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devolution to Yorkshire, Nigel Sollitt, Submission to the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, Yorkshire assembly
YDM's submission to the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee in Parliament is holding an inquiry looking at the future of devolution in the United Kingdom, in the light of the Scottish referendum result. Among the questions the Committee will be considering are how devolution should be taken forward in Scotland, and whether England, Wales and Northern Ireland should be offered the level of devolution that has been discussed in relation to Scotland. Nigel Sollitt, Chair of YDM, has made the submission below.
Deadline for written submissions is Thursday 23 October 2014
Devolution, But Which Devolution?
Submission to the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
The Future of Devolution after the referendum.
Written by Nigel Sollitt, Chair, Yorkshire Devolution Movement
The referendum on Scottish independence has put beyond doubt that these isles are discontent with the current system of centralism under Westminster and Whitehall. The degree to which that discontent is felt is demonstrated by the fact that, despite Scotland already having devolved powers to a greater extent than any other part of the UK, independence was only averted by the way just over 5% of voters voted.
Had it not been for the late promise from London of more far reaching powers if Scotland remained in the Union, that small percentage of voters may well have voted the other way and the Union be heading for dissolution. Since that promise was made, the call for greater devolved powers has been echoed by Wales and Northern Ireland who, like Scotland, have also enjoyed devolution since 1999.
But what of England?
Democratic Imbalance:
Surely no right-minded person would dispute that the United Kingdom should be a union of equals and that that must include democratic equality? Yet, the UK is void of such equality and has been for the past fifteen years! Of the four Government Regions of the UK to enjoy devolution, Scotland has more decision making powers than any whilst N Ireland and Wales have more than London which, in turn, is the only Government Region of England to be devolved at all. England is the only one of the four home nations to be without devolved power and of the twelve Government Regions of the UK, all eight without devolution are in England!
Far from democratic equality, this demonstrates a UK with four tier devolution ranging from no devolution to something approaching devo-max. For the UK to be a union of equals all its citizens must enjoy equal opportunity, not only to devolved power but to similar degrees of devolved power. As things stand, the imbalance is such that whereas all other nations and Government Regions of the UK can make representations on this matter through their respective devolved seats of power, England and all but one Government Region of England have no devolved seat of power to do even that. These imbalances must be corrected!
Correcting the Imbalances:
A starting point in correcting the imbalances is to look at the parts of the UK that already are devolved and identify which empowers and represents people most. Once that has been identified, UK-wide democratic equality could be achieved either by replicating it throughout the UK or by scrapping it where it currently exists and replacing it with something else throughout the UK.
With the current public demand for greater devolution of powers, any government proposing to replace existing devolution with something offering less would be a government committing political suicide. The only realistic choice therefore is to offer to the whole UK either the best powers and representation that currently exists or something that offers even greater powers and representation. To do neither would allow the democratic inequality within the UK to remain unresolved and the disharmony that that causes among the British people to continue!
As already mentioned, of the four devolved seats of power that exist within the UK, the Scottish Parliament enjoys by far the greatest degree of powers. Being a directly elected parliament, the model in Scotland gives transparency and accountability. Its MPs are chosen by the people to represent them in an open arena rather than to make decisions behind closed doors. As the people of Scotland identify themselves as 'Scottish', the 'Scottish' Parliament also represents their identity.
None of the other three devolved seats of power in the UK offers greater powers and representation in any respect than that enjoyed in Scotland and each of them falls short of Scottish powers and representation in at least one respect. The standard of devolution enjoyed in Scotland is therefore clearly the best that currently exists in the UK therefore, as a minimum, is the standard that should be enjoyed by all citizens of the UK in order to resolve the current democratic imbalance.
But is it the best standard to adopt?
Alternative Levels and models of devolution:
Whereas there is no ambiguity whether referring to Scotland, N Ireland or Wales either as a nation or as a Government Region because each is both, England is one of the four UK nations but comprises nine of the twelve Government Regions. 'Regional devolution' therefore means something quite different to England than it does to any other UK nation. In addition to national or regional devolution, the case of England is further complicated by proposals for devolution to traditional counties; sub-regional level such as districts or City Regions and to super-regional level such as ones based on the pre-Norman Earldoms of England (Wessex, Mercia etc). Then there are the models of devolution that have been proposed: These include directly elected parliaments/assemblies, directly elected mayors, Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), Combined Authorities and Empowered Local Authorities.
Comparing the Alternatives to Devolution in Scotland:
To compare the alternatives to devolution in Scotland we need to compare them in terms of the identified aspects and various models & levels of devolution:
Degree of Power:
Scotland has the power to pass both primary and secondary legislation on all matters except foreign affairs, defence, immigration, constitution and social security. Unlike devolution elsewhere in the UK, Scotland also has limited tax-raising powers that were recently extended by the Scotland Act 2012. It is inconceivable that powers of such quantity, variety and magnitude could be dealt with in any arena other than a parliament or assembly. If they could, the need for a UK Parliament to deal only with the reserved matters must be at least questionable and the need for the current devolved parliaments/assemblies even more so! So to achieve democratic equality purely on the basis of 'degree of power', England must also have parliament(s)/assemblies either at national level or at sub-national level (e.g. each region/traditional county, super region etc) in order to deal with that degree of power.
Transparency, Accountability and Representation:
Neither LEPs, Combined Authorities, Empowered Local Authorities or City Regions would offer the transparency, accountability or representation that is enjoyed by the people of Scotland. Each of these models has varying combinations of the following shortcomings: decisions made behind closed doors, decisions made by people who have not been chosen by the public they serve and decisions made for which no-one is clearly accountable. In the Scottish model, on the other hand, MPs are directly elected by the people they serve and they represent them in an open arena where accountability is clear and appropriate action can be seen to have been taken where necessary. Parliaments/assemblies are therefore clearly the best model to achieve democratic equality in terms of transparency, accountability and representation.
Representing Identity:
As the people of Scotland identify themselves as 'Scottish', the 'Scottish' Parliament directly represents their identity. The identities of the Welsh, Northern Irish and Londoners are also directly represented by their respective parliaments/assemblies. This is because devolution was offered to each of them at the level that reflects their identity.
Identities are determined by centuries of heritage and history; they already exist. It should therefore be the identities of people determining regions, not regions imposing non-identities upon people. Not paying due consideration to identity has already met with opposition, particularly from those parts where identities are strongest. For example, in Cornwall, 50,000 people petitioned the government for a Cornish Assembly and the Cornish have successfully campaigned for National Minority status. In Yorkshire the Yorkshire Ridings Society was founded in protest of the boundary changes of the Local Government Act 1972, 'Humberside' and 'Cleveland' have been abolished due to local opposition, permanent signs have been positioned to mark the boundary of the traditional county, Saddleworth Parish Council refuses to yield the White Rose as its symbol despite coming under a Lancashire authority and the people of Yarm are currently battling to return to Yorkshire administration from Stockton Borough Council.
To achieve democratic equality in this respect then, in deciding the level to which power is devolved, due consideration must be given to the identities of people and the level must reflect those identities as much as viably possible.
English Parliament:
An English Parliament would obviously have all the attributes and capabilities of the Scottish Parliament. However, from a regional perspective, to devolve from Westminster to an English parliament would simply be to replace one remote, central seat of power with another. It would still leave London as the only devolved Region within England. Also, there are very strong identities within England such as 'Cornish' and 'Yorkshire' which an 'English' parliament would fail to represent in the same way as the 'Scottish' Parliament represents 'Scots' or the 'London' Assembly represents 'Londoners'. (See 'Representing Identity' above)
Super Regions:
Whilst devolving to super regions may provide some improvement in some respects compared to an English parliament, whether that would be sufficient to be acceptable by the people of any super region proposed will depend on how the various parts of that super region relate to it. For example, if a parliament for the North of England sited in Manchester was proposed, the Yorkshire people are likely to reject it for not representing their 'Yorkshire' identity, the people of Northumberland are likely to reject it for it being sited too remotely and the people of Liverpool are likely to reject it for being sited in a rival city.
Regions and traditional counties:
At 'Representing Identity', above, the point was made that to achieve democratic equality in that respect, the boundaries of regions should be determined, as much as viably possible, by the identities of people rather than false identities being imposed on people by politicians deciding the regional boundaries. Some regions created by the Government may either sit well with the identity of the people within them or their people have insufficient sense of regional identity to be particularly concerned. Other regions created by the Government, however, do not sit well with the identities of people at all and they would choose boundaries for their region that exactly matched the boundaries of their traditional county.
This is certainly the case in both Yorkshire and Cornwall and even the Lincolnshire folk in the 'Yorkshire and the Humber' region would prefer to leave that region to be with the rest of their county-folk. So in order to achieve democratic equality in respect of representing identity, the boundaries of the regions themselves need to be revised in order to accommodate that equality.
Like either an English parliament or a super region Parliament, parliaments/assemblies for regions/traditional counties would offer all the attributes and capabilities of the Scottish Parliament. However, unlike them, regional/traditional county parliaments/assemblies would also bring democratic equality by resolving the issues of remote, central seats of power; London being the only devolved region within England and, representing identities (given that the regions are revised as discussed above).
One final consideration here: With London being an established devolved region since its people voted in favour of a devolved assembly in 1998, regional devolution in England is already underway!
LEPs, Combined Authorities and Empowered Local Authorities:
None of these are adequate to deal with the same quantity, variety or magnitude of powers that the Scottish Parliament deals with. (See 'Degree of Power' above). None would offer the transparency, accountability or representation of parliaments or assemblies. (See 'Transparency, Accountability & Representation' above). Neither do they represent the identity of people. (See 'Representing Identity' above)
City Regions:
It would be absolutely impossible for City Regions to correct the democratic inequality that currently exists. England is not a city nor is it made up entirely of cities! In fact, by far the majority of communities either in England or in any of its regions and counties are not cities. Therefore this model of devolution would exclude by far the majority of communities from devolved empowerment and representation. Far from improving matters, devolving power via city regions would cause disharmony between communities within counties and regions in addition to the disharmony that already exists between the UK's nations or Government Regions. Also, it is City Regions where elected Mayors might be an option, however, the idea of elected Mayors was recently resoundingly rejected!
Conclusions So Far:
On considering all the foregoing points, the following conclusions are drawn:
1. There are currently democratic imbalances between the various parts of the UK at both national and regional levels in terms of degree of power and representing identity.
2. In correcting those imbalances, democratic equality in terms of transparency, accountability & representation should also be achieved.
3. The model and level of devolution most capable of delivering democratic equality in terms of degree of power, representing identity and transparency, accountability & representation is devolved parliaments/assemblies at regional level.
4. Regions should be determined by the identities of people, not imposed on people by politicians and therefore the boundaries of existing government regions need to be revised, particularly where identities are strongest, such as the traditional counties of Yorkshire and Cornwall.
5. The degree of powers that are devolved to each region of the UK should be consistent throughout the UK.
Devolution Beyond and Before the Regions:
The delivery of devolution should not stop at regional level, it should filter right through to the lowest level that needs it. The basic principle must be to devolve appropriate powers to the appropriate level. The introduction of a regional assembly gives the opportunity to review local government at the same time to ensure that happens.
This would allow issues at each level from individual settlements to the region as a whole to be dealt with without needing to seek permission or go cap in hand to a higher level.
As Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are both nations and Government Regions of the UK, this model could be applied to all the UK nations. In the case of England only, a national parliament would not be required as, between UK and regional parliaments, there would be very little, if anything, for an English Parliament to deal with.
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Атентат на Ибарској магистрали, 3. октобра 1999. године, је покушај убиства Вука Драшковића, лидера Српског покрета обнове, тада једне од најјачих опозиционих политичких странака у Србији.

У исценираној саобраћајној несрећи погинули су:
 Веселин Бошковић (49 година),
 Звонко Осмајлић (37 година),
 Вучко Ракочевић (32 године) и
 Драган Вушуровић - Гага (33 године).

Вук Драшковић који је приликом атентата лакше повређен, одмах је оптужио тадашњу власт Слободана Милошевића за убиства и атентат на њега.

Преминули
Сва четворица преминулих су били чланови Српског покрета обнове и најближи сарадници Вука Драшковића.

Веселин Бошковић рођен је у Бијелом Пољу.
Завршио је Правни факултет у Београду.
Био је директор Дирекције за градско грађевинско земљиште Београда.
Он је рођени брат Данице Драшковић, супруге лидера СПОа.
Сахрањен је на Топчидерском гробљу.
Његова светост патријарх српски господин Павле уручио је током четрдесетодневног помена породици Веселина Бошковића Орден Светог Саве првог реда, који му је посмртно додељен.
У његову славу шаховски клуб у Бијелом Пољу носи његово име.
У Београду се од 2000. године одржава меморијални шаховски турнир "Веселин Бошковић".
Веселин је иза себе оставио две ћерке: Весну и Нину.

Звонко Осмајлић је рођен 12. септембра 1961. године у Беранима (Иванграду).
Дипломирао је на Факултету физичке културе.
Био је репрезентативац Југославије у џудоу.
Био је члан управног одбора и капитен џудо клуба "Партизан" и директор Спортско рекреационог центра "Ташмајдан".
У Београду се од 2001. године одржава интернационални меморијални џудо турнир "Звонко Осмајлић".
Звонко је иза себе оставио три ћерке: Дмитру, Јовану и Даницу.

Вучко Ракочевић је у тренутку погибије обављао дужност управника спортске хале "Пионир".
И он је као и Звонко био спортиста и освајач више домаћих титула и медаља на међународним такмичењима у борилачким вештинама.
Вучко је иза себе оставио двоје деце: ћерку Василију и сина Душана.

Драган Вушуровић - Гага је водио самопослугу.
Гага је иза себе оставио два сина: Ђорђа и Радана.
Звонко, Вучко и Гага су били познати као "Вукови телохранитељи".
Сахрањени су један крај другога, такође на Топчидерском гробљу.

Оптужени
За овај злочин оптужени су:
 Раде Марковић, бивши шеф Ресора државне безбедности Србије,
 Милорад Улемек, бивши командант ЈСО,
 пет чланова те јединице као непосредни извршиоци,
 Ненад Бујошевић,
 Ненад Илић,
 Душко Маричић,
 Бранко Берчек,
 Леонид Миливојевић,
 Михаљ Кертес, директор Савезне управе царина,
 Милан Радоњић, шеф београдског одељења ДБа,
 Бранко Ђурић, начелник полиције у Београду,
 Драгиша Динић, начелник саобраћајне полиције, и
 Видан Мијаиловић, припадник саобраћајне полиције.

Атентат
Дана 3. октобра 1999. године, група припадника СПОа се упутила на излет ка Равној гори, крај Ваљева.
Колона се кретала у три возила:
 службени џип председника СПОа, у коме су се налазили возач Бане, Даница Драшковић и савезни посланик СПОа др Гордана Аничић
 Ауди 8, у коме су се налазили возач Веселин Бошковић и Вук Драшковић
 БМВ 520, у коме су се налазили возач Вучко Ракочевић, Звонко Осмајлић и Драган Вушуровић.

Око 12 часова и 15 минута на Ауди који је возио Веселин Бошковић, а у коме се налазио и Вук Драшковић, из супротног смера, на правој деоници Ибарске магистрале у атару села Петка крај Лазаревца, налетео је камион марке "Мерцедес", натоварен песком.
Присебношћу Бошковића, Ауди није подлетео под камион, али је од силине ударца завршио крај пута.
Бошковић је задобио прелом врата и преминуо је у лазаревачкој болници.
Недалеко затим камион је налетео на БМВ у коме су сви изгорели на лицу места.
Возач камиона је нестао са места удеса.

Суђење
Прво суђење

Прво суђење је почело са само 4 оптуженика: Ненад Бујошевић и Ненад Илић као директни извршиоци, Раде Марковић и Милан Радоњић за помагање.
Судско веће којим је председавао судија Мирослав Цветковић је 30. јануара 2003. године донело, испоставило се само прву, пресуду оптуженима.
Директни извршиоци су осуђени на по 15 година, Марковић на 7, док је Радоњић ослобођен оптужби.
Врховни суд Србије (ВСС) је поништио ову одлуку и вратио суђење на почетак.

Друго суђење

На поновљеном суђењу нашла се већа група оптужених.
Поред оптужених и у претходном процесу, овог пута на оптуженичкој клупи су се нашли и Милорад Улемек, Михаљ Кертес и други.
Пресудом од 29. јуна 2005. године Улемек и преостала петорица припадника ЈСО су осуђени на по 15 година затвора.
Раде Марковић је осуђен на 10 година затвора, док су тројица оптужених Кертес, Динић и Мијаиловић су осуђени на 3, 2 односно 1 годину затвора.
Радоњић и Ђурић су ослобођени оптужби.
Ову пресуду је обележило необично дуго време потребно за писање пресуде.
Судији Бојану Мишићу је било потребно скоро пуних пет месеци да изречену пресуду преточи у писану форму.
ВСС је 16. маја 2006. године поништио и ову одлуку.

Треће суђење

Треће суђење је поново извођено пред већем судије Бојана Мишића.
16. фебруара 2007. године донета је нова пресуда.
Сви оптужени су осуђени на исте или мање казне у односу на претходну пресуду.

Суђење пред ВСС

Након две укинуте пресуде Окружног суда у Београду, пред Врховним судом Србије у марту 2008. године је почело поновљено суђење оптуженима.
Иначе ово је тек други пут, у 161 години постојања ВСС-а да тај суд отвара главни претрес.
Крајем 2009. године Врховни суд Србије је потврдио другостепене пресуде, које су постале правоснажне, без могућности жалбе, према којој су оптужени осуђени на следеће казне:
 Радомир Марковић (начелник РДБ) — 40 година,
 Милорад Улемек Легија (командант ЈСО) — 40 година,
 Ненад Илић (припадник ЈСО) — 40 година,
 Бранко Берчек (припадник ЈСО) — 40 година,
 Ненад Бујошевић (припадник ЈСО) — 35 година,
 Душан Маричић (припадник ЈСО) — 30 година,
 Леонид Миливојевић (припадник ЈСО) — 30 година,
 Михаљ Кертес (директор Савезне управе царина) — 1.5 година,
 Драгиша Динић (припадник саобраћајне полиције) —  10 месеци,
 Видан Мијаиловић (припадник саобраћајне полиције) — 6 месеци,
 Милан Радоњић — (начелник РДБ Београд) — ослобођен
 Бранко Ђурић (начелник полиције у Београду) — ослобођен.

Извори

Спољашње везе
 Глас Јавности: Погинула четворица, Вук лакше повређен, 3. октобар 1999.
 Атентат? Време, 9. октобар 1999.
 Новости: Хронологија злочина, 4. март 2008.
 биографија Звонка Осмајлића

Ибарска
СР Југославија
1999.
Србија у 1999.

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War without Mercy
Race and Power in the Pacific War
By John Dower
Category: World War II Military History | 20th Century U.S. History | Asian World History
Feb 12, 1987 | ISBN 9780394751726
About War without Mercy
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • AN AMERICAN BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A monumental history that has been hailed by The New York Times as "one of the most original and important books to be written about the war between Japan and the United States."
In this monumental history, Professor John Dower reveals a hidden, explosive dimension of the Pacific War—race—while writing what John Toland has called "a landmark book … a powerful, moving, and evenhanded history that is sorely needed in both America and Japan."
Drawing on American and Japanese songs, slogans, cartoons, propaganda films, secret reports, and a wealth of other documents of the time, Dower opens up a whole new way of looking at that bitter struggle of four and a half decades ago and its ramifications in our lives today. As Edwin O. Reischauer, former ambassador to Japan, has pointed out, this book offers "a lesson that the postwar generations need most … with eloquence, crushing detail, and power."
About John Dower
JOHN W. DOWER, born in 1938, is the Henry Luce Professor of International Cooperation and Global Stability at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Empire and Aftermath: Yoshida Shigeru and the Japanese Experience, 1878–1954 and The Elements of… More about John Dower
Published by Pantheon
Feb 12, 1987 | 416 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780394751726
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Susan Southard
In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers
Larry Alexander
Fighting the Flying Circus
Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker
Patton and Rommel
Dennis Showalter
Len Lomell
Steven M. Gillon
Woodbine Red Leader
George Loving
Shifty's War
Marcus Brotherton
We Who Are Alive and Remain
At the Abyss
Thomas Reed
Challenge for the Pacific
Robert Leckie
"May well be the most important study of the Pacific War ever published."
"One of the handful of truly important books on the Pacific War … a cautionary tale for all peoples, now and in the future."
"An exceptionally important book."
"Belongs in every general library … should be required reading for anyone interested in understanding the trade wars that have mercifully replaced the killing fields in the Pacific."
National Book Critics Circle Awards WINNER 1986
Preface • xi
PART I: ENEMIES
1. Patterns of a Race War • 3
2. "Know Your Enemy" • 15
3. War Hates and War Crimes • 33
PART II: THE WAR IN WESTERN EYES
4. Apes and Others • 77
5. Lesser Men and Supermen • 94
6. Primitives, Children, Madmen • 118
7. Yellow, Red, and Black Men • 147
Illustrations • 181
PART III: THE WAR IN JAPANESE EYES
8. The Pure Self • 203
9. The Demonic Other 234
10. "Global Policy with the Yamato Race as Nucleus" • 262
PART IV EPILOGUE
11. From War to Peace • 293
Notes • 319
Bibliography • 367
Picture Credits • 385
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Tony Blair said it was "profoundly wrong" to link US invasion of Iraq in 2003 to the current crisis in Iraq.
Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Sunday it was "profoundly wrong" to think that the 2003 Anglo-U.S. invasion of Iraq helped stoke the current crisis and urged the West to take targeted military action there.
In comments likely to anger his detractors at home and abroad who believe his decisions to intervene militarily in Iraq and Afghanistan made things worse, Blair told British TV that the Iraq crisis would have happened regardless of his actions.
"You can carry on debating about whether it was right or wrong what we did in 2003 but whatever had been done, you were always going to have a problem of deep instability in the region and in Iraq," Blair told Sky News.
If Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had not been toppled by U.S. and British troops, his government would have been caught up in the same "Arab Spring" uprisings that later shook the region and now be embroiled in a bloody Syrian-style war, Blair said.
Blair spoke out as an offensive by insurgents that threatens to dismember Iraq seemed to slow after days of lightning advances as government forces regained some territory in counter-attacks, easing pressure on the Shi'ite-led government in Baghdad.
Blair, who heads a global political consultancy business, said the West would be pulled into the Iraq crisis whether it liked it or not, urging it to target Islamist extremists in Iraq and Syria with the agreement of Arab governments in the region.
"I'm not suggesting we put ground troops in and we do a full scale invasion as we did in Iraq or Afghanistan, but I am saying we are going to have to take an active role in trying to shape events in Syria and Iraq and indeed across the region," he said.
In Iraq's case, that action had to be immediate, he added, saying the selective use of air power was one option.
As leader of Britain's Labour party, Blair won three elections and was in office from 1997 to 2007. But the way he handled the Iraq war and the unfounded claims he and the United States made about the existence of weapons of mass destruction there – their casus belli – proved to be his political undoing.
Speaking from Abu Dhabi, Blair said on Sunday that the West's failure to take military action in Syria was one of the main reasons the Iraq crisis had bubbled up.
In an article on his web site, he said the Syrian conflict had given Islamist extremists a chance to rebuild and get military experience, saying there was a risk the country could become a more dangerous source of terror-related threats than Afghanistan in the 1990s. He blamed the Iraqi government's sectarianism for the crisis too and said it had failed to use oil money to rebuild the country. Its army was inadequate, he added, questioning whether U.S. forces had withdrawn too soon.
The main reason the West had to intervene in Iraq and Syria was to protect its own security, Blair told BBC TV on Sunday. "These people, if they are allowed to grow, these extremist groups, in the end they will pose a threat for us within our own borders," he said.


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Venice is a favourite tourist destination. Top attractions are the Grand Canal, St. Mark Square, the Doge's Palace and Rialto Bridge.
Hotels Venice
Arriving in Venice
St. Mark's Square
Hotels city centre
Piazzale Roma
The bus station in the historic centre of Venice is at Piazzale Roma
The Venice bus station is at Piazzale Roma next to the Grand Canal. Destinations are the municipal area of Venice (including Mestre), the airports and cities in de region like Chioggia, Adria and Padova. At Piazzale Roma is also a taxi stand and a car parking.
Airport bus – Venice
Two bus companies (ATVO and ACTV) have services from the bus station at Piazzale Roma to Marco Polo Airport and Treviso Airport. Busses depart from Piazzale Roma. Tickets are sold in the ticket office at Piazzale Roma or from self-service ticket machines.
On the picture is the Grand Canal and a stair leading to Piazzale Roma. The bus station is just a short walk from Santa Lucia train station. Walk along the Grand Canal to the church with the green roof (400m). Cross the Grand Canal on the Scalzi Bridge (in the background). On your left (150m) is Santa Lucia Station. If you don't want to walk: Piazzale Roma has a boat stop for water buses. It is just one stop to Santa Lucia Train Station (3 minutes).
Cars parks Tronchetto
Tronchetto is an area just behind the Piazzale Roma (850m). It's connected to Piazzale Roma by a public transit system (People Mover) and the trip takes 3 minutes. All traffic from the mainland to the historic centre of Venice must cross the Liberty Bridge (5km). Because the historic centre is a pedestrian zone all cars must be parked here. The cheaper car parks are on Tronchetto. The car parks at Piazzale Roma are closer to the centre but more expensive.
The Eurolines buses depart from the station of the People Mover at Tronchetto. The People Mover is an small electric train connecting the cruise port with Piazzale Roma. It makes a stop at Tronchetto. Here are the car parks for the visitors of Venice. The Eurolines buses are a good choice if you travel on a budget and want to travel at night. For example the Eurolines bus in Paris departs at 18.30 in the early evening and arrives in Venice at 14.00.
Venice travel guide
Airport Marco Polo
Event and festivals
Mestre hotels
Mestre station
Rialto Bridge
Riva degli Schiavoni
Santa Lucia train station
Scalzi Bridge
Walking in Venice
Water bus
Water bus line 1
Venetie (NL)
Aankomst in Venetië


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I recently went to the Memorial Service of a friend's grandpa. Now, I had only met his grandpa one time, but after hearing the speeches at this service, I could have given a short synopsis of this man's servant heart and his love for God and family.
The eulogy is like the window into the true heart of a person. You won't hear about the size of their home or the 37 cruises they took, but you WILL probably hear about the time they saved a friend or influenced a young child.
This is fascinating, yet concerning. I know how to keep a clean home and feed my children healthy meals, but are those the issues I want people to talk about at my funeral? Or maybe I can drive like Richard Petty (that's what Mr. YT says) or talk as fast as the Hot Wheels dude, but those aren't really the traits I want talked about when I'm lying dead in front of the speaker.
While I definitely think it's important to make goals and have dreams, and I myself have a list of places I'd like to go before my time on earth expires, I can't help but shake the feeling that the Bucket List is unimportant because it's all about ME while the eulogy list is of most important because it's about how others have been effected by my life.
My grandma passed away almost 2 years ago and I was able to write a eulogy for her funeral. The thing that kept coming back to me as I wrote was how much she valued her time with me. Her face lit up when I came through her door. She was genuinely happy to see me and eager to sit and listen. Her name was Martha, but she had a Mary heart…she unknowingly blessed me with the gift of her time. When anyone was at her home, they were the #1 attraction and her actions reflected that.
I'm not sure I do well at giving people my undivided attention. I know I'm easily distracted by my phone and the things on my agenda. If I died today, I'm not sure people would be running to the church podium to talk about my gift of time.
the legacy of my children (i.e. knowing that they have the values that Mr. YT and I stand for).
I guess a Eulogy List can be considered an Intentional Life list. When you list the values your family has, and are intentional with your time (based on that list), it's much easier to know that you're living in line with your values. If you want to be intentional with making eye contact and focusing on your children, you're going to have to turn off the TV or put down the cleaning list and instead play a board game or throw a baseball (<- a sermon to myself).
There will always be seasons of life. And I'm definitely not as guru on time management, let that be known. Your values for your eulogy list may not be mine. I value Christ and so I deeply hope that my faith impacted another!
I do know that I need to get away from the "what am I doing for me?" mentality that so permeates our country and consider more of "what helps others? What is my contribution here?" thinking.
What do you think? Do you have a Eulogy List or a Bucket List? Are you more apt to make a Eulogy List now?
My grandma's Bible was full of her sermon notes and underlines and highlights. It is a treasured book to our family as we see her heart through the notes and markings that she made. Here is a blog about being intentional with the Bible you leave behind! I love this idea – and I would have more fun doing this than a scrapbook.


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4. Students will be able to generate and judge effective environmental problem-solving strategies and identify and apply various approaches to sustainability and mitigating environmental damage.
5. Students will utilize their scientific literacy to effectively communicate complex human and environmental issues to the general public, environmental professionals, and policymakers by developing effective writing, oral communication, and multimedia presentation strategies appropriate for their audience.


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Arecibo Observatory Instrument Platform Seen Before and After Collapse
2 December 2020, 1:25 pm
The National Science Foundation (NSF) reported the instrument platform of the Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico fell at some point in the early morning hours of December 1.
NSF recently announced that the observatory would be decommissioned following assessments that deemed the telescope "in danger of a catastrophic failure" after taking damage from several hurricanes, including Hurricane Maria.
"Following a review of engineering assessments that found damage to the Arecibo Observatory cannot be stabilized without risk to construction workers and staff at the facility, the U.S. National Science Foundation will begin plans to decommission the 305-meter telescope, which for 57 years has served as a world-class resource for radio astronomy, planetary, solar system and geospace research," wrote NSF in a press release on November 19.
No injuries were reported in the partial collapse incident on December 1.
Footage filmed by the organization Save the Arecibo Observatory shows the telescope support towers that held the instrument platform before its collapse on November 29, and after its collapse on December 1. Credit: Save the Arecibo Observatory/Wilbert Ruperto via Storyful
Sarawak minister says alarmed 23 Covid-positive patients can't be contacted
Veteran Mandzukic has 'big ambitions' with AC Milan
Superstore season 2's random Olympics episode, explained
And here's when it takes place.
Northern Ireland extends COVID-19 lockdown to March 5
The British region of Northern Ireland on Thursday extended its COVID-19 lockdown for an additional four weeks to March 5 and its deputy first minister said the measures might have to be extended again. Northern Ireland introduced a six-week lockdown on Dec. 26, closing schools, non-essential shops, bars and restaurants. "It's an additional four weeks and there may well be something beyond that," Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill told a press briefing.
Season 2 of 'Bridgerton' has finally been confirmed: Here are 8 shows to watch in the meantime
Expect plenty more from Anthony Bridgerton and his sideburns.
The Shawl Collar Cardigan Is the Kingliest Piece of Knitwear on the Market
This winter, there's little reason to wear anything else.From Esquire
You Can't Buy Bernie's Mittens — Here Are 8 Wool Lookalikes So You Can Pretend You Did
You know what we meme.
Glastonbury, the UK festival that's the biggest greenfield music event in the world, has been canceled for a second year running, organizers said on Thursday (January 21). The festival's founder, Michael Evis, announced the decision on Twitter, with the global health crisis again the reason why it needed to be called off. He said "In spite of our efforts to move Heaven and Earth, it has become clear that we simply will not be able to make the Festival happen this year. We are so sorry to let you all down." This edition would have been Glastonbury's 50th anniversary, and was due to feature former Beatle Paul McCartney as its headline act. More than 135,000 tickets had sold out in just 34 minutes for the event held on Eavis's dairy farm in the southwest of England. All of those who'd previously paid the £50 or $68 deposit for a ticket will now have the opportunity to roll that over to next year, when it's hoped Glastonbury can return.
Cars Drive Through Storm Christoph Floodwater in North Wales
A Severe Flood Warning was in place for parts of the Welsh county of Wrexham on January 21 after Storm Christoph brought several inches of rain to the region.Video here shows cars driving through floodwater on Ruthin Road in Wrexham.The flooding caused a number of road closures, and residents in Bangor-on-Dee had to be evacuated overnight.Flood Alerts and Warnings remained in effect for other parts of Wales.Large parts of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland remained under rain and snow warnings on January 21 in the wake of the storm. Credit: Kenneth W Pratt via Storyful
Everlane's sale on cold-weather items will keep you warm as winter drags on
Because the cold isn't going away anytime soon, sorry to say.
The death toll from COVID-19 in the United Kingdom hit 94,580 on Thursday after the country recorded another 1,290 fatalities, while official data showed medics had delivered a new high of 363,508 vaccines in the last 24 hours. Britain has been hit hard by the latest wave of the pandemic, with daily fatalities routinely over 1,000.
Cuba hopes Biden will quickly resume Obama-era detente
Cuba is hopeful U.S. President Joe Biden will swiftly reverse his predecessor's hardline approach toward the Communist-run island and resume the policy of detente begun by the Obama administration, a top official in Havana told Reuters. Former President Donald Trump took more than 200 measures to reinforce the decades-old U.S. trade and travel embargo on Cuba, largely unraveling former President Barack Obama's historic 2014 move to thaw relations between the Cold War foes. Trump's policy toward Cuba, which included a tightening of sanctions and limits on remittances and travel, plunged the island's struggling economy further into crisis and deepened the divide between families on either side of the Florida straits.
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she will consult with fellow Democrats in coming days about the Senate's readiness to begin an impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. "I'll be talking with the managers as to when the Senate will be ready for the trial of the then-president of the United States for his role in instigating an insurrection on the Capitol of the United States," Pelosi told reporters at a briefing.
European Union countries are rushing to secure special syringes needed to extract six doses from each vial of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in an attempt to inoculate more people and avoid paying extra. The vaccine developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech was the first to get EU approval in December. It was initially sold in the EU in vials meant to deliver five doses, but a global shortage of shots and a viability assessment on dosage convinced the EU drugs regulator to approve on Jan. 8 the extraction of six doses from the same vials.
The comedy was previously renewed for another series.
A Brazilian company has begun test production of the active ingredient for Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine and plans to reach full manufacturing in April, which would make it the first shot for which Brazil would not be dependent on imports. "This week we started making a pilot lot of the active ingredient for learning purposes, not for use," Miguel Giudicissi, chief science officer at União Quimica told Reuters. Full local production of the Russian vaccine could be a lifeline for Brazil, which is struggling to get export permits for vaccine supplies stuck in China and India to fight the world's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak outside the United States.
Steven Knight Talks 'Peaky Blinders' Movie, Writing Kristen Stewart's Lady Diana and Working With Netflix (EXCLUSIVE)
Oscar and BAFTA-nominated writer Steven Knight ("Dirty Pretty Things") is a busy man these days. Production on the sixth season of his hit series "Peaky Blinders" is underway, to be followed by a film; his take on the Lady Diana story, "Spencer," starring Kristen Stewart and directed by Pablo Larrain, is due to roll soon; […]
These Are the Sexiest Movies That Will Heat Up 2021
From Malcolm & Marie to Deep Water, this year's slate of films leans into the steam.From Esquire
These Essential Movies From Black Filmmakers Confront Systemic Racism In America
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We ARGH Pirates is an entertaining game for kids, around the age of 8, who are looking to just have some nice, clean fun. The price is a little higher than we would like, but the app design is very high quality and the app content is extremely safe for any little one. Kids will enjoy quickly moving through the treasure map with their pirate friends and solving a few puzzles along the way.
We ARGH Pirates is an entertainment game for kids, around the age of 8, who are looking to just have some nice, clean fun! Kids go on a treasure hunt adventure throughout the Island of Gems, and come across funny scenes and characters along the way. Along the treasure hunt, they join up with a crew of quirky pirates, visit secret islands, take several sails across the sea and get through broken bridges all in search of gold. The game is made to be super fun and also requires kids to strategically think through puzzles in order to win a certain level and collect gold or gems along the way.
Right away we can tell that the We ARGH Pirates team spent a lot of time creating original artwork and an interactive experience. We are impressed with the amount of detail that went into making each stop along the treasure map unique through the music, sounds, graphics puzzles and mythical creatures. Awesome work on a visually stimulating, professional app experience! The app is also unique in that it is totally language neutral given there are no conversations or text pages in the app.
The one downside of being totally language neutral is that there are no directions at the beginning of each level so players are left to figure out the strategy themselves along the way. The app does add clues through hand gestures and sparkly flashes throughout the game, but they are not always super intuitive. This "figure it out" approach may be frustrating to some little ones, but others may find it even more exciting and challenging. Older kids will most likely be in the latter group, but younger kids may have some hard moments.
This app encourages logic development while being entertaining and fun. In order to make it through each level of the treasure map, kids must use their strong problem-solving skills and some levels even require much harder, non-linear thinking. A bit of learning hidden among all the adventure!
The theme is sure to be a hit among all players. The pirates are quirky and pretty funny girls and guys, and the creative design of the app comes across as very playful. The games are varied and each level is pretty short once players determine the best way to progress through the level. Don't be surprised if the player makes it through the app in one sitting.
One awesome feature is that each level is something totally new and different. Players are dropped onto a beach, required to sail the high seas, make it through a fiery volcano and more. The same scene is not duplicated on any level which really keeps the app interesting and kids curious.
Another great feature is that kids don't have to start over on a level if they fail the first time. Kids will simply start over where they left off. This is a great feature that encourages each player to continue forward, instead of giving up.
We ARGH Pirates is a quality app that has taken the proper steps to make sure kids have fun and stay safe. The price to download is $3.99 and while a little pricey, the download is like getting eight different games in one. Each stop has a different theme and strategic objective.
The game is meant for kids between the ages of 6-12 years old, but we feel like kids 6-8 years old will get the most enjoyment out of the game. An older audience will still find the puzzles challenging but may find the pace of the game to be a bit too slow at times. The game itself has gone above and beyond to be child-friendly and safe. The characters are not too scary, there are no in-app purchases, no advertisements and no need to create an account. The app does not collect, store, or share any personal information or location data.


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Q: cannot convert from 'std::string' to 'char' Changed completely due to suggestions from other member. Most problems solved, still having problems. Now won't output any names from the array in main. Not sure if I'm passing them back correctly from function.
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

void bubblesort(string[], const int);
int sub = 0;

int main()
{
const int maxsize = 100;
string friendArray[maxsize];

ifstream friends;
friends.open("myFriends.dat");

while (sub < maxsize)
 {
  getline(friends, friendArray[sub]);
  sub++;
 }

 bubblesort(friendArray, maxsize);

 cout<<friendArray[0]<<" "<<friendArray[1]<<" "<<friendArray[2];

 system("pause");
 return 0;
}

void bubblesort(string *array, const int size)
{
    bool swap;
    string temp;

    do
    {
        swap = false;
        for (int count = 1; count < (size - 1); count++)
        {
            if(array[count-1] >array[count])
            {
                temp = array[count-1];
                array[count-1] = array[count];
                array[count] = temp;
                swap = true;
            }
        }
    }
    while(swap);

}

A: Your problem isn't necessarily that temp inside bubblesort is not a char, the problem is that array is declared as a string and not a string[].
The reason you're getting the error is because array[count+1] is of type char, and temp is of type string. std::swap expects two elements of the same type.
However, that may be the least of your problems, your code doesn't compile for quite a few reasons. Not just that but you're passing in maxsize to bubblesort at each iteration. There's a flaw in both your logic and your syntax.
EDIT: Since you're still having trouble getting the sorting to work, here's a working modification of your code:
#include <iostream>

void bubblesort(std::string array[], size_t size)
{
  bool bSwapped;
  std::string temp;

   do
   {
      bSwapped = false;
      for (size_t count = 1; count < size; count++)
      {
         if(array[count-1] > array[count])
         {
            std::swap(array[count-1], array[count]);
            bSwapped = true;
         }
      }
   }
   while(bSwapped);
}

int main(void)
{
   std::string array[] = { "def", "ghk", "abc", "world", "hello" };

   bubblesort(array, sizeof(array)/sizeof(*array));

   for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(array)/sizeof(*array); ++i)
      std::cout << array[i] + " ";

   std::cout << std::endl;

   return 0;
}

bubblesort could also be written as: void bubblesort(std::string *array, size_t size). There's no difference in this case since, when passed to a function, arrays decay into pointers.
Since arrays are passed by reference, a pointer to the first element, any modifications made to array inside of bubblesort will actually be modifying your array in main. So that's how arrays are "returned".
std::vector is a good alternative to the standard array, since it automatically resizes and obviously contains the length of the internal array so that you don't have to pass the size everywhere you pass an std::vector. You can also use it the same way as a regular array.

A: temp is a string, array[count] is a char (since an std::string is a vector of char elements.) I'm not sure what you're trying to do here, but the compiler is correct - you can't assign a char to a string.
You could change temp to be a char, since all you do with it is assign a char to it, and then assign it back to an element of array, which is also a char.

A: You need to declare temp as char. You can use std::swap to avoid such mistakes in the future:
std::swap(array[count], array[count+1]);

This would make your code compile, but it would not do what you're trying to do (bubblesort). The problem is that you are passing a single string (which is also an "array" of characters) instead of an array of strings, which is, in a very lose sense, "an array of arrays of characters". Your bubblesort needs to accept string *array as its first parameter.

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Happy birthday Ernie, let's do many more nights like these and awesome riding like we did this year!
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Donald Trump reportedly to get big financial boost from Sheldon Adelson
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to help elect Donald Trump president, The New York Times reported.
Last Friday, The Times quoted two Republicans as saying that Trump and Adelson met last week in New York when Adelson was in the city to attend an event of the World Values Network, a Jewish group he helps fund.
Adelson, a Jewish billionaire, Republican mega-giver and pro-Israel philanthropist, said he was ready to spend more than he had in any prior bid to elect a president, even in excess of $100 million, according to the report.
Trump late Saturday re-tweeted an excerpt of The Times story published by Breitbart News, a right-wing outlet that has favored the real estate magnate and reality TV star's bid.
Spending by Adelson and his wife, Miriam, in the 2012 elections has been estimated at between $98 million and $150 million, but that includes money spent on congressional races. Adelson plans to focus almost exclusively on the presidential race in this election cycle, the report said.
Last week, Adelson declared his support for Trump in a Washington Post op-ed but did not say whether that would mean a cash infusion.
Trump, who has riven the Republican Party and alienated many donors, until now has been self-funded. But as he heads into a general election against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, Trump has said he will seek outside funding.
Jewish Republicans have been particularly unsettled by his equivocating on what once were sine qua nons of Republican support for Israel, including tilting toward Israel in its dealings with Palestinians, recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and pledging to maintain and increase defense assistance for Israel.
Trump at times has said he would remain neutral on Israel and the Palestinians. He refused to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital before walking back that position and has suggested Israel should pay for U.S. defense assistance.
UNESCO condemns Iran's Holocaust cartoon contest
The United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, condemned a state-sponsored Holocaust-themed cartoon contest taking place in Iran.
The Second International Holocaust Cartoon Contest opened Saturday and was set to run through the end of May in Tehran. The top prize is $12,000.
"Such an initiative, which aims at a mockery of the genocide of the Jewish people, a tragic page of humanity's history, can only foster hatred and incite to violence, racism and anger," Irina Bokova, the director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, said over the weekend. "This contest goes against the universal values of tolerance and respect, and runs counter to the action led by UNESCO to promote Holocaust education, to fight anti-Semitism and denial."
Some 150 works from 50 countries are on display in the contest, which is organized by nongovernmental bodies in Iran with support from the government. Most of the works criticize Israel for using the Holocaust to distract the international community from its treatment of the Palestinians.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday also criticized the event.
"It is not just its policy of subversion and aggression in the region; it is the values on which it is based," Netanyahu said of Iran. "It denies and belittles the Holocaust and it is also preparing another Holocaust. I think that every country in the world must stand up and fully condemn this."
The Israeli leader added that he conveyed this message to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in a phone conversation on Saturday night. Kerry is traveling in Saudi Arabia.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner, who is traveling with Kerry, said in a briefing to reporters that the United States was concerned the contest could "be used as a platform for Holocaust denial and revisionism and egregiously anti-Semitic speech, as it has in the past," the Associated Press reported.
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Michigan public radio station refuses to air birthday greeting to Israel
A Jewish couple from Detroit is pressing a Michigan public radio station to broadcast a birthday greeting to Israel paid for by their sponsorship of the station.
Hannan and Lisa Lis made a donation to Michigan Radio, a statewide public radio group operated by the University of Michigan, that entitled them to sponsor a day's broadcast and have a message read on the air six times.
The couple requested "Happy 68th Birthday Israel" to be broadcast on Israel Independence Day, which took place on May 12, Deadline Detroit first reported. Hannan Lis is an Israeli citizen, and one son is serving in the Israeli army. Lisa Lis is a daughter of Weight Watchers CEO Florine Marks.
The station first said it needed two months' notice to broadcast a message but then rejected the message outright, saying in a letter to the couple: "We have determined that this message would compromise the station's commitment to impartiality and that it crosses over into advocacy, or could imply advocacy."
The couple and the station exchanged several letters, including one in which the Lises asked if the station would broadcast a "Happy Birthday Norway" message. The station confirmed that it would not, according to Deadline Detroit.
According to the day sponsorship rules posted on Michigan Radio's website: "Day sponsorships must be personal in nature. They may not include promotional, commercial or messages that Michigan Radio deems would negatively impact Michigan Radio's reputation for impartiality. Language referencing political campaigns, candidacies, religious convictions or legislation will not be accepted."
"There's so much anti-Israel sentiments and rhetoric and lies out there, and I just wanted something positive about Israel to be announced on the radio," Lisa Lis told AMI Newswire. "Many people just say 'happy anniversary' to their spouse. When they offered a day sponsorship to me, I genuinely and publicly wanted to wish Israel happy birthday from my husband and myself.
"We respect the university and the relationship and connections it has with Israel. The radio station, on the other hand, somehow feels wishing 'Happy Birthday' to Israel is adversarial to them. And I can't for the life of me figure out why. Everybody we talk to is surprised and shocked. I don't see how 'Happy Birthday' is political."
The couple told AMI that they would continue to press their case but are "trying to affect some pressure without going ballistic," according to Hannan Lis, due to their "high level of respect for NPR."


need some help on these stats problems that i am confused about?
12% read a publication oriented to these issues, and 10% do both.
(a) what is the probability that an adult i this city who watches a television program oriented to business and financial issues reads a publication oriented to these issues?
(b) what is the probability that an adult in this city who reads a publication orientated to buiseness and financial issues watches television program oriented to these issues?
2. a conference began at noon with two parallel sessions. the session on portfolio management was attended by 40% of the delegates, while the session on chartism was attended by 50%. the evening session consisted of aa talk titled, "is the random walk dead?" this was attended by 80% of all delegates.
(a) if attendance at the sessions on portfolio management and chartism are mutually exclusive, what is the probability that a randimly chosen delegate attended at least one of these sessions?
(b) if attendance at the portfolio management and evening sessions are statistically independent, what is the probability that a randomly chosen delegate attended at leaset one of these sessions?
(c) of those attending the chartism session, 73% also attended the evening session. what is the probability that a randomly chosen delegate attended at least one of these two sessions?
3. a lawn - care service makes telephone solitications, seeking customers for the coming season. a review of the records indicated that 15% of these solitications produced new customers, adn that of these new customers, 80% had used some rival service the presious year. it was also estimated that all solitication calls made, 60% were to people who had used a rival service the previous year. what is the probabiltity that a call to a person who used a rival service the previous year will produce a new customer for the lawn-care serice?
The best way to get moving on these problems is to draw a diagram to help you see whats going in.
i) In the case of question one you can draw a rectangle to represent all the population of the city.
ii) Now add to the rectangle a bubble which fills approximately 18% of the rectangle.
iii) Now add a second bubble inside the rectangle this time taking up 12% of the space BUT at the same time overlapping the first bubble. The overlap between the two bubbles represents the 10% who both watch TV and read the magazine.
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Q: PyPDF2 cannot import pdf file header I use PyPDF2 to import pdf file in string into python. Problem is the top of the first page doesn't want to be imported (.getPage(0).extracText() misses the top part).
I guess that there is a header property but i cannot find its name and i couldn't find any information on the internet.
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For some time now we've been hearing rumors that Amazon are looking to enter the smartphone space using their own build of Android. Just like they have done with their Kindle Fire Tablets. If you were to look back, an Amazon smartphone might have sounded pretty ridiculous but, when you consider that they've been selling the Kindle Fire for some time now, along with a whole host of digital content, a smartphone from them doesn't sound too much like a bad idea. Over the last year or so it's become more and more apparent that a lot of what we do with our devices is consuming content, such as music, movies, books - that sort of stuff and now Amazon are one of the biggest companies to offer such content, a smartphone from the company would certainly have what it takes to compete with the iPhone and Android on the content side of things.
There's a rumor coming from the Taiwanese Economic News that Foxconn have won a contract to supply the online giant with 5 Million smartphones. That's one hell of an order - especially for a first order. 5 Million might not sound like a lot when you look at sales of the iPhone 5 and the Galaxy S III but for a first order of something that hasn't been tried by the company before is a pretty big deal. Whether or not it's true is something we'll have to wait and see about but, can you imagine if Amazon were to show a prototype smartphone at CES next year? That would create pretty big waves in the industry and if they can get the price right then there should be a lot of people interested in the device. Speaking of price, the bill of materials is said to be anywhere between $100 to $200, which isn't a lot and when you remember that Amazon seem pretty happy to sell the Kindle Fire for little more than cost, a smartphone from the eCommerce giant could turn some heads indeed.
An Amazon smartphone would more than likely go on sale in America and parts of Western Europe, I doubt that they'll want to launch a phone in a region that they aren't selling any of their services. Perhaps the scariest thing of this is that there might be a phone on shelves next year that features ads on lockscreens. Let's hope that doesn't happen. If anything, it's pretty exciting to see what Amazon will be doing with this and whether or not they do enter the smartphone space - it would be a logical step for them but, is the market too crowded already?


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In various countries there are discussions about a crypto version of the national fiat currency, which in the case for Switzerland this could be the "Crypto Franc". We joined the Fintech Rockers writing the exposé Swiss national blockchain and cryptocurrency.
The exposé proposes the "Crypto Franc" in the context of a national blockchain which would serve as the digital backbone in the shaping mesh economy. We expect with a stable currency available on the blockchain that it will provide a catalyst effect of the economy. Such stable currency could be the "Crypto Franc" issues by the SNB directly pegged to the Swiss Franc.
For Switzerland (and other countries) it is imperative to think about its future in a digital mesh economy. Such an envisioned blockchain would be an excellent foundation. There are ongoing debates about such a strategy but prompt and immediate decision and actions on this topic are required in order to stay a leading country in the global financial system.
The exposé was mentioned under the title "E-franc pipe dream fails to arouse Switzerland" on swissinfo.ch recently.
While a crypto currency is pegged to a national fiat currency, it is no longer 100% pure crypto. It would become a digital form of fiat currency. The good things are people can still benefit from the underlying technologies, like blockchain and smart contracts.
1) the supply is not defined by crypto algorithm primarily. Might be it will become something like M5, M6..of total money supply of a national currency. Central bank needs to lock same amount of CHF in a reserve in order to allow same amount of Crypto Franc in circulation in the blockchain pool.
2) the nominal value of Crypto Franc is relative clear, say 1CHF=1CryptoFrance. (i.e it does not has it own price). But the real market value may vary in a range. Central bank may need to manage its level by providing supply/demand in a regular basis.
In short, it is obviously a competition ongoing among the central banks of different locations which pushingthem to add cryptocurrency into monetary system.


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Union Mission announces $1.5 million capital campaign to expand emergency housing programs to homeless women
by: McKenna Cieslak
Posted: May 11, 2021 / 08:40 AM EDT / Updated: May 11, 2021 / 09:01 AM EDT
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Union Mission announces a $1.5 million Capital Campaign, A Haven for Her, to expand service delivery to 32-women as part of a new Grace House for Women (GHFW). Union Mission plans to renovate the building at 125 Fahm St. that has been vacated by J.C. Lewis Health Care. This will be the only Emergency Housing Program for unaccompanied, homeless women along the I-95 corridor from the South Carolina/Georgia border to the Florida/Georgia border.
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