facility when they toured the site in 2015.
The program focuses on the grain and feed industry's six major hazards: engulfment, falls, auger entanglement, 'struck by,' combustible dust explosions and electrocution hazards.
Inspectors found the following violations:
· The sweep auger and conveyer were operating when employees entered bins.
· Pulleys on augers and horizontal belts lacked guarding to prevent workers from coming in contact with operating parts.
· Observers did not monitor worker while they were inside the grain bin nor issue entry permits as required by confined space regulations.
· Respiratory hazards.
· Body harnesses with lifelines were not provided when employees entered grain bins.
· Equipment suitable for grain bin rescue was not available.
· Atmosphere inside of grain bins for not tested for air quality.
Duffy Grain Inc. operates grain elevators in Columbus and Marshall. Established in 1928, the company also includes a trucking company.
The company has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA's area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. For more information, visit www.osha.gov. |
The four-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic may have gone out of this year's tournament, but he remains an inspiration to one of Britain's up-and-coming young players.
Scott Clayton, UK under-18 champion in 2012, was a practice partner for the world number two at the World Tour Finals, which the Serb won, in London last November.
The teenager's ambition is to achieve similar greatness but a racquet and tennis balls are currently all that the two players have in common, however.
Djokovic has earned more than £23m ($38m) in prize money in just three years. Last month he hired the former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker as his coach.
Clayton, by contrast, is struggling to make ends meet on the Futures circuit, the third tier of the men's professional game, despite continued financial support from his parents.
"I'm not breaking even at all," the 19-year-old says.
"You go to tournaments trying to get ranking points and win money but it's tough," he says in the MCTA/Team Bath tennis academy, situated at the city's university, where he trains full-time.
"You're getting a lot out of it on the court. But money-wise, no, not really."
Clayton's coach is 27-year-old Jamie Feaver, for whom tennis runs in the family.
His father John represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup and once held the record for the number of aces served in a single Wimbledon match.
Feaver Jr spent seven years as a tour professional before moving into coaching, and knows first-hand the challenges facing Clayton.
Being talented at tennis is only half the battle at this stage of a fledgling career, he says.
"When we're here with all the facilities, it's fine. When you're on the road, it's a case of survival.
"You've always got your mind on expenses. You've always got to keep them as low as possible."
"You make all the arrangements yourself. You stay in the cheapest hotel possible. You're eating the cheapest food, wondering, 'can I get another drink?'"
In a typical year, Feaver's expenses as a player were £15,000 ($25,000). His income was regularly a fraction of that, despite his best efforts to cut costs, even if it meant more travelling.
"I once went from Bucharest in Romania to a tournament in north-west Bosnia. I took two-day train rides instead of a $200 (£120) air fare.
"I won my first-round match; then I lost and had to get back to where I started."
He adds: "After a trip like that, one match was the maximum I was going to win. Then you get drained emotionally and physically."
Feaver was able to cover his costs each year thanks to his success in lucrative club matches in Europe and because of a financial backer.
But it left very little for anything other than tennis and inevitably schedules took their toll.
"It's always at the back of your mind how much money you're spending.
"You know around the corner you're always going to have to struggle," he says.
With cost-saving firmly in mind, Clayton lodges with Feaver in Bath, with the pair scouring travel websites chasing the best deals.
"You know you're saving money and doing the right thing, but maybe not the best thing," says Clayton.
Their struggles form a familiar tale in the quest for a professional career.
Team Bath's director of tennis, Barry Scollo, was himself in the top 100 on the Junior ITF circuit during his time on tour.
He and his coaches understand they are preparing their players at a time of intense competition globally.
"It's always been tough but it's certainly getting tougher," he says. "There are more players [and] more countries involved in tennis.
"The funding is getting tighter and we've got to make more of the resources we have.
"It's important that we paint a picture of the Tour: the physical demands, the mental demands."
These become even greater during periods of injury and illness.
No tournaments means no earnings and potentially missing out on qualifying for a Grand Slam; at Wimbledon in 2013, first-round losers received £23,500 ($39,000), considerably more than Feaver's annual expenses on the Tour.
And as well as their usual living expenses, players face additional bills for scans and physiotherapy, plus the cost of repairing or replacing equipment.
For top players such as Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer - who have equipment deals and multi-million pound sponsorships - those issues will be taken care of by others.
Scollo acknowledges that financial support can affect performance, but says personality is a key factor too.
"Money on its own never made a player. It certainly helps but it always comes down to the individual."
Clayton enjoyed his best season in 2012 when he earned a wildcard entry to Junior Wimbledon's singles and doubles.
That early success helped focus a desire that saw him leaving home aged 11 to become a professional player.
His first year on the Futures circuit was challenging, but now he knows what to expect and believes can cope when "every point and every match counts".
And having practised against Djokovic, Clayton is even more determined to face him for real. |
The other night I went to see Jersey Boys at QPAC and let me just say that the whole way through the show my face was hurting from smiling too much. It was just that spectacular!
The cast, the songs, the props, the precision in every little detail, was flawless and it will honestly leave you saying; Oh, what a night!
The impressive cast sounded fantastic in their vocal talent and worked together so well. It astounded to think that they were doing this practically every night for a different audience maintaining this high quality performance.
The sell-out crowd cheered and sung along to the classic's like Sherry and Walk Like a Man.
The set design, lighting and sound all came together in perfect unison.
If you get a chance to go see them (if you haven't already) then I highly recommend it.
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My hubs and I have been together for about 7 years now, and married in 2008. I couldn't love him more (save the time he left the toilet seat up, and a pregnant me fell in…) He makes me laugh at myself when I want to cry and puts up with all my crap but still calls me out on it too.
Together we have a toddler I call Squish on my blog. He is sweet, cute, and charming, and he knows it! I am a SAHM, and try to fill our days with family friendly activities all while beating the Vegas heat.
The Hubs is frequently deployed overseas for several months at a time for his job. So about 1/3-1/2 the year I am a single mom (and have mad respect for those who are full time single moms!).
I started and co-host a meme called Toddler Talk – a place for parents/caregivers of toddlers to link up and post about weekly topics. Basically to share and to give/get advice for parents who know what life with a toddler is like.
I also co-host a Friday Follow meme called Bee Friendly. This one is just about having fun, and finding other great blogs.
I started blogging when my son was 1 month old. (July of 2009) Here is my first ever post!
We live in Las Vegas for the Hubs job, but all of our family is still mainly in the mid-west and FL. Squish is the first grand-baby on both sides, so I wanted to make sure they had a place to follow the goings-on. When the Hubs deployed the first time ASq (After Squish) I wanted him to be able to know what we were doing on a day-to-day basis. Eventually I started to incorporate bits of me in the blog. I realized I had missed writing, and really enjoyed it. I liked sharing what worked for me, and learning from others. Also I truly feel that blogging during that first deployment after Squish was born kept me from very seriously losing it. I was so sleep-deprived, and had no family here to help. I was exhausted, and writing kept me sane. Suddenly my family blog turned into a great mish-mash of my crazy life in Las Vegas and how we make it work.
I also started a breastfeeding blog www.simplegiftstories.blogspot.com, where breastfeeding mamas could share their experiences.
I have a bunch, but I have really enjoyed working with RubaDub Buddies! Hooded towels. I found her because I actually asked her to make a caterpillar bath towel, and let me tell you – it is pretty stinking adorable!
I would say mostly families. Or women. Anyone who loves children and also those who are new to the greening lifestyle like me.
That is a great question – I actually just did a post about this.
Keeping track of what I want my blog to become. It is easy to take offers from companies because they are really fun to do so, but sometimes it can also take away from my family posts….
The support I have gotten from complete strangers. The friendships I have made, and the opportunities I have had that I would not have otherwise had.
Leaving impersonal comments – Following you, Follow me back. It only takes a moment to leave something more personal.
Ask for help from blogs you admire. While some may be busy, others may have a something to share that will really change the way you do things.
Kim at Chubby Cheeks Thinks was a wonderful support to me when I first started out!
Join communities, Pitch it to me, SitsGirls, Mom Bloggers Club, Clever Collective, Blogfrog. You will learn just by being active on those forums.
Aw, thanks for the shout out!!! |
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Did anyone saw the movie Transformer 4: Age of Extinction? This movie was epic. The visual effects and the massive destructive with a plot should get an nominated for best visual effects again.
Anyway, the plot, the father is a robotic engineer mechanic. He fixes an 8-track players and VCRs to make a living with his daughter. In which his daughter did not know what was an 8-track and a VCR, way beyond her teen years. He made one robot that would deliver beer, but it had a conscious and did not give him one. He finds a truck that crashed into a theater. What was a truck doing in a theater anyway? If a truck crashes into our movie hall, it had better get a renovation and possible many upgrades. Or, was it a bad review, when it crashed into a theater. It was Optimus Prime out of commission and dad reactivated Optimus Prime with jumper cables to a car battery. Way cool.
At the meantime, a powerful, ingenious executives and a group of scientists attempt to learn from past Transformer incursions and push the boundaries of technology beyond what they can control. More transformers robots.
The screenplay is written by Ehren Kruger, who served as screenwriter for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The music score is done by Steve Jablonsky especially Bawwng noise.
This is the first film in the series to feature an entirely new cast of human characters and the first to feature the Dinobots. Returning Transformers include Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Brains.
A sequel to Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the film takes place four years after the invasion of Chicago. Like its predecessors, the film is directed by Michael Bay and executive produced by Steven Spielberg.
Shia LaBeouf would not be in this film Mark Walberg replaced him. Shia got arrested for misconduct and he's working on other film projects. There were rumors who will replace the director Michael Bay, they were numerous directors who wanted to director, but Michael Bay end up to directing the latest Transformer movie.
If this movie becomes successful, will it become another sequel? You have to remember giants Robots do not age. People do. A possible fifth?
When I was watching the movie, I've notice there were young children below at the age 10 years old watching the movie. Is this appropriate for younger children to watch it, because of its graphic violence image content in the movie? Don't bring children below at the age of 10 to the movie, they will get bored with the action. Trust me. Rent from Netflix or watch Frozen for the 100 time.
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A very good introductory book on basic topics of the Ageless Wisdom Teachings, such as searching for wisdom, evolution, the aura, rounds and chains, the Seven Rays, meditation, the Plan, visualizing the Master, Wesak, karma, psychism, mediums, the wisdom of love, Om and AUM, and spiritual sources of energy.
"In the grand design of the universe, human destiny is to manifest universal order and harmony." (Preface) The author writes: "Man is Infinity. When we know man we will know the Cosmos. Man is not only a replica of Cosmos, but a living mirror of all that transpires in Cosmos. In the future man will be able to use a living human form to forecast coming events on the planet and in Cosmos. Man is the most sensitive instrument ever created in the Universe..."
In this book, we see how man is a microcosm of the great Cosmic creation, how he fits into the universe, and how he can be aware of his own cosmic connection.
Instructions given on meditation, the Seven Rays, visualizing the Master, the sacred word, and more. See the Table of Contents for details.
Beautifully bound hardcover book; a classic in the Ageless Wisdom Teachings.
This book appeals to those who have an interest in esoteric or cosmic readings. I found that the author, in some ways, fills in the gaps, so to speak, of other writings of the same nature, specifically those of HP Blavatsky (to whom the book was dedicated.) I think students will find the chapters entitled 'The Process of Death and Life After' and 'Words of Caution' uniquely revealing - and fascinating! |
A blue strobe flashing on downtown Bozeman's tallest building means snow. The beacon - which lights up when [R81R, Bridger Bowl] receives two inches of snow - signals skiers to check the snow report for the powder depth. Bozeman, located in Montana north of Yellowstone National Park, is the type of ski town where the snow isn't hype, but real.
Bozeman serves as the gateway to three ski resorts: Bridger Bowl, [R48R, Big Sky], and [R1512R, Moonlight Basin]. Bridger Bowl sits about 20 minutes from downtown hotels while Big Sky and Moonlight Basin flank Lone Peak about an hour's drive south.
Bridger Bowl, Bozeman's hometown ski area, is a day resort, with lodging, nightlife, and restaurants aplenty in the college town. Moonlight Basin and Big Sky, which neighbor each other, border with hotels, lodges, condominiums, cabins, and vacation homes. Economy hotels line the highway less than a 10-minute drive from the ski areas while luxury lodging claims ski-in-ski out ease. Big Sky, the largest resort, offers more restaurants, nightlife, and shopping in Mountain Mall, while smaller Moonlight garners raves for fine dining in Moonlight Lodge. Both resorts include spas.
All three resorts offer gentle beginner slopes, learn to ski or snowboard programs, and terrain parks. But they excel at buffing out long blue runs for intermediate skiers and corralling steep slopes inbounds for experts.
Bridger Bowl, sprawling across Bridger Mountain north slopes, rolls blue groomers down the Thunder Road ridge and across Wolverine's undulating meadows, while Powderhorn slices through the area's belly with an even-pitched swath for arcing wide GS turns. Most beginner runs concentrate in the base area, with upper lifts dropping on to a mix of groomers, mogul fields, and powder stashes. Two lodges in the base area and one mid-mountain provide places to grab a burgers, chili, and homemade baked goodies.
Big Sky and Moonlight Basin flank 11,166-foot Lone Peak, offering the highest elevation skiing in Montana and shared boundaries. Each sell individual resort tickets, but also a single lift ticket valid at both resorts.
Big Sky, enveloping the most terrain and granting the only access to Lone Peak's summit via the tram, stretches lifts across two faces of Lone Peak and two sides of Andesite Mountain. Blue cruisers ramble off Andesite and zig-zag through Lone Peak's lower ridges and ravines.
The longest run, which hops across black diamonds to reach groomers, stretches to six miles from Liberty Bowl to Mountain Mall. Lone Peak's expert upper elevations dish up the A to Z Chutes, wind-scoured cliffs, broad powder bowls, and glade skiing in Dakota Territory. Pinnacles Restaurant atop Andesite serves as the only on-mountain eatery while multiple restaurants rim the base area.
Moonlight Basin tucks under the north side of Lone Peak, its lengthy blue runs sporting seamless grooming on rolling fall line plunges through firs. Horseshoe, the longest run, circles 2.8 miles along the resort's western perimeter while black diamond runs hide powder and moguls off Lookout Ridge. Experts aim straight for The Headwaters-a line-up of steep chutes cutting a rocky bowl. Dining is available at three base areas-two with temporary facilities and one home to elegant Moonlight Lodge.
All three Bozeman resorts offer a unique steep inbounds backcountry-like experience that requires avalanche beacons. Bridger corrals two immense bowls and ridge hiking from its new experts-only Schlasman's lift. Experts with tickets valid for Big Sky and Moonlight can catch the Big Sky Tram to Lone Peak's Summit to descend Moonlight's several-thousand-foot North Summit Snowfield.
Direct flights on six airlines link to Bozeman's Gallatin Field Airport from seven large metropolitan areas. Rental cars and shuttles are available from the airport, plus free busses run to Moonlight and Big Sky throughout the day from nine locations around town. A free bus runs on weekends to Bridger Bowl.
When in Bozeman, keep your eyes out for the flashing blue light. Then, head to the slopes for powder. |
A List Of All Star Wars Movies Release Dates
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Ever wondered when all the Star Wars movies were released? If you have, then you've come to the right place! We have taken every single Star Wars movie and listed them with all the release dates. Under each movie image, you will find a short paragraph that includes the exact date the movie was released, the director of the movie, and all the main actors and actresses in the movie. If you are a Star Wars fanatic like us, then read through this list and boost your Star Wars knowledge! It could come in handy for any Star Wars trivia!
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope first made an appearance in the United States on May 25, 1977. Directed by George Lucas, the movie features, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, and Alec Guinness.
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back first hit theaters in the United States on May 21, 1980. Directed by Irvin Kershner, the movie features, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, and Frank Oz.
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi first made an appearance in the United States on May 25, 1983. Directed by Richard Marquand, the movie features, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, and Frank Oz.
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace first hit theaters in the United States on May 16, 1999. Directed by George Lucas, the movie features, Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Pernilla August, and Frank Oz.
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones first made an appearance in the United States on May 16, 2002. Directed by George Lucas, the movie features, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Frank Oz.
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith first hit theaters in the United States on May 19, 2005. Directed by George Lucas, the movie featured, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Frank Oz.
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens first made an appearance in the United States on December 18, 2015. It was directed by J. J Abrams and stars, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow.
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017)
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi first hit theaters in the United States on December 15, 2017. Directed by Rian Johnson, the movie starred, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern, and Benicio del Toro.
A Star Wars Story Movies
This next section includes the two Star Wars Story movies that take place between the main series movies. Solo: A Star Wars Story takes place about 10 years before Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. So if you are watching these movies in the order of events, Solo should be the 4th movie you watch. While Rogue One: A Star Wars Story takes place almost immediately before Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. So you should watch Rogue One after Solo. You can also find all the release dates below as well!
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story first made an appearance in the United States on December 16, 2016. Directed by Gareth Edwards, the move features Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Jiang Wen, and Forest Whitaker.
Solo: A Star Wars Story first made an appearance in the United States on May 25, 2018. Directed by Ron Howard, the movie featured Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, and Paul Bettany. |
This Indian-inspired recipe uses classic spices and preparations along with seasonal vegetables to create wonderfully balanced, fresh dish. In addition to Madras curry powder (a blend of chiles popular in Southern India), you'll create a flavorful yogurt sauce with cucumber and lemon juice to top the dish. Similar to raita (a traditional, versatile Indian yogurt condiment), the sauce's cool richness beautifully contrasts the spiced chicken.
Preheat the oven to 475°F. Wash and dry the fresh produce. Cut the potatoes lengthwise into 1-inch-wide wedges. Trim off and discard the end of each sugar snap pea; pull off and discard the tough string that runs the length of the pod. Grate the cucumber. Quarter and deseed the lemon. Pick the mint leaves off the stems; discard the stems. Peel and mince the ginger.
Place the potatoes on a sheet pan. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper; toss to coat. Arrange the seasoned potatoes in a single, even layer and roast 14 to 16 minutes, or until browned and tender when pierced with a fork. Remove from the oven and set aside in a warm place.
While the potatoes roast, pat the chicken thighs dry with paper towels; season with salt, pepper and half the Madras curry powder. In a medium pan, heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil on medium until hot. Add the seasoned chicken and cook, loosely covering with aluminum foil, 8 to 10 minutes per side, or until browned and cooked through. Transfer to a plate and set aside in a warm place, leaving any browned bits (or fond) in the pan.
While the chicken cooks, using your hands, squeeze the grated cucumber over a bowl to release as much liquid as possible; discard the liquid. In a medium bowl, combine the drained cucumber, yogurt and the juice of 2 lemon wedges; season with salt and pepper to taste.
Add 2 teaspoons of olive oil to the pan of reserved fond and heat on medium-high until hot. Add the ginger and remaining Madras curry powder. Cook, stirring frequently, 30 seconds to 1 minute, or until fragrant. Add the sugar snap peas, cooked potatoes and 2 tablespoons of water. Cook, stirring occasionally, 1 to 2 minutes, or until the snap peas are bright green. Remove from heat. Add the mint (roughly chopping just before adding) and the juice of the remaining lemon wedges; stir to combine and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Divide the finished vegetables and cooked chicken between 2 plates. Garnish each with a spoonful of the yogurt sauce. Serve with the remaining yogurt sauce on the side. Enjoy! |
Very soon users will be able to make payments through WhatsApp
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Popular messaging app WhatsApp has obtained consent from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to make an entry into partnership with several banks to let users to make in-app payments and money transfers using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
The UPI facilitates account-to-account transfers from a mobile app devoid of having any details of the beneficiary's bank.
A.P Hota, MD and CEO, NPCI, confirmed that WhatsApp has got a nod from the apex payments institution. It's been a while since Facebook-owned WhatsApp had been in talks with banks. Also, the procedure of approval for multi-bank partnership could put its payments business ambition on a fast track. Some of the banks WhatsApp is in talks with are Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and Punjab National Bank, among others.
Well, this is the first time that NPCI, an umbrella organization for all retail payment systems in India, has accepted a mobile app to come in into multi-bank partnerships."Players like WhatsApp and Google are very large in size and thus partnering with multiple banks makes sense to ensure a smooth payments process. Google is now awaiting the Reserve Bank of India's approval to go live on UPI," said Hota.
According to Hota, other online giants like Amazon and Uber are also in concluding stages of testing before allowing the customers to make payments using UPI. While, players like Flipkart and some other e-commerce companies have already started accepting UPI payments. Prior to this, Truecaller app had also made an entry into a partnership with ICICI Bank for payments using UPI.
Hota said, "We have permitted multi-bank partnership as WhatsApp did not want all transactions routed via one bank when payment loads are high." Hota did not provide a timeline as to by when WhatsApp payments would be live on UPI.
An email sent by TOI to a spokesperson for WhatsApp did not draw out an answer till the time of going to print. |
Gervais Rutayisire, a 92-year old Rwandan man, who had wished to meet Rwanda's President Paul Kagame before meeting his creator died Friday, a month shy of two years after he met the Rwandan leader.
Mr. Rutayisire, a longtime resident of Ruhango District, South Rwanda first tasted the limelight when he publicly requested to meet his president through an article in a local newspaper.
Mr. Rutayisire lucked out when the article and his wish landed on the president's desk, after reading the article, Kagame was touched by the old man's story.
Long story short, the president made it a point to make Rutayisire's wish come true by inviting him to the President's Office (Urugwiro Village) in the capital Kigali, on June 16, 2013, Rutayisire, 90 years 'young' and his much younger wife in tow finally met Paul Kagame.
After the rare meeting with the president, Rutayisire is reported to have said that now "I can die peacefully".
Before his death, Rutasire had also pledged to prepare for the president's visit in his village home in Bweramana Sector, since the President had showed interest in visiting him and his family. Sadly, this didn't come to pass.
Rutayisire, aka 'Mzee Rutayisire', had become an influential personality and an opinion leader in his community and has for the past two years been invited at village meetings to share his wisdom.
Two days before passing on, Rutayisire left a message of wisdom to all Rwandans saying "the secret to longer healthier life is to live in harmony and doing good acts to others". |
US Dept. of Homeland Security Inspector General John Roth's letter to Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden regarding Twitter summons.
HOUSE HEARING, 111TH CONGRESS - CARGO SECURITY AT LAND PORTS OF ENTRY: ARE WE MEETING THE CHALLENGE?
notifying you that DHS OIG has opened an investigation into this matter.
(3) Use of summons authority across the Department.
via the @ALT_USCIS Twitter account.
account owner relating to his or her use of the Twitter account.
Shaw, Acting Director of External Affairs, at (202) 254-4100. |
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As we grow older, it is very important to keep the knees strong and healthy. Otherwise, the movement and stability will deteriorate with time and you will face several problems related to the knee. The person is not able to move properly and he cannot perform his daily activities on his own. Keep the following tips in mind and make sure you are always active.
Different exercises are there which can help to cope up with the problem of knee pain. The exercise will strengthen the muscles, keep the joints aligned and strengthened the bones in the knees. Some exercise which can help are step-ups, lunges, hamstring, knee bends, straight-leg raises, single-leg squats stretches with high contraction, and squats with a swiss ball. You should aim for 30 minutes to do exercise in a week for at least 5 times. Keep it minimal and simple but don't do vigorous exercise. It is better to learn the exercise from the doctor and which one will be more suitable for you.
For a low-impact exercise for weak knees swimming is the best option. With this, less pressure is applied to the joints and it is the best option if you are suffering from knee pain. It helps in reducing knee stiffness, strengthen the muscles and bones. Basically, it improves the overall health of the person. You should do strokes like butterfly stroke, backstroke, and front crawl. Do swimming five days per week for 30 minutes.
To increase the strength and improve bone density you should include fish oil that contains omega-3 fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and called eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). This will reduce the pain and stiffness in the joints. Include fish such as tuna, salmon, and mackerel in your diet at least twice a week.
Include anti-inflammatory food in your diet as it will reduce pain and swelling. Some foods are salmon, flaxseeds, ginger, turmeric, olive oil, walnuts, sweet potatoes, blueberries, and spinach. Additionally, you should avoid white rice, sugary foods, soda, and food that contain fat in high form.
If the joints work properly then they are able to carry your body weight. But if you are overweight, the knees will become weak due to extra pressure. However, if you are obese it increases the risk of a person undergoing the surgery of knee replacement in Punjab. You should consult the doctor to help you lose weight as he will give you a diet plan. |
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Carmon is the technical mind behind maintenance and service, and teaches Featherweight classes and workshops at local quilt shops. Christian wears many hats, from marketing to customer support, but his primary role is Featherweight Historian. He researches and compiles decades' worth of Featherweight manuals, articles, tutorials, and resources into our Schoolhouse so that customers can use and maintain their machines with ease. Ruthie is the friendly face you'll see in many of our videos and tutorials, and she's also the eye behind much of our photography. As for April, she's the Marketing Director, and spends her days facilitating Ruthie's home-education, assisting Carmon, Christian and the staff as needed, planning the next Featherweight Shop sewalong, and collecting fabric for her next project. |
It was FNSI again .............. that came around rather quickly, didn't it?
Once gain for me, it was Mr Fixit Rostered Day Off (RDO), however, the cricket was on, so I had the afternoon and evening to myself.
I worked on completing a block for my CraftMad family quilt - this block is for Merry (tease photo only) I will do the big reveal later, when the block arrives.
That block does look challenging but very effective. Looking forward to seeing the others that you make.
you have been working on very challenging blocks. good luck with them.
Your blocks are very pretty, lots of pieces, wonderful settings. |
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Toyota dealers delivered more passenger cars than any other brand in 2015, outselling its nearest rival by more than 35 per cent.
The market leader's tally was 3.0 per cent higher than last year at 94,903 cars, giving it a passenger-car share of 18.4 per cent - Toyota's best share since 2008.
Three Toyota passenger cars were sales leaders in their individual segments last year - Corolla, Camry and the 86 sports coupe.
Corolla was Australia's best-selling car for the third consecutive year while Camry recorded its 22nd straight year as the country's most popular mid-size car.
Official figures confirm Toyota has sold more than one million new passenger cars in the past decade - a margin of more than 230,000 cars over its nearest rival.
The main contributors during the 10-year period have been Corolla (426,788 sales), Camry (246,474), Yaris (201,344) and Aurion (104,948).
Toyota has led passenger-car sales in Australia each year since 2006 with the only exception being 2011 when production in Japan was severely disrupted by an earthquake and tsunami.
Toyota's Corolla enters its 50th year in the Australian market as the nation's best-selling car for the third year in a row.
Local motorists bought 42,073 Corolla sedans and hatches in 2015, giving the world's most popular car a margin of 3,429 sales over its nearest rival.
Corolla recorded the industry's highest monthly sales six times during the year - February, March, April, July, August and November.
Australia's top-selling car teamed with HiLux - Australia's best-selling ute and four-wheel drive - to score the sales 'double' as the two best-selling vehicles in the country on three occasions - April, October and November.
Corolla was Toyota's best-selling vehicle in the two most populous states of NSW and Victoria as well as in South Australia and the ACT.
Toyota Australia's executive director sales and marketing Tony Cramb said sales had been helped by an extensive mid-2015 update that introduced new exterior designs, revised interiors, suspension refinements and fuel-efficiency gains.
"Corolla continues to evolve to meet the needs of Australian buyers, giving it a decisive competitive edge that is reinforced by strong resale values," Mr Cramb said.
Australia helped put Corolla on the global automotive map as the first country to receive Corolla exports. It started with 15 cars being shipped from Japan in November 1966, going on sale the following year. Since then, Corolla sales in Australia have totalled 1.34 million cars.
Toyota Camry has completed 22 consecutive years as Australia's best-selling mid-size car - an unbroken run that began in 1994.
Camry has also achieved another milestone with the 700,000th locally built four-cylinder car being sold in December.
Toyota Australia executive director sales and marketing Tony Cramb said the milestones demonstrated the extent to which Camry is an indelible part of the local automotive culture.
"Toyota will continue to build on Camry's success with advances in quality, safety, comfort, value and driving enjoyment, ensuring it remains one of Australia's favourite cars for many years to come," Mr Cramb said.
On the back of a new-look range introduced in May, Toyota dealers lifted Camry sales by 25.4 per cent to 27,654 sedans - the best total since 2006.
Camry's market share also spiked to more than half the cars sold in its segment (53.1 per cent), up from 46.4 per cent in 2014. The nearest direct rival sold just 5,276 cars for a share of 10.1 per cent.
Three-quarters of Camry deliveries last year were the 133kW/135kW petrol variants with 21,773 sales, up from 16,758 in the previous year.
Camry is Australia's best-selling hybrid car. Sales of the 151kW hybrid variants rose 11.2 per cent in 2015 to 5,881 units, the best result since 2012.
Australians have now bought 704,404 examples of the Melbourne-produced four-cylinder Camry since 1987 - 668,508 petrol and 35,896 hybrid cars - at an average of almost 24,300 per year.
Toyota has sold a further 178,946 locally built and imported V6 versions, bringing total Camry sales in Australia to 883,350 cars. A similar number has been exported, mainly to the Middle East.
The cult-like popularity of Toyota's 86 has resulted in the coupe achieving its third consecutive year as Australia's best-selling sports car.
The compact front-engine, rear-drive 86 last year attracted 3,006 new customers, bringing its Australian tally to 16,016 cars - the third-highest in the world.
A mark of the success of the affordable, lightweight 86 is that its cumulative sales in Australia are more than two-and-a-half times higher than the combined total of two other respected Toyota sports cars, the Supra (2,895 cars sold) and MR2 (3,451).
The sales trifecta for the 86 coincides with planning for the Toyota 86 Racing Series, an affordable, grassroots national motorsport series that is due to hit local racetracks from May.
Designed to enable enthusiasts to make the transition to circuit racing, the series will be run over five rounds this year at selected V8 Supercars events, including Sandown in September and Bathurst in October.
The pro-am format will include up to five professional guest drivers who will also mentor the amateur drivers competing for a prize pool of at least $125,000.
Toyota Yaris recorded its best sales in three years after having passed the previous year's total in November.
Australian motorists bought 14,457 Yaris hatches and sedans in 2015 for a segment share of 13.6 per cent, a significant increase over the previous year's 12.3 per cent.
Cumulative Yaris sales in this country passed 200,000 units in August and have since risen to 204,996 cars.
Toyota executive director sales and marketing Tony Cramb said a combination of contemporary design, value-for-money, and fun-to-drive efficiency underpins Yaris's continuing popularity.
"The success of Yaris, particularly with young and often first-time new car buyers, demonstrates the confidence Australians have in the Toyota brand," Mr Cramb said.
Record SUV sales by Toyota in 2015 helped steer the automotive industry to an all-time high in demand for these popular vehicles, often purchased as alternatives to passenger cars.
Led by RAV4, LandCruiser Prado and Kluger, Toyota's Australian customers bought 59,412 SUVs to beat the company's previous record of 58,745 vehicles set in 2012.
The market leader's SUV tally was 44.3 per cent higher than its nearest competitor, which translates to a margin of more than 18,000 vehicles.
Toyota is the only brand to exceed 50,000 SUV sales in a year. The 2015 total was 4.9 per cent ahead of the 2014 result.
RAV4 was Toyota's highest-selling SUV with an all-time high of 18,435 sales, followed by Prado (15,255), Kluger (a record 13,955) and LandCruiser wagon (9,202).
Across the industry, total SUV sales jumped 15.9 per cent to pass 400,000 for the first time.
The 2015 tally of 408,471 vehicles represents the sixth consecutive year of growth in SUV sales and is more than double the 188,153 SUVs sold in 2009.
For the first time, SUVs now represent more than one-third of the entire Australian new-vehicle market, reaching a share of 35.4 per cent.
The popularity of SUVs has accelerated in recent years, reaching a share of 20 per cent for the first time in 2009 and 30 per cent in 2014.
In the past decade, Australians have bought more than 2.6 million SUVs. Of these, Toyota has accounted for 518,359 SUV sales, which is higher than the combined totals of its two closest rivals.
Toyota's LandCruiser Prado has been confirmed as Australia's best-selling large SUV for an unprecedented 13th year, according to official sales figures.
Prado, which found 15,255 new homes in 2015, was joined on the podium by stablemate Kluger in second place.
Kluger sales forged ahead last year by 21.5 per cent to a record tally of 13,955 vehicles, eclipsing the previous best result of 13,424 vehicles established in 2008.
Toyota's strength in this segment was boosted by the arrival of the all-new Fortuner, a capable off-road family wagon that contributed 1,138 sales in just three months.
These three vehicles, plus the FJ Cruiser, together account for more than one-quarter of all large SUV sales - a share of 27 per cent.
Toyota Australia's executive director sales and marketing Tony Cramb said Prado sales benefited from the introduction in 2015 of a new 2.8-litre turbo-diesel engine, improved petrol V6 and new six-speed automatic transmission.
"Prado sales rose 6.2 per cent in the four months since these updates due to the higher levels of performance, driving enjoyment and refinement," Mr Cramb said.
"Kluger has enjoyed its first full year of availability since the arrival of the third-generation range which is addressing the needs of families and business buyers with new features and in-cabin technologies, increased cargo capacity and a more dynamic driving experience.
"The new seven-seat Fortuner allows Toyota to compete for the first time with a diesel alternative to the petrol-only Kluger.
"Importantly, Fortuner delivers SUV style and comfort with genuine off-road performance in a vehicle that has been developed and tested in Australia."
In the upper-large SUV category, LandCruiser wagon lifted sales this year by 1.5 per cent to 9,202 vehicles for a market share of 83.1 per cent.
LandCruiser 200 Series has recently undergone a series of advances that have improved everything from styling to performance and safety.
Toyota's RAV4 stepped up a notch in 2015, setting an all-time sales record for the third year in a row and achieving its 250,000th sale in Australia.
RAV4 was Toyota's best-selling SUV in 2015 with local customers buying 18,435 vehicles, an increase of 1.5 per cent over the previous year.
The latest result shaded the previous best yearly sales for RAV4 of 18,160 deliveries achieved in 2014 and 16,983 units set in 2013.
December sales of 1,630 vehicles were enough for RAV4 to pass the quarter-of-a-million landmark in total cumulative sales, reaching 250,359 vehicles.
RAV4 has topped 14,000 sales in eight of the past 10 years and 15,000 sales in each of the past three years.
Toyota's executive director sales and marketing Tony Cramb said a substantially upgraded range launched in December will add to the momentum of RAV4 sales in 2016.
"RAV4 buyers will appreciate its bolder exterior styling, quieter interior, improved driving stability, enhanced ride quality and the addition of new features, including an available package of integrated active safety and driver assistance technologies," Mr Cramb said.
RAV4 has been Australia's most successful SUV in terms of total sales since it entered the Australian market in 1994.
It is the first Toyota SUV after LandCruiser wagon to achieve 250,000 local sales. LandCruiser Prado is expected to pass this milestone in 2016.
RAV4 reached a cumulative total of 100,000 sales in 2006 and passed the 200,000 mark in 2013.
An all-new eighth-generation range has helped propel Toyota's HiLux to a remarkable 11 years in a row as Australia's best-selling four-wheel drive vehicle.
Australia's evergreen ute has also completed 18 years running as the country's number one commercial vehicle.
Official figures for 2015 reveal HiLux ranked third on the national sales chart with customers buying 35,161 2WD and 4WD vehicles.
HiLux was the top-selling vehicle - bar none - in Western Australia for the eighth year in a row, in Queensland for the ninth straight year and in the Northern Territory for a remarkable 15th consecutive year.
Nationally, HiLux beat its nearest rival by almost 6,000 sales for the year and posted its 10th consecutive year of demand in excess of 35,000 vehicles.
Toyota Australia's executive director sales and marketing Tony Cramb said the new range, launched in late September, had boosted fourth-quarter HiLux sales due to its global advances combined with local development and evaluation.
"Notably, demand for 4x4 variants has grown by 10.2 per cent in the three months since launch compared with the same period in 2014 as buyers appreciate features such as the thicker frame, stiffer body, new high-torque turbo-diesel engines and expanded off-road ability.
"Dealers are also reporting strong consumer preference for the range-topping SR5, which reflects the expanded dual-purpose role for HiLux as a comfortable SUV-style family vehicle as well as a rugged workhorse."
In 4WD guise, HiLux achieved 25,939 sales for the year - the 10th straight year HiLux 4x4 has topped the 20,000 mark.
In its 2WD segment, HiLux accounted for more than one-fifth of all sales at 9,222 vehicles - a margin of 3,473 deliveries over its closest rival.
HiLux is the only vehicle of its type to have topped Australia's monthly sales charts, achieving the feat on 15 occasions, including twice in 2015.
In the past decade, Toyota dealers have sold more than 390,000 HiLux utes in Australia - second only in the Toyota family to 426,788 Corolla sedans and hatches.
Toyota's renowned HiAce range has recorded its best sales in six years following substantial improvements introduced in early 2015.
The 2015 HiAce total of 9,985 deliveries is the best annual return since 2009 and represents a solid increase of more than 938 vehicles or 10.4 per cent.
HiAce van sales rose 14.3 per cent to 7,351 vehicles or 43 per cent of the 2.5-3.5-tonne category while bus sales advanced 0.7 per cent to 2,634 vehicles for a segment share of 93.7 per cent.
Major updates, announced in March, delivered HiAce buyers a more powerful yet more efficient petrol engine, two new variants including a five-seat crew van, and the adoption of expanded safety, comfort and convenience features.
Other gains included a new six-speed automatic transmission and the option of reducing the number of seats in the petrol commuter bus by two (from 14 to 12) so it can be driven on a standard licence by business owners and tour operators.
HiAce, which has been market leader of the combined van and light bus segments for more than two decades, has recently passed a cumulative total of 300,000 sales since it arrived in Australia in 1971.
Toyota's Coaster bus also responded to early 2015 updates, including a standard reversing camera and satellite navigation, with sales increasing by 1.8 per cent to 231 vehicles. |
Gardai discover €241k worth of drugs after chasing down man in Dublin
Graham McGrath
Gardai have discovered €241,000 worth of drugs after a number of searches in Dublin.
Officers made an initial discovery after searching a man in his 20s following a pursuit on foot through the Priorswood area of Coolock on Monday.
During the search officers found €234,000 worth of heroin and the man was subsequently arrested.
Gardai made the discovery after searching a man in Dublin. Pic: An Garda Siochana
During follow-up searches in two other areas in Dublin, officers discovered another €7,000 worth of drugs and around €4,000 in cash.
A garda spokesperson said: 'As part of an ongoing operation by Gardaí from Coolock Garda Station into the sale and supply of controlled substances in the area, a male pedestrian was stopped after a short foot pursuit in the Priorswood area of Coolock D17 on the August 19, 2019.
'During the course of a search of the man, Gardaí discovered Heroin (pending analysis) with an estimated street value of €234,000.
There was heroin found during the searches. Pic: An Garda Siochana
'A male in his 20s was arrested and taken to Coolock Garda station. He is currently being detained under the provisions of section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 as amended.
There was also a quantity of cannabis found. Pic: An Garda Siochana
'Following further searches in the Darndale and Santry area, Cannabis Herb (Pending analysis) with an estimated value of approximately €7,000 was discovered along with a sum of cash.
Officers took possession of cash too. Pic: An Garda Siochana
'The combined total of drugs and cash seized was €245,000. Investigations are ongoing.'
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Australia's combination of world-class studio facilities, generous filming incentive support and experienced crew pool has helped turn the country into one of the southern hemisphere's main production hubs. International production in Australia is centred on Gold Coast, Queensland and further down the east coast in Sydney, New South Wales, as these are the places that offer the major studio facilities. Gold Coast's Village Roadshow Studios has recently hosted Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok and Warner Bros' Aquaman. Fox Studios Australia in Sydney counts Pacific Rim Uprising and Alien: Covenant among its recent big-budget feature credits.
The major productions often shoot supporting footage on locations nearby but stage work tends to be the primary focus. Recent exceptions have included Sony's Peter Rabbit, which built a set of the UK's Lake District region in Sydney's Centennial Park to keep the shoot close to Animal Logic, the movie's Sydney-based visual-effects production company.
Australia's main filming incentive for international producers is its location offset that is worth 16.5% of eligible local spending, although the government has this year announced an additional $140m in funding that effectively lifts the offset closer to 30%.
New Zealand is a similarly popular southern hemisphere hub. The mountainous vistas of the central South Island are among the country's chief international appeals, bolstered by a competitive national filming incentive. Paramount Pictures filmed an elaborate helicopter chase in the Central Otago region of South Island for Mission: Impossible — Fallout and Ava DuVernay shot scenes in the same area for her Disney fantasy A Wrinkle In Time. DuVernay's New Zealand locations team spent months irrigating rural fields to sustain visuals from the movie's initial scouts through to the actual shoot.
International producers do sometimes film on location in New Zealand's major cities. Paramount's Ghost In The Shell shot extensively in Wellington, turning parts of the city into a far-eastern metropolis inspired by Hong Kong's visuals. Stone Street Studios in Wellington has been a production base for Peter Jackson's films over the past 20 years and will be hosting scenes for James Cameron's California-based Avatar sci-fi sequels.
On the North Island, Auckland Film Studios recently hosted Sonar Entertainment's US fantasy series The Shannara Chronicles. Warner Bros' shark movie The Meg, starring Jason Statham, built New Zealand's first water tank facilities outside Auckland when shooting in the country. This is now a permanent facility called Kumeu Film Studios.
Fiji, an archipelago of some 300 islands positioned 1,300 miles north east of New Zealand in the Pacific ocean, has a multitude of exotic visuals and a tax rebate of up to 47% for international productions.
Financial incentives Australia's main federal filming incentive for international producers is the location offset worth 16.5% of qualifying local expenditure, though as mentioned above this is effectively doubled by the government's decision in mid-2018 to channel another $140m into the programme. The support is geared towards big-budget movies and high-end TV series, with producers required to spend at least $11.5m (a$15m) in Australia to access the support. Australia also offers the post, digital and visual effects offset (PDV), which is worth 30% of local expenditure for productions spending at least $385,000 (a$500,000) locally. Productions do not need to have filmed in Australia to qualify for the PDV offset, but it is an either/or arrangement with the location offset.
Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland offers water tank facilities and nine sound stages, the largest of which spans 40,000 square feet. Fox Studios Australia in Sydney also has nine stages among its production resources. Docklands Studios Melbourne offers five stages in Victoria. Australian crews are world-renowned and experienced at working on big-budget Hollywood productions.
Australia is a big country but an integrated air transport network serves all the state capitals and many of the regional areas. Central Australia is dominated by the wilderness Outback region. The country has ample accommodation options for international productions including the InterContinental and Four Seasons in Sydney, while private harbour mansions are often the preferred choices of the Hollywood elite. Melbourne offers The Olsen or Como in South Yarra or Crown Casino, Southbank. Queensland's Broadbeach and Main Beach have become popular accommodation options for productions shooting at Village Roadshow. European productions now benefit from the recently-launched non-stop flight between London and Perth in Western Australia.
New Zealand offers a base 20% cash rebate through the New Zealand screen production grant. Features must spend at least $11m (nz$15m) to qualify and $3m (nz$4m) for TV shows. A 5% 'uplift' is available on top of the base 20% figure for particularly high-profile projects that deliver specific economic benefits to New Zealand. Producers are invited to apply for this additional support. Recent recipients include Warner Bros' The Meg, The Walt Disney Company's remake of Pete's Dragon and Paramount's Ghost In The Shell. These productions committed to substantial quotas of key local personnel, tourism campaigns and skills and talent development programmes for emerging local crew. A base 20% incentive support is also available for post-production work on projects that spend at least $365,000 (nz$500,000) locally.
Full details on financial incentives in New Zealand: New Zealand Film Commission.
New Zealand has an enviable reputation for standout crews and creative collaborators. The film industry punches well above its weight internationally and a proactive local film commission funds talent development and mentor schemes. The diverse talent pool includes heads of department, line producers, costume designers and Oscar-winning post houses in Wellington. Crews are deeply experienced, with many having CVs dating back to The Lord Of The Rings films and earlier. Stone Street Studios in Wellington is the focal point, while Auckland Film Studios, Studio West and now Kumeu Film Studios offer stage infrastructure on North Island.
New Zealand has spectacular scenery and cosmopolitan cities within a relatively short distance of each other. International connections are plentiful and local travel is easy, whether by air, road or rail. |
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The emblem of SYD comprises a composition depicted on a shield.
On the upper part of the shield the following ancient saying of Pindarus can be read: "Discover your abilities and use them".
The remaining part of the shield is covered by the emblem which comprises four sections.
On the upper right section one can see a bee symbolizing the specialties of the Recruiting NCO, the Finance NCO & the Intelligence (Information) NCO. On the upper left section one can see a thunder symbolizing the specialties of Airfields Defense NCO & Meteorologist. On the right section below one can see a book which symbolizes learning. On the left section below you can see the White Tower which signifies Thessaloniki where the Academy's premises are.
In the center of the shield you can see the Vergina sixteen-ray sun, i.e. Macedonia's historic symbol and place where the premises of SYD are located.
The Academy was located at Sedes Air Base
The Academy belonged to the Hellenic Air Force Training Command
The mission of HAF's Administrative NCO Academy was to produce NCOs of administrative specialties, enabling them to successfully meet the exceptionally increased obligations as well as the duties that would be assigned to them within the framework of an organization of technologically high standards, such as the Hellenic Air Force.
1954 The Administrative NCO Academy was established and started operating on October 6, 1954 at SEDES airport in Thessaloniki. Being, initially, under the command of 113 Joint Training Wing provided training on the following specialties: meterologists, airfield defense guards, Air controllers, photographers, and recruiting, intelligence, transport, paramedics, accounting NCOs. The candidates were High School graduates.
1975 The Academy becomes subordinate to 125 Administrative NCO Training Group, an Air Training Command (HATC) unit.
1978 The overall duration of the cadets' training was two years, consisting of just the following specialties: recruiting, meteorology, Airfield defense, intelligence and accounting.
1980-83 Examinations for admission to the Administrative NCO Academy did not take place.
1985 After the suspension of operation of the 125 Administrative NCO Training Group, the School was an independent AF Unit subordinate to ATC having its own Rules and Regulations.
1987 After the suspension of operations of the HATC and until 1993, the Administrative NCO Academy was subordinate to the Hellenic Air Force Support Command (HAFSC).
1988 The Academy moved from the SEDES airport premises to Dekelia air base. It went on with its activities for two more years training cadets who had already completed a two-year course. After their graduation, examinations for admission to the Academy did not take place till 1991.
1990 The AF Supreme Council approved the Academy's relocation to SEDES Airport, where it used its former premises.
1992 Candidates were admitted to the Academy through the General Exams System, sanctioned by the Ministry of Education.
1993 The HATC was re-established and the Administrative NCO Academy became subordinate to it.
1996 The admission of women to the Academy is a fact.
2019 The Academy stopped operating.
Since 1954, thirty eight (38) classes of cadets have graduated the Academy. More specifically 1,946 candidates joined the Academy and 1,820 cadets graduated.
Apart from Greek, students from Cyprus, Moldova and other countries, mainly African ones, have been trained in the Academy.
Education & Training Provided
Training was the Academy's main task. Its purpose was to provide cadets with knowledge of high standards in order to carry out their mission successfully serving as AF regular staff.
The duration of the overall training was two (2) academic years. The academic year began on October 1st and finished on September 30th of the following year. Each academic year was divided into two (2) semesters and included academic courses, military training courses as well as sports.
The overall training was divided into: Academic Courses, Military Training Courses, and physical training.
Teaching personnel
The Academy's teaching personnel consisted of Higher Education Institution graduates as well as military officers.
After the completion of their basic military training, the Administrative NCO Academy provided its cadets with the possibility to choose among five (5) specialties.
The five specialties provided by the Academy were the following:
Recruiting NCO
Airfield Defence Guard
Intelligence NCO
In order to apply the academic courses effectively, the Academy used the following supporting assets:
There were four (4) workshops equipped with modern equipment.
Informatics workshop
Computer Based training workshop
Meteorology workshop
Air Photo Interpretation workshop
The Academy's lending library held a collection of books – up to 2000 items -, and was the focal point of Greek and foreign journals.
During their studies, cadets participated in several educational visits to sites of cultural and historical interest. They also participated in educational trips to various places in the country in order to broaden their historic, cultural and military knowledge.
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The starting age for the kids' class is 6 years old. By this time, children have been in a class room setting and have the attention for the hour long class. Any child that is big enough and has proven mature enough to handle the adult content will eventually be moved into the adult class.
It is very important for you to understand that this is a school, not a daycare as many schools have become. There is no school pick up, after school program, parties or going to the movies. If that is what you are looking for this is not the place. No part of the dojo or the grounds is a play ground and there is to be no running, playing tag, jumping or climbing on the rocks in the garden or around the pond. The grounds should be respected as this is my home. I spend a lot of time working in my garden trying to build an environment my students can be proud of. I also want all students to associate this dojo with serious training and not some place to come and have fun. The training here is about learning life and survival skills through budo.
Even though my students enjoy coming to class they know its going to be a lot of hard work, sweat, and at times tears. One will never hear me tell a child that this is going to be a lot of fun. They will hear me tell them this may be one of the hardest things you will ever do. In our dojo children are taught to understand that there is nothing fun about fighting or hurting another living thing. I feel it is import that children never associate fighting with fun. Respect for themselves and others is always a part of each class. Nevertheless, when there is no other choice but to fight back they must actually know how; regardless if it is another child or adult. Teaching children to be more aware of their surroundings will give them a greater chance of survival in situations involving a much larger opponent. They will also learn accountability and understanding the consequences of their own actions.
As harsh as it may appear to some I will always tell the truth both to the parents and the students. I do not sugar coat any of the lessons. Its imperative for them to understand the importance of what they have come to the dojo to learn. There are no belts given to children in our dojo other than the one given with their gi (uniform). It is my personal belief that this is an unhealthy practice that gives a false sense of security. I have met far too many students of other schools who have come to train with me believing because of their belt rank they could defend themselves. I see this in both children and adults. This can be very confusing to the child. Belts are something that can be later earned in the adult class when they understand what the belts are truly for and what they represent. Only when they have proven themselves and are ready for that responsibility will any student be allowed to test for rank in our system.
Classes are strict, there is discipline, punishments and there is no goofing off. Classes are only 1 hour long and there is no time for disruptive students. Our classes meet twice a week and I requires children to commit to both classes or they will not be allowed to join the dojo. The study of budo takes a life time so there are no semesters or seasons like in sports. So please know ahead of time that if your child begins training at our dojo and, say football seasons comes around, and he wants to take time off for football, please understand that he will be giving up his spot and there may not be one in class for him when he is ready to return. I have a limited number of students that I want in a given class and there have been times there is list of ones waiting for the opportunity to train. I believe in quality not quantity. I will see your child as my own and strive to always guide all of them in the right direction.
By necessity, there is 30min gap between the Monday and Wednesday kids and adult class because of our lack of parking. Students are required to gather there thing and be ready to go as soon as class is over. Parents need to be on time to pick up their children so there can be a smooth transition between the two classes. If parents want to socialize, please go up to the church or somewhere else. I do not mean this to sound harsh in any way. This is only because of the lack of parking. When you arrive, you may text me and I will send them right up.
The thought of self-defense training for children often brings up uneasy and disturbing visuals for parents. While we want our children to be safe, we are also concerned with taking their innocence away from them. We are forced to admit that more and more children are being faced with dangerous situations every day. A few words parents never want to think of when it comes to their children are "missing", "abuse", or "abduction". However frightening these words are, they are all too often seen in news headlines. The goal is to teach life coping, survival skills and a understanding of how martial arts training will benefit them in all of these areas. By doing so, children set up safety rules for themselves and learn how to become more aware of what is going on around them, all the while still being children.
In our dojo children are taught that there are two types of self defense: mental and physical. Children will learn that mental self defense is the most important. They will also understand that the best defense is not always to fight back in the physical sense but to become more aware and street smart. It is our job to teach them how they can fight back with their minds through the use of knowledge. Just as important as what is being taught in the dojo is the attitude toward self-defense that they learn consciously or unconsciously at home. We cannot teach them one thing and do another right in front of them as children can be easily confused by our actions. If they see that mom and dad are aware, pay attention to their surroundings, are not frightened by every little bump in the night, and are confident and self reliant, then children can pick up these traits and absorb them as their own. If we start training our children in this manner they may never have to use physical self-defense. However, if physical defense is necessary then the physical techniques will be simple but effective so that the children will actually be able to practice and perfect them on a fully padded instructor. And, most important, the children are taught how, when, where, and why we would strike another person. These strikes, along with breakaway techniques and how to go for help will also be practiced. Much of this training will be focused on what to do if they are faced with a much larger opponent, such as an adult. We believe that dealing with bullies should also be addressed during the mental training. Therefore, we focus on role-playing since children tend to retain more from actually playing out realistic scenarios. However, role-playing doesn't have to be scary; they just need to be given something they can practice, understand, and remember. We all want to protect our children and keep them safe. However, we cannot always be there to protect them so we need to prepare them and give them the knowledge and the tools to take care of themselves when we cannot do it for them. This is the goal of our dojo.
I do not have any children of my own and often tell my students that they are my kids and truly feel that way. I also tell them when they think I'm being the hardest on them through pushing them to their limits or discipline is when I actually love them the most. I take great responsibility in everything I do and say in front of all of my students and want nothing but the best for all of them. I have seen several grow up, go off to college, and start families of their own. Teaching children is a gift and a great responsibility; I do not take it lightly. |
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