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Has any newspaper ever had better publicity than Truth in the last week?
The appointment of Cameron Slater as editor received coverage that money can't buy and that has tranlated in sales.
#nz_truth sells out in downtown Wellington. Who are the nervous pollies?
If I've ever bought or read a copy before the experience has been buried deep in the recesses of my memory but I found one in a dairy in Oamaru today and out of curiousity bought it.
A quick thumb-through confirms I'm not the target audience. Politics yes, adult content, no thanks.
That said, and while you can't judge an editor on a single issue, selling out and getting coverage in other media for content is a very good start.
Crown accounts issued today, showing core Crown spending and revenue slightly below forecast for the three months to 30 September, reinforce the need for careful financial management, Finance Minister Bill English says.
"The accounts confirm that the Government is keeping its spending under control, but that revenue can be affected by the uncertain global economic situation and its impact on New Zealand," he says. "This effect will continue.
"As we work to reduce our deficits and meet our target of returning to surplus by 2014/15, we will need to remain prudent with new spending and ensure existing spending delivers better public services and good value for taxpayers.
Hon BILL ENGLISH: We continue to perform at moderate levels, but nevertheless better than most other developed countries. In the first half of this year New Zealand grew by 1.6 percent, which is higher than growth rates in the US, Japan, Canada, the UK, and the euro area over the same period. Our quarterly growth rate is about the same as Australia's. Policies that would put this at risk would include borrowing more, spending more, and printing money, which would fuel costs for households and businesses and put jobs at risk.
Most households and businesses have accepted the need to reduce debt. The government is leading by example with no net Budget increases and continuing emphasis on lowering costs and improving the efficiency of public services and with policies which help export led growth..
These good examples are lost on the opposition which labours under the misapprehension that you can decrease debt by borrowing more and printing money.
Clive Dunn, OBE, the actor who played Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in Dad's Army, has died.
Among the lines he was famous for, were Permission to speak, Sir and Don't Panic!
There's more at the Dad's Army Appreciation Society.
Regional councils out of balance?
. . . A case study for the Manawatu catchment indicates farm profits could fall by 22% to 43% as a result of land use changes needed to meet water quality targets in the plan.
Mr Carter said he will wait for the outcome of High Court appeals from farming and horticulture bodies against the Environment Court ruling, but he's concerned about the restrictions proposed in the One Plan.
Federated Farmers says it will be challenge the regional council's cost-benefit analysis under the Resource Management Act.
Chief executive Conor English says the impact would go well beyond farming, causing income cuts and job losses right through the supply chain.
Balancing economic and environmental concerns isn't easy but the consequences of getting it wrong has serious consequences.
The One Plan has been greeted enthusiastically by some people but with serious concerns by others who think it has gone too far in the environmental direction without giving sufficient weight to the economic and social impact it would have.
Horizons isn't the only council upsetting its constituents.
. . . There had been an alarming increase in effluent-related prosecutions over the last year relating to incidents which were mostly unintentional, extremely minor and fixed immediately by farmers, the letter said.
Farmers, who in most cases asked the councils for help, got no support and were instead prosecuted.
"Why is it not possible for farmers and the councils to work together to improve farming practices on a consultative basis without the need to resort to prosecutions for the first time or minor offences?" the letter said.
Inspectors have been seen taking photos and flying over properties "looking for any breach possible," the letter said.
Local councils had moved from being a pragmatic, solutions-focused body to a vindictive, prosecutorial body, it said.
The farmers asked that the focus of local councils be shifted to help them comply, rather than be prosecuted. . .
This could be a consequence of having one body set and enforce rules and also collect the fines for those who breach them.
The object should be improved practices on farms and cleaner waterways. That is far more likely to be achieved by co-operation and eduction than prosecution.
Prosecution might be reasonable for people who deliberately offend and cause serious pollution. But there needs to be tolerance and advice for minor offences and accidents with the aim of compliance, rather than punishment.
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Recently there has been a lot of posts on the Themeforest forums about the current theme review process, review times, hard-rejections, soft-rejections and lots of frustrated authors, so I thought I'd write a short post on the subject.
Recently, there has been a lot of posts on the Themeforest forums about the current theme review process, review times, hard-rejections, soft-rejections and lots of frustrated authors, so we thought we'd write a short post on the subject.
We've been a part of Themeforest now for over 4 years and we're also Elite Authors, meaning we've had our own fair share of rejections over the years, therefore, as you'd expect, we have a fairly good idea of the main reasons for rejection and hopefully this post can help you.
Okay, so the first complaint we've started to see a lot of is the review time.
Well, firstly, you have to understand the marketplace has grown exponentially over the last few years, 4 million members, 6 million items for sale and a small review team.
You can already see where this is going, obviously the number of items being submitted is huge, therefore it takes time for you to move through the review queue, it's just the way it is.
Nothing. Nothing at all. Submit your item and move on, take a break, start another theme, learn some new stuff, anything is far better than sitting at your Dashboard waiting for the review, use your time constructively instead.
Okay, let's move on, the next complaint is the number of rejections an author receives.
Well, think about it, imagine that the reviewer sat down and went through every single theme and wrote a list of every single issue first time around, you'd be in the review queue for far longer than the current 7 day average, and you'd be feeling even more frustrated.
Or, how about the reviewers are only human?
They missed it the first time round, this is acceptable isn't it? After all, you missed the bug too when you submitted.
There is an upside to numerous soft-rejections though, the bugs are being caught before your item goes live.
Imagine if they didn't, yes you'd fix them eventually, but how many sales would you lose in the meantime, how many 1 star ratings would you receive?
We also get the fact that many authors like to know roughly when their item is going to be approved for marketing purposes, and maybe that is something Envato could look at, possibly an option for an author to set their item live whenever they want after being approved, this may just help with the review process as a whole.
The fact of the matter is, if your item has issues, then it's going to have rejections, no matter what, the easiest way not to get rejections, or reduce the amount of rejections, is to make sure the item is right in the first place.
Hence the next section in the post, we'll cover common reasons for rejection and a checklist of things you should be doing yourself before submitting your item.
So, with that in mind, the first thing you're going to want to check is the design, after all, if the reviewers see a really poor design they won't even get into the code review.
Post it up on the forums and ask for a critique, but be prepared, sometimes you won't hear what you want to hear, you may think it's awesome, but in reality in may not be, but that's part of being a designer, take the critique, make some tweaks and make it awesome!
Okay then, you've posted your item for critique, everyone says it's as awesome as you knew it was, good stuff, now to checkout the code.
Much of this section focuses primarily on WordPress themes, but you can take away some of the advice for HTML templates too.
Validation: Your first check should be validation, does your code validate? Don't get too hung up on validation though, yes you should remove as many validation errors as possible, but some errors are just going to occur no matter what you do, EDGE errors, or nesting issues because of a dynamic section being inserted, you just need to use your own judgement as to what is acceptable and what isn't.
Some of our own themes have 10 or so validation errors, simply because of nesting issues, or WordPress doing it's usual trick of wrapping elements in p tags where they're not needed, it happens, but some themes have 200+ errors, which just isn't acceptable at all.
Functions: When creating custom functions you should hook into after_setup_theme to run your functions once the theme is initialized.
Sanitize Data: This is very important, not only is it a big reason for rejection, it's good practise to make sure your theme is as secure as it can be.
Translation: Again, it's good practise to make any static text throughout your theme translatable, this way, even if the user doesn't want to translate the theme, they can change the values of static text throughout simply by using .mo/.po files rather than having to search through files.
Default WordPress Functions: Make sure you're utilizing default WordPress functions correctly.
Is your design unique and up to standard?
Is your code well documented?
Are you using WordPress functions correctly?
Are you enqueuing scripts & styles?
Are you using jQuery in strict mode?
Does your CSS have a table of contents?
Have you tested your theme with unit test data?
Have you tested all widget areas?
Have you enabled debug in wp_config.php and tested with theme check plugin?
Have you checked loadtime and improved by combining & minifying your CSS/JS?
Have you checked loadtime and improved by optimizing images?
Validate Code – W3 Validator.
Enqueuing Scripts – wp enqueue script on WordPress.org.
Enqueuing Styles – wp enqueue style on WordPress.org.
Data Validation – Data Validation on WordPress.org.
Data Validation – Data Validation With WordPress.
Data Validation – Developing for WordPress? Keep Your S**t Secure.
Sanitizing – Validating Sanitizing and Escaping User Data on WordPress.org.
CSS/JS Compression – JS/CSS Compression Using YUI Compressor.
Theme Unit Test – Theme Unit Test on WordPress.org.
Test Widget Areas –Monster Widget WordPress Plugin.
Theme Check – Theme Check WordPress Plugin.
ThemeForest Guidelines – WordPress Theme Submission Requirements.
Understanding The Review Process – Understand the ThemeForest Reviewing Process.
Visual Hierarchy – Achieving Visual Hierarchy.
Following this list won't guarantee first time approval, but it should reduce the amount of rejections you receive.
You've already worked hard on the content, so finish your Ebook in style with an InDesign template.


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(wire reports) _ Tragedy has struck the world of sports.
NBA legend Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash this morning in Calabasas, Calif., about 30 miles from Los Angeles. He was 41. His daughter, Gianna, 13, was also among a total of nine victims.
Bryant played his entire 20-year career for the Los Angeles Lakers and won five NBA championships. He was named Finals MVP twice and league MVP in 2008. Bryant was 41.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department responded to reports of a helicopter that crashed into a hillside and caught fire. The crash was called in at 9:47 a.m. local time. Flames that spread a quarter-acre were put out by 10:30. The fire department reported no survivors.
Bryant and his wife, Vanessa, have four daughters Gianna, Natalia, Bianca, Capri.
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Witnesses in crosshairs as accused drug lord "El Chapo" faces NYC trial
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By Erin Donaghue CBS/AP November 5, 2018, 11:07 AM "El Chapo" case: Security tight as trial gets underway for notorious accused drug kingpin
NEW YORK — Security is expected to be tight Monday as jury selection starts in the federal trial of notorious accused drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in New York City. Special security procedures are also expected to be in place for jurors, once they are seated, CBS New York reports. Opening statements are likely to begin Nov. 13.
Guzman is accused of having a hand in dozens of murders, of using his drug cartel to smuggle more than 200 tons of cocaine into the United States, even pulling off running the massive operation from behind bars. That's when he wasn't busy escaping from jail — twice.
The almost-mythical criminal pedigree of the Mexican drug lord, who was extradited in 2017 to face U.S. drug conspiracy charges, has sparked security concerns for the trial that at times have drawn as much attention as the case's sensational allegations.
A look at those concerns:
Witnesses in the crosshairs
Prosecutors say Guzman was in the habit of ordering the killings of anyone who got in his way during his heyday in Mexico as boss of the Sinaloa cartel.
Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman appears in a court sketch in Brooklyn, New York.
Courtesy of Jane Rosenberg
In his way now is a lineup of government witnesses who survived the wave of violence and are expected to give details about the ruthless way he kept power for 20 years in the cutthroat world of international drug trafficking. The defense says the witnesses are the true bad guys whose testimony shouldn't be trusted.
The names of the witnesses have been blacked out on court documents with prosecutors saying their identities need to be protected because their cooperation could put them in the crosshairs of a vengeful cartel. According to court papers, some are being held in special jail units for their protection, while others are in witness protection programs.
The list of people who could turn up on the witness stand is long. Two standout possibilities are twin brothers Pedro and Margarito Flores, former Chicago-based narcotics wholesalers who did business with Guzman before their arrest in 2008. They agreed to cooperate and record phone conversations with Guzman about the size of shipments smuggled on boats and airplanes.
In one, a voice identified as Guzman's asks, "How much can you get rid of in a month?"
The now imprisoned brothers paid a steep price for flipping: Prosecutors say in 2009 their father was murdered in Mexico by a cartel hit team.
Fortifying the courthouse
At pretrial hearings leading to the trial, heavily armed federal officers and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolled outside. Anyone trying to attend the hearings was put through airport-style metal detectors at the courthouse entrance and at the door of the courtroom itself.
Recaptured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted by soldiers at the hangar belonging to the office of the attorney general in Mexico City, Mexico, Jan. 8, 2016.
Reuters/Henry Romero
The judge also agreed with prosecutors that the jury for the case should be kept anonymous, a measure typical in terrorism or mob cases where jury intimidation is a concern.
No one's hiding the ominous nature of the case from potential jurors. Questions for them on an initial screening form ask if they've ever heard of "El Chapo" along with, "Have you, or has anyone close to you, ever felt fearful of or threatened by people who you thought were associated with drug crimes?"
Jurors also will be escorted to and from the courthouse by federal officers and sequestered from the public while inside. As a reason, the judge cited prosecutors' contention that Guzman's cartel "employs 'sicarios,' or hit men, who carried out hundreds of acts of violence, including murders, assaults and kidnappings."
Guzman's defense attorneys have argued the level of security creates a public spectacle that's prejudicial to jurors, CBS New York reports.
Keeping an eye on El Chapo
After Guzman was brought to New York, authorities here decided he should be housed in solitary confinement in a high-security wing of a federal jail in Manhattan that has held notorious terrorists and mobsters.
Central to that calculation was Guzman's history of giving directions to his lieutenants from Mexican jails and credentials as a two-time escapee there. The second time was via a mile-long tunnel dug to the shower in his cell.
The logistical problem for his keepers: The case is being prosecuted across the East River in federal court in Brooklyn.
For pre-trial hearings, authorities opted to transport him to and from jail by shutting down the Brooklyn Bridge to make way for a police motorcade that included a SWAT team and an ambulance, all tracked by helicopters.
The judge indicated he thinks the time and expense involved would add up to a logistical nightmare — and an inconvenience for New Yorkers who rely on the bridge to commute — for a trial expected to last as long as four months. He said there would be adjustments, but didn't elaborate.
There's now speculation that a special cell for Guzman has been set up in the bowels of the courthouse where he will spend the night after his days in court.
But no one is saying. For security reasons, of course.
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"Hell of an answering service," Ian commented.
A garbled voice followed the message.
"Oh, crap." Lila looked at her watch. "It's the thirteenth. I totally forgot." She grabbed her backpack and hauled Ian to his feet by grabbing his shirtsleeve.
"I know. I bought it for you." Lila smirked. "Looks mighty nice on you too." She fluttered her eyelashes at him.
"No time for that," Ian said in a grumpy voice, which he then spoiled by smiling.
"There's always time for that," Lila imitated Ian's tone. He just shook his head.
They hurriedly left the room and raced down the hallway at top speed.
"Slow down," Ian said, nearly panting.
"You should work out more," Lila said critically.
"Gotta make time for what's important," Lila quipped.
It was Ian's turn to roll his eyes. "What-ever," he said drawing out the word.
Ian grinned. "Yep, I have some pretty fond memories." They had stayed there overnight after one of their latest overseas adventures, with the room paid for by their friend as a gift.
"Yeah, it was." Ian smiled reminiscently.
"No, you don't." He flashed her that smile again. "Maybe later you can tell me what you think I was thinking." He gave her a lecherous look.
Lila rolled her eyes and released a sigh of mock disgust.
They had driven about fifteen minutes up the 101 North and were nearing their exit.
"There's Hollywood." Lila pointed to the right.
"I see it," Ian replied in a semi-annoyed voice.
"Barely in time." Lila kept glancing at her watch and clutching the door pull as though she could make them go faster. They drove through the Griffith Park entrance, parked, and waded through the crowds.
After buying two tickets for the midnight ride, they seated themselves and waited to approach the Purgatory section. Once there they slid off the beaten path and made their way to an isolated corner.
It was dark and the gasps from other patrons were making Lila nervous. At least that's what she told herself.
A hand grasped her shoulder from behind.
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Media Roundup for Feb. 9, 2018
Media Roundup for the week of Jan. 19, 2018
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Wake Forest Law faculty, students and staff are quoted regularly in the media. Following are the media mentions for the week of Feb. 9, 2018:
The Future of Healthcare Could Be a Privacy Nightmare
"Typically there are not such state laws," says Mark Hall, professor of law and public health at Wake Forest University. "So, what you describe could happen in many states," for people who have Aetna insurance.
Conference and partners to hold expungement clinics
Winston-Salem Chronicle
They wanted to hold the clinic to bring awareness to a broader audience, according to Judge Denise Hartsfield. She said since certain laws were changed at the end of 2017, more individuals might be eligible for expungement. "This process has taught us that people who are looking for jobs are penalized by a criminal record, period," said Hartsfield. "It doesn't matter what the criminal record says because employers are looking for a reason not to hire you, anyway.
NC health care marketplace sign-ups drop 5.3 percent; state ranks 4th nationally in enrollment
Mark Hall, a professor of law and public health at Wake Forest University, said the report "shows that, despite the Trump administration's effort to undermine the Affordable Care Act, its basic structure remains solid."
"This is a testament to its fundamental soundness. In North Carolina, enrollment dipped, but not as much as some people feared."
This was also published on Pharmacy Choice and News & Record.
A party with death: How one local group is organizing for the inevitable
Tanya Marsh, a law professor at Wake Forest University specializing in mortuary statutes, said the toughness of Pennsylvania's regulatory system is due to its age. Modern embalming burgeoned as an industry in the 19th century, with the Civil War heightening the demand. Northern wealthy families began paying to have their battle-slain loved ones embalmed, then shipped home. That placed states such as New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania on the forefront of American death care. Western Pennsylvania is the home to the first crematory in the U.S., for example. But now, for those interested in newer standards, some of Pennsylvania's burial laws appear passé. "They've become so rigid, they've been left behind," Marsh said.
Can you sell your body when you die? This man wants to try
Tanya Marsh teaches funeral and cemetery law at Wake Forest University School of Law. She wrote a textbook on human remains law and explained that the law in this area is woefully vague and unenforced. Still, she argues that such a sale would be illegal in Stump's state of Kentucky.
"The common law rule in the U.S. is that there's no property interest in human remains," Marsh told Newsweek, adding, "You can't sell something that isn't property."
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Revealed in its native UK, the second-gen Range Rover Evoque — arriving next year as a 2020 model — keeps the tidy footprint of its predecessor while boosting the model's high-zoot trappings and technology. It's more powerful, greener, and capable off-road than before, JLR claims, and there's no longer even a whiff of Ford about the thing. Under that hood is an engine proudly flying the Union Jack.
There's no mistaking it as an Evoque, either, though observers will no doubt notice a design that's moved in the direction of the lengthier Velar. Still, the gripes hurled at the first-gen model, which first appeared in 2010, were not styling related. And there were many gripes hurled, no doubt about it.
With the 2020 model, JLR sought to correct past mistakes. Beneath the upcoming Evoque is a new platform — JLR's Premium Transverse Architecture, which affords rear-seat passengers an extra eight-tenths of an inch of legroom via a mild wheelbase stretch. Keep in mind that it's the same sized package as before, so miracles aren't plentiful here. Improvements, yes. In addition to a body that's 13 percent stiffer than before, cargo volume expands by 6 percent, to 21.5 cubic feet. Fold that rear bench down, and 50.5 cubes greet the proud Evoque owner.
Power-wise, the UK-market Evoque makes use of two Ingenium four-cylinder powerplants, each offered in three flavors. We'll skip over the diesel offerings, focusing instead on the gas-powered motors most likely to see service on this side of the Atlantic. The 2.0-liter Ingenium range starts at 197 horsepower and 251 lb-ft of torque, moves up to 246 hp and 269 lb-ft, and tops out at 296 hp and 295 lb-ft. It's the latter two engines we'll be seeing here, if Jaguar's U.S.-market XE powerplants tell us anything.
Joining these two engines is a 48-volt mild-hybrid system, which captures energy lost through braking and coasting and stores it in an underfloor battery pack. The juice returns to the drivetrain through a belt-integrated starter generator, providing a boost during acceleration and allowing the Evoque to shut down its internal combustion engine at speeds below 11 mph, though only if the brakes are being applied. In a year's time, a three-cylinder plug-in hybrid should show its face.
All-wheel drive comes standard (UK drivers get a 2WD manual diesel), with multiple terrain modes to choose from, though JLR offers an Auto mode for owners who'd prefer the vehicle governs itself. Water fording, a chief concern for all Evoque owners, improves with this new model. You'll now be able to tackle 23.6 inches of the wet stuff, up from 19.7 inches in the first-gen model. Should you be of the adventurous type, JLR's ground view camera, which monitors the area ahead of and below the front bumper, might just prevent your oil pan from being carried away by a jutting slab of granite.
Inside and out, luxury cues abound. LED lighting fore and aft lends a contemporary premium feel, and flush door handles, while wholly unnecessary, nonetheless scream "I've paid for this — it's worth it!" As you can see, the Evoque's dash doesn't lack padding, nor touchscreen acreage. The dual-screen setup is an optional feature, pairing two 10-inch surfaces in the center stack with a 12.3-inch digital gauge display.
Lastly, you'll find both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto as standard kit on this vehicle, allowing the Evoque to offer the same level of connectivity as many generic compact sedans. What'll a new Evoque set you back, you ask? The automaker isn't telling, preferring to release its U.S. pricing at the 2019 Chicago Auto Show.
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When the next Evoque comes out, the media will be free to discuss how terrible this one is.
Revealed in its native UK? Land Rover is actually an INDIAN automaker.
Same as Lamborghini is a German automaker?
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Die Burg Berstadt, auch Cramersche Burg genannt, ist eine abgegangene Wasserburg am Zingelbach im Ortsteil Berstadt (zwischen Waschgasse und Burggasse) der Gemeinde Wölfersheim im Wetteraukreis in Hessen.

Geschichte
Die frühe Entwicklung der Burg (Reichsgut und Königsgut) ist vermutlich in die Salierzeit (10. bis 11. Jahrhundert) zu datieren. Der Königshof hatte im 11. Jahrhundert regionale Bedeutung in der nördlichen Wetterau. Für die Jahre 1056, 1068 sowie 1074 sind Aufenthalte der Könige Heinrich III. und Heinrich IV. urkundlich belegt. Die Burgmannen stammten aus dem niederen Adel, im 13. Jahrhundert ist eine Adelsfamilie von Berstadt als Zweig der Adelsfamilie von Büches urkundlich fassbar.  Die Familie von Büches starb um ca. 1600 im Mannesstamm aus. Die von Berstedt sind als Teil der Burgmannschaft in der Wetterauer Reichsburg Friedberg urkundlich nachgewiesen.

Im Hessischen Archiv-, Dokumentations- und Informations-System HADIS sind Urkunden zum "Steinhaus zu Berstadt" vorhanden, aus denen eine Belehnung der sicher damit gemeinten Burg von 1439 bis 1604 fassbar ist. 1439 als Erbe seines Vaters wurde Henne von Bellersheim in einer Urkunde mit dem Steinhaus zu Berstadt, zwei Höfen, drei Hufen Land sowie Äckern, Wiesen und Zubehör zu Berstadt durch den Fuldaer Fürstabt Johann I. von Merlau belehnt. 1440 wurde Heinrich von Bellersheim (wohl derselbe) durch den neuen Fürstabt der Abtei Fulda erneut damit belehnt. 1490 erhielten es die Brüder Heinrich und Erwin von Bellersheim durch den Fürstabt Johann von Henneberg als Lehen. Mit dem Tode von Heinrich belehnte derselbe Abt 1506 den erbenden Hans von Karsbach. 1558 vergab Fürstabt Wolfgang Schutzbar genannt Milchling das Anwesen den Vormündern Wilhelm von Waldmannshausen und Hartmann von Bellersheim der Walpurgis von Karsbach, Tochter des verstorbenen Philipp von Karsbach. 1570 ging das Lehen an ihren Ehemann Dietz von Rosenbach über, vergeben durch den damaligen Fuldaer Fürstabt Balthasar von Dernbach genannt Graul. Dieser bestätigte das Lehen 1604 dessen Söhnen Adam Hektor, Johann Konrad und Hans Dietrich von Rosenbach.

Aus den Untersuchungen des Arbeitskreises Dorfentwicklung (AKD) Berstadt ergibt sich für die neuzeitliche Geschichte der folgende Verlauf: Letzte Besitzer der Burg waren Nachfahren des Geiß-Niddaer Pfarrers Cramer. Sein Sohn, Carl Cramer, heiratete Christine Sophie Laupus, Tochter des Pfarrers Laupus zu Nauheim, ihre Mutter war Luise Jakobine Ellenberger aus Berstadt. Aus der Ehe stammten sechs Kinder, von denen nur zwei Töchter, eine davon unverheiratet, überlebten.
Tochter Christine Wilhelmine, * 25. Oktober 1803, heiratete 1838 den preußischen Leutnant Weber. Bis 1852 befand sich der Besitz noch bei den Nachfahren der Familie Cramer. Zwölf Jahre später wurden das Anwesen, das der Gemeinde zustehende Wohnhaus nebst Remise und Waschküche sowie zwei Schweineställe zum Abbruch verkauft. Der obere Bereich der Burg, in etwa das heutige Anwesen Untergasse 21, mit großem Wohnhaus und Nebengebäuden war von den Grafen von Walderdorff und von Einsiedel an die Gemeinde verkauft worden, die 1860 den Komplex der Frau des Revierförsters Müller vermietete.

Die im oberen Bereich der Burg gelegene Hofreite wurde am 26. Februar 1866 durch Heinrich Wolf X. für 1405 fl. ersteigert. Letzter Pächter des nach dem Abbruch noch vorhandenen Burgkellers in dem Burggarten war 1870 Jost Völbel. Der einsturzgefährdete Keller wurde danach nicht mehr verpachtet und stürzte 1877 teilweise ein. Den Bereich der Burg nehmen heute ein Garten und der Spielplatz ein.

Beschreibung
Die etwa 55 mal 48 Meter große rechteckige Kernburg mit einem 20 Meter mal 20 Meter großen Wohnturm befand sich in der Mitte der von einem 5 Meter breiten Wassergraben umgebenen Burganlage. Der Zugang erfolgte über einen westlich (Richtung Waschgasse) angesetzten Torturm. Das Gebäude hatte mindestens zwei Geschosse und war wohl ein schiefergedeckter Fachwerkbau. Außerhalb der Kernburg befanden sich Scheunen, Stallungen, Aufenthaltsräume und Vorratskammern. Sicher ist, dass diese Gebäude nicht mehr das ursprüngliche Aussehen aus der Salierzeit hatten. Lediglich der annähernd quadratische Grundriss in den Parzellenbüchern verweist auf seine Gestaltung als Wohnturm. Von dem Anwesen Untergasse 21 (ebenfalls Teil der Burg) erfolgte die Einfahrt zur Burg, wo sich heute noch eine Hoftoreinfahrt mit Torpfosten (Jahreszahl 1793) befindet. An diesem Anwesen soll auch ein Graben parallel zur Untergasse verlaufen sein. Der ehemalige Wassergraben soll noch erkennbar sein. Der Zugang zur Burg erfolgte über eine Zugbrücke, die erst im beginnenden 19. Jahrhundert endgültig durch einen Steg und nach dem Verfüllen der Gräben 1839 einem festen Zugang wich.

Zum Anwesen der Burg gehörte vermutlich das dazugehörige "Herrenhaus" im Bereich der heutigen Untergasse 19, deutlich erhöht, oberhalb der ehemaligen Wasserburg. Das komplette Burggrundstück wird mit einer Größe von 2 Hektar angegeben. Von der Burg sind heute nur noch die Benennung der Burggasse, die sogenannten Burggärten und das als "Burgs" genannte Anwesen in der Untergasse 21 mit den wohl von der Burg stammenden Türpforten geblieben.

Literatur
 Rudolf Knappe: Mittelalterliche Burgen in Hessen. 800 Burgen, Burgruinen und Burgstätten. 3. Auflage. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6, S. 348.

 Eugen Rieß, Wasserburg Berstadt. In: Eugen Rieß, Willy Roth, Berstadt. Menschen und Geschichte. Bd. 3: 1200 Jahre Berstadt. Unser Dorf 817 - 1200. Friedberg 2017, S. 120–127.

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 Die Burg beim  Arbeitskreis Dorfentwicklung Berstadt (AKB).

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And that's about it... Good times.
Um, so it looks like you're in close proximity to an erupting volcano. Run!!!
Eh, it's all volcanoes around here... old news.
Great shot of the Nuthatch! And I love the mushrooms, great finds! Happy birding and have a great weekend!
Nice shrooms! I kept looking at the BRCR pick trying to see what bird was there, then finally read the caption. Such good camo.
Great shots. I love the fungi, some I've never seen.
That COME took me a second. Would make a good rorschach. Cool goose pics. That gull looks like an Olympic; Herring has a streakier head (instead of blotchy) and a finer bill.
I have zero mushroom confidence, need to work on that. Thanks for the gull ID- olympic was my initial impression, but then when I got closer I turned it into a herring. Damn.
I just found a mushroom guidebook among the old books at the project house...you got some good shots of them and the Geese n gulls!...uh Volcanoes?


John 9:1 - As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.
John 9:1 (ASV) And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.
John 9:1 (BBE) And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth.
John 9:1 (CJB) As Yeshua passed along, he saw a man blind from birth.
John 9:1 (CSB) As He was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth.
John 9:1 (CEBA) As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who was blind from birth.
John 9:1 (CEB) As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who was blind from birth.
John 9:1 (DBY) And as he passed on, he saw a man blind from birth.
John 9:1 (GNT) As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been born blind.
John 9:1 (GNTA) As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been born blind.
John 9:1 (GW) As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been born blind.
John 9:1 (HNV) As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
John 9:1 (JUB) And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from his birth.
John 9:1 (KJV) And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
John 9:1 (KJVA) And as Jesus passed by , he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
John 9:1 (LEB) And [as he] went away, he saw a man blind from birth.
John 9:1 (MSG) Walking down the street, Jesus saw a man blind from birth.
John 9:1 (TMBA) And as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from his birth.
John 9:1 (TYN) And as Iesus passed by he sawe a man which was blynde from his birth.
John 9:1 (RSV) As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.
John 9:1 (RSVA) As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.
John 9:1 (SBLG) Καὶ παράγων εἶδεν ἄνθρωπον τυφλὸν ἐκ γενετῆς.
John 9:1 (TMB) And as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from his birth.
John 9:1 (NAS) As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth.
John 9:1 (NCV) As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been born blind.
John 9:1 (NIV) As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.
John 9:1 (NIRV) As Jesus went along, he saw a man who was blind. He had been blind since he was born.
John 9:1 (NKJV) Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth.
John 9:1 (NLT) As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.
John 9:1 (NRS) As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth.
John 9:1 (NRSA) As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth.
Yochanan 9:1 (OJB) And passing along, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach saw a man ivver (blind) from birth.
John 9:1 (RHE) And Jesus passing by, saw a man who was blind from his birth.
John 9:1 (WBT) And as [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man who was blind from [his] birth.
John 9:1 (WEB) As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.
John 9:1 (WNT) As He passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
John 9:1 (WYC) And Jesus passing, saw a man blind from the birth.
Verses 1-7 Christ cured many who were blind by disease or accident; here he cured one born blind. Thus he showed his power to help in the most desperate cases, and the work of his grace upon the souls of sinners, which gives sight to those blind by nature. This poor man could not see Christ, but Christ saw him. And if we know or apprehend anything of Christ, it is because we were first known of him. Christ says of uncommon calamities, that they are not always to be looked on as special punishments of sin; sometimes they are for the glory of God, and to manifest his works. Our life is our day, in which it concerns us to do the work of the day. We must be busy, and not waste day-time; it will be time to rest when our day is done, for it is but a day. The approach of death should quicken us to improve all our opportunities of doing and getting good. What good we have an opportunity to do, we should do quickly. And he that will never do a good work till there is nothing to be objected against, will leave many a good work for ever undone, ( Ecclesiastes 11:4 ) . Christ magnified his power, in making a blind man to see, doing that which one would think more likely to make a seeing man blind. Human reason cannot judge of the Lord's methods; he uses means and instruments that men despise. Those that would be healed by Christ must be ruled by him. He came back from the pool wondering and wondered at; he came seeing. This represents the benefits in attending on ordinances of Christ's appointment; souls go weak, and come away strengthened; go doubting, and come away satisfied; go mourning, and come away rejoicing; go blind, and come away seeing.
Verses 8-12 Those whose eyes are opened, and whose hearts are cleansed by grace, being known to be the same person, but widely different in character, live as monuments to the Redeemer's glory, and recommend his grace to all who desire the same precious salvation. It is good to observe the way and method of God's works, and they will appear the more wonderful. Apply this spiritually. In the work of grace wrought upon the soul we see the change, but we see not the hand that makes it: the way of the Spirit is like that of the wind, which thou hearest the sound of, but canst not tell whence it comes, nor whither it goes.
Verses 13-17 Christ not only worked miracles on the sabbath, but in such a manner as would give offence to the Jews, for he would not seem to yield to the scribes and Pharisees. Their zeal for mere rites consumed the substantial matters of religion; therefore Christ would not give place to them. Also, works of necessity and mercy are allowed, and the sabbath rest is to be kept, in order to the sabbath work. How many blind eyes have been opened by the preaching of the gospel on the Lord's day! how many impotent souls cured on that day! Much unrighteous and uncharitable judging comes from men's adding their own fancies to God's appointments. How perfect in wisdom and holiness was our Redeemer, when his enemies could find nothing against him, but the oft-refuted charge of breaking the sabbath! May we be enabled, by well-doing, to silence the ignorance of foolish men.
Verses 18-23 The Pharisees vainly hoped to disprove this notable miracle. They expected a Messiah, but could not bear to think that this Jesus should be he, because his precepts were all contrary to their traditions, and because they expected a Messiah in outward pomp and splendour. The fear of man brings a snare, ( Proverbs 29:25 ) , and often makes people deny and disown Christ and his truths and ways, and act against their consciences. The unlearned and poor, who are simple-hearted, readily draw proper inferences from the evidences of the light of the gospel; but those whose desires are another way, though ever learning, never come to the knowledge of the truth.
Verses 24-34 As Christ's mercies are most valued by those who have felt the want of them, that have been blind, and now see; so the most powerful and lasting affections to Christ, arise from actual knowledge of him. In the work of grace in the soul, though we cannot tell when, and how, and by what steps the blessed change was wrought, yet we may take the comfort, if we can say, through grace, Whereas I was blind, now I see. I did live a worldly, sensual life, but, thanks be to God, it is now otherwise with me, ( Ephesians 5:8 ) . The unbelief of those who enjoy the means of knowledge and conviction, is indeed marvellous. All who have felt the power and grace of the Lord Jesus, wonder at the wilfulness of others who reject him. He argues strongly against them, not only that Jesus was not a sinner, but that he was of God. We may each of us know by this, whether we are of God or not. What do we? What do we for God? What do we for our souls? What do we more than others?
Verses 35-38 Christ owns those who own him and his truth and ways. There is particular notice taken of such a suffer in the cause of Christ, and for the testimony of a good conscience. Our Lord Jesus graciously reveals himself to the man. Now he was made sensible what an unspeakable mercy it was, to be cured of his blindness, that he might see the Son of God. None but God is to be worshipped; so that in worshipping Jesus, he owned him to be God. All who believe in him, will worship him.
Verses 39-41 Christ came into the world to give sight to those who were spiritually blind. Also, that those who see might be made blind; that those who have a high conceit of their own wisdom, might be sealed up in ignorance. The preaching of the cross was thought to be folly by such as by carnal wisdom knew not God. Nothing fortifies men's corrupt hearts against the convictions of the word, more than the high opinion which others have of them; as if all that gained applause with men, must obtain acceptance with God. Christ silenced them. But the sin of the self-conceited and self-confident remains; they reject the gospel of grace, therefore the guilt of their sin remains unpardoned, and the power of their sin remains unbroken.
John 9:1-41 . THE OPENING OF THE EYES OF ONE BORN BLIND, AND WHAT FOLLOWED ON IT.
1-5. as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from birth--and who "sat begging" ( John 9:8 ).
2. who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind--not in a former state of existence, in which, as respects the wicked, the Jews did not believe; but, perhaps, expressing loosely that sin somewhere had surely been the cause of this calamity.
3. Neither . . . this man, &c.--The cause was neither in himself nor his parents, but, in order to the manifestation of "the works of God," in his cure.
4. I must work the works of him that sent me, &c.--a most interesting statement from the mouth of Christ; intimating, (1) that He had a precise work to do upon earth, with every particular of it arranged and laid out to Him; (2) that all He did upon earth was just "the works of God"--particularly "going about doing good," though not exclusively by miracles; (3) that each work had its precise time and place in His programme of instructions, so to speak; hence, (4) that as His period for work had definite termination, so by letting any one service pass by its allotted time, the whole would be disarranged, marred, and driven beyond its destined period for completion; (5) that He acted ever under the impulse of these considerations, as man--"the night cometh when no man (or no one) can work." What lessons are here for others, and what encouragement from such Example!
5. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world--not as if He would cease, after that, to be so; but that He must make full proof of His fidelity while His earthly career lasted by displaying His glory. "As before the raising of Lazarus ( John 11:25 ), He announces Himself as the Resurrection and the Life, so now He sets Himself forth as the source of the archetypal spiritual light, of which the natural, now about to be conferred, is only a derivation and symbol" [ALFORD].
8-15. The neighbours therefore . . . said, Is not this he that sat and begged--Here are a number of details to identify the newly seeing with the long-known blind beggar.
13. They brought to the Pharisees--sitting probably in council, and chiefly of that sect ( John 7:47 John 7:48 ).
Others said, &c.--such as Nicodemus and Joseph.
17. the blind man . . . said, He is a prophet--rightly viewing the miracle as but a "sign" of His prophetic commission.
18-23. the Jews did not believe . . . he had been born blind . . . till they called the parents of him that had received his sight--Foiled by the testimony of the young man himself, they hope to throw doubt on the fact by close questioning his parents, who, perceiving the snare laid for them, ingeniously escape it by testifying simply to the identity of their son, and his birth-blindness, leaving it to himself, as a competent witness, to speak as to the cure. They prevaricated, however, in saying they "knew not who had opened his eyes," for "they feared the Jews," who had come to an understanding (probably after what is recorded, John 7:50 , &c. but by this time well known), that whoever owned Him as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue--that is, not simply excluded, but excommunicated.
24-34. Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner--not wishing him to own, even to the praise of God, that a miracle had been wrought upon him, but to show more regard to the honor of God than ascribe any such act to one who was a sinner.
25. He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, &c.--Not that the man meant to insinuate any doubt in his own mind on the point of His being "a sinner," but as his opinion on such a point would be of no consequence to others, he would speak only to what he knew as fact in his own case.
26. Then said they . . . again, What did he to thee? &c.--hoping by repeated questions to ensnare him, but the youth is more than a match for them.
27. I have told you already . . . will ye also be his disciples?--In a vein of keen irony he treats their questions as those of anxious inquirers, almost ready for discipleship! Stung by this, they retort upon him as the disciple (and here they plainly were not wrong); for themselves, they fall back upon Moses; about him there could be no doubt; but who knew about this upstart?
30. The man answered, Herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes--He had no need to say another word; but waxing bolder in defense of his Benefactor, and his views brightening by the very courage which it demanded, he puts it to them how they could pretend inability to tell whether one who opened the eyes of a man born blind was "of God" or "a sinner"--from above or from beneath--and proceeds to argue the case with remarkable power. So irresistible was his argument that their rage burst forth in a speech of intense Pharisaism, "Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us?"--thou, a base-born, uneducated, impudent youth, teach us, the trained, constituted, recognized guides of the people in the things of God! Out upon thee!
31. they cast him out--judicially, no doubt, as well in fact. The allusion to his being "born in sins" seems a tacit admission of his being blind from birth--the very thing they had been so unwilling to own. But rage and enmity to truth are seldom consistent in their outbreaks. The friends of this excommunicated youth, crowding around him with their sympathy, would probably express surprise that One who could work such a cure should be unable to protect his patient from the persecution it had raised against him, or should possess the power without using it. Nor would it be strange if such thoughts should arise in the youth's own mind. But if they did, it is certain, from what follows, that they made no lodgment there, conscious as he was that "whereas he was blind, now he saw," and satisfied that if his Benefactor "were not of God, He could do nothing" ( John 9:33 ). There was a word for him too, which, if whispered in his ear from the oracles of God, would seem expressly designed to describe his case, and prepare him for the coming interview with his gracious Friend. "Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at His word. Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for My name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified; BUT HE SHALL APPEAR TO YOUR JOY, and they shall be ashamed" ( Isaiah 66:5 ). But how was He engaged to whom such noble testimony had been given, and for whom such persecution had been borne? Uttering, perhaps, in secret, "with strong crying and tears," the words of the prophetic psalm, "Let not them that wait on Thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake; let none that seek Thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel; because for Thy sake I have borne reproach . . . and the reproaches of them that reproached Thee are fallen upon me" ( Psalms 69:6 Psalms 69:7 Psalms 69:9 ).
35-38. Jesus heard--that is, by intelligence brought Him.
that they had cast him out; and when he had found him--by accident? Not very likely. Sympathy in that breast could not long keep aloof from its object.
he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?--A question stretching purposely beyond his present attainments, in order the more quickly to lead him--in his present teachable frame--into the highest truth.
36. He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him?--"His reply is affirmative, and believing by anticipation, promising faith as soon as Jesus shall say who He is" [STIER].
37. Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him--the new sense of sight having at that moment its highest exercise, in gazing upon "the Light of the world."
38. he said, Lord, I believe: and he worshipped him--a faith and a worship, beyond doubt, meant to express far more than he would think proper to any human "prophet" ( John 9:17 )--the unstudied, resistless expression, probably of SUPREME faith and adoration, though without the full understanding of what that implied.
39-41. Jesus said--perhaps at the same time, but after a crowd, including some of the skeptical and scornful rulers, had, on seeing Jesus talking with the healed youth, hastened to the spot.
that they which see not might see, &c.--rising to that sight of which the natural vision communicated to the youth was but the symbol. Luke 4:18 ).
that they which see might be made blind--judicially incapable of apprehending and receiving the truth, to which they have wilfully shut their eyes.
40. Are we blind also?--We, the constituted, recognized guides of the people in spiritual things? pride and rage prompting the question.
41. If ye were blind--wanted light to discern My claims, and only waited to receive it.
ye should have no sin--none of the guilt of shutting out the light.
ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth--Your claim to possess light, while rejecting Me, is that which seals you up in the guilt of unbelief.


Fuse is celebrating Women's History Month by looking at a variety of rising forces who are creating Future Women's History before our eyes. CL had already smashed records and broke down barriers for Korean acts with her girl group 2NE1 and on her own the rapper-singer is proving to have the tools to break even further.
While she's been collaborating with everyone from Diplo to PSY to Skrillex, CL's solo single "Lifted" marked a new chapter for the superstar when it crashed into the Billboard Hot 100 and made her the first female from the K-pop scene to chart a hit. The "Method Man"–interpolating track saw CL performing on national U.S. television and proved she could drum up loads of buzz all on her own. But perhaps what's even more exciting than CL's come up is her goals that extend way beyond music.
CL is adamant about how she wants to be a role model for Asian girls and washing away outdated and harmful stereotypes. "I want to represent Asian women," she told Billboard in 2013 before she had even released a proper solo track. "I want to break that typical Asian female stereotype. There's this standard where they're all calm...I want to tell the world that there are some badass Asian female girls." She certainly has begun that journey with everyone from Alexander Wang to Diddy to even the ever-hyper critical Azealia Banks giving their co-sign.
While she's been biding her time in breaking America—her debut English solo album has been teased for more than a year now—it's clear that the bilingual star knows she's in the right place to make the biggest impact possible. "This is why I'm trying to come out here [in America]—to set an example of an Asian girl," she shared in a Paper magazine cover story. "A lot of my fans are those girls, and they want to be bolder, but there's no one they could look up to and be like, 'It's OK to be that way.' There's no one out here who will do that...I want them to be stronger and tell them that it's OK to be different. Being special is a luxury and I don't think we have that. Yet."
Yet, in the meantime CL will undoubtedly continue working on what makes her unique and continue to breakthrough her way. As CL told Fuse in a previous interview which you can watch above, "It's important to to study yourself and what you're good at, rather than chase something." And by continuing to hone in on the best version of herself, CL has the major potential to solidify her place in the future of women's history and beyond.


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CASE STUDY - Business Intelligence on the Fly
Commentary by Mark Seward, Vice President, Software Development, E•SPONDER
The city of St. Louis hosted the 2009 MLB All-Star Game, which was expected to draw nearly 50,000 fans and thousands of support personnel for five days of game-related events. Occasions like the All-Star Game are not taken lightly by cities; they require a tremendous amount of planning and are expected to generate revenue. Furthermore, there are security requirements on a scale that most businesses don't encounter.
To ensure a successful event, the city needed access to a tremendous amount of data from more than 35 city, state, federal, and private organizations. Much of this data was dynamic, updated in real time by public safety and maintenance personnel. In addition, data was continuously updated in various facilities throughout the area, such as hospitals.
A further challenge was the requirement for user interfaces that would ensure quick adoption by all stakeholders. The interfaces had to be tailored for various work environments and not disrupt established workflows. Field workers had to interact with the data via portable devices; analysts worked with data on desktop computers; and decision makers needed the data presented in a way that fostered rapid collaboration and interactivity. The system also had to create and distribute action and contingency plans as well as current status reports.
To be cost effective, the end solution should utilize existing applications and resources wherever possible. Many agencies involved in the project were using Microsoft applications and ESRI GIS in their day-to-day operations. These existing applications presented both an opportunity and a conceptual framework for a solution that could successfully manage a large event.
The city contacted ESRI and Microsoft partner E•SPONDER, which helped manage the 2004 presidential debates in St. Louis. E•SPONDER studied the city's requirements for the project and proposed a solution based on many of the existing Microsoft applications and ESRI's MapIt.
Many readers are familiar with the various components of the Microsoft business intelligence stack, but MapIt is probably new to most. MapIt is a lightweight mapping solution designed to prepare, serve, and use geographic data stored in SQL Server 2008 and displayed through SharePoint and Silverlight Web-based applications. MapIt utilizes Microsoft Bing Maps to provide the aerial imagery and street data for mapping.
The E•SPONDER solution provided a map centric environment for interacting with data. This approach had a track record of quick acceptance by diverse groups of end users. Microsoft Surface was used to provide a highly interactive "big picture" view of the entire event. High-level decision makers could rapidly access all levels of personnel, asset, and incident data in a highly collaborative environment. Personnel in the field could access and update data by interacting with maps on rugged tablet PCs and handheld devices.
"Using MapIt and Microsoft technology, we reduced our development costs and delivered a new solution in record time." —Mark Seward, Vice President, Software Development, E•SPONDER
Leveraging existing application and data assets helped the city of St. Louis optimize the return on their investment in the event. Because ESRI and Microsoft have a close development relationship, the integration of the two existing application environments was much simpler and quicker than anticipated. "Using MapIt and Microsoft technology, we reduced our development costs and delivered a new solution in record time," said Mark Seward, vice president of software development for E•SPONDER.
The success of the project has been validated by the city's adoption of the application as their ongoing incident and event management system.
For a free white paper on this topic, click here and choose the title "GIS and Business Intelligence: The Geographic Advantage."


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Een vaste boekenprijs is een prijsbinding die tot doel heeft een brede beschikbaarheid en pluriform aanbod van boeken te bevorderen. Een uitgevers moet de verkoopprijs voor een boek vaststellen zodra dit in het handelsverkeer wordt gebracht. Hierdoor heeft een boek overal dezelfde vaste prijs, of dat nu bij de boekhandel, internetverkoper of supermarkt is. Dit biedt uitgevers de ruimte om ook minder winstgevende boeken uit te geven en geeft boekverkopers de mogelijkheid om een breed assortiment te voeren.

Nederland
De Nederlandse wet is ingegaan in 2005. Uitvoering en handhaving van de wet zijn in handen van het Commissariaat voor de Media. De wet geldt niet alleen voor Nederlands- en Friestalige boeken maar is ook van toepassing op bladmuziekuitgaven.

In Nederland biedt de wet de uitgever wel mogelijkheden om voor een beperkte periode actieprijzen vast te stellen. Na een half jaar mag een uitgever de prijs van een boek aanpassen en na een jaar mag de vaste prijs opgeheven worden. Schoolboeken zijn uitgezonderd van de vaste boekenprijs, evenals tweedehands boeken. Ook voor e-boeken geldt de wet niet.

De wet wordt regelmatig geëvalueerd om te beoordelen of deze voldoet aan de doelstellingen. Dit werd bij de eerste twee evaluaties, in 2010 en 2015, geconstateerd. Tussentijds is de wet op enkele onderdelen aangepast en geactualiseerd. De evaluaties worden namens het boekenvak begeleid door de Koninklijke Vereniging van het Boekenvak (KVB).

Vlaanderen
In Vlaanderen werd de Gereglementeerde Boekenprijs (GBP) ingevoerd op 1 juli 2017. De GBP is van toepassing op alle algemene Nederlandstalige boeken die sindsdien op de Vlaamse markt verschijnen. Elk boek dat op de markt komt, krijgt door de uitgever of de importeur een minimumprijs toegewezen, waarop boekenverkopers tijdens de eerste zes maanden maximaal 10 procent korting mogen geven. Daarna is de boekenprijs opnieuw vrij. In tegenstelling tot Nederland, geldt de regeling niet enkel voor fysieke boeken, maar ook voor e-boeken. Een aantal specifieke categorieën zoals wetenschappelijke, educatieve, tweedehands, antiquariaat en anderstalige boeken vallen niet onder de GBP.

De wet op de vaste boekenprijs kwam er in Vlaanderen op vraag van de boekensector en heeft als doel deze te versterken en moet bijdragen tot een divers aanbod aan boeken. Tevens dient de GBP ter bescherming van de kwaliteitsboekhandel.

Om het effect van de maatregelen te kunnen beoordelen is voorafgaand aan de invoering over 2016 een nulmeting uitgevoerd door het GfK marktonderzoeksinstituut.

Brussel
In het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest valt de verkoop van Nederlandstalige boeken onder de Vlaamse regeling en de verkoop van Franstalige boeken onder de regeling van de Federatie Wallonië-Brussel. Daarover is in februari 2018 een samenwerkingsakkoord afgesloten.

Europa
Ook in andere Europese landen, zoals Duitsland, Frankrijk, Italië en Spanje kennen een soortgelijke wet. Tot 1997 had ook het Verenigd Koninkrijk een vaste boekenprijs, maar die is daarna losgelaten.

Externe link
 Nederlandse Wet op de vaste boekenprijs, Overheid.nl
 Nederlandse Wijzigingswet Wet op de vaste boekenprijs (evaluatie van die wet), Overheid.nl

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Annotation: This paper contends that criminologists should be making conscious and more direct contributions toward solutions to the increasing problems of global disorder, which stems from social injustice. A theoretical model of social justice is proposed and empirical studies are suggested.
Abstract: The basic premise of the argument is that social injustice is the major cause of social disorder and that the attainment of social justice is a necessary prelude to world peace and advancement. The evolutionary development of mankind is viewed as having realized the more primitive needs of physical safety and belonging, and as now experiencing a turbulent, 'adolescent' search for self-realization through liberty, freedom, individualism, free competition, and rights. The extreme forms of these attitudes lead to revolution, terrorist activities, riots, crimes, and delinquency. To correspond to this evolution of the self, man's social structure must now evolve toward the establishment of a world community. Tenacious loyalties to nations and states continue to compound world disorder in the form of such escalating problems as overpopulation, starvation, disease, pollution, energy shortages and terrorism. To eliminate these, self-actualized persons must assume leadership in planning and developing new social structures on a supranational level. In the political area, a world federal government must be formed; a world religion instituted, based on service to mankind; economic disparities between rich and poor nations reduced; education redirected toward the development of the self-actualized individual; and the family strengthened in its responsibility for child procreation and rearing. To these ends, criminologists should contribute to the theoretical framework for world justice by elucidating the causes of social disorder and developing a conceptual framework of factors for a unified society. Empirical studies should aim to develop measurement scales for such continuums as justice-injustice, unity-disunity, individualism-cooperation, growth enhancement-growth blocking, etc. These efforts should be undertaken through consultation among nations in recognition of the interdependence of all mankind. The reference list contains 10 entries.


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The Music of Billy Joel & Elton John, Starring Michael Cavanaugh
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
April 11, 2021 @ 3:00pm
The Arts Center at Iowa Western 2700 College Dr Council Bluffs, IA 51503
$37 adult, $34 senior
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The Music of Billy Joel & Elton John,...
The Arts Center is pleased to announce the finale of our 2020-21 season. Michael Cavanaugh, star of Broadway's "Movin' Out," presents The Music of Billy Joel and Elton John. The show features Michael at the piano, performing the greatest hits of these two rock piano legends. Songs include: Piano Man, Rocket Man, Bennie and the Jets, Movin' Out, I'm Still Standing, My Life, and many more. Michael was handpicked by Billy Joel to star in the hit Broadway musical "Movin' Out" and received both Tony and Grammy nominations in the lead role. Billboard calls him the "New Voice of the American Rock and Roll Songbook."


Thankfully I have found a few friends here at Augie that have the same passion for cooking as me. Two of my friends, Kayla and Caleb introduced me to Avocado Oil Mayo. In the stores this goes for about 10-12 dollars. Although I prefer quality, healthy products I also have a budget and would never have picked it up in stores unless my mom was in town. But, Thrive Market is an online health store that sells CHEAP health food products. For about $3.50 you can purchase a jar of this crack mayo. It has INCREDIBLE flavor and made with all natural ingredients.
I love tuna but it definitely needs some mayo or sauce because of its dry texture. The contrast between the salty tuna salad and sweet potato made for a perfect lunch. Took about 5 minutes total to make as well.
2) Chop up carrots into thin circles, the onion into small minced pieces and the red peppers into small squares.
3) Remove tuna from the package and put in a bowl, add chopped veggies.
4) Mix in mayo, lemon and mustard. Make sure everything is coated.
5) Cut the sweet potato down the middle the hot dog way…….then make three to four cuts going the other direction. So you are left with a sweet potato that looks like your six pack abs. Use a fork and give it a good mash to create a little platform for your tuna salad to pile onto. Salt and Pepper and ENJOYYYYY!!!!
Need something to munch on for a mid day snack when or to dunk in your coffee? It's named muffin for a reason…..meaning you can eat it in the morning with breakfast. The dark chocolate cherry muffin will meet your needs I promise. Fluffy chocolate in my mouth! mhmmmm.
1) Mix all the dry ingredients together in a small bowl.
2) In a blender add all wet ingredients, blend. Slowly add in dry ingredients, blend until throughly mixed.
3) Pour batter into six greased muffin tins with liners if you prefer.
4) Bake for 12-15 minutes at 350 degrees. My oven is incredibly temperamental, so I am constantly checking, but just keep an eye on them.
5) Let muffins cool for at least twenty minutes before putting on the chocolate sauce. Microwave the chocolate chips with coconut oil. Spread on top of each muffin and sprinkle a little bit of sea salt and chopped cherries.
Although I love a good Thai chicken salad with a peanut dressing, I experimented and came up with a different recipe. Sesame oil is must I believe for anything oriental and it pairs great with a honey ginger dressing. Top with some crushed nuts and it is a quick light lunch or side.
My mom buys this for me at a olive oil store from home. There are many olive oil stores, even one in Sioux Falls. But mother doesn't need to know that……take the free stuff while you can! 🙂 Toasted Sesame Oil is one of my favorites, but you only need a little, it is VERY strong. Recommend mixing it with regular olive oil or a balsamic dressing.
Unfortunately I have a hard time actually measuring things out when it comes to dressings and sauces. But a relatively close estimate would be this!
1) Slice up chicken and fry up in a pan with olive oil and a dash of sesame oil for 4-5 minutes, then add chopped up onion and peas to the mixture. Stir fry together for another 3 minutes until throughly cooked and browned up a bit.
2) Mix together the ingredients for the dressing. The honey can be hard to incorporate, so microwaving it for 5 or 6 seconds can help if necessary.
Successfully made my first pork tenderloin in the oven yesterday, however it was three pounds so leftovers meant BBQ pulled pork. I'm a big fan of Annie's brand Mac n Cheese but made my own and topped it was sautéed veggies. Then in a blink of an eye twas gone!
1) Prep a pot with water for boiling the noodles. While the noodles are cooking, slice up broccoli and onions.
4) Once the noodles are done (about 8-10 min), Drain water, add milk, cheese and butter.
5)Assemble. 1st- Layer of Mac 2nd- the Meat and Veggie mixture 3rd- more BBQ sauce, salt and pepper. Enjoy!
Whenever I go out to eat with my sister, if there is a cranberry turkey sandwich wrap, sandwich or salad she orders it in a flash. Therefore, I created this recipe to give her some variation but still keep the same sweet and savory combo that she loves. This sandwich can be served hot or cold or throw in noodles instead of bread to make it a pasta salad. Many twists and alterations to be made but for me a simple sandwich is what hit the spot. Note: it is a proven fact that sandwiches taste better when cut diagonally. Don't go down the middle. Poor life choices.
Rotisserie Chicken Breast (Or cook a regular chicken breast will work) —I use Rotisserie because it is much easier to shred for sandwiches.
1) Shred Rotisserie chicken breast to desired amount.
2) Mix in mayo and mustard. Chop up jalapeño, dried cranberries and cheese into small pieces. Add to chicken mixture. Chill in the fridge for at least thirty minutes. Or if you prefer it warm, microwave all ingredients for a bit. Cold is the way I have tried and prefer but experiment around!
3) slap it all on a sandwich and enjoy.
Favorite fast food restaurant hands down is Chipotle. Delicious guac and tacos are my go to. However, being gluten free now, it means corn tortillas instead of flour. Although I don't mind corn tortillas they tend to be dry and crack easily, especially when they are loaded with meat and salsa. I love sweet potatoes so I whipped up these sweet potato type tortillas, threw the batter in a pan and flipped em like a pancake. More flavor and texture than the corn tortilla.
2) The hard part now, throw all the ingredients in for the tortillas into a blender. Blend until smooth. The batter should be thick but should be thin enough that you can spread it around in the pan. If it seems to thick add one more egg.
3) Heat up a pan and throughly grease the pan. Add the batter to desired tortilla size and fry up for about 2-3 minutes on each side.
4) fill your tortilla with chopped up roma tomato, lettuce, hamburger, salsa and guac. ENJOY!!!!
Quick and easy side dish or bump it up with some eggs to make an ideal breakfast. Easy ingredients and delicious flavor.
1. First get the risotto cooking. I like to cook mine in chicken broth versus water to add more flavor.
2. While that is going chop up mushrooms, white onion and sausage. The sausage is already precooked which is a huge time saver and makes things WAY easier. Raw sausage with skin weirds me out.
3. Throw in the chopped veggies and sausage into the risotto after its fluffy and fully cooked. Let simmer together with 1 tbs olive oil (I have my garlic infused kind) and stir fry together. I topped mine with an egg and had it for breakfast but that's just me!
I love egg salad, potato salad and chicken salad. So I though why not mash two of them together. Typically I love chicken salad with a little nut and apple action. But pairing the chicken with egg made me lead to the more savory side of things. The ingredients are simple and it can be enjoyed on a sandwich, salad, chips or brown rice noodles.
1) Hard boil eggs. The trick I learned from my mom is to fill the pot so eggs are covered and turn to medium/high heat for 12 minutes. (start to finish 12 minutes, so start your timer as soon as you turn on the stove, not when they start boiling) After timer goes off run under ice cold water so they stop cooking. For the chicken, dice up and cook in coconut oil or preferred cooking/baking or grilled method. Refrigerate eggs and chicken for at least 2 hours.
2) Peel eggs. Easier said then done …right? Trick I learned is to fill water glass half way full and plop egg in there. Cover the top of the cup with your hand and vigoursly shake around for about 15 seconds. Take out the egg and peel, hopefully in one piece instead of a thousand micro pieces. Dice up eggs and throw in a medium sized bowl.
3) chop up chicken, celery and onion. Add to the eggs.
4) In a small bowl mix together the vinegar, mayo and dijon mustard.
5) Throughly mix sauce onto other ingredients. Dust some pepper and salt on top. Enjoy!
Almond Lemon Poppyseed Love Muffs!
Lately I have been trying to perfect baking muffins and breads with coconut flour ….unsuccessfully. Coconut flour tends to leave things dry and DENSE from my experience. Therefore, I switched to almond flour and gluten free baking flour (brown rice and tapioca flour blend) as a better alternative. These muffins turned out fluffy and rich with flavor instead of the bricks I've been making with coconut flour.
1. Put all dry ingredients together, mix throughly then set aside.
3. Stir in dry ingredients slowly until throughly mixed. Grease muffin tin and fill about 3/4 full. Bake at 350 for about 12-15 minutes. Top with a little honey and lemon zest!
I first tried coconut curry when my sister and I went on a little trip together to Duluth. We decided to splurge a bit and go out for fancy dinner. Stepping out of my comfort zone we both ordered dishes we had never tried before. The meal was better than bananas, peanut butter and chocolate…..and that is saying ALOT!!! It was loaded with mushrooms, peppers, carrots, onions and chicken and the sauce was perfect. I have attempted many times to recreate it and I think I found something that almost compares. A little zing, sweetness and spice all in one dish.
1) First I started by throwing my chicken breast in the oven at 350 for 20 minutes. Pan frying would work as well, however I have limited cooking supplies and stovetop space so oven it was for me! Next prep your rice. My jasmine rice takes about 30 minutes in all. I use chicken broth and lime juice instead of water to cook to add extra flavor!
3) Now time for the sauce. When you first open the coconut milk it will be separated. Don't freight! That is how it is suppose to be. Give it a good stir and it will melt just perfectly when we add it in the sauce pan. In a large mixing bowl add the coconut milk, red curry paste, tomato paste, onion powered, ginger powder, red pepper flakes and honey. Use a whisk and stir all ingredients together. Transfer into a sauce pan and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Stir.
4) After 15 min add your veggies. Let simmer and cover for another 10 minutes. I added 1 tsp of arrowroot powder to thick in up a bit. You can use cornstarch or a bit of flour to thicken.
5) Once chicken is done. Let cool for 5 minutes to keep the juices, then cut into thin slices.
6) Throw chicken in with sauce.
7) Lastly assemble, lay a bed of rice then top with a your chicken curry mixture. Top with fresh cilantro, salt, squirt of lime juice or coconut flakes!


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On March 20, 2012, the Quebec Minister of Finance presented his speech on the 2012-2013 Budget. During the speech, he announced that an omnibus bill containing modifications to Quebec's immigration program would be proposed shortly. Although it is a proposed bill, once enacted the immigration provisions will be retroactive to March 20, 2012. Therefore, these changes should be treated as if they are already in force.
Applicants who temporarily reside in Quebec as temporary workers and meet the eligibility conditions of the Programme de l'expérience québécoise (Temporary worker) (PEQ – Québec experience program for temporary workers) or are eligible to apply for a selection certificate under the regular program for skilled workers.
Applicants who have obtained a diploma awarded by a Quebec educational institution for studies done in Quebec or who are about to obtain that diploma and meet the eligibility conditions of the Programme de l'expérience québécoise (Quebec Graduate) (PEQ – Quebec experience program for Quebec graduates).
Applicants who reside temporarily in Quebec as foreign students, are eligible to apply for a selection certificate under the regular program for skilled workers, and are submitting their application in Quebec.
Applicants who reside temporarily in Quebec within the framework of a youth exchange program subject to an international agreement, such as a work holiday program. They must be working full-time in Quebec, be eligible to apply for a selection certificate under the regular program for skilled workers, and must be submitting their application in Quebec.
Applicants (or their accompanying spouses) who hold a diploma awarded by a teaching institution in an area of training allowing them to get 12 or 16 points under the area of training criterion of the selection grid for skilled workers. The number of years of study required to obtain the diploma must be at least equal to the number of years required to obtain that diploma in Quebec. This diploma must have been obtained less than five years before the date of the application. Failing that, they must have practiced a profession or trade, in an area related to that diploma, on a full-time basis and for at least one year out of the five years preceding the date of their application.
Applicants (or their accompanying spouses) who hold an employment offer made by a Quebec employer and validated by the Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities.
Applicants who have received notice from Citizenship and Immigration Canada that their application for permanent residence in Canada is eligible for processing.
Applicants who reside temporarily in Quebec, who were Canadian citizens at one time, and who are submitting their application in Quebec.
Applicants (or their accompanying spouses) who hold a diploma, awarded by an teaching institution in an area of training allowing them to get 6 points under the area of training criterion of the selection grid for skilled workers. The number of years of study required to obtain the diploma must be at least equal to the number of years required to obtain that diploma in Quebec. This diploma must be obtained less than five years before the date of the application. Failing that, they must have practiced a profession or trade, in an area related to that diploma, on a full-time basis and for at least one year out of the five years preceding the date of the application.
Applicants (or their accompanying spouses) who hold a Quebec diploma or the equivalent of a Quebec diploma that requires at least one year of full-time studies. This diploma was must have been obtained less than five years before the date of the application. Failing that, they must have practised a profession or trade, in an area related to that diploma, on a full-time basis and for at least one year out of the five years preceding the date of the application.
No other skilled workers will be permitted to apply for a Quebec Certificate of Selection.
The proposed bill will also establish caps on the number of business immigrants who may apply for a Quebec Certificate of Selection. Applicants under the popular Quebec investor program will now be subject to a cap of 2,700 applications. Applicants under the Quebec entrepreneur and self-employed categories will be subject to a cap of 215 applications.
Update: On April 12, 2012, the Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities announced that it had already reached the 2700-applicant cap applicable to investors.
On March 2, 2012, the Government of Canada announced a regulatory change that now requires sponsored spouses or common-law partners to wait five years from the day that they are granted permanent residence status in Canada before they can sponsor a new spouse or partner. The objective of this change is to discourage immigration fraud in spouse/common-law partner family class cases.
There is admittedly a reasonable argument to be made in favor of such a requirement. Until this regulatory change, a sponsored spouse or common-law partner arriving in Canada as a permanent resident could leave their sponsor and sponsor another spouse or partner themselves, while their original sponsor was still financially responsible for them for up to three years. However, the imposition of a five-year bar may be a bit excessive.
A Canadian citizen or permanent resident who sponsors a spouse or common-law partner is normally subject to a legally enforceable affidavit of support, for a period of three years. Although it may be logical to impose a bar on the sponsored immigrant's ability to sponsor a different spouse or common-law partner for a period of time, a three-year bar that runs parallel to the original sponsor's three-year financial obligation would have been more appropriate.
In any event, the regulations now impose a sponsorship bar of five years. The proposal was pre-published in the Canada Gazette on April 2, 2011, and was open for a 30-day public comment period. The regulatory change officially came in to force on March 2, 2012, but was not formally published in the Canada Gazette until March 14, 2012. The regulatory amendment, as published in the Canada Gazette, appears here.
On March 9, 2012, Jason Kenney, the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism announced additional measures to discourage marriage fraud. The proposed regulatory change was published in the Canada Gazette on March 10, 2012, and is available here.
Under the new proposal, conditional permanent resident status would apply to all spouses in relationships of two years or less who have no children with their sponsor at the time of the sponsorship application. A spouse or common-law partner who is granted conditional permanent resident status would be required to live with their sponsor in a legitimate relationship for two years following the receipt of permanent resident status. If this did not occur, the sponsored spouse or common law partner's conditional permanent resident status could be revoked. For all legitimate relationships, the condition would cease to apply once the conditional period elapsed.
Given concerns about the vulnerability of spouses and partners who are in abusive relationships, the proposed condition would cease to apply in instances where there is evidence of abuse or neglect by the sponsor, or of a failure by the sponsor to protect from abuse or neglect by another person related to the sponsor (whether that person is residing in the household or not) during the conditional period. Evidence that the sponsored spouse or partner was cohabiting in a conjugal relationship with their sponsor until the cohabitation ceased as a result of the abuse or neglect would also be required. The exception would apply in cases where the abuse or neglect occurred during the conditional period and was directed towards the sponsored spouse or partner, a child of either the sponsor or the sponsored spouse or partner, or a person related to either the sponsor or the sponsored spouse or partner who was habitually residing in their household.
The condition would also cease to apply where there is evidence that the sponsor has died while the sponsored person is still subject to the condition and that the sponsored spouse or partner had cohabited in a conjugal relationship with the sponsor up until the time of the sponsor's death.
The above proposal is modeled, to some extent, after United States immigration law. In the United States, where a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident sponsors his or her immigrant spouse, based on a marriage that is less than two years old at the time that the spouse acquires lawful permanent residence, the immigrant spouse is given conditional permanent resident status for two years. Unlike the Canadian proposal, this condition applies regardless of whether there are children from the relationship.
Within 90 days of the second anniversary of the immigrant spouse's receipt of permanent residence, the sponsor and the immigrant spouse must jointly file a petition to remove the condition and establish that they are living together as husband and wife. There is also a procedure to apply for a waiver of the condition in cases of: (a) extreme hardship to the immigrant spouse, (b) good faith termination of the marriage, (c) a battered spouse or child, and (d) death of the U.S. citizen or permanent resident sponsor.
It does not clearly state whether spouses and common-law partners who are subject to the condition will be required to formally apply to have the condition removed or whether it will automatically occur in the absence of a marital breakdown. A requirement to file a formal application would increase the workload of immigration officers and create added bureaucracy.
Unlike the U.S. model, the Canadian proposal does not consider a good faith termination of the marriage. In other words, it does not contemplate a termination of the marriage due to no fault of the sponsored spouse or common-law partner. The absence of such an exception places sponsored spouses and common-law partners at the mercy of their sponsors, who may use the threat of divorce proceedings to exert undue influence over them.
No guidelines have been provided regarding what evidence of abuse or neglect will be required in order to terminate the condition. Many abused spouses do not actually report the other spouse's conduct to the authorities, which can make it difficult to establish abuse or neglect. In addition, uncertainty regarding whether an immigration officer will actually find abuse or neglect in a particular case may discourage immigrant spouses and common-law partners from ending these harmful relationships.
Before imposing conditional permanent resident status on sponsored spouses and common-law partners, the implications of such a requirement should be carefully considered to ensure that abused or neglected individuals are not subjected to unnecessary hardship.
Approximately seven months ago, Citizenship and Immigration Canada ("CIC") launched its Come to Canada Wizard (the "Wizard"). According to CIC, the Wizard has recorded more than 750,000 visits since that time. CIC also claims that close to 90% of users who tried the Wizard said that they would recommend it to someone they know.
The Wizard is essentially an interactive website. It presents users with a series of questions designed to determine which federal immigration option best suits their specific circumstances. It then leads users through the application steps and provides the necessary instructions and forms.
The Wizard is a useful tool for prospective visitors, students, temporary workers, and permanent residents. However, it is still not a substitute for formal legal advice.
One important shortcoming of the Wizard is the fact that it assesses only eligibility under the federal immigration categories. It fails to assess a prospective applicant's eligibility to immigrate under the Quebec Immigration Program or one of the available Provincial Nominee Programs. These programs are often (but not always) preferable to seeking permanent residence under one of the federal categories.
Despite its limitations, the Wizard may be useful in preventing deceptive practices employed by unscrupulous immigration representatives. Foreign nationals who have been told that they are eligible under a particular federal immigration category can use the Wizard to verify whether they are actually eligible for the immigration benefit that they seek.


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Q: !FIXED! How do you send a message in a channel on startup in discord.js" Fixed elsewhere.
I'm currently coding a discord.js bot and when the bot starts it will send a message in a certain channel. How do you do that?
I know this might sound stupid but I'm quite new to discord.js. Thanks in advance.

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Q: Messed up with getElementById Javascript I've wrote this code-
<!DOCTYPE html>

123

123

I want it if pass1 and pass2 is same, then it'll print out the match word.
What's the correct code??

A: X and Y are different elements in the DOM, so x != y will always be true.
You want to compare the TEXT of those elements, not the elements themselves. Try checking if x.innerText != y.innerText.

A: Two things:

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*You misspelled getElemetnById, that should be getElementById.

*You are comparing the DOM elements, not the contents of those elements.

The full working code looks like this:
<!DOCTYPE html>

123

123

Here's a link to test it: http://jsfiddle.net/cretueyr/


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