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Q: CSS: Images width and height do not appear the same even though being set in the CSS I am practicing making sites in pure HTLML and CSS. I have two muffin images here. In my CSS I set them both to the same width and height, but when I view the page in my browser, it appears that the muffin image on the right is slightly larger than the one on the left. Also the text below each muffin is conflicting.

How do I make it so the muffin images are the correct size?
HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <title>The Muffin Shoppe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css">

Welcome to the Muffin Shoppe

We are not gay; but by the taste of our muffins you would think we are!

A fresh blueberry muffin

Made by our German migrants in the back

The Cancer Causer!

We don't call this badboy the cancer causer for no reason

CSS:
body {
  background-image: url(pink.jpg);
}

header {
  background-color: blue;
}

.muffin-display img {
  width: 200px;
  height 200px;
}

.muffin-display p {

}

#first {
  float: left;
  margin-left: 350px;
}

A: You need to define width and float for both containers. Also, if you define width and height as 200px, you expect the images to be perfect squares (and your example ones aren't), or to lose the ratio.
Either you define the width and give height:auto, or you pre-crop the images to the desired size before inserting them.
Try with this, just to begin with:
.muffin-display img {
  width: 200px;
  height: auto;
}

.muffin-display {
  width:300px;
  height:400px;
  border:1px solid red; //always good to include a temporary border to see how things are getting positioned.
}

#first {
  float: left;
}

#second {
  float: right;
}

A: I hope this helps
.muffin-display img {
      width: 200px !important;
      height: 200px !important;
    }

http://jsfiddle.net/sjatsr4z/


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Steve Cooper talks with actor/writer Dave Thomas. Dave is probably best known for being part of the duo the McKenzie Brothers from the sketch show SCTV that launched John Candy, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy and Rick Moranis. The duo became a pop culture phenomenon in both the United States and Canada. They starred in the movie Strange Brew and the characters were later revived for an animated series, Bob & Doug. Some people know Dave from the TV show Arrested Development or the movie Rat Race. Some people know him from the nineties ABC sitcom Grace Under Fire. Most people don't know he was also one of the writer / producers for Fox's TV show Bones or ABC's The Blacklist. Or that he acted alongside Henry Fonda, Jonathan Winters, John Cleese, Richard Pryor, Zach Galifiankis, Whoopi Goldberg, Mary Louise Parker and Ashton Kutcher. Or that he directed John Travolta, Jean Stapleton and Max Von Sydow in theatrical motion pictures. Or that he was friends with Bob Hope, Harold Ramis and Johnny Carson and wrote Spies Like Us with Dan Aykroyd and did voices on The Simpsons and Family Guy.

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package com.intellij.execution.application;

import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.impl.analysis.JavaModuleGraphUtil;
import com.intellij.debugger.settings.DebuggerSettings;
import com.intellij.execution.CommonJavaRunConfigurationParameters;
import com.intellij.execution.ConfigurationWithCommandLineShortener;
import com.intellij.execution.ExecutionException;
import com.intellij.execution.configurations.JavaParameters;
import com.intellij.execution.configurations.JavaRunConfigurationModule;
import com.intellij.execution.configurations.ModuleBasedConfiguration;
import com.intellij.execution.process.KillableProcessHandler;
import com.intellij.execution.process.OSProcessHandler;
import com.intellij.execution.runners.ExecutionEnvironment;
import com.intellij.execution.util.JavaParametersUtil;
import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbService;
import com.intellij.openapi.projectRoots.JavaSdkVersion;
import com.intellij.openapi.projectRoots.ex.JavaSdkUtil;
import com.intellij.psi.PsiCompiledElement;
import com.intellij.psi.PsiJavaModule;
import com.intellij.psi.impl.light.LightJavaModule;
import com.intellij.util.PathsList;
import org.jdom.Element;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

public abstract class ApplicationCommandLineState<T extends
  ModuleBasedConfiguration<JavaRunConfigurationModule, Element> &
  CommonJavaRunConfigurationParameters &
  ConfigurationWithCommandLineShortener> extends BaseJavaApplicationCommandLineState<T> {

  public ApplicationCommandLineState(@NotNull final T configuration, final ExecutionEnvironment environment) {
    super(environment, configuration);
  }

  @Override
  protected JavaParameters createJavaParameters() throws ExecutionException {
    final JavaParameters params = new JavaParameters();
    T configuration = getConfiguration();

    params.setMainClass(myConfiguration.getRunClass());
    setupJavaParameters(params);

    final JavaRunConfigurationModule module = myConfiguration.getConfigurationModule();
    final String jreHome = myConfiguration.isAlternativeJrePathEnabled() ? myConfiguration.getAlternativeJrePath() : null;
    if (module.getModule() != null) {
      DumbService.getInstance(module.getProject()).runWithAlternativeResolveEnabled(() -> {
        int classPathType = JavaParametersUtil.getClasspathType(module, myConfiguration.getRunClass(), false,
                                                                isProvidedScopeIncluded());
        JavaParametersUtil.configureModule(module, params, classPathType, jreHome);
      });
    }
    else {
      JavaParametersUtil.configureProject(module.getProject(), params, JavaParameters.JDK_AND_CLASSES_AND_TESTS, jreHome);
    }

    setupModulePath(params, module);

    params.setShortenCommandLine(configuration.getShortenCommandLine(), configuration.getProject());

    return params;
  }

  @NotNull
  @Override
  protected OSProcessHandler startProcess() throws ExecutionException {
    OSProcessHandler processHandler = super.startProcess();
    if (processHandler instanceof KillableProcessHandler && DebuggerSettings.getInstance().KILL_PROCESS_IMMEDIATELY) {
      ((KillableProcessHandler)processHandler).setShouldKillProcessSoftly(false);
    }
    return processHandler;
  }

  private static void setupModulePath(JavaParameters params, JavaRunConfigurationModule module) {
    if (JavaSdkUtil.isJdkAtLeast(params.getJdk(), JavaSdkVersion.JDK_1_9)) {
      PsiJavaModule mainModule = DumbService.getInstance(module.getProject()).computeWithAlternativeResolveEnabled(
        () -> JavaModuleGraphUtil.findDescriptorByElement(module.findClass(params.getMainClass())));
      if (mainModule != null) {
        boolean inLibrary = mainModule instanceof PsiCompiledElement || mainModule instanceof LightJavaModule;
        if (!inLibrary || JavaModuleGraphUtil.findDescriptorByModule(module.getModule(), false) != null) {
          params.setModuleName(mainModule.getName());
          PathsList classPath = params.getClassPath(), modulePath = params.getModulePath();
          modulePath.addAll(classPath.getPathList());
          classPath.clear();
        }
      }
    }
  }

  protected abstract boolean isProvidedScopeIncluded();
}

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Good Energy's website said in September: "An average unit of electricity in the UK (a kilowatt hour or kWh) results in 360g of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and 0.007g of radioactive waste.
"But the electricity we supply contains 0g of CO2 and no radioactive waste. This will never change."
A reader, who believed that Good Energy used biomass energy, which they understood produced more CO2 than coal when burnt, complained that the company's claim was misleading.
Good Energy, which supplies around 200,000 customers, gave the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) information from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) saying biomass fuels were considered a form of renewable energy, and that renewable energy sources produced 0g/kWh of CO2 compared with coal which produced 925g/kWh.
The ASA said consumers would understand Good Energy's claim to mean that no CO2 was emitted in generating the electricity and supplying it to consumers, regardless of whether the source was a form of renewable energy.
It noted that advertising rules required environmental claims to be based on the full life cycle of the product, which in Good Energy's case included import or export, transport of the raw material to processing plants, crushing and processing to produce biofuel and transport of the biofuel.
The ASA said: "We considered even if those emissions were offset, this did not mean no CO2 was emitted.
"Because we considered the claim would be interpreted to relate to the amount of CO2 emitted throughout the full life cycle of all sources of Good Energy's electricity, we concluded the claim that the energy supplied by Good Energy contained 0g of CO2 had not been substantiated and therefore was misleading."
It ruled that the ad must not appear again, adding: "We told Good Energy not to claim that the electricity they supplied contained 0g of CO2 unless they held evidence that no CO2 was emitted throughout the entire life cycle of the product."
In response, Good Energy said that it "accepts the ASA's ruling today regarding the clarity of calculating and expressing CO2 emissions and can confirm that we have taken all necessary measures to comply.
"We always aim to be as fair and straightforward as possible in our communications, and have historically reported on CO2 emissions based on guidance from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and UN in respect of carbon reporting. However, it can sometimes be difficult to manage simplicity against detail so we welcome the ASA's guidance regarding how to give consumers greater clarity, particularly in an industry that isn't always simple.
"We will take this ruling as an opportunity to extend our efforts at transparency further and provide wider clarification and look forward to seeing how it is applied not just in renewables, but across the energy sector."
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Teenager Reece Walsh has been thrust into a State of Origin debut after just seven NRL games, named at fullback for Queensland in Sunday's must-win game two at Suncorp Stadium.
The 18-year-old Warriors phenom, who has scored four tries since a mid-season release from Brisbane, is one of two debutants named by coach Paul Green as the Maroons attempt to keep the series alive after their game one flogging by New South Wales in Townsville.
North Queensland forward Francis Molo is the other debutant, named on a power-packed bench that includes Moeaki Fotuaika and David Fifita. Cronulla winger Ronaldo Mulitalo is part of the extended squad for the first time as 19th man, with Coen Hess named 18th man.
Walsh will be the second-least-experienced player to debut for the Maroons after Ben Ikin, who was selected in 1995 during the Super League war after just four first-grade appearances.
The rise of Walsh is all the more remarkable given he wasn't even part of Brisbane's top-30 contract list, the Broncos allowing him to leave early after the Warriors had initially secured him for the 2022 season.
Once there Warriors coach Nathan Brown wasted no time, pushing highly-rated fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck to the wing to accommodate Walsh.
"It's a great opportunity, a great story," Green said. "He's passed every test he's had to go through so far … good players in the past have come up at that level, particularly around Origin.
"He's showed he's got the confidence, he's not afraid to back himself and good players, a trait is that if they make a mistake they can get themselves back in the game quickly and he's been able to do that."
Walsh's selection, after injuries ruled out AJ Brimson (knee) and Kalyn Ponga (groin), means Valentine Holmes will give up the No.1 jersey and move to the wing in place of the axed Xavier Coates.
Green said 20-year-old Coates was a casualty due to his inexperience rather than his form, opting for the more senior Holmes and Kyle Feldt to run outside Walsh at Suncorp Stadium.
A hamstring injury to hooker Harry Grant means a return to Origin for St George Illawarra's Andrew McCullough, who hasn't played for the Maroons after appearing in all three games in 2018.
McCullough's Dragons teammate Ben Hunt will take Brimson's utility role on the bench with Fifita dropping out of the starting line-up to allow for Josh Papalii's return after missing game one with suspension.
The Canberra enforcer's selection means Tino Fa'asuamleaui moves to lock with Jai Arrow forming the second-row alongside Melbourne's Felise Kaufusi, where Green hopes for more resilience than was on show in Townsville.
Bench forwards Joe Ofahengaue and Jaydn Su'a are the other casualties from Queensland's game one humiliation.
"We lacked a bit of control through the middle … there's a bit more experience, so having Josh and Christian out there for a bit longer will shore up the middle," Green said. "It's probably a better balanced pack."
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Put those snow-shoveling muscles to work bowling strikes and spares this Sunday at the "Bowling for Gold" Union Bowling Tournament, which benefits the Community Services Agency's Emergency Assistance Fund. Teams bowl at 10a and 1p at the Crofton Bowling Centre in Crofton MD. Call Kathleen McKirchy at 202-974-8221 or email [email protected]. "Teams always looking for subs so if you haven't registered and want to come on out please do," says McKirchy.


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Q: ¿Cómo devolver datos de una vista B a una vista A? Mas que un error es saber cómo devolver datos de una vista a otra en Swift es decir tengo vista A y vista B. Lo normal sería usar prepareForSegue y seguir la secuencia pasando datos de la vista A a la B pero si yo quisiera hacer algo en la vista B y regresar algún tipo de respuesta a la vista A, ¿cómo se podría hacer?
¿El prepareForSegue es bidirecional o solo sigue la sequencia del Segue en el StoryBoard?

A: La mejor forma de hacer lo que explicas es utilizando el esquema Delegate.  Te explico, en el controlador B creas un protocolo que contiene unos métodos.  Uno de estos puede ser tareaTerminada(datos: String).  La forma de implementar esto sería la siguiente:
protocol BViewControllerDelegate: class {
    func tareaTerminada(datos: String)
}

Puedes utilizar cualquier tipo para los datos, String, Int, Array, Dictionary....  Este código puede ir justo encima de la definición de la clase del controlador, en el mismo fichero.
El siguiente paso es crear una propiedad para el delegado en el controlador B.  Esta propiedad tendrá el tipo del protocolo que acabamos de crear.
class BViewController: UIViewcontroller {
    weak var delegate: BViewControllerDelegate?

    // El reto del controlador...
}

A continuación vamos a definir el controlador A como el delegado del controlador B y a implementar el método que hemos definido antes en el protocolo, tareaTerminada(datos: String).  El lugar adecuado para hacer esto es en prepareForSegue en el controlador A.  En éste método podemos obtener el siguiente controlador (el B) y asignar su delegado. Lo puedes hacer de la siguiente forma:
override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) {

    let controller = segue.destinationViewController as! BViewController
    // Aquí ponemos a self, es decir el controlador A como delegado de controller, es decir controlador B
    controller.delegate = self
}

Ahora seguimos en el controlador A con la implementación del método del delegado.  Para empezar necesitamos que nuestra clase implemente el protocolo, y después tenemos que implementar el método que hemos definido antes.  Lo puedes hacer así:
class AViewController: UIViewController, BViewControllerDelegate {
    // Aquí van todos los otros métodos y propiedades...

    func tareaTerminada(datos: String) {
        print(datos)
        // Aquí ya estas en el controlador A y tienes los datos que querías pasar del controlador B.
        // En éste método puedes hacer lo que quieras con los datos que necesitabas.
    }
}

El último paso ya es llamar éste método desde el controlador B para enviar los datos.  Estamos haciendo una tarea en el controlador B, la terminamos y queremos retirar el controlador B para volver a mostrar el A y además pasar los datos a A.  Lo puedes hacer de la siguiente forma:
self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true) {
        self.delegate?.tareaTerminada("Los Datos que quieras pasar")
    }

De ésta forma retiramos el controlador B y justo cuando termina llamamos al método del delegado, que es A, para darle los datos.
Durante toda la explicación he utilizado controlador en vez de vista, porqué realmente el que hace las funciones de la app es el controlador.  Espero que te sirva de ayuda, si hay alguna parte de la explicación que no entiendes dímelo.

A: Con un prepareForSegue puedes establecer atributos del viewcontroller al que quieras pasarle tus datos. Si esos datos los vas a usar en muchas vistas lo mejor es que los guardes en un NSuserdeault o en CoreData.

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HUDSON, Fla. -- Pasco County deputies report a man died while kayaking on Thursday evening.
A neighbor living along Frierson Lake Drive reported seeing an overturned kayak on Frierson Lakes around 7:30 p.m.
The Sheriff Office's Marine and Air Unit responded and began searching for anyone who may have been on the kayak.
Deputies located the body of a male in the water around 10:00 p.m. They later determined there was just one person on the kayak.
At this time authorities do not believe the death of the kayaker appears to be suspicious.
The identity of the deceased is not being released until the next of kin has been notified.


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Home Insights Advisory M&A and Transaction Advisory Managing Risk in M&A Deals – Investigative Due Diligence
Managing Risk in M&A Deals – Investigative Due Diligence
Joann Arweiler, Managing Director, BDO USA LLP
Peter Woglom, Managing Director, BDO USA LLP
Access to information is one of the keys to managing risk in an M&A transaction. Investigative due diligence (IDD) should be placed alongside legal and financial diligence as a critical component of a buyer's diligence process. IDD allows deal teams to identify risks that may not be apparent from a review of materials in a data room or through interviews with the seller's management team. Through a robust IDD process, acquirers can make more informed acquisition decisions about potential reputational, operational, legal or regulatory risks.
Depending on the underlying industry and geography of the target company, these risks could range from:
Significant undisclosed regulatory or litigation concerns
Bribery or corruption in tendering processes
Issues regarding corporate social responsibility deficiencies
Workplace culture issues that include potential discrimination or sexual harassment
Failure to conduct adequate IDD in an M&A transaction may leave the buyer vulnerable to suffering the following:
Reputational risks
Financial repercussions such as successor liability
Disgorgement of contracts possibly won through illicit means
Impairment of the value of assets
Remediation costs
The performance of comprehensive IDD serves to alert M&A due diligence teams to potential risk exposures that may impact the valuation or structuring of a contemplated transaction.
What Is Investigative Due Diligence (IDD)?
IDD typically involves research and analysis performed as to individuals or entities to uncover information that, if not addressed or remediated, could leave the target company – and hence its acquirer - vulnerable to:
Substantial monetary penalties or losses
Damages to reputation
Costs related to litigation
It can also take two paths. On one path, IDD performs background investigations as to the target company, its executives, and its key employees. On the second path, IDD focuses on some of the significant third-parties related to the target company.
The First Focus of IDD: the Target Company, its Executives and its Key Employees
IDD begins with a comprehensive review of publicly available information including, but not limited to:
Corporate registration records
Litigation filings
Regulatory records
General internet and media research
For the principals of a target company, IDD includes a review and corroboration of the professional histories and biographic information of the individuals. In jurisdictions in which public records are sparse and unreliable, or in which the buyer is seeking more in-depth insight, the public record research may be complemented by gathering human intelligence. These source inquiries provide color and context around key individuals, significant transactions involving the individuals, and other important matters. Source inquiries tend to disclose areas of potential risk that cannot be fully understood through public record research alone.
Domestic M&A Transactions - Fundamental Concerns
For domestic M&A transactions, or in cases in which the target company has a limited international profile, a comprehensive review of publicly available information in IDD help develop a better understanding of the track record, reputation, and mode of operation of the current management team. One aspect of this analysis is developing insight into potential risk areas through understanding past business dealings. Understanding the litigation profile of a person may give rise to previous instances of:
Allegations of fraud
Potential self-dealing
Undisclosed related party transactions
As an example, an ownership interest of an individual in another entity may result in findings of a potential conflict of interest, financial issues, or even mismanagement of funds. Activities of an individual outside of the target company possibly may lead to indications of some fraudulent behavior. Armed with insights about these past matters, deal teams may calibrate their work accordingly, and then focus on areas that may present a heightened area of potential risk.
When developing insights into the track records and reputations of the target's executives, IDD makes reasonable inquiries into the credentials and professional licenses of these persons. Further, this could be particularly critical in the acquisition of professional services firms, such as physician practices, engineering firms, or licensed consulting practices. Contributions of funds by the individuals to other entities may be determined to be problematic. These contributions may be charitable or political in nature yet may violate tax or other rules that govern them.
Cross-border M&A Transactions - More Complex Concerns
For cross-border M&A transactions, or in instances in which the target company has a significant operating presence outside of the U.S., IDD should include confidential interviews and analysis from a diverse set of sources. These sources may include:
Sector analysts
Former law enforcement or intelligence types
Former investigative journalists
Sources who are familiar with the subject individuals from social circles
The deep research specialization developed through the public records research, coupled with the necessary cultural and political context, gives the buyer the proper framework through which informed business and legal decisions may be made about areas of risk. For example, interviews may offer a proper understanding of the political connections of the target company and how they are leveraged in pursuit of government tenders or other opportunities. This insight may direct M&A due diligence teams to scrutinize transactions connected to certain tenders or with certain third parties connected to these transactions.
Further, an understanding of the general macro-political environment may be necessary in jurisdictions in which business and politics could be inextricably linked. An example of such a potential risk could reside in a jurisdiction in which there may be a propensity for local regulators or officials to treat a new foreign entrant in a manner that could be detrimental to the viability of the entrant's local operations.
The Second Focus of IDD: Third Parties
M&A due diligence teams should develop a due diligence program that assesses the viability of the third-party anti-corruption and anti-bribery practices and procedures in place by the target company or the seller. Furthermore, the M&A due diligence team should conduct IDD on a certain population of high-risk third parties. The majority of U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations and SEC enforcement actions have involved the actions of a third-party intermediary in cases related to improper payments. Increasing regulatory pressures and recent government enforcement actions call for more knowledge about the entities with which the target company or the seller conducts business.
Depending on the industry in which the target company or the seller operates, high risk third-party relationships may take the form of:
Joint venture business partners
A risk-based methodology should be applied to assess potential exposures presented by these third-party intermediaries. This may include:
Verifying ultimate beneficial ownership
Gathering relevant background information
Reading public records, including criminal and civil litigation (as available)
Conducting adverse media checks (including local language checks)
Reviewing sanctions and watch lists
Considering past regulatory issues
Identifying noteworthy political connections
While third parties have been highlighted in terms of potential exposure to corrupt business activities, there is an increasing awareness as to the risks third parties pose with respect to corporate social responsibility issues. Whether the exposure relates to potential human rights concerns through abusive labor practices, or to environmental violations, IDD may assist buyers in the identification of areas of exposure that may have been introduced by third parties in the supply chain of the target company or seller. It is possible these potential exposures may be remediated before the issues cause long-lasting reputational and financial damage.
How Does IDD Complement the Performance of Due Diligence?
Adding an IDD specialist function to the larger due diligence team involved in a contemplated transaction enhances the capabilities and performance of the overall team. The IDD function typically has tools, processes, specialized knowledge and techniques that other due diligence teams do not possess. The performance of IDD could fill a critical knowledge gap in assessing potential risks. The overall due diligence team leader may want to determine whether, and to what extent, other due diligence teams, such as the financial, human resources, or legal teams, may possess the wherewithal to timely and effectively perform this important aspect of due diligence. This may not be likely, however, given the demanding circumstances surrounding a contemplated transaction and the timeliness with which matters need to be identified and shared with those leading the due diligence efforts.
The findings of the IDD team should be shared early and confidentially with the other functional leaders on the larger M&A due diligence team. These findings could serve to alert the financial, tax, legal, IT and human resources due diligence teams about matters that may call for their further inquiry and analysis. Knowledge sharing of IDD findings early in the due diligence process could influence the scope of the performance of procedures by the other specialists.
In this respect, the IDD findings could lead to discussions between the buyer, the seller and their advisors to better understand the potential impact of the findings on the deal. Negotiations likely would follow about representations and warranties, indemnifications, and other protections for the buyer from the consequences of the IDD findings. Serious matters identified could lead to negotiations about purchase price adjustments, or to planning considerations to manage one or more of the IDD findings.
Hence, discussions about IDD findings may impact deal terms, so it is better to address them earlier in the deal cycle rather than later. It is suggested IDD be performed not only by the buyer in buy-side due diligence, but by the seller for certain matters in sell-side due diligence. The performance of IDD by the seller could prepare the seller and target company to avoid surprises or better manage the responses to the potential IDD findings of buy-side due diligence.
IDD provides independent and objective insight into potential areas of risk not covered by traditional M&A due diligence. By proactively seeking to identify potential risks or areas of vulnerability before closing, a buyer or a seller can look to remediate issues of concern before they potentially cause a disruption. When significant issues that could have been identified through IDD are identified after a transaction closes, they might produce a crisis with a lasting reputational impact for both the buyer and the seller. Considerable time and cost may need to be expended to contest the payment of substantial monetary penalties, litigation damages or costs for the inheritance of potentially unknown issues. IDD should be a component of a thorough buy-side due diligence program, and it should be integral in certain circumstances in considerations as to: (1) the decision whether to walk away from a deal, (2) the price of the deal, or (2) the future management of the value of an investment.


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ins and outs of being a librarian and an archivist.
LSC 888 Assessment: Oman Library, Middle East Institute
Special Library Site Visit – The Oman Library
Mrs. Amal Morsy, Library Director
Main Report of the Site Visit
Fee-based services
Oman Library website, intranet, and social media
Digitizing efforts
ILS systems
Budgeting practices
Acknowledgement: I'd like to thank Mrs. Amal Morsy for giving three hours of her time on July 10, 2014, to walk me through the Oman Library, explain the library's history and operation, and show me the work that has gone into making the Oman Library one of the most important regional collections in Washington, DC.
The Oman Library at the Middle East Institute holds the largest English collection of Middle East literature in Washington, DC, outside the Library of Congress. Its parent organization, The Middle East Institute, was founded in 1946 by a group of diplomats and scholars in recognition and anticipation of the need for accurate and rigorous scholarship in the post-World War II environment. They established a library the following year, 1947. The library was shuttered in 2009 and its contents, books, maps, and artifacts were boxed and warehoused at a remote site.
In 2013, the library reopened under the leadership of Mrs. Amal Morsy, and in newly renovated quarters, thanks to the patronage and support of the Sultan of Oman, Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said. Director Morsy rearranged the shelving design, starting with a configuration she conceived, then created as a computer model, before actually externalizing the model as ordered shelves in a physical space. Several anomalies and irregularities in the original cataloging system required that over 20,000 volumes, documents and artifacts (including 60 rare volumes and documents) be re-catalogued, a process that is on-going.
The library houses over 20,000 books and periodicals, all devoted to the Middle East. The collection holds materials in French, Arabic, Hebrew, Ottoman Turkish and Farsi, languages spoken in the Middle East region. French is the most predominant due to France's role in post-WWI governance of the Arab world. Materials span countries from Morocco to Pakistan. The general collection covers current events, history, culture, economics, religion, politics, and languages of the region, including an extensive collection on Islam and Islamic art, and items/artifacts categorized by language, and by date and provenance. Although most of the books are in English, there are many in Arabic and typically cover from the 1930's to the present.
The Oman Collection is a special collection within the Oman Library that highlights the library's benefactor, the Sultanate of Oman, and covers Omani society, culture, politics, economics, and development as well as geography, geology and climate of Oman. The library also houses a rare book collection with volumes dating back to 1702.
This special and invaluable collection is housed in a secured section of the library and its contents do not circulate. Currently, the library holds approximately 200 journal and serial titles, dating as far back as 1918. The library also holds a very extensive map and postcard collection. The Rare Book Collection contains mostly of books published before 1922. The Collection also contains rare and valuable maps, manuscripts, and copies of religious texts.
The library's postcard collection, 21,363 items from the 1920's to the 1950's, was assembled by George Camp Keiser, an architect and the founder of the Middle East Institute, and Nancy Hull Keiser, his wife.
Here is a link to the library's mission and vision statement: http://www.mei.edu/oman-library-mission-statement.
The Middle East Institute website (www.mei.org)
The Oman Library operates on a tight budget and no funds are provided for fee-based services. The director mentioned that OCLC provided cataloging and limited website automation, mobile device optimization, and ILL (inter-library loans) services for approximately $500 per year, but that she performs the cataloging, circulation and website automation along with four non-paid interns and she has achieved a modest ILL service with libraries in the areas mostly thorough networking and sharing of common holdings and requirements.
There are a number of reasons why OCLC might be a good investment for the Oman Library.
1) The Oman Library library director has done a great job of liaison and building collaborative and cooperative relations with local libraries as aforementioned. Libraries and scholars outside the local area could greatly benefit from having a degree of access to the Oman Library, and vice versa, MEI scholars could greatly benefit from access to resources outside the area.
2) The library could benefit from being a part of WorldCat, a union catalog that itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories which participate in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) global cooperative. It is built and maintained collectively by the participating libraries. Oman Library would have a more international identity, bringing with it respectability and credibility.
3) Scholars would get access to restricted, non-circulating, and special collections materials that partners would not normally lend, and the same level of collections at Oman Library would be discoverable by others outside the local area.
Marketing and public relations are mostly handled by the library director, through networking efforts already mentioned, and through reaching out to professional friends and colleagues in the area. The library has an on-going relationship with the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center at University Sultan Qaboos in Oman and with George Washington University. It is open to the membership of the Middle East Institute, many of whom are scholars, local diplomats, and American foreign service officers posted to embassies in the Middle East region. The library has a very broad member base. The holdings include many articles and volumes that cannot be found anywhere else, a reputation that provides additional marketing power. The library also holds regular exhibitions and semi-annual book sales of donated and duplicate items, providing marketing and fund-raising efforts.
Additionally, the library sells duplicate and donated books regularly on Amazon.com marketplace.
The Library website, intranet. and social media
The Oman Library website is featured prominently on the MEI website, both of which are built on standard Drupal platforms. Clicking on the Oman Library block (one of three central destinations, the other two being a link to The Middle East Journal, and a link to information about language classes) takes one immediately to the library's homepage. On the home page, a banner for the library is at the top, three static library photos are directly underneath, and below those photographs is a standard search box, allowing search by keyword, title, author, subject and call number. The right margin top features a special collection item (with a clickable link) that is changed weekly, beneath which is a brief description of library holdings and a clickable link to electronic databases, and beneath that is administrative information about the library. The main section continues with a description of the library and its holdings, a clickable link for donations, and information for connecting to the library's Facebook page and to RSS readers.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Oman-Library-at-the-Middle-East-Institute/424266721005294
The intranet serves the Institute and the Library as an organizational unit. It includes links to internal e-mail, the staff directory, human resources data processing, and the mei.edu page for in-house training.
The library started a Facebook page (screenshot above) when it re-opened in 2013. Library events that have occurred since then are well chronicled with Facebook posts, photos, and quotes.
Included in the library's holdings are over 1000 digitized versions of books in the inventory. Library staff volunteers compare actual books to digitized editions held in HathiTrust and Internet Archives, then, if the comparison rings true, the information on the digitized edition is entered in the MARC record. In cases of government documents that are easy to access, the original is considered for discarding or disposal sale.
ILS systems, content management
The library uses an open source ILS product, Koha for cataloging, acquisitions and content management. Koha also provides various Web 2.0 facilities like tagging, comment, social sharing and RSS feeds, a union catalog facility, customizable search, circulation and borrower management, simple acquisitions system for the smaller library, and serials system for magazines and newspapers.
Koha was first developed as an open-source ILS system for the Horowhenua Library Trust in New Zealand in 1999. It is the first full featured open source integrated library system (Singh and Sanaman, 2011). It is web-based and provides an easy to use Web interface making it easy for The Oman Library's volunteer staff to edit and add records directly into the online catalog. It allows batch importing and exporting of records and provides quick reporting of circulation statistics, making it ideal for Oman Library requirements. When the library was reopened in 2013 after a four year hiatus, the version of Koha was compatible with the version that had been used when the library closed down in 2009. Except for a few glitches the ILS system was quickly updated, up and running.
Using open source software for ILS is advantageous for special libraries such as the Oman Library for a host of reasons. It is low cost, customizable, interoperable, and independent of vendors. There are advantages and disadvantages to using an open source ILS system for a small, special library. Advantages include lower software costs because there are no license and maintenance fees, uncomplicated license management, lower hardware costs, scaling/consolidation potential for growth or shrinkage, community support from other developers/users, escape from the vendor lock-in that accompanies proprietary software systems, unified software across several applications (circulation, acquisition, serial management, content management, etc.), and quality software (Williams, et.al. 2005). The Oman Library has benefited from all these advantages.
Disadvantages may include hidden implementation and support costs after installation, minimal service support from a company that one might get with proprietary software, and security issues. Fortunately, Oman Library has not reported any of these as deficiencies. Luckily, Koha continues its development and has carved out a niche for supporting the ILS requirements for small specialized libraries.
Training for staff.
Staff training is conducted exclusively by the library director. Quarterly and as required, she trains mostly undergraduate volunteer interns in the use of the Koha ILS suite, collection development, and general librarianship best practices. The interns are bright and quick learners, and many of them have foreign language skills that help with cataloging and classification of books and artifacts.
Budgeting and the institutional culture.
The Oman Library does not have its own separate budget, even though the fund-raising it manages to achieve is not insignificant. Fund-raising provides for petty cash purchases for day-to-day operations, but the library director has to go to the parent institution, Middle East Institute, for large purchases and acquisitions, providing justification each time.
There are many reasons why the library and the parent institution would benefit from the library having its own discrete annual budget cycle. Asantewa describes the following four functions that budgets serve that would be applicable in the case of the Oman Library: budgets communicate to staff the availability of resources and the objectives that staff develops and is committed to seeking; budgets and a budgeting process provide a planning tool; budgets provide a contractual agreement between senior management and other shareholders, donors, contributors to allocate a specific amount of money to the meeting of specific goals and objectives; and budgets provide a policy tool that guides the running of the library and the parent organization, highlighting progress toward strategic goal, but also illuminating contradictions, inconsistencies and divergences from the mission's overall objectives (Asantewa, 2003).
Just as it lacks an independent, discrete budget, the Oman Library also lacks a strategic planning component. A strategic planning model would include both, and would define and establish target destination goals for the library 12 to 18 months ahead. Green recommends that a strategic planning model for a library should include the following: targets based on past performance and on potential emerging opportunities; a regular meeting schedule to chart progress towards those targets; and a communication plan for keeping senior management and significant shareholder informed of that progress (Green, 2013). An effective strategic plan for the library, coupled with a disciplined budgeting process, would provide a solid basis for negotiating with senior management that could only have positive results for the library and for the parent institution.
The Oman Library is a well-run library that provides an outstanding source of information for scholars and foreign affairs practitioners. Its patrons and clients speak affectionately of its scholarly atmosphere and its rich collection of resources on Middle East countries and issues, many of which cannot be found in a similar setting outside the region. The library director, Mrs. Morsy, has done an outstanding job of setting up and operating the library with minimal resources at her disposal. She is clearly well-placed to take the Oman Library to the next level of excellence in terms of providing resources for the Middle East Institute membership as well as for the broader academic, scholarly and foreign affairs practitioner community.
Asantewa, D. (2003). Holistic budgeting: A process. Information Outlook, 7(8), 14-18.
Green, H. (2013). Adapting to the New Strategic Planning. Information Outlook, 17(1) January/February 2013: 13-15.
Singh, M. & Sanaman, G. (2012). Open Source Integrated Library Management Systems: Comparative Analysis of Koha and NewGenLib. The Electronic Library, 30 (6), 809 – 832.
Williams, J., P. Clegg and E. Dulaney. The Advantages of Adopting Open-Source Software. Abram. InformIT, May 6, 2005. Accessed August 2, 2014 at http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=376255
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Recall effort wraps up first week
November 22, 2011 By Andrew Beckett
Organizers of a statewide effort to recall Governor Scott Walker from office say the movement is off to a strong start.
As of Friday, the last time figures were made available, United Wisconsin executive director Meagan Mahaffey says over 105,000 signatures have been collected. Mahaffey says they feel good about the progress made so far.
Tens of thousands rallied on the Capitol Square over the weekend in support of the effort, which needs to gather over 540,000 signatures by mid-January.
Mahaffey says most of the volunteers gathering signatures have been well received, although she is concerned about reports of threatening behavior some have faced. She says organizers want to know about those incidents and the victims are encouraged to contact local police. It is a felony to destroy or deface a recall petition.
Meanwhile, Governor Scott Walker says his attention remains on a goal of helping the private sector create 250,000 new jobs by 2014. The governor has spent much of the last week traveling around the state to speak at press conferences hosted by businesses announcing expansion plans.
Walker says anything else outside of his job creation efforts are just a "side show."
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At func, 20-30 people are just waiting for whoever the "leader" is to just make it clear and official.
Quite a few people have projects.
And I think it got frustrating because various "yappers" unwilling to step to the plate kept offering "ideas".
Just make it loud and clear and start a new thread there and everyone will fall in line.
@Baker: Yeah, I can totally see that. I think I'd want to wait for QBism to tell us what exactly (s)he can commit to (to make sure we have at least a vague platform to start with), then go ahead and do that. Maybe Spirit might also decide to get back in the game?
@QBism: No pressure, by the way. I can't exactly be saying I can't commit to organizing it and simply expect others to. If that doesn't work out, we'll keep on searching for someone to be able to commit.
The prototype has turned out well enough that I can commit to build the site. I wanted to be conservative and feel out if this was duplicated effort, especially if anyone was going hard-core and resurrecting classic expo script.
Thinking hard about the dates... One factor is that Quakecon (August 4-7) is featuring a Quakeworld tournament that could generate interest. The expo could jump ahead of that and still have enough time to get projects together. Late August/ early September is when students are going back (or the kids of some of you old folk ) and that may be an issue.
June 15 EDIT -move up to May 14: registration opens. This will give a few days to work out kinks and start momentum by the time actual anniversary hits (June 22) in case news blurbs bring visitors.
Saturday, July 16 to Saturday, July 30: qexpo. That's two solid months to get projects and events together, and will maybe catch some draft off quakecon interest. This was a successful slot for the 2006 qexpo IIRC.
Prior to qexpo, events scheduling will be active. Also "info" booths or articles could be released for newcomers- where to buy Quake, where to get maps and mods, multiplayer, etc. Some items could be redundant with info already out there, just presenting multiple facets.
Also prior there will be a "booth teaser" category, so visitors can see intended booths, and booths get some advance anticipation.
And of course there could be mapping or mod events a week or two in advance, with results announced at the expo.
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The proposed schedule sounds great do me. I will try to prepare something for the event.
frag.machine wrote: The proposed schedule sounds great do me. I will try to prepare something for the event.
I think it will help psychologically to move the registration up even more and give a true 2 months before expo. Updated schedule above. It can be ready May 14. Sorry for any additional time pressure the July timeframe may cause, but hopefully this schedule is a good compromise. Let's call it official!
If anyone would like to volunteer, or just kick the tires on the site, please PM me.
Site roles needing volunteers: moderator, editor, news posters, FAQ/ help booth guru. The editor will help booth authors and release booths for posting at the start of the expo.
@qbism --- you should message ArrCee at QuakeOne to make your post into a news item.
Baker wrote: @qbism --- you should message ArrCee at QuakeOne to make your post into a news item.
Quakeworld.nu is really the only Quakeworld forum of note (that I know of).
That's it! And awesome, CocoT was there!
After "thank you's", I think I should also give out some "go to hell's", so you guys know which news sites to avoid from now on. I'm not going to mention small-to-medium sites (because these ones do not always update regularly and they aren't professional sites, so I "forgive" them). But ... I'd like to say to Telefragged, Joystick.fr, Stomped, Quake.de, Besmella-Quake, Extreme-Players.de and the Challenge sites that well, it's too bad (for them) that QExpo went on so well because now, they definitely look *very* uncool for deciding to ignore it and the press release made about it.
The site is open! https://qexpo2016.com/ Anyone may register. For people who don't intend to create a booth or event, all site members may post in the activity stream, comment on booths and news, and participate in groups.
...well, I HOPE CocoT is around somewhere.
June seems to be starting off slowly in the Quake scene as those in the northern hemisphere start to notice that round orange light in the sky a bit more. In hopes of gleaning more interest, https://qexpo2016.com will start posting Booth Previews starting June 18. So nobody has that massive pressure of creating a booth yet... just a couple sentences and a screenshot.
Ok, I've tried to figure out how to post a booth preview, or create a booth, but it's highly un-intuitive as how to do it. Frustrating.


Australia's reputation, geography and strengthening trade ties provide enviable access to some of the world's fastest-growing markets, including Asia - which was once again named as a major driver of potential export growth this time for Australian horticulture.
Launched in China as part of an agriculture delegation featuring 15 Australian producers and industry leaders, ANZ's new InFocus report, Future of Fresh, shows the largest growth in exports of Australian fruit and vegetables has been in Asia.
Behind much of this demand is the well-documented growing Asian middle class. While the rise in meat and protein consumption amongst this demographic has been significant, so too has its hunger for quality, fresh fruit and vegetables.
Excitingly for Australian producers and exporters the report says the growth and purchasing power of this demographic has been significantly underestimated.
Pointing to a 2017 study by the Brookings Institute, the report states there were 500 million more people in the global middle class than previously estimated at the end of 2016, putting the figure closer to 3.2 billion and increasing by a rate of 140 million people each year.
In a positive move for exporters, around 88 per cent of those new entrants into the middle class are likely to be in Asia. By 2030 it is estimated that Asia's middle class will surge to just under 3.5 billion people – right on our doorstep.
In terms of the middle-class spending power, the true figure of $US35 trillion in 2015 is roughly 12 per cent higher than previous estimates and now accounts for one-third of the global economy.
Despite these positive trends, understanding and capitalising on a complex market like Asia can be a challenge.
Kingsley Songer, General Manager of South Australian horticulture producer and exporter 4 Ways Fresh says while freight costs and branding are the biggest challenges when looking to export, finding trusted partners is key to being successful in Asia.
While aligning to consumer demands is a must, understanding the intricacies around market access, Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), logistical constraints and the opportunities that emerging e-commerce platforms present all require a considered approach and ongoing focus.


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Kareby kyrka ligger i tätorten Kareby, Kungälvs kommun. Den tillhör Kareby församling i Göteborgs stift.

Kyrkobyggnaden
Kyrkan är byggd på vanligt bohuslänskt vis med torn i väster, ett rektangulärt långhus med tresidigt avslutat kor av samma bredd och höjd som långhuset. Långhusets äldsta delar — murarna i väst, norr och öst — torde vara från 1300-talet. År 1672 förlängdes kyrkan från 13 meter till nuvarande längd och 1738 gjordes fönstren större. Nuvarande fönster sattes in 1855. År 1941 installerades värmeledning och elektricitet.

Tornet
Tornet som är 21 meter högt byggdes åren 1669 till 1683. I tornet placerades en klocka år 1723, som tidigare hängt i en klockstapel ett stycke från kyrkan. Klockan är av malm och gjuten i Stralsund år 1621 (samma år som Göteborg började byggas), klockan måste dock omgjutas i Kungälv redan 1624. På klockan finns en bild av en kvinnlig och en manlig figur som omfamnar varandra. Tornet renoverades 2010.

Takmålningar
Kyrkans nya trätunnvalv var klart 1738. Men först 1751 fick Lars Holm uppdraget att måla det. Han hade då några år tidigare färdigställt takmålningarna i närbelägna Romelanda kyrka. Till stilen är emellertid Karebys målningar annorlunda. Över koret avbildas treenigheten och över långhuset den yttersta domen och helvetet. Längs sidorna finns åtta scener som åtskiljs av grisaielleornament mot en röd bakgrund. Helvetsmålningen måste ha ansetts vara anstötlig och målades över 1856. Den var åter synlig vid biskopsvisitationen 1872, men försvann ånyo, troligen vid 1896 års renovering. Alla övermålningar togs dock slutgiltigt bort och verket renoverades och rengjordes 1941.

Inventarier
Dopfunt. Endast den rektangulära cuppan i täljsten är bevarad, men i gott skick. Höjden är 40 cm. Cuppan har försetts med ett träfundament, som påminner om det som finns bevarat till en dopfunt från Resteröds kyrka. Funten dateras till 1100-talet. Cuppan har upptill längs innerkanten en fals. Sidorna, som smalar av något nedåt, har olika konturhuggna växt- och djurmotiv. Uttömningshål finns åt ena sidan. Funten tillhör en grupp som tillskrivs stenmästarna Sven och Torbjörn.

Dopfatet i mässing är från 1640.
Läktarbröstningen är bemålad med motivet Kristus med fem apostlar och under läktaren finns två tavlor med en apostel på vardera — allt målat av Lars Holm 1751.
Altaret är av gråmålat trä. Det innesluter ett äldre altare av sten, troligen från medeltiden.
Altartavlan avbildar upp till vänster den danske kungen Kristian den IV:s monogram. Den är rikt dekorerad och troligen målad 1671, samt ommålad flera gånger. Den första ommålningen förmodas vara utförd av Lars Holm 1751.
Predikstolen är troligen från 1600-talet. Den har likheter med altartavlan och är därför troligen gjord av samma hantverkare. Den är målades 1751 av Lars Holm, men har senare målats om flera gånger. I spegelfälten finns de fyra evangelisterna. Timglaset är tillverkat 1735.
Ljuskronan i glas är från 1700-talet, troligen tillverkad i Tyskland. Mässingskronorna med två kransar och sex armar är skänkta 1904 och 1941. Mässingskronan med en krans och åtta armar skänktes 1946.
Votivskeppet är en tremastad fregatt, skänkt av bonden Anders Persson år 1819.

Orgel
Orgeln, som skänktes år 1869 av grosshandlaren Simon T. Arenbergh från Göteborg, var byggd av Johan Nikolaus Söderling. Den byggdes om 1948 och ännu en gång 1968 av Tostareds Kyrkorgelfabrik och fick då sexton stämmor, två manualer och pedal.

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Källor

Karebys kyrkoarkiv

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Kyrkobyggnader i Kungälvs kommun
Kyrkobyggnader i Göteborgs stift

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Songs to make the heart light and happy!
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Maria's Eyes theme song of the movie "Maria's Lovers"
I performed this on the fly in a kitchen with a mic, laptop and guitar. It was so Emily would hear the beautiful words, and know how I felt soon after we met. She was able to hear my voice while waiting for the song "I'm Talking Love" that I wrote for her. .. as a proposal!
This song was written to complete a marriage pact made in a letter via Facebook. It was this second Love letter, that turned proposal after seeing her FB pic enacting the sentiment of the poem from my First letter! A lighthouse moment for me, as with a laugh on her lips and a tear in her eye, she unabashedly expressed Love, and that she IS the "lady in the light" whose Love I feel shines purer than the sun, and in truth, cannot be obscured.
A retro style ballad "I'm Talking Love " States how I knew she felt loved and safe after receiving the RomantiCra letter I sent, and that I was back, with a song to have her feel it some more!
Of course she "Emily Silver" will admit to that...and until that time, I am expressing my love for her through music, as I ask for her hand! I gave this exquisite woman my heart within minutes, and she knew it. As I retreated in shyness she made it seem silly and made me feel welcome to return. Having not found her before her return stateside, I sent a love letter and didn't know if she liked it until the picture she posted Last November . This song is being remixed and will be put on iTunes soon.
See Romanticray.com for more details..
I gave this exquisite woman my heart within minutes, and she knew it. As I retreated in shyness, she made it known that I was being silly and should feel welcome to return. Having not found before her return stateside, I sent a love letter and didn't know if she liked it until the picture she posted Last November . This song is being remixed and will be put on iTunes soon.
This song #facebooksong is about Emily Silver (Olympic medalist swimming) accepting my proposal while ghosting me and doing gags on Facebook, but posting clues to guide me back. Please Like share and Help the song comes true Faster.


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Home / Unlabelled / APC Crisis: Okorocha Slams Oyegun, Says it is insulting to classify him with Udenwa and Ohakim, I am breaking oligarchy in Imo State.
APC Crisis: Okorocha Slams Oyegun, Says it is insulting to classify him with Udenwa and Ohakim, I am breaking oligarchy in Imo State.
by Unknown on May 30, 2018
Amid the raging intra-party squabble rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State, the state Governor, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday insisted that he still remains in charge of the party and has not lost its structure to the party faction known as the 'APC Coalition Alliance'.
In the same vein, Okorocha who has only one year to hand over the reins of governance, said his predecessors, Chief Achike Udenwa and Ikedi Ohakim, are selfish leaders who did not develop their followers, hence they did not have any successive plan.
He said his sin was: "I am being persecuted because I stoutly opposed the elongation of the tenure of Chief John Oyegun as the National Chairman of the party for another four years, and he (Oyegun) decided to take a pound of flesh from me by supporting the dissidents who met and organised kangaroo congresses, wrote results and forwarded same to Abuja for ratification.
"We are still in charge of APC in the state and we have not lost the party structures in this state."
The governor, who spoke to journalists in Owerri as part of activities marking the 2018 democracy day celebration, boasted that his record of achievements in the past seven years has surpassed those of all his predecessors put together.
According to him while the security situation in the state has tremendously improved in the past seven years of his administration, his urban renewal programme has tremendously transformed the Owerri capital city into a modern city which now ranks third in development in the country after Lagos and Abuja.
Additionally, he stated that his free education programme has not only alleviated poverty in the state but has also provoked the establishment of more schools just as N15 billion had been invested in the reconstruction of new post primary schools in the state.
The governor said there would be no need for new schools in the state in the next 20 years by his successors as he had already completed a total of 261 new ones while over 1,000 kilometres roads had been tarred in the 27 council areas and ICT centres established to promote computer literacy among council staff.
Continuing, the governor noted that he has provided a total of 540 bed hospitals in all the local government areas as part of measures to promote healthcare delivery services for the people.
He gave an assurance that the president and the vice president would soon be in the state to inaugurate over 100 completed projects, saying a 3,500 capacity prison structure would be constructed in the state while the police headquarters would be moved to a conducive place in Owerri.
Okorocha said: "Udenwa and Ohakim are selfish leaders. Show me who anyone of them developed in this state that can compete with the likes of my Deputy and Chief of Staff, Kingsley Uju? Show me any of their investments in the state like the one my family has? Senator Hope Uzodinma does not even have a residential house in the state, and that is to show you that he does not believe in Imo State."
According to him, it is insulting to classify him alongside his predecessors, saying none of them spent N50billion for projects in the state like he has done. "No, no, no, you can't classify me with Udenwa and Ohakim, no I am way ahead of them. I am breaking oligarchy in Imo State," he said.
On the crisis in the state chapter of the APC, Okorocha said all would be sorted out when former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, assumes office as the National Chairman of the party saying "once Oshiomhole comes in, everything will be sorted out.
Hilary Eke's term has finished, so he can't even be the chairman until he is elected. There are court orders stopping the supposed congress. So their congress does not even exist; the only one that exists is the one we have put up," the governor maintained.
By Unknown at May 30, 2018


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Teams normally send 2 students to compete in particular events. Then, at the end of the competition, the teams with the top three highest cumulative scores are awarded trophies. Several middle and high school teams then qualify from this competition to participate in the NM State Science Olympiad (http://www.nmt.edu/~science/olympiad) which is an affiliate of the National Science Olympiad (http://www.soinc.org).
Event Supervisors for each event score teams based upon National Science Olympiad standards for the current year.


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Assimilatory force and regulation of photosynthetic carbon reduction in leaves
Dietz K-J, Heber U (1989)
In: Techniques and New Developments in Photosynthesis, NATO ASI Series. Barber J (Ed); New York: Plenum Pr.: 341-363.
Sammelwerksbeitrag | Veröffentlicht | Englisch
Dietz, Karl-JosefUniBi; Heber, U.
Herausgeber*in
Barber, J.
Fakultät für Biologie > Biochemie und Physiologie der Pflanzen
Buchtitel
Techniques and New Developments in Photosynthesis, NATO ASI Series
Dietz K-J, Heber U. Assimilatory force and regulation of photosynthetic carbon reduction in leaves. In: Barber J, ed. Techniques and New Developments in Photosynthesis, NATO ASI Series. New York: Plenum Pr.; 1989: 341-363.
Dietz, K. - J., & Heber, U. (1989). Assimilatory force and regulation of photosynthetic carbon reduction in leaves. In J. Barber (Ed.), Techniques and New Developments in Photosynthesis, NATO ASI Series (pp. 341-363). New York: Plenum Pr.
Dietz, K. - J., and Heber, U. (1989). "Assimilatory force and regulation of photosynthetic carbon reduction in leaves" in Techniques and New Developments in Photosynthesis, NATO ASI Series, Barber, J. ed. (New York: Plenum Pr.), 341-363.
Dietz, K.-J., & Heber, U., 1989. Assimilatory force and regulation of photosynthetic carbon reduction in leaves. In J. Barber, ed. Techniques and New Developments in Photosynthesis, NATO ASI Series. New York: Plenum Pr., pp. 341-363.
K.-J. Dietz and U. Heber, "Assimilatory force and regulation of photosynthetic carbon reduction in leaves", Techniques and New Developments in Photosynthesis, NATO ASI Series, J. Barber, ed., New York: Plenum Pr., 1989, pp.341-363.
Dietz, K.-J., Heber, U.: Assimilatory force and regulation of photosynthetic carbon reduction in leaves. In: Barber, J. (ed.) Techniques and New Developments in Photosynthesis, NATO ASI Series. p. 341-363. Plenum Pr., New York (1989).
Dietz, Karl-Josef, and Heber, U. "Assimilatory force and regulation of photosynthetic carbon reduction in leaves". Techniques and New Developments in Photosynthesis, NATO ASI Series. Ed. J. Barber. New York: Plenum Pr., 1989. 341-363.


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Saturn is not yet a teenager, but it has quietly inserted itself into the consciousness of automobile buyers all over the country. With its innovative twin thrusts of selling its cars without haggling and treating owners and prospects with basic human respect, the newest division of giant General Motors Corp. has established itself among the top nameplates in motordom, primarily from the standpoint of customer satisfaction.
Among the automotive cognoscenti, it is the brand that arguably is most recommended for first-time car buyers who know little or nothing about automobiles. At least, the thinking goes, the prospective owner will have a good experience, if not the most advanced car available.
Lately, however, that's been a tougher sell. The basic Saturns that owners have come to know and love, to the tune of 2.4 million since they were introduced as 1991 models, have admittedly slipped into geriatric city.
So the time has come for freshness and youthful vitality, and that is precisely what has happened for model year 2003 with the introduction of the new Saturn Ion. The Ion replaces the original Saturns the SL and SC models in two-, three- and four-door configurations that have anchored the brand since its birth.
Like the originals, the new models are aimed at the youthful hoi polloi the fresh-faced folks long on enthusiasm but short on bucks, both singles and young marrieds. The target is in the 18-to-34 age group, half and half male and female, with roughly a $50,000 median annual income.
But the Ion bears deeper responsibilities. It is a linchpin in a strategy by the resurgent General Motors to proselytize among young buyers and convert them for life to GM products. Robert Lutz, the charismatic vice chairman and car guy, points out that the company currently has just 24 percent of the market in entry-level cars, while overall its share in cars and trucks is 28 percent.
As one key to bumping that entry-level percentage, the heart of the Ion is a new state-of the-art four-cylinder engine, called the Ecotec, that is intended for ubiquity as a base powerplant in the Chevrolet Cavalier, Pontiac Sunfire and other GM small cars.
It's a neat piece of work, all aluminum with cast-iron cylinder liners, chain-driven dual overhead camshafts, sequential fuel injection and four valves per cylinder in short, an engine with every modern wrinkle available to effortlessly produce the Ion's 140 horsepower but with plenty of potential as well. Mr. Lutz says West Coast drag racers already have hopped it up to 800 horsepower, with 1,000 in the offing.
As installed in the Ion, it is adequate to propel the 2,766-pound four-door to 60 mph in the 9-to-11-second range, depending on model and transmission. That's respectable but not exciting. A stronger point is the handling. The Ion has an even-keel feel, with an impression of precise control that is enhanced by the new electric power steering. It conveys a nicely weighted sense of the road with good on-center tracking.
The ride is comfortable and the cabin is roomy, quiet and serene, with only small intrusions of engine, road and wind noise unlike the Ion's predecessors. On the other hand, the seats are small and short on comfort, especially in back.
There are two Ion versions a compact four-door sedan with a trunk, and a four-door coupe. The latter is not a misprint. Saturn earlier upgraded its existing coupe by adding an extra forward-opening door on the driver's side. Now it's added a fourth door, so the new coupe has rear doors on both sides with no center pillar.
Combined with a flip-down rear seat and a right front seat that folds flat as well, it's expected to appeal to kids who want to carry such things as kayaks and bicycles built for two.
There are three transmissions. The four-door sedan, which is being introduced first, has a standard five-speed manual gearbox, with a five-speed automatic as a $900 option. The latter is a first in the economy-car class.
Nowadays, five-speed automatics are mostly confined to up-level cars and SUVs.
The quad coupe comes with the five-speed manual but a CVT automatic. CVT stands for continuously-variable transmission, an affair of belts and pulleys that delivers the fuel economy of a manual with seamless automatic operation. Saturn calls it a variable transaxle, or VTi.
The Ion retains the Saturn trademark of dent-resistant plastic body panels. It also features an eye-level, center-mounted instrument cluster and such peace-of-mind options as side air bags and traction control to augment the front-wheel drive.
To appeal to young people, the Ion also can be semi-customized with exterior and interior trim pieces in a variety of colors. They're designed so that the owners can do the customizing themselves by swapping trim pieces.
There are three equipment levels. They range from a stripper at $11,995 to the tested Ion 3 at $15,495. The latter price includes such items as a motorized sunroof, 15-inch alloy wheels, a stereo with CD player and cassette, air conditioning, cruise control, remote locking and power windows. A few options brought the suggested delivered price to $16,570.