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How much of a role did Sakamoto Ryoma play in overthrowing the Shogunate?
Sakamoto Ryoma is often portrayed in the Japanese media for his role in attempting to overthrow the shogunate during the Bakumatsu period. Since he was assassinated when he was still very young, the Japanese media are very sympathetic to his cause. I wonder how much of a role did he actually play in overthrowing the Tokugawa regime?
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It is true that Sakamoto Ryōma died young, and his heroic role is perhaps overly dramatized today (especially the famous story of his aborted assasination attempt of Katsu Kaishū), but his considerable reputation as one of the most important figures in bringing down the Tokugawa is not without merit. The two most important moments where he, as an individual, becomes a particularly important figure in the Meiji restoration:
His role, as a Tosa (Kōchi) outsider, in helping negotiate an alliance between the Chōshū and Satsuma forces (1866) that together led the campaigns to follow. Nakaoka Shintarō was also important in these negotiations.
Again, partly connected to his unusual position as a Tosa representative eager to bring an end to the conflict, he played a role in the negotiations for the surrender of the Tokugawa. Part of this was the composition of an "eight-point" program for a peace settlement and convincing the more belligerent allies in Satsuma etc. Gotō Shōjirō was the other key figure in this process.
The classic English source on this is Marius Jansen's work, frequently read by students of Japanese history: Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration
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Sakamoto Ryoma was very passionate toward his country. Even though he was a descendant of a low-ranking samurai family, he established a reputation for swordsmanship. He was best known for attempting to unite countries who were otherwise hostile toward each other, against the Bakufu supporting the Tokugawa shogunate.
Bakufu: A shogun's office or administration is known in English as the "office". In Japanese it was known as bakufu
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The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CMFRI) survey report studying the impact of the BMC's ambitious coastal road project on fisherfolks shows that at least 45 fishing community members lost their livelihood due to reclamation work at Haji Ali, Amarsons garden and Priyadarshni Park seashores.
The preliminary 'Rapid survey report on the demography and fisheries of proposed coastal road project site', submitted by the ICAR-CMFRI before Maharashtra Fisheries Commissioner observed that Haji Ali seashore has crab and oyster fishing ground.
"From Lotus Jetty (at Haji Ali), at least 25 fishing boats are operating, but now 85 per cent of the land is being reclaimed. Hence, this centre will be of no use for fishing activities and the livelihood of these fishermen will be deprived," the report states.
"Likewise, at Amarsons Garden no fishing will be possible due to reclamation and at Priyadarshini Park, where the seashore has crabs and oysters, green and blue algae will be destroyed and five fishing boats (operating) from this area will be permanently deprived from livelihood," the report states. It adds that there is no exit point to the sea for boats at Priyadarshini Park.
According to the report, approximately 12 hectares will be reclaimed at Priyadarshini Park, about 12 hectares at Amarsons Garden and another 15 hectares at Haji Ali. In all, the civic body has proposed reclamation of 91 hectares for the 9.96-km eight-lane coastal road project from Marine Lines (Princess Street Flyover) to Worli end of Sea-Link. The project, estimated to cost around Rs 12,000 crore, will ease vehicular traffic moving from South Mumbai to the suburbs.
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'Fascist on campus': Activists target Dinesh D'Souza at Dartmouth
Daniel Payne - Assistant Editor •February 12, 2019
'Go home racists, go home racists!'
A talk by controversial conservative writer Dinesh D'Souza at Dartmouth College generated student protests, with activists calling D'Souza a "fascist" and a "racist" while attempting to disrupt his speaking engagement.
D'Souza came to the campus at the invitation of the school's College Republicans chapter, The Dartmouth reports. Around 200 people attended the event.
In addition, "dozens of students and community members protested the speech," the paper said.
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A group of 12 protesters gathered in the hallway signing protest anthems and carrying signs with messages like "Warning: fascist on campus," "Fags against fascists" and "No platform 4 hate." At various intervals, a few protesters entered the hall where D'Souza spoke and carried the signs through the crowd.
Some students made distracting noises during the speech, such as loudly tearing plastic wrapping off of water bottles. A pair of students draped in gay pride attire walked to the front of the room and passionately kissed while D'Souza spoke.
Ellie Gonzalez '19 used protest to convey dissatisfaction in the College Republicans for bringing a speaker who has "acted with malicious intent towards queer people," expressing determination to express frustration in a public, attention-drawing way.
"Our right to exist is not up for debate, and until they get on board with that, I'm going to show up to every event in my gayest outfit and protest any way I damn well please," Gonzalez said.
D'Souza's daughter, Danielle D'Souza Gill, posted a video of what appeared to be part of the protest against her father's speech there. In that video, a small group of students chants "Go home racists" over and over again.
In response to my Dad's lecture: Tolerance, open mindedness, and diversity at @dartmouth? pic.twitter.com/E84JGeb2Pa
— Danielle D'Souza Gill (@danielledsouzag) February 12, 2019
One student claimed that the College Republicans invited D'Souza to campus "as a trigger rather than actually wanting to have a political conversation."
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The second high-level EU–Georgia Strategic Security Dialogue took place on 23 October 2018 in Brussels. The meeting reconfirmed both sides' strong interest in closer cooperation in foreign and security policy, in line with the EU-Georgia Association Agreement. The sides discussed the situation in the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, including the implementation of the EU-mediated 12 August 2008 Agreement. They exchanged views on a wide range of foreign policy issues, including the state of affairs and security challenges in the region.
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Nikolai Wassiljewitsch Meschkow (; *  in Wessjegonsk; † 19. Juni 1933 in Moskau) war ein russischer Unternehmer und Mäzen.

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Meschkows Vater Wassili Nikolajewitsch Meschkow war in einer Handelsfirma mit dem Export von Lebensmitteln und Leder beschäftigt. Im Alter von 19 Jahren begann Meschkow im Kontor des Kaufmanns Sobolew zu arbeiten, dem einige Dampfschiffe, Schleppkähne und Anlegeplätze in einigen Städten gehörten. 1875 wechselte Meschkow in den Dienst der Wolga-Kama-Dampfschifffahrt-Personengesellschaft. Nach einiger Zeit wurde er aufgrund seiner organisatorischen Fähigkeiten zum Bevollmächtigten für das Kama-Becken ernannt. Darauf heiratete er und ließ sich in Perm nieder. Zusammen mit dem Flussversicherungsinspektor Michail Iwanowitsch Schuljatikow gründete er eine eigene Firma für Gütertransport mit einem gecharterten Schiff.

1885 erwarb Meschkow im Zentrum von Perm ein Haus, das 1820 von dem Architekten Iwan Iwanowitsch Swijasew im Stil des russischen Klassizismus gebaut worden war und 1842 im großen Brand von Perm zum zweiten Mal abgebrannt war. 1887–1889 ließ sich Meschkow dort von dem Architekten Alexander Bonawenturowitsch Turtschewitsch nach Genehmigung der Stadtduma eine neue Villa im Stil der auf dem Jugendstil basierenden Moskauer Moderne bauen, die bis heute Haus Meschkow genannt wird und seit 2007 das Permer Bezirksmuseum beherbergt. In der Hungersnot 1891 in Perm und Teilen des Gouvernements Perm erhielt Meschkow vom Semstwo des Gouvernements Perm für den Kauf von Brot für die hungernde Bevölkerung ohne Sicherheit eine Summe von 1,5 Millionen Rubel, die er vollständig ohne Gewinn für den Erwerb von Brot guter Qualität ausgab. 1892 wurde Meschkow in die Semstwo-Versammlung des Gouvernements Perm gewählt mit zweimaliger Wiederwahl. Die Semstwo-Versammlung nominierte ihn für den Vorstand der Perm-Abteilung der Bauernlandbank und für den Aufsichtsrat der Gewerbe und Industriebank. Aktiv setzte er sich für die Einrichtung des sogenannten Lehrerfonds für die Unterstützung der schlecht bezahlten Landschullehrer ein. Auch wurde er mehrmals in die Permer Stadtduma gewählt.

1901 organisierte Meschkow in Form von Picknicks außerhalb der Stadt Treffen der Personen des Permer öffentlichen Lebens mit den heimlich in die Stadt gekommenen Sozialrevolutionären Jekaterina Konstantinowna Breschko-Breschkowskaja, Grigori Andrejewitsch Gerschuni und Nikolai Konstantinowitsch Michailowski. Als Meschkow 1907 in St. Petersburg lebte, befreundete er sich mit dem Mitglied der 1906 von Albert Dawidowitsch Trauberg gegründeten Terroristengruppe der Partei der Sozialrevolutionäre (PSR) Anna Michailowna Rasputina (Fräulein Schuljatikowa). Lenin erinnerte in seinem Briefwechsel mit Maxim Maximowitsch Litwinow an die Verdienste Meschkows.

1912 ließ Meschkow in Perm auf eigene Kosten ein Nachtasyl bauen, das er dann der Stadt übergab. Dafür wurde er zum Ehrenbürger ernannt. 1914 eröffnete er eine Apotheke mit sehr niedrigen Preisen und übernahm die Kosten für ihren Betrieb. Nach Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs diente das Nachtasyl als Zufluchtsort für mobilisierte Soldaten.

1914 erwarb Meschkow die Personengesellschaft der Brüder F. und G. Kamenski, die nun die Personengesellschaft für Dampfschifffahrt und Gütertransport der Brüder F. und G. Kamenski und Meschkow wurde. Dazu gründete er die Orenburg-Ufa-Eisenbahn-Aktiengesellschaft für den Bau einer Eisenbahnstrecke entlang des Westurals bis in das Petschora-Gebiet.

Meschkow gehörte dank seiner Aktivitäten und Verbindungen zu den Begründern der Hochschulbildung im Ural. 1916 schenkte er das große Gelände mit dem Nachtasyl der Stadt Perm. Im selben Jahr gründete die Universität St. Petersburg eine Filiale in Perm, die dann 1917 durch Dekret der Provisorischen Regierung die neue Universität Perm wurde. Das Nachtasylgebäude diente als Hauptgebäude der Universität. Meschkow gehörte zum Komitee für den Aufbau der Universität und vergab etwa 200 Stipendien für das Studium an in- und ausländischen Universitäten.

Auf dem Gelände vor dem Nachtasyl hatte Meschkow einen Volksgarten geplant, für dessen Planung er 1915 den Landschaftsarchitekten E. A. Mayer unter Bezugnahme auf Gutachten der Botaniker Pawel Wassiljewitsch Sjusew und Porfiri Nikititsch Krylow aus Moskau eingeladen hatte. Infolge der Oktoberrevolution und des Russischen Bürgerkriegs wurde der Plan nicht realisiert. 1920–1921 nutzten Universitätsangehörige das Gelände als Gemüsegarten. 1922 wurde auf Initiative des Biologen und Lehrstuhlinhabers der Universität Perm Alexander-Paul Henckel auf dem Nachtasylgelände der Botanische Garten der Universität angelegt. Eines der bekanntesten Gewächse im heutigen nach Henckel benannten Botanischen Garten der Universität Perm ist die Dattelpalme, die Henckel 1896 in St. Petersburg gepflanzt hatte.

Nach der Oktoberrevolution, dreimonatiger Haft in der Butyrka und Enteignung arbeitete Meschkow aufgrund der Absprachen der Sekretärin Lenins Lidija Alexandrowna Fotijewa und des Volkskommissars Leonid Borissowitsch Krassin im Volkskommissariat für Verkehrswege in Moskau. Er wurde auf dem Deutschen Friedhof begraben.

Am 13. Oktober 2016 wurde zum 100. Geburtstag der Universität Perm ein Meschkow-Denkmal eingeweiht (Bildhauer Alexei Salasajew, Architekt Gennadi Sorokin).

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Q: Fixing two parameters to get three solutions to a set of equations I have a curve given implicitly by
F[x_, y_] =
  x^4 + x^3 y (-2 - 4 α) + y^4 α^2 (1 + α)^2 + d1 + y*d2
   + x(-2y^3 α(1+α)(1+2α)+y(-1-2α+(1+2α)t2^2/t3^2)
   + y^2 (2(1+2α)/t3 + (1+2α)t2/t3))
   + x^2 (1 + y^2 (1+6α+6α^2) - t2^2/t3^2 + y(-2-t2)/t3)
   + y^3(-1-2α-2α^2 - α(1+α)t2)/t3
   + y^2(1-t2 - α(1+α)t2^2 + α(1+α)t3^2)/t3^2 == 0

I want to set the coefficients $d_1$ and $d_2$ such that the system of equations
$\qquad F(x,y)=0,\ F_x(x,y)=0,\  F_y(x,y)=0$
has three solutions in $x$ and $y$ which will depend on $\alpha, t_2, t_3$.
Is there a good way of going about this without fixing $t_2, t_3$ and $\alpha$?

A: F[x_, y_] = x^4 + x^3 y (-2 - 4 α) + y^4 α^2 (1 + α)^2 +
   d1 + y*d2 + x (-2 y^3 α (1 + α) (1 + 2 α) +
      y (-1 - 2 α + (1 + 2 α) t2^2/t3^2) +
      y^2 (2 (1 + 2 α)/t3 + (1 + 2 α) t2/t3)) +
   x^2 (1 + y^2 (1 + 6 α + 6 α^2) - t2^2/t3^2 + y (-2 - t2)/t3) +
   y^3 (-1 - 2 α - 2 α^2 - α (1 + α) t2)/t3 +
   y^2 (1 - t2 - α (1 + α) t2^2 + α (1 + α) t3^2)/
     t3^2;

eqns = {F[x, y] == 0, D[F[x, y], x] == 0, D[F[x, y], y] == 0} //
   FullSimplify[#, t3 != 0] &;

Since you have three equations, only two variables of {α, t1, t2}are independent. In addition to solving for d1 and d2 you must also solve for one of {α, t1, t2}. Using α,
sol = Assuming[t3 != 0, Solve[eqns, {d1, d2, α}] // FullSimplify]

(* {{d1 -> (y^2 (4 (-2 + t2 - t3) (-2 + t2 + t3) + 8 (-2 + t2) t3 y +
      3 t3^2 y^2))/(16 t3^2),
  d2 -> -((y (8 + 2 t2^2 - 6 t3 y + t2 (-8 + 3 t3 y) + t3^2 (-2 + y^2)))/(
    4 t3^2)), α -> -(1/2) + x/y}, {d1 -> ((t2^2 - t3^2)^2 -
    t2 (8 + t2) t3^2 y^2 - 8 t3^3 y^3)/(4 t3^4),
  d2 -> ((2 + t2) (t2 - t3) (t2 + t3) + t2 (8 + t2) t3 y + 6 t3^2 y^2)/(
   2 t3^3), α -> (
   t3^2 (2 x - y) y - Sqrt[
    t3^2 y^2 (2 t2^2 + 2 t2 t3 y + t3 (4 y + t3 (-2 + y^2)))])/(
   2 t3^2 y^2)}, {d1 -> ((t2^2 - t3^2)^2 - t2 (8 + t2) t3^2 y^2 -
    8 t3^3 y^3)/(4 t3^4),
  d2 -> ((2 + t2) (t2 - t3) (t2 + t3) + t2 (8 + t2) t3 y + 6 t3^2 y^2)/(
   2 t3^3), α -> (
   t3^2 (2 x - y) y + Sqrt[
    t3^2 y^2 (2 t2^2 + 2 t2 t3 y + t3 (4 y + t3 (-2 + y^2)))])/(2 t3^2 y^2)}} *)

Verifying
eqns /. sol // Simplify

(* {{True, True, True}, {True, True, True}, {True, True, True}} *)

EDIT: Solve for {d1, d2, t3} and they will be functions of {x, y, t1, t2, α}
sol2 = Assuming[t3 != 0, Solve[eqns, {d1, d2, t3}] // FullSimplify]

(* {{d1 -> (1/(
   2 t2^4))(t2^4 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)) (2 x^2 -
        2 x (y + 2 y α) + y^2 (1 + 2 α (1 + α))) -
     t2 y^3 Sqrt[
      4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
       t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
          y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))] +
     2 y^3 (2 y + Sqrt[
        4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
         t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
            y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))]) +
     t2^3 y (x^2 Sqrt[
         4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
          t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
             y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))] +
        y (-2 + y^2 +
           y α (1 + α) Sqrt[
            4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
             t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
                y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))] -
           x (1 + 2 α) Sqrt[
            4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
             t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
                y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))])) +
     t2^2 y (y^3 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)) +
        2 x^2 Sqrt[
         4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
          t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
             y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))] +
        y (2 + 8 x^2 -
           2 x (1 + 2 α) Sqrt[
            4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
             t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
                y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))]) +
        y^2 (-8 x (1 + 2 α) + (1 + 2 α (1 + α)) Sqrt[
            4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
             t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
                y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))]))),
  d2 -> -(1/(
    2 t2^4))(t2^2 (4 - 4 t2 + (12 + (-4 + t2) t2) x^2) y -
      t2^2 (12 + (-4 + t2) t2) x y^2 (1 + 2 α) +
      y^3 (8 + t2^2 (t2 + 12 α (1 + α) -
            4 t2 α (1 + α) + t2^2 α (1 + α))) +
      2 t2^2 x^2 Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
        4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] +
      t2^3 x^2 Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
        4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] -
      2 t2^2 x y Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
        4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] -
      t2^3 x y Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
        4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] +
      4 y^2 Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
        4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] -
      2 t2 y^2 Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
        4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] +
      t2^2 y^2 Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
        4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] -
      4 t2^2 x y α Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
        4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] -
      2 t2^3 x y α Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
        4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] +
      2 t2^2 y^2 α Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
        4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] +
      t2^3 y^2 α Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
        4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] +
      2 t2^2 y^2 α^2 Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
        4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] +
      t2^3 y^2 α^2 Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
        4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))]),
  t3 -> -((2 t2^2)/((2 + t2) y +
     Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
      4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))]))}, {d1 -> (1/(
   2 t2^4))(t2^4 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)) (2 x^2 -
        2 x (y + 2 y α) + y^2 (1 + 2 α (1 + α))) +
     t2 y^3 Sqrt[
      4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
       t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
          y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))] -
     2 y^3 (-2 y + Sqrt[
        4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
         t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
            y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))]) +
     t2^3 y (-x^2 Sqrt[
         4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
          t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
             y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))] +
        y (-2 + y^2 -
           y α (1 + α) Sqrt[
            4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
             t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
                y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))] +
           x (1 + 2 α) Sqrt[
            4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
             t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
                y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))])) +
     t2^2 y (y^3 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)) -
        2 x^2 Sqrt[
         4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
          t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
             y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))] +
        2 y (1 + 4 x^2 +
           x (1 + 2 α) Sqrt[
            4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
             t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
                y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))]) -
        y^2 (8 x (1 + 2 α) + (1 + 2 α (1 + α)) Sqrt[
            4 y^2 + 4 t2 y^2 +
             t2^2 (4 + 8 x^2 - 8 x (y + 2 y α) +
                y^2 (1 + 8 α (1 + α)))]))),
  d2 -> (1/(2 t2^4))(-t2^2 (4 - 4 t2 + (12 + (-4 + t2) t2) x^2) y +
     t2^2 (12 + (-4 + t2) t2) x y^2 (1 + 2 α) +
     y^3 (-8 -
        t2^2 (t2 + 12 α (1 + α) - 4 t2 α (1 + α) +
            t2^2 α (1 + α))) +
     2 t2^2 x^2 Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
       4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] +
     t2^3 x^2 Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
       4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] -
     2 t2^2 x y Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
       4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] -
     t2^3 x y Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
       4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] +
     4 y^2 Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
       4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] -
     2 t2 y^2 Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
       4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] +
     t2^2 y^2 Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
       4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] -
     4 t2^2 x y α Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
       4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] -
     2 t2^3 x y α Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
       4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] +
     2 t2^2 y^2 α Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
       4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] +
     t2^3 y^2 α Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
       4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] +
     2 t2^2 y^2 α^2 Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
       4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))] +
     t2^3 y^2 α^2 Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
       4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))]),
  t3 -> (2 t2^2)/(-(2 + t2) y +
    Sqrt[(2 + t2)^2 y^2 +
     4 t2^2 (1 + 2 (x - y α) (x - y (1 + α)))])}} *)

However, there are only two sets of solutions
Length[sol2]

(* 2 *)

Both sets of solutions satisfy the equations
eqns /. sol2 // Simplify

(* {{True, True, True}, {True, True, True}} *)

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Nick Lashaway (March 24, 1988 – May 8, 2016) was an American actor.

He was best known for his roles on The X-Files, Girls, and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. He appeared in The Last Song opposite Miley Cyrus, portraying the leader of a gang of thugs who hustle money from beach carnival crowds through spectacular fire-juggling performances. He played Brandon O'Neil in Wes Craven's 2010 film My Soul to Take, opposite Max Thieriot.

Death
Lashaway died in a three-car crash on May 8, 2016 in Framingham, Massachusetts.

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The tendency to take mercy for granted, to cease to be surprised at God's blessings to us, is a malady common to all fallen men. It is so much easier to count burdens instead of blessings. Living in affluence, people tend to become like spoiled children, complaining when they must endure slight inconvenience and demanding preferential treatment from the Almighty as if he is their debtor.
As a young married couple, my wife and I faced several financial crises. I was determined to be independent, but the time came when I had to swallow my pride. At one particular point, we were in abject need with out the slightest glimmer of hope in view. When my parents stepped in with an unexpected gift enabling us to meet our expenses, I was deeply humbled. I could not restrain the tears. How grateful I was! When we faced another crisis some months later, I was again very thankful for their assistance. The third time, I again said "Thank You," but couldn't muster a tear. Soon, I found myself thinking when we faced another predicament, "Maybe Dad will bail us out; he always comes through in the clutch." What had happened? I was beginning to take his kindness for granted. I had ceased to be surprised at grace. I acted as if his generosity was a personal right.
The best way to live life is to live it surprised. Have you ceased to be surprised at the mercies God sends your way? Jacob considered himself "unworthy of the least of God's mercies." The Lord is not obligated to bless us. Anything short of eternal misery, therefore, is a mercy, an undeserved blessing from him. Paul never got over the fact that the Lord could love somebody like him. When the Holy Spirit laid bare my heart and showed me my wretchedness, I too was amazed at his love for someone like me. May I never cease to be surprised at his daily benefits to an unworthy sinner. May I never cease to emphasize the "amazing" dimension of his grace.


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Tag Archives: Sek Yuen
Dinner with a Bersih Boy
May 2, 2012 By Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh in Bersih, Malaysia, Malaysia elections, Singapore, Singapore elections Tags: Ambiga Sreenevasan, aspic chicken, DAP, dataran merdeka, PAS, Pengkalan Pasir, Pengundi Hantu, Pipa Duck, Sek Yuen, Sudhir Vadaketh, Trotter, udang galah, UMNO, Yam Ring	4 Comments
April 28th 2012, Kuala Lumpur
If you want to eat at Sek Yuen, go after a Bersih rally.
Smack in the middle of KL, Sek Yuen is an old-school Cantonese joint: wooden Chinese coffeshop chairs; yellowed plastic ceiling fans, silver standing fans, so old their blades look like WWII propellers; square metal grills over the windows; black and white photographs on the walls; and, of course, the elderly Chinese lao ban sitting at the money table, listlessly fingering his abacus to no sum in particular.
As one travels around Malaysia, there are several spots that implore you to stop, take pause, and wonder about how Singapore might have looked in the 1950s. Nowhere evokes this nostalgia better than Sek Yuen.
As if to prove they are also connected with the present, Sek Yuen's owners have built a new restaurant–with air-conditioning, this time–right next to the original on Jalan Pudu. The first time I ate here, in 2009, we were seated at the new joint because the place was too full. The second time, Saturday April 28th 2012, the day of Bersih 3.0, there was plenty of space. We got a spot at the original–the real time machine.
The whole afternoon, several friends and I had been agonising about whether to go to Sek Yuen. Will downtown KL be OK? Will the Bersih roadblocks have been cleared? Will we spend our evening stuck in another horrendous KL traffic jam?
One of the paradoxes of any country's democratisation process is that while one usually feels like urging it on, celebrating it, one doesn't on those occasions when it impinges on your own mobility or schedule.
If I had been part of the Bersih rally, I would have been singing and high-fiving, for I knew several people there, including George (not his real name) who we were meeting for dinner. But since I wasn't involved, Bersih became like an irritant, an obstacle standing between me and my pipa duck (or Pei Par duck, 枇杷鸭) the most tender, juicy, crispy bird one might ever eat.
Observers pick apart Malaysia's democratisation to see if there are any lessons for Singapore. One thing that we are wholly unprepared for is the messiness, the disruptions, the delays. Singapore has been run for so long with clinical precision by a few people–an increasingly archaic form of governance–that it will probably take some time for society to accept and enjoy the democratic process, the extra time needed, whether it be for civil society activism, citizen-government engagement or more collaborative decision-making.
In other words, for the pragmatic Singaporean, something like a Bersih rally in Raffles Place would be an absolute nightmare. Can you imagine not being able to get to Louis Vuitton or Mee Pok Man on a Saturday? Heaven help us.
Malaysians, by contrast, are now used to all this; some even crave it. The Sek Yuen matriarch, for instance, was completely on top of things, and had promised to call us if there was any major traffic situation near the restaurant. We couldn't really trust her, of course, since she had a vested interest in making sure we got there–particularly since we had pre-ordered eight dishes.
And so our relaxed afternoon was peppered with light-hearted debates between the more obsessive among us–"Why don't we just eat here in Petaling Jaya?"–and the more philosophical–"Let's just drive in to KL, if we make it we make it, if we don't we don't".
Being firmly part of the former, I was busy texting and calling different people, including George, to find out the situation on the ground. We also had the television on and were busy refreshing Facebook and Twitter feeds, partly to satisfy our intellectual curiosity, partly because of our hunger pangs.
As is now common in Malaysia–like many other countries–there was a fair bit of real-time misinformation online. The most egregious example of this was a photo showing the Bersih rally completely swarming the whole of downtown KL, including Dataran Merdeka (Merdeka Square).
The cartoonish flags are a giveaway. In reality, Dataran Merdeka was the most heavily fortified, and the scene of many of the alleged instances of police brutality, as Malaysia's cops struggled to keep protestors out.
In any case, we had privileged sources of information, and a few hours later, had driven smoothly into the city, and were sitting in front of a wonderful spread. Both the streets and Sek Yuen were empty. Thank you, Bersih.
Across from our table was a group of protestors, yellow shirts on, digging in furiously. George texted to say that he'd be a bit late, so we did the polite Singaporean thing, and started eating.
When George arrived, half an hour later, several people in our group instinctively rose and started clapping, much to the amusement of the Sek Yuen staff. I wasn't sure if it was to acknowledge his role in Malaysia's political journey, or in appreciation of Lina (not her real name), his beautiful new girlfriend, who we had all been eager to meet.
Both George and Lina had taken part in the rally, though with different groups. "We didn't see each other there," he said. George was glowing, the same fiery glow I've noticed over the past few years, every time we meet after some political event. He was supercharged on democracy, on activism, on participation, that pulsating feeling one gets when absorbed and enveloped in people power.
He glanced quickly at the half eaten platters of food in front of him–a traditional cold dish, with jellyfish, octopus, shellfish and prawns; Aspic chicken, a jelly-like concoction; sauteed beef; and stir-fried Udang Galah, huge, succulent freshwater prawns. He looked back at us, clearly more interested in chatting than eating.
Though political awakenings are a relatively recent phenomenon in Singapore, almost every Malaysian I know has been revelling in the newfound power of their voice and vote for several years now. "Talking politics" has become as important as the food. George got involved in activism in the lead up to the 2008 General Elections, when he volunteered on the winning campaign of a friend, a DAP (Democratic Action Party) candidate. He's been hooked ever since.
"You know, some people actually overturned a police car!" George screamed defiantly, as I turned over, rather grumpily, the last of the Yam Ring. Perhaps it was a symbolic victory for many in the Bersih crowd who have long felt victimised by the police. But it would also prove a liability, an indication to some that elements of Bersih might have gotten carried away and engaged in violent behaviour.
Bersih is a non-governmental coalition that seeks to promote electoral reform in Malaysia. It was founded in 2006 and is headed by Ambiga Sreenevasan, a Malaysian lawyer, to her followers a somewhat Gandhian figure. Bersih's first rally was in November 2007; the second (Bersih 2.0) was in July 2011; and the third (Bersih 3.0) on April 28th 2012.
Bersih has many genuine grievances. Singaporeans like to complain about several problems with our electoral processes, including gerrymandering. All serious enough, and yet at the same time they pale in comparison to the shenanigans north of the border.
In the past few months, for instance, it has emerged that a single Malaysian address has more than 50 different voter names registered at it. There are more than 40,000 "doubtful" voters, with no valid or verifiable address (out of a total of some 12.5m registered voters). Meanwhile, there are suggestions that many foreign workers–including Indonesians and Myanmese–have been registered to vote, either officially by having citizenship applications rushed through, or surreptitiously.
It has been fascinating watching Malaysia's civil society evolve. The first Malaysian election I attended was a by-election in a small town called Pengkalan Pasir, just outside Kota Bahru, Kelantan in 2005. It was called after an assemblyman passed on, and was a fierce contest between PAS (Parti SeIslam Malaysia) and UMNO. The frequent electoral complaint back then–pre-Bersih days–was about "Pengundi Hantu", phantom voters. I certainly saw buses full of people arriving in Kelantan from outside, though it wasn't clear to me if they were just UMNO supporters, accidental tourists or, indeed, phantom voters. UMNO won that close election–by a mere 134 votes, out of some 15,000 total–a surprise perhaps, in a state long dominated by PAS.
Hence Bersih certainly has some legitimate complaints. As an organisation, it has matured tremendously. "This time we came prepared," George said. "We had masks, goggles, and salt."
"Salt? For what?"
"The tear gas. You put it on your skin. Also, it burns your throat, so you eat spoonfulls of salt to neutralise it."
Poor sod. No wonder he couldn't taste the chicken.
"I went to McDonald's on the way to the rally, and picked up a few sachets of salt. I thought I was being very smart. When I got there, these old aunties laughed at my sachets. They pulled out boxes of kitchen salt from their bag."
Bersih describes itself as a 'coalition of like-minded civil society organisations unaffiliated to any political party'. However, in the eyes of many, Bersih is also effectively an opposition vehicle.
Why? First, it has the explicit backing of all the opposition parties. Opposition leaders, such as Anwar Ibrahim, frequently front Bersih rallies. Many opposition supporters, such as George and Lina, are also Bersih supporters, and vice versa. For the past few years, Malaysia's opposition has been complaining about electoral fraud. The usual government retort to this is "If there was fraud, how could the opposition win 5 states in 2008?" To which the opposition replies, "We would have won so much more."
Bersih has also accepted financial assistance from America's National Democratic Institute (NDI) and George Soros' Open Society Institute (OSI). The NDI and OSI, of course, regularly fund pro-democracy movements in many parts of the world, from the Middle East to Latin America. Unsurprisingly, in all these countries, support for "democracy" or "electoral reform" usually means supporting the opposition, which often faces an alleged authoritarian incumbent.
And this is where Bersih's role in Malaysian society starts to get a bit hazier and trickier. Is Bersih really unaffiliated or is it effectively a civil society front for the opposition? The difference is important, especially for Malaysians. Another close friend of mine–who leans slightly towards the opposition–said that she was going to go for the rally on Saturday, but decided not to at the last moment, when she realised, "That was not totally neutral lah. It had elements of the opposition so I thought best not to and I was right!"
Is Bersih acting purely for electoral reform, or is it making organisational decisions that are intended to benefit the opposition? Is an opposition-driven Bersih more likely to provoke the police than a non-partisan Bersih? Why were they so intent on entering Dataran Merdeka, I asked George. As he pondered, I quietly finished off the last of the pipa duck.
When you bite into Sek Yuen's golden brown pipa duck, the first thing you notice is a crackling sound, as the skin breaks, like papadum. Moments later, your entire mouth is awash with glorious duck fat and juice. And oh, the smoke. Sek Yuen's kitchen is fuelled completely by wood–not, say, gas or charcoal–a culinary rarity even in Malaysia's countryside, let alone its biggest city. This imparts a magical flavour to several dishes, most notably the duck.
George answered: Ambiga had made the decision to move towards the square, and that was that. "We were all chanting together, 'masuk!', 'masuk!'," George said, recognising the Bersih crowd's desire to enter Dataran Merdeka.
It would be silly to suggest that opposition or Bersih supporters are violent. George is one of the most non-violent peaceniks you'll ever meet. Nor are all Bersih supporters opposition voters. In fact, over the past few days, several people who attended the rally have taken umbrage at the accusation that they're opposition stooges. One of the more touching accounts I've read is from the daughter of an officer at the FRU (Federal Reserve Unit, Malaysia's "riot police", for lack of a better phrase, the policemen acting as the last barrier at the rally).
Still, one broad point here is that Malaysians should be mindful of any civil society organisation having its agenda hijacked by any vested interests–government, opposition or otherwise. Whatever happens at the next General Elections, due by March 2013, you can be sure there will be cries over electoral fraud. It is incumbent upon Bersih to make an independent assessment–not one biased by one party or another.
In many ways, Bersih's existential struggle is all part of the country's political evolution, as a heavy-handed authoritarian government has to concede political and social space to a plethora of other actors. New voices are fighting to be heard. As they each stake out their space, the lines between them will grow clearer. It will be interesting to see how this takes shape in Singapore.
Malaysia's civil society is developing at an astonishing pace. A few days before Bersih 3.0, another organisation, Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia, republished a "Street Rally Guide" that it had written in July 2011 (ahead of Bersih 2.0). It is utterly modern, including such gems as "Take pictures to be posted on Facebook. Tag your new friends."
I reposted the whole guide last week on my Facebook page. A few hours later, my American Latina grad school classmate had reposted it on her own FB page–"relevant to people everywhere," she said. And just like that, a Malaysian grassroots innovation had been copied by those old Democrats in the US.
Bersih is performing a great service for Malaysia: raising awareness, helping improve electoral processes, allowing Malaysians from all walks of life to participate in civil society, drawing them in to democratic life, strengthening codes of conduct.
Let's hope it continues its work as a non-partisan, civil society organisation. I look forward to many more Bersih rallies.
Besides, I can't wait to eat that duck again.
Sek Yuen's pig's trotter is made with delicate precision. It is deboned and then stuffed with gingko, chestnuts, mushroom, lap cheong, garlic and other granular goodies. It is wrapped so perfectly that it almost seems as if Sek Yuen breeds special pigs made of nuts, not bones. The server leans over our table, and cuts up the trotter with a scissors. Unlike every other trotter I've had, this one does not cause you to go into cardiac arrest. It is almost healthy, with just the right amount of fat below the skin; a trotter for non-trotters.


Nearly 100 people have died in Indonesia's remote province of Papua after an outbreak of measles struck the region where most of the residents were already suffering from severe cases of malnutrition.
An estimated 69 toddlers died in the Asmat region of Indonesia's eastern most province, Papua military spokesman Muhammad Aidia told the AFP on Sunday. And in the same time period, church officials from the mountainous district of Oksibil have confirmed that 23 children and four adults died from the highly contagious respiratory disease.
Most of the residents to die from this typically very treatable infection have been children, underscoring the inadequacy of the island's health care system in an already poverty-stricken area of Indonesia.
"Measles is not dangerous, it's a mild disease. But because those children are malnourished, they can't cope in that condition," Aidia told the AFP.
He went on to say that the government has responded by sending medical teams and supplies of medicine, equipment, vaccines and nutritious food.
Delivering aid to the region, however, will not be an easy task due to the province's remote and not easily accessed location.
Asmat is a swampy and inaccessible area that remains relatively underdeveloped in terms of infrastructure and facilities. Getting there can be difficult, as it requires a flight from Papua's capital Jayapura, followed by a helicopter ride and then a boat ride, Channel NewsAsia reported.
Oksibil district is not much better. Having a population of just 4,000, some of the villages in this remote district of Papua can take at least a day to reach by foot, which is sometimes the only method of transportation available.
Because Indonesia has not developed equal healthcare in Papua when compared to the rest of the country, the statement continued, the AHRC holds the government accountable for this public health disaster.
"The current efforts to address the problem are simply too little, too late," the AHRC said.
According the World Health Organisation (WHO), approximately 90,000 people died from measles in 2016, with most of the victims being under five years old.
Measles is a highly contagious disease that is spread by coughing, sneezing, personal contact or direct contact with a person's infected nasal or throat sections.


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#define QTR_TORRENT_FILTER_H

#include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
#include <QMetaType>
#include <QVariant>

class QString;
class QWidget;

class FilterMode;
class Prefs;
class Torrent;

class TorrentFilter: public QSortFilterProxyModel
{
        Q_OBJECT

    public:
        TorrentFilter( Prefs& prefs );
        virtual ~TorrentFilter( );

    public:
        enum TextMode { FILTER_BY_NAME, FILTER_BY_FILES, FILTER_BY_TRACKER };
        int hiddenRowCount( ) const;

    private slots:
        void refreshPref( int key );

    protected:
        virtual bool filterAcceptsRow( int, const QModelIndex& ) const;
        virtual bool lessThan( const QModelIndex&, const QModelIndex& ) const;

    private:
        bool activityFilterAcceptsTorrent( const Torrent * tor, const FilterMode& mode ) const;
        bool trackerFilterAcceptsTorrent( const Torrent * tor, const QString& tracker ) const;

    public:
        int count( const FilterMode& ) const;

    private:
        Prefs& myPrefs;
};

#endif

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"Great first impression of the hotel, the staff were lovely and made us feel very welcome."
"The staff and facilities were superb."
"Always a great place to relax."
Whether you want to enjoy a swim in the warm sea or swimming pool, the Novotel Rayong Rim Pae Resort has it all. Located 80km from U-Tapao Airport, the property offers a perfect getaway with a stunning seaside view in Rayong province, a short drive from the Thai capital. The four swimming pools and Jacuzzi are one of the many attractions on the hotel grounds. The beautiful secluded beach in front of the hotel is a favorite with visitors here. For those who wish to do a spot of retail therapy, Ban Phe village is about 15 minutes away on the song thaew, a converted pick-up truck bus. Le Cote Jardin, the resort's pride and joy, offers an impressive selection of Thai and European dishes cooked up by its talented chef. When you're ready to book a room at Novotel Rayong Rim Pae Resort, please enter your travel dates into the secure online booking form and click.
Very helpful receptionist who picked up our suitcases upon seeing us arrive rather late at night. Swift check in and made sure restaurant was kept opened for us though it was nearing closing time. Free daily shuttle bus to Ban Pae. Poolside bar, a bit overpriced.
Enjoyable stay, thank you, lovely staff. A bit disappointed with the debris on the beach, which shows the global plastics problem we all face. I know it had been stormy but it surely could have been cleared up once a day.
We love Rayong for a weekend beach destination. This was our first time at the Novotel. It is fine. My only complaint is that people set up towels on chairs by the pool and leave them all day, without people using them, so if you are actually looking to lay by the pool or on the beach, it can be a bit tricky. For a long weekend, we got a great rate. The breakfast was pretty busy but they have a nice spread. The beach is clean and the pools are nice. If I found another good deal here, I would stay here again.
we love this place, quiet and nice. the beach is clean and beautiful. the swimming pools here are great, so perfect for family. there are selection of food for breakfast. we will definatelt come back here again.
Great hotel and location. Not a lot of Local food, and bit more expensive. Try the local restaurant just opposite the hotel over the road. Best fish and chips I've ever had. It was breaded fresh sea bass. So nice 👍.
Stayed at many places along this coast and visited Novatel for meals and drinks more than once but never stayed. Seriously cant fault the place unless you'd like a decent gym - as it doesn't have one. Another small point is the shower over bath. Pretty much the only telltale that it has been renovated from its original design. Food is great, staff were great, parking plentiful if you include the additional area over the road. No complaints here..
Been with family to Rayong Rim Pae Novotel for the last 20 years. Always a great place to relax. Kind staff, clean rooms, nice facilities. Only 1 problem: the room switchboards must be 20 years old. Several commands hardly work. In our 2 rooms it was impossible to control the A/C temperature. It was stuck on 15 degrees all the time. We had to freeze until we switch off the A/C, then it was hot!
Right on the beach. Lovely pool. Food quite expensive, luckily there's a restaurant over the road. Usual high standard of Novotel. Unfortunately the beach was filthy with a lot of tar washed up. My son was here 2 weeks ago and says the beach was fine.
This was a great place to get away and relax poolside and a wonderful place to sit and watch the ocean. The room was very clean and the food was great!! The staff were very kind. We will definitely be back!!
We had a good stay overall. The resort has 2 swimming pools and have private beach. Well maintained facilities with children play area. Break fast also good. However, the room is bit old and need to be renovated.
The map is unclear and yes the hotel is along the beach, the villas are across the street. The breakfast is excellent: good variety for both Europeans and Asians, good quality, although the room is noisy like a cantine. We had a standard room facing the jungle, which was correctly renovated, however it was smelly and stuffy. I believe it was due to the lack of air. A sticker recommended to keep the sliding door to the balcony closed due to mosquitoes. A mosquito screen and a simple fan in the room would help! Some good "thai style" fragrance too. The swimming pools were fantastic and excellent massage by the beach at reasonable price. Nothing around the hotel, a few bars and a simple restaurant with great food and great price prepared and served by great people. Overall this was an excellent destination to rest for the week-end.
We were visiting this report hotel several times. Because this resort is not big one, suitable size for us and also having good pool, direct access to the beach. I love the time in the morning to take breakfast in the restaurant. Confortable breeze, bright sunshine, birds singing..... with hot black coffee..... We can surely enjoy this resort until checking out.
This hotel is a great deal for what you get. The staff are some of the best that we have seen in hotels in Thailand. They are always smiling, always friendly and helpful and respectful. Not only that, but the breakfast in the morning is good and filling. There are two pool options, so our kids coud have fun without us feeling like they are disturbing the adult guests. The beach is nice and peaceful. The massage at oceanside is quite the relaxing experience. Well worth staying here!
Love every minute, it is quiet remote location but easy to reach many seafood or western food restaurants. Need a car to go around, no bus or not frequent taxi. Nice pool and clean beach ,enjoy happy hour drink.


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Obituary for Sandra K. "Sandy" (Sorenson) Honchell | Kaniewski Funeral Homes, Inc.
Sandra K. "Sandy" Honchell, 78, of South Bend, IN, passed away at 8:25 p.m. Monday, November 5, 2018 at Healthwin Specialized Care in South Bend, IN, where she left this world surrounded by and holding hands with her family.
She was born on a balmy 42 degrees Saturday, March 16, 1940. Her parents were the late Irvin and Catherine (Wilkinson) Sorenson. She was a lifelong area resident.
Sandy graduated in 1958 from Central High School in South Bend. She retired in 2014 from the former Rubin Cleaners in South Bend, IN, where she worked as a Clerk for 20 years.
On July 26, 1958, as Sandy Sorenson, she married Theodore "Ted" C. Honchell at Ardmore Brethren Church in South Bend, IN. Ted passed away on February 2, 2015.
Sandy is survived by two daughters, Deb (Tom) Danford of Angola, IN; Diane (Dave) Kennedy of South Bend, IN; one son, Richard C. (Kim) Honchell of South Bend, IN; nine grandchildren, Steve (Jennifer) Estes, Brandi (Kyle) Heeter, Jessica (Jon) Pope, Taylor (T. J.) Binder, Rachael (Kelly) Parmelee, Aaron (Samantha) Honchell, Grant Niezgodski, Kahley Micinski, Dirk (Lexy) Hayford; and 12 great grandchildren, Lilianne, Kaylyne, Xavier, Simon, Zander, Jasmine, Joseph, Brooke, Elijah, Benjamin, Jackson, Zeke and two more expected in 2019. What an amazing, loving family Sandy and Ted created together!
Sandy's love and joy was to spend time with her family, many friends, and doting on her grandchildren and her pets. She and her late husband, Ted enjoyed life together visiting Hawaii, DC, Florida to name a few.
After battling a long illness, Sandy passed, surrounded by loving family members.
Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, November 8, 2018 at Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, South Bend, IN. A Celebration of Life Service will follow at 6:00 p.m. Thursday in Kaniewski Funeral Home.
Since Sandy was such an animal lover and rescued many in her lifetime, memorial contributions may be made to: Pet Refuge, Inc., 4626 S. Burnett Drive, South Bend, IN 46614.
To send online condolences, please visit www.kaniewski.com.


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Raquel Sánchez Jiménez (born 18 November 1975) is a Spanish lawyer and politician of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia who has been serving as Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda of the Government of Spain since July 2021, in the cabinet presided by Pedro Sánchez.

Political career
Sánchez Jiménez previously served as mayor of Gavà since 2014.

In 2022, Sánchez Jiménez led negotiations with Spain's transport associations that resulted in a 1 billion euro ($1.10 billion) support package aimed at defusing the walkout over fuel prices that has caused sporadic goods shortages. In response, Spanish truck drivers announced in March 2022 they would continue their strike "indefinitely."

References

1975 births
Government ministers of Spain
Living people
Socialists' Party of Catalonia politicians
People from Catalonia
Public works ministers of Spain


Which version of balenaOS are you using?
In addition is there any logs in dmesg that might reveal more information?
Jordan mentioned you were working on this issue. I am wondering if you have any progress.
@Farzad could you tell us what happens if you run xinput_calibrator --list?
But the more you can post the better.
I'm on the same project as @Farzad.
[   11.553259] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: eGalax Inc.
However, the touchscreen still does not appear in xinput --list. Any idea what's going on?
@pdcastro Thank you for the suggestion, but I've got it working now.
We found that the balena image we based our image on (balenalib/jetson-tx2-ubuntu:xenial) did not contain the right driver for the eGalaxy touchscreen at the time of this writing. So to get it working I had to manually build this driver from linux master into a kernel module using this balena sample project and load it when starting up the container. I also made sure to set ENV UDEV 1 in our Dockerfile as well.
@Jin, glad to hear it, and many thanks for sharing your solution here! It will help anyone else who comes across this issue. I'll also check with the OS team if they think that this driver should be included in the image by default.
as well as carrier board drivers. It makes sense, since the driver is already part of Linux core kernel.


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Q: At what point does Entity Framework lambda extension method send the query to database? I'm trying to figure out how to optimize some database queries, such that they're using the indexes that are built into our database, and pulling the data being requested quickly.
What I'd like to understand, is, at what point in the following code is the IQueryable translated into SQL, and sent to the database for retrieval. My attempt below is trying to leverage the existing indexes to narrow down the data-set, and then do additional more complex and less indexed operations on the smaller set of data.
My instinct, is that the call doesn't actually go to the database until I call ToListAsync() (thus making my approach below kinda pointless), but I'm not sure.
For context, the below code is a controller action, and is wrapped in some exception handling. Stripped all that out for simplicity's sake.
                var shift_Offers = db.Shift_Offers.Include(c => c.Callout)
                                                    .Where(x => x.Callout.shift_date_new >= today
                                                        && x.employee_id_fk == id
                                                        && x.offer_timestamp != null);

                //do the complex work on the data set once we've gotten the main dataset
                shift_Offers = shift_Offers.Where(x => ((x.Callout.employee_id_fk ?? -1) == id ||
                                                            (x.Callout.employee_id_fk ?? -1) == -1)
                                                        && (x.Callout.status.Contains(CalloutStatus.inprogress)
                                                            || x.Callout.status.Contains(CalloutStatus.inprogressWaitingNext)
                                                            || x.Callout.status.Contains(CalloutStatus.stopped)
                                                            || x.Callout.status.Contains(CalloutStatus.finishedSucceeded)
                                                            || x.Callout.status.Contains(CalloutStatus.finishedFailed)));

                //do work on the shift offer table last, once the data set is smallest
                shift_Offers = shift_Offers.Where(x => !x.offer_status.Contains(ShiftOfferStatus.NotYetOffered));

                Debug.WriteLine(shift_Offers.AsQueryable().ToString());
                List<Shift_Offer> shos = await shift_Offers.ToListAsync();
                return View(shos);

A: A query is executed against the database when:

*

*It is enumerated by a foreach (C#) or For Each (Visual Basic)
statement.

*It is enumerated by a collection operation such as ToArray,
ToDictionary, or ToList.

*LINQ operators such as First or Any are specified in the outermost
part of the query.

*The following methods are called: the Load extension method on a
DbSet, DbEntityEntry.Reload, and Database.ExecuteSqlCommand.

In your case is when you call to the ToListAsync() method. As a general rule as long as you work with the  IQueryable objects the query won't be executed, once you try to cast it on something else the query will be made.
source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/ef6/querying/


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AWS CEO Andy Jassy Drills Down On Cloud Adoption And Amazon's Culture
'The senior leadership team has to have conviction that you're going to make a move to the cloud because inertia is a very powerful thing, and it's easy to block in the middle,' the Amazon Web Services CEO says in a wide-ranging technology leadership talk.
By Donna Goodison March 13, 2019, 10:00 AM EDT
The top reason why companies and governments are moving to the cloud is the speed and agility with which they can change customer experiences, and security has become one of the top selling points for choosing No. 1 Amazon Web Services, according to Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy.
In a wide-ranging technology leadership talk at CERAWeek 2019, Jassy talked about the cloud's value proposition and the challenges it presents for some companies, and the new technologies most piquing his interest.
He also spoke to Amazon's culture, the importance of hiring "builders," speed to market and having senior leaders who are open to big ideas and tolerate failure in the roughly half-hour conversation at the annual energy conference in Houston hosted by IHS Markit.
And Jassy filled in the audience about Amazon's prohibition on PowerPoint presentations.
Jassy On The Value Proposition Of Cloud
AWS is a $30 billion revenue-run-rate business that's growing about 45 percent year over year in the midst of a "titanic shift" to the cloud, Jassy said.
Cost is almost always the "conversation starter" when it comes to companies moving to the cloud. Not having to lay out capital up front for servers and data centers, and instead paying for cloud as a variable expense as they consume it, is very attractive, he said.
"The variable expense is lower than what virtually every company can do on its own because we have such large scale that we pass on to customers in the form of lower prices," Jassy said. "We've lowered our prices on 70 different occasions in the last 10 years—largely in the absence of any competitive pressure to do so—just because the DNA inside Amazon is we relentlessly work to take out costs to give those back to customers so they can do more.
"In the cloud, you just provision what you need," Jassy said. "If it turns out you need more, you seamlessly provision up in minutes, and if it turns out you need less, you give it back to us and stop paying for it."
But the No. 1 reason enterprises and governments are moving to the cloud is the agility and speed with which they can change their customer experiences, according to Jassy.
"If you look at most companies' on-premise infrastructure, to get a server typically takes 10 to 12 weeks," he said. "If you actually find something that you like and want to roll out, it takes longer, and then you have to build all of this surrounding infrastructure software like compute and storage and database and analytics and machine learning. In the cloud, you can provision thousands of servers within minutes, and then we have 165 services that you can put together and use in whatever combination so want. You get from an idea to implementation in several orders of magnitude faster."
Jassy On Different Industries' Speeds To The Cloud
Every imaginable vertical business segment is moving significantly to the cloud, according to Jassy.
"The three industries that I would say were most conservative moving were financial services, health care and oil and gas," Jassy said. "We have this very strong view that we've had for a while, which I think you're seeing borne out in the market, that in the fullness of time—and I don't know if that's 10 years from now or 20 years from now—relatively few companies will own data centers, and those that do will have much smaller footprints. All of that is moving to the cloud, and really the question now is … just when and how fast and in what order."
Jassy On Challenges Encountered By Companies Moving To The Cloud
There always are some technical challenges when shifting business functions from on-premises to a different medium such as the cloud, but the reality is most of enterprises' biggest challenges are cultural and leadership- and process-oriented rather than technical, according to Jassy.
"The senior leadership team has to have conviction that you're going to make a move to the cloud because inertia is a very powerful thing, and it's easy to block in the middle," Jassy said. "Coupled with that, you need to set an aggressive top-down goal that forces the organization to move faster organically than it otherwise would."
General Electric's chief information officer, for example, decided to move 50 of the company's applications to AWS in 30 days, according to Jassy.
"She got her technical leaders together, and she said for 45 minutes, they all told her how dumb it was and how it was impossible," Jassy said. "She listened to them and said, 'I hear you all, but we're going to do it, so let's giddy-up.' They got to about 40 applications in 30 days, but in the process they learned their security model, their compliance model and they figured out how to architect and operate in the cloud. They had a lot of success and momentum, and now they're in the process of moving 9,000 applications to AWS."
Companies sometimes will get paralyzed if they can't figure out how to move every last application, Jassy said. When AWS goes through a deep portfolio analysis with companies, it characterizes which applications are easiest to hardest to move, and which ones need to be rearchitected.
"Lots of your applications are pretty easy to move," Jassy said. "And it turns out getting those early workloads in the cloud informs how the hardest workloads that you're going to move last will be moved as well."
Training also is key to companies successfully moving to the cloud.
"The companies that really succeed are the ones that train significant numbers of people," Jassy said. "We train hundreds of thousands of people a year just for that reason because once you get that firm base and experience, it becomes much easier."
Jassy On Cloud Security
Security is the top priority for Amazon, according to Jassy, and it will drop everything if it thinks something needs shoring up.
AWS has been in the market for just about 13 years, and in the first eight or so, security was the biggest "blocker" for enterprises and governments moving to the cloud, he said.
"There wasn't a specific problem or gap, it was just the nervousness of a different model," he said. "But I would say in the last four to five years, security probably has become one of the top few selling points of people moving to AWS and the cloud."
That comes down to the numbers of people Amazon has focused on the cloud and capabilities it gives to customers to protect themselves, Amazon's compliance, certification and security practices, the way AWS is architected, and the way it gives unusually fine-grained access control that allow companies to do things that are much harder on-premises, he said.
"Most people come away feeling like their security posture improves when they're in AWS versus when they're on-premises," Jassy said. "If you're a CIO, you have all these servers that you've distributed over many years —you don't know where they all are. You don't know what things are running under people's desks."
"In the cloud, you can make a single API call and know where every single one of those servers are, who's checked them out and what access control they have, and the ability to change it and put more guardrails in place," he said.
Jassy On What New Technologies Excite Him
Machine learning and artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and edge computing, and robotics and drones are among the new technologies that capture Jassy's imagination and will be game-changers to business, he said.
"Most applications in five to 10 years will be infused in some way with machine learning and artificial intelligence," Jassy said. "Companies will work at different layers of a stack. You'll have expert machine- learning practitioners that will build models for you on the frameworks. You'll have everyday developers and data scientists that use this abstraction which we have that's called SageMaker, which is really a managed service to build, train, tune and deploy machine-learning models. We have a lot of customers who will be able to do what they typically think of as AI services that closely mimic human cognition—so text to speech, speech to text, translation across a lot of languages, natural language processing—so you don't have to read and figure out what's in every piece of corpus text. You can kind of get meaning from something in a machine-learning fashion—the ability to recognize video and what's in it, images and what's in it.
"A second technology that we're pretty excited about is what people call IoT, the Internet of Things or edge computing," Jassy said. "When we think about 10 years from now and when we think about hybrid, we don't think the on-premises part is going to be in data centers. We think the on-premises part will be billions of these devices that sit at the edge—in our houses, in our offices, in factories and oil fields and agricultural fields and planes and ships, and automobiles—everywhere. These devices have relatively little CPU and relatively little disc, and so the cloud becomes disproportionately important in implementing all of those devices."
Jassy pointed to John Deere, which he said has a few hundred thousand telematically enabled tractors collecting planting information in real time, sending it to the AWS cloud, doing analytics and then sending the information back down to planters to take action. And to monitor its liquified natural gas facilities, Woodside Energy has set up AWS' IoT capabilities on all sensors, enabling them to detect well in advance when foaming is happening so it doesn't have unplanned downtime, Jassy said.
"The amount of capabilities of what you can do at the edge—not just collecting the data and analyzing it in the cloud, and then taking action back on the device itself, but also building machine-learning models in the cloud and pushing the predictions and inferences over to the edge—you're going to see that as a real game-changer," he said.
There will be a number of activities done today by humans that in the future will be done by robots and drones, Jassy said.
"We're starting to see a lot of oil and gas companies who are starting to build drones," Jassy said, noting AWS' RoboMaker robotics service. "They're starting to build these drones that go up into the rigs and evaluate whether there's safety issues or whether there's a leak or whether the gates have rust—all kinds of things that are dangerous and arduous for human beings to do that you're going to have robots do. And then we'll use the human beings on more value-added activities where their safety and their intellect are better utilized."
Jassy On Joining Amazon
In the spring of 1997, Jassy was attending Harvard Business School and just returned on a red-eye flight from the West Coast and a final-round interview with business and financial software company Intuit. He was back in Boston for three hours and driving with a friend to New York to see a concert.
Jassy listened to an answering machine message, and it was Amazon, which had an 8 a.m. interview cancellation for an open job.
"I didn't really know anything about Amazon, but I thought it sounded interesting and, why not, I was there," Jassy said.
Jassy On Amazon's Culture And The Importance of Speed, 'Builders'
Jassy joined Amazon a little less than two years after it was founded.
"Amazon was always a place that if you were a builder, you were going to love it," he said. "When we really thing about our culture at Amazon—we talk about it internally all the time—we're trying to build a place that builders can build.
"There was this maniacal view that everything you did started with the customer," Jassy said, "and all your strategies and tactics worked backwards from there. That was really palpable inside the company. I remember there were lots of moments we were all running around like our heads were cut off. We all had jobs that were way too big for us, and we just realized there was this land rush going on, and people were starting to get used to buying online.
"We had this incredible opportunity," Jassy said. "And one of the things we felt then—and I feel even more strongly about today, maybe 10 times more strongly than I even did in 1997—is that speed disproportionately matters to companies in every size and every stage."
But, Jassy said, "You can't have speed at the expense of security and operational performance or safety— that's a disaster. But the reality is, if you're in any business where you think speed doesn't matter, I think you're kidding yourself. The world is a competitive place. It changes a lot, and that's what I saw a lot at Amazon.
"There are a few things that we do to try to move quickly—the first is who you hire," Jassy said. "And we disproportionately index on who we hire on builders. We think of builders as people who are inventors— people who look at customer experiences and try to be honest about what is not right about those and seek to reinvent those; people who realize that launching something is the starting line, not the finish line. At a lot of companies, you get these people who … love to get to launch and then lose interest. Nothing any of us builds catches lightning in a bottle on day one. There's a lot of iterating and listening to customers."
In the early days of Amazon, product managers were in one group, engineers in another and the operations folks were in their own group, which led to a lot of "finger-pointing" at each other when projects were late or inadequate, according to Jassy.
Now those employees are together in autonomous groups that are given AWS building blocks and "own their own destiny," Jassy said, a move that allows Amazon to move more quickly in all of its businesses.
"You don't get that weird effect where engineers would build something and throw it over the wall to ops, and the ops guys would say, 'These guys built something that doesn't work,'" Jassy said. "When you're carrying the pager, and you get the page at 2:30 in the morning, you have a way of building software a little differently."
Jassy On Being Open To Big Ideas And Failure
As most companies get larger, they also tend to get more conservative and have senior leaders walking into meetings on new ideas looking for ways to say no, according to Jassy.
"Not because they're ill-intended, but just it's a lot to manage, and you get a little bit more conservative," he said. "The opposite is true with Amazon. As senior leaders, we'll all tell you that our favorite meetings— and the ones we look most forward to—are the ones on altogether new ideas. We don't say 'yes' to everything, but if you watch the behavior of leaders in those meetings, we are trying to figure out ways to problem-solve to get to yes.
"If you're going to invent a lot, and if you're going to move fast a lot like we do, you have to be comfortable with failure," Jassy said. "It's a real dichotomy at Amazon because we hire these very achievement-oriented, Type A people who hate to fail. And yet if you're inventing and pushing the envelope, you are going to fail sometimes."
Jassy pointed to Amazon's failed 2014 release of its Fire smartphone as "very culturally reaffirming."
"Our phone was not a success, in case you didn't know that," he said. "But the way we view all of our initiatives inside of Amazon is we think about outputs, and we think about inputs. The ultimate output for a public company is your share price, and other outputs are things like free cash flow and operating. But you can't manage the outputs. The only way you can drive the outputs is to be focused on the inputs. Ninety-nine percent of the goals that we care about are the inputs. And in the case of the phone, there were a lot of good inputs. We hired a great team who built really difficult technology and did a lot of invention, and delivered it on time. It turned out we had the value proposition wrong for the phone.
"But if you don't have a way to reward the people who takes risks on new initiatives when they did a good job on the inputs and have a good landing spot for them, then you won't get good people who will work on new initiatives," Jassy said. "They'll only work on things that are the sure bets."
Jassy On Why Amazon Doesn't Allow PowerPoint Presentations
Amazon outlawed PowerPoint presentations for internal meetings in 2002 because they disproportionately reward charismatic presenters and penalize those who aren't, Jassy said.
"Oftentimes, people really don't understand the content, but they get swayed by the person presenting," he said. "And then the PowerPoint presentations are very easy on the presenters and hard on the people listening, because the slides are really skin-deep. You can't really understand any depth and the ideas, so you constantly have to be asking questions and interrupting. It just takes too long to get through it, and we found it took us many meetings, and it was a really disjointed way to get through information."
Amazon instead uses "narratives" that can be a maximum of six pages long, excluding the appendix.
"The thing that's great about narratives, and I think has really been a key part of our success and our ability to move quickly, is that if you write a narrative that is skin-deep, it is painfully obvious," Jassy said. "A good narrative gets a room full of people who aren't close to the topic up to speed really quickly on the background and the context, and the three or four issues that really need to be figured out. So … we get right at the heart of those issues, and we have intelligent conversations, because people have some background. We tend to get through issues in a lot more detail, a lot more crisply, knowing what we're going to do and faster."
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"Bejeweled Cushions" are the newest English Paper Pieced pattern from Lilabelle Lane Creations.
Pattern includes full instructions for the two cushions on the cover and a third Bonus cushion pictured on the back. Each cushion utilises the same 4 custom shapes - a Polygon, a Half Elongated Hexagon, a small and large square.
The pattern includes the precision cut papers for the sewists convenience.
There are enough papers included to make any one of the three cushions at any one time, then the papers can be removed and reused for subsequent cushions.
There are no perspex templates for this pattern and Sharon has created a free tutorial on her blog www.lilabellelanecreations.com to show you how to make your own templates incase you wish to fussy cut your fabrics. Also included in the pattern are Scan n Cut friendly pages as well as colouring pages for all three cushions. This pattern is F8 and Scrap friendly.


The Bose L1 Model 1S compact PA system gives you portability, flexibility, and great sound! Featuring a proprietary 12-speaker articulated line array and a B2 Bass Module, the Model 1S delivers 180-degree coverage for audiences of up to 300. You get consistent tonal balance throughout the venue, with less SPL drop-off over distance than conventional PAs. Placed behind you onstage, you hear what your fans hear, so your Model 1S also functions as your monitor. And it sets up and tears down in minutes. Put superior technology to work for you - with the Bose L1 Model 1S.


Getting hired to a position in the customer service industry requires patience and an understanding of how to effectively communicate with customers and clients from all walks of life. Whether you have years of experience when working with customers or if you are just thinking of breaking into the market, knowing how to write a proper customer service cover letter can mean the difference between receiving an interview request or being looked over for the next qualified candidate.
Understanding the principles and various background information for each customer service company you want to work for is a way to impress hiring managers and the employers themselves when your cover letter is being reviewed. Researching each company you want to work for individually will give you a sense of the company's own way of providing customer service, how they view the clients and customers and even how they view each one of their employees.
Referencing specific information about each company you want to work for within your customer service cover letter shows you are genuinely interested in the position and you know about the company itself.
Because you will be working with customers on a daily basis, sharing your relevant experience of being in the field is essential to truly make your cover letter and resume stand out among other applications. Including specific professional traits that are helpful in the customer service industry such as "patient", "communicative" and a "team player" can make you a more desirable employee for customer service hiring managers.
Create a cover letter that is no more than one page, and keep your relevant skills and work experience brief, yet enticing and interesting. The more creative you are when describing your skill sets and why you are qualified for the available position, the easier it is to be remembered as a candidate who may be right for the job. Be sure to keep your cover letter at one page, and have a friend or colleague review it before submitting it to ensure it is not too lengthy or drawn out with large paragraphs.
Using sample cover letters as inspiration is highly recommended when you are writing a customer service letter, especially if you are new to the field. Using sample cover letters as your inspiration will give you an idea of proper formatting necessities and the layout you should choose based on the type of job you want to work in. There are hundreds of templates and layouts available to compare cover letter styles online, without having to use the assistance of a professional during the process.
Inserting relevant customer service keywords and buzzwords within your cover letter and resume helps you to stand out against other potential candidates who have also applied for the same job. Using words such as "patient", "caring", "considerate" and even "helpful" shows that you may be the right fit for the position that is available. The more you show that you work well with others, are a team player and that you genuinely enjoy helping your customers and clients, the more appealing you will be professionally to potential employers. Using buzzwords that are relevant in the customer service industry shows you have taken the time to customize your cover letter and resume to fit the job you desire.
Taking the time to fully customize each cover letter you want to use for potential job opportunities in the customer service industry is essential to stand out and to be taken seriously by employers. The more time and effort you put to each of your customer service cover letters, the more likely you are to be selected as the right candidate for the jobs you would like to obtain.


And we're back to Brexit with a bump. After a brief pause in the negotiations and legislation, the government has this afternoon been defeated on a customs union amendment in the Lords. The defeat was by no means minor either – peers voted by 348 to 225 in favour of a plan requiring ministers to report on steps to negotiate a continued EU-UK customs union.
This in itself isn't catastrophic for Theresa May. When the bill returns to the Commons it will most likely be thrown out – and besides it only binds the government to report on the steps being taken to negotiate a customs union so there is wriggle room regardless.
However, the scale of the defeat points to a bigger problem with the government's strategy. May and her ministers are yet to convince many in their own party – let alone the Opposition – that the best form of Brexit is one outside the customs union. This is why the government had to delay the customs bill after ten Conservative MPs signed an amendment to make securing a customs union with the EU after Brexit its 'objective'.
This is a problem as for May's Brexit plan to be a success, the UK needs to be able to strike free trade deals with countries outside the EU – something that it would be very difficult to do if Britain remained in a customs union. The customs bill will return to the Commons later this year and between now and then May must work out how to convince her colleagues that the government's Brexit plan is one they can put their trust into.


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Q: How to query public facebook events by location or city? v2.8 I am trying to find a way to get public events around me.
It seems that the API is not working properly or I am missing something, because this example is not working for me:
https://graph.facebook.com/v2.8/search?q=concert&type=event&center=-37.784835199999996,175.2793385&distance=300