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Utah Bans Transgender Surgeries and Puberty Blockers for Children
Utah has become the first state in 2023 to ban most youth from receiving transgender surgery and puberty blockers. The legislation, SB16, passed the state Senate on Friday with a vote of 20–8; two Republican state senators joined with the chamber's six Democrats in voting against the bill. Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox had ten days […]
NY Republican Lawmakers Demand Biden Answer for Bringing His Border 'Catastrophe' to Small Towns
Five Republican members of Congress from New York sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Wednesday, demanding transparency about his administration's "secrecy" involving migrant relocation operations and expressing outrage that these operations have now expanded into rural upstate New York communities. "We write following reports that your administration is actively settling migrants in Upstate […]
Gun Rights in the Crosshairs as Gov. Whitmer Pushes Red Flag Laws in Michigan
Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer outlined her three-pronged approach to gun reform in what was her fifth State of the State address on Wednesday, saying "The time for only thoughts and prayers are over." Addressing the full Legislature in the House chamber, Whitmer called for enacting universal background checks, safe gun storage laws, and extreme […]
Iowa Governor Signs 'Students First Act,' Creating Education Savings Accounts for All K-12 Students
Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the "Students First Act" on Tuesday, which creates tax-funded Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) that eventually will become available for all K-12 students across the state with no income limits. "What a great day for our children!" Reynolds exclaimed to a crowd that included children, parents, lawmakers, and supporters of […]
Treasury to Divert Money From Federal Retirement Fund to Stave Off Debt Default
The Treasury Department will take additional "extraordinary measures" to temporarily delay the U.S. government "breaching the statutory debt limit," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told congressional leaders in a letter on Tuesday. The department will suspend "fully" investing in a securities investment fund known as "Fund G," which is part of the Federal Employees' Retirement System, […]
Judicial Watch Sues HHS for Failure to Respond to FOIA Request About Government-Funded Fetal Organ 'Chop Shop'
Judicial Watch announced on Jan. 10 that it recently filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for communication records involving the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the use of human fetal tissue. The government watchdog group filed the lawsuit (pdf) on Oct. 7, […]
Manchin Calls White House Stand to Not Negotiate With Republicans on Debt Ceiling a 'Mistake'
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said on Sunday that it's a "mistake" that the White House won't negotiate with Republicans on the debt ceiling limit. The senator made his comments on CNN'S Sunday "State of the Union" program when Dana Bash, the show's host, asked his opinion regarding the recent White House statement […]
New USDA Rules Ramp Up Oversight of Organic Food, Crack Down on Fraud
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated its rules on Thursday in an effort to weed out fraud and boost consumer confidence in foods labeled "organic." "Protecting and growing the organic sector and the trusted USDA organic seal is a key part of the USDA Food Systems Transformation initiative," USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and […]
Proposed Bill in Connecticut Allows Children 12 and Up to Get Vaccines Without Parental Consent
A bill proposed to the Connecticut State Legislature, if passed, will allow minors as young as 12 to receive vaccines without parental consent. Democratic Connecticut state Rep. Kevin Ryan on Tuesday introduced Bill No. 5480, which would amend the state's current general statute by "allowing children twelve years of age and older to receive a […]
Recent Studies Suggest mRNA Vaccinations Reduce Body's Immune Response to COVID-19
Two peer-reviewed German studies, published three weeks apart, found that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause recipients to produce a type of antibody that is less effective against the virus over time. This type of antibody is classified as IgG4. The first study, published in Science Immunology on Dec. 22 and titled, "Class Switch Toward Non-Inflammatory, Spike-Specific […]
CNET's Use of AI to Write Articles Sparks Concern
Popular tech news outlet CNET was recently outed for publishing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated articles about personal finance for months without making any prior public announcement or disclosure to its readers. Online marketer and Authority Hacker co-founder Gael Breton first made the discovery and posted it to Twitter on Jan. 11, where he said that CNET […]
No Serious Adverse Events After COVID-19 Vaccination in Children With History of Rare Syndrome: Study
A study published in JAMA Network Open on Jan. 3 found that children and adolescents with a history of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C), a rare and potentially fatal immune reaction to COVID-19 infection, reported no serious complications after receiving COVID-19 vaccinations. "We are very reassured by the results," said Dr. Matthew Elias, an attending cardiologist […]
NYC Mayor Upset Over Democratic-Led Colorado Busing Migrants to City
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday accused Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a fellow Democrat, of behaving like the Republican governors across the United States who've sent thousands of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers to his city since last spring, often without coordination or collaboration. According to the New York Post, as of Jan. […]
Fox Dominates Cable News Ratings While MSNBC and CNN Continue to Struggle
A general downward trend continued for cable news consumption in 2022, with the left-leaning MSNBC and CNN networks particularly hard hit, according to the latest Nielsen Media Research ratings. Despite 2022 being a newsworthy year, opening with the Jan. 6 hearings and Russia's invasion of Ukraine and moving forward with coverage of the economy and […]
About 50 Percent of Americans Say They Don't Need New COVID-19 Booster: Kaiser Poll
About half of the U.S. adult population say they don't need the latest COVID-19 booster while just under a quarter have already taken the jab, according to a recent poll. The findings come despite a Biden administration push to vaccinate during the holiday season. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) COVID-19 Monitor poll, only […]
Millions Receive Loan Forgiveness Email in Error, Dashing Hopes
About nine million people who had applied for President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan received an email saying they were approved, and then weeks later they received another email saying that the first email was inaccurate because legal challenges to the plan have forced it to be put on hold. A first wave of […]
Lawmakers Push to Regulate Crypto Industry as FTX Investigations Open
On Dec. 13, the House Financial Services Committee held Part One of its "Investigating the Collapse of FTX" hearings, where current FTX CEO John J. Ray III testified and Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of the failed crypto exchange, was scheduled to appear remotely until his arrest in the Bahamas on Monday interfered. […]
RNC Chair Race Heats Up as New Contenders Emerge and Grassroots Call for McDaniel to Resign
Two contenders have thrown their hats in the ring to challenge incumbent Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who is seeking a fourth term leading the party. The news came as another potential contender, defeated Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, declined to run, calling futile any endeavor to unseat McDaniel's "pre-baked by […]
Rep. Babin Calls on Biden Administration to Address Border Crisis
As Title 42 is set to expire on Dec. 21, the Biden administration is getting pressured from both Democrats and Republicans to keep the policy in place and come up with a plan to address the ever-increasing crisis brewing on the southern border. NTD's "Capitol Report" spoke with two critics in two separate interviews about […]
Chapman University Presents Its Economic Forecast, Celebrates Its 45th Anniversary
Chapman University's Anderson Center for Economic Research will present its annual economic forecast on Tuesday, Dec. 13, marking its 45th anniversary. This year's speakers include two current Chapman University faculty members: President Emeritus of Chapman University Dr. James Doti and Dr. Fadel Lawandy, the director of both the C. Larry Hoag Center for Real Estate […]
CECC Holds Hearing on 'Two Decades of Human Rights Abuse and Defense in China'
The Congressional Executive Commission on China will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 13, entitled, "CECC at 20: Two Decades of Human Rights Abuse and Defense in China," to hear testimony on China's current domestic situation and international legal landscape as part of its continual effort to monitor and assess the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) […]
Tensions in Boston Area Town Escalate Over Library Christmas Tree Dispute
The decision to not display a Christmas tree at a public library has ignited controversy, including threats and bullying, in Dedham, a town of 25,000 located 30 minutes southwest of Boston. The controversy first arose on Dec. 2 when Lisa Desmond, the Dedham Public Library's Endicott branch supervisor, went to social media about the decision that […]
American Girl's Promotion of Gender Questioning to Girls With Body Image Issues Spark Concern
Famous toy brand American Girl sparked controversy this holiday season over a recently published guidebook for "tweens" that promotes gender questioning and gives girls, struggling with body image, information about transitioning and puberty-blocking drugs. The 96-page book, "A Smart Girls' Guide: Body Image" with the subtitle "how to love yourself, live life to the fullest, […]
House Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Address Spike in Border Patrol Suicides
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers held a press conference outside the Capitol yesterday to introduce a bill to address the high rates of suicide among agents within U.S. Custom and Border Protection. Joining Gonzales were three Republican Congressmen; Reps. Mayra Flores (Texas), Nicole Malliotakis (N.Y.) and Monica De La Cruz […]
Lake Calls Twitter 'Propaganda Arm' of Government as Hobbs Denies Censorship Allegations
Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, during a Dec. 5 appearance on Fox's Tucker Carlson Tonight, called "frightening" a recent report alleging that the Arizona Secretary of State's office, under Governor-elect Katie Hobbs, colluded with Twitter to censor free speech. "It is frightening what's happening with Twitter," Lake said. "This is a propaganda arm of […]
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New Delhi: She writes poetic prose, employs redolent metaphors and evokes utmost admiration for her novelistic virtues. Arundhati Roy is anything but a boring author.
"Much of my non-fiction writing is an argument, but fiction is where you create a universe through which you invite a reader to walk. It is much more complex. For me, it is the most satisfying thing. When I write fiction, I feel like I am using all my skills, it delights me the most," Roy told PTI in an interview.
"This was an attempt to deal with something more complex. 'The God of Small Things' is about a family and people understand those coordinates, whereas 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness' starts out with a shattered heart, it starts out with people who are strange to normal people… It is a more complex book and needs many many readings," she said.
A major part of Roy's second novel is set in Kashmir. She has written about its longstanding conflict in her essays, but feels only fiction can do justice to its story.
"Right from the first time I started going to Kashmir, I realised that only fiction can deal with it. The fiction writer in me started going round and round. You can't tell it (story) through human rights reports or journalistic accounts," she said.


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From farm to store, many take a bite
A worker loads cabbages on 1.5-ton truck in Jindo, South Jeolla, early this month. The cabbages will travel through many distribution stages. By Chang Jung-hoon
"The government wants to streamline the distribution process?" said Kim Kyung-jae as he harvested winter Napa cabbage early this month on his patch of land at Jeongja village, Jindo, South Jeolla. "It's impossible under the current circumstances. It's better to sell cabbages to dealers, even at 400 to 500 won (36 cents to 45 cents) per head.
"When farmers trade directly with the wholesale or retail market, they bear all related risks themselves. In such circumstances, isn't it too much to just blame the distribution process?"
Obviously, the view in Korea's fields does not necessarily reflect opinion in urban areas. When customers in Seoul pay about six times more for a head of cabbage than it costs farmers to produce, questions are raised, especially at a time when the administration of President Park Geun-hye has promised to get prices for fresh produce under control.
The president has targeted the distribution process, which she characterizes as needlessly complex and expensive. She says she will cut the distribution structure for produce and livestock to two steps from as many as seven. It is not the first time government officials have pledged to reform Korea's food distribution. Yet several attempts going back to the Kim Dae-jung administration have borne no fruit.
In a field a 10-minute drive away from Kim's patch, five workers were busy harvesting cabbage at a 990-square-meter (10,656-square-foot) field that had been bought last August for 3.3 million won by 43-year-old farm dealer Joo Young-bae.
Joo paid 800 won for 3.3 kilograms (7.3 pounds) of grade A cabbage. Of that, 350 to 400 won was for seed and 200 to 250 won for fertilizer and labor, with a margin of 200 won.
"For small farmers, it is difficult to prepare for unexpected natural disasters, such as typhoons and cold spells," said Joo.
"In situations where the vast majority are small family farms and aged farmers, dealers are in part necessary," said Chang Hee-sung, a vegetable buyer for E-Mart. "Farmers can receive up front payments and wholesalers can reduce the risks of low yields by entrusting the supply to the dealers."
After the harvest, the price of a head of Napa cabbage jumps from 800 won to 3,200 won through the intermediate stages of distribution.
The labor cost in harvesting a head of Napa cabbage is 200 won and mesh for packaging is 150 won. Transportation from Jindo, Jeolla, to Seoul is 350 won per head, and the cost for loss and maintenance is about 1,500 won to 1,700 won per head, or about 5,000 won for one mesh package containing three heads.
"Because we already gave an up -front payment to farmers, we are forced to add any costs related to low yield to the price," said Joo. "It is normal to reap 10 heads of cabbage per pyeong (36 square feet), but we could only harvest seven due to last summer's typhoon and the early cold wave."
The intermediate process of distribution does not end here. Cabbages sold to dealers change hands two or three more times before arriving at auction.
"Reselling practices emerge since even though we need a total of 100,000 heads of cabbage, we only purchase 50,000 heads from farmers and the rest later considering price fluctuations," said Joo. "It's a kind of portfolio strategy to reduce risks."
"Prices of fresh produce fluctuate frequently because production varies while demand remains steady," said Lee Cheon-il, distribution policy officer at the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. "Therefore, distributors at farms and fields are becoming more speculative."
Cabbages subject to dealer-to-dealer transactions arrive at Garak Market, the wholesale market for agriculture and fishery products, in Garak-dong, southeastern Seoul, at 10:30 p.m., about 12 hours after being harvested.
"Since they are the finest cabbages, these must take the highest bid today. Come on, come on, make your decisions," said an auction dealer at Garak Market.
The commission merchants, or middlemen, officially registered to Garak Market's fruit and vegetable vendors all have their wireless electronic bidders. Only 30 seconds after they enter the desired price, the winning bidder was determined.
The cabbages carried in three 4.5-ton trucks were taken by a middleman for 13,200 won per mesh, or three heads. Since there are 900 meshes per truck ( 2,700 heads), he paid 11.6 million won, or 4,300 won per head.
"When the crop is not good, like this winter, margins from the auction process are greater than usual," said 55-year-old Shin Moon-soo, known as the big player in the vegetable wholesale market. "If farm dealers had directly made contracts with large discount chains and retailers in advance prior to the harvesting, this would not have happened,".
When asked about private contracts between dealers and retailers that became possible last year due to the revision of the Agricultural and Fishery Marketing and Price Stabilization Act, Shin said, "Vegetables still come to Garak-dong and fishery products still go to Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market."
"In order to improve the old fresh food distribution structure, the government should create regional wholesale markets at several places, so that wholesale markets could compete with each other," said Ha Ik-seong, section chief at Shinsegae Distribution Industry Institute.
The cabbages passed down to the middleman went to retailers on the spot, including a kimchi factory, small vegetable stores, traditional markets and large discount store chains.
The retail margin is about 500 won on average, which includes about 200 won per head in profit. The auction fee is about 200 won, 1.5 to 2 percent of the auction price.
So the head of cabbage that cost farm dealer Joo Young-bae 800 won, retails for 5,000 won to 5,300 won.
"It is essential to produce standardized products from farms and fields and send them to market after determining the qualities by themselves in order to increase direct trading and reduce the distribution process," said Lee Heon-mok, director at the Korea Institute of Agribusiness Management. "In the long term, there should be larger and specialized farming corporations such as America's Sunkist and New Zealand's Zespri, which will replace the farm dealers."
By Kim Jung-yoon [kjy@joongang.co.kr]
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The Guardian has revealed that the Labour Party – whose support for HSR couldn't have been clearer going into the 2010 Election Campaign – now takes the view that expenditure on high-speed rail will have to be examined along with all other areas of public expenditure by a future Labour Government.
According to Transport Correspondent Dan Milmo, Angela Eagle questioned the economic case for the scheme and suggested that if the Government wanted to reduce the north-south divide – which Prime Minister David Cameron has identified as one of the transformational benefits of high-speed rail – he would do better to reinstate the regional development agencies to boost northern England.
These are, of course, the same regional development agencies that have pro-actively supported the development of high-speed rail as a key contributor to economic growth and regeneration in the regions.
In reality, it's not either high-speed rail or regional development agencies. The north needs much better connectivity if it is to contribute to re-balancing the economy. To exploit the transformational connectivity change that high-speed rail offers, the north needs to have in place plans that facilitate the kind of major investment and development that will be attracted as a result.
And neither is it a simplistic equation of spending £17bn to cut journey times by 'only 30 minutes' as Maria Eagle is reported to have said. High-speed rail adds capacity to the national transport system, and it is the only sustainable way of doing so.


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Hector E. Quiroga is an immigration attorney and a professor of law at Gonzaga University Law School. Hector immigrated to the United States in January, 2000. He spoke no English but had a strong desire to become an immigration lawyer. Hector worked in many jobs to support his career (from unloading trucks, to washing dishes, to installing antennas). He learned and mastered English and settled in Spokane, Washington. He graduated with honors and attended Gonzaga School of Law, where he graduated top of his class. He was part of the University Moot Court Room, where he earned distinguished awards.
More importantly, Hector's passion for the American Dream has made him perfect advocate for those seeking legal status in the United States. Hector lived it. Today he is a citizen of the United States. He remembers vividly what it feels like to have a visa, a green card, and to apply and acquire citizenship to Untied States.
Hector is a husband and a father. He enjoys coaching soccer (a team of 12 kids 9 to 10 year olds). He founded the Quiroga Law Office, PLLC in 2009, with his wife, also an immigration attorney. Today, the law firm has offices in Spokane and Tri Cities and employs 25 people, including 7 lawyers. Hector and his team help and protect immigrants like themselves achieve the American Dream.
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Q. Was there a change of service centers?
A: USCIS spreads the petitions among the service center based on the type of petition. They also try to balance the workload between the centers.
Q. Must I update my citizenship status if I file my I-130 as a permanent resident?
A: Your son can "opt out" of the F-1 priority date, meaning he can continue processing under the F2B category.
Q. citizenship process
A: It depends on where you live. Visit this website to see: https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/
Q. Can I live in US based on grounds that my entire family is here after my Visa expires
A: That is not sufficient to remain in the US. Any one who is able to petition for you should do it as soon as possible so your time out of the US is as short as possible. Consult with an immigration attorney.
Q. initally a naturalized citizen.felony jail. To be deported now sayin not naturalized. If i marry can he stay
A: There is no guarantee of that; it depends on the felony. He needs to speak with an immigration attorney.
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A: The only thing we could say with certainty is that your visa was. Simply because your visa was denied because you could not show strong ties to your country does not mean that the misrepresentation was not noted.
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A: Most of your question is family law based, but as the question about US citizenship: because they were born in the US, they are US citizens.
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These NBA players get real about guns — and they don't hold back.
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Reigning NBA MVP Steph Curry has an adorable 3-year-old daughter named Riley.
Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images.
He takes her everywhere he goes.
Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images.
She's even been known to take over a press conference or two.
GIF via Ziba Lubaj/YouTube.
Like any father, the thought of losing his daughter to a sudden, tragic act of violence is too terrible for Curry to contemplate.
With Riley in mind, Curry — and several of his NBA colleagues — made a video calling for an end to the unacceptable plague of gun deaths in America.
GIFs by Everytown for Gun Safety/YouTube.
The fear of losing a child to gun violence cuts across the generations.
Later in the video, the Clippers' Chris Paul talks about growing up with the fear of becoming a statistic.
The Knicks' Carmelo Anthony is even blunter.
While tragedies like San Bernardino and Sandy Hook grab the headlines — for good reason — this problem goes far beyond high-profile mass shootings.
In 2011, gun violence claimed the lives of over 30,000 Americans. A Bloomberg analysis estimates that more people will be killed by guns in 2015 than in car crashes.
Ending gun violence is often a controversial subject — but it doesn't have to be.
A makeshift memorial for the victims of the San Bernardino, California, mass shooting. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images.
Any discussion of placing new restrictions or conditions on gun ownership tends to devolve into a shouting match between well-meaning people on both sides. It tends to get very emotional, as issues of life and death often do.
The good news is, we all want the same thing: fewer people killed in shootings.
The better news is, we mostly agree on the first steps toward getting there. An overwhelming majority of Americans support background checks for gun purchases — including a majority of NRA members. A similarly vast majority is in favor of closing the gun-show loophole, which allows firearm sales by private dealers without background checks.
These are common-sense reforms we can all get behind.
Because regardless of where you stand on the issue, the Bulls' Joakim Noah hits the nail on the head.
Watch the NBA stars — as well as ordinary Americans whose lives have been upended by gun violence — get real about what it's going to take below.


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North DeSoto, Benton athletes have big days at state track and field championships.
BATON ROUGE -- Two field event specialist from District 1-4A struck gold Saturday at the LHSAA/Allstate Sugar Bowl Track and Field Meet. North DeSoto's Johnny Mitchell was a double champion and Benton's Taylor Davis successfully defended her girls high jump title.
Mitchell's day started with shot put where he had an effort of 52-10.75, a little over two inches better than Tara's Princeton Pines.
He returned later in the discus and was able to get off a throw of 152-7, beating Breaux Bridge's Jontrell Steward by 18 inches.
Mitchell, who finished second in the discus last year, has come on as the season has progressed, and saved his best for the last meet -- improving two feet on his previous personal best in both events.
"He had been down here before and did not perform well in the shot put, but he put it all together today," Madison said.
Davis, a junior, won the high jump a year ago and defended her title this year jumping 5-6, two inches under her personal best. Three other athletes tied for second at 5-4.
In the triple jump, Davis finished fourth, the same place she finished a year ago, with a jump of 37-4.5. Teurlings Catholic's Tyler Alcorn won the triple jump (39-2.5).
Other area athletes winning state championships in the field events include Loyola's Lucas Jackson, who successfully defended his 3A state title in the javelin with a throw of 186-0, beating St. Louis' Eli Gaughan by three feet.
State championships on the track were a little tougher to come by for area athletes. Huntington's Elijah Johnson won the 4A boys 110 hurdles (14.48) and Byrd's LaDann Thomas won the 800 meters (1:57.44). North Webster's quartet of Liberty Henderson, Dreunna Washington, Paradise Ford, and Jada Greenard won both the 800 and 400 meter relays by wide margins, setting school records in both events.
Also setting a school record on Saturday was Airline's Will Dart who finished second in the Class 5A 3,200 at 9:35. Dart was fourth in the 1,600 with a PR of 4:21.
North Webster's record-setting quartet helped boost the team in the standings.
Caraway credited coach Andre Washington for his work with the relay teams, which include his daughter -- Dreunna, who also finished second in the long jump (17-5.25) and third in the 200 meters (25.31).
Lafayette High's Armand "Mondo" Duplantis closed out a storied high school career by earning his eighth state title (four indoors and four outdoors) with a jump of 19-5.5 in the pole vault to break his own world junior record which he set earlier this year at the Texas Relays.
His father and coach, Greg, who was an All-State pole vaulter for Holy Cross -- setting the state record of 15-4 as freshman in 1978 and improving on it every year -- wanted his son to stop after he cleared 19-1 and rest for the 100 meters. The teenage son had other plans.
Things didn't totally go according to plan for Duplantis, who came into the 5A 100 meters with the fastest qualifying time of 10.57. Approximately 20 minutes after finishing up with reporters at the pole vault, Duplantis was getting into the blocks for the 100. He finished last with a 10.74. Scottlandville's Dorian Camel and Trenton Charles finished first and second. Camel won with a time of 10.39.
Duplantis' sister -- Johanna -- also won a state championship for Lafayette High in the girls 5A pole vault with a jump of 11-6, beating Fountainebleau's Gaby Bird on fewer misses.


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1) Consider a business strategy for the perfect P&C personal lines company. What do you think a company needs to succeed in 2013 and beyond? Perhaps pointing to something you like or don't like about a particular company might be helpful. This is not about your preferences—this about accomplishing goals.
2) Consider all of the risks and external forces acting on a P&C insurer's financial management and the tools to manage those risks and forces. List five of the most important risks and/or forces (there are no exact five, but regulators would certainly be one) and explain how each one would affect the financial management of the company.
3) Think about how an insurance company chooses its risks (both assets and liabilities). Explain the underwriting process and how insurers and banks operate in similar ways in taking risks in search of profit. This is not an easy question to answer completely in four pages so be careful.
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This is a portrait of a lady who is blind clinching on a stick and the head cupped.
The style depicts a historical theme.
The sculpture is white marble. It has contrasting lighter and darker hues with natural shadowing. The shadows even make the subject appear to have eyelashes.
The sculpture is anatomically correct. It is standing vertically.
The sculpture is objective as it depicts some historical themes.
No intended patron but rather artist gained inspiration from literature.
The sculpture is cast from marble.
It is then engraved to bring out the hair and the clothing of the blind lady depicted in the portrait.
The statue stands approximately 139.7 cm tall. When standing on the museum pedestal the sculpture is on sight with he viewer.
The lighting shadows the right areas to be viewed properly at an eye level.
The marble is very smooth and flat on handling.
After the smoothening and flattening it is then oiled to make it shiny.
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This also makes the sculpture look so realistic that you may imagine that it wants to take off.
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News2015 Federal Elections
Voter turnout similar to election four years ago
Thursday, Oct. 22nd, 2015
Voter turnout was about the same in 2011 as it was during this election. In 2011 the turnout was about 65 per cent and in this election it was 67 per cent. Meanwhile Tony Clement had a much more dominant win against the Liberal candidate in 2011 with a 55 per cent win, while Liberal Cindy Waters was 30 per cent behind. In this election Clement was able to win with 43 per cent of the vote but Liberal Trisha Cowie was not far behind with 38 per cent.


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Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)
Anna Karenina moves in the esteemed circles of St. Petersburg society. She appears to have all the trappings of wealth, a high-ranking husband and a lovely son. Yet, this is not enough for Anna. An affair with Count Vronsky brings excitement for Anna but in its wake follows scandal, jealousy, bitterness and destruction. "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Anna Karenina has been listed the "Greatest Book of all Time" in Time Magazine, January 2007.
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Shakespeare's best known play and the most quoted work of the English language.
Hamlet's father is dead and he struggles with the desire for revenge. The play uses this backdrop to explore intrigue, incest, desire, and what is important in life.
Regularly included in lists of the greatest works of all time.
Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880)
A seminal work of Realism, and one of the most influential novels ever written.
"What is remarkable in Madame Bovary is that its mediocre beings, with their earthbound ambitions and pedestrian problems, impress us, by virtue of the structure and the writing that create them, as beings who are out of the ordinary within their ordinary manner of being." - Mario Vargas Llosa, in The Perpetual Orgy
The novel focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, as she spirals out of control trying to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life.
George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
Widely seen as Eliot's greatest work, it is almost unanimously acclaimed as one of the great Victorian era novels. George Eliot (aka Mary Anne Evans) interweaves the diverse lives and changing fortunes in a provincial community to create a richly nuanced and moving drama. Hailed by Virginia Woolf in The Times Literary Supplement, 1919 as 'one of the few English novels written for grown-up people'.
The Horse-Stealers & Other Stories
Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904)
Chekhov is now the most popular playwright in the English-speaking world after Shakespeare, but many think that his short stories are his greatest achievement. Raymond Carver said: 'Chekhov's stories are as wonderful (and necessary) now as when they first appeared. ...he produced masterpieces, stories that shrive us as well as delight and move us, that lay bare our emotions in ways only true art can accomplish.' Chekhov's stories are ranked No.9 on Time magazine's list of the "10 Greatest Books of all time", January 2007.
The Lady With the Dog & Other Stories
The Lady With the Dog is one of Chekhov's most famous stories. What seems like a brief affair between two married people becomes a threat to their family lives as they find they cannot forget each other. Chekhov is now the most popular playwright in the English-speaking world after Shakespeare, but many think that his short stories are his greatest achievement. Chekhov's stories are ranked No.9 on Time magazine's list of the "10 Greatest Books of all time", January 2007.


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Q: multiple inbound database endpoint in 1 flow I am trying to create one flow where there could potentially be more than one database inbound end-point. The flow goes as follows:

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*Get rows from table X database A for rows with X.status (table X column status) = 'new'.

*Get rows from table Y database B where Y.some_id = X.another_id. X is rows retrieved data from step(1).

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*Insert new rows into table Z database B.

I realized that there could be one database inbound end-point. Is there any way I could accomplish this with Mule ?
Environment: Mule 3.4

A: You can declare multiple message sources in your flow by leveraging the <composite-source />scope.
Basically your flow would look like this:
<flow ... >
<composite-source>
<jdbc:inbound-endpoint ... />
<jdbc:inbound-endpoint ... />
</composite-source>
...
</flow>

This documentation page should provide you more informations on the topc

A: Your first DB call will be inbound and the second one will be outbound. Since the first DB call is reading from the database it will be inbound while the second one is receiving data which implies that it will be an outbound call.
step 1) Inbound database call - Read from database-A (table-X, column-status).
Step 2) The result (payload) will most likely be a list or a list of maps. You can query the individual fields using groovy script and setup a flow variable. for example

Because you have multiple rows coming in it is important to use the collection splitter to split every row of records.
To query status variable: #[flowVars['Var']['status']]. Similarly you can query for the remaining fields.
Now that you have your dataset ready from database A, write a query for your database B and use the flow variable (explained above) to query for Y.some_id. eg "where Y.some_id=#[flowVars['Var']['another_id']]"
Step 3) In the same outbound connection you can do the insert in database B (table-Z). What makes all this possible is because you are using specific database connectors.
A couple of advise:
1) Make database connectors and queries global (before the flow)
2) Use HTTP outbound endpoint so that you can control your flows run from a browser.
Hope this helps.

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France Presidential Election: Who Is 'French Tony Blair' Emmanuel Macron?
By Josh Lowe On 11/8/16 at 9:25 AM EST
French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, London, April 17. Jeff Overs/BBC/Handout/Reuters
World French Politics European Politics Emmanuel Macron Francois Hollande
One of Europe's biggest will-he-won't-he stories came to a close Tuesday with an answer: Il le fera! (That's "he's gonna do it" in French, for the uncultured among you).
Emmanuel Macron, the ex-banker, former economy minister and lover of turtlenecks (see here for a glorious example) is to make a bid for the presidency in the 2017 election, his aides have told AFP.
Macron, born in Amiens in 1977 and educated like much of France's political elite at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Strasbourg, has been described as the "French Tony Blair." The comparison has its limitations, but there are some useful parallels.
Where Blair has been described as a kind of centrist entrant to the British Labour Party (the British politician Roy Jenkins once said he "climbed up the building from the outside"), Macron was parachuted into President Francois Hollande's Socialist administration without winning an election or even being a party member, leaving a career in finance to become Hollande's deputy chief of staff in 2012.
Blair, along with then-U.S. President Bill Clinton, espoused a "third way" ideology, aimed at dragging traditional parties of the left towards a more liberal economic approach and grabbing new votes.
Macron was a member of the "Les Gracques" clique of reformist left-wing economists who wanted to pull off a similar trick with the Socialists in the late 00s, and in the Hollande government became associated with pushes for economic liberalization, including controversial labor market reforms that went on to spark formidable union opposition.
Now, Macron will hope that, despite rising populism and concern about globalization, immigration and the erosion of traditional social mores, France can be persuaded to back a "third way" just like Britain did in 1997.
Unlike Blair, though, or other reformist left wingers like Italy's Matteo Renzi, Macron lacks the backing of a party, enjoying the support only of his own freshly launched "En Marche!" political movement.
Once he formally declares a presidency bid (AFP reports he'll do so by December 10), he faces a tough fight. The presidential field is broad, and contains right-wingers including former president Nicolas Sarkozy and popular ex-Prime Minister Alain Juppé, insurgents like Socialist left-winger Benoît Hamon, and scourge of the political elite Marine le Pen, the National Front leader predicted to ride a wave of popular discontent and anti-immigrant sentiment at least as far as the second round of voting.
A poll last month by Kantar Sofres-OnePoint put Macron at 14 percent, ahead of Hollande (9 percent), but trailing le Pen and Juppé, who each had the support of 28 percent. Gut instinct tells any global political observer that 2016/17 is not the easiest time to stand on a centrist, reformist, technocratic platform in a crowded field amid turmoil in Europe.
But Macron is a shrewd political thinker who knows when to stick to his beliefs and when to play the game (he opposed the sale of French video start-up Dailymotion to a Chinese company, against his free-market instincts, for example). He's got a lot ranged against him and there are good reasons to think he'll crash. But with politics as unpredictable as they are, it would be a mistake to write him off.
"I think it's too soon to say the center has been defeated. Ultimately, I don't think it will," Blair said recently. Will 2017 be the year he's proved right?
France's Emmanuel Macron Sparks Row Over Wealth Tax
Hollande, Merkel Push Tough Brexit Stance
Le Pen to Merkel: Keep Out of French Politics


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Der Müllerbach ist ein etwa 4,95 km langes Fließgewässer, das von der Dornbirner Ach bei Flusskilometer 16,83 als Werkkanal etwa bei  abgezweigt wird (Tiroler Wehr) und bis zu 2200 Liter/Sekunde führen kann. Er fließt ausschließlich durch das Gebiet der Stadt Dornbirn (Vorarlberg). Der Müllerbach beginnt parallel zur Dornbirner Ach in der Höhe der Parzelle Enz (etwas unterhalb des Waldbad Enz) im Süd-Osten der Stadt und fließt in einem großen Bogen nach Nord-Westen. Im unteren Bereich des Stadtteils Forach hat er durchschnittlich noch etwa 1600 Liter/Sekunde Wasserführung (Kraftwerk Forach).

Das Gewässer ist auf seinem gesamten Verlauf eingedämmt. Der direkte Zugang ist wegen Überbauungen und Verrohrungen teilweise nicht mehr möglich.

Geschichte
1585 standen nach einem landesfürstlichen Rechnungsbuch in Dornbirn folgende Mühlen in Verwendung: die Mühle, genannt die Segen (die Sägemühle, nach der die Siedlung Sägen benannt ist), die Mühlen in der Kehlen und in Adelsgehr, die Schnellenmüli am Stiglbach (Haselstauderbach), die untere Mühle am Stiglbach, die Mühlen in Völckistobel, im Ried (die alte Riedmühle), an der Dornbirnerach, die untere und die obere Mühle am Steinebach, die Mühle im Schnellen, eine Säge in der Achmühle, eine Schleifmühle und Wasserhammer ohne Ortsangabe sowie eine Schleifmühle am Gießen, einem Vorgängerkanal des Müllerbachs.

Der Müllerbach wurde als künstliches Fließgewässer (Werkkanal) bereits im 17. Jahrhundert erweitert angelegt und verlief oberhalb der Parzelle Sägen bis zur Parzelle Schmelzhütten (etwa beim Gasthaus Helvetia) und mündete dort wieder in die Dornbirner Ach. Bereits im 14. Jahrhundert soll ein "Müllerbach" als kurze Ausleitung aus der Dornbirner Ach zur Nutzung einer ersten Achmühle entstanden sein.

Im Laufe der Zeit kamen immer mehr Unternehmen und Kraftwerke hinzu, so dass der Kanal nach oben und unten immer weiter verlängert wurde.

Der Unternehmer und Dornbirner Textilpionier Karl Ulmer (1773–1846) ließ den Kanal um 1815 von der Parzelle Schmitten etwa weitere zwei Kilometer bis zum Karlsgraben verlängern, um die Wasserkraft für seine Fabrik (z. B. Webmaschinen) zu nutzen. 1831 wurde die Fassung des Müllerbaches in der Enz im Zuge der Einwuhrung der Dornbirner Ache letztmals geändert. In dieser Länge und Führung besteht der Kanal bis heute.

Zuflüsse – Abflüsse
Der Müllerbach hat zwei relevante Zuflüsse und einen Abfluss von bzw. zu anderen Obergewässern. Bei Flusskilometer 4,39 besteht die Möglichkeit und das Recht, dem kreuzenden Gechelbach Wasser bis max. 200 l/sek für den Müllerbach zu entnehmen. Kurz vor dem Zusammenfluss des Müllerbaches mit dem Karlsgraben mündet der Dorfer Feuergraben bei etwa Flusskilometer 0,10 in den Müllerbach. Im Bereich des Werkhofes der Stadt Dornbirn in der Vorderen Achmühle besteht ein unterirdischer Notauslauf in die Dornbirner Ach, bei welchem auch der Durchfluss des Müllerbaches auf maximal 1850 l/sek gedrosselt wird.

Bei Flusskilometer 0,00 mündet das Gewässer im Ortsteil Rohrbach (Parzelle Forach) in den Karlsgraben (Flusskilometer 1,37 des Karlsgraben) und von dort in weiterer Folge zusammen mit dem Fischbach bei Flusskilometer 1,23 in den Fußenauer Kanal. Erst bei Flusskilometer 7,84 wird das Wasser wieder in die Dornbirner Ache abgegeben (zusammen über den Karlsgraben mit den gereinigten Abwässern aus der Abwasserreinigungsanlage Dornbirn-Schwarzach).

Funktion
Der Müllerbach hat seit dem Niedergang der Textilindustrie in Dornbirn Ende der 1980er Jahre für die an ihm angesiedelten Unternehmen nur noch geringe wirtschaftliche Bedeutung. Für den Erhalt des Grundwasserstandes, der Ortsgestaltung und kulturgeschichtlich Erinnerung ist er für die Bevölkerung aber immer noch von erheblicher Bedeutung.

Hydrologische Funktion
Der Müllerbach übernimmt für die Dornbirner Ache und den Gechelbach sowie im Bereich des Stadtgebiets von Dornbirn die oberflächigen Abflüsse die Funktion eines Vorfluters und Selbstreinigung.

Für die Stabilisierung des Grundwasserstandes hat der Müllerbach im Bereich des Stadtgebiets von Dornbirn unverzichtbare Funktion.

Touristische Nutzung
Eine Nutzung als Badegewässer (Tourismus) ist aufgrund der hohen Fließgeschwindigkeit ausgeschlossen.

Wirtschaftliche Nutzung
Der Bach wurde für die technische Nutzung der Wasserkraft für die Textilindustrie, Schmieden, Sägewerke und Mühlen (z. B. Gipsmühle, Schwefelmühle) angelegt und hatte für die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung der Stadt entscheidende Bedeutung in der Zeit, als noch keine elektrische Energie durchgängig zur Verfügung stand, unter anderem z. B. für die Textil-Unternehmen von Johann Baptist Salzmann, Karl Ulmer, der Unternehmen Herburger und Rhomberg, F. M. Hämmerle, Rhomberg Textil oder den metallverarbeitenden Betrieb Rüsch-Werke (heute: Inatura).

Noch heute sind entlang des Gewässers mehrere elektrische Kraftwerke in Betrieb.

Kraftwerke am Müllerbach

Am rund 5 km langen Müllerbach bestanden ursprünglich zwölf Kraftwerke (durchschnittlich etwa alle 400 m ein Kraftwerk). Davon sind lediglich drei Anlagen noch in Betrieb, von denen zwei (Forach und Stadtgarten) erneuert wurden.

Aktive Kraftwerke

Kleinwasserkraftwerk Stadtgarten bei der Inatura
Das Kleinwasserkraftwerk Stadtgarten (Inatura) ist das jüngste der Kraftwerke am Müllerbach, baut jedoch historisch auf dem ursprünglich bestandenen Kraftwerk bei den Rüsch-Werken auf, für welches die Bewilligung am 15. Januar 1991 erloschen ist.

Kraftwerk Rohrbach

Das Kraftwerk Rohrbach befindet sich am Anfang der gleichnamigen Parzelle Rohrbach in der ehemaligen Rauherei aus dem Jahr 1829 (heute ein Wohnhaus) und etwa bei Flusskilometer 1,05. Es dient zur elektrischen Energiegewinnung mittels zweier Francis-Turbinen.

Mit dem Wasserrecht verbunden war die Entnahme von 166,67 l/s Nutzwasser aus dem Müllerbach.

Technische Daten:
 Turbine: Francis
 Turbinenanzahl: 2
 Durchflussvermögen: 580 bzw. 1100 l/s
 Nutzfallhöhe: 2,70
 Generatorleistung: 38,40 kW
 Regelarbeitsvermögen: 195 MWh

Kraftwerk Forach

Das Kraftwerk Forach befindet sich am Beginn der Parzelle Forach und etwa bei Flusskilometer 0,11. Es dient zur elektrischen Energiegewinnung mit einer Durchströmturbine.

Das Kraftwerk Forach ist am Müllerbach das letztgelegene und das zweitjüngste der am Müllerbach betrieben Werke und hatte, im Gegensatz zu den anderen, nur eine befristete Bewilligung, ursprünglich bis 1993, erhalten.

Ehemalige Kraftwerke

Kraftwerk Mühlebünt
Das Kraftwerk Mühlebünt ist nach der gleichnamigen Parzelle benannt und befand sich etwa bei Flusskilometer 4,35. Es gehörte ursprünglich zum Betrieb der Fa. Heerburger und Rhomberg, welche 1983 in Konkurs ging. In weiterer Folge wurden das Grundstück und die Gebäude an die Fa. J. A. Fussenegger verkauft. Das Kraftwerk diente zur Energiegewinnung mit einer Girard-Turbine für die Zwirnerei.

An diesem Standort, der heutigen Fa. Fussenegger Holzbau an der Gütlestraße, stand bereits vor etwa 400 Jahren die alte Achmühle, eine damals der wichtigsten Mühlen in Dornbirn.

Die Bewilligung für das Kraftwerk ist wegen Nichtnutzung des Wasserrechtes am 22. Mai 1990 erloschen.

Technische Daten:
 Turbine: Girard
 Turbinenanzahl: 1
 Nutzfallhöhe: 10,77 m
 Generatorleistung: 148,9 kW

Kraftwerk Juchen
Das Kraftwerk Juchen ist nach der gleichnamigen Parzelle benannt und befand sich etwa bei Flusskilometer 3,80 (heute Rudolf Ölz Meisterbäcker). Es diente der Fa. Heerburger und Rhomberg (als Nachfolgerin der Fa. Rhomberg & Lenz) an diesem Standort zur Energiegewinnung für die Baumwollspinnerei mit einer Girard-Turbine (ergänzt durch eine 30-PS-Dampfmaschine).

Die Bewilligung für das Kraftwerk ist wegen Nichtnutzung des Wasserrechtes am 22. Mai 1984 oder 1987 erloschen.

Technische Daten:
 Turbine: Girard
 Turbinenanzahl: 1
 Nutzfallhöhe: 6,40 m
 Generatorleistung: 90,9 kW

Kraftwerk Sägen

Das Kraftwerk Sägen ist nach der gleichnamigen Parzelle benannt und befand sich etwa bei Flusskilometer 3,36 (Textilwerke F. M. Hämmerle). Es diente zur elektrischen Energiegewinnung für die Buntweberei mit zwei Francis-Turbinen. Die Bewilligung für das Kraftwerk ist wegen Nichtnutzung des Wasserrechtes inzwischen erloschen.

Kraftwerk Winsauer
Das Kraftwerk Winsauer ist ebenfalls in der Parzelle Sägen und befand sich etwa bei Flusskilometer 3,18. Es diente zur mechanischen Energiegewinnung zuerst mittels Wasserrädern und später, etwa 1930, mittels zweier Francis-Turbinen.

Die Bewilligung für das Kraftwerk ist wegen Nichtnutzung des Wasserrechtes erloschen.

Technische Daten:
 Turbine: Francis
 Turbinenanzahl: 2
 Durchflussvermögen: 580 bzw. 1120 l/s
 Nutzfallhöhe: 2,20 m
 Generatorleistung: 31,30 kW
 Regelarbeitsvermögen: 159 MWh

Kraftwerk Mayer
Das Kraftwerk Mayer ist ebenfalls in der Parzelle Sägen und befand sich etwa bei Flusskilometer 3,00. Es diente zur mechanischen Kraftübertragung für das heute noch bestehende Sägewerk Mayer in der Schmelzhütterstraße zuerst mittels mittelschlächtiger Wasserräder. Ab etwa 1937 wurde eine Francis-Turbine eingebaut.

Technische Daten:
 Turbine: Francis mit stehender Welle
 Turbinenanzahl: 1
 Nutzfallhöhe: 1,80
 Generatorleistung: 24,20 kW
 Regelarbeitsvermögen: 133 MWh

Kraftwerk Rüschwerke
Das Kraftwerk Rüsch-Werke ist nach dem gleichnamigen Unternehmen benannt und befand sich etwa bei Flusskilometer 2,90. Es diente zur elektrischen Energiegewinnung mit einer Turbine.

Die Bewilligung für das ursprüngliche Kraftwerk bei den Rüschwerken ist am 15. Januar 1991 erloschen. Derzeit wird noch ein kleines Kraftwerk mit einem Zuppinger-Rad mit 22 kW bei der Inatura betrieben (Kleinwasserkraftwerk Stadtgarten).

Technische Daten (altes Kraftwerk Rüsch-Werke):
 Turbine: Grenz
 Turbinenanzahl: 1
 Nutzfallhöhe: 1,65
 Generatorleistung: 23,40 kW

Kraftwerk Schmelzhütten
Das Kraftwerk Schmelzhütten ist nach der gleichnamigen Parzelle benannt und befand sich etwa bei Flusskilometer 2,62. Es befand sich hier ursprünglich eine Mühle und eine Säge des Michael Feuerstein. 1853 wurde das Grundstück und das Wasserrecht von der Firma F. M. Rhomberg erworben, eine Weberei errichtet und die Wasserkraft diente zur Energiegewinnung mit einer Francis-Turbine (ergänzt durch eine Dampfmaschine Kuhn No. 100).

Die Bewilligung für das Kraftwerk ist wegen Nichtnutzung des Wasserrechtes erloschen.

Technische Daten:
 Turbine: Francis
 Turbinenanzahl: 1
 Durchflussvermögen: 1600 l/s
 Nutzfallhöhe: 2,30
 Generatorleistung: 32,70 kW
 Regelarbeitsvermögen: 160 MWh

Kraftwerk Mittenbrunn I
Das Kraftwerk Mittenbrunn I befand sich bei der Parzelle Schmitten / Gipsmühle und etwa bei Flusskilometer 2,10 (nunmehr Team-Agentur). Es diente zur mechanischen Energiegewinnung mit einem mittelschlächtigen, hölzernen Wasserrad mit einem Durchmesser von 5,4 m.

Die Bewilligung für das Kraftwerk ist wegen Nichtnutzung des Wasserrechtes am 23. November 1960 erloschen.

Technische Daten:
 Antrieb: Wasserrad
 Anzahl: 1
 Nutzfallhöhe: 3,86
 Generatorleistung: 54,70 kW

Kraftwerk Mittenbrunn II
Das Kraftwerk Mittenbrunn II befand sich bei der Parzelle Rosaplatz und etwa bei Flusskilometer 1,82. Das Kraftwerk diente zur mechanischen Energiegewinnung für die Weberei der Fa. I. B. Salzmann, dann der Fa. Jenny & Schindler und schlussendlich der Fa. F. M. Hämmerle. Es dienten zur Energieumwandlung zwei Francis-Turbinen.

Die Bewilligung für das Kraftwerk ist wegen Nichtnutzung des Wasserrechtes am 10. August 1964 erloschen.

Technische Daten:
 Turbine: Francis
 Turbinenanzahl: 2
 Nutzfallhöhe: 2,50
 Generatorleistung: 35,30 kW

Kraftwerk Luger Mühle
Das Kraftwerk Luger Mühle (Fa. Josef Lugers Erben) befand sich bei der Parzelle Schwefelmühl und etwa bei Flusskilometer 0,57. Das Gebäude und die Anlage wurde Anfang der 1930er Jahre von der Fa. F. M. Rhomberg erworben. Es diente zur Energiegewinnung eine Girard-Turbine.

Die Bewilligung für das Kraftwerk ist wegen Nichtnutzung des Wasserrechtes am 27. Februar 1991 erloschen.

Technische Daten:
 Turbine: Girard
 Turbinenanzahl: 1
 Nutzfallhöhe: 4,30
 Generatorleistung: 61,10 kW

Eigentumsverhältnisse
Der Müllerbach stand ursprünglich im Eigentum mehrere Personen und Unternehmen, welche die Müllerbachkonkurrenz bildeten. 1923 wurde die Müllerbachgenossenschaft durch die Eintragung im Wasserbuch der Bezirkshauptmannschaft Feldkirch gegründet und erhielt am 16. März 1925 eine eigene Satzung und wurde zur Körperschaft öffentlichen Rechts. Die Eigentümer erhielten unbefristete Wassernutzungsrechte, weil die Rechte bereits vor dem Wasserrechtsgesetz 1870 bestanden haben. Von den ursprünglich neun Genossenschaftern
 Fa. Herrbruger & Rhomberg, Textil;
 Fa. F. M. Hämmerle, Textil;
 Anton Winsauer, Sägewerk;
 Johann Winsauers Erben, Sägewerk;
 Rüsch-Werke (Rüsch-Ganahl AG), Maschinenfabrik;
 Fa. Franz M. Rhomberg, Textil;
 Fa. Jenny & Schindler, Textil;
 Fa. Josef Lugers Erben, Mühle;
 Fa. J.G. Ulmer (später Franz M. Rhomberg), Textil;
sind dies heute noch drei:
 Stadt Dornbirn;
 Rhomberg Liegenschafts-Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co.;
 Zumtobel Group
und fünf Grundeigentümer sind zur Erhaltung des Gerinnes verpflichtet:
 Fa. Fussenegger Holzbau GmbH;
 Fa. Rudolf Ölz Meisterbäcker;
 Fa. F. M. Zumtobel, Beteiligungsgesellschaft;
 Fa. Raid (Team-Agentur);
 Fa. Huber (im Areal ehemalig Herrbruger und Rhomberg), Liegenschaftsverwaltung;
Die Hauptlast der Erhaltung des Müllerbaches trägt die Stadt Dornbirn.

Literatur
 Mario F. Broggi: Landschaftsplanung Dornbirner Ache. Gekürzte Fassung des technischen Berichtes, Vaduz, Broggi und Wolfinger, 1986.
 Martin Trunk: Funktionelle Betrachtung des Müllerbaches und daraus resultierende Folgen einer Dotation der Dornbirner Ache. Hochschulschrift an der Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Dipl.-Arb., 1992.

Siehe auch
 Dornbirner Ach

Weblinks

 Müllerbach-Besitzer ziehen sich zurück von Josef Hagen.

Einzelnachweise

Fluss in Europa
Fluss in Vorarlberg
Geographie (Dornbirn)


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Q: How to calculate $ \intop_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\frac{\sqrt{\sin x}}{\sqrt{\sin x}+\sqrt{\cos x}}dx $ I have to calculate the integral:
$ \intop_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\frac{\sqrt{\sin x}}{\sqrt{\sin x}+\sqrt{\cos x}}dx$
I tried a various sort of ways, I'll present 2 of them that lead me nowhere, maybe someone will see a way through the obstacles.
way 1:  trigonometric substitution :
substitue:
$ \tan\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)=t $
thus
$ \sin\left(x\right)=\frac{2t}{1+t^{2}},\cos\left(x\right)=\frac{1-t^{2}}{1+t^{2}},dx=\frac{2}{1+t^{2}}dt $
$ \intop_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\frac{\sqrt{\sin x}}{\sqrt{\sin x}+\sqrt{\cos x}}dx=\intop_{0}^{1}\frac{\frac{\sqrt{2t}}{\sqrt{1+t^{2}}}}{\frac{\sqrt{2t}}{\sqrt{1+t^{2}}}+\frac{\sqrt{1-t^{2}}}{\sqrt{1+t^{2}}}}\frac{2}{1+t^{2}}dt=\intop_{0}^{1}\frac{2\sqrt{2t}}{\left(1+t^{2}\right)\left(\sqrt{2t}+\sqrt{1-t^{2}}\right)}dt $
From here I cannot see how to continue.( I tried to multiply the denominator and the numerator by $ \sqrt{2t}-\sqrt{1-t^{2}} $ but it also seems like a dead end.
In the other way that I tried, I did found an antideriviative of the integrand, but not in the segment
$ [0,\frac{\pi}{2}] $
because if we could divide by $ \sqrt{\sin x} $ then we'd get:
$ \int\frac{1}{1+\sqrt{\cot x}}dx $ then if we substitue $ \sqrt{\cot x}=t $ then
$ \sqrt{\cot x}=t $
so
$ \frac{1}{2t}\cdot\frac{-1}{\sin^{2}x}dx=dt $
and since $ \frac{1}{\sin^{2}x}=1+\cot^{2}x $ we would get
$ dx=\frac{-2t}{1+t^{4}}dt $
Thus
$ \int\frac{1}{1+\sqrt{\cot x}}dx=-\int\frac{2t}{\left(1+t\right)\left(1+t^{4}\right)}dt=-\int\frac{2t}{\left(1+t\right)\left(t^{2}-\sqrt{2}t+1\right)\left(t^{2}+\sqrt{2}t+1\right)}dt=-\int\left(\frac{-1}{t+1}+\frac{1+\sqrt{2}}{2\left(t+\sqrt{2}\right)}+\frac{1-\sqrt{2}}{2\left(t-\sqrt{2}\right)}\right)dt $
and finally:
$ \int\frac{\sqrt{\sin x}}{\sqrt{\sin x}+\sqrt{\cos x}}dx=\ln|\sqrt{\cot x}+1|-\frac{1+\sqrt{2}}{2}\ln|\sqrt{\cot x}+\sqrt{2}|-\frac{1-\sqrt{2}}{2}\ln|\sqrt{\cot x}-\sqrt{2}|+constant $
So this is an antideriviative, but we cannot use Newton leibnitz's formula because of the point $ x=0 $.
In addition, I tried to calculate this integral with an online integral calculator and it failed to show the steps, so I guess this calculation isnt trivial.
Any suggestions would help.
Thanks in advance.

A: Let $I=\intop_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\frac{\sqrt{\sin x}}{\sqrt{\sin x}+\sqrt{\cos x}}dx\tag{1}$
Substitute $x=\pi/2-t$ so that $dx=-dt$. Hence, $I=-\intop_{\pi/2}^{0}\frac{\sqrt{\cos y }}{\sqrt{\sin y}+\sqrt{\cos y}}dy=\intop_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\frac{\sqrt{\cos y}}{\sqrt{\sin y}+\sqrt{\cos y}}dy=\intop_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\frac{\sqrt{\cos x}}{\sqrt{\cos x}+\sqrt{\sin x}}dx\tag{2}$
Add the two to get: $2I=
\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\sqrt{\sin{x}}+\sqrt{\cos{x}}}{\sqrt{\sin{x}}+\sqrt{\cos{x}}} \; dx \\
=
\int_{0}^{\pi/2}dx=\pi/2\implies I=\pi/4$

A: As user35508 mentioned in the comments, you can use the substitution of $u=\frac{\pi}{2}-x$ to obtain $$\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\sqrt{\cos{x}}}{\sqrt{\sin{x}}+\sqrt{\cos{x}}} \; dx$$
This integral is equivalent to the original integral, so if you add the original integral to the previous integral you get:
\begin{align*}
2I&=\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\sqrt{\sin{x}}+\sqrt{\cos{x}}}{\sqrt{\sin{x}}+\sqrt{\cos{x}}} \; dx \\
&= \frac{\pi}{4}
\end{align*}

A: Hint:use kings property ie  replace  $x$ by $\frac{\pi}{2}-x$  you get an equivalent integral . Now add these integrals what do you observe?


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Q: div 100% in table-cell I wrote this code and I don't have idea why it doesn't work 100% in #sidebar (display: table-cell).
This is my code CSS:

And HTML code :

menu

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A: From what I understand you want the sidebar height to be 100% of the div containing it (in this case it is panel1)
The reason your sidebar is not displaying the way that you want it too is because you do not have a height set for the div that is holding the menu (in your code this would be the 'panel1' div).
To fix this issue just set a height for the container ('panel1') and your sidebar will adjust accordingly.
CSS
#panel1 {
     background-color: blue;
     height: 600px; /* You can set this height to whatever size you prefer */
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You can view it in action here

A: It appears you are trying for equal height columns?  If so, please take a look here:
http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2010/11/08/equal-height-columns-using-borders-and-negative-margins-with-css/
There are several other articles and tricks of how to achieve this, simply google "equal height columns in html/css"


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S&P confirms Sri Lankan DFCC Bank's 'B/B' ratings
Friday June 10, 2016 14:59
ECONOMYNEXT – S&P Global Ratings said it had affirmed its 'B' long-term issuer credit rating on Sri Lanka's DFCC Bank with a negative outlook, and confirmed its 'B' short-term issuer credit rating.
The rating agency said it also confirmed its 'B' long-term issue rating on DFCC's senior unsecured debt.
"We affirmed the rating because we expect DFCC to maintain its satisfactory business position and earnings over the next 12 months," said S&P Global Ratings credit analyst Amit Pandey in a statement.
The full statement follows:
SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) June 10, 2016–S&P Global Ratings said today that it had affirmed its 'B' long-term issuer credit rating on DFCC Bank. The outlook is negative. We also affirmed our 'B' short-term issuer credit rating on the Sri Lanka-based bank. We also affirmed our 'B' long-term issue ratings on DFCC's senior unsecured debt.
"We affirmed the ratings because we expect DFCC to maintain its satisfactory business position and earnings over the next 12 months," said S&P Global Ratings credit analyst Amit Pandey.
We consider it unlikely that DFCC would be immune to increasing sovereign credit pressures on Sri Lanka (B+/Negative/B) and the broader operating environment. We reflect these risks in our view that the economic risk trend and industry risk trend for Sri Lanka's banking sector have become negative.
DFCC's business position reflects the bank's satisfactory business stability, diversification, management, and strategy, compared with that of peers in emerging markets.
We expect DFCC's pre-diversification risk-adjusted capital (RAC) ratio to be 5%-5.5% for next 12-18 months. We estimate the bank's loan growth to be 13%-15% and dividend payout ratio to be about 35% over the next couple of years. We anticipate that the bank's net interest margin will improve marginally because the interest rate cycle in Sri Lanka has turned, with higher policy and market rates. At the same time, we forecast higher credit costs due to economic headwinds in Sri Lanka.
DFCC's risk position reflects the bank's higher exposure to the small and midsize and project finance sectors, which are susceptible to economic downturns and execution risks. The bank also has some single name concentration risk. However, we note that the bank has limited exposure to riskier segments, such as pawning, and has taken steps to improve risk management processes.
"Our negative outlook on DFCC reflects our view that the bank faces increasing risks stemming from Sri Lanka's weakening external and fiscal performance," said Mr. Pandey.
We could lower our ratings on DFCC if we downgrade Sri Lanka. We could lower our ratings on Sri Lanka in the next 12 months if we see no tangible signs of a substantial and sustained reversal of the weakening of external and fiscal credit metrics we currently project. In this scenario, we believe that the systemic risks facing Sri Lankan banks would also have increased. And consequently, we would expect to revise the assessment of the banking sector's anchor stand-alone credit profile to 'b+' from 'bb-', resulting in DFCC's downgrade.
We could also lower the ratings on DFCC if the bank's capitalization weakens, such that the pre-diversification RAC ratio falls below 5%, even if the systemic risks facing Sri Lanka's banking sector remain unchanged, in our view. DFCC's capitalization may deteriorate if the bank is not able to replenish its capital to support growth and dividend payouts or its profitability is weaker than our expectations.
We could revise the outlook on DFCC to stable if the risks to the sovereign credit ratings subside while DFCC maintains its pre-diversification RAC ratio above 5%.
(Colombo/June 10 2016)


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Hey…how 'bout a quick photo of your cold frosty morning or afternoon or whatever? We get a high of 3 degrees today…way too cold for my taste, but I know not nearly as cold as lots of places are getting…wow…hope everybody is staying warm, wherever you are. Well, here's my cold frosty morning…and I put it up on my FB page and the fiddler from the old BG band I was in for a while saaw it and wants to come over for coffee and soap (no, we won't eat the soap) and play Cold Frosty Morning with me…twin fiddles…lol. Well I told her one day next week…yee-haw…a fiddling partner! Except she plays so different than I do…I cross tune and my A part is her B part…she plays like 30 x faster than I do, etc., so..who knows how it'll turn out…but hopefully whatever happens the coffee'll be good and the fiddling will be fun. Here's our Cold Frosty Morning today….and maybe I'll get my porch fiddling next week…but don't worry…we'll be inside. She likes coffee as much as I do…so…oughta be a fun day. I should invite her for lunch too…she's a vegan I think…which I used to be, so I know how to cook for vegans. I'll have to think up something good. Here lately I've been eating heavy on the meat…just ended up that way. I can't get enough fried chicken or roasted pork…for some reason. ooops…am I off topic…what was the topic, oh yeah…here's my Cold Frosty Morning…anybody else have a picture of the cold to show?
It is snowing here again tonight! Just when I thought winter was over… Thanks for the picture!
We had a little frost and snow, then….WHAMMY…more mud…I think we will all go outside and build a mud man and go sledding down the mudslidden hillsides…lol. The muddiest winter I can remember, for sure.
It may be cold and frosty here, but our daylight is increasing rapidly each day, which just makes you feel great. The low angle of the sun makes for some pretty sunrises and sunsets. Took this picture during a hike yesterday.
I started playing with a small Irish session group. It's a fun challenge learning many new tunes, but the advanced players want to go really fast. Since I'm currently the only fiddle player, I'm trying to slow them down just a tad. For me, there's a fine line between playing well fast, and just making noise.
Joe…that picture? Did you die and go to heaven??
Joe, that looks like a glacier!
I'm glad you found a jam!
It is beautiful, Joe. Happy for you that you're involved in a jam…don't know how you can convince them to slow it down…lol. Enjoy though…you will probably get good at going fast!
It's all your fault Cricket…since you started this thread it's got to be your fault. I just looked at our forecast ….tonight it's supposed to hit 29 below F. and out here it's always a few degrees colder than in town where the forecast is for. It will be up & down all the way through to Friday night then it's forecast to be 17 below, and that's into March. Alberta is not in Alaska, but remember the song, "When it's Springtime in Alaska – It's 40 below.
So I think the way to fix this would be to start a new thread something like, "Hows your hot, steamy spring morning?" or something like that….
Oh gosh, Rodger. I hope you have plenty of firewood or whatever kind of heat you use. Man that just sounds cold…I think it would kill me to be in that cold, even if I was inside. Ok…next thread will be about hot steamy weather…let's break the spell!


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Lewis Hamilton's team flies F1 vehicle out to ill 'spirit angel' boy
"If you're watching, sending you the love".
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has won the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix ahead of his team mate Valtteri Bottas, while Red Bull's Max Verstappen finished in the third place.
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He said: "I got a message from this young kid called Harry and he just became my spirit angel".
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An Emirati coast guard vessel passes an oil tanker off the coast of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on May 13, 2019. Indeed, since the beginning of last month, tensions between Washington and Tehran have ratcheted up significantly.
Trash found littering Mariana Trench in deepest-ever submarine dive
The pressure at the bottom of the ocean is equal to about 50 jumbo jets piled on top of a person, according to BBC News. Canadian filmmaker James Cameron was the last to visit in 2012 in his submarine, reaching a depth of 10,908 meters.
According to Wojnarowski, Beilein reached a deal Sunday and informed the team of his decision to leave on Monday morning. Gansey played under Beilein at West Virginia, advancing to the Elite Eight with him as a player.
Everyone has the summer off but we have to come back with a different mentality and different attitude of being a Man United team. Moura, however, can not think about resting yet as his side are set to play two of their most important games of the season.
Suns F Josh Jackson charged with resisting arrest and escape in Florida
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Manchester City know Liverpool are 'here to stay', says Andy Robertson


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gzt is back and he's taking names
By gzt (Tue Sep 12, 2017 at 02:50:29 PM EST) gzt, apocalypse, sucking, vidal sassoon, running, weather, doom, liberalists, fascists, iraq (all tags)
These diaries used to collect ephemera and I guess a lot of that has been going into the facebook or something.
I only use natural logarithms because they're better for you
By gzt (Wed Mar 20, 2013 at 11:11:44 AM EST) gzt, dick cheney, iran, iraq, lxde, c, pullups (all tags)
to what extent are our problems with iran a result of iraq?
I mean, we've had problems with Iran for a long time, so our aggression in the region in the last decade isn't the cause of our problems, but our willingness to intervene in the last decade can't be doing us any favors.
[EDIT] Also: a very interesting article about how regulation for banks works. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/march_april_2013/features/he_who_makes_the_rules043315.php?page=all No comment, just very enlightening. Argh, lawyers.
By Vertical Frankenstein (Wed Oct 31, 2007 at 05:42:05 AM EST) dam, damn dam, iraq, freedom (all tags)
What do you get when you combine Iraq and New Orleans?
the possibility of a catastrophic failure of the Mosul Dam has alarmed American officials, who have concluded that it could lead to as many as 500,000 civilian deaths by drowning Mosul under 65 feet of water and parts of Baghdad under 15 feet
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The lamp is on, The lamp is on
By duxup (Wed Mar 01, 2006 at 09:16:03 AM EST) sleep, Iraq, illness, Age of Empires, TV, work, kids, cancer, mom (all tags)
Sleep patterns
Frontline: Iraqi Insurgents
Sick as %#$@!
Age of Empires: The Age of Kings (Nintendo DS)
TV Solution
Work: 3rd Shift
Mom Status: Chemotherapy
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Knightsbridge Tankers Limited announces cash distribution
Hamilton, Bermuda, July 15, 2003: Knightsbridge Tankers Limited ("Knightsbridge") announces that its Board of Directors has declared a cash distribution in the amount of US$0.65 per common share. The cash distribution will be payable on or about August 8, 2003, to shareholders of record as of July 25, 2003. The declaration of the cash distribution follows the calculation by Knightsbridge of the payment of charterhire due from Shell International Petroleum Company Limited ("Shell International"), a member of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, for the period from April 1, 2003 to June 30, 2003.
The charterhire payable by Shell International is the greater of a guaranteed minimum rate or a spot market related rate. The spot market related rate for the second quarter of 2003, as determined by the London Tanker Brokers' Panel exceeded the guaranteed minimum rate by US$20,617 per vessel per day.
The Board of Directors, in considering the amount of cash available for distribution, has taken into account the receipt by Knightsbridge of notice on June 24, 2003, that Shell International has chosen not to renew the bareboat charters for any of Knightsbridge's five double hull very large crude carriers (VLCC's) for a second seven year period. As a result of this notice, the existing bareboat charters to Shell will expire for all five VLCC's, in accordance with their terms, on or about February 27, 2004, subject to the right of Shell International to extend each charter by up to 90 days. Knightsbridge has previously stated that it may retain cash in reserve should Shell International not renew all of the charters. Accordingly, Knightsbridge's Board of Directors has determined not to distribute all of the cash received from Shell International as charterhire, but rather to retain part of the cash as a reserve. The level of cash retained in reserve will depend, in part, on the shareholders' decision at the special shareholders' meeting that will take place in September, 2003, as to whether the vessels should be sold.
After allowing for the cash distribution to shareholders of US$0.65 per common share for the second quarter 2003, Knightsbridge will have retained cash of approximately US$6.1 million, compared to US$0.3 million for the first quarter of 2003.
Knightsbridge's Common Shares trade on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "VLCCF".
Summary of Cash Distribution:
Amount: US$0.65 per common share
Ex-Div Date: July 23, 2003
Record Date: July 25, 2003
Payment Date: August 8, 2003
Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts.
Knightsbridge desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words "believe," "except," "anticipate," "intends," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "plan," "potential," "will," "may," "should," "expect" "pending and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this document are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.
In addition to these important factors, important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charterhire rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the tanker market, as a result of changes in OPEC's petroleum production levels and world wide oil consumption and storage, changes in Knightsbridge's operating expenses, including bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs, the market for Knightsbridges vesssels, availability of financing and refinancing, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, and other important factors described from time to time in the reports filed by Knightsbridge with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Which of the following is an external cost of production?
An internal cost which concerns 'eco-friendliness' to an external cost.
A cost which applies to environmentally-friendly equipment to an external cost.
Correct: congestion costs as falling on a third party – the community.
A cost which applies to moving products outside the factory to an external cost in an economic sense.