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import {expect} from 'meteor/practicalmeteor:chai'
import {getFieldMetadata, buildEntitySchema} from 'meteor/nicocrm:syncforce'
import SimpleSchema from 'simpl-schema'

describe('getFieldMetadata', () => {
  it('should be defined', () => {
    expect(getFieldMetadata).to.be.ok
  })
})

describe('buildEntitySchema', () => {
  it('should be defined', () => {
    expect(buildEntitySchema).to.be.ok
  })

  it('should build schema from SF text fields', () => {
    const metadata = [
      {
        fullName: 'AccountName',
        label: 'Account',
        type: 'Text'
      }
    ]
    const schema = buildEntitySchema(metadata)
    expect(schema.schema()).to.have.property('AccountName').that.satisfy(p => p.label === 'Account' && p.optional)
  })

  it('should include Id property', () => {
    const metadata = [
    ]
    const schema = buildEntitySchema(metadata)
    expect(schema.schema()).to.have.property('Id').that.satisfy(p => p.optional)
  })

  it('should mark fields as required', () => {
    const metadata = [
      {
        fullName: 'AccountName',
        label: 'Account',
        type: 'Text',
        required: 'true'
      }
    ]
    const schema = buildEntitySchema(metadata, false)
    expect(schema.schema()).to.have.property('AccountName').that.satisfy(p => p.label === 'Account' && !p.optional)
  })

  it('should not mark fields as required, when allowMissingRequiredFields is true', () => {
    const metadata = [
      {
        fullName: 'AccountName',
        label: 'Account',
        type: 'Text',
        required: 'true'
      }
    ]
    const schema = buildEntitySchema(metadata, true)
    expect(schema.schema()).to.have.property('AccountName').that.satisfy(p => p.label === 'Account' && p.optional)
  })

  it('should set up regex for date fields', () => {
    const metadata = [
      {
        fullName: 'CloseDate',
        label: 'Close Date',
        type: 'Date'
      }
    ]
    const schema = buildEntitySchema(metadata)
    expect(() => schema.validate({CloseDate: 'xxx'})).to.throw()
    expect(() => schema.validate({CloseDate: '2012/03/05'})).to.throw()
    expect(() => schema.validate({CloseDate: '2012-03-05'})).to.not.throw()
    // expect(schema.schema()).to.have.property('CloseDate').that.satisfy(p =>
    //   p.optional &&  p.label === 'Close Date' && p.regEx === /\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}/
    // )
  })

  // it('should set up regex for date-time fields', () => {
  //   const metadata = [
  //     {
  //       fullName: 'CloseDate',
  //       label: 'Close Date',
  //       type: 'DateTime'
  //     }
  //   ]
  //   const schema = buildEntitySchema(metadata)
  //   expect(schema.schema()).to.eql({
  //     AccountName: { type: String, optional: false, label: 'Close Date', regEx: /\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}/ }
  //   })
  // })

  it('should create private entity property for lookup fields', () => {
    const metadata = [
      {
        fullName: 'OwnerId',
        label: 'Owner',
        type: 'Lookup'
      }
    ]
    const schema = buildEntitySchema(metadata)
    const schemaFields = schema.schema()
    expect(schemaFields).to.have.property('OwnerId')
    expect(schemaFields.Owner, 'Owner').to.be.ok
    // this part is not working
    // console.log(schemaFields._Owner.type());
    // expect(schemaFields._Owner.type.schema(), '_Owner.schema').to.eql({
    //   Name: {type: String},
    //   Id: {type: String}
    // })
  })

  // These are not working but I think it's just because of Meteor test being retarded
  //   it('should build a schema that can successfully validate an entity', () => {
  //     const metadata = [
  //       {
  //         fullName: 'OwnerId',
  //         label: 'Owner',
  //         type: 'Lookup'
  //       }
  //     ]
  //     const schema = buildEntitySchema(metadata)
  //     schema.validate({
  //       _Owner: {
  //         Id: 'xxxxx', Name: 'xxxxxxx'
  //       }
  //     })
  //   })
  //
  //   it('should build a schema that can throw an error for invalid entity', () => {
  //     const metadata = [
  //       {
  //         fullName: 'OwnerId',
  //         label: 'Owner',
  //         type: 'Lookup'
  //       }
  //     ]
  //     // const schema = buildEntitySchema(metadata)
  //     // console.log(schema.schema());
  //     const schema = new SimpleSchema({
  //       name: { type: String }
  //     })
  //     var ss = new SimpleSchema({
  //     requiredString: {
  //         type: String
  //     }
  // });
  // var ssContext1 = ss.newContext();
  // ssContext1.validate({ eirstrsei: 'tstrs' })
  //     const validation = () => {
  //       schema.newContext().validate({
  //         Stuff: 'onw',
  //         _Owner: {
  //         }
  //       })
  //     }
  //     expect(validation).to.throw(/required/)
  //   })
  //

})

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In web development, "tag soup" is a pejorative for syntactically or structurally incorrect HTML written for a web page. Because web browsers have historically treated structural or syntax errors in HTML leniently, there has been little pressure for web developers to follow published standards, and therefore there is a need for all browser implementations to provide mechanisms to cope with the appearance of "tag soup", accepting and correcting for invalid syntax and structure where possible.

An HTML parser (part of a web browser) that is capable of interpreting HTML-like markup even if it contains invalid syntax or structure may be called a tag soup parser.  All major web browsers currently have a tag soup parser for interpreting malformed HTML, with most error-handling elements standardized.

"Tag soup" encompasses many common authoring mistakes, such as malformed HTML tags, improperly nested HTML elements, and unescaped character entities (especially ampersands (&) and less-than signs (<)).

The Markup Validation Service is a resource for web page authors to avoid creating tag soup.

Overview
"Tag soup" is a term used to denigrate various practices in web authoring. Some of these (roughly ordered from most severe to least severe) include:

 Malformed markup where tags are improperly nested or incorrectly closed. For example, the following:
This is a malformed fragment of HTML.

 Invalid structure where elements are improperly nested according to the DTD for the document. Examples of this include nesting a "ul" element directly inside another "ul" element for any of the HTML 4.01 or XHTML DTDs. Dan Connolly cites the use of title element outside the head section.
 Use of proprietary or undefined elements and attributes instead of those defined in W3C recommendations. For example the use of the Blink element or the Marquee element which were non-standard elements originally only supported by Netscape and Internet Explorer  browsers respectively.

Causes and implications

Malformed markup
Malformed markup is arguably the most severe problem in web authoring. However, thanks to better education and information and perhaps with some help from XHTML, the issue of malformed markup is becoming less common. Browsers, when faced with malformed markup, must guess the intended meaning of the author. They must infer closing tags where they expect them and then infer opening tags to match other closing-tags. The interpretation can vary markedly from one browser to the next.

While many graphical web editors produce well-formed markup, an author writing code manually with a text-editor and then testing only in one browser can easily miss such errors. The presentation can therefore vary drastically from one browser to another as each tries to "correct" the author's intent in different ways and then applies styling to those "corrections".

Invalid document structure
Invalid document structure here means only the use of attributes and elements where they do not belong. For example, placing a "cite" attribute on a "cite" element is invalid since the HTML and XHTML DTDs do not ascribe any meaning to that attribute on that element. Similarly, including a "p" element within the content of an "em" element is also invalid. With the move toward separating malformed markup from invalid markup, the problems with invalid markup have increasingly been seen as less severe. Some have begun to advocate looser content models that allow greater flexibility in authoring HTML documents (whether in HTML or XHTML). However, use of invalid markup can blur the author's intended meaning, though not as severely as malformed markup.

Many graphic web editors still produce invalid markup. Moreover, many professional web designers and authors pay little attention to issues of validity. It is common to see invalid markup in many of the sites throughout the World Wide Web.

Use of proprietary/discontinued elements
In the early age of the web (much of the 1990s), the design of the official HTML specification became increasingly strained, compared to the desire of designers for flexibility in creating visually vibrant designs. In response to this pressure, browser makers unilaterally added new proprietary features to HTML that fell outside the standards at the time. This meant there were proprietary elements in HTML that worked in some browsers, but not in others.

To some extent, this problem was slowed by the introduction of new standards by the W3C, such as CSS, introduced in 1998, which helped to provide greater flexibility in the presentation and layout of web pages without the need for large numbers of additional HTML elements and attributes.

Moreover, in HTML 4 and XHTML 1, many elements were either superseded by a single semantic construct (such as object elements replacing proprietary applet and embed elements) or deprecated due to being presentational (such as the "s", "strike" and "u" elements).

Nevertheless, browser developers continued to introduce new elements to HTML when they perceived a need. Some browsers included tabindex attributes on any element. Developers of Apple's WebKit introduced the canvas element, a version of which was subsequently adopted by Mozilla.

In 2004, Apple, Mozilla and Opera founded the WHATWG, with the intent of creating a new version of the HTML specification which all browser behavior would match.  This included changing the specification if necessary to match an existing consensus between different browsers.

The canvas and embed elements were subsequently standardised by the WHATWG.  Certain elements (including b, i and small) which were previously considered presentational and deprecated were included, but defined in a media-independent rather than visual manner.

Versions of the WHATWG specification were published by the W3C as HTML5.

Evolving specifications to solve tag soup
While some of the issues of tag soup are due to shortcomings of browsers and sometimes due to a lack of information for web authors, some of the proliferation of tag soup was due to missing links in the web standards themselves. The W3C has spearheaded several efforts to address the shortcomings of web standards.  As more browsers support newer revisions of standards, the pressure on web developers to use non-standard code to solve problems diminishes.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) provide a mechanism to specify the presentation of elements in a document without altering the markup structure of the document.  Before CSS was commonplace, web developers may have resorted to some structurally invalid markup to achieve certain presentational goals – for example, including block level elements within inline elements to obtain a particular effect, or using sometimes large numbers of  and other display-specific HTML tags. CSS uses style rules to accomplish these tasks while leaving the markup cleaner and simpler.

XML and XHTML
XHTML is a reformulation of the HTML language based on XML. XHTML was developed to address many of the problems associated with tag soup.

XML allows parsers to separate the process of interpreting the document syntax and its structure.  In HTML and SGML, a parser needed to know certain rules about elements during parsing, such as what elements could be contained within other elements and which elements implicitly close the previous element.  This is because in HTML and SGML, closing tags and even opening tags were optional on some elements.  By requiring all elements to have explicit opening and closing tags, XML parsers can parse the document and produce a document tree without any knowledge of the document type.  This allows parsers to be universal and very light-weight, and to be separated from the process of validating or interpreting the document.

The XML specification clearly defines that a conforming user agent (such as a web browser) must not accept a document, and not continue parsing it, if any syntactical error is encountered. Thus, a browser interpreting a web page as XHTML will refuse to display the page if it encounters a formation error. This can help ensure that when authors test XHTML code against a conforming browser they will immediately be informed of malformation problems: perhaps the most severe problem facing web browsers. When code is malformed, the intent of the author is ambiguous. Without the directives of XML, HTML browsers must use complex algorithms to infer the author's intended meaning in a wide range of cases where invalid syntax is encountered.

XML and XHTML introduce the concept of namespaces. With namespaces, authors or communities of authors can define new elements and attributes with new semantics, and intermix those within their XHTML documents. Namespaces ensure that element names from the various namespaces will not be conflated. For example, a "table" element could be defined in a new namespace with new semantics different from the HTML "table" element and the browser will be able to differentiate between the two. In providing namespaces, XHTML combined with CSS allow authoring communities to easily extend the semantic vocabulary of documents. This accommodates the use of proprietary elements so long as those elements can be presented to the intended audience through complete style sheet definitions (including aural/speech and tactile styles).

XHTML documents may be served on the web using the internet media type application/xhtml+xml or text/html Microsoft Internet Explorer versions before 9 do not display XHTML documents served as application/xhtml+xml. IE9 and later versions are compliant. See also the discussion of this issue in the XHTML article.

HTML5

HTML5 aims to be the most complete solution to the problem of tag soup thus far while remaining as backwards- and forwards-compatible as possible.  By contrast to XHTML, which departs from backwards compatibility and takes the approach that parsers should become less tolerant of badly formed markup, HTML5 acknowledges that badly formed HTML code already exists in large quantities and will probably continue to be used, and takes the view that the specification should be expanded to ensure maximum compatibility with such code.

Thus, the HTML 5 specification has altered its definition of HTML syntax both to accommodate common syntax in use today, and to explicitly describe exactly how "badly formed code" should be treated by the parser.  The handling of badly formed code now has a place in the specification itself, hopefully reducing the need for future HTML parsers to implement additional, out-of-specification measures for dealing with code that it does not recognize.

Tools to fix tag soup
 HTML Tidy is a software tool available for many platforms which can correct invalid syntax, and most invalid document structure, converting HTML-like code to HTML or XHTML.
 Aggiorno is a Visual Studio add-in that focuses on making websites standards-compliant
 TagSoup is a Java library that parses HTML, cleans it up, and delivers a stream of SAX events representing well-formed XML (not necessarily valid XHTML). This tools is used for processing JNLP files in the open source implementation of the JNLP protocol available in IcedTea-Web, a sub-project of IcedTea, the build and integration project of the OpenJDK.
 Beautiful Soup is a Python DOM-like parser for soupy HTML/XML.
 tagsoup: a library for Haskell language.

Valid deviations from XHTML
Unlike the strict XHTML, HTML and its predecessor SGML are designed to be written by humans, and already have a significant degree of flexibility in syntax to reduce boilerplate. These differences do not make the document invalid and are therefore not tag soup. The following apply to both HTML 4 and HTML5, and examples date back to the first days of HTML.

 Tags like  can often be omitted completely.
 The closure of tags can often be omitted because the specification rejects some elements nesting into itself. For example, multiple  elements can be written without closing.

Despite their validity, these omissions still require a special parser with a knowledge of HTML (as opposed to the more rigid XML) to parse. In addition, it is common for tools to "fix" these structures too. For example, HTML Tidy allows omitting optional tags, but defaults to not doing so.

See also
 Overlapping markup
 Quirks mode

Notes
 G. Ken Holman. Re: [xml-dev] What is Tag Soup?, XML development mailing list, 11 Oct 2002. Archived message available online.
 "tag soup." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2013. Web. 19 Nov. 2013. soup.

References

HTML

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The crash occurred at about 9 a.m. on Dec. 7 at Venice and Hauser boulevards, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Paramedics took the bicyclist to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
A standing reward of up to $25,000 has been offered by the city of Los Angeles for information that helps solve a non-fatal hit-and-run.
Anyone with information on the case was urged to call the LAPD West Traffic Division at 213-473-0234. Tipsters may also call police at 877-LAPD-247, or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.
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MBL Recycling sees many benefits from its electric Builtrite material handler
The key advantage of a stationary electric machine is that the electric power unit can be separated from the machine and moved from a dusty environment.
To watch a video showing this machine in operation, visit http://bit.ly/builtrite.
In the residential Chicagoland suburb of Palatine, Illinois, a business has grown substantially in recent years but has managed to keep its high-volume recycling operation largely out of sight. The street out front is clean and quiet, yet inside the walls of MBL Recycling's facility lies a state-of-the-art construction and demolition (C&D) recycling center.
In 2005, MBL owner Rob Lenzini and his family saw a need for a recycling facility that would serve the northern suburbs of Chicago. As in almost all areas of the country, especially urban areas, landfills were being closed or facing dumping restrictions.
The main problem with recycling C&D debris is coming up with an economical and safe means to separate the materials so they can be sent to other facilities for processing as secondary products or for use as raw materials to make plastics and metals. However, over the last 20 years, significant progress has been made to develop sophisticated systems to sort like materials into their respective categories. Most facilities still use some manual labor for sorting, though robotic solutions are on the horizon to take over at least some of these tasks. MBL is no exception and has invested heavily to create a state-of-the-art operation.
Traditionally, diesel-powered hydraulic excavators equipped with either a bucket or thumb combination or a grapple attachment have been used to help sort, compact and load this material into feed hoppers. But operators in these challenging and dusty enclosed environments find that diesel machines tend to overheat because of frequent clogging of their air filters. These machines also require an added level of maintenance to ensure their performance. Typically, these excavators have their engine lives shortened significantly in this environment. Beyond maintenance considerations, running diesel engines in an enclosed facility poses its own set of health risks because of the exhaust fumes.
Builtrite Manufacturing saw an opportunity to provide a real solution to the industry. Builtrite has been designing and building stationary electric material handlers since the company's founder saw a need for these machines while working in transfer stations in the 1980s.
As the world started seeking "greener" solutions that help reduce fossil fuel emissions, other industries have sought out Builtrite equipment for handling C&D debris, scrap metal and logs. The handlers have come to be used in these and other high-volume production processes.
The key advantage of a stationary electric machine versus a diesel unit is that the electric power unit can be separated from the machine and removed from the dusty environment. Because electric motors do not require air for combustion as diesel motors do, there are no air filters to replace. Also, because no harmful emissions are produced, they can be used safely indoors. Finally, because electric material handlers are bolted to the floor, no tires or tracks need to be replaced, and those expensive reinforced concrete floors last much longer. Overall, running an electric material handler—as opposed to a diesel machine—typically cuts operational costs in half and reduces maintenance costs even more.
Lenzini, recognizing the advantages of the stationary electric handler, decided to contact Builtrite about procuring one for MBL's facility. After touring MBL's MRF and evaluating what Lenzini needed to accomplish, the Builtrite team went to work.
The Builtrite team and Lenzini concluded that Builtrite's model 2300-SE had the proper amount of reach and lift capacity and was the right tool for the job. However, Lenzini wanted some specialized components, including a custom boom and the ability to use a fixed-style demolition grapple. To fulfill Lenzini's needs, the Builtrite team collected information from MBL and then made a drawing proposal, customized for the specific facility needs. After feedback from the MBL team, Builtrite made several changes, and the green light was given to produce the machine.
"What I liked best about dealing with Builtrite was their willingness to listen to my specific application needs and suggestions on what it would take to produce a machine that would work well at my facility," Lenzini says. "We decided to have the power unit moved off the machine and placed on the other side of our sorting hopper, keeping it away from most of the dust. We also incorporated an autolube system to reduce wear, maintenance and downtime and installed stairway access to the cab. I also wanted a machine made in the U.S. Builtrite was the solution that checked all the boxes."
While MBL Recycling was recently purchased by Economy Disposal, the site's Builtrite material handler promises to be a fixture of Economy's recycling operations for years to come.
When asked about the acquisition and Builtrite's contribution to the MBL facility, Economy Disposal President Ron Tazelaar said, "Rob is still with us, and we're really pleased he chose to purchase the Builtrite 2300 SE! It's right here with us as we grow this business."
For more information on Builtrite, please visit www.builtrite.com or contact Jason Rice at jrice@builtrite.com or at 218-595-6136.
5 questions about the development of GK Systems


Treasury departments have conventionally relied on spreadsheets and manual work to handle cash flow and treasury tasks. It goes without saying that errors, omissions, and frauds were not very uncommon. Treasury management systems aims to change all of that. Much like ERP software, the function of such software systems to automate operations to the best possible, which enhances productivity at all levels. Here's what you need to learn about smart treasury management solutions and benefits related to the options.
The purpose of treasury management systems is rather simple – to simplify treasury tasks. In return, implementing such as system comes with many additional benefits. Firstly, this enhances efficiency and reduces the work of the core team. Think of this – Your team doesn't have to rely on individual systems anymore. Everything is synchronized, and there are no worries of tallying work and inputs, because the data is saved in real time. Secondly, most treasury management systems ensure that the management gets access to usable information. From charts and tables to use of AI to offer advice and assistance, data is accessible and can be used efficiently to take decisions that pertain to liquidity.
Thirdly, treasury management reduces costs and errors. Even small clerical errors and omissions can be expensive in the future, but with an automated system, tasks are reduced and the whole process of control and supervision gets simpler. Businesses can choose to automate transactions, get inputs on aspects that need attention, and create a complete system where access is offered as per the role of the employee.
If you are considering treasury management systems, it is necessary to understand what the project can offer for your company in particular. Yes, the features are important, but make sure that you are not paying for anything more than what's required. Another aspect that needs attention is the integration of the treasury management system. It should work within the existing framework and must be implemented effectively. In case you are using other ERP software, you may want to check if the TMS would work in sync with that.
Companies that offer treasury management systems would be more than willing to offer a demo of their product. Check that in detail and find if some of the features can be customized. The best TMS will not only enhance the working of the treasury department but would induce complete transparency in the system.
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For all my Venture fans! I LOVE the Monarch so I made a panel with his logo on it. The glass has all sorts of purples, so it matches our Monarch's decor perfectly!!
"With every fiber of my being I stabbeth thee!! As long as blood flows through this heart I will hunt you down!! I will be the stuff of your children's nightmares!!
And then, when nothing can be heard but your cries of agony, I will pull the chain and let the beast devour you!! Mark my words! I will have my revenge!! DOCTOR VENTURE!!!"


Outfitted in bright orange hooded cowls and scapulas, Doddering Scriveners are a race of gnome-like creatures with over-sized ears whose sole purpose is to record the decrees of the petty gods for posterity and serve as notary witnesses to all divine petty contracts. Whenever a petty god deigns to enter a contract, grant a boon, or send a foolhardy adventurer on an arduous quest, a Doddering Scrivener mysteriously appears to record the particulars and collect signatures.
Although not much is known about their biology beyond their appearance and ability to teleport at will, their society is extremely hierarchical, divided into 20 classes, each divided into 20 divisions, and each division divided into 20 sections. Each section is further divided into different ranks of innumerable individual Scriveners responsible for recording, archiving, and cataloging all decrees and contracts within a specific sphere of divine influence.
Doddering Scriveners follow a strict ethical code and are sworn to a life of pacifism. They carry no weapons and wear no armor. If attacked, they will attempt to avoid combat by fleeing but they will not defend themselves beyond fisticuffs; their attempts at such are weak and ineffectual.
A Doddering Scrivener has instantaneous recall of any deed that he himself has recorded and, if given up to half-an-hour, can find any other contract in the Deed archives (it is, of course, efficiently organized for such use). The classification system used by Doddering Scriveners is a carefully guarded secret and even the gods themselves do not understand it. The quills, ink pots, and parchments used by Doddering Scriveners fetch high prices on the black market, as they are rumored to be able to create undetectable forgeries if used in combination.
Doddering Scriveners follow no deity themselves but remain decidedly neutral in all affairs. They never offer an opinion (even if pressed) on any topic, and carry out their duties with an air of resigned indifference. They utterly lack individual personalities and prefer to remain unnoticed.
It is said that eating the brain of a Doddering Scrivener imparts the ability to read and write in all languages; this might be true, but one definite side effect is the loss of the ability to blink. Victims of this side effect gradually stop producing tears and their eyes eventually shrivel and rot; there is no known cure for this malady.


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Q: How a concurrent access of a variable is managed in javascript I'm working on a chrome extension, which use asynchronous functions, and I have a global string variable which is set by a function, like that:
my_global_variable += a_string
I would know if there is a risk that, if I read my_global_variable in another function at the same time, I got just a portion of a_string.
In other words, does the concatenation ( more generally an instruction) is an atomic operation?

A: Javascript in the browser is singled threaded (unless using HTML5 Web Workers) so there is no contention around variable access. There was threading in Chrome via the Gears plugin but that has been discontinued in favour of HTML5 functionality e.g. Web Workers.

A: Yes. concatenation is an atomic operation in Javascript.

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Shirobako – Season 2
Five friends on a school animation club, Aoi, Ema, Shizuka, Misa and Midori work together to complete a new anime called Shinbutsu Konkou SHICHIFUKUJIN. All day every day they all spend their time on their anime production. As a team, they go from rough sketches to animation to doing some very awkward voice acting for their characters. After all their hard work, they eventually premiered their completed product at the school cultural fair six months later. After graduation, they all still wanted to pursue a career in anime together, and all swore that one day they would make another anime together.
Since its first season last year, Shirobako has moved from strength to strength. It covers the stories of five girls who have jobs in different departments of the anime industry: writing, production, artwork, CGI and voice acting. Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, who was behind other works like Another, Girls und Panzer, and Squid Girl. With Michiko Yokote behind the composition and Pokan8 doing the character designs, Shirobako is a comedy and slice of life anime with a new twist.
I have seen a bit of polarisation when it comes to this anime. Some people find it really fascinating and others complain about how fundamentally boring it is. It all depends on your interest in the industry behind the animation, and how an anime goes from initial concept and adaptation to the television. Of course, I'm firmly in the former category. I had a vague idea of the anime process, but everything is brought to life by watching this anime. It puts faces to the processes involved and humanises them, showing you the amount of effort and dedication it takes to get episodes aired on time and the type of obstacles these people face on a weekly basis.
Shirobako was quite an eye-opener for me in this regard. It took a somewhat idealised anime industry setting and conveyed a different reality to the masses. But what has been a great steadfast consistency from the beginning is the characterisation for the main character in this anime – Production Assistant Aoi Miyamori.
It's through Miyamori's situations that we see most of the high-pressure situations in which she must deliver quality results in a short amount of time or the entire episode production sequence will fall into unrecoverable disarray. She is presented with complicated choices, questionable grey areas and difficult professionals. Not only is she a Production Assistant, she is also a motivator, confidante, PA and gofer (all from which we see her reactions in realistic professional angst). She is a very likeable and authentic character, and it is through her busy schedule and varied roles that we see so much of the anime world.
The show is often set up in a somewhat cliched fashion with a 'crisis of the day' approach in which there is an issue that must be solved. In Shirobako's instance, however, it really works. This is because creative production is often a 'crisis of the day' endeavour in real life as well, and the show is not afraid to speak about real and current issues that impact the industry – whether it be the complex discussion of hand-drawn versus CGI or the impact of when a team member takes long-term leave in order to attend to their personal life. The episodes that focus on these types of issues are particularly well done and show balanced arguments and different perspectives every time. It's something that gives the viewer a renewed appreciation of the dedication and talent contained within an animation company.
Having said that, the show is not above lampooning certain aspects of the industry and anime tropes in general. In one episode, there was a conversation about the definition of 'moe', which was very amusing. The farther the discussion went along, the less definition there became a literal moe explosion that put everybody back on-track. While Shirobako maintains a strong foundation in reality, these little scenes and nods to the culture of anime and the process of creation serve as useful (and entertaining) visual metaphors.
To me, Shirobako achieves just what it sets out to do – to educate and entertain viewers on every aspect of the anime process. No matter the problem or professional emergency, you can always see that the people in this industry do it for the love of the craft, and not for the compensation. You root for the characters in times of adversity and celebrate with them after a successful release. It instils a sense of respect within you, watching how hard they work and the strong sense of camaraderie. It's down-to-earth, funny and not at all a typical 'slice of life' series. It's definitely one of my favourite depictions of creativity and collaboration.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders – Season 1
Your Lie in April – Season 2


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H.R. 3303 - Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act
(Hyde (R) Illinois and Conyers (D) Michigan)
The Administration supports House passage of H.R. 3303, which would authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice for FYs 1999-2001. The President's Budget and the authorizations in H.R. 3303 for FY 1999 support Administration priorities such as efforts to fight juvenile crime, launch a multi-agency initiative to reduce violent crime on Indian lands, continue to investigate and prosecute cyber-criminals, and combat drug use, particularly among young people.


I am a Learner, Believer, Artist Doer & a Finisher.
This realisation did not set me early in my life , so like everyone else I was a part of the rat race & did my Graduation from IIT - Kanpur. At that point I was a Mechanical Engineer. Like everyone else I started working on a job which paid well for my materialistic needs. My Soul was empty though. I realised that while I was working I was not me - I realised this was not what I was made for. I took a leap of faith and got into photography and filmmaking.I had a Senior Diploma in fine arts from Kalaniketan, Kolkata to back up my beliefs. As it happens in life , I faced few stumbling blocks but stayed with my heart and got into professional Cinematography and Filmmaking. My passion led me into working on a lot of short films, feature films and Documentary. My pursuit of excellence led me into winning best cinematography and best editing for 'Death Alive' a short film for a national short film competition held at Hyderabad in 2012 under the banner of 48 hour film project. Since I have lived my passion all my life I am on a journey of enabling like minded people to get on to their journey and be their best. I am here to support them in whatever way I can. I believe we are the architect of our lives and we can design our lives the way we want to. I have co-founded I DESIGN MY LIFE with a mission to help you design your life.


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Britain's "Lindy" 1932
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British Aviator Jim Mollison lands in America after his westward flight across the Atlantic.
Full title reads: "America. Britain's "Lindy" - and aren't we all proud of Jim Mollison and his wonderful 'all-British' Atlantic flight.
United States of America (USA).
Monoplane - The Heart's Content - flies in over Roosevelt field. The pilot, James Mollison, is performing a manoeuvre called 'fish tailing' - throwing the plane from side to side, as he comes in to land after his record flight - westward across the Atlantic.
Crowds of people are gathered to watch. The plane taxis across the airfield. A cameraman is standing on the roof of a car. A lorry is following the plane with a public address system on . The announcer is calling on the crowd to cheer for Captain Mollison.
Mollison gets out of his plane into a crowd of people.
The Aviator speaks to the crowd through a microphone. He says that he has admired America for a long time. He talks about his first sight of land at the end of his long flight. He says that he is eager to fly back home soon, 'as you know I've just been married a very short time. ' He sends a short message to his wife, Amy Johnson.
C/U Jim Mollison. He says that his engine requires no replacements after the flight. It is in perfect condition - a tribute to the manufacturers and British products. He says that his wife was a great help in the preparation.
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Portugal: Eanes Address
Usa: Kennedy Parliamentary Address
President Truman Addresses Youth
President Harry Truman addresses young school magazine editors
Winston Churchill Addresses Crowds
Prime Minister Churchill on the campaign trail among energetic crowds
Greece: Karamanlis Address
Proclaiming Greece's first general elections for ten years, Prime Minister Constantine Caramanlis told a nationwide television and radio audienee that November 17 will be a historic election because it will bring forth a parliament with a charter to secures it foundation, and Greece's future. (3 OCT '74).
Israel: Dayan Addresses Golani Brigade
The meeting of the Golani brigade, one of Israel's crack infantry brigades since the days of the war of liberation, at the end of their winter manoeuvres and the key address by the Minister of Defence in the days of the feats of Chanukkah has become a tradition.
Indonesia: Sukarno Addressed Military Commanders.
Mr. Churchill Addresses Congress
Prime Minister Winston Churchill addresses Congress, asking for loans of steel and equipment, and speaking of the Cold War


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Any person may report sexual harassment by using the Title IX Coordinator's listed contact information. Reports may be made at any time by completing the Sexual Harassment Formal Complaint Form or emailing titleix@vwu.edu.
Title IX Coordinator (TIX) and:
Karla Rasmussen, Director of Human Resources and Title IX Coordinator, 757.455.3316, krasmussen@vwu.edu
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The Title IX Coordinator responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Maintains and monitors data related to complaints and investigative activities, and provides periodic and annual reports as appropriate.
Ensures that the University has in place policies and procedures reasonably necessary to foster compliance with Title IX.
Provides or facilitates Title IX training, education and programs, consultation, and technical assistance on Title IX for all students, faculty, and staff.
Reviews Title IX policies and procedures to ensure that they are clear and consolidated to the maximum extent possible to provide an efficient resource for students, faculty, and staff.
In consultation with other University offices, leads the development and implementation of campus climate surveys.
Develops, schedules, and implements regular events hosted by or supported by the University leadership on campus to raise awareness in the campus community about all forms of sex discrimination (including sexual harassment and sexual assault).
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Coordinates with representatives from appropriate University departments including Campus Security, Human Resources, Campus Life, as well as local community support, education, health, and law enforcement resources to identify and address patterns or systematic problems under Title IX and assess overall efficacy of coordination among University departments.
Monitors, implements, and trains affected areas on matters relating to the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
Coordinates and monitors the annual training of staff and faculty who serve as Deputy Title IX Coordinators, those who serve on the Review Committee, Sexual Harassment Board, and Sexual Harassment Committee of Appeals. Annual training is completed through D. Stafford & Associates.
Deputy Title IX Coordinators' responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Completes annual training through D. Stafford & Associates.
Coordinates and executes the University's prompt, effective, and equitable response to complaints of sexual harassment, including implementation of formal and informal resolution procedures in accordance with regulatory requirements and University policy.
Meets with complainants to provide information regarding available on and off campus resources, reporting and resolution options, and interim measures such as issuing a "no contact agreement," changes in academic schedule or reassignment of housing.
Meets with respondents to discuss alleged harassment, provide information regarding available resources, notify them of University policy and procedures, and describe any interim measures in place or those that may be instituted.
Coordinates and monitors a prompt and equitable investigatory process in cases of sexual harassment.
Provides information to students regarding their Title IX rights and responsibilities, including information about the resources available on and off campus, the formal and informal complaint processes, the availability of interim measures, and the ability to file a complaint with local law enforcement and complaint with the University simultaneously.
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Tibetans Cheated By Their Own Government
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The Central Tibetan Administration's (CTA) mask is falling apart after 50 years of play acting. More and more, news is emerging of the CTA's shadowy activities, not only in the exile community but also abroad.
For the longest time, the CTA has hidden behind the cloak of the Dalai Lama who portrays himself as the embodiment of spirituality and ethics; as well as operated leveraging on its image of a victim – a refugee government that has come to symbolize the virtuous Tibetan 'David' in his fight against China's Goliath. Having successfully convinced the world to take pity on it, the CTA has enjoyed decades of uninterrupted and unchecked opportunities to do whatever it wants to, under cover.
Apart from dictatorial and communist regimes, the CTA is the only democratic 'government' that has not had to publish any financial statements whatsoever. What it has successfully done however, is to plant deep into the minds of the people of the world, that the Tibetans are afflicted, aggrieved and poor, and therefore need a lot of financial support from the world public. That has kept donations flowing in for decades via the many representative organizations of the CTA, spread around the world.
However, news has recently surfaced which should give cause to doubt this portrayal of the CTA. Take for instance the Tibetan Speaker of Parliament, Penpa Tsering, who was recently questioned in the Tibetan parliament about rumors alleging his involvement in criminal activities. Instead of an investigation, Penpa Tsering is now touted to possibly be the next Prime Minister of the Tibetan government in exile. This alone says a lot about the integrity of the CTA whom the Tibetan people are told to trust.
Other members of the CTA have also been accused of corruption and various crimes and yet nothing has come out of these allegations. Instead, those who have made claims against members of the CTA have been gagged, and then no more is ever heard of again.
Unaccountable and unhindered, the CTA has made a very successful and lucrative business out of being in exile. It has to be asked if the CTA has any genuine intentions of taking real steps to regain Tibetan independence if such an event would mean an end to the free flow of unaudited money into the pockets of the Tibetan leadership.
Over the years, tens and perhaps hundreds of millions have been raised supposedly to preserve Tibetan culture, Tibetan religion, and the welfare of the Tibetan people and yet it is difficult to see the millions raised reflected in the state of the Tibetan people in exile. So where did all the money go?
Rinchen Darlo who heads the Tibet Fund. Who is he protecting by his refusal to speak?
Take the 'Tibet Fund' for example that comes under the direct control of the CTA. The Tibet Fund was established in 1981 as the main organization to raise funds for the exiled Tibetan community's welfare. And yet in its last audit, the examiners of the organization's accounts were not prepared to vouch for the proper financial management of the organization. Tibet Fund Director, Rinchen Darlo, who was appointed by the CTA in 1981 has refused to answer questions pertaining to money matters. What is Rinchen Darlo hiding and who is he protecting – himself or his masters in Dharamsala? [Source: http://www.tibetsun.com/news/2015/04/04/tibet-fund-president-rinchen-dharlo-refuses-interview ]
Another organization established by the CTA to collect aid and sponsorship for the Tibetan people in exile is the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) who came into question recently after Maura Moynihan (daughter of United States Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan) who was an ardent supporter of the Tibetan cause wrote:
…ICT is hardly a cost-effective model of a non-profit organization representing a small, penniless refugee community. Indian government surveys report that 150,000 Tibetan refugees are trapped in disintegrating settlements, with poor, often broken families living on less than $1,500 a year. ICT's annual operating budget is $3.6 million. ICT's annual report and Charity Navigator reveal that it spends most of each dollar on overhead, including 44 percent for fundraising… [Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/8/maura-moynihan-mission-failure-at-the-internationa/]
Matteo Mecacci, who runs the ICT, collects millions annually that are unaccounted for. He finds support in Penpa Tsering who has been questioned about his role in certain criminal activities.
In short, most if any of the money collected by the ICT does not reach the Tibetan people in whose name the ICT asks for money. Compared to other similar fund raising organizations, the ICT ranks very lowly in terms of transparency and financial accountability. Much of the money it raises go towards vague items such as 'Program' and 'Fundraising' at 47.1% and 44.5% respectively, and no details are available. Again, it is a mystery where these millions of dollars actually end up. For certain they are not spent on improving the standard of living of the exiled Tibetan people who continue to be neglected. [Source: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3883#.VYmb5_lVikp]
The corruption doesn't end there. The more one investigates, the more one can observe a consistent pattern of financial irregularities in CTA-related organizations in the West that are set up supposedly to advance the Tibetan cause. And in fact, they are no more than excuses to collect millions of dollars that simply disappear. It is clear that monies collected over the decades did not reach the Tibetan people nor were they utilized to advance the Tibetan Cause. What is unclear is how much has been collected over the years and who ultimately benefitted from so much foreign aid and unaccounted charitable donations.
Recently, it was revealed that the CTA via the Sikyong Lobsang Sangay had hired a US-based lobbyist (amongst the thousands they could have selected) with connections to one Benjamin Wey, a Chinese national whom the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regards as "a master of manipulation" who was recently charged, amongst other things, for fraud, conspiracy and money laundering. [Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/business/dealbook/adviser-on-chinese-reverse-mergers-charged-with-fraud.html?_r=0]
Benjamin Wey, bottom left was called a "master of manipulation" by Federal Prosecutors. Wey was also accused of money laundering. Is Wey linked to Lobsang Sangay and the the millions in donations that has been siphoned off? Benjamin Wey, bottom left, the chief of the New York Global Group, was called a "master of manipulation" by federal prosecutors.
The fact that the CTA would engage a lobbyist who has a conflict of interest in serving the Tibetan Cause is itself mind boggling. Some people have raised the question of whether this reflects the CTA's ineptitude in managing important affairs or if it is a sign of something much more suspicious and grave.
It is difficult to imagine that a Harvard graduate like Lobsang Sangay would miss the fact that the lobbyist he has engaged also serves an agent of the 'enemy', as the CTA regards China. In the lobbyist's website, Benjamin Wey's New York Global Group's logo appears alongside the logo of the Office of Tibet. And next to them is the logo of a company called Aristeia Capital who is 'coincidentally' linked to one of Lobsang Sangay's strongest supporters.
An incestuous relationship? All the components required to defraud the Tibetan people and their foreign aid givers are in one place.
And so we have on the one singular platform chosen by the Tibetan leadership, an incestuous relationship – the CTA's Office of Tibet, a Chinese national known for money laundering, an investment firm owned by the Sikyong's supporter and millions of financial aid unaccounted for. All the components required to defraud the Tibetan people and their foreign aid givers are in one place. Hiring a small unknown lobbyist was not an accident or a bad choice after all. It was a purposeful connection made by a very corrupt government.
But this is not the only case. In fact, the trail of unaccounted-for monies eventually lands in the vicinity of a few key members of the CTA. What is unfortunate is how desperately the Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala need this aid. But instead of developing better infrastructure that allows them to establish a life with a promising future, we hear instead that their Prime Minister's significant mortgage was miraculously paid off before his appointment. Instead of having better schools, we see millions being spent on vague 'administrative' fees for Tibetan fund-raising organizations around the world. Instead of preserving the Tibetan Buddhist culture, considerable expense is incurred to fly the Tibetan people's spiritual leader around the world First Class and accommodate him in five-star hotels, and regularly using these overseas trips to spread disharmony amongst the Tibetan Buddhist adherents.
There are simply too many coincidences of impropriety, too many scandals and uninvestigated allegations, and too many 'accidental' concurrences between the disappearance of millions of dollars in foreign aid and a CTA known to be brazenly corrupt, to simply say that the CTA makes bad choices as they are an inexperienced government. Perhaps the fact is simply that the CTA is a corrupt business that has made a fortune out of the business of being refugees, and of opposing a China that the imperialistic West would like to curb. Perhaps that explains why, after half a century, the 'Tibetan Cause' is still a murky concept and the Tibetan people remain hapless refugees as the world passes them by.
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Tibetan Parliament discriminates against Jonangpa sect
My Take on the Mauro Moynihan's Article in Washington Times
Eli Buchen
50 years is a long time to continuously receive aid from the Western Countries and Tibetan symphatizers. To me it is reminiscent of PLO again, the organisation headed by Yasser Arafat, billions of donations later the people who are supposed to be helped and benefitted little evidence of that is evident.
Why no one investigates CTA is anyone's guess. I do hope more governments would start asking the right questions about the accountability of CTA to the donors.
The CTA certainly need to be accountable for what they have done. Various valid information have been published on how their members embezzel the people's money, and questions on how the current Sikyong have paid off his depts is still unanswered. On top of that, the cta created a 'religious department' that instead of looking after the welfare of ALL tibetans, have instead enforced the Shugden ban, depriving a sizable amount of Tibetans in exile from what that was rightfully theirs. Is this what donors and supporters want? That their money is used to discriminate the Tibetans that they so call try to help.
This is no longer just a matter of how the Shugden practitioners are being marginalized. It is how the current corrupted group of CTA members, not doing their job that was entrusted to them, not only by their own people, but by international groups that have supported them for the last 50 years.
Joo Won
One either totally ignorance or choose to ignore the fact how corrupted and ridiculous a government is and let the corrupted government to continue to eat the money and integrity of a country or community; just because one think "their own race/blood" is more important and with this bondage it will not harm their own people; therefore your own same race brothers and sisters even how bad/corrupted you are going to tolerate until they ruins the whole nation/race.
Whoever is not their same race is the ENEMY, even though these people are with moral and do no harm to them. Thus, there's no logic and reasons for people with this kind of thinking.
And, the ruling elites know the psychology of the people very well, they will continue to "strengthen" or "deepen" the fear of "outside enemy", and portray themselves as the only savior/hero of the nation or ethnic groups…"minor" mistakes like corruption should be tolerated by their people in order to fight the bigger enemy out there…
These kinds of political game or psychological game played by many ruling elites in the world not limited to Tibetan world. Thus, Dorje Shugden, DS lamas and practitioners are being blamed as the enemy who "work together" with Chinese Communist government, therefore anyone who did not stand together with Tibetans are their enemy – just because it was said the practice can harmed HH Dalai Lama's (who is in fact an emanation of Chenrezig) life..No logic and reasoning could ever come in or needed, when propaganda was made to demonized Dorje Shugden and everything about DS as the whole Tibetan world's enemy.
Please see the examples of other nations and ethnic groups in the world and how the people lost in the end when political game or psychological games were being played by ruling elites/politicians for their personal agendas … time to wake up.
It's really sad to know that these poor Tibetans are cheated and exploited by their very own leaders, such a shame on the leadership. They can't even be fair and transparent about their administration, I have no idea how they are going to make it as leaders to lead the country. This is definitely their biggest downfall, if they do not buck up now, very soon they will lose support from their people as well as support from other countries.
By action, there is no more doubt that the CTA has no intention of freeing Tibet because a Free Tibet will not serve them. As highlighted in the article, the refugee and impoverished status of its people is the selling point of the CTA. This story pulls are the heartstrings of the global society. Adding this selling point to the perfect mascot of peace, the Dalai Lama, the CTA has it all going for them.
The world wanted to be connected to the icon of peace, tolerance and holiness. Hence, many keep one eye closed and accepted the excuses presented for failures to make any progress towards the Free Tibet cause.
However, time always reveal the truth and with a CTA that is reckless, arrogant and primitive, pretense cannot go one even with both eyes closed. Even a blind man can tell what is happening. Not only are international leadership figures like Maura Moynihan and Congressman Rohrabacher raising questions and concerns, the new generation of Tibetans are also questioning their leaders. Not only are they questioning, they are speaking up and letting people know what is happening under that cloak. The magic show is coming to an end and with it, I hope one of the greatest poison to humanity planted by the CTA will go away with it: may the ban on Dorje Shugden end with the corruption the CTA is drowning the Tibetan people in.
Corruption is a dishonest or fraudulent conduct normally done by those in power, in this case, the CTA, typically involving bribery. This is a sign of a selfish mind that focus solely on personal gain. The CTA receives a huge amount of donation from all around the world for democracy to be formed and benefits to be given to those in need, i.e. the poor Tibetans in need.
There are many proofs that donations were not being utilised appropriately by CTA. The fact that Tibetan-in-exile is still living in poor conditions is a direct proof of no funds were allocated in making the change. Yet, we see the Sikyong and members of the parliaments looking good and wealthy. Something is very wrong here.
A governance party is meant to work for the benefits of the people, implementing and improving plans and conditions of the people. The people should be given good public services such as health, education, transportation etc. and these can be done easily in 20 years. The Tibetans have been in exile since 1959, 57 years in total, yet nothing was done to an acceptable or satisfactory level.
The Tibetans are so used to a serfdom system and too comfortable to think and fight for their rights. This is precisely the CTA can enjoy all the luxury by being in power.
If we are to analyze the current plight of Tibetans in exile, a strong plausible thesis would be that the famous Free Tibet cause is merely excuses to collect millions of sympathy dollars from the West. No cause could have fetch the same attention from the West when it comes to opposing China in a subtle way given the history between Tibet and China. It is not unknown the West had vested interest in fanning separationist movements in China.
So, let's just for a moment, entertain the hypothesis that Free Tibet is a felony, then we can squarely explain why donations and aids from the West went missing, and coincidentally the mortgage of the Prime Minister has been paid off. We can also explain that why people like Penpa Tsering who has been questioned about his involvement in criminal activities still hold weighty position in the government. We can also explain why there is no diplomatic strategy to reach out to China to reunite the people; well, if Free Tibet is not a valid cause anymore, there will be no more reason to ask for money, isn't it?
And the most important part is that we CAN NOW EXPLAIN why Dharamsala leadership never cease to create or instigate fraction in the spiritual communities for example the ban on Dorje Shugden practice, the controversial of Jonang Lineage, the 2 Karmapas and now the restructuring of succession policy in Sakya lineage. So that the naïve public are marred by the disunity in the spiritual world and turn a overpass the crimes by their leaders.


Sand, sand, sand and more sand. Just a little light, contrast and you have a powerfully graphic abstraction. This type of photography is at its best here in the United Arab Emirates. Photo © copyright by Marc Adamus.


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A Bridgeport developer is close to selling out a town home development in the South Side neighborhood and plans another one nearby, counting on continued demand in the area for affordable new homes.
T2 Construction LLC aims to break ground this spring on McKinley Park, a collection of 64 town homes at 35th Street and Maplewood Avenue, according to listing agent Jennifer Liu of Jameson Sotheby's International Realty, which will market the project.
T2, led by developer Mao S. Mei, is preparing to launch its next project as it wraps up McKinley Gardens, a similar town home project off Western Avenue started by fallen developer William Warman. T2 has sold all but one of the 17 town homes it took over at McKinley Gardens, Ms. Liu said. Messrs. Warman and Mei did not return messages.
Bridgeport, a traditionally blue-collar neighborhood, has become a destination for young families and other buyers seeking new homes close to downtown but not at downtown prices. Several developers, including Lexington Homes LLC and Michael Tadin, have targeted that segment of the market by offering homes for less than $500,000.
Ms. Liu said pricing at McKinley Park, west of the public park of the same name, has yet to be finalized, but the three-bedroom homes will likely start in the mid-$200,000s and include finished basements and two-car garages.
Cook County records show a venture led by Mr. Van paid $3 million for the property in 2005, then a vacant factory, before changing zoning to allow for residential development. Then the crisis hit, thwarting Mr. Van's development plan and depressing the value of the property. Records show Mr. Mei's venture paid $675,000 in 2012 for the land, well west of Bridgeport's cultural heart off Halsted Street but near CTA bus and train stops.
Mr. Mei has yet to close on a construction loan for McKinley Park, according to county property records. Ms. Liu expects to start marketing the town homes in about a month.


Chemical Forums: Can anyone provide experimental verification of third law of thermodynamics?
Can anyone provide experimental verification of third law of thermodynamics?
If you can explain it in the answer or recommend the book in which this topic is covered it will be very helpful. I have my final in two days and need to cover this topic as soon as possible.
Re: Can anyone provide experimental verification of third law of thermodynamics?
Found this topic in one book called "Principles of Physical Chemistry by L.R. Sharma (Author), M.S. Pathania (Author) B.R. Puri (Author)"


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Red Album – pierwszy album studyjny amerykańskiego zespołu muzycznego Baroness. Wydawnictwo ukazało się 10 września 2007 roku nakładem wytwórni muzycznej Relapse Records. Nagrania zostały zarejestrowane pomiędzy marcem, a majem 2007 roku w Jam Room we współpracy z producentem muzycznym Phillipem Cope'em.

Lista utworów
Opracowano na podstawie materiału źródłowego.

Twórcy
Opracowano na podstawie materiału źródłowego.

 Zespół Baroness w składzie
 John Dyer Baizley – oprawa graficzna, gitara, śpiew
 Summer Welch – gitara basowa
 Allen Blickle – perkusja
 Brian Blickle – gitara

 Inni
 Scott Hull – mastering
 Phillip Cope – produkcja muzyczna, inżynieria dźwięku
 Jay Matheson, Steve Slavich – inżynieria dźwięku

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Mixue Sips Success at the Bottom of China's Premium Tea Market
The fast-growing chain whose bubble and milk teas typically sell for less than $1.50 has filed for a Shenzhen IPO that could value it at nearly $10 billion
Low-end premium tea chain Mixue has applied for a Shenzhen IPO to raise 6.5 billion yuan for new product development and expansion
The company uses a franchise model that helps it control costs, giving it a higher margins than its rivals
By Trevor Mo
Frugality is the new cool these days for Chinese consumers who are tightening their belts as their income takes a hit from a slowing economy exacerbated by frequent Covid-control measures. For many, that means a shift to lower-end products, which explains the increasingly popularity of budget brands like e-commerce specialist Pinduoduo (PDD.US).
Now that trend has seeped into to the arena for pricey milk and bubble teas, where two of the largest players – Nayuki (2150.HK) and Heytea – have been cutting prices for some of their signature products that typically cost $2.50 or more per cup. Riding that consumer trend, a long list of second-tier brands that have long percolated at the lower end of the market are gearing up for IPOs as their business thrives. A leader from that group is Mixue Bingcheng Co. Ltd., which has applied for a domestic A-share IPO in Shenzhen, according to stock exchange filing last Thursday.
While most of China's premium tea chains were founded in the last decade, Mixue's history dates back more than two decades to its founding in central Henan province in 1997. But the chain has developed fast in the last few years, adding more than 6,000 stores annually from 2019 to 2021 to reach more than 20,000 as of March. That makes it a clear leader in the crowded tea beverage space, well ahead of Nayuki and Heytea, which each had about 800 stores at the end of last year
The rapid expansion formula owes to Mixue's use of a more cost-effective franchise model, which we will review in more detail shortly. But another factor that explains its fast expansion is the affordability of its products. Mixue's milk teas typically cost 5 yuan to 10 yuan per cup ($0.70 to $1.40), compared to starting price of 10 yuan and 15 yuan for many other popular brands.
Mixue plans to raise about 6.5 billion yuan ($918 million) through the Shenzhen IPO, which would value it at a relatively frothy 65 billion yuan based on a 10% share sale. That would represent a big premium over the 20 billion yuan valuation it commanded at the end of 2020, when it raised 2 billion yuan from Chinese investors in its first major fundraising.
The vast majority of Mixue's stores are franchised, with the company directly owning less than 50 of its more than 20,000 stores as of March, according to its prospectus. The use of such a model means that Mixue spends far less money than it would under a direct ownership model used by many of its rivals such as Nayuki and Heytea.
Such a model means Mixue doesn't incur expenses related to operations of stores such as rents, allowing it to generate relatively high profit margins. The company reported a net profit of 1.9 billion yuan in 2021, roughly quadruple its 445 million yuan profit in 2019. By comparison, Nayuki, which has a far smaller market cap of HK$9.1 billion ($1.2 billion), reported an adjusted net loss of 145 million yuan last year, and a 254 million yuan loss for the first half of this year.
Growing network
Like other food and beverage operators that use the franchising model, Mixue generates revenues from selling products like food ingredients and packaging materials like cups to its franchisees. As its franchised stores grow, its revenues have also expanded rapidly, reaching a hefty 10 billion yuan last year from just 2.5 billion yuan in 2019.
The company touts that one of its key competitive advantages is its deep involvement across the value chain in its segment of the food and beverage industry. It said its network of self-operated factories across the country gives it a stable supply of ingredients for franchisees. Mixue plans to use part of the funds from the IPO to bolster that network by ramping up its factories' capacity.
Still, the company's next development phase could face some significant challenges. For starters, China's bubble tea market is set to slow after several years of breakneck growth as China's economy slows in the years ahead. The tea beverage market will still expand, with market research firm iReseach expecting it to reach 374.9 billion yuan by 2025, up from 184 billion yuan in 2020. But the growth rate will slow sharply to just 5.7% by 2025 from 52% in 2021, according to iReseach.
At the same time, competition is also intense. Mixue competes at the lower end of the market with a long list of rivals using a similar franchising model, including Chabaidao, Shuyi Tealicious and Auntea Jenny. And more upmarket players including Nayuki and HeyTea have also recently lowered their prices, further heating up the competition.
Mixue lists "market competition" as one of major risks it faces in its prospectus, acknowledging that low barriers to entry mean rivals can easily copy its model and product ideas.
The company said it plans to continue diversifying its business to stay ahead of the pack. In addition to tea, Mixue also sells coffee and ice cream under its other brands. But those are still relatively small contributors, and the fact that more than 95% of its 22,000 total stores are Mixue-branded shows that most of its revenues are still brewed up by the tea business.
Its expansion into coffee and ice cream will also face fierce competition, especially for the former category, where it will have to compete with far larger names like Starbucks (SBUX.US) and Luckin (LKNCY.US), as well as a long list of startups including Manner, M Stand and Seesaw. But Mixue believe the market is still in the early stages of development and thus will have room for more players. Citing third-party data in its prospectus, the company said the Chinese market for freshly brewed coffee grew by 38% to 87.6 billion yuan last year, up from 48.4 billion yuan in 2019.
At the end of the day, Mixue's ability to maintain its success will depend on its ability to keep rapidly growing its business by sticking to its light-asset model, while fending off an increasingly long list of rivals. It will also need it to move into new areas like coffee and ice cream. In the current environment where consumers are increasingly unwilling to pay big mark-ups for such items, its niche as a leading provider of lower-end premium products could definitely give it an edge.
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Women are the future of American business. According to a recent Nielsen report, women will control two-thirds of American consumer wealth in less than a decade.And yet almost all business and success literature is still written for men—dispensing advice that doesn't take into account women's unique strengths or address the demands of family life on mothers.           Think and Grow Rich for Women is a powerful new book—from the award-winning author of Think and Grow Rich: Three Feet from Gold and coauthor of the multimillion-selling Rich Dad, Poor Dad. It combines Hill's classic Thirteen Steps to Success with case studies of noteworthy women (including Sandra Day O'Connor, Maya Angelou, Katie Couric, Caroline Kennedy, Madonna, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Thatcher, Condoleezza Rice, J. K. Rowling, Barbara De Angelis, Marianne Williamson, Angela Merkel, Mary Kay Ash, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, and many more), outlining a master plan for success for all women.


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iStock/Thinkstock(LAS VEGAS) -- A couple visiting Las Vegas from Vietnam was stabbed to death at Circus Circus hotel and casino on Friday, according to authorities.
The man and woman were part of a Vietnamese tourist group that had come to Las Vegas from Los Angeles, Las Vegas police said. The couple was supposed to show up for a tour of the Grand Canyon, but never did, police said. The group informed the hotel, and they did a welfare check of the room, where they found the couple both dead of multiple stab wounds.
"We're early on in the investigation, and at this time, we have not been able to determine if it's a murder-suicide or if it's a double-homicide investigation," Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Ray Spencer said at a press conference. "So we do not know at this point."
Police said no one at the hotel or police were contacted when the early-morning disturbance happened.
MGM Resorts, which owns Circus Circus, told Las Vegas ABC affiliate KTNV in a statement that there was "no active threat" to guests.
"Las Vegas Metropolitan Police is on scene, and we are cooperating with their investigation," the statement read.


Issue When attempting to add the Windows Legacy Collector service to the RSA Security Analytics UI with the default credentials, the test connection fails and the service cannot be added successfully.
Cause The service cannot be added because of a known issue in Security Analytics 10.4.0.2 which requires the admin user (as opposed to another user with administrator privileges) to add the Windows Legacy Collector service.
This issue has been permanently resolved in Security Analytics 10.4.1.
Workaround In order to add the Windows Legacy Collector service, login as the admin user and add the service normally on the Administration -> Services page.