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In L.A., a walkable neighborhood comes at a price
Koreatown has a high Walk Score; you don't need your car to have easy access to shopping, dining and entertainment.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
By Tiffany Hsu
Nobody walks in L.A., as the saying goes.
But many people want to and will pay more to live in more walkable neighborhoods where they can stroll to work, shops and restaurants from home. It's a rare luxury in most metropolitan areas and one worth thousands of dollars on average, according to new research.
Home workers are willing to pay $3,260 — or nearly a percent more — for a little extra walkability than they would for the same home in a less pedestrian-friendly neighborhood, real estate website Redfin said in a study published this month.
When evaluating homes, the real estate brokerage issues so-called Walk Scores on a scale of 1 to 100 based on proximity — by foot — to local amenities. In most major housing markets, Redfin found that an incremental increase in walkability results in a substantial price premium for the property compared with another home in the same metro area.
Easy-to-walk neighborhoods are fairly rare — fewer than 2% of active listings have a Walk Score of 90 or higher, according to Redfin. In L.A., those neighborhoods include parts of Koreatown, Silver Lake and downtown.
More than half of millennials and 46% of baby boomers say they want pedestrian pathways where they live, according to Redfin.
Los Angeles, where homes sell for a median price of $475,000, has an overall Walk Score of 66.3. Each additional walkability point adds an average of $3,948, or a 0.83% bump, to the sale price.
"Just having that proximity is a really important thing," said life coach Niyc Pidgeon, 29, who lives in pedestrian-friendly West Hollywood, on a street where the Walk Score is 88. "You have stronger social connections to things in your locality."
Pidgeon doesn't own a car and works from home. She says she currently operates in a "little 2-mile radius," walking to her yoga and spinning classes and out to Starbucks or dinner.
"It's nice to get out, rather than just going from house to car to house," she said.
Score-wise, Los Angeles is "smack-dab in the middle" of the extremes of car-centric Orange County and pedestrian haven San Francisco, said Nela Richardson, Redfin's chief economist. She noted that the city is embracing more multiuse commercial and residential complexes and park-like features.
"Los Angeles is in transition — an evolving city in terms of what is considered livable, and walkability is an important component of that," she said.
Pedestrian access adds the most proportional value to homes in cities such as Atlanta, where the overall score is 48.4 and revitalization efforts are starting to open up more community gathering hubs. A single-point upgrade to an Atlanta home's Walk Score boosts the sale price 1.69% on average.
But in places such as ritzy Orange County, walkability is far from a priority. Each point raises prices a mere 0.02% in the region, which has a 43.5 Walk Score.
Partly, this is because homes in the area tend to cost more than they would in Atlanta. But, especially in wealthy enclaves, foot traffic means more crowds and less seclusion.
In neighborhoods in the top 5% of Orange County's price spectrum, slightly more walkability actually leads to a $451 price cut, compared with a $8,225 premium for the same demographic in Los Angeles.
"It's not that luxury-home owners are couch potatoes," Richardson said. "They just want exclusivity, the gated community with the view."
The conclusion: Walkability tends to be more valuable in places that are already somewhat walkable. An increase from a score of 19 to 20 raises home prices by $181 on average, while a bump from 79 to 80 causes a $7,000 upswing.
And it helps to have a strong pedestrian culture — or at least the desire for one, according to Redfin.
"With the typical home, you need a certain amount of walkability already for the premium to really pay off," Richardson said. "In cities with not a lot of infrastructure, it's not going to have a lot of effect."
Redfin based its research on sale prices and Walk Scores of more than 1 million homes sold across 14 major metropolitan areas between January 2014 and April 2016. Researchers controlled for differences in property size, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, building age, property type, neighborhood median income and other characteristics.
hotproperty@latimes.com
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Q: Auto-py-to-exe won't open correctly I have tried to pip install auto-py-to-exe and i got an error with the "gevent" so I installed gevent 1.4.0 and then I could install auto-py-to-exe(2.5.2), but when i'm trying to open it I get this window:

My network is an enternal network so I dont have accses to the newest version.

A: You can install the program with"
pip install auto-py-to-exe

URL: https://pypi.org/project/auto-py-to-exe/
Or you can directly get sourcecode from: https://github.com/brentvollebregt/auto-py-to-exe
Master: https://github.com/brentvollebregt/auto-py-to-exe/archive/refs/heads/master.zip

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Money Express in Microsoft Money 2005 and later
In Microsoft Money 2004 and earlier versions, there was a feature called 'Money Express'. This was a program which ran in the system tray and alerted you once a day to bills that needed paying, and to allow quick access to your Microsoft Money file. You can see the icon and the menu that Money Express displayed below.
On opening the events list in Money Express, you'd see a window such as the one below.
It is the closest equivalent of the Billminder in Intuit Quicken, but was removed in Microsoft Money 2005. Although it is unclear as to why Microsoft decide to remove things, there have been a number of problems with Money Express in the past. This included not informing you of bills to be paid. So, this may be a reason why it was taken out.
Money Express is not in Microsoft Money 2006 or 2007. Money Plus reintroduced a system tray program, this is known as 'Insights'. Information on the functionality in this can be found in Article 523.
Other features removed in Microsoft Money over the versions can be found here.
Keywords: Billminder, Insights, Money Express


JAKARTA, July 21 (Reuters) - Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas will be asked to ``flesh out'' new proposals on the future of East Timor when he meets his Portuguese counterpart in New York next month, U.N. special envoy Jamsheed Marker said on Tuesday.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has invited Alatas and Portugal's Jaime Gama to meet in New York on August 4 to discuss Jakarta's latest proposals to settle the issue of East Timor.
Indonesia annexed East Timor 22 years ago, but there has been a continuing separatist insurgency in the territory. The United Nations officially recognises Portugal -- the former colonial authority -- as the administrative power.
Marker, named by Annan early last year as his special envoy on the former Portuguese colony, told Reuters in an interview the proposals offered a window of opportunity which should be quickly seized.
``It's certainly a wide-ranging proposal for autonomy, one in which the details need to be discussed,'' he said at the end of a six-day visit to Indonesia.
He said he expected the New York meeting to clarify elements of Jakarta's proposal for East Timor.
``We'll certainly be... asking the Indonesian foreign minister to flesh it out. There are certain aspects, certain questions that all of us need to ask of him, and that will be done during those discussions,'' Marker said.
He said they would also discuss what steps to take next, and what sort of confidence building measures could be put in place to help the process along.
Alatas presented the fresh proposals to Annan in New York three weeks ago after Indonesia's new President B.J. Habibie said he was willing to consider a special status for troubled East Timor.
Marker flew to Lisbon to pass the proposals on to the Portuguese, although the government there had quickly dismissed the idea of a special status for the territory under Indonesian rule.
The U.N. envoy arrived in Jakarta last Thursday primarily to report on his Lisbon visit to the Indonesians, and both he and Alatas said they had been encouraged by the Portuguese response.
Portugal's president, prime minister and foreign minister had seen positive elements, ``and certainly one that justified further discussion,'' Marker added.
The new Indonesian proposals were put forward following the resignation of hard-line president Suharto and his replacement by Habibie on May 21 amid economic turmoil and growing demands for political reforms.
Marker declined to go into specifics of the proposals, but he said he believed after discussions with Habibie and military leaders that there would be ``demilitarisation fairly quickly'' of East Timor.
Indonesia invaded the territory in December 1975 and annexed it the following July in a move never recognised by the United Nations.
The Indonesian armed forces have been accused by civil rights groups of abusing human rights in the territory of 800,000 people, leading to the deaths of an estimated 200,000 during the invasion and as result of hardship over the years. Demilitarisation is seen as a key to change in East Timor.
He said he had also emphasised the need to cool tensions in the territory, where at least three people died during anti-Indonesian demonstrations late last month.
``I think there's an air of uncertainty, an air of high expectations and a desire for a settlement through dialogue. And it's very important that we don't disappoint them in any of these expectations,'' he said.
Marker also said he hoped Indonesia and Portugal would set up special interest sections in friendly embassies in each other's capitals to establish at least a form of diplomatic relations.
He said he had discussed this with East Timorese guerrilla leader Xanana Gusmao, serving a 20-year sentence in a Jakarta prison for armed insurgency.
Gusmao said after the meeting he favoured setting up special interest sections even before he was released from prison. A Portuguese demand that he be freed had thwarted a move in early 1996 to establish ties between the two countries.


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Q: How to apply thermal grease using a paper template I purchased thermal grease that came with a paper template. The tutorial told me to apply the grease to the template and then attach it to the fan base (heatsink), and then remove the paper and join it with the CPU.
Do I need to apply any grease to the top of the CPU, or are the instructions correct?

A: The instructions are correct.  The thermal grease will adhere to the CPU when you attach the heatsink, so there is no need to put any grease on the CPU itself.

A: There are several videos that show the different ways of applying the thermal grease/compound

*

*Installing thermal compound

*Applying Arctic Silver

*How to spread thermal grease


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Ribero é um município da Venezuela localizado no estado de Sucre.

A capital do município é a cidade de Cariaco.

Municípios da Venezuela

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puppet-lint-spaceship_operator_without_tag-check
================================================

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A puppet-lint plugin to check that spaceship operator is called with a tag.

## Installing

### From the command line

```shell
$ gem install puppet-lint-spaceship_operator_without_tag-check
```

### In a Gemfile

```ruby
gem 'puppet-lint-spaceship_operator_without_tag-check', :require => false
```

## Checks

### Spaceship operator without tag

Calling spaceship operator (<| |>) without tag can be dangerous because it will realise all virtual resources of that type (https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-3825).

#### What you have done

```puppet
class foo {
  Package <| |>
}
```

#### What you should have done

```puppet
class foo {
  Package <| tag == 'foo' |>
}
```

#### Disabling the check

To disable this check, you can add `--no-spaceship_operator_without_tag-check` to your puppet-lint command line.

```shell
$ puppet-lint --no-spaceship_operator_without_tag-check path/to/file.pp
```

Alternatively, if you're calling puppet-lint via the Rake task, you should insert the following line to your `Rakefile`.

```ruby
PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_spaceship_operator_without_tag')
```

## Transfer Notice

This plugin was originally authored by [Camptocamp](http://www.camptocamp.com).
The maintainer preferred that Puppet Community take ownership of the module for future improvement and maintenance.
Existing pull requests and issues were transferred over, please fork and continue to contribute here instead of Camptocamp.

Previously: https://github.com/camptocamp/puppet-lint-spaceship_operator_without_tag-check

## License

This gem is licensed under the Apache-2 license.

## Release information

To make a new release, please do:
* update the version in the gemspec file
* Install gems with `bundle install --with release --path .vendor`
* generate the changelog with `bundle exec rake changelog`
* Check if the new version matches the closed issues/PRs in the changelog
* Create a PR with it
* After it got merged, push a tag. GitHub actions will do the actual release to rubygems and GitHub Packages

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The Philippines has an entire year of celebrations, celebrating the inheritance, culture, religions and beliefs. These celebrations are often observe with beauty and color. These fetes originate to worship nature, god, heritage, and so on but the most beautiful thing about it is whenever these things being observed, the spirit of joyful and happiness are always there.
The first few months in the country are celebrated with different festivals. Different provinces has its own reason for its festivities and fete. Those times, I was envied with people who were able to experience such street fair. Just remembering my first ever grand festival a year ago made me realize how big celebration I'd missed. Blame it with my limited vacation leave and (budget). But there's still always a way to witness a celebration. A simple celebration that presents the spree and spirit of a festival.
Not often told but did you know that the busy Makati City has a yearly festival which is celebrated during January or February? The city has its own version of celebrating Mardi Gras. This festival is named as Caracol Festival.
The festival is initiated by the local government of Makati City to promote the conservation of our ecology. It is held on the streets of Makati City and is participated mostly by students representing different schools and people from different barangays. The participants are dressed in colorful animal costumes.
This year the festival was held at the newest entertainment district in Makati, the Circuit which is under the development of Ayala Land.
The area is the new lifestyle playground and family entertainment area which is located in the former Sta. Ana Racetrack in Makati City.
Me and Carla didn't have media passes to capture the event but good thing was we were able to manage to get to the front. The event started at 4:00 PM. We weren't able to witness the street fair anymore as we went straight to the entertainment ground and looked for a nice spot to see the show. At around 5:00 PM, the participants started entering the entertainment ground one by one representing their ways of conserving the ecosystem. Once everyone has been introduced, the show started. There are 12 participants which are clustered into three groups, students from selected Elementary schools, students from selected High Schools and representatives from selected towns.
Here are some of my snapshots showing how Makati City celebrates the Caracol Festival.
Performances from kids are always cute for me. But this one is one of the crowd's favorites.
More than just skyscrapers, Makati City is also a home of a colorful festival.
This festival only shows that Makati City isn't just about commercialism, the colorful costumes that graced the streets and the entertainment ground in Circuit Makati also represents that the city cares about and promotes the conservation of our ecology and biodiversity.
Nice festival. Watta colorful costumes. I love it.
ayun oh! naunahan ako oh. hahaha.


The ProBlogger Podcast is designed to help you build a better blog. With a mix of teaching, case studies and actionable challenges Darren Rowse will teach you to create compelling content, find readers for your blog, deepen the engagement you have with those readers and to make money through a variety of income streams so that you can sustain your blogging. Darren has been been blogging since 2002 and making a full time living from his blogs for over a decade. His blogs Digital-Photography-School.com and ProBlogger.net are read by over 5 million readers per month. If you're looking to take your blogs to the next level and make money online - this is the podcast for you.
I found I was getting frustrated with my lack of blogging success to the point that I seriously contemplated quitting. I'm not a quitter but I felt depleted. Along came Darren with his no-nonsense personality and realistic, actionable tips to grow a blog. I'm an award-winning journalist and longtime PR person and I thought blogging would be a breeze with those two skills but the reality is those skills help but there's so much more. Thank you for your continued podcast wisdom.
It is really helpful for me to listen to these podcasts. Darren is an excellent instructor and speaker. I need support moving forward with my blog and he is the best guy to offer that support. I'm looking forward to delving in deeper with all he has to offer. Thank you Darren!!!
Nine out of ten podcast listeners prefer a podcast that sounds conversational and natural, not like it was read off a sheet of paper.


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To Be and to Have
Directed by Nicolas Philibert
Language: French [audio]
Genres: Documentary, World Cinema
Subjects: Education, French Cinema & Culture
Georges Lopez
The one-room schoolhouse, where one teacher instructs several grades at once, is generally regarded a quaint thing of the past and a symbol of obsolete and ineffective teaching methods. However, the documentary To Be and to Have offers an in-depth look at a small school in rural France where one remarkable man has been doing the job of a small teaching staff for 20 years, and has taught several generations of bright and capable children along the way. Georges Lopez is an educator at a small school in France's Auvergne region, where between December 2000 and June 2001 he taught 12 students between the ages of four and ten. Employing a curriculum that embraces both academics and practical skills, Lopez and his school represent a surprising mix of the old and the new, where computer technology and old-fashioned memorization of the multiplication tables sit side by side. To Be and to Have captured Georges Lopez near the end of his career in education -- shortly after the film was completed, he retired after 35 years as a teacher.
Educational Reviews
"The French documentary To Be and To Have is simply about teaching and learning. Filmmaker Nicholas Philibert trains his camera on one classroom in a small school somewhere in the French countryside for a semester, and he finds spellbinding drama there. To Be and To Have gets inside the lives of its young characters so deeply and so empathetically that every tiny academic setback feels like a tragedy to us, and every small step forward feels like a triumph." Rob Thomas, Madison Movie Blog


was looking to sell it before it blew would have been a shame had it happened to new owner so happy to just let it go as it sits, with the low (ish) mileage and the mods it has should get 8k all day when running.
is everything on engine goosed ?
be careful on that thing... my mate had a Raptor and it was fekkin mental.
What would make an engine put a rod through the block?


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using QuickUnity.Threading;
using RestSharp;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace QuickUnity.Net.Http
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Client to translate RestRequests into Http requests and process response result for Mono in
    /// Unity Engine.
    /// </summary>
    /// <seealso cref="RestClient"/>
    /// <seealso cref="ISyncObject"/>
    public class MonoRestClient : RestClient, IMonoRestClient, ISynchronizedObject
    {
        #region Fields

        private List<MonoRestRequestAsyncContext> contexts;

        private bool disposed = false;

        #endregion Fields

        #region Constructors

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MonoRestClient"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        public MonoRestClient()
            : base()
        {
            Initialize();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MonoRestClient"/> class with <see
        /// cref="Uri"/> represent for the base URL to request.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="baseUrl">The <see cref="Uri"/> represent for the base URL to request.</param>
        public MonoRestClient(Uri baseUrl)
            : base(baseUrl)
        {
            Initialize();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MonoRestClient"/> class with <see
        /// cref="string"/> represent for the base URL string to request.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="baseUrl">
        /// The <see cref="string"/> represent for the base URL string to request.
        /// </param>
        public MonoRestClient(string baseUrl)
            : base(baseUrl)
        {
            Initialize();
        }

        #endregion Constructors

        #region Methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting
        /// unmanaged resources.
        /// </summary>
        public void Dispose()
        {
            Dispose(true);
            GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Sends the specified request and downloads the response data.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="request">The <see cref="IRestRequest"/> to send.</param>
        /// <param name="callback">
        /// Callback function to be executed upon completion providing access to the asynchronous handle.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>The <see cref="RestRequestAsyncHandle"/> to handle asynchronous request.</returns>
        /// <exception cref="ObjectDisposedException">
        /// <c>UniSharper.Net.Http.MonoRestClient</c> is disposed.
        /// </exception>
        public RestRequestAsyncHandle DownloadDataAsync(IRestRequest request, Action<byte[], RestRequestAsyncHandle> callback)
        {
            if (disposed)
            {
                throw new ObjectDisposedException(GetType().FullName);
            }

            return ExecuteAsync(request, CreateContext(request, callback).GetResponse);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Sends the request and callback asynchronously, authenticating if needed.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="request"><see cref="IRestRequest"/> to be sent.</param>
        /// <param name="callback">
        /// Callback function to be executed upon completion providing access to the asynchronous handle.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>The <see cref="RestRequestAsyncHandle"/> to handle asynchronous request.</returns>
        /// <exception cref="ObjectDisposedException">
        /// <c>UniSharper.Net.Http.MonoRestClient</c> is disposed.
        /// </exception>
        public RestRequestAsyncHandle SendRequestAsync(IRestRequest request, Action<IRestResponse, RestRequestAsyncHandle> callback)
        {
            if (disposed)
            {
                throw new ObjectDisposedException(GetType().FullName);
            }

            return ExecuteAsync(request, CreateContext(request, callback).GetResponse);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Sends a GET-style request and callback asynchronously, authenticating if needed.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="request"><see cref="IRestRequest"/> to be sent.</param>
        /// <param name="callback">
        /// Callback function to be executed upon completion providing access to the asynchronous handle.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="method">The <see cref="Method"/> represents for HTTP method to execute.</param>
        /// <returns>The <see cref="RestRequestAsyncHandle"/> to handle asynchronous request.</returns>
        /// <exception cref="ObjectDisposedException">
        /// <c>UniSharper.Net.Http.MonoRestClient</c> is disposed.
        /// </exception>
        public RestRequestAsyncHandle SendRequestAsyncGet(IRestRequest request, Action<IRestResponse, RestRequestAsyncHandle> callback, Method method)
        {
            if (disposed)
            {
                throw new ObjectDisposedException(GetType().FullName);
            }

            string methodString = Enum.GetName(typeof(Method), method);
            return ExecuteAsyncGet(request, CreateContext(request, callback).GetResponse, methodString);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Sends a POST-style request and callback asynchronously, authenticating if needed.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="request"><see cref="IRestRequest"/> to be sent.</param>
        /// <param name="callback">
        /// Callback function to be executed upon completion providing access to the asynchronous handle.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="method">The <see cref="Method"/> represents for HTTP method to execute.</param>
        /// <returns>RestRequestAsyncHandle.</returns>
        /// <exception cref="ObjectDisposedException">
        /// <c>UniSharper.Net.Http.MonoRestClient</c> is disposed.
        /// </exception>
        public RestRequestAsyncHandle SendRequestAsyncPost(IRestRequest request, Action<IRestResponse, RestRequestAsyncHandle> callback, Method method)
        {
            if (disposed)
            {
                throw new ObjectDisposedException(GetType().FullName);
            }

            string methodString = Enum.GetName(typeof(Method), method);
            return ExecuteAsyncPost(request, CreateContext(request, callback).GetResponse, methodString);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Synchronizes data between threads.
        /// </summary>
        public void Synchronize()
        {
            if (contexts == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            IList<MonoRestRequestAsyncContext> removedContexts = new List<MonoRestRequestAsyncContext>();

            for (int i = 0, length = contexts.Count; i < length; i++)
            {
                MonoRestRequestAsyncContext context = contexts[i];

                if (context.IsRequestCompleted)
                {
                    if (context.Callback != null)
                    {
                        context.Callback.Invoke(context.Response, context.AsyncHandle);
                    }
                    else if (context.DownloadDataCallback != null)
                    {
                        context.DownloadDataCallback.Invoke(context.DownloadedData, context.AsyncHandle);
                    }

                    removedContexts.Add(context);
                }
            }

            RemoveCompletedContexts(removedContexts);
            removedContexts = null;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Releases unmanaged and - optionally - managed resources.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="disposing">
        /// <c>true</c> to release both managed and unmanaged resources; <c>false</c> to release only
        /// unmanaged resources.
        /// </param>
        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (disposing && !disposed)
            {
                if (Synchronizer.Instance)
                {
                    Synchronizer.Instance.Remove(this);
                }

                contexts = null;
            }

            disposed = true;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates the <see cref="MonoRestRequestAsyncContext"/> for main thread of Unity to invoke callback.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="request">The <see cref="IRestRequest"/> to send.</param>
        /// <param name="callback">
        /// The Callback function to be executed upon completion providing access to the asynchronous handle.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        /// The <see cref="MonoRestRequestAsyncContext"/> for main thread of Unity to invoke callback.
        /// </returns>
        private MonoRestRequestAsyncContext CreateContext(IRestRequest request, Action<byte[], RestRequestAsyncHandle> callback)
        {
            MonoRestRequestAsyncContext context = new MonoRestRequestAsyncContext(request, callback);
            contexts.Add(context);
            return context;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates the <see cref="MonoRestRequestAsyncContext"/> for main thread of Unity to invoke callback.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="request">The <see cref="IRestRequest"/> to send.</param>
        /// <param name="callback">
        /// The Callback function to be executed upon completion providing access to the asynchronous handle.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        /// The <see cref="MonoRestRequestAsyncContext"/> for main thread of Unity to invoke callback.
        /// </returns>
        private MonoRestRequestAsyncContext CreateContext(IRestRequest request, Action<IRestResponse, RestRequestAsyncHandle> callback)
        {
            MonoRestRequestAsyncContext context = new MonoRestRequestAsyncContext(request, callback);
            contexts.Add(context);
            return context;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes this instance.
        /// </summary>
        private void Initialize()
        {
            contexts = new List<MonoRestRequestAsyncContext>();

            if (Synchronizer.Instance)
            {
                Synchronizer.Instance.Add(this);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Removes contexts whose request is completed.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="list">The context list.</param>
        private void RemoveCompletedContexts(IList<MonoRestRequestAsyncContext> list)
        {
            if (contexts == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            foreach (MonoRestRequestAsyncContext item in list)
            {
                contexts.Remove(item);
            }
        }

        #endregion Methods

        #region Classes

        /// <summary>
        /// The <see cref="MonoRestRequestAsyncContext"/> represents for the context object for main
        /// thread of Unity to invoke callback.
        /// </summary>
        private class MonoRestRequestAsyncContext
        {
            #region Constructors

            /// <summary>
            /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MonoRestRequestAsyncContext"/> class.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="request">The <see cref="IRestRequest"/> to send.</param>
            /// <param name="callback">
            /// The Callback function to be executed upon completion providing access to the
            /// asynchronous handle.
            /// </param>
            public MonoRestRequestAsyncContext(IRestRequest request, Action<IRestResponse, RestRequestAsyncHandle> callback)
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                IsRequestCompleted = false;
                Request = request;
                Callback = callback;
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MonoRestRequestAsyncContext"/> class.
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="request">The <see cref="IRestRequest"/> to send.</param>
            /// <param name="callback">
            /// The Callback function to be executed upon completion providing access to the
            /// asynchronous handle.
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                Request = request;
                DownloadDataCallback = callback;
            }

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            /// <summary>
            /// Gets or sets the asynchronous handle.
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            /// <value>The asynchronous handle.</value>
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                private set;
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            /// Gets or sets the Callback function to be executed upon completion providing access to
            /// the asynchronous handle.
            /// </summary>
            /// <value>The callback function.</value>
            public Action<IRestResponse, RestRequestAsyncHandle> Callback
            {
                get;
                private set;
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// Gets or sets the data-download Callback function to be executed upon completion
            /// providing access to the asynchronous handle.
            /// </summary>
            /// <value>The data-download callback function.</value>
            public Action<byte[], RestRequestAsyncHandle> DownloadDataCallback
            {
                get;
                private set;
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// Gets the downloaded data.
            /// </summary>
            /// <value>The downloaded data.</value>
            public byte[] DownloadedData
            {
                get
                {
                    if (Response != null)
                    {
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                    }

                    return null;
                }
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the request is completed.
            /// </summary>
            /// <value><c>true</c> if the request is completed; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</value>
            public bool IsRequestCompleted
            {
                get;
                private set;
            }

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            /// Gets or sets the <see cref="IRestRequest"/> to send.
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                get;
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            {
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Q: Why am I getting this error message: SQL Error: ORA-01438: value larger than specified precision allowed for this column I am trying to insert data into my table with the following parameters:
CREATE TABLE book
  ( ISBN CHAR(10),
    Title VARCHAR2(20),
    AuthorFName VARCHAR2(20),
    AuthorLName VARCHAR2(20),
    ListPrice NUMBER(2,2),
    Qoh VARCHAR2(7),

Oracle Developer states that the next line is where the error starts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
INSERT INTO book (ISBN, Title, AuthorFName, AuthorLName, ListPrice, QoH)
  VALUES(0670894370, 'A Common Life', 'Jan', 'Karon', 24.95, 45);

A: ListPrice NUMBER(2,2)

That means it has 0 digits before the decimal and 2 digits after the decimal.
You might be looking for NUMBER(4,2) if you want it to have 2 digits before the decimal. But i would advise you to make it bigger if it is intended to handle prices.
sqlfiddle demo

A: try this in your create table:
ListPrice NUMBER(4,2)


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Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 1 is een station gelegen in de Franse gemeente Tremblay-en-France en het departement van Seine-Saint-Denis.

Geschiedenis
Het station is op 30 mei 1976 geopend.

Het station
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 1 is een station langs de Parijse RER (Lijn B) en ligt in de centrale zone van de Parijse luchthaven Charles de Gaulle. Het station is eigendom van de Franse spoorwegmaatschappij SNCF.

Het station dient voor passagiers van de terminals 1 en 3. Vanaf hier kan men overstappen op de CDGVAL. Het station van CDGVAL (Terminal 3-Roissypole) is in april 2007 geopend.

Overstapmogelijkheden
RATP
zes buslijnen, waaronder de Roissybus.

Noctilien
drie buslijnen

Verder rijden er nog een aantal bussen in de regio of gemeente.

Vorige en volgende stations

Aeroport Charles de Gaulle 1
Aeroport Charles de Gaulle 1
Tremblay-en-France


Please join us for a highly informative presentation hosted by the East Texas Chapter of the Texas Humane Legislation Network. The Network's President Shelby Bobosky and Executive Director Laura Donahue will give a presentation explaining how you can be the voice for animals and get laws passed at the Texas Legislature. A brief Q & A will follow the presentation. This meeting is FREE and open to the public, but we do ask that you RSVP so we can ensure enough seating.


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The Buzz on Florida Politics
The latest change to the Florida Democratic Party: They're unionizing
The agreement "underscores our commitment to working people, including our own employees," the party's chairwoman said.
TALLAHASSEE — It's a time of transition at the Florida Democratic Party.
Its chairwoman, Terrie Rizzo is on her way out after brutal 2020 election season. Party leaders have to account for losses up and down the ballot that have left Republicans in charge of almost every level of state government. And on top of it all, the party is changing how it does business.
Florida Democrats are unionizing.
The party has signed an agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 824, it announced Friday.
"We are proud to have come to an agreement with our partners at (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) that will ensure (the Florida Democratic Party) continues to be a fair, safe and productive work environment that puts our workers and employees at the center of our Party," Rizzo said in a release. "And this agreement which we have been working on throughout 2020, underscores our commitment to working people, including our own employees."
The move makes Florida's Democratic Party the latest party-aligned organization to unionize. The presidential campaigns of Democrats Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders were all unionized. Several other states' Democratic Parties have also unionized, including Montana, Kentucky and Oregon.
Democrats have long counted union workers as a core constituency. The Friday release noted the party "hopes to set an example" and that hopefully "other organizations, on both sides of the aisle, will follow suit."
The Democrats have 29 employees, but not all of them are in the bargaining unit, elections press secretary Alexandra Caffrey said. Some of the 29 are managers.
Democrats took heat from Republicans earlier this year for applying for a loan through the federal Paycheck Protection Program that the party said would save 100 jobs. The Democrats later said they would return the loan, which they said the federal government had mistakenly approved.
Caffrey noted that party staffing "fluctuates a ton" during election season. She said the party had more than 100 staffers earlier this year.
"This will give our employees and staff more ability to have a say in their work environment," Caffrey said.
Caffrey noted many in the party already had experience working in a unionized environment because it worked closely with the Biden campaign, which was unionized.
When asked whether the move might make it more difficult to hire short-term, seasonal campaign workers, Caffrey said it likely wouldn't.
"It won't affect how many people we're able to hire or anything like that," she said.
Up next:DeSantis says Florida shipments of vaccines are 'on hold.' Pfizer disagrees.
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By Anthony F. Capraro III, Ph.D., President of TEACH Inc.
he interview is a contrived situation that few people enjoy, of which many people misunderstand the value, and about which everyone is apprehensive. However, no information from a college website, no friend's friend, no high school guidance counselor's comments, and no parental remembrances from bygone days can surpass the value of your college campus visit and interview. This first hand opportunity to assess your future alma mater will confirm or contradict other impressions and help you make a sound college decision.
Many colleges will recommend or request a personal interview. It is best to travel to the campus to meet with a member of the admissions staff if you can; however, if you can't, many colleges will arrange to have one of their representatives, usually an alumnus, interview you in your hometown.
Go prepared. Read the college's website or catalog so you won't ask, "How many computers are in your computer labs?" or "How many students do you have?" Ask intelligent questions that introduce a topic of conversation that you want the interviewer to know about you. The key is to distinguish yourself in a positive way from thousands of other applicants. Forge the final steps in the personal process you have been building since your first choices in the college admission process back in middle school. The interview is your chance to enhance those decisions.
Be yourself. Nobody's perfect and everyone knows nobody's perfect, so admit to a flaw or two before the interviewer goes hunting for them. The truly impressive candidate will convey a thorough knowledge of self.
obtain answers. Use your genuine feelings to react to the answers you hear. If you are delighted to learn of a certain program or activity, show it. If you are curious, ask more questions. If you are disappointed by something you learn, try to find a path to a positive answer. Then consider yourself lucky that you discovered this particular inadequacy in time.
Parents do belong in your college decision process as your advisers! They can provide psychological support and a stabilizing influence for sensible, rational decisions. However, they do NOT belong in your interview session. In essence, the sage senior will find constructive ways to include parents in the decision-making process as catalysts, without letting them take over (as many are apt to do) the interview process. You may want your parents to meet and speak briefly to your interviewer before your interview and that is fine, but parents may not accompany you into the interview session. Arrange with your parents to meet somewhere out of the interview building after your interview is over. You do not want the interviewer inviting your parents back to the interview room. As intelligent as parents may be, they do not perceive the answers to questions in the same way you do. The worst scenario I can imagine is the interviewer asking your parents some of the same questions that were asked of you, and that is highly likely. Parents just answer questions differently than teenagers. At best, the scenario creates a long, long ride home, and when you get home, you can't punish your parents by grounding them for a week. At worst, the scenario has caused a blight in your admissions file. This is your time! Keep it that way!
Practice makes perfect. Begin your interviews at colleges that are low on your list of preferred choices, and leave your first choice colleges until last. If you are shy, you will have a chance to practice vocalizing what your usually silent inner voice tells you. Others will have the opportunity to commit their inevitable first blunders where they won't count as much.
Departing impressions. There is a remarkable tendency for the student to base final college preferences on the quality of the interview only, or on the personal reaction to the interviewer as the personification of the entire institution. Do not do yourself the disservice of letting it influence an otherwise rational selection, one based on institutional programs, students, services, and environment. After the last good-bye and thank you has been smiled, and you exhale deeply on your way out the door, go ahead and congratulate yourself. If you used the interview properly, you will know whether or not you wish to attend that college and why.
Send a thank-you note to your interviewer. A short and simple note or email will do – and if you forgot to mention something important about yourself at the interview, here's your chance. But do NOT write a long letter! This is a NOTE!


PNG LNG is an exceptional mega project. It was completed on budget and well ahead of schedule. Most of these giant complex endeavours – and there are now hundreds of them around the globe – don't meet these targets.
In addition to navigating the sensitive political, environmental and community hurdles associated with most mega projects, ExxonMobil, the lead partner in the $US19 billion PNG venture, had to overcome huge geographical and logistical challenges to realise its plan to ship liquefied gas into Asian markets well ahead of global rivals.
Hundreds of kilometres of pipeline had to be built from wellheads high in the remote PNG highlands to the coast, and then undersea to a two-train liquefaction plant and shipping facilities near Port Moresby. It also required the construction of a runway in the highlands big enough to land giant Antonov freight planes.
The final investment decision was made in late 2009 and construction started in early 2010. Despite hiccups, production began almost two months ahead of planning and the maiden shipment of LNG departed for Japan in May last year. In total, 11 supertanker cargoes were shipped ahead of schedule, enabling revenue and other financials to healthily exceed initial forecasts.
The venture is the largest resource project and private investment in Papua New Guinea, it is the country's first foray into the global LNG market, and yearly production (6.9 million tonnes) could swell the country's gross national product by as much as 30 per cent.
Keogh Consulting takes pride in being a small but significant contributor to the success of the PNG LNG project. It provided strategic advice to senior ExxonMobil executives and helped mould an integrated approach between the development and production arms of the project.
Keogh joined the project before FID in 2009 and acted as a facilitating partner through to the project's completion in the middle of last year. Typical of such projects, Keogh's workload and participation was most intense in the early years and tapered towards the end as the active partners became more adept at aligning and re-adjusting to shared objectives.
The consulting group has had extended associations with previous mega projects in the Pacific region but never quite as integral as its contribution to the PNG project. The success at PNG LNG has led to other subsequent long-term engagements.
Some of Keogh's prime tasks involved facilitating the adoption of a clear set of strategic goals and a longer-term legacy vision for the project; aligning and integrating the work of the development and production companies; and coaching and mentoring the heads and executive teams of those development and production units.
It also took on additional responsibilities when cost savings had to be found and implemented within the project, and it was invited on a case-by-case basis to provide additional team development and cascade assistance to managers in a variety of functional areas.
Aligning the work of the development and production arms of the project proved to be one of the most critical tasks for Keogh. They were quite separate ExxonMobil entities reporting to different areas of the global group and were ably led by Ken Larson and Peter Graham, two exceptional but diverse types of leaders.
A pivotal moment in their relationship and a turning point in the project's eventual success occurred at an initial joint working session when the two leaders crossed the room and shook hands, vowing to work more closely together in the interests of the project. That handshake led to the formation of an integrated leadership team: it was outside the formal structures of ExxonMobil but it became the steering entity of the mega project during its construction and commissioning phase. It was sustained when Decie Autin replaced Ken Larson as head of the development arm.
That was a mega handshake. Symbolically crossing the void and making a commitment to collaborating for mutual gain was a key to project success.
Rowley Spiers is the wordsmith at Keogh Consulting. He loves simple, sparse writing with an emphasis on verbs and adverbs; adjectives, he thinks, should be rationed.
Rowley worked as a journalist for national and metropolitan newspapers for nearly four decades, before the digital revolution unleashed its gale of creative destruction on the industry. He covered national politics, business and economics. He also worked as a media adviser in federal politics and for the competition commission.
He loved the adrenalin rush of journalism – the chase of a good story or the rapid overhaul of a front page to reflect breaking news. The pace at Keogh is different but there are some similarities; he loves the teamwork, the camaraderie, and the pooling together of diverse gifts and talents to realise shared aims.
In his leisure time Rowley loves to dabble in art, mainly acrylic and gouache painting. He's also a notorious couch potato when it comes to sport broadcasts; he's an Essendon AFL tragic and he looks forward every July to the Tour de France cycling. Unfortunately, doping scandals are the unwanted link between those two.
Hey MONA, hey hey MONA. The Museum of Old and New Art, that wonderfully strange private contemporary art museum on the banks of the Derwent, is giving Tasmania and the rest of the Australian art scene a proper dig in the ribs.
Sensationally located, architecturally powerful, artistically enthralling: MONA has an ever-changing cast of permanent and exhibition works on display, tied in with its own provocative festival program. David Walsh, the quirky owner of the museum, has given Tasmania a real boost by creating a major tourist attraction in Hobart, but he also has had an influence on the local and mainland art scene, mostly by not following the rules.
The art, of course, is not for everybody but I defy you to go and not come away with some idea buzzing around in your head. That buzzing might even be an aroma if you catch the 2pm daily pooping of Cloaca, the digestive installation. You are warned ... but dared at the same time.
And don't miss the Henry Darger works if they are on display. I was in awe when I walked into the room and saw some of his works in the flesh for the first time. Or the I love you wall of boxes by Tassie boy Patrick Hall; they are a delight that can be played with for hours.


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Q: Mysql IN() not working I have a checkbox form which passes an array of id values. I then implode the array like this:
$ship = $_POST['result'];
$array=implode(",", $ship);
$shipping=ship_update($array);

The Mysql query function looks like this:
function ship_update($array){
    global $MEMS;
    echo $array;
    $query="SELECT * FROM Inventory
        WHERE MEMS_ID IN ('$array')
            ORDER BY WAFER ASC, RC ASC";
    $shipping=$MEMS -> exec($query);
    return $shipping;
}

When I run this code, $shipping returns an empty query. What am I doing wrong?

A: This should be
$array = "'" . implode("','", $ship) . "'";

And in your query,
$query="SELECT * FROM Inventory
        WHERE MEMS_ID IN ($array)    // remove the single quotes to
        ORDER BY WAFER ASC, RC ASC"; // avoid syntax error

warning, this is still vulnerable with sql injection.

A: Try your query without ' single quotes
SELECT * FROM Inventory
        WHERE MEMS_ID IN ($array)
            ORDER BY WAFER ASC, RC ASC

A: There aren't any single quotes in the middle of your array. Change
$array=implode(",", $ship);

to
$array=implode("','", $ship);


Cambridge-based MC10, which makes paper-thin adhesive health sensors, and Belgium-based pharma company UCB have completed the Parkinson's study they began in 2014 and are aiming to publish the results later this year, the two companies announced.
The study used MC10's adhesive sensors to collect movement data on Parkinson's patients, combined with patient-reported outcomes and neurological assessments from clinicians. They collected data on patients both at home and in clinical settings.
Back when the collaboration was announced in 2014, Ben Schlatka, cofounder and vice president of corporate development at MC10, told Babyforyou.net.ua the study would use BioStamp, an iteration of MC10's flexible, stretchable electronics technology that adheres to the patient's skin like a temporary tattoo. The micro-electronics can track things like "motion, things like heart rate, things like muscle potential, those different assessments," Schlatka said, and "once you combine them in a soft, discreet, patient-friendly device that can be affixed to multiple locations across the body, you start to get ... novel physiological insights that are taken out in the real world, not in the clinic."
He also said at the time that they hoped down the road – pending FDA clearance – UCB could make the technology available bundled with a drug or therapy, giving patients and doctors access to the data from BioStamp. Having the technology in the hands of doctors could allow pharma companies to develop more personalized therapies.


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Beauty and brains
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Independence day: Queen blesses Harry's and Meghan's exit as senior royals
Serena Williams wins Auckland Classic; donates money to help bushfire victims
Kenyan marathoner breaks 2-hour barrier
New Ebola drugs show promise
Opportunity time
Trump, Iran and answers
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We must listen to the ancestral warriors by A. Peter Bailey
The next debate, by Julianne Malveaux
Emancipation Proclamation still under attack, by Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
Trump's claims of privilege are above the law
Attracting new voters
Readers weigh in on Coliseum and Downtown development proposal
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First female Muslim chaplain commissioned by the U.S. military
Court documents show pastor targeted by government for officiating at immigrant weddings
50 years after 'Black Manifesto,' religious groups again take up reparations
Faith leaders call for de-escalation after missile strike kills Iranian general
Longtime political cartoonist Ron Rogers dies at 65
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1/10/2020, 6 a.m.
Most college professors start their spring semesters re-energized from the holiday break with memories of family gatherings and stories of whirlwind vacations.
Dr. Rodney Perry Gaines is heading back to Hampton University with something quite unique under his belt: The titles of Mr. Universe won in December during the American Natural Bodybuilding Federation's Natural Universe Championship in Key West, Fla.
The 52-year-old won the titles in the Male Open Bodybuilding category for all age groups and in the Men's Bodybuilding masters for his age group of 50 and older.
"My body is a lab. I love working out," says Dr. Gaines, who began competing in body- building events more than 30 years ago.
In addition to bodybuilding, he also competes in the sport model, classic physique and physique categories.
In 2019 alone, he entered 30 competitions, winning nearly 50 events, including 10 world titles.
Those are just the most recent achievements for Dr. Gaines, an assistant professor of kinesiology at Hampton University.
In April, he won the ANBF's Mr. Virginia title, which he'd previously clinched 24 years ago. In May, he also won titles during the One World United Mr./Ms. International USA Championships.
His wins are evidence of a renewed commitment to what he calls "my utmost passion at this time in my life," after a seven-year hiatus from the sport.
Bodybuilding, he says, is "art, science, drama, strength and power, nutrition, cardio, resistance training, flexibility, performing arts, strong optimism and self-esteem all in one.
Born in Richmond and raised in Essex County, Dr. Gaines' interest in the sport began at a young age, spurred by en- couragement from his parents. His mother purchased a weight set for him when he was an 85-pound ninth-grader, while his father encouraged him to pursue physical education as a college major after seeing him jog to the bus stop while he was in high school.
Although Dr. Gaines first pursued an undergraduate degree in business finance, he later earned a master's in physical education at Virginia Tech while teaching weight training at the university. He began work on his doctorate in 1998 while working full time in the university's Department of Recreational Sports.
After leaving Virginia Tech in 2002, Dr. Gaines used his knowledge, skills and expertise in a variety of roles and positions at Virginia State and Norfolk State universities.
"I enjoyed helping others learn and I enjoyed the authentic approach of demonstrating, modeling and helping others to learn a lifelong skill," Dr. Gaines says.
While Dr. Gaines continued to earn accolades in a variety of bodybuilding competitions around the globe during this time, he left the sport in 2012, more than a decade after being diagnosed in 2000 with rheumatoid arthritis. He also left Virginia to teach at the University of Rhode Island in 2016.
However, substantial weight gain and issues with his arthritis and asthma that he attributed to the colder climate drove Dr. Gaines to return to Virginia in early 2018 and to reassess his choices. He once again committed himself to a healthier lifestyle that was reflected in his bodybuilding. He returned to competition in 2019.
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Feel the Best
by Fathers
© Copyright - Richard Valmont Binette / Patrice Marier / Pascal Lariviere / Fathers (194171377044)
FAthERS are a Montreal based Indie Rock band with melodic and intense male vocals, strong waves of guitars, and an inclination for hefty beats.
Genre: Rock: Garage Rock
1. Feel the Best
FAthERS are a Canadian Indie Rock band from Montreal, Quebec formed in 2014. The band consists of Patrice Marier (vocal, percussions), Pascal Lariviere (Guitar) and Richard Valmont Binette (producer, multi-instrumentalist).
FAthERS started as a "young fathers' night out at the man cave" project. Accompanied at times by Nicolas Copin (Dead Leaf), their nights would consist mainly of hours of unstoppable psychedelic jams and sweat intensity. After a while, the band started to show more focus and began recording their music. Produced by Richard Valmont Binette, FAthERS released their first single "Feel the Best" in June 2019.
Patrice Marier: Vocal, Tambourine, Shaker
Richard Valmont Binette: Guitar Base, Back Vocal, Synths and Programming
Pascal Larivière : Guitar, Back Vocal
Nicolas Copin : Drums, Piano
Produced, arranged, recorded and mixed by Richard Valmont Binette
Genres: Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Post-Punk Revival, Art-Rock, Male Vocals, Experimental Rock, Guitar solo, Melodic, Intensity


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VW will offer the ID5 coupe-styled EV in Europe only
Frank Johannsen
VW's ID Crozz concept previews the ID5.
Volkswagen's third full-electric model from the ID family, the coupe-styled ID5, will be a Europe-only model, said VW brand's e-mobility boss, Thomas Ulbrich.
The ID5 is a sister model to the ID4 compact crossover and ID3 compact hatchback.
The ID5 will go on sale next year in Europe.
In 2017, VW presented two concepts that preview the crossover, one at the Shanghai auto show, and the second at the Frankfurt show the same year.
Ulbrich said VW has no plans to sell the ID5 outside of Europe.
Instead the ID4 will be VW brand's biggest-selling EV, with 500,000 units planned for 2025, Ulbrich told Automobilwoche, a German-language sister publication of Automotive News Europe.
The ID4 will be the volume model of the ID family and VW's first global electric car built on three continents simultaneously, Ulbrich said.
The ID4 is currently being built in Zwickau, Germany, ahead of its sales launch in Europe this autumn. ID4 production will start this year at VW's plants in Anting and Foshan, China. U.S. production is slated to begin in 202 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
VW is currently rolling out the ID3 in Europe. The ID3 will also be built and sold in China but it's considered too small to sell successfully in the U.S.
By 2023, Ulbrich expects VW brand to sell 1 million EVs a year.
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William "Willie" Honeman, auch Bill Honeman, (* 20. Juli 1908; † 19. August 1996) war ein US-amerikanischer Bahnradsportler.

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Willie Honeman begann mit dem Radsport 1923, im Alter von 15 Jahren. 1924 wurde er US-amerikanischer Junioren-Meister. Von 1930 bis 1935 war er Profi und fuhr auch Rennen in Europa. So gewann er 1934 das französische Sprintturnier Grand Prix de l'Armistice. Von 1934 bis 1936 wurde er dreimal in Folge US-amerikanischer Meister im Sprint. Er war der erste, der als Champion das Stars-and-Stripes-Trikot erhielt zum Zeichen seiner Meisterschaft (zuvor hüllten sich die Fahrer in eine Fahne). Er startete auch bei Sechstagerennen. 1936 beendete er seine sportliche Laufbahn und ging wieder in seinen erlernten Beruf als Zeichner zurück.

Honeman engagierte sich vielfältig für den Radsport. Er propagierte das Tragen von Sturzhelmen, organisierte Radrennen, war als Trainer aktiv und unterstützte das Management des Encino Velodrome. Er publizierte Artikel über Training und empfahl die Steinzeit-Diät; 1976 schrieb er das Buch American Velodrome Track Racing. In den 1930er Jahren machte er auch Werbung für Camel-Zigaretten und pries deren gute Wirkung auf die Verdauung.
1994 wurde Willie Honeman in die United States Bicycling Hall of Fame aufgenommen.

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 Willie Honeman auf usbhof.org

Radsportler (Vereinigte Staaten)
US-amerikanischer Meister (Radsport)
Mitglied der US Bicycling Hall of Fame
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1908
Gestorben 1996
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2017 Horror Writers Association Scholarships
Posted on October 12, 2017 by Mike Glyer
The Horror Writers Association has named its 2017 scholarship winners.
The Horror Writers Association Scholarship
The scholarship, open to all horror writers (HWA membership is not required), is worth $2500, which may be spent on approved writing education over the two years following the granting of the scholarship.
The 2017 winner is:
John C. Mannone
John C. Mannone has work in Blue Fifth Review, New England Journal of Medicine, Peacock Journal, Gyroscope Review, Baltimore Review, Pedestal, Pirene's Fountain, Event Horizon, Eye To The Telescope and others. He's the winner of the 2017 Jean Ritchie Fellowship in Appalachian literature and the recipient of two Weymouth writing residencies. He has three poetry collections: Apocalypse (Alban Lake Publishing), nominated for the 2017 Elgin Book Award; Disabled Monsters (The Linnet's Wings Press) featured at the 2016 Southern Festival of Books; and Flux Lines (Celtic Cat Publishing). He's been awarded two Joy Margrave Awards for Nonfiction and nominated for several Pushcart, Rhysling, and Best of the Net awards. He edits poetry for Abyss & Apex, Silver Blade, and Liquid Imagination. He's professor of physics near Knoxville, TN. http://jcmannone.wordpress.com
The Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Scholarship
This scholarship, worth $2,500, is open to female horror writers. It may be spent on approved writing education over the two years following the granting of the scholarship.
The late Rocky Wood, then HWA President, explained why the scholarship was created in 2014.
It is very clear to the HWA that there are unseen, but real, barriers limiting the amount of horror fiction being published by women. There are many fine women writers being published in our genre but we also see potential for the percentage of horror fiction being published by women to increase. This Scholarship, named after the great female horror writer, aims to encourage more female writers to enter our genre and to aid in the development of those already working within it. At the same time the HWA exists to extend the horror genre in all its aspects, so we are also establishing Horror Writers Association Scholarship, which is open to all our members, regardless of gender.
A.E. Siraki writes horror and dark fantasy novels and short stories.
The Dark Poetry Scholarship
The Dark Poetry Scholarship, first awarded in 2015, is designed to assist in the professional development of Horror and/or Dark Fantasy Poets. It is worth $1,250, which may be spent on approved writing education over the two years following the granting of the scholarship.
Ashley Dioses
Ashley Dioses is a writer of dark fantasy, horror, and weird poetry from southern California. Her debut collection of dark traditional poetry, Diary of a Sorceress, is forthcoming from Hippocampus Press in October. Her poetry has appeared in Weird Fiction Review, Spectral Realms, Weirdbook Magazine, and elsewhere. Her poem "Carathis," published in Spectral Realms 1, appeared in Ellen Datlow's full recommended Best Horror of the Year Volume Seven list. She has also appeared in the Horror Writers Association Poetry Showcase 2016 for her poem "Ghoul Mistress." She is an Active member in the HWA and a member of the SFPA. She blogs at fiendlover.blogspot.com.
The Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship for Non-fiction (two winners)
The Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship Fund for Non-fiction Writing provides grants for research and writing nonfiction relating to horror and dark fantasy literature. The amount is flexible. Membership in HWA is not a requirement.
The 2017 winners are:
Kelly Robinson
Stephanie M. Wytovich
Kelly Robinson is a freelance writer and researcher with a particular interest in silent horror films. Her bylines appear in magazines such as Rue Morgue, Smithsonian, History, and Mental Floss. Her feature story on lost horror films was nominated for a Rondo Hatton Award for excellence in classic horror research. She has produced and hosted eclectic events from underground theatre to an international conference on Jack the Ripper, and is the founder and host of Knoxferatu, a silent horror film event in Knoxville, TN. She is currently researching and writing a book on lost horror films from the silent era and beyond, and recently gave a presentation on lost horror silents at the Library of Congress' Mostly Lost film workshop. Her essay "Where the Wild Roses Grow: The Strange Allure of Murder Ballads" will appear in the upcoming book Under My Thumb: Songs That Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them (Repeater Books, 2017).
Stephanie M. Wytovich is an American poet, novelist, and essayist. Her work has been showcased in numerous anthologies such as Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories, Shadows Over Main Street: An Anthology of Small-Town Lovecraftian Terror, Year's Best Hardcore Horror: Volume 2, The Best Horror of the Year: Volume 8, as well as many others.
Wytovich is the Poetry Editor for Raw Dog Screaming Press, an adjunct at Point Park University, and a mentor with Crystal Lake Publishing. She is a member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, an active member of the Horror Writers Association, and a graduate of Seton Hill University's MFA program for Writing Popular Fiction. Her Bram Stoker Award-winning poetry collection, Brothel, earned a home with Raw Dog Screaming Press alongside Hysteria: A Collection of Madness, Mourning Jewelry, and An Exorcism of Angels. Her debut novel, The Eighth, is published with Dark Regions Press.
Her next poetry collection, Sheet Music to My Acoustic Nightmare, is scheduled to be released October 2017 from Raw Dog Screaming Press.
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Terminating app due to uncaught exception
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China's proposed national security law could end Hong Kong as we know it
by admin | May 23, 2020 | World News | 0 comments
Long before the Umbrella Movement or last year's sustained political unrest, this reputation was cemented in 2003, when mass marches against a proposed anti-sedition law known as Article 23 succeeded in forcing the government to shelve the legislation. In the 17 years since, despite promises to do so and much prodding from Beijing, no Hong Kong administration has dared restart this process.
This week, Beijing's patience ran out. On the back of more than six months of often violent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong last year, the National People's Congress (NPC), China's rubber-stamp parliament, put forward plans to introduce a national security and anti-sedition law on the city's behalf, bypassing Hong Kong's legislature via a rarely used constitutional backdoor.
The details of the proposed law go far beyond what was put forward in 2003. As well as criminalizing "treason, secession, sedition (and) subversion" against the central government, it will also enable Chinese national security organs to operate in the city "to fulfill relevant duties to safeguard national security in accordance with the law."
Expected to be passed by the NPC later this month and promulgated in Hong Kong soon after, the law will have drastic effects on whole swaths of Hong Kong society, from the city's garrulous and defiant political sphere to media, education and international business.
Broad application
Hong Kong has always prided itself on following the rule of law, with an independent judiciary and civil liberties far beyond what is allowed across the border in mainland China. The type of arbitrary punishment, secret detention and nakedly political prosecution common in the mainland is almost unheard of in the city.
These rights are enshrined within the Basic Law — the city's de facto constitution — and guaranteed (in theory) by an agreement between China and the United Kingdom when Hong Kong was handed over to Chinese rule in 1997. Hong Kong, unlike China, is also party to international treaties guaranteeing various civil liberties.
The new law challenges all of this. By criminalizing such a broad swath of ill-defined acts, it could give the authorities leeway to go after the city's opposition as they see fit.
In China, sweeping national security laws have been used to target human rights activists, lawyers, journalists and pro-democracy campaigners. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died in 2017 after more than a decade behind bars, was convicted of "inciting subversion of state power."
Permitting China's security apparatus to operate in the city also raises the specter of extralegal persecution. Dissidents and activists in China are often disappeared by the authorities or threatened with arrest around sensitive events, and many journalists and lawyers are dragged in to "take tea" with the security services, during which they receive thinly-veiled threats about the potential consequences of their work.
Speaking at a news conference called by opposition lawmakers on Friday, Democratic Party legislator Helena Wong said that even the local government "will not be able to regulate what the agents do in Hong Kong."
Her colleague Claudia Mo told CNN that the news was proof that Beijing "will do anything to rein in Hong Kong at any cost."
"It's clear Beijing couldn't care less anymore what people think," she added.
Implementation of the law in Hong Kong could also prove to be a nightmare for the city's courts — which operate separately to the Chinese legal system and free of the political pressures put on mainland judges.
This does not mean the law is at much risk of being overturned, however. The NPC is the court of final appeal in Hong Kong and can issue an "interpretation" of any constitutional issue, essentially rewriting the Basic Law on the fly.
But the confusion and uncertainty the new rules may create, and a potential prolonged fight in the courts, could pose a major blow to the city's reputation for upholding the rule of law, which has long been seen as vital for Hong Kong's position as an international finance and business hub.
Chilling effect
Unlike the proposed extradition bill that kicked off last year's unrest, the scope and effects of the anti-sedition law could be broad and society-wide. A major chilling effect can be expected on the city's media and political spheres — journalist groups have long warned of increasing self-censorship as pressure from Beijing has increased and newspapers and television stations came under the control of Chinese owners.
The fate of the city's large international press corps is unclear. At present, foreign journalists are free to work in Hong Kong unimpeded by the type of visa and other restrictions imposed on colleagues in China, but ahead of the new law there were already indications that this was coming to a close. New controls on reporting in Hong Kong could see many media organizations relocate from the city, traditionally a base for reporting on the wider Asia region.
A crackdown on the city's legislature, where pro-democracy lawmakers hold around a third of seats, could also be a result. In recent years, lawmakers have been expelled from the body and some candidates have been barred from standing on political grounds. The new law could give Hong Kong authorities a broader remit to remove obstructive lawmakers from their positions or even prosecute them for blocking key legislation, particularly on national security grounds.
The effects of the proposed change will likely be felt outside the city too. US Senators are due to issue an assessment under the Hong Kong Democracy and Human Rights Act (HKDA) on whether the city remains sufficiently autonomous from China to justify its special trading status. It's difficult to see how Beijing bypassing Hong Kong's parliament and legislating on its behalf won't shape this decision.
Late Thursday, several US lawmakers promised to impose sanctions against Chinese and Hong Kong officials responsible for imposing the law, which they described as a "gross violation" of China's agreement with the UK to preserve the city's freedoms when it assumed sovereignty in 1997.
Beijing may be counting on the fact that the coronavirus pandemic has weakened the ability and determination of the international community to pressure it over Hong Kong — the UK in particular, newly outside of the European Union, is dependent on increased trade with China to boost its flagging economy.
With the new rules being imposed from on high, leap-frogging Hong Kong's legislature, it is unclear what protesters or opposition lawmakers can do to prevent them becoming law. Legislators succeeded in filibustering a proposed law criminalizing any insult of China's national anthem for years, while protesters physically blocked the parliament last year and prevented further discussion of the loathed extradition bill. Neither tactic would work against the new national security law.
The timing, coming as coronavirus restrictions are still in place in Hong Kong, which is only just getting its domestic epidemic fully under control, could mean that people are less willing to join mass protests than they were last year.
Nevertheless, amid widespread despair late Thursday night, Nathan Law, a former lawmaker and leader of the 2014 protests, called on people not to give up entirely: "At this time last year, didn't we all think the extradition law would definitely be passed? Hong Kong people can always create miracles."


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Kymlicka extends his well known and widely respected defense of a liberal conception of multiculturalism to all states of the world, and asks causal questions about why liberal multiculturalism is spreading internationally.
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Jung offers a normatively informed and empirically grounded critique of approaches that justify minority rights on the basis of the need to protect culture.
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Bohman notes the extensive interdependence that characterizes the new circumstances of global politics, and argues that states have reacted either by strengthening state boundaries and increasing centralized authority or by delegating political authority.
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Barry and Reddy challenge us to envision a world where workers everywhere can make a living wage in safe conditions and globalization does not drive us to compete in a desperate "race to the bottom."
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