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AHRI Blog, HR policies and procedures, Management of workplace issues, Opinion
By Bianca Healey
10 November, 2016 November 10, 2016
The balance between free speech and discrimination protections is a delicate issue – and it's one on many people's minds following the results of the US election. But even if you want to share, should you hold back on talking politics at work?
I recently returned from a trip to New York where I couldn't help but talk about the divisive and highly charged state of American politics. I spoke with Australian friends currently living in the city, servers at cafes, security guards at department stores – anyone I could find who was willing to share their thoughts with me. I felt as though I was experiencing America at another pivotal period in its history; it turns out I was right, but not in the way I expected.
Without a doubt, the results of the presidential election of one of the most influential nations is what people in offices around the world have been talking about all week. In Australia, we tend to live by the adage that the two things you should never bring up at a dinner party are religion and politics. Yet in places such as France and South America, conversation centred on politics is built into the fabric of culture; an Argentinian friend of mine once told me a story of long summers in Buenos Aires where neighbours and friends would meet in her family's courtyard and argue for hours about the political issues at hand.
But when conversations do get heated at work, how do you gauge where open exchanges end, and divisive speech or hate speech begins?
There are multitudinous reasons to support open channels of communication in the workplace. Studies have shown that open discussion fosters better collaboration and creativity, as well as encouraging empathy as people gain insights into perspectives different to their own.
That said, it's easy for tempers to flare up when it comes to hot-button issues, and HR's primary concern as outlined in the Fair Work Act must be ensuring that all employees can come to work in an environment where they feel safe from discrimination and hate speech. And because Australia doesn't have a Bill of Rights, legally speaking freedom of speech cannot breach a company's employment contract.
Now, more than ever, we're seeing a concentration of polarised communities. According to research published at New York Magazine, you're likely to work in an office or industry with other people who share your views.
"In our office, there are a lot of gay people and most of us share the same views, so it's a lot more acceptable to discuss these things in the workplace," explains Travis, a 23-year-old working in the fashion industry who I sparked conversation with on my holiday.
"However, back home in rural Pennsylvania, I know a lot of people are voting differently to me so I probably wouldn't bring it up – especially in this election where things are so tense."
It's similar to an experience shared by a friend who works at a Manhattan marketing agency: "When we found out there was a pro-Trump person in my office, there was a bit of gossip and people talking behind their back."
"I am personally not sure that there are any political topics that can safely be discussed in the workplace," says Susan Heathfield, a management consultant, and writer at humanresources.about.com.
Human resources departments should use this period to reacquaint themselves with their company policies, she suggests. And although an employee handbook generally wouldn't address discussions about politics, "it should absolutely state that diverse opinions and diversity in general are honoured," Heathfield says.
As for some closing thoughts on the impact the election will have more broadly on our workplaces? Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) CEO Lyn Goodear suggests global reactions will depend on Trump's ability to behave authentically.
"As it is for all leaders, the challenge for the President Elect will be to convince the American people – and the world – of his authenticity as a leader, and not just a politician."
Perhaps we should simply remember that it all starts with us. As my American colleague commented yesterday: "It should be a time for offices to come together and re-commit to rejecting divisiveness and treating everyone with respect in the workplace."
What are your thoughts? Comment below.
TAGS : controversy, discrimination, inclusion and diversity, office politics
How the 'yes' vote will impact workers and HR - First 5000 - First 5000
[…] An appropriate use of language is also critical in respectful dialogue between workers when addressing delicate issues such as same-sex marriage. Thus, organisational policies also need to address the appropriate use of language in formal and informal dialogue at work, particularly drawing a fine line between free speech and hate speech. […]
Older employee fired for being 'frustrating' wins compensation of $880,000


Dubai Airports confirmed on Sunday (April 14) that operations teams at both airports are 'good to go' for the commencement of the 45-day long refurbishment of the southern runway at Dubai International Airport (DXB). The runway is nearing the end of its design life and requires a complete upgrade to accommodate future traffic growth.
The main visible difference for passengers will be a potential change in airports, although scheduling experts have optimised DXB's one runway operation to the point where there will be only a 29 per cent reduction in the number of available seats. Thanks to the additional capacity provided by DWC, the number of flights across the Dubai Airport system will see a reduction of just 19 per cent and a seat reduction of just 20 per cent.
Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority will provide a fully integrated ground transportation solution for DWC with a regular bus service from key locations in Dubai and a dedicated fleet of taxis serving the airport offering discounts throughout the closure period. Dubai Airports will also have a free express bus service operating between DXB and DWC every 30 minutes departing from DXB Terminals 1, 2 and 3. Customers will also be able to take advantage of the free shaded parking at DWC's 2,500 capacity car park.


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Medium term budget speech - October 2022
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his medium term budget speech on Wednesday. He said that South Africa's economy has underperformed for many years noting several long-standing structural problems that has hampered the country's growth. These include the unreliable electricity supply, costly and inefficient ports and rail network, crime and corruption, weak state capacity, and high levels of market concentration and barriers to entry that suppress the emergence and growth of small businesses.
''These challenges undermine our efforts to create jobs, contributing to high levels of poverty and inequality. Our structural challenges have been exacerbated by new ones, including the global economic slowdown, high energy and food prices; and the destruction caused by natural disasters such as the recent floods. The 2022 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement aims to address the needs of South Africans and secure our future stability and prosperity.''
According to Godongwana, the economic risks that was outlined in the February 2022 budget speech has materialised.
Globally, these include: rising inflation, tightening financial conditions and the ongoing effect of COVID-19, including the hard lockdowns in China and their impact on global demand and supply chains. These were made worse by the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
As a result, the IMF's global growth forecast for 2022 has been revised down, from 4.4 per cent to 3.2 per cent, and the 2023 estimate from 3.8 per cent to 2.7 per cent.
The finance minister said the recovery of economic activity in early 2022 was disrupted by floods in various parts of the country, industrial action in key sectors, and widespread power cuts. According to Godongwana, Government expect real GDP growth of 1.9 per cent in 2022, compared with an estimate of 2.1 per cent in February.
Over the next 3 years, the economy is expected to grow at an average of 1.6 per cent.
The minister admitted that there is a crisis in the country's logistics sector. Inefficiencies in port and rail are costing the economy billions and further undermining efforts to raise growth.
As for strengthening state capability, Godongwana said that a strong and capable state is a necessary precondition for growth.
The state is responsible for creating and maintaining an enabling environment for growth and investment, it provides basic services, and promotes the rule of law.
Over the medium term, government's combined spending on building new and rehabilitating existing infrastructure will increase from R66.7 billion in 2022/23 to R112.5 billion in 2025/26. This includes roads, bridges, storm-water systems and public buildings.
According to Godongwana, the possibility of a major price correction in financial markets is a significant risk. This will affect fiscal revenues going forward. The medium-term strategy therefore, needs to maintain a practical approach to fiscal policy.
The minister says they also expect gross government debt to stabilize at 71.4 per cent of GDP in 2022/23.
This means that they are proposing that no budget reductions are implemented in the 2023 Budget. In fact, combined government spending will exceed R2.2 trillion this year and will rise to R2.5 trillion in 2025/26.
The gross tax revenue estimate for 2022/23 has been revised up, by R83.5 billion, to R1.68 trillion.
The government is allocating a net addition of R13 billion in spending adjustments for the 2022/23 financial year in the Adjustments Appropriation Bill.
The largest adjustment — R6.3 billion, or 49 per cent of the total —– is allocated towards disaster relief.
Other adjustments in the Adjustments Appropriation include:
· R389 million for 24 rural bridges through the Weli-sizwe Rural Bridges programme
· R500 million is also set aside to kick off the Home Affairs digitisation project, that will employ 10 000 young people over 3 years.
· R118 million to deal with interim relocation costs and to prepare for the rebuilding of Parliament.
Medium-term changes to spending plans are driven mainly by government's decision to extend the special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grant by one year, until 31 March 2024.
The fiscal framework also includes funding for the carry-through costs of the 2022/23 public service wage increases, as well as for safety and security, infrastructure investment and service delivery.
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Q: Prior to reboot, path to new HD was correct, post reboot, name has changed I installed a new hard drive for the bulk of my storage and followed some instructions on how to add it to the machine. Prior to reboot, everything worked fine using /media/Storage, however post reboot it is /mnt/c2375920-53d5-4d43-b391-7de83d698417 and I fear I didn't permanently mount it or something along those lines. fstab below, last item on it is the drive I'm working on.:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
UUID=8a636df8-4aea-4eb8-8e44-9dd5548b4db0 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sdb1 during installation
UUID=ED05-A840  /boot/efi       vfat    umask=0077      0       1
# swap was on /dev/sdb3 during installation
UUID=472e2d29-aa2c-41ee-ab69-f6a89cc6df26 none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/disk/by-uuid/c2375920-53d5-4d43-b391-7de83d698417 /mnt/c2375920-53d5-4d43-b391-7de83d698417 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0

I wrote some aliases using /media/Storage that no longer work because of this. Thanks for any help!

A: /media is for removable storage, but you can mount it there.
In your fstab the mount point is set to where you do not want it mounting. At boot, drives will be set according to what is in fstab
/dev/disk/by-uuid/c2375920-53d5-4d43-b391-7de83d698417 >>> /mnt/c2375920-53d5-4d43-b391-7de83d698417
The first part is the drive <file system> , the second part is the mount location <mount point> . You can change that to any folder that exists on your system.
If the folder doesn't exist mkdir /media/Storage then  sudo umount /mnt/c2375920-53d5-4d43-b391-7de83d698417, then edit  fstab then do sudo mount /media/Storage

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     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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     You may obtain a copy of the License at

          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     limitations under the License.
-->
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.google.firebase.messaging">
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="14"/>

    <application>

        <!-- FirebaseMessagingService performs security checks at runtime,
             no need for explicit permissions despite exported="true" -->
        <service android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.FirebaseMessagingService" android:exported="true">
            <intent-filter android:priority="-500">
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Please be advised that on Monday, February 18, HCCC Libraries will be closed in observation of President's Day. Libraries will resume regular hours on Tuesday, February 19.
Monday to Friday: 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM.
Libraries will be CLOSED Jan. 21 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On Jan. 22, Gabert Library will be CLOSED until 2 PM and the North Hudson Library will be CLOSED until 3 PM for College Service Day.
Regular hours resume Jan. 23. The Spring 2019 semester starts up again on Jan. 25.


Yes, Sid Oudainia Beaulieu is smiling for a reason, for he too has seen what feasts of fashion lying within the pages of the new Ten Men. Here, smiley boy wardrobes heaven-sent goodies from Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello shot by Kira Bunse and styled by @rubenmoreira, with so much more inside – that collection just gets better. Hold onto your wallets, gents, this issue will make you fall in love with the fashions all over again. What, when, who and how: your AW18 wardrobe just got incredible. Quiet, Concealed, Luxury is hitting the newsstands TOMORROW, September 7th. Step on it, sunshine – alarms are set!


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Paul J. Dujmich, age 70, of McKeesport, died November 17, 2019, at home. Born June 24, 1949, in McKeesport, he was the son of the late Paul P. and Ann P. (Germek) Dujmich.
Paul was a retired Software Engineer. He was a graduate of Penn State University, where he earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. Paul had a passion for American history and was an expert on the Civil War. He also enjoyed amateur radio operating, bird watching, and viewing wildlife.
Paul is survived by his brother, Mark (Colleen Hanley) Dumic of Collegeville, PA; many cousins.
Family and friends are invited to gather at Jaycox-Jaworski Funeral Home & Crematory on Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at 9 a.m. Prayers will be shared at his graveside, 9:30 a.m., in the Sacred Heart Cemetery of Port Vue.
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package com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.threetenbp.misc;

import org.threeten.bp.LocalDate;
import org.threeten.bp.LocalTime;
import org.threeten.bp.ZonedDateTime;
import java.util.*;

import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.threetenbp.ModuleTestBase;

public class DateTimeSchemasTest extends ModuleTestBase
{
    static class VisitorWrapper implements JsonFormatVisitorWrapper {
        SerializerProvider serializerProvider;
        final String baseName;
        final Map<String, String> traversedProperties;

        public VisitorWrapper(SerializerProvider serializerProvider, String baseName, Map<String, String> traversedProperties) {
            this.serializerProvider = serializerProvider;
            this.baseName = baseName;
            this.traversedProperties = traversedProperties;
        }

        VisitorWrapper createSubtraverser(String bn) {
            return new VisitorWrapper(getProvider(), bn, traversedProperties);
        }

        public Map<String, String> getTraversedProperties() {
            return traversedProperties;
        }

        @Override
        public JsonObjectFormatVisitor expectObjectFormat(JavaType type) throws JsonMappingException {
            return new JsonObjectFormatVisitor.Base(serializerProvider) {
                @Override
                public void property(BeanProperty prop) throws JsonMappingException {
                    anyProperty(prop);
                }

                @Override
                public void optionalProperty(BeanProperty prop) throws JsonMappingException {
                    anyProperty(prop);
                }

                private void anyProperty(BeanProperty prop) throws JsonMappingException {
                    final String propertyName = prop.getFullName().toString();
                    traversedProperties.put(baseName + propertyName, "");
                    serializerProvider.findPrimaryPropertySerializer(prop.getType(), prop)
                            .acceptJsonFormatVisitor(createSubtraverser(baseName + propertyName + "."), prop.getType());
                }
            };
        }

        @Override
        public JsonArrayFormatVisitor expectArrayFormat(JavaType type) throws JsonMappingException {
            traversedProperties.put(baseName, "ARRAY/"+type.getGenericSignature());
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        public JsonStringFormatVisitor expectStringFormat(JavaType type) throws JsonMappingException {
            return new JsonStringFormatVisitor.Base() {
                @Override
                public void format(JsonValueFormat format) {
                    traversedProperties.put(baseName, "STRING/"+format.name());
                }
            };
        }

        @Override
        public JsonNumberFormatVisitor expectNumberFormat(JavaType type) throws JsonMappingException {
            return new JsonNumberFormatVisitor.Base() {
                @Override
                public void numberType(JsonParser.NumberType format) {
                    traversedProperties.put(baseName, "NUMBER/"+format.name());
                }
            };
        }

        @Override
        public JsonIntegerFormatVisitor expectIntegerFormat(JavaType type) throws JsonMappingException {
            return new JsonIntegerFormatVisitor.Base() {
                @Override
                public void numberType(JsonParser.NumberType format) {
                    traversedProperties.put(baseName, "INTEGER/"+format.name());
                }
            };
        }

        @Override
        public JsonBooleanFormatVisitor expectBooleanFormat(JavaType type) throws JsonMappingException {
            traversedProperties.put(baseName, "BOOLEAN");
            return new JsonBooleanFormatVisitor.Base();
        }

        @Override
        public JsonNullFormatVisitor expectNullFormat(JavaType type) throws JsonMappingException {
            return new JsonNullFormatVisitor.Base();
        }

        @Override
        public JsonAnyFormatVisitor expectAnyFormat(JavaType type) throws JsonMappingException {
            traversedProperties.put(baseName, "ANY");
            return new JsonAnyFormatVisitor.Base();
        }

        @Override
        public JsonMapFormatVisitor expectMapFormat(JavaType type) throws JsonMappingException {
            traversedProperties.put(baseName, "MAP");
            return new JsonMapFormatVisitor.Base(serializerProvider);
        }

        @Override
        public SerializerProvider getProvider() {
            return serializerProvider;
        }

        @Override
        public void setProvider(SerializerProvider provider) {
            this.serializerProvider = provider;
        }
    }

    private final ObjectMapper MAPPER = newMapper();

    // // // Local date/time types

    // [modules-java8#105]
    @Test
    public void testLocalTimeSchema() throws Exception
    {
        VisitorWrapper wrapper = new VisitorWrapper(null, "", new HashMap<String, String>());
        MAPPER.writer().acceptJsonFormatVisitor(LocalTime.class, wrapper);
        Map<String, String> properties = wrapper.getTraversedProperties();

        // By default, serialized as an int array, so:
        Assert.assertEquals(1, properties.size());
        _verifyIntArrayType(properties.get(""));

        // but becomes date/time
        wrapper = new VisitorWrapper(null, "", new HashMap<String, String>());
        MAPPER.writer().without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS)
            .acceptJsonFormatVisitor(LocalTime.class, wrapper);
        properties = wrapper.getTraversedProperties();
        _verifyTimeType(properties.get(""));
    }

    @Test
    public void testLocalDateSchema() throws Exception
    {
        VisitorWrapper wrapper = new VisitorWrapper(null, "", new HashMap<String, String>());
        MAPPER.writer().acceptJsonFormatVisitor(LocalDate.class, wrapper);
        Map<String, String> properties = wrapper.getTraversedProperties();

        // By default, serialized as an int array, so:
        Assert.assertEquals(1, properties.size());
        _verifyIntArrayType(properties.get(""));

        // but becomes date/time
        wrapper = new VisitorWrapper(null, "", new HashMap<String, String>());
        MAPPER.writer().without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS)
            .acceptJsonFormatVisitor(LocalDate.class, wrapper);
        properties = wrapper.getTraversedProperties();
        _verifyDateType(properties.get(""));
    }

    // // // Zoned date/time types

    @Test
    public void testDateTimeSchema() throws Exception
    {
        VisitorWrapper wrapper = new VisitorWrapper(null, "", new HashMap<String, String>());
        MAPPER.writer().acceptJsonFormatVisitor(ZonedDateTime.class, wrapper);
        Map<String, String> properties = wrapper.getTraversedProperties();

        // By default, serialized as an int array, so:
        Assert.assertEquals(1, properties.size());
        _verifyBigDecimalType(properties.get(""));

        // but becomes date/time
        wrapper = new VisitorWrapper(null, "", new HashMap<String, String>());
        MAPPER.writer().without(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS)
            .acceptJsonFormatVisitor(ZonedDateTime.class, wrapper);
        properties = wrapper.getTraversedProperties();
        _verifyDateTimeType(properties.get(""));
    }

    private void _verifyIntArrayType(String desc) {
        Assert.assertEquals("ARRAY/Ljava/util/List<Ljava/lang/Integer;>;", desc);
    }

    private void _verifyTimeType(String desc) {
        Assert.assertEquals("STRING/TIME", desc);
    }

    private void _verifyDateType(String desc) {
        Assert.assertEquals("STRING/DATE", desc);
    }

    private void _verifyDateTimeType(String desc) {
        Assert.assertEquals("STRING/DATE_TIME", desc);
    }

    private void _verifyBigDecimalType(String desc) {
        Assert.assertEquals("NUMBER/BIG_DECIMAL", desc);
    }
}


We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Williamson FinancialServices Limited ("the Company") which comprise the Balance Sheet as at31st March 2018 the Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement for the yearthen ended and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section134(5) of the Companies Act 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparationand presentation of these financial statements to give a true and fair view of thefinancial position financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance withthe accounting principles generally accepted in India including the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts)Rules 2014. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting recordsin accordance with the provisions of the act for safeguarding the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that arereasonable and prudent; and design implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records relevant to the preparation and presentation ofthe financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement whether due to fraud orerror.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified underSection 143(10) of the Act and other applicable authoritative pronouncements issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards require that we comply withethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us the aforesaid financial statements give the information give a true and fairview in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India of thestate of affairs of the Company as at 31st March 2018 its loss and its cash flows for theyear ended on that date.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order 2017 ("the Order")issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 ofthe Act and on the basis of such checks of the books and records of the Company as weconsidered appropriate and according to the information and explanations given to us wegive in the Annexure - A a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 ofthe Order.
i. the Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations in its financialposition in its financial statements. Refer Note 22 to the financial statements.
ii. the Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material for eseeable losses.
iii. there were no amounts due which were required to be transferred to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
b) As informed to us the fixed assets have been physically verified by the managementat regular intervals; and as informed to us no material discrepancies were noticed on suchverification.
c) As per records of the Company and according to the information and explanationsgiven to us the Title Deed of immovable property is held in the name of the Company.
iii. According to the information and explanations given to us the Company has notgranted any loan secured or unsecured to companies firms Limited.LiabilityPartnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of theAct. Accordingly clause 3(iii) (a) (b} and (c) of the Order are not applicable.
iv. According to the information and explanations given to us the Company has compliedwith the provisions of sections 185 and 186 of the Act with respect to the loansinvestments made and guarantees given.
vi. According to the information and explanations given to us the Central Governmenthas not prescribed the maintenance of cost records under Sub-section (1) of Section148 ofthe Act for any services rendered by the Company. Accordingly clause 3(vi) of the Orderis not applicable.
vii. a) As per records of the Company and according to the information and explanationsgiven to us the Company is generally regular in depositing undisputed applicablestatutory dues including Provident Fund Income-tax Service Tax Cess and any otherstatutory dues with the appropriate authorities and there are no undisputed amount payablein respect of the same which were in arrears as on 31st March 2018 for a period of morethan six months from the date they became payable.
b) According to the information and explanations given to us the Company has notdeposited the following dues on account of dispute with the appropriate authority.
ix. According to the information and explanations given to us and based on ourexamination of the books and records of the Company we report that the Companys term loanhas been applied for the purpose for which the same was obtained.
x. According to the information and explanations given to us neither any materialfraud by the Company or on the Company by its officers or employees has been noticed orreported during the year nor we have been informed of any such case by the management.
xiii. According to the information and explanations given to us and based on ourexamination of the books and records of the Company we report that the transactions withthe related parties are in compliance with sections 177 and 188 of the Act whereapplicable and details of such transactions have been disclosed in the financialstatements as required by the applicable accounting standards.
xiv. According to the information and explanations given to us and based on ourexamination of the books and records of the Company we report that the Company has notmade any preferential allotment/ private placement of shares or fully or partlyconvertible debentures during the year. Accordingly clause 3(xiv) of the Order is notapplicable.
xv. According to the information and explanations given to us and based on ourexamination of the books and recordswe report that the Company has not entered into anynon-cash transactions with directors or persons connected with him during the year.Accordingly clause 3(xv) of the Order is not applicable.
xvi. The Company is a Non Banking Financial Company and has obtained registration undersection 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act1934.
Report on the Internal Financial Controls under Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section143 of the Act.
We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of WilliamsonFinancial Services Limited ("the Company") as of 31st March 2018 in conjunctionwith our audit of the financial statements of the Company for the year ended on that date.
The Company's management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internalfinancial controls based on the internal control over financial reporting criteriaestablislied by the Company considering the essential components of internal controlstated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over FinancialReporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ('ICAI'). Theseresponsibilities include the design implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficientconduct of its business including adherence to company's policies the safe guarding ofits assets the prevention and detection of frauds and errors the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records and the timely preparation of reliable financialinformation as required under the Act.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's internal financialcontrols over financial reporting based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordancewith the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting(the "Guidance Note") and the Standards on Auditing issued by the ICAI anddeemed to be prescribed under section 143(10) of the Act to the extent applicable to anaudit of internal financial controls both applicable to an audit of Internal FinancialControls and both issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. ThoseStandards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and planand perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate internalfinancial reporting was established and maintained and if such controls operatedeffectively in all material respects.
Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy ofthe internal financial controls system over financial reporting and their operatingfinancial controls over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding ofinternal financial controls over financial reporting assessing the risk that a materialweakness exists and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness ofinternal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on theauditor's judgement including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of thefinancial statements whether due to fraud or error.
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2. Del Taco and Jack in the Box's tacos.
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This Add-On allows GMs to quickly make medium-sized city maps by offering a selection of 6 large (20×20 grid square) modular city "blocks", each containing a different selection of buildings, both with and without roofs, to allow mapping both interiors (furnished or unfurnished) and exteriors. Most of the city blocks are multi-story.
Empty tiles are provided for mapping the edge of the city (or inner-city parks). This Add-On includes placeable Items, such as trees, bushes, stone walls, wooden walls, farm plots, doors, gates, and a variety of roofs, to allow a GM to further customize the map. Transition pieces from the stone streets of the city to the dirt roads of some Village to Pillage sets (found here or in the Roll20 Marketplace) are also included, making it fully compatible with all other sets in the series.
This Add-On is best suited for fantasy/medieval settings.


Book and lyrics: Howard Ashman. Music: Alan Menken.
It seems to me that the theatre at the Menier Chocolate Factory cannot do anything wrong. After the remarkable production of Sunday in the Park With George and a very nice staging of The Last Five Years, the Menier goes into a completely different territory with Little Shop of Horrors. Does it get it right? You bet! This is first-class theatre. Once again, the limited space seems to work wonders. David Farley, who already designed Sunday in the Park With George, has provided a wonderfully gritty Skid Row, in many ways more successful than that of the recent Broadway offering.
Director Matthew White, already responsible for The Last Five Years, has assembled a great cast, led by a superb Sheridan Smith as Audrey (nobody can replace Ellen Greene, but Smith comes pretty close) and West End veteran Barry James as Mushnik. Interestingly, James played the part of Seymour in the original London production of Little Shop and hence comes full circle, so to speak. White's staging is full of imagination and adds quite a lot to the fun of the libretto.
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This is fantastic news! Congratulations to the team for the great accomplishment.
When will we be able to follow it on Satellite Safari ?
Great! Now let's hope you can get its proverbial wheels unstuck from the sand. What effect would there be with only one panel deployed? Does the fact that it has been running for 27 days and the battery is nearly full indicate that the panels are in fact deployed? What can it do on reduced power?
Amazeballs! That's fantastic. Good work, team! I hadn't lost hope!
That is good news indeed! Space is tricky, right? I'm so glad you didn't give up. Looking forward to the next update! Congrats!!!!
That. Is. BIZARRE. That being said, all's well that ends well. I'm having a celebratory bowl. Good job, guys! Hats off to the technical team!
Well done, team! Every tiny step exploring our place in the universe is awesome. Just finished another viewing of Ron Howard's Apollo 13. I am always amazed at the accomplishments in space in the 1970's with all the computing power a warehouse can hold at their fingertips. Back when "booting up" really meant getting out the boots.
Very good news indeed. We (through you all) put a satellite into orbit, and are receiving signals from it. I remember being a young boy and hearing the beeps from Sputnik long ago, and now we've been able to launch a satellite into orbit through donations by individuals. I'm sure you men and women who worked on this project have a real appreciation for the difficulties that a journey into space presents. If you can get it to deploy the solar panels and antenna, perhaps Sputnik will be far surpassed by SkyCube! Congratulations to all involved!
Wow! That's really good day!
What a great post-your second last paragraph says it all-people power got it up there-lets hope it can open those damn solar panels:-)) i am in awe of your persistence-a great achievement no matter what happens next !!!
Well done guys! This brought me back to my days as a satellite operator in the army. I still remember counting the first orbits and those ever growing numbers eventually getting into the thousands and tens of thousands. Exciting times!
116,890 congratulations Tim and SkyCube Team!
Did the solar panels open ?
Greg, Francisco - You're due for an update soon. However, we'll be attending the CubeSat Developer's Workshop at Cal Poly University this coming Wednesday and Thursday, April 23-24. Conference preparation has consumed most of our time over the past 10 days.
We continue to send "deploy solar panels" commands to SkyCube from all ground stations when the satellite is passing over them. One ground station is enhancing capabilities with a new 3-meter dish, and we're still awaiting results from that effort.
I'll present a more complete update after next week's conference. Meanwhile, if anyone is near San Luis Obispo, California on April 23rd or 24th, I'd be glad to answer any questions you may have in person.
It's been over 3 months without an update. I'm guessing that it's dead and the SkyCube folks have disbanded, as no one is responding.


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Romeo.Juliet is a 1990 film-in-concert adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet.  The motion picture is an original creation by American director, producer, writer and cinematographer Armando Acosta (also credited as Armondo Linus Acosta and Armand Acosta). With a cast of feral cats from Venice, New York City, Verona and Ghent, the dialogue is vocalized by award-winning British film and theater talent. The soundtrack features Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet ballet music.

Plot
'La Dame aux Chats,' the only human character in Romeo.Juliet, is an eccentric Venetian bag lady who lives with her pet rat on a houseboat named Fellini. She saves the lives of Juliet (a magnificent cloud-white Turkish Angora) and her feline family by smuggling them onto a ship bound for the New World.  Soon after arriving in the docks of New York, Juliet meets her Romeo – a smokey long-haired gray feral.

Inspiration
While working in Hollywood in the early 1960s, Acosta observed feral cats who made their home on the backlot of Paramount Pictures. Fascinated by their habits, patterns and innate, meditative nature, he wanted to film cats in their own environment and edit the footage to music.

It was not until 1964, armed with an Arriflex camera that Acosta began filming the street cats of New York City. Wanting to capture the authentic choreographic movements, grace, and elegance of cats, he used slow-motion techniques that were available at that time.

Acosta wanted to add to the footage and soundtrack, the essence of the classic story of starry-eyed lovers – not just Shakespeare's version, or the Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins adaptation, but the ancient tale of Layla and Majnun.

According to Acosta, "These stories suggest a hidden truth that the highest love is beyond the body. Cat lovers, animal lovers understand this 'higher love' – a love of devotion, responsibility and respect."

In 1964, neither the technology nor the finances were readily available for Acosta to seriously pursue his dream.

It took almost 25 years before Acosta would be able to put together all the necessary ingredients – the most important being technology – to create as director, producer, cinematographer and writer his first full-length motion picture.

Script
An original screenplay containing what Acosta describes as "carefully chosen Shakespearean nuggets of gold" was written by Koen Vanbrabant with Acosta. British actor and theater personality Victor Spinetti served as the script consultant.

Cast
 Romeo            – Robert Powell
 Juliet           – Francesca Annis
 Mother Capulet   – Vanessa Redgrave CBE
 Father Capulet   – Sir Ben Kingsley
 Mercutio         – Sir John Hurt
 Rozaline         – Dame Maggie Smith
 Tybalt           – Victor Spinetti
 Benvolio         – Quentin Crisp
 Prince           – John Haggart
 Friar Lawrence   – Theo Cowan

La Dame aux Chats
'La Dame aux Chats' is performed in a cameo appearance by British actor, John Hurt. When interviewed by the BBC Hurt explained, "...and he needed a cat lady who lives on a barge who collects the cats of Venice together and takes them to the New World where the story begins. A cat lady, a bag lady in fact, who lives on a barge and I'm the only human being in it"

When Hurt was asked why he accepted the strange role of a Venetian bag lady, he replied, "I'm sort of used to transformations, that's my living. But I haven't very often gone this far. Hurt also explained, "The whole idea is unique as far as I know. I've never heard of such a thing, and I thought indeed, it would make a fascinating film." Later he jokingly added, "It's very much a supporting role."

Acosta explained, "I wanted 'La Dame' to have that neutral quality, this sort of male-female never knowing quality. John was not only an actor of great ingenuity and power of invention, he understood transformation."

Music
The soundtrack features Serge Prokofiev's ballet music Romeo and Juliet performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by André Previn. Acosta chose Previn for his 'swan-like' conductor's quality. In fact, Previn's interpretation of the Prokofiev score runs 7-10% slower than most other recorded performances.

The original Romeo.Juliet Theme, composed by Emanuel Vardi and Armando Acosta, is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Barry Wordsworth.

Locations
The film was shot on location in Ghent, Manhattan, Coney Island, Venice and Santa Monica with many interiors filmed in the huge Roncalli Circus warehouse in Cologne.

Technical
Romeo.Juliet is the first full-length motion picture to be filmed exclusively on video and successfully transferred onto 35mm.

To allow the natural choreography and movement of the cats to be synchronized with the soundtrack, 99% of the film was shot in digital slow motion.

Over 400 feet of video footage was shot with an editing process that took over 4000 hours.

Romeo.Juliet has been acknowledged as a pioneering technical achievement by Academy Award winning cinematographer, Linwood Dunn and other motion picture specialists.

World premiere
The World Premiere was held on September 6, 1990 at the 47th Venice International Film Festival. The late festival director, Guglielmo Biraghi, a cat lover and colleague of Acosta, invited the film to be screened out of competition.

Film critics and journalists across Europe covered the World Premiere of Romeo.Juliet.

Henri Chapier from the French television network, Antenne 2, reported, "A baroque film of art almost crazy with an enormous budget, Romeo.Juliet by Armando Acosta tells Shakespeare's play through the confrontation of two rival tribes of cats. A sophisticated achievement, full of originalities, the film enchants even those that refuse to be dazzled."

Isabella Stasi of BBC Channel Four reported, "Away from the awards, among the 32 films at Venice there have been the good, the bad and the bizarre. The most extraordinary is Romeo.Juliet."

The Sunday Times wrote, "The strangest film on show was Romeo.Juliet, directed by Armando Acosta, in which Prokofiev's music and the voices of Robert Powell, Ben Kingsley, Vanessa Redgrave and Maggie Smith are accompanied by onscreen performances delivered by cats, photographed sumptuously in Venice, Ghent and Coney Island. John Hurt as a sort of Venetian bag lady is the only human to be seen."

Additional screenings
Romeo.Juliet was screened at the 1990 Flanders International Film Festival Ghent and the 1990 Cologne Film Festival.

In January 1992, the film was screened in Los Angeles at the Directors Guild Theater, Writers Guild Theater and at Warner Bros. studio.

In June 1994, Romeo.Juliet returned to Venice for three screenings, upon an invitation, by Ms. Constanza Farinelli, organizer of the Cat Congress and Symposium.

Film concerts
The motion picture was conceived and created as a film-in-concert with a live orchestra performing the soundtrack with the projection of the movie. The Romeo.Juliet Film-in-Concert World Premiere was held at the Palais des Beaux Arts Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels in June 1992.

British-born conductor Nicholas Cleobury led the National Orchestra of Belgium in three performances.  Upon an invitation by Armando Acosta,  John Hurt and Oleg Prokofiev, son of the composer, Serge Prokofiev attended the premiere.

Oleg Prokovfiev stated in an interview, "...it's not simply a film, it's a poem.  It's a higher art than cinema, it's super cinema.  A special cinema which does not follow a classical story line, but harmoniously blends my father's ballet music, Shakespeare's text and the magical images of the film."

In February 1993, a second series of sold-out film concert performances was held in Tokyo at the NHK Hall. Yoko Matsuo conducted the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra with Armondo Linus Acosta in attendance.

References

 Andrew, Geoff. "John Hurt interviewed by Geoff Andrew", The Guardian Unlimited
 Romeo.Juliet on Yahoo! Movies

External links

 Vimeo Romeo.Juliet Trailer https://vimeo.com/116844501
 Vimeo Romeo.Juliet Presentation Trailer https://vimeo.com/88595328
 Vimeo Romeo.Juliet Film Concert Trailer https://vimeo.com/88595327

1990 films
Belgian musical films
Films about cats
Films based on Romeo and Juliet
1990s English-language films

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Jonathan Roson was resident in March-May 2014 and returned for an exhibition in August-September 2015.
From 28th of July until 25th of August 2017 several of the works in marble can be seen at the DreamSpace Gallery (3 Dufferin Street, London, EC1Y 8NA).
Jonathan Roson is an emerging artist, born in Sydney, Australia, currently living and working in London, UK.
He has exhibited and undertaken artist residencies in Australia, United Kingdom, Canada and Portugal. In May 2014 he completed an artistic residency at Foundation OBRAS, Evoramonte. He created sculptural objects (using marble found in the Estremoz quarries), installations (using iron from an abandoned rail line) and site-specific works (by cutting patterns in the tall grass of open fields around the centre). The slideshow and video below provides an impression of his 2014 residency.
Foundation OBRAS and Direcção Regional de Cultura do Alentejo invited Jonathan to come back in August 2015 and undertake his second artistic residency at OBRAS. As part of his new art residency, Jonathan created several site specific installations inside Evoramonte Castle, relating the art work to the history of the castle and surrounding area of Evoramonte. The title of this exhibition: WIRED, refers to an installation made up of hundreds of wild oat stalks "floating" in the space.
Currently Jonathan is living and working in London. He still works with marble of Estremoz. A recent project is making small sculptures (20x18cm) entitled 'Ideograms, Hirigana series'.
Jonathan Roson's work is represented by DreamSpace Gallery (3 Dufferin Street, London, EC1Y 8NA).
Solid Harvest was an exhibition and open studio by Jonathan Roson held on the 3rd & 4th of May 2014, at the Centre of Foundation OBRAS (Herdada da Marmeleira, Evoramonte, Portugal).
Throughout his art residency Jonathan created sculptural objects and installations. An interventionist he creates works by using locally sourced materials and site-specific works (marble waste from Estremoz quarries, iron from an abandoned rail line and patterns cut in the open fields around the centre).
The exhibition Solid Harvest investigated the meaning of things as they appear in our experience. It triggered the viewers to be aware of their own perceptual awareness and their direct response to the works.


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Oakland, CA, USA
Founder, Last Prisoner Project, The Father of the Legal Cannabis Industry
Speaker Year | 2018 | Toronto 2019 | Toronto 2022
Steve DeAngelo is a globally recognized cannabis leader who was dubbed "the father of the legal industry" by former Speaker of the California Assembly Willie Brown. As a lifelong activist, author, educator, investor, and entrepreneur, he has spent more than four decades on the front lines of the cannabis reform movement. His most notable business achievements include co-founding Harborside-one of the first six dispensaries licensed In the United States-now a publicly-traded company on the Canadian Securities Exchange, with five dispensary locations in California including one of the first to feature a drive-thru; Steep Hill Laboratory, the first cannabis analytics company; and Arcview Group, the first dedicated cannabis investment network.
Steve is the author of The Cannabis Manifesto and an originator of the wellness approach to understanding cannabis. He played a key role in the passage of Initiative 59, Washington DC's medical cannabis law; the passage of Prop 64, California's adult-use law; and successfully defended multiple legal attempts by US federal authorities to shutter the doors of Harborside. His media projects include the starring role in Weed Wars, the first cannabis-oriented reality TV show, produced by the Discovery Channel in 2011; a new online TV show, Ask Steve DeAngelo, available on Green-Flower.com; and extensive appearances on most major media outlets including CNN, FOX, MSNBC, CNBC, and The New York Times.
Steve is the recipient of the 2015 High Times Lester Grinspoon High Times Lifetime
Achievement Award and was named one of the most influential people and "gatekeeper of the industry" in 2015 by the International Business Times. In 2016 he was named one of the seven "Most Powerful People" in America's cannabis industry by Fortune. Most recently, he was honored with the Peter Tosh Equal Rights Award and inducted into the Marijuana Business Daily Hall of Fame.
Steve believes that an ethical and politically engaged industry will be the most powerful force in spreading cannabis reform to every corner of the planet. As Founder of the Last Prisoner Project (2019), he will not stop until the last cannabis prisoner is free. As host of the Radio Free Cannabis podcast-launched in 2020, his role as an activist seeking global unity for equal justice, advocating for human rights around the world, for cannabis legalization across planet earth, and the end of criminalizing medicinal plants worldwide, continues.


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Biden attacks Trump at Virginia rally, tying McAuliffe's opponent to ex-president
President Biden hugs Virginia gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe before speaking at a campaign rally in Arlington on Friday. (Michael Blackshire/The Washington Post)
By Sean Sullivan
Karina Elwood
July 23, 2021 at 10:23 p.m. EDT
President Biden on Friday launched a frontal attack on Donald Trump at a campaign rally for Terry McAuliffe, leading a concerted effort to tie the Democrat's opponent in the Virginia governor's race to the former president.
"I ran against Donald Trump and so is Terry," said Biden, speaking in Arlington as the sun set during his first appearance on the campaign trail since taking office. "I whipped Donald Trump in Virginia and so will Terry."
Later, he mentioned the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. "Saying, 'I was told there were a lot of peaceful, wonderful people?'" Biden said incredulously. In an interview for the new book "I Alone Can Fix It," written by Washington Post reporters, Trump said he addressed a "loving crowd" at a rally that day before the attack.
Biden's comments amounted to some of his sharpest attacks on Trump since being sworn in. They came after a parade of introductory speakers also sought to tether Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin to Trump. McAuliffe told the crowd Youngkin is "not running for you, he's running for Donald Trump."
President Biden attacked former president Donald Trump on July 23 at a rally in Arlington for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D). (The Washington Post)
Youngkin seeks to nationalize campaign, but wrestles with Trump's role
McAuliffe's first ad seeks to tie Youngkin to Trump
In attacking Trump by name, Biden signaled in the most direct terms yet his intention to help his party revive last year's rivalry on the political battlefield. It also marked something of a rhetorical shift: Biden and White House officials have largely sought to avoid directly going after Trump since taking office, showing an inclination to turn the page rather than reignite old fights.
The broadsides from Biden and McAuliffe underlined the cornerstone of the Democratic Party strategy in the year's most closely watched statewide election and offered a potential preview of the battle lines for next year's midterm elections.
Youngkin spokesman Matt Wolking rejected the message. "It's totally dishonest for Terry McAuliffe to use President Trump's endorsement to smear Glenn Youngkin, when McAuliffe is actually friends with Trump and took thousands of dollars from Trump to fund his campaign," he said.
Wolking was referring to Trump's donation to McAuliffe's unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign in 2009. There is no evidence that McAuliffe and Trump are friends.
Friday's event at a suburban park had the feel of a traditional campaign event from the pre-coronavirus pandemic times. The atmosphere was festive, with people getting ice cream from carts and Democrats roaming the entrance with clipboards in search of volunteer canvassers.
Upbeat tunes such as "Return of the Mack," McAuliffe's walk-up song, and "Let's Get it Started" blared through loudspeakers. People crowded near the stage hours before the speakers appeared, the vast majority maskless.
The White House and McAuliffe campaign said that general attendees did not have to be tested for the coronavirus to attend. The invitation told fully vaccinated guests they didn't have to wear masks; those who were not fully immunized were instructed to mask up and distance themselves.
A loss in Virginia would deal a massive setback to Biden and his party headed into the 2022 midterm elections. Midterms have tended to be unkind to the sitting president's party, and a defeat in Virginia in November could augur an especially difficult congressional campaign for the Democrats.
"You've got to elect him again," Biden said of McAuliffe. "Not just for Virginia, but for the country. The country's looking."
Youngkin is a former private-equity executive who has been seeking to introduce himself in television ads as a nonideological outsider. But Trump supports him, and only after the Republican primary did Youngkin explicitly acknowledge Biden was the legitimate winner of the 2020 election.
Youngkin's message shifts after his nomination
Race to define Youngkin begins
Youngkin is pitching himself as a fresh-voiced, business-friendly candidate. At the same time, the Virginia GOP is working to cast McAuliffe as an insider whose party has presided over rising violent crime and inflation rates.
On Friday night, McAuliffe praised Biden and asked attendees to envision a world in which he returns to the governor's mansion while Biden is president. "Let me tell you, folks, this state is going to take off like a booster rocket," he said.
McAuliffe won some of his loudest applause when he declared, "Joe Biden won that election fair and square."
At one point, Biden was briefly heckled, as a protester interrupted his remarks prompted boos from the crowd. "This is not a Trump rally. Let him holler, No one's paying attention to him," Biden said.
Biden started his comments by touting his efforts to combat the pandemic. Addressing concerns about a rise in infections in recent weeks, Biden said, "What we have now is a pandemic of the unvaccinated." He said Republican leaders have recently had an "altar call" when it comes to the importance of coronavirus vaccines, alluding to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's (R) recent criticism of people who refuse to get vaccinated.
Among the Biden enthusiasts in the crowd was 9-year-old Rory Zielenbach, who had wanted a Biden bobblehead for Christmas. Her mother, Meghan Henning, 50, said she'd been searching for events to bring Rory to since more people have gotten vaccinated and pandemic restrictions have loosened.
"The fact that we're standing here, not masked and we've been vaccinated, is just incredible," said Henning.
Henning's mother, Judy Henning, said that despite Biden's victory, she still worries about Trump. "I think he's quite frightening and unpredictable," said Judy Henning, 79.
Biden's appearance in deep blue Arlington highlighted the urgency of turning out the Democratic base and keeping the suburbs energized for McAuliffe and the party's agenda. Mary Allen, 41, said she's been pleased with Biden's presidency so far, though she voiced skepticism about the impact Biden's appearance would have on McAuliffe's campaign.
"Assuming it's local people, it's like preaching to the choir," Allen said.
For Biden, Friday marked a return to a setting he has long enjoyed but has been absent from for more than a year due to the pandemic. After scrapping an event in Ohio on March 10, 2020, due to the coronavirus, Biden largely hunkered down at his home in Delaware for a months-long stretch.
He resumed regular travel in the fall, but even then his events had a different feel. Often, he held car rallies where supporters would watch him speak from inside their vehicles. At other in-person events, attendees wore face masks and their temperatures were checked upon entry.
Friday's rally marked the first time Biden has hit the campaign trail in earnest since becoming president. Although he headlined a Democratic National Committee rally in Georgia in April and has hosted virtual events with party donors, he had yet to venture out to events for specific candidates.
Virginia, which Biden won comfortably in November, poses a major test for the party. Democratic Party leaders and strategists see the governor's race as a must-win in a state that has trended increasingly blue in recent years, but not all the historical trends bode well for Democrats. Virginia has a long record of electing governors who belong to a different party than the one that claimed the White House the previous year. McAuliffe, who was elected in 2013, was an exception.
Before the event, a group of women, all longtime Democrats and Arlington residents, discussed how exciting it was to be back out in person supporting candidates.
"It's like the good old days," Susan Prokop said.


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We're not always out of control when we're "spiraling".
Nearly every day I am blessed to see the "Kissing Camels" rock formation at Garden of the Gods.
I always find life lessons in nature, and this lovely red rock has softly been speaking to me for years.
It is a gentle visual push to soften my heart.
It is an unspoken voice telling me to be open.
or any of the emotional states that sabotage our well-being and close us off from the love we all need.
I couldn't resist! Today's pics of my favorite flowers as they begin to curl up after blooming. They look like curly ribbon!!!
My favorite flowers are hitting the peak of their blooming season with beauty and whimsy, adding their purple-and-yellow splashes of joy to the rich palette of the Colorado autumn.
Snow arrives here in the foothills of the Rockies tonight.
It's as if the tansy asters are the ribbons on the gift of the arrival of snow. Heralding an ease to our drought as white sparkling water falls to blanket our mountains for the winter.
Weather our first snow well, little tansy asters!
When I wrote last March's post about the spring equinox, I was working towards something. I had an exuberant anticipation of the blossoming of a new endeavor in my life.
"Tonight (where I live, anyway- it may be early tomorrow where you live!) the earth will be aligned such that the sun crosses the celestial equator. The days will be, momentarily, equal in the length of light and darkness. The time of long nights and short days will phase, barely perceptibly, into the time of longer days and shorter nights. I will celebrate another transition in life, choosing this day to mark what I already see happening- the arrival of spring.
For me, a season of magic begins. Spring has an almost intoxicating pulse of life coursing through it. You can almost feel all of nature around you in a collective deep breath, as the race begins and the time of rest is over, for now. The excitement of renewal, rebirth, and re-invention of all our selves begins.
As a nature photographer, this season marks the start of the great thrill ride for me. One of my greatest joys is documenting new life from first bud to last bloom, observing in one living being the great race of life, all of its hurdles and triumphs, growth spurts and rests, milestones and mishaps.
Tonight I will take this opportunity to reflect on my own life, and ponder what this new spring season brings for me. I am in my own growth spurt right now, with new ideas budding and new aspirations emerging, while simultaneously other aspects of me fall away like the leaves in autumn. I feel as nature does, now. I am in transition. Tonight I will allow myself to feel the pulse of nature, tap into its collective breath, and try to catch some of that intoxicating rush of life-force that drives us forward in time, relentlessly reaching, growing, emerging.
I had a dream inspiring my soul, and was joyously lost in the flow of transition. Spring was progressing with its intoxicating rush, and I felt on the edge of not just transition, but transformation.
Then as spring morphed dutifully into summer, that glorious season of "blooming" that followed turned out to be a season of chaos. The Waldo Canyon Wildfire happened here in Colorado Springs, and all my grand plans of blossoming something new into existence were thrown into a holding pattern. There was no time or emotional room for big plans, grand dreams, or transitioning, much less transforming. It was all I could do just to hold it together some days. I felt withered, exhausted, and stressed beyond belief.
It wasn't just me or my fellow humans that withered. I watched all summer as the plants around here struggled, with the drought, with the smoke, with the intense heat. They never quite got their act together. Many lost branches or grew in awkward, stunted ways. Nothing ever looked or felt quite right or normal. Beyond the ugly, sad scars on our once-lovely mountains, everything looked wounded. Even my favorite flowers, that I look forward to seeing all year, seemed a mess as their blooming season approached in September.
The few tansy asters that I found seemed distressed and suffering.
I was sad. I would hike the trails at Garden of the Gods, looking along the places where they normally grow in wild, uninhibited abundance. I searched for their bushy, showy splashes of purple, only to find just a few scraggly stems with small, stunted flowers.
Sigh. It seemed a sad end to a sad summer. This season of "growth" was going to end with a whimper.
But several more weeks went by and a funny thing happened. All of a sudden, there were tansy asters!
Not scraggly twigs with scrawny petals, but rich, full blossoms seeming to smile at me with cheerful purple faces! As I wandered the trails day after day, I found more and more tansy asters beaming at me.
Their presence along the trail edges made me feel like a marathon runner getting high fives from people along the road. Every trail corner I turned, new purple, petal-faced friends cheered me on.
They hadn't withered, after all. They'd simply waited.
Wow. What a life lesson from Mother Nature. I've blogged several times about my life-long struggle with learning patience. Pile this experience on top of all the other lessons like a cherry on a sundae.
You see, I'm squirrelly. A little ADHD, even. Impatient by nature, and a little beat up from a life with a bit more drama than I would have cared for. Patience and hope are two things I have been thoroughly tested on… over, and over, and over. I'm always praying to pass the test and stop repeating this life class.
This summer I, appropriately, slowed down. I put things on hold. I said "O.K." to the notion of –gasp- waiting for something. I did it, but I didn't like it. I fought it, struggled against it, and wound up a bit depressed over it.
Life had not conformed to my schedule of blooming. My glorious transition was put on hold. My triumphant transformation temporarily stifled. I felt like a runner who was waiting at the starting line, ready, coiled to spring forward, adrenaline rushing, only to have someone cancel the race. Ugh, how disorienting.
Until the tansy asters showed up.
Good grief, they hadn't given up! They hadn't whined once about the stress of ash on their leaves or smoke blocking the sunlight they needed to survive. They hunkered down, and waited. Patiently. Wisely. They took their time to regroup, get the nourishment they needed, and bloom- a little late- but bloom nonetheless. With gusto.
And what has happened is something rather remarkable. The thing I thought I was doing last spring, the transition that I thought was happening, turned out to be something else. The delay turned out to be a good thing. A godsend. It was the sacred space that allowed my business partner and I to realize that we needed to pick a different fork in the road that we were travelling. Not stop, per se, just shift lanes and make a course correction that made our idea much, much better.
The struggle we had just endured had focused us. Patience and waiting turned out to be just what we needed. I had no reason to lose hope or lose sight or feel thwarted. I needed to be the easy-going tansy aster with the wisdom to let life unfold naturally, organically.
Fall is not normally my favorite season. It is rather obvious from my March equinox post that I am an enthusiastic fan of spring and summer! I am realizing during this fall equinox that fall is beautiful, too.
While I have always been intoxicated by the glory of twinkling golden aspen leaves in the Colorado fall, I was always nonetheless disappointed by autumn's arrival.
It meant more waiting. Waiting for growth, waiting for blossoming, waiting with that ghastly patience that I so dread in life.
But this year is different. This year I am going to relish the season of dormancy. The season of rest. I am going to go about the quiet business of taking my business down the new fork in the road. I'll quietly lay the ground work and be ready to burst forth its new expression of itself in the spring.
This year, I am willing to wait for the thing I want. This year, I am no longer frustrated by these things not coming in to my life fast enough, soon enough, or on my timetable. This year, I am content like the twinkling aspen leaves.
This fall equinox I spent the day with beloved people- my kids and two of my very best friends- up in the Colorado Mountains. I spent the day hiking and laughing, slowing down, and being at ease with the pace of life and the path I am on.
I can't convey in a simple blog post how deeply this has affected me. And that's O.K. I know in my roots and my heart that something new has taken hold. A transformation did occur, just not the one I was expecting. I grew. I matured.
I bloomed in to someone who can wait without losing hope.
I learned that some things in life are worth waiting for. That sometimes you have to choose the wrong path in order to arrive inexorably at the better path.
Wishing you all a beautiful fall equinox!


5 Easy Time Management Tips | Why Am I Lazy?
1. Create A Daily Action Plan.
Never go into your day without being armed with a to-do list; an action plan to keep you on track and ensure that you don't waste time on unnecessary tasks. The best way to achieve this is at night before retiring jot down those tasks that you want to achieve the next day. This is a great habit to get into because as soon as you rise you are quickly able to see what you have set out for the day. This is particularly important for the busy people amongst us, due to the pressure of work that drags our focus away from what we want to achieve.
2. Know (And Accept) Your Limits.
You can't get everything you want done in the amount of time you have, especially if you're the kind of person who has high standards. Accept that there are limits to the amount of work you can complete and how effectively you can manage your time, and then work within those limits to avoid disappointment. Try to be realistic with the amount of time a task will take e.g. mowing the lawn might only take 15 minutes to achieve, however by the time you get everything ready, mow the lawn and put everything away again it could be 30-45 minutes in total. And then there are those among us who get lost in the shed for an extra hour.
3. Become More Efficient At What You Do.
No matter what work it is you do, there are bound to be ways to become more efficient at doing it. If you improve your working efficiency, then you can get more stuff done in less time. So just spend some time reviewing how you get things done, sometimes it may be worthwhile outsourcing tasks so that you can focus what is more important.
Nothing destroys effective time management more than being distracted by things such as social media, mobile phones, or even face-to-face interaction with colleagues. When your time is tight and you need to get stuff done, it's imperative that you pull out all the stops to avoid distractions.
5. Take Regular Breaks. You can't work hard all the time.
If you've got a big project or task to complete, then taking regular breaks will actually help you to manage your time more effectively by giving you motivation, allowing you to recharge your batteries, and giving you the opportunity to work out your next steps.


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Theatre experiences can be life-changing.
Through free outreach and education programs, the Hippodrome Foundation works to introduce Maryland students and community members to the arts and all of the assets of the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center. By exposing young people to new possibilities, we are raising the curtain on opportunity.
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The Hippodrome Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3, non profit organization established in Baltimore, Maryland in 1976. Formerly known as the Baltimore Center for the Performing Arts (BCPA), the foundation was originally created to present live theater at the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre. Over the years, HFI has evolved into its present incarnation as the largest presenter of Broadway in Baltimore (and Maryland) working in partnership with Broadway Across America to bring in the very best possible shows. Hippodrome Foundation, Inc. is housed in offices in the spectacular France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, which is made up of more than 160,000 square feet of performance venues, production support spaces, public spaces, rehearsal halls, studios, conference rooms, and administration support spaces.
Broadway Across America manages the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, handling all issues related to customer service, ticketing, rentals and events at the Hippodrome. As BAA's non-profit partner, HFI is committed to provide outreach and education programs for the community. The Hippodrome is a state building and HFI is committed to share this asset with the people of Maryland.
All HFI programs are free and the foundation has served well over 50,000 people since February 2004 when the theater reopened. Programs include Camp Hippodrome, master classes for every show, in-school literacy programs, special student matinees, historic tours and more. HFI serves as the non-profit Broadway presenter in Baltimore, but the foundation's primary function is to make the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center accessible for our community.
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Courtney has maintained on ongoing relationship with our Australian Shepherd Lou. She has always helped us out when we have needed to give him some extra attention or a nice walk to stretch his legs! She has always shown kindness and patience to our dog and I think that she would be a great addition to your team!
Courtney is a huge dog and animal lover and has helped me out with my dog numerous times. She loves my pug and loves to walk her and play with her. She's also a cat lover!
Primarily available during the day and on weekdays, and MUCH more availability during the summer than during the school year, but also available over breaks.
Special skills include giving scratches and belly rubs, knowing who's "the best boy/girl/doggo," double and triple checking that leashes are securely fastened and waste bags are at the ready. Not afraid to give medicine. Love to pay around and have fun!
I am looking forward to meeting you and learning about your furry family member. I teach middle school, and when with 11 thru 24 year olds. Looking forward to when with your dog!
Walks, walks, cuddles, water. Rinse and repeat! Walks, walks, cuddles, water. Rinse and repeat! Walks, walks, cuddles, water. Rinse and repeat! Walks, walks, cuddles, water. Rinse and repeat!
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Q: Load all JSF components in a page as Texts conditionally It is required in my JSF2 (with Facelets) application to have many pages open in ReadOnly/Editable mode. Following is the exact behavior required:

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*The page first loads in ReadOnly mode when all the page components
are displayed as texts.

*User clicks on Edit button to open the page in Editable mode.

*In Editable mode, all the components are visible and can be manipulated.

*User makes changes and clicks on Save, which loads the page back in ReadOnly mode (i.e. all texts and no components).

If I have a TextArea on the page, In ReadOnly mode I do not want to make it disabled/readOnly, I want an outputText instead. In Editable mode it should behave as TextArea.
What would be a suitable way of accomplishing this, considering I need this behavior on multiple pages in the application.
Shall I write two components (textArea and outputText) and manipulate their rendered property to display one.
Is it possible to somehow control the behavior of elements on JSF and render Texts instead of the components themselves (maybe by writing custom Renderer)?
Thanks a lot in advance for your inputs.

A: Thanks everyone for their inputs... :-)
Hi Found out a way to make it work in a different way. I had to write the following:

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*A Custom tag: All the elements falling inside this TAG would have the Read/Write behavior

*A Custom Renderer: Which would render all the textboxes, dropdowns etc on the page if they fall under the custom tag.

Here is my XHTML
    <rw:readWrite readOnlyOn="#{!rwBean.editMode}">
        <h:panelGrid columns="2">
            <h:outputLabel value="Booking Center P" />
            <h:selectOneMenu id="bookingCentre" value="#{rwBean.bookingCenter}">
                <f:selectItems value="#{rwBean.bookingCenterList}" />
            </h:selectOneMenu>

            <h:outputLabel value="Account Number 1" />
            <h:inputText id="accountNumber1" value="987654" maxlength="7" />
        </h:panelGrid>
    </rw:readWrite>

Based on the value of the attribute "readOnlyOn", my custom tag would set an attribute in each of its child components.
My custom renderer would check the value of this attribute on the tag and render the tag itself or its "value" attribute conditionally.
I have implemented this for all the JSF and PrimeFaces tags and it seems to work for me.

A: You could create a composite component or a tag file so that you end up like this:
<my:inputTextArea editable="#{bean.editable}" />

which contains in case of a composite component basically
<h:inputTextArea rendered="#{cc.attrs.editable}" />
<h:outputText rendered="#{!cc.attrs.editable}" />

or in case of a tag file
<c:choose>
    <c:when test="#{editable}"><h:inputTextArea /></c:when>
    <c:otherwise><h:outputText /></c:otherwise>
</c:choose>


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From the author of The Soviet Union and the Middle East comes an examination of glasnost, or liberalization, in Russia through discussion of its impact on the Soviet economy, culture, and politics.
In an effort to examine Mikhail Gorbachev and the political style that emerged in the Soviet Union after he became the secretary general of the Communist Party, American historian Walter Laqueur analyzes how Gorbachev's rule has impacted Soviet society and culture, both through how the government is now run and how citizens are reacting.
Laqueur discusses how glasnost has led to many revelations about the Soviet Union that were since unheard of, as well as how long this era of insight could last when considering the country's position as a state in ferment.
Beginning in the nineteenth century and progressing to present day, The Long Road to Freedom examines the political and economic changes that have come with glasnost in Russia, including speculations on the developments that are likely to come if it continues in this state of liberalization.
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Rethinking The Public Sphere is a response to Habermas' 1973 essay, later published in English as The Public Sphere in 1989. Habermas states his concept of the public sphere as both historical, and normative. It is historical both in the sense of era and region- 20th century Western Europe. He dismantles the distinctions between the public and private domain.
But contrary to Fraser's beliefs, women did not form a separate, subaltern group; instead they consciously wove themselves into the mainstream system and caused the change in the mindset of the discursive publics. They played more active parts in mainstream relationships. Similarly, Martin Luther King never emphasized on isolation, but on a more collective "humanity".
Fraser disagrees with Habermas' stress on having common public-interest discourse and setting aside private concerns or personal bias. She says that a common concern is subjective and changes according to social circumstances. Not all members of a social group may agree on the commonality of a singular issue. Subaltern counter-publics would want some guarantee that newer issues will be addressed. But if there are no preconceived pointers some groups may take advantage and override the weaker sections of the society in absence of concrete direction. Common agreement achieved in suspicious circumstances may lead to camouflaged or even apparent dominance and subjugation thereby. Also, the subaltern groups run the risk of being far away from the capitalist economic structure that prevails in most developed and influential economies. They may be too radical to hold any relevance in these societies, if we take a more global worldview.
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Corrie had quite a challenge for us this week. Create a stamped project inspired by a movie or a movie star.
I stamped Phoebe with Memento ink on a piece of cardstock and masked the image. I also created a mask with Post-it Notes to maintain a white border. Flower Block was stamped and repeated in the background. Carol's Flower, small was stamped three times on another piece of cardstock. The image and background was colored with Copics in a very painterly style and accented with Wink of Stella pens.
The three additional flowers were cut and attached with Liquid Nails to raise off the card. I used a Copic Multiliner to create some contrast to the border.
The title was printed on my computer and also attached with Liquid Nails.
So pick some movie inspiration and join us in Corrie's challenge and a chance to win a gift certificate to your wish list stamps!
Carol is requesting we use bright eye-popping colors for this weeks Stampotique Designer's Challenge.
The prompt reminded me of teaching the color wheel to grade school. I would have children recite the colors in order on the wheel, asking them to go left or right. The drill would usually take place while we waited for the classroom teacher to pick them up. "The first color at the top of the color wheel is..." Once the children called out "yellow" we'd select one student to pick a direction and "Go!" It became a game to see who could go through the wheel quickly and correctly, hitting primary, secondary and intermediate colors. These are the jewel tones, the bright colors!
I'm using a 8.5" x 5" Moleskine journal page that has been gessoed and collaged. I added scribbles and dabs of acrylic paint. Kate Crane's Frock is featured in the layout. The images is stamped in black Versafine and colored with Prismacolor pencils. I used a Persian Blue watercolor pencil with a waterbrush to add shadow to bring out Frock.
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NPR: Lawsuit Alleges Wage Theft at Virginia University Construction Sites
By Alex Rodriguez
Workers are suing two Virginia-based construction companies in a class action lawsuit over allegations of wage theft.
Workers claim construction company Agent Wall Systems and B&A, a firm that hires labor for construction jobs, misclassified them as independent contractors, rather than employees.
"They were not paid overtime premiums for hours worked over 40," said attorney Matthew Handley, who is representing the workers in the lawsuit.
Being classified as contractors instead of employees meant the companies also didn't pay regular benefits: Social Security, unemployment insurance, and workers comp. Handley said, "As a result, [they] denied these workers thousands of dollars of unpaid wages."
According to the lawsuit, the companies contracted with Virginia Commonwealth University for the recent rebuilding of the Gladding Residence Center. The companies were also hired for the construction of the Fine Arts Center and library expansion at Christopher Newport University, the Science Building at Norfolk State and the President's House at Old Dominion University.
NSU and ODU did not respond to VPM's request for comment. Spokespeople for VCU and CNU declined to comment because they are not parties to the lawsuit. CNU added that the university is "not aware of any wage theft allegations on any campus construction projects."
In a phone call, B&A Vice President Milton Andrade confirmed that his company hires workers as independent contractors using 1099 tax forms. For this reason, he says B&A does not deduct taxes from workers' paychecks. The company also does not pay workers overtime, although he says some often work nearly 50 hours per week.
"You have the right to be paid overtime. It's true. If you are an employee," Andrade said in Spanish over the phone. "If you are an employee, then you have the right to be paid overtime, and maybe to get healthcare. But those benefits are if the company wants to give them."
Andrade says B&A construction workers often use company machinery and follow the instruction of on-site foremen, signs of being an employee according to IRS criteria. But he says workers are hired as independent contractors because they are assigned to temporary projects.
A "wage theft law" that went into effect in July improved workers' ability to sue employers over wage theft by amending existing employment laws. Employers are now liable for unpaid overtime wages plus liquidated damages and interest.
"The law passed on the right to the worker, not the company. The law took rights away from the company and gave them to the worker," Andrade said. Although employment law holds the employer, not the employee, responsible for classification, he blamed the workers: "If [they] didn't want to sign a 1099 at the time, they should have raised their voice and asked for a W-2."
Agent Walls Systems did not respond to VPM's request for comment.
Handley says the issue of wage theft has reached "an epidemic level" on Virginia construction sites in recent years, with Latino and immigrant workers facing the brunt of these practices.
"It has become standard practice for construction companies to hire labor brokers, who serve as the formal employers of these construction workers, who are primarily recent immigrants from outside the US and are normally very subject to exploitation by their employers," he said.
Handley says an initial hearing has not yet been scheduled for the class action lawsuit, and that there will be an opt-in period of about four months for other workers to be included in the suit.
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