text:
"… a place of innocent recreation and entertainment …"
In 1870, Perth people quickly took advantage of the new facilities and organised social events such as concerts and dances. Some early users of the hall raised money to help the City Council improve the facilities, while other activities supported all sorts of causes. The Town Hall was truly intended as a social centre.
Entertainments of all kinds – both amateur and professional – have been a feature of the Town Hall ever since. Concerts – popular as well as classical – continue to be popular. Plays and shows are still staged – the Town Hall has even been a venue for the Perth Festival Fringe. The Town Hall was also used as a cinema for a while in the early years of the twentieth century.
Sporting activities, such as boxing, fencing, callisthenics, and even badminton, also feature in the history of the Town Hall.
Celebrations over the years
Performances for all tastes
Dances at the Town Hall have always been popular and many community groups have organised balls there. Tuesday morning community shows still provide a popular program of entertainment for seniors.
Jane Jewell, daughter of the architect Richard Roach Jewell, sang a solo at the first concert held at the Perth Town Hall on 15 July 1870. 'The Elfin Echoes' is a setting of a poem by Tennyson. The composer is unknown. Performed by Valerie Bannan. MS supplied by RWAHS.
The Perth Congregational Choral Society were first off the mark. Their concert on 15 July 1870 was repeated by popular demand a few days later. All the musical forces of the colony were marshalled for a Grand Concert on 29 August 1870. This raised £43/15/8 (equivalent to more than $6000 today), given to the City Council for fitting out the building.
Local amateur musicians formed a group called the Minstrels of the West to raise money for a piano. They achieved their goal at their 10th concert in 1877.
Amateur music-making has always been important to the Perth community. Indeed, community singing at the Town Hall was a feature of the 1920s and 1930s, with radio broadcasts of these events to the West Australian community. Many local choral and instrumental groups have performed at the Town Hall over the years. The stage has also been popular with dancing schools for putting on end-of-year performances and for musical and theatrical competitions.
A concert performance on the Town Hall stage. The group is probably The Minstrels of the West. Royal Western Australian Historical Society. P1999.4423
Concert program for the tenth and final concert of the Minstrels of the West. State Library of Western Australia PR381/2
Audience at the Town Hall for the first community singing concert broadcast by 6WF, 1936. State Library of Western Australia 006489D.
Scouts dressed for performing plays and sketches at their annual meeting and display, 1934. State Library of Western Australia 095312PD.
Dining and dancing
The Town Hall today is an elegant and historic function venue.
As well as formal civic dinners and receptions, community organisations, private companies and ordinary people host monster tea parties, receptions and dinners in the Town Hall.
A tea and social in 1935 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Mr Alfred Sandover's arrival in Western Australia. State Library of Western Australia 018921PD.
Town Hall dances have always been popular. Balls were a highlight of social activity in the early years of the Swan River Colony and the Town Hall provided the community with a new popular venue for dancing.
Dancing at the Postal Institute annual meeting and dance.
Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. NAA: K1131, W1552/D.
Patricia Langford, née Edmondson,
wearing her debutante gown,
on the Town Hall staircase,
at the Printers Ball, 1952.
Lance and Patricia Langford and friends at the Printers Ball, 1952.
Hand-made dress, jacket and
wrap worn by Elsie Weeks
for dances at the Town Hall,
1960s. Lent by Steve Weeks.
Many Perth couples met at Town Hall dances. Lance Langford remembers how a beautiful brunette named Patricia Edmondson caught his eye and he asked her for a dance. He was 19 and she was 16. There were many dance venues but the Town Hall was a favourite because it was the biggest, had a good floor for dancing and had a good band. Lance and Patricia married in 1954.
Exploring changing fashions of dress over 150 years of events at the Perth Town Hall
Steve Weeks also remembers the dances at the Town Hall in the early 1960s. As a child, his mother would bring him and he would sleep under the table! But later on, Steve danced there himself as a competitive ballroom dancer.
Steve Weeks remembers dances at the town hall
Social dance clubs have been popular at the Perth Town Hall for many years. This 1991 video shows the Amelia Club, which met on Wednesday nights. The pianist is Beryl Long. She continued to play for the dance clubs well into her 70s! Other clubs were Kui, Beehive and Harmony. The Kui Club started in 1947 and is still going at the Wembley Bowling Club. Most of the dance clubs moved out of the Town Hall to make way for the restoration in 2005.
The Coolbaroo Club
On 4 October 1954, the Coolbaroo Club held a Gala Royal Show Ball at the Perth Town Hall.
The Coolbaroo Club was an Aboriginal organisation well-known for its advocacy for Aboriginal rights and for organising social activities, especially dances. The City of Perth was a prohibited area for Aboriginal people, only abolished in 1954. Booking the Town Hall for their Gala Royal Show Ball celebrated the abolition of the prohibited area and publicly reclaimed the right to be on Aboriginal land. The Coolbaroo Club continued to hold events in the Town Hall for the rest of the decade.
Farley Garlett interviews Albert and Irene McNamara about their memories of the Coolbaroo Club
Find out more about the Coolbaroo Club from the City of Perth's new podcast 'Untold Stories of Perth'
Listen to Untold Stories of Perth
A wide range of sporting contests have been held in the Town Hall, including boxing, badminton, fencing, callisthenics.
The first State Badminton Championships were held at the Perth Town Hall in 1927 and in 1950 the Australian Championships finally came to WA for the first time. 1951 saw the State Fencing Championships at the Town Hall.
Boxing was controversial. Boxing was very popular, but there was also considerable opposition to the sport. Consequently, the use of the Town Hall for boxing matches was very controversial.
Lotteries were also controversial. There was strong opposition to the formation of the Lotteries Commission (now Lotterywest) in the 1930s. A 1933 meeting to protest against the refusal of the Lotteries Commission to allow newspaper competitions was said to be the biggest ever held at the Perth Town Hall. Nevertheless, the Lotteries Commission held public draws at the Perth Town Hall for many years.
First public lottery draw at the Perth Town Hall, 1932. SLWA 101652PD
Junior boxing match at the Perth Town Hall. WA Newspapers
A craze for 'rinking'
One of the more surprising uses for Perth Town Hall was for roller skating – or 'rinking' as it was known.
The craze for roller skating arrived in Australia in the 1860s and a rinking club was formed in Perth in 1877. This was strictly an upper-class affair and the members met twice a week in the Town Hall.
The club held a remarkable costume ball on 17 October 1878, recorded in detail in the local papers and by Henry Prinsep's sketch of the event. The most 'original and remarkable dress' was undoubtedly Captain Wilkinson's Cleopatra's Needle costume – which must have been very difficult to skate in!
The craze grew and within ten years commercial operators stepped in and established several skating rinks in Perth and Fremantle. Mr George Webb set up the Broadway Elite Skating Rink at the Perth Town Hall.
Roller skating was a popular family affair. Advertisements invited 'Girls and Boys, their Fathers, Mothers, Grandmothers and Grandfathers and the Baby FREE'. On Boxing Day 1888, 5000 people were expected to attend the Town Hall rink over morning, afternoon and evening sessions. As well as general skating, there were organised games and competitions for adults and children, fast skating and races. Exhibitions of trick skating entertained the crowds, with a band supplying music.
We, the Mayor and councillors of the city of Perth, desire, on behalf of the citizens, to offer to you a cordial welcome to the capital city of this State.
Visiting celebrities create great community interest and excitement. Managing such visits on behalf of the community as a whole is a task that falls to various levels of government and there are strict protocols and formalities involved.
Civic welcome for Michael Ramsey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1965. City of Perth
The Town Hall is usually the place where the Perth City Council honours important visitors with a formal ceremonial welcome. Many celebrities have been honoured over the years, from royalty to explorers, statesmen to service personnel.
The formal part of the proceedings involves a speech of welcome from the Mayor with a response from the visitor. The welcoming speech is a work of art in the form of a handwritten illuminated address, decorated with pictures relevant to the occasion.
Illuminated address welcoming Lord Kitchener to Perth in 1910. Kitchener was then perhaps the most famous man in the British Empire and Western Australia gave him a rock star welcome. City of Perth collection
In the decade after the Town Hall opened, explorers Sir John Forrest and Ernest Giles were both welcomed formally by the city. In 1874, John Forrest led a six-man exploring party from Geraldton to Adelaide. Two Nyoongar men, Tommy Windich and Tommy Pierre, were valued members of this team. A few days after his return, 120 men gathered for a celebration banquet in the Town Hall, decorated with flags and greenery – ladies were only able to watch from the balcony. There were plenty of speeches, including Tommy Pierre's – no doubt the first Nyoongar to make a speech in the building.
Exploration team, John Forrest's third expedition 1874. Left to right: Back row: Tommy Pierre, Tommy Windich, James Kennedy, James Sweeney; Front row: Alexander Forrest, John Forrest. State Library of Western Australia 00451D
In 1875, Ernest Giles arrived in Perth to a spectacular welcome after crossing the Nullarbor Plain with his camels. Crowds gathered around the Town Hall and along Adelaide Terrace as far as the Causeway. Giles and his party were accompanied by a full procession, including a brass band. On arrival at the Town Hall, the camels were stabled in the market place underneath. It was standing room only in the hall itself, as Mr George Shenton, Chairman of the City Council read the welcoming address.
Ernest Giles and his party arrive at the Perth Town Hall, 1875
100 years of prosperous progress
In 1929, Western Australia hosted a series of events marking the centenary of the state – mostly between 28 September and 12 October.
The felling of a tree at what was to be the site of the Town Hall in 1829, by Captain Stirling's landing party is Perth's foundation event. The official opening of the new Town Hall in 1870 was held close to the 41st anniversary of that event. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Town Hall played an important role in celebrating 100 years since the foundation of the Swan River Colony in 1829.
The Town Hall hosted a Pioneers dinner on 3 June 1929 – especially for West Australian-born and residents over 50. SLWA PR973/2
At the Town Hall, the main celebrations were on the 12 August 1929. This was the 100th anniversary of the City of Perth – the day the first stone was laid for the barracks. The WA Governor Sir William Champion announced that George V had granted the City of Perth a Lord Mayoralty. The event was marked with a parade at the Town Hall at which a commemorative plaque was unveiled. SLWA 100656PD; 100658PD.
Following the parade, a civic Centenary Luncheon was held inside the Town Hall. SLWA 100661PD
A playlet was presented on the stage at the Town Hall after the luncheon. This was a dramatization of the Centenary painting by G. Pitt Morrison. It began with Father Time and a group of Aboriginal people gathered around a fire. Captain Stirling's party arrived and Mrs Dance ceremonially struck a jarrah tree. The figures faded out, to be replaced by an image of the new city with the drone of an aeroplane engine symbolising progress. The plan was to repeat this performance three times during the evening, but it proved so popular that a fourth session was staged at 10.30pm. SLWA 3499B/3.
Fifty years later, a statue of Captain James Stirling was unveiled at the Town Hall as part of WAY79 celebrations for the 150th anniversary. As we approach the 200th anniversary, Lyle Branson's 2016 artwork reflects on the clash of cultures in Stirling's symbolic foundation act.
Image Credit: Lyle Branson, The Felling of a Tree That Carves Up the Land, 2016, infinity rag photographique paper,
760 x 156 cm, 1/3, City of Perth Cultural Collections, Photo courtesy of the artist.
Captain Stirling and his party arrived at Kuraree on 12 August 1829, and marked the site of the future City of Perth by felling a tree. This event began a period of conflict over land and resources. For the dispossessed Whadjuk Nyoongar, life would never be the same again. The settlers, with their houses, fences and roads, their crops and their animals, took over the land and stopped access to traditional hunting and gathering places.
Chris Pease, Land Release 3 2008. The artist shows how British land tenure was imposed on Nyoongar Country. City of Perth Cultural Collections
Nevertheless, over the years Whadjuk Nyoongar have continued to fight for recognition and asserted traditional ownership of the area where the city stands.
The Aborigines Protection Act of 1905 gave power over all aspects of Aboriginal people's lives to a 'Protector'. This included employment and wages, where they could live, who they could marry, and often children were taken away from their parents to be brought up in institutions such as Moore River Settlement. From 1927, central Perth was a prohibited area. Aboriginal people needed permits to enter the city and were arrested if found there after the 6pm curfew.
A permit allowing the holder to be in the prohibited area
City of Perth Elder Margaret Culbong remembers those days.
We hardly went into Perth because we were only allowed in parts because of the racism and discrimination. My Dad worked on the railways and got a free pass on the train into Perth. That street that ran past the station, we were really only allowed to go. The corner of Barrack Street and Wellington is where we used to sit. Dad and Mum did business and went to Perth for medical business. We would sit on the seat and watch all the traffic go past.
We only went down Barrack Street if we went to the government garden. We had to walk on one side of Barrack Street past the Town Hall, not the other side. Weren't allowed to do that. We went into the government gardens. Walking on the right side, never on the left side of Barrack Street. Because of all those restrictions. Racism and oppression.
City of Perth Elder Margaret Culbong
Over the years, various Aboriginal organisations, mostly based in East Perth, such as the Coolbaroo League formed in 1947, provided social services and campaigned for Aboriginal rights. When the prohibited area was finally abolished in 1954, the Coolbaroo League lost no time in reclaiming the City of Perth by hiring the Town Hall for their Royal Show Gala Ball.
Today, the City of Perth acknowledges that it is on Whadjuk Nyoongar land and City of Perth Elders have contributed to developing the content for this exhibition.
Crochet shield in Aboriginal colours, by City of Perth Elder Margaret Culbong.
I do a lot of crocheting – beanies and that sort of thing. Get the cheaper wool when I can pick it up. I had this wool left over and I thought maybe I should make something with it. I thought the City of Perth had all their coat of arms whatsit things. I thought I'd do one too. Thought I might as well crochet a shield. At the time it didn't really mean anything and no real significance, but then as I went along with the crochet it did begin to matter. It became something. It mattered. It had the white man's shape and size but it was putting our mark and our claim on our country.
Margaret Culbong
City of Perth Cultural Collections.
Find out more about Aboriginal culture and heritage in the City of Perth at Perth Online
Our friend Migo having subsequently very narrowly escaped drowning while swimming to this island, I distinguished it by the name of "Isle Migo" in remembrance of him and his many sterling good qualities.
John Septimus Roe's diary
Miago (sometimes spelt Migo in documents) was a well-known figure in Perth in the 1830s. According to his granddaughter Fanny Balbuk Yooreel, Kuraree, the site of the Perth Town Hall, was one of Miago's favourite camp sites.
Miago's boodja was in the Upper Swan area, but he had family links across the whole of the Swan and Canning, as well as towards Pinjarra and the Murray River. He was related to many other well-known Nyoongar leaders of the time, such as Munday, Yagan and Midgegooroo.
Miago was well-known to the settlers, and friendly with some of their leaders. Local newspapers often describe him as a 'messenger of peace' and 'ambassador'. He had a great reputation as a tracker and guide.
Elder Farley Garlett tells the story of Miago
A respected leader
When the settlers arrived in 1829, Miago was quick to grasp what was happening and quick to position himself as an interpreter and mediator between his people and the settlers. Miago worked hard to make peace by building relationships with the settlers and finding ways for his people to maintain their culture.
In 1833, he went with Munday to meet Governor Stirling. They explained how the actions of the settlers were affecting the daily lives of Whadjuk Nyoongar people. In 1835, Miago organised a peace meeting between Governor Stirling, Swan River people and the people from the Murray River, after the Pinjarra massacre. This included persuading the Governor to host a jeena middar (corroboree). This was held in the Kuraree area, close to the site of the Perth Town Hall.
Miago was obviously well-respected by his people. At a gathering in 1849 he was chosen as a leader of the Whadjuk Nyoongar living in the Perth area.
Many of the settlers respected him too. This gave him a chance to try to explain the Nyoongar way of life. For example, he lived in George Grey's house for several months, teaching him about Nyoongar customs and language.
C.D. Wittenoom's sketch of Perth in 1839, as Miago would have known it.
A brave traveller and song man
Miago must have been brave. He travelled with explorers as guide and interpreter – even to strange places where he believed the people would be hostile.
Miago travelled with John Septimus Roe to the Albany area, where Roe named Migo Island after him. He also sailed on the Beagle's expedition to the Northwest. Stokes often mentions him in his diary of the voyage.
Stokes tells us in his diary that Miago often sang during the Beagle voyage to keep his courage up when he was homesick. None of Miago's songs were written down, but Grey wrote down other Nyoongar songs about his adventures at sea. Miago's mother sang about her worries about him going into danger on the ship – her song became well-known and was sung by other Whadjuk Nyoongar travellers.
Extract from Grey's handwritten notes on the Nyoongar songs associated with Miago. National Library of South Africa, Capetown
Reviving Nyoongar songs
George Grey wrote down the words for two songs associated with Miago.
Dr Clint Bracknell, songwriter and music researcher at Edith Cowan University, has composed music for these words. They are performed here by celebrated singer-songwriter Gina Williams and guitarist Guy Ghouse.
The first song is introduced with the spoken words Ngany norp, baal bokadja woora (my son, he away far).
Grey recorded the words of this song as: ship bal win-jal bat-tar-dal gool-an-een. He translated it as 'Whither is this lone ship moving away'. This song was said to have been sung by Miago's mother while he was away on the Beagle voyage.
The second song is introduced with the spoken words Baal kaarlak koorl, yeyi ngaala waangk (he home go, now we say).
Grey recorded the words as Kan-de maar-o, kan-de maar-a-lo, Tsail-o mar-ra, tsail-o mar-ra. His translation is: 'Unsteadily shifts the wind-o, unsteadily shifts the wind-o, The sails-o handle, the sails-o handle-ho'. This song was popular after Miago's return and seems to describe his experience aboard ship.
This project has been supported and endorsed by the City of Perth's Nyoongar Elders advisory committee.
The Perth Metropolitan area is Whadjuk Nyoongar country. This land was created by the Waugal, or rainbow serpent, who shaped the Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River), the rich swamps and wetlands of the coastal plain and the ranges to the east.
Alan Muller, Derbarl Yerrigan I (detail), 2011-12 acrylic on canvas. Depicting the Swan River, foreshore and surrounding area of greater Perth under the night sky Derbarl Yerrigan I maps the river's path through Whadjuk Nyoongar land to the ocean. The small fires and drifting smoke depict campsites of the Whadjuk Nyoongar people for whom the river and wetlands have been a spiritual and physical resource for thousands of years. Image courtesy of the City of Perth Cultural Collections.
Swan River (Bivouac of Captain Stirling, View of the Swan River 50 Miles Up) c1828. W.J. Huggins. An idyllic view of Derbarl Yerrigan through the eyes of Captain Stirling's exploration party. Image courtesy of the City of Perth Cultural Collections & Robert Frith/Acorn.
Whadjuk Nyoongar people nurtured this land for many thousands of years, sharing knowledge about caring for country from generation to generation. They travelled through this landscape, hunting, gathering plant foods, and fishing.
In 1829, the area that became the City of Perth, or Boorloo, was in the boodja of Yellagonga, a Whadjuk Nyoongar leader, and his family. Yellagonga's boodjar took in the land north of Derbarl Yerrigan, from the sea to Ellen Brook and north to Moore River.
Yellagonga and his family had kinship links across the whole of what is today the Perth metropolitan area – with Weeip's family to the east, Munday's family between the Helena and Canning Rivers and with Midgegooroo's family to the south.
Byerbrup is the name of the ridge of high ground between Matagarup (the shallow river crossing at Heirisson Island) and Gargatup (King's Park). Today, Hay Street follows this important Whadjuk Nyoongar pathway and the Town Hall is at a place on the ridge called Kuraree.
An artist's impression of how Byerbrup and Derbarl Yerrigan would have looked to Whadjuk Nyoongar in the 1820s. The star shows Kuraree, where Miago camped and where the Perth Town Hall was later built. Image courtesy of City of Perth and Edith Cowan University.
Kuraree is a high point with a view over the surrounding country. There once was a spring near here. It was a good place to camp, close to both the rich resources of the Gumap river flats and the wetlands to the north. No doubt jeena middar (corroborees), where different family groups gathered together, were often held in this area when food was plentiful.
Click here to find out more about Whadjuk Nyoongar place names in the Perth area at Gnarla Boodja Mili Mili (Our Country on Paper).
Click here to find out more about the landscape of the Perth area at Reimagining Perth's Lost Wetlands, an online exhibition of the WA Museum.
The changing landscape of Perth


text:
Q: Multiple SELECT COUNT from different tables mySQL I want to count the number of images with prefix PublicImg from different two tables, so I used this code:
    $nb_imgs_a_afficher = $BDD->query("
                                    SELECT COUNT(ID,img_kind)
                                    FROM images_public

                                    UNION

                                    SELECT COUNT(ID,img_kind)
                                    FROM images_users

                                    WHERE img_kind='PublicImg'");

    $images_users = $nb_imgs_a_afficher->fetch();

But I receive this error:

( ! ) Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message
  'SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ' in C:\wamp1\www\website\Index_Public_Images\public_images.php on line 72

Well, before I had one table that was easy with:
$nb_imgs_a_afficher = $BDD->query("SELECT COUNT(*) AS nb_imgs FROM images_users WHERE img_kind='PublicImg'  ");

A: Firstly, you have a typo there. Change SLECET to SELECT and then if you are trying to get a sum of rows from two different table use -
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (
    SELECT ID,img_kind
            FROM images_public
            UNION
    SELECT ID,img_kind
            FROM images_users
            WHERE img_kind='PublicImg' ) x

Not sure if you meant to have the WHERE clause on both queries. If so, add WHERE img_kind='PublicImg' before the UNION as well.
Also, check for duplicates. UNION removes duplicates where as UNION ALL doesn't.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Q: Spring boot mapsId Hi I using spring boot jpa and I need to use mapsid. There are not so much information about that and I wonder if anyone can help me understand how to use maybe link a simple code example where its 2 table that joins 1 table (oneToOne)

A: for a @OneToOne mapping, it  is  best to use  @MapsId .
There are certain benifits to this.
You can avoid using @GeneratedValue to your child class. This is more efficient as no separate Generation of Primary key is required.
You can use same key for finding same normalized data over @OneToOne relation.
For detailed explanation and reference, please visit this site. One of the best explanation out there.


A Decade Ago: Emery - "The Weak's End"
We all get to that point in life where we need to take bold steps into our future. It could be making college decisions, what career path to take and the most known is choosing someone to settle down with. It becomes overwhelming for most people when it suddenly dawns on them that that period of parents taking decisions for us are over and it's time for them to take charge.
We scout for all possible options about how our lives would turn out but it seems there is a loophole in each of them. There is always that tinge of uncertainty if a particular possible choice is the best to take because the moment you make one of the 'big decisions', there is no turning back. You would have to see it to the end and trying to reverse the action could destroy everything you've tried to build and would waste a good number of youthful, productive years.
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endures forever" (Psalms 111:10 (KJV). We can never get it right without tapping the wisdom from the Ultimate Source, Jesus Christ. People usually think Christians make a big fuss about referring to God for every little detail in their lives but the truth is, without Christ, we are all null and void. The most miserable man on earth is the one who lives without Christ-because all he is doing is going round in circles; still not aware of where he is and where he is going.
In Christ, there is no need to worry about what to do after college, when and whom to settle down with. It is all in His plan; yours is to obey His Word and walk in His steps, His is to open the doors and direct your path. No matter what the decision is, don't think it's unimportant to draw God's attention to it because whatever concerns you is a matter of vital interest to Him. Let Him in so He can fix your issues for you. He's just a prayer away.
Have a blessed day, folks!


text:
Lights, Camera, Action: Is Video The Future Of Content Marketing?
Content MarketingVideo
By Shaq Abboud
| 6 min read | 2,586
Fast forward a few years into the future. Would you be watching this article in a video instead of reading it online? An interesting thought to muse over.
Online video is experiencing an inimitable growth. With now more than four billion people using the internet, we are consuming content like never before. From sunset to sundown, people are searching, reading, watching, sharing and commenting on content which will expire if it doesn't capture their attention. This is where video comes in. 78 percent of people are watching online videos every week.
Video is quickly becoming the avenue people are pursuing to fulfil their information and entertainment needs. Click To Tweet
Should your business include video in its marketing strategy? Absolutely. And here's why:
LinkedIn now supports video in its feed
The number of monthly users of Instagram Stories exceeds Snapchat's monthly users
Facebook video is competing with YouTube and Vimeo
Source: Ross Simmonds
Twitter: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn
It's not difficult to see that video is shaking up the content marketing industry. So, let's take out the crystal ball and see just why it will be the content medium of the future.
ACTION: Compel With Video Content
When marketers think about conveying their messages, it is no longer about producing a television ad that astounds the audience in an effort to shine over other boring commercials. Today, it is about delivering a video that entertains and engages enough viewers to be shared. It is about creating content that competes with the likes of trending UNILAD videos on Facebook or the latest soccer game on livestream.
Because video uses both visual and auditory communication, the human brain is hardwired to react to it. When a video strikes the right emotional chords, it resonates on a level that builds a connection with viewers. The union of images, music and content incites emotion, captures attention and communicates information in a way written text can't do.
We are naturally drawn to faces, which provide cues to the context of what is being said. When we hear words spoken, we automatically interpret the messages being delivered. Movement in videos provides visual intrigue and holds our attention much better than static images do. Brought together, they spark emotion more effectively than written words can.
Inciting emotion in your audience does not mean that your video has to be emotional or make your viewers cry. Remember that emotions include fear, guilt, trust, belonging and inspiration as well as empathy and sadness. By harnessing nuances from a whole palette of emotions, you can appeal to your audience's purchasing needs and desires.
ZOOM: Educate With Video Content
With 65 percent of people being visual learners, according to the Social Science Research Network, video marketing is an education for your audience. You can demonstrate how your products or services work while displaying their features and benefits. Or by creating a webinar, you can express your industry knowledge and add value not only to your brand but customers' lives.
Learn.org: Students Watching Video
Did you know that YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world? The search for 'how to' videos on YouTube is increasing by 70 percent yearly. What this means is that people are turning to YouTube to learn how to do something. For you, this means you can boost your number of viewers by creating 'how to' videos that target your audience's real pain points.
CRANE-SHOT: Share Video Content
Sharing your video on social media can give your business a lift and increase both traffic and conversion. With native videos on Facebook having 10 times higher reach than YouTube links, you can create a video for promotion on Facebook to grow both your followers and revenue.
Although video marketing has been evolving this past century, recent years have seen it become smarter, ever-changing and more accessible. Click To Tweet
Social media platforms have been rolling out their own native video platforms – Facebook and Instagram Stories, for example.
Psychology Today: Social Media
When it comes to social media, people share emotions, not facts and statistics. 76 percent of viewers say they share branded videos they find entertaining. Creating fun and engaging videos will encourage social shares which in turn can increase traffic to your website.
CUT!: Video Killed the TV Ad
Ross Simmonds: Netflix vs. Cable TV In The US
The internet has become a way to reach the new generation of millennials. Instead of buying cable or satellite subscriptions, millennials turn to YouTube and the internet. eMarketer says online video consumption will grow from 64.2 million to 64.8 million in 2019, while 89 percent of viewers will be millennials over the upcoming three years.
Comscore: Millennials Prefer YouTube Over Traditional TV
What does this mean for television ads? Cable television networks could be in trouble. Traditional television advertising has been a big influence in the advertising world. But with its tremendous expense being three or more times the cost of an online banner ad, the TV ad has a lower conversion rate than targeted online advertisements.
That said, top brands will be looking to have a video presence online to capitalise on the shift from traditional TV to video.
ROLLING: Video Increases Conversion Rates
If a picture tells a story better than words, imagine what a video can do. If 144 percent of consumers are more likely to purchase a product after watching a video about it, what does that say about the power of video content in the marketing world?
Of course, increasing conversions is about more than just plopping your product in front of a video camera and sticking the video on YouTube. The way to increase conversion rates by 80 percent is to insert a lead capture form (a form that captures your visitors' contact details for lead optimisation) at the start of your video and to create a video that is short but immediately engaging, welcoming and trustworthy. Improve your website's SEO with call-to-actions that drive viewers to your homepage. Then, with analytics data, you might find it helpful to discover how many viewers watch your video in full, when they stop half-way through and how many people share it.
FADE OUT: Video Is Far And Wide
One of the biggest key components that makes video marketing so powerful is its ability to be used in many different ways on a variety of devices. Used on social media, websites, landing and home pages and email, video content can be viewed on mobile phones, tablets, desktops and laptops. Consumers can decide when, where and how they view and interact with the content. Just look at the below image that shows where videos are commonly used.
Vidyard: The State of Video Marketing 2017 Study
With equipment prices falling and video processing tools improved, it's no wonder online video is the biggest trendsetter of the digital future. While video has been on social media since its inception its popularity has grown exponentially in recent years due to great advancements.
MUTE ON SCREEN: Video Is Best With Captions
What is better than watching video online? Watching it with captions. If you have your videos on Facebook without captions you may miss the boat. People everywhere are watching videos on silent – in class, in bed (so they don't wake their spouse), during meetings and conference calls. By offering this secondary option for consumption you are encouraging longer viewing time and prompting more engagement. Captions also allow people with hearing impairments to watch your video easily.
WRAP: Take Home Message
As human beings, we are more geared towards interacting with moving visual information than we are with text on a page. With video content marketing in its prime for engaging an audience better than any other medium, you would be wise to incorporate it into your digital marketing campaign. Success won't happen overnight, just like producing a winning video in five minutes won't. You will need to put in the time to execute a well thought out strategy. But once you begin to recognise the importance of video you won't look back.
Shaq Abboud
Shaq Abboud (Creative Director of Scope Productions) is an experienced Creative Producer with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry. Skilled in technical direction, directing, live events, product launches, conferences, tv commercials. Over 15 years of industry experience working to help global brands build creative and thought-provoking productions.
4 Ways to Continue Marketing Throughout the Customer Lifecycle
How To Boost Your Personal Blog With The Help Of Social Media
What are the Short-Term and Long-Term Results of Content Marketing and Digital PR?
What Your Content Marketing Strategy Should Contain
How COVID-19 Themed Content is Making and Breaking Brands
Productive Ways to Use the Fusion of Content Marketing and Information Technology for…
How to Use Screen Recording Videos in Your Content
The Complete Cheat Sheet to Different Types of Videos and When to Use Them

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
È noto per essere stato coinvolto nello scisma tra la Chiesa di Roma e le chiese orientali del 1054. Fu infatti il destinatario, l'anno prima, della lettera del patriarca di Costantinopoli Michele Cerulario e dell'arcivescovo di Acrida Leone contro gli abusi dei latini che diede inizio allo scisma.
Andò come ambasciatore a Costantinopoli e fu nominato sincello; il patriarca lo chiamò "arcivescovo [di Trani] e sincello", con titolarità sulle chiese di Siponto e del Gargano. Papa Niccolò II lo depose nel Concilio di Melfi del 1059 per la sua affiliazione al patriarca di Costantinopoli e per avere esteso le sue mire sulla chiesa di Siponto.

Bibliografia
 Giovanni II in G. Pititto, Archivio storico della Calabria - Nuova Serie - Numero 5, Luigi Pellegrini Editore

Vescovi e arcivescovi di Trani
Nati nell'XI secolo

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
How quickly things can change
Right now I'm sitting on a comfy couch in an Airbnb north of Las Vegas tripping out at how strange it feels to not sleep in my own bed.
Due to the dark pit that was 2017, we haven't left our house or Phoenix in 18 months. That's a really long time to be "stuck". In the grand scheme of life it's just another deep dark valley amidst the peaks, but when you're in it -- a year and a half is a fuck of a long time.
Last week we were in Tucson for a night staying at a friend's house so Kris could do a quick I.T. gig in town. We arrived at lunchtime and our friend was hungry. He asked if we wanted to go out since he didn't have any food in the house. I was just blunt and said, "We can go out if you want to buy us lunch!" Not having food in the house, for us, is not an option and we had brought a cooler of food with us to Tucson.
When you have very little money and don't know where your next paycheck is coming from -- you don't have the option of not having food in the house or eating out or grabbing food on the road. Because it's expensive to eat that way. We are so very used to it at this point that we don't give it a second thought. It just is.
Our friend of course took us out to lunch because that's not a big deal to him at all. I remarked that I could count on one hand how many times Kris and I had sat down at a restaurant: a foreign concept to most as dining out is a regular occurrence for most. At one point the friend asked if we were bored -- a funny question because we weren't at all. I said it was just good to be out because we don't get out much. He asked why and I had to think about it, but it's because most normal, everyday social interactions happen over food. You go out to lunch with a friend, you meet some coworkers for drinks, you get breakfast after a hike on Saturday.
Nothing like that is on our radar because we've been so used to not doing anything like that for so long. But it is strange to most people. Because those things are extremely normal for most people. Mostly for us it's a conscious choice and we don't think about it too much -- we have big goals and are just used to living this way in the name of all the shit we're trying to make happen that's way more important than paying $12 for a cocktail.
But at the same time -- it sucks sometimes and is like living in an alternate reality that nobody understands.
We're in Vegas for another work gig Kris had. The plane tickets, Airbnb and Turo rental are paid for and he gets a daily per diem for food. We spent that at the grocery store so that I could eat, too and it wouldn't cost us extra. A friend heard we were going and rattled off a list of places to go. The turo rental gal who delivered the car did the same thing. I wanted to reiterate -- we are in Vegas because all expenses are paid. The only eating we'll be doing is with the Trader Joe's food we bought with the per diem money.
That was actually really fucking exciting. It's $55 a day and that will get you a fuck of a lot of fun stuff at Trader Joe's. For us -- this whole trip is exciting. A car nicer than we'd ever rented, a higher end Airbnb, fancy groceries. We're easily pleased and living simply is our nature.
I am very excited though at the prospect of not having to live quite so simply. Of being able to do simple things like bring home flowers or impulse purchase fancy nuts. We flew a cheap, regional airline from Phoenix to Vegas and it was very similar to the budget local European airlines we sometimes fly when we're over there.
A week from Sunday we will be on a first class flight from Phoenix to L.A., and then a premium flight from L.A. to London for the summer.
And just like that. We'll be out of here. Reminded of how quickly things can change.
Europe 2018Katie DiBenedetto June 28, 2018 airbnb, travel, las vegas, money, friends, L.A., LondonComment
The Norwegian Flight
Europe 2018Katie DiBenedetto July 15, 2018 norwegian, first class, premium, LAX, travel, Europe, United Kingdom, London, Airbnb, bus, train, bombed, church, One World Lounge
Dublin>>NYC>>Home
Europe 2016Katie DiBenedetto September 28, 2016 New York City, NYC, travel, airbnb, ninth street espresso, coffee, dublin, kilkenny's, full irish breakfast


text:
Obamacare Repeal Could Trigger Public Health Crisis, Hospital Groups Warn
Report predicts loss of $400 billion in hospital revenues as people lose coverage
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) have expressed concerns that repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) could cause hospitals to lose billions of dollars if Congress doesn't reverse cuts to hospital payments that were meant to finance the 2010 law, according to an article posted on the Morning Consult website.
In a letter to President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans, Richard Pollack, president and chief executive of the AHA, and Charles Kahn, president and CEO of the FAH, expressed their hope that the incoming administration will approve the restoration of Medicare's hospital inflation update and Medicare and Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital payments, which help facilities that care for high levels of uninsured, poor, and disabled patients.
A new report funded by the two hospital groups predicted that the loss of coverage that would result from repealing the PPACA through last year's budget reconciliation measure would have a net negative effect on hospitals totaling $165.8 billion.
"Losses of this magnitude cannot be sustained and will adversely impact patients' access to care, decimate hospitals' and health systems' ability to provide services, weaken local economies that hospitals help sustain and grow, and result in massive job losses," Pollack and Kahn wrote. "As you know, hospitals are often the largest employer in many communities, and more than half of a hospital's budget is devoted to supporting the salaries and benefits of caregivers who provide 24/7 coverage, which cannot be replaced."
"I think [Trump and Republicans] will take a realistic view that if [the] ACA is going to be unraveled and hopefully eventually replaced, if that's their intent, that we will be able to participate with them in the process of making a soft landing for the hospital care that Americans expect," Kahn said during a news conference.
Last week, the AHA wrote to Trump urging him not to repeal the PPACA without including a replacement, although Republicans on Capitol Hill appear to be moving ahead with that plan.
The new report estimated that repealing the Medicaid expansion, premium tax credits, cost-sharing subsidies, and penalties would result in a reduction of approximately $399.8 billion in hospital revenues between 2018 and 2026 as people would lose coverage or take other coverage options. "As people become uninsured," the report stated, "we estimate that there would be a reduction in utilization of hospital services for an estimated reduction of about $139.4 billion in hospital costs between 2018 and 2026."
Sources: Morning Consult; December 6, 2016; and AHA/FAH Report; December 6, 2016.
Senate to Act This Week on Obamacare Repeal January 9, 2017
Report: Delayed Obamacare Replacement Could Jeopardize Safety-Net Hospitals February 14, 2017
GOP Says It Plans to Replace Obamacare With "Universal Access" December 19, 2016
Hospitals Attack Senate Health Care Plan With Million-Dollar TV Campaign June 28, 2017
Congressional Budget Office Predicts Effects of Obamacare Repeal March 14, 2017


text:
Download Application ammaralhakeem
Ammar Alhakeem The Head of the Al-Hikma National Movement
Cultural Forum
Cultural Forum - Culture
Cultural Forum - Politics
Head of the Iraqi National Alliance, Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim, receives head of the Al-Hal movement Mr. Jamal al-Karbouli
Share via Facebook Share via Twitter Share via Google plus Share via Whatsapp Share via Telegram Print PDF
Head of the Iraqi National Alliance, Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim , at his office in Baghdad received the head of the Al-Hal movement Mr. Jamal Karbouli Tuesday, 04/10/2016
The meeting discussed the latest developments in military operations and the intensive preparations and genuine cooperation between all influential powers for liberating Nineveh from Daesh cliques\' control, a victory that will constitute the beginning of a new Iraq and make a new Iraqi equation at which enhanced partnership and the close relationship between the components of Iraq is achieved.
Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim stressed the need to unify the national attitude towards the challenges faced by Iraq; the terrorist attacks that affect the provinces and cities of Iraq, stressing the importance of strengthening the unity of Iraqi people and control all that would distract unity and cohesion of the Iraqi social fabric of all its components.
For his part, Mr. Karbouli expressed his happiness to elect Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim to preside the Iraqi National Alliance, stressing it is a step in favor of the political process stability.
MostVisit
MostComment
Sayyid Ammar Al-Hakim receives Mr. Jamal al-Karbouli
Meeting with Youth elites, activists and leaders ... Sayyid...
Al-Hakeem: Basra with its potentials is qualified to be the...
Six topics; approach for the strong people and frankness for...
Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim calls for a majority government that...
Al-Hakim: no negotiation or mercy with terrorists, all terro...
Highlighting Their Significant Role in Promoting Social Peac...
Sayeed al-Hakeem: the national partnership is the solution....
Sayyid Ammar Al Hakim: We Do Not Support Pensions for Minist...
Al-Hakeem: the budget of this year must serve the poor peopl...
Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim calls for calm and commitment to the l...
Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim Meets with the Ex-Prime Minister of Ku...
During his Meeting with the Third Rasafa Organizations for t...
Sayyid Ammar Al Hakim Visits Ayatollah Sayyid Mortada Al Qaz...
Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim Discusses with Dr. Barham Salih the De...
Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim Participates in the Arba'een Processio...
Sayyid Ammar Al-Hakim: the great victory had been achieved b...
The Political Authority of the National Iraqi Alliance prais...
Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim visits the Baghdad Amusement Park and...
Al-Hakeem arrives to Erbil, and visits Barzani, the Presiden...
info@ammaralhakeem.com
© All Rights Reserved ـ Allows every kind of source
Title Message
News Data Politics Messages Articles Meetings Visits Weekly Meeting Weekly Meeting - Politics Weekly meeting - Culture Main Reports Targets Archive Publications1


DC super heroes are amongst the most classic icons of classic 20th century America, and ever since we started talking smartwatches, so seem the regular old watches. So what happens when you combine DC heroes and watches? Pure magic, let me tell you.
This set of watches come via ThinkGeek, who are asking for $29.99 a piece. They're based off of classic comic book covers from the late 30s and early 40s, and feature DC heroes' Batman and Superman from Detective Comics #27 (May 1939), and Action Comics #10 (March 1939), an early first appearance for Superman. These are officially licensed watches made out of first class materials, so if they interest you at all, head over to ThinkGeek to check them out.
Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories at Apple Watch Could Launch on Valentine's, Cost as Much as $5000 and iWatch Android Wearable Will Be Launched Soon, But Not by Apple.


text:
horror�s a worm that needs to be coughed out before it can breed
The Wind Through the Keyhole
Grant/Simon & Schuster
Limited Edition Information
Illustrated by Jae Lee
Published by Grant/Distributed by Simon & Schuster, 2003
800 "deluxe edition" copies, traycased, numbered, and signed by King and Lee
5,000 limited "artist edition" copies, slipcased and signed by Lee only
A Novel Critique
In The Wind Through the Keyhole, Stephen King once again returns to the myth-pool that has shaped and to some degree defined his entire career. Readers may wonder if it�s one time too many; after all, the finale of the series proper in 2004 was met with some controversy, and the way that the edges of the story keep encroaching in later fiction � as in The Colorado Kid and �Ur� � have given some readers Tower Fatigue. But time and distance away from the main narrative have given King some perspective on his epic tale. Keyhole is meant to function as a Major Arcana Dark Tower novel, sequenced between Wizard & Glass and Wolves of the Calla (has anyone noticed that the Dark Tower books have a serious �W� fetish?). The fear with an interstitial � or �midquel� � book is that it can potentially feel too constrained, its storytelling hampered by the need to connect the events before and after. Keyhole, contrarily, feels fresh and wide-open, attaining its own unique flavor among the Tower books while meshing seamlessly with the fabric of the series. Most importantly, it manages to retain the quest structure of the first four novels and also subtly underscores King�s obsession with the nature of fiction in the latter books, providing a necessary bridge between the two halves of the series. That actually may be the most apt word to describe The Wind Though the Keyhole: necessary.
The next best word to describe this book? Fun. Veritable buckets of it.
The Wind Through the Keyhole is structured similarly to Wizard & Glass: we begin and end with the ongoing quest of our adventurers � Roland, Susannah, Eddie, Jake, and Oy � with a long middle section that gives way to storytelling. We�re treated to another one of Mid-World�s terrific portmanteaus: this book�s chilling �starkblast� now anticipates Wolves of the Calla�s �beamquake.� There�s not much in the way of character development or growth � midquels make such things almost impossible � but Jake�s transformation from child to expert gunslinger is given more page time, showing him growing up more and ranging about on his own. The ultimate fate of these characters in The Dark Tower notwithstanding, it�s wonderful to reconnect with them here, in the prime of their journey.
As with Wizard & Glass, we get a new peek into Roland�s past (not as deeply this time out, but that�s fine), but we also hear what amounts to a Gilead fairy tale. �These tales nest inside each other,� Roland says near the beginning of the Keyhole, and that�s one of the book�s primary pleasures. The deeper we go into The Wind Through the Keyhole, the larger and more interesting Roland�s world seems. We are told throughout the series that �the world has moved on,� but Keyhole gives us a fascinating extended look at what it moved on from.
Roland�s new tale of his past is told, intriguingly, from the first person point of view. King�s grown more comfortable with this style lately, using it to achieve heightened emotional resonance in novels like Bag of Bones, Duma Key, and 11/22/63. It�s a seemingly minor story when compared with Roland�s long tale of his tragic first love and his bewitched matricide in Wizard & Glass, but it�s no less entertaining. Months after Roland�s mother�s death, his father sends him and his friend Jamie DeCurry to a small town called Debaria to investigate a �skin-man,� a shapeshifter who has been slaughtering the townsfolk. Despite the macabre goings-on, this section of Keyhole is written with a light, deft hand: it�s King in familiar territory that he still finds compelling. The investigation is compelling enough (including fascinating, seemingly deliberate homages to King�s early book, Cycle of the Werewolf � a child�s severed head on a post recalls the pig�s head in the earlier book, and the identity of the skin-man relies on the man�s particular disfigurement � as well as some interesting echoes of Desperation) but it�s almost beside the point. World-building and character-building are far more important here. Debaria is an interesting place, different enough from either Delain or Mejis so that this past world feels real, lived-in, and expansive. While the investigation itself is fairly routine, Roland�s approach to it reveals more about him. This crucial time following the deaths of his lover and his mother have toughened him, but he�s still not yet the reserved and obsessed man we meet at the start of The Gunslinger. We see glimpses of him as the professional gunslinger he�ll become, the ambassador/paladin we�ve seen at River Crossing in The Waste Lands and in Calla Bryn Sturgis in Wolves of the Calla. We also see Roland struggling with the concept of being forgiven, as we saw in Wizard & Glass when Eddie tells him he can�t help his nature.
Inside Roland�s story of Debaria and the skin-man is a legend from Mid-World, passed down in the form of a bedtime story called �The Wind Through the Keyhole.� It�s the type of story, young Roland says, that ��start[s] �before your grandfather�s grandfather was born,��� and it�s the best and most exciting of these three terrific stories. It feels similar to King�s The Eyes of the Dragon, but it�s far more humble, centered on the village of Tree � �the last town in what was then a civilized country� � and a young boy named Tim, whose father has been killed and who must go on a dangerous quest to save his mother. If this sounds similar to the plot of King�s and Peter Straub�s The Talisman, it�s supposed to; that novel expanded on classic story archetypes, while the tale of Tim is the archetype. It�s a difficult task King sets for himself, making this story feel at once familiar and careworn but also exciting and new. That he succeeds effortlessly is a testament to King�s utter familiarity with the landscape, and his ability to translate that landscape to readers.
Tim, armed with deliberately misleading prophecies (bestowed by The Covenant Man, an incarnation of Marten � who, himself, is an incarnation of Randall Flagg), must face unknown dangers lurking in The Endless Forest, a vast unexplored wilderness serving as the apotheosis of Grimm�s many fairy-tale woods. Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, and Snow White would recognize it at once. While there are classic fairy-tale elements here (dragons and tigers and fairies, oh my), and a fascinating appearance of Great Old Ones technology (sort of a GPS device crossed with iPhone�s Siri), here King subtly begins to assert the presence of stories from our world into the history of Roland�s world. Early in his quest, Tim is led astray by an analogue of Tinkerbell, from Peter Pan. Later, he faces creatures that seem distinctly related to Swamp Thing, the DC Comics character. This is part of the reason why The Wind Through the Keyhole is a necessary book: the shift from the Oz fascination of Wizard & Glass to the Magnificent Seven/Harry Potter/Doctor Doom/�Salem�s Lot onslaught in Wolves of the Calla needed a better bridging element. If read as King intends, in between those two books, Keyhole mentally and emotionally prepares the reader for these fictional intrusions on reality.
None of these disparate elements distract from Tim�s grim, exciting journey. Because he is young and accepts everything readily, the reader is more than willing to follow suit. Because Tim�s story is a fairy tale, the ending isn�t ever much in doubt (there has to, after all, be something of a happily ever after), but then the entirety of The Wind Through the Keyhole is like that. Because contradictions of both Roland�s past and the story of �our� travelers would derail the story, nothing about this book can upset the status quo too much. Thus, Keyhole is an exploration of one of King�s most important Dark Tower themes, that the journey is far more important than the destination.
Whether readers loved or loathed the ending of the Dark Tower, a book like The Wind Through the Keyhole offers intriguing possibilities. The idea of further books set in Mid-World � whether along the path of our travelers (or at least set in their time), in Roland�s past, or in legend � is appealing, owing to both the long history and vast expanse of King�s fantasy world. In an authorial note midway through the book, King indicates that �The Wind Through the Keyhole� is only one story from The Great Elden Book, �a fine and terrible compendium that may someday merit publication of its own, as those stories cast light on Mid-World as it once was.� While King may have come to his conclusion (if not the conclusion) of his primary story, The Wind Through the Keyhole proves out one of his long-standing adages: here, sir, there are always more tales.


LanganBach Services Limited was founded in 1992 by Gerry Langan and Frank Langenbach, and is a wholly Irish owned company based in Bray, Co. Wicklow.
We are leaders in the distribution of Diagnostic Kits and Reagents, Laboratory equipment and consumables to healthcare professionals in the Medical, Industry and Research & Development Sectors. Over the years we have expanded our business model to include products for Endoscopy, Phlebotomy and Theatre. As an ISO accredited company since 2005, we take pride in providing a premium service with quality products.
Since its foundation LanganBach Services has strived to meet its goals and objectives and is recognised for supplying a wide range of premier products from leading global manufacturers who are experts in their chosen field.
We have experienced many changes over our 25 year history, but our ethos and goals remain the same, to adapt to our customer's needs, continue our legacy of excellence with leading suppliers and manufacturers and provide a service of excellence to our customers.


text:
National Security Study Memoranda (NSSM)
Background and Purpose
The Nixon Administration issued 206 National Security Study Memoranda or NSSM between 1969 and 1974. These documents are formal directives issued by the President or the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (Henry A. Kissinger) that commission studies of particular issues relating to U.S. national security and foreign policy.
Often the memos instruct recipient agencies to address or to answer specific questions. The National Security Council and the Administration would then discuss these studies during the decision making process. Resulting policy decisions were often announced in the National Security Decision Memoranda (NSDMs). The wide range of topics covered by the NSSMs include: foreign relations, defense, intelligence, international economic policy, weaponry, and budgets.
Most documents are one to two pages long. Attachments have also been scanned if they relate directly to the content of the memo and are needed to understand the memo. NSSMs are arranged in numerical order, which roughly corresponds to the date issued.
Locating the original records
Unless otherwise noted below, all NSSMs were scanned from the original documents housed in the National Security Council Institutional Files, Box H-207. If an original memo did not appear in this box, the Nixon staff searched the other NSC files to find the most complete version available. Memos that are only partially declassified were scanned from reference copies provided by the NSC.
Asterisk key:
(None)= declassified and released in full
*(1 asterisk)= declassified and released in part
**(2 asterisks)= fully classified
Number Subject Date
NSSM 1 Situation in Vietnam January 21, 1969
NSSM 2 Middle East Policy January 21, 1969
NSSM 3 U.S. Military Posture And Balance of Power January 21, 1969
NSSM 4 U.S. Foreign Aid Policy January 21, 1969
NSSM 5 Japan Policy January 21, 1969
NSSM 6 Review of NATO Policy Alternatives January 21, 1969
NSSM 7 U.S. International Monetary Policy January 21, 1969
NSSM 8 Technical Issues Concerning U.S. Strategic Forces February 3, 1969
NSSM 9* Review of the International Situation [note: large PDF file, 13.1MB] January 23, 1969
NSSM 10 East-West Relations January 27, 1969
NSSM 11 Nigeria/Biafra Relief January 28, 1969
NSSM 12 Contingency Planning January 30, 1969
NSSM 13 Position of Key Countries on the Non-Proliferation Treaty February 5, 1969
NSSM 14 U.S. China Policy February 5, 1969
NSSM 15 Review of U.S. Policy Toward Latin America February 3, 1969
NSSM 16 U.S. Trade Policy February 5, 1969
NSSM 17 Further Studies on Middle East Policy February 6, 1969
NSSM 18 Review of U.S. Policy Toward Peru February 7, 1969
NSSM 19 South Vietnam Internal Security Capabilities February 11, 1969
NSSM 20 Resumption of the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee February 12, 1969
NSSM 21 Vietnam February 13, 1969
NSSM 22 Contingency Plans for Vietnam February 13, 1969
NSSM 23 Amendments to FY 70 Defense Budget February 20, 1969
NSSM 24 U.S. Military Posture Review February 20, 1969
NSSM 25 Cape Keraudren Nuclear Excavation Project And Limited Test Ban Treaty February 20, 1969
NSSM 26 Military Supply Policy in South Asia February 21, 1969
NSSM 27 Interagency Planning-Programming-Budgeting Study for Korea February 22, 1969
NSSM 28 Preparation of U.S. Position for Possible Strategic Arms Limitation Talks March 6, 1969
NSSM 29 Papers for Vietnam Negotiations March 12, 1969
NSSM 30 Water Development and Middle East Policy March 19, 1969
NSSM 31 U.S. Policy Toward Malaysia And Singapore March 19, 1969
NSSM 32 United States Policy Toward Cuba March 21, 1969
NSSM 33 Contingency Planning for the Middle East March 21, 1969
NSSM 34 Contingency Planning for Korea March 21, 1969
NSSM 35 U.S. Trade Policy Toward Communist Countries March 28, 1969
NSSM 36 Vietnamizing the War April 10, 1969
NSSM 37 Vietnam April 10, 1969
NSSM 38 Post-Vietnam Asian Policy April 10, 1969
NSSM 39 Southern Africa April 10, 1969
NSSM 40 Israeli Nuclear Weapons Program April 11, 1969
NSSM 41 Treaty for Nuclear Arms Control of the Seabeds April 11, 1969
NSSM 42 Peru April 11, 1969
NSSM 43 Implementation of the President's Proposals to the NATO Ministerial Meeting April 15, 1969
NSSM 44 U.S. Positions for NATO Nuclear Planning Group (NPG) April 19, 1969
NSSM 45 U.S. Foreign Aid April 21, 1969
NSSM 46 Spain April 21, 1969
NSSM 47 Military Relations With France April 21, 1969
NSSM 48 Tariff Preferences for Less Developed Countries April 24, 1969
NSSM 49 U.S. Trade Policy in the 1970's April 24, 1969
NSSM 50 A Review of U.S. Naval Forces April 26, 1969
NSSM 51 Program Analysis of Thailand April 26, 1969
NSSM 52 Military Aid Policy Toward Greece April 26, 1969
NSSM 53 Korean Contingency Planning April 26, 1969
NSSM 54 A Review of U.S. Naval Shipbuilding Capabilities and Requirements April 29, 1969
NSSM 55 United States Policy Toward Post-de Gaulle France April 30, 1969
NSSM 56 Uranium Enrichment Facilities May 14, 1969
NSSM 57 Review of U.S. Civil Defense Policies May 23, 1969
NSSM 58 Planning Assumptions for Civil Emergency Preparedness May 26, 1969
NSSM 59 U.S. Policy on Chemical and Biological Warfare and Agents May 28, 1969
NSSM 60 United States Policy Toward Post-de Gaulle France May 29, 1969
NSSM 61 Review of U.S. Policy Toward Indonesia June 23, 1969
NSSM 62 Follow-on to NSSM 28 (SALT) July 2, 1969
NSSM 63 U.S. Policy on Current Sino-Soviet Differences July 3, 1969
NSSM 64 U.S. Strategic Capabilities July 8, 1969
NSSM 65 Relationships Among Strategic And Theater Forces for NATO July 8, 1969
NSSM 66 Policy Toward the Persian Gulf July 12, 1969
NSSM 67 Program Analysis of Brazil July 12, 1969
NSSM 68 Report on Military and Church in Latin America July 12, 1969
NSSM 69 U.S. Nuclear Policy in Asia July 14, 1969
NSSM 70 Haiti July 22, 1969
NSSM 71 Advanced Technology and National Security August 14, 1969
NSSM 72 International Space Cooperation Committee September 4, 1969
NSSM 73 Revisions in U.S. Military Bases and Agreement with the Philippines September 16, 1969
NSSM 74 Planning for Laos September 17, 1969
NSSM 75 Program Analysis of Turkey September 23, 1969
NSSM 77 Program Budgets October 8, 1969
NSSM 78 Review of U.S. Deferment and Exemption Policy October 8, 1969
NSSM 79 U.K. Accession to European Community October 13, 1969
NSSM 80 The President's Annual Review of American Foreign Policy October 27, 1969
NSSM 81 U.S. Arms Transfer Policy Toward Israel November 6, 1969
NSSM 82 U.S. Economic Assistance Policy Toward Israel November 6, 1969
NSSM 83 U.S. Approach to Current Issues of European Security November 21, 1969
NSSM 84 U.S. Strategies and Forces for NATO November 21, 1969
NSSM 85 U.S. Policy on Toxins December 31, 1969
NSSM 86 Panama Canal January 2, 1970
NSSM 87 Trends and U.S. Options in North Africa January 22, 1970
NSSM 88 US Policy on Italy and the Northern Mediterranean February 12, 1970
NSSM 89 U.S. Policy for Southwest Africa February 12, 1970
NSSM 90 US Interests in and Policy Toward the Mediterranean Area February 26, 1970
NSSM 91 EC Preferential Trade Arrangements March 27, 1970
NSSM 92 Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions Between NATO and the Warsaw Pact (MBFR) April 13, 1970
NSSM 93 The Arab-Israel Military Balance April 13, 1970
NSSM 94 Diplomatic Initiatives on Indo-China May 25, 1970
NSSM 95 U.S. Policy Objectives in Indo-China June 6, 1970
NSSM 96 U.S. Policy Toward a Peace Initiative in Laos July 23, 1970
NSSM 97 Chile July 24, 1970
NSSM 98* Further Review of Israeli Arms Requests August 10, 1970
NSSM 99 U.S. Strategy for Southeast Asia August 17, 1970
NSSM 100 Military Cooperation with France September 1, 1970
NSSM 101 Review of Security Requirements regarding Uranium Enrichment Technology September 14, 1970
NSSM 102 The President's Annual Review of American Foreign Policy September 21, 1970
NSSM 103 Future Options in the Middle East September 26, 1970
NSSM 104 Soviet and Friendly Naval Involvement in the Indian Ocean Area, 1971-1975 November 9, 1970
NSSM 105 Addendum to NSSM 103 November 13, 1970
NSSM 106 China Policy November 19, 1970
NSSM 107 Study of Entire UN Membership Question: U.S.-China Policy November 19, 1970
NSSM 108 Review of U.S. Policy Toward Latin America December 10, 1970
NSSM 109 Policy Study on South Asia December 19, 1970
NSSM 110 Follow-on Study of Strategy Toward the Indian Ocean December 22, 1970
NSSM 111 Study of Four Power Negotiations on Berlin And Implications of Ostpolitik December 29, 1970
NSSM 112 U.S. Post-Vietnam Policy on Use of Riot Control Agents and Herbicides in War January 7, 1971
NSSM 113 Procedures for Declassification and Release of Official Documents January 15, 1971
NSSM 114 World Oil Situation January 15, 1971
NSSM 115 Horn of Africa January 25, 1971
NSSM 116 Policy Toward Greece January 26, 1971
NSSM 117 Review of U.S. Policy in the Caribbean Area February 16, 1971
NSSM 118 Contingency Study on Pakistan--Addendum to NSSM 109 February 16, 1971
NSSM 119 US-Soviet Incidents at Sea February 19, 1971
NSSM 120 United States Policy on Peaceful Applications of Atomic Energy February 19, 1971
NSSM 121 June NATO Ministerial Meeting April 13, 1971
NSSM 122 Policy Toward Japan April 15, 1971
NSSM 123 US-UK Nuclear Relations April 17, 1971
NSSM 124 Next Steps Toward the People's Republic of China April 19, 1971
NSSM 125 U.S. Ocean Policy April 21, 1971
NSSM 126 Continuity of Government April 22, 1971
NSSM 127 Policies Toward Australia and New Zealand May 27, 1971
NSSM 128 Review of Nuclear Test Ban Policy June 4, 1971
NSSM 129 US Policy and Post-Tito Yugoslavia June 15, 1971
NSSM 130 Cyprus Planning June 18, 1971
NSSM 131 U.S. Policy in Cases of Expropriation June 23, 1971
NSSM 132 Soviet Proposal for Five-Power Nuclear Conference (Revised) June 28, 1971
NSSM 133 Contingency Planning on South Asia July 2, 1971
NSSM 134 Policy Toward Iceland July 15, 1971
NSSM 135 Policy Toward Malta July 17, 1971
NSSM 136 Berlin Negotiations July 30, 1971
NSSM 138 European Security Conference October 2, 1971
NSSM 139 Policy on Sale or Release of U.S. Components for Incorporation in Military Equipment Sales to Third Countries November 3, 1971
NSSM 140 US-Soviet Talks on Preventing Incidents at Sea - II November 11, 1971
NSSM 141 Implications for U.S. Policy of the Participation of the People's Republic of China in Multilateral Diplomacy November 12, 1971
NSSM 142 Rhodesia November 19, 1971
NSSM 143 Review of US-Soviet Negotiations December 15, 1971
NSSM 144 Soviet Naval Deployments to the Caribbean January 14, 1972
NSSM 145 US-Soviet Trading Relationships January 17, 1972
NSSM 146 US Policy Toward the GDR February 17, 1972
NSSM 147 U.S. Strategy and Projection Forces March 4, 1972
NSSM 148 US-PRC Exchanges March 9, 1972
NSSM 149 US-PRC Trade March 10, 1972
NSSM 150 U.S. Policy on Transfer of Highly Enriched Uranium March 13, 1972
NSSM 151 Vietnamese Air Force Capabilities March 15, 1972
NSSM 152 Cambodia Assessment March 27, 1972
NSSM 153 Laotian Force Structure April 5, 1972
NSSM 154 U.S. Policy Concerning the Korean Peninsula April 6, 1972
NSSM 155 U.S. Policy Toward the Philippines June 28, 1972
NSSM 156 Indian Nuclear Developments July 5, 1972
NSSM 157 Review of United States Position on Chemical Weapons Prohibitions July 28, 1972
NSSM 158 Review of U.S. Policy Toward Peru August 13, 1972
NSSM 159 U.S. Counterinsurgency Support for Thailand September 9, 1972
NSSM 160 Policy Toward Morocco September 14, 1972
NSSM 162 US Position on the Soviet UN Proposals for Non-use of Force and Prohibitions of the Use of Nuclear Weapons October 3, 1972
NSSM 163 Economic Policies for the Eastern European Countries October 27, 1972
NSSM 164 United States Relations with Europe November 18, 1972
NSSM 165 Standby Draft December 3, 1972
NSSM 166 Review of US-French Bilateral Issues December 26, 1972
NSSM 167 Preparations for the International Conference on Indochina January 30, 1973
NSSM 168 U.S. NATO Policies and Programs February 13, 1973
NSSM 169 U.S. Nuclear Policy February 13, 1973
NSSM 170 Offsetting the Costs of U.S. Forces in Europe February 13, 1973
NSSM 171 U.S. Strategy for Asia February 13, 1973
NSSM 172 U.S. Policy Toward Japan March 7, 1973
NSSM 173 U.S. Policy Toward Latin America March 7, 1973
NSSM 174 National Security and U.S. Energy Policy March 8, 1973
NSSM 175 US Nuclear Defense Policy Toward France March 13, 1973
NSSM 176 Review of US-Soviet Bilateral Issues March 13, 1973
NSSM 177 Military Missions Involving Naval Forces March 16, 1973
NSSM 178 Program for National Net Assessment March 29, 1973
NSSM 179 U.S. Policy Toward Spain April 9, 1973
NSSM 180 U.S. Policy in Southeast Asia in the Light of the Southern Philippines Muslim Insurrection May 1, 1973
NSSM 181 U.S. Policy in the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf May 10, 1973
NSSM 182 Implication for U.S. Policy of Probable Lines of Soviet Strategy and Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean, Near East, Arabian Peninsula, and South Asia May 10, 1973
NSSM 183 Principles for a Declaration on Atlantic Relations May 10, 1973
NSSM 184 Horn of Africa May 24, 1973
NSSM 185 Policy Toward Libya June 5, 1973
NSSM 186 National Net Assessment of the Comparative Costs and Capabilities of U.S. and Soviet Military Establishments September 1, 1973
NSSM 187 International Cooperation in Agriculture September 5, 1973
NSSM 188 The President's Annual Review of American Foreign Policy October 24, 1973
NSSM 189 Azores Base Agreement Negotiations November 14, 1973
NSSM 190 Diplomatic Initiatives in Korea December 31, 1973
NSSM 191 Policy for Acquisition of U.S. Nuclear Forces January 17, 1974
NSSM 192 Chemical Weapons Policy February 7, 1974
NSSM 193 U.S. Policy Toward Spain February 15, 1974
NSSM 194 Review of Certain Conventional Weapons February 15, 1974
NSSM 195 Nuclear Test Ban Policy February 20, 1974
NSSM 196 Overseas Military Base Structure February 25, 1974
NSSM 197 Critical Imported Commodities March 5, 1974
NSSM 198 Joint U.S.-Saudi Economic, Military and Technological Cooperation March 12, 1974
NSSM 199 Indian Ocean Strategy March 14, 1974
NSSM 200 Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests April 24, 1974
NSSM 201 Military Assistance and Arms Policy in Black Africa April 25, 1974
NSSM 202 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty May 23, 1974
NSSM 203 Review of U.S. Policy Toward Venezuela June 10, 1974
NSSM 204* U.S. Policy Toward Australia July 1, 1974
NSSM 205 U.S. Policy Toward Indonesia July 20, 1974
NSSM 206 Relations with Canada July 29, 1974
Location of original record copies:
NSSM 9: NSC Reference Copies
NSSM 10: Box H-133, folder "NSSM 10"
NSSM 62: Box H-154, folder "NSSM 62 1 of 2 [1 of 4]"
NSSM 80: Box H-164, folder "NSSM 80 [1 of 5]"
NSSM 98: NSC Reference Copies
NSSM 116: Box H-181, folder "NSSM 116"
NSSM 204: NSC Reference Copies
All other NSSMs were scanned from the original documents housed in Box H-207.


text:
import pytest

from timewreport.config import TimeWarriorConfig

def test_get_value_should_return_value_if_key_available():
    config = TimeWarriorConfig({'FOO': 'foo'})

    assert config.get_value('FOO', 'bar') == 'foo'

def test_get_value_should_return_default_if_key_not_available():
    config = TimeWarriorConfig({'BAR': 'foo'})

    assert config.get_value('FOO', 'bar') == 'bar'

@pytest.fixture(scope='function', params=['on', 1, 'yes', 'y', 'true'])
def trueish_value(request):
    return request.param

def test_get_boolean_should_return_true_on_trueish_values(trueish_value):
    config = TimeWarriorConfig({'KEY': trueish_value})

    assert config.get_boolean('KEY', False) is True

@pytest.fixture(scope='function', params=['off', 0, 'no', 'n', 'false'])
def falseish_value(request):
    return request.param

def test_get_boolean_should_return_false_on_falseish_values(falseish_value):
    config = TimeWarriorConfig({'KEY': falseish_value})

    assert config.get_boolean('KEY', True) is False

def test_get_boolean_should_return_default_if_key_not_available():
    config = TimeWarriorConfig({})

    assert config.get_boolean('FOO', True) is True

def test_get_int_should_return_value_for_valid_strings():
    config = TimeWarriorConfig({'KEY': '1'})

    assert config.get_int('KEY', 2) == 1

def test_get_int_should_return_raise_exception_for_invalid_strings():
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        config = TimeWarriorConfig({'KEY': 'bla'})

        config.get_int('KEY', 2)

def test_get_int_should_return_default_if_key_not_available():
    config = TimeWarriorConfig({'BAR': '1'})

    assert config.get_int('FOO', 2) == 2

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Q: SQL Server XQuery: How to avoid "illegal qualified name character" exception? I'm working on a XQuery that may/can contain characters like ">", "<" and single quotes.
How do I avoid breaking the xml parser?
My xml form is like this
<root>
<container>
  <item>(d.Field <> 0)</item>
</container>
</root>

A: The "XML" you've shown isn't XML.
Either of the following would be XML:
<root>
<container>
  <item>(d.Field <> 0)</item>
</container>
</root>

or:
<root>
<container>
  <item><![CDATA[(d.Field <> 0)]]></item>
</container>
</root>


Batavianization or Batavianisation (see -ise vs -ize) awso known as Dutchification and; historicawwy, as Bewgianization, is de spread of de Dutch wanguage, peopwe and/or cuwture eider by force or assimiwation, uh-hah-hah-hah. In Dutch it is known as vernederwandsing or neerwandisatie.
The term Batavianization, derives its name from de Batavi, a Germanic tribe wiving in de Nederwands, and wong regarded as de mydicaw ancestors of de Dutch peopwe. The term Dutchification is mostwy used in Engwish pubwications by Dutch audors, wess so by native Engwish-speakers. This wikewy has to do wif de fact dat Dutch isn't a Latin-derived term and hence sounds somewhat chiwdish to some ears in combination wif de (Latinate) suffix -fication. As for Bewgianization, Bewgae was de standard term in Latin to refer to de Dutch (compare de Leo Bewgicus, United Bewgian States and Bewgic Confession for exampwe) in de Late Middwe Ages. After de estabwishment of Bewgium, its use generawwy shifted to mean Bewgicism.
In de Nederwands, most of de Batavianization was of a winguistic and, to a wesser extent cuwturaw nature, and was focused on de Frisian region. Beginning at de end of de migration period, Dutch nobwes sought to conqwer de Frisian wands, in which dey wargewy succeeded around de end of de High Middwe Ages. The conqwest was graduaw and moved from de West to de East. By de time de Frisian heartwand (de modern province of Frieswand) was conqwered, many Frisians formerwy wiving in West Frisia had awready fwed and de region was subseqwentwy cowonized by Dutch settwers. In de remaining Frisian territory, a ruwing Dutch upper cwass was instituted, de wegacy of which can stiww be found in Stadsfries. The West Frisian wanguage has since adopted warge amounts of Dutch vocabuwary, to such an extent dat many objects or concepts originating after de Dutch conqwest are nearwy aww cawqwes or woanwords from Dutch.
Despite Batavianization and de generaw idea dat Frisians were underdevewoped and ruraw, Frisians never were de subject of ednic discrimination or wiwwfuw winguistic or cuwturaw oppression, uh-hah-hah-hah.
Between de 1950s and earwy 1980s, primariwy due to migration of ruraw West Frisian speakers to de non-West Frisian urban areas, and de settwing of Dutch speakers from outside de province in de Frisian countryside, de percentage of inhabitants of Frieswand using West Frisian as deir home wanguage dropped from 71% to 59%. The West Frisian wanguage itsewf graduawwy dutchified as weww.
In Bewgium, batavianization was an essentiaw part of de powiticaw objectives of de Fwemish movement, a sociaw movement seeking acknowwedgement of de Dutch wanguage and cuwture. When Bewgium was estabwished in 1830, de Francophone government oppressed de Dutch popuwace. Dutch was banned from higher education, powitics and justice in favour of French. Hence Batavianization in Bewgium wargewy refers to de process of repwacing French as de wanguage of education in universities and as de wanguage of cuwture among de ewite.
In de toponymy of New Nederwand, a 17f-century province in Norf America, Batavianization is seen in many pwace names based in Dewaware wanguages.
John M. Murrin, "Engwish Rights as Ednic Aggression: The Engwish Conqwest, de Charter of Liberties of 1683, ... suggests dat "Batavianization" pwayed as significant a rowe as "Angwicization" in earwy New York.
^ a b Fase, Wiwwem; Koen Jaspaert; Sjaak Kroon (2013). The State of Minority Languages. Internationaw Perspectives on Survivaw and Decwine. Routwedge. p. 293. ISBN 9781134379422. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
^ Menno de Gawan & Wiwwem Lust (9 Juwy 2016). "Friese taaw met uitsterven bedreigd?". Nieuwsuur. NOS. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
This page was wast edited on 16 August 2017, at 07:03 (UTC).