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If I Could Only Take One
My desert island tune by James Gang
Another Wednesday is upon us, which means time to pick another tune to take to that imaginary desert island. I'm up to the letter "J", and taking a look at my music library reveals artists and bands like Joe Jackson, The Jackson 5, The Jayhawks, Jean-Michel Jarre, Nora Jones and Janis Joplin. Each would be a good choice, except I've covered them more often than my pick James Gang.
I only know a handful of James Gang tunes, which made my selection pretty easy: Funk #49. Co-written by band members Joe Walsh (vocals, guitars, percussion, piano, keyboards), Jim Fox (drums, percussion, organ, piano, keyboards) and Dale Peters (bass guitar, percussion, vocals), the song is from the group's sophomore album James Gang Rides Again, released in July 1970. It also appeared separately as a single that same year.
Like James Gang's other charting songs, Funk #49 was moderately successful in the U.S., reaching no. 59 on the Billboard Hot 100. It did better in Canada where it climbed to no. 26, marking their highest-charting single there. This doesn't change the fact that I love this tune!
Following are some additional insights from Songfacts:
The James Gang is best known for their guitarist, Joe Walsh, whose playing on this track helped establish him as a superstar axeman. Walsh joined the Cleveland-based group in 1969 after making a name for himself as one of the top guitar men in Ohio. He replaced Glenn Schwartz in the band, who Walsh considers a mentor. They were a 5-piece when Walsh joined, but were down to three (like popular acts Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience) when they released their second album James Gang Rides Again.
With just three members, it meant Walsh had to play both rhythm and lead guitar parts, and also sing (he got a lot more help when he joined the Eagles in 1975). It was quite a learning experience for Walsh, who left the James Gang in 1971 after recording three studio albums with the group.
…The song is about a girlfriend whose wild ways the singer just can't tame…There isn't much in the way of lyrics, as the song is mostly a showcase for Walsh's guitar work. He explained in the book The Guitar Greats, "I came up with the basic guitar lick, and the words never really impressed me intellectually, but they seemed to fit somehow. It was a real good example of how we put things together, bearing in mind that it was a three piece group, and I don't think that there was any overdubbing. The only thing we really added was the percussion middle part, which the three of us actually played, putting some parts on top of the drums, but that's the three piece James Gang, and that's the energy and kind of the symmetry we were all about."
…"Funk #49" became a staple of Album Oriented Rock and Classic Rock radio, but it wasn't the biggest chart hit for the James Gang – that would be "Walk Away," which made #51 in 1971 and was later reworked for Walsh's 1976 solo album You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind. "Funk #49" is one of Joe Walsh's most popular songs, and by the mid-'70s he admitted that he couldn't stand playing it any more, but did so because fans loved it.
Sources: Wikipedia; YouTube
Author christiansmusicmusingsPosted on May 4, 2022 May 1, 2022 Categories The Wednesday FeatureTags Dale Peters, Funk #49, James Gang, James Gang Rides Again, Janis Joplin, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jim Fox, Joe Jackson, Joe Walsh, Nora Jones, Rock, The Jackson 5, The Jayhawks, Walk Away, You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind9 Comments on If I Could Only Take One


CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - In its trip to West Palm Beach, Fla. last week, MIT fell to Hartwick College, 9-8, and then recorded a 12-11 win over SUNY Potsdam. Last Monday, the Engineers (2-3) quickly built a 3-0 lead on unassisted goals by Samantha O'Keefe, Casey Flynn, and Lynne Tye. Hartwick got on the scoreboard with 24:38 on the clock, but the Engineers extended their advantage to 5-1 during the next three minutes. Flynn set up Amanda Hunter for her only goal of the game and then converted a free position shot. The Hawks responded with four unanswered goals that resulted in a 5-5 tie at the break.
Hartwick registered its first lead of the day after 2:33 had expired in the second half. Following another goal by the Hawks, Flynn ended MIT's scoring drought at the 22:45 mark. Hartwick quickly added two more goals that raised their margin to 9-6. Flynn continued to be the source of the Engineers' offense as she found the back of the net two more times. MIT's defense withstood several late attacks by the Hawks, but the Engineers could not convert on the offensive end. Flynn tallied a game-high six points on five goals and an assist as Hunter, O'Keefe, and Tye each contributed a goal. O'Keefe and Flynn each posted two draw controls while O'Keefe added three caused turnovers. Lily He paced MIT with three groundballs as Hee Jay Kang collected five saves.
The next day against SUNY Potsdam, the Engineers established an 8-5 advantage at the end of the first half. The Bears responded by outscoring Tech, 6-3, which resulted in a tie at 11 with nine minutes left to play. MIT regained the lead on Flynn's free position strike with three minutes remaining.
Tye paced the Engineers with four goals as Flynn tallied three goals and an assist. Julia Roberts posted three goals while Mary Hatch dished out a trio of assists. Hunter contributed a goal and an assist as O'Keefe rounded out the scoring with one goal. Kang finished the day with seven saves.


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Web sites have been an essential part of business for over a decade. Advancements in technology and a steady increase in sophistication have rendered many sites obsolete. A web site created more than three years ago will certainly benefit from a fresh, modern treatment.
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Our practice is affiliated with Robert Wood Johnson and St. Peter's Children's Hospitals.
All babies born in those hospitals are taken care by the pediatric hospitalists. We do not see any baby in the hospital.
After coming home from giving birth, your baby should see us within the next 2-3 days. At your baby's first visit you should expect us to fully examine the baby, check the baby's weight, height, and answer any questions.
Ivy Pediatrics made a decision in March of 2014 not to accept patients whose parents refuse essential primary vaccines for non-medical reasons or those that request an alternative schedule that significantly differs from the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations. We strongly believe in the effectiveness and safety of vaccinations. Non-mandatory vaccines in our practice are Flu, Hep A, Gardasil (although we highly recommend them). Please read the article below about our philosophy.


Artist, poet, and naturalist Obi Kaufmann brings his best-selling California Field Atlas to the Marin Art & Garden Center. Obi will be giving a presentation on conservation, art, and restoring California's natural world, with a Q&A session and book signing to follow. Exclusive prints of Obi's watercolor trail-paintings will be available for sale.
$15 general admission; tickets available here. 100% of book sale proceeds from this event will go to Butte County's North Valley Animal Disaster Group, which offers shelter and medical services for animals in the evacuation area of the devastating Camp Fire.


Interactive web-based response system (IWRS) technology streamlines and efficiently manages subject randomization and drug supply for your clinical trials.
Everest has a long history of using web technology in enabling effective clinical trial management for multi-country trials. Everest's web technology and statistical talents are capable of designing and implementing various (from simple to complex) randomization designs and drug supply management solutions.
With a standard web browser, robust and customizable functionalities, as well as easy-to-use and self-explaining user interface, IWRS is a better choice over interactive voice-response systems (IVRS) for trial subject randomization and drug supply management.
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I was reminded this week while in clinic just how important marketing efforts can be to the success of your practice—either through direct or indirect efforts. We successfully fitted a lapsed contact lens wearer who deeply missed her contact lenses, but was apparently neglected by her prior eyecare provider in terms of some visual and comfort issues. Once we refitted her, she was comfortable and ecstatic about getting rid of her spectacles. The next thing we knew, several of her friends and colleagues were in the clinic to see us for their eyecare needs. Making the difference for one patient can lead to many other successes.
In Memoriam: Keith W. Harrison, FCLSA(H)
Keith W. Harrison, FCLSA(H) lost his battle with cancer and passed away August 21, 2012. Keith will be remembered as a visionary in the optical industry and a leader of the Contact Lens Society of America (CLSA). Keith leaves behind his wife Linda, son Bradley and wife Brigid, and daughter Courtney.
Keith thrived on helping patients, always welcoming the most challenging of cases, and took great pride in being able to help people see better. He was an ophthalmic dispenser and certified contact lens fitter in Toronto, Ontario, Canada where he was owner of Harrison Optical Services, a contact lens practice and optical business in the Toronto Western Hospital.
Keith was an imaginative leader and constant educator while donating his time, expertise, and passion for contact lens fitting throughout his 31-year tenure as a CLSA member. He served as a member of the CLSA Board of Directors, as CLSA Secretary/Treasurer, CLSA Foundation Chair and as President of the Contact Lens Society of America. He was an Honored Fellow Member of CLSA. He was an ever-present educator at CLSA meetings.
He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ontario Opticians Association, and the Clifford R. Shorney 2012 Member of the Year Award. He held membership in the Canadian Guild of Dispensing Opticians. Keith was NCLE Advanced Certified, and while serving on the NCLE Board of Directors was instrumental in the creation of the ABO-NCLE National Opticians Conference.
CLSA has established a fund in Keith's name; donations will be directed to the charity or cause chosen by the family: CLSA Foundation, c/o The Keith Harrison Fund, 441D Carlisle Drive, Herndon, VA 20170.
Be Part of a Global Movement: Take the World Sight Day Challenge 2012
Optometry Giving Sight is calling on all members of the optometric community to join the global movement to eliminate avoidable blindness by taking the 2012 World Sight Day Challenge this October.
The World Sight Day Challenge is an opportunity for everyone in the optical profession to make a personal donation and help raise urgently needed funds to support sustainable eye and vision care projects in underserved communities around the world. Optometrists and their practices are once again invited to:
Donate a day of eye exam fees in October, or
Make a small donation per frame sold or exam given, and to
Invite patients to donate during the month.
Information about making a donation or holding a practice fundraiser is available at www.givingsight.org or by calling 1 888 OGS GIVE (USA) / +1 403-670-2619 (Canada).
Deadline is August 31 for Submission of Papers and Posters for GSLS
Plan now to attend the Global Specialty Lens Symposium to be held January 24 - 27, 2013 at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This meeting will include insightful presentations by international experts in the field, hands-on demonstrations of cutting-edge products and valuable continuing education credits.
The Program Committee of the GSLS invites the submission of Papers and Posters. Papers and abstracts related to presbyopia, keratoconus, corneal topography, post penetrating keratoplasty or related irregular corneal surface, myopia control, orthokeratology and lens care topics are welcome.
To submit a photo for the photo contest, submit up to two (2) photographic images in the following anterior segment categories: Contact Lens and Cornea/Conjunctiva/Lids. Contestants also will be able to submit images obtained utilizing such equipment as OCT, topographers, etc.
Those interested in submitting can visit our redesigned website at www.GSLSymposium.com for more information. Web submissions only. Deadline for submissions is August 31, 2012.
OCuSOFT Makes Changes in Corporate Leadership; Names Ward President, COO
OCuSOFT, Inc. announced the promotion of Patrick Ward, RPh, MBA, to President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Cynthia L. Barratt, formerly President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), will now serve as Co-Chairman with Nat Adkins while retaining the position of CEO. Two of the company's executives, Stacy Foster and Troy Smith have also assumed new roles within the organization. Stacy Foster will succeed Mr. Ward as Executive Vice President and Troy Smith has been named Vice President of Sales.
Prior to joining OCuSOFT in January 2011, Ward served as Vice President, Finance and Administration and co-founder of Aviara Pharmaceutical Research, a startup biopharmaceutical company. He also previously served as Executive Director of Business Development of Encysive Pharmaceuticals.
Foster joined the company in February 2009 as Vice President of Business Development after serving in many executive capacities in the technology, energy, and general manufacturing industries.
Smith has been with the company since August 1998 and has served many roles within the company ranging from Customer Service Manager to Vice President of Marketing and most recently Vice President, Professional and Technical Relations.
Your Interesting Case Photo Here
Have you seen an interesting case lately? Would you like to share it with your colleagues? An image from that case could appear in this column next week!
We welcome photo submissions from our readers! It is easy to submit a photo for consideration for publishing in Contact Lenses Today. Simply visit http://www.cltoday.com/upload/upload.aspx to upload your image. Please include an explanation of the photo and your full name, degree or title and city/state/country.
Susan J. Gromacki, OD, MS, FAAO
Contact Lenses and Swimming: A Compliance Lesson
Sometimes noncompliant patients are those we least expect. A few weeks ago, we were vacationing with friends at the beach. Our friend asked me why his contact lenses hurt so much while he was swimming. I asked him if his eye care provider had ever instructed him about the contraindication of swimming with his contact lenses and the risk of Acanthamoeba keratitis associated with it. He of course answered, "No." He was noncompliant without even knowing it.
The conversation raised a few questions. Why didn't his practitioner recommend daily disposable contact lenses? Did s/he assume that he could not afford them? (He most certainly could.) Did his practitioner attempt to educate him regarding swimming with contact lenses? (If anyone ever remembered the detail of every instruction he had ever received, it would be this engineer.)
To ensure that your patient instruction is communicated properly, listen in on one of your staff member's care and compliance instruction sessions. Make sure that s/he is emphasizing the points that you want to make. Also, provide a written handout for your patient to take home. Some patients learn better via the written, rather than the spoken, word. Understanding that not all patients will take the time to read it, prepare a briefer version for the patient to read and sign in-office, highlighting hot-button topics such as extended wear, swimming in contact lenses, and what symptoms require a return to clinic. This can be handled by your front desk staff member, giving your patient a third point of contact in learning proper lens care and compliance. Better patient communication goes a long way towards improving compliance.
Botulinum Toxin and Dry Eye, Part 2 of 4
Although complications of the use of botulinum toxin (BOTOX) around the orbit include dry eye (see Part 1), interestingly literature suggests that BOTOX can be utilized to treat dry eye and protect the cornea at risk.
Studies have proposed that there is a sphincter-like action exerted by the orbicularis oculi pars lacrimalis muscle that compresses and contracts the lower canaliculus, causing tears to move toward the nasolacrimal sac and duct.1,2 It has been demonstrated that a medial canthal injection of botulinum toxin causes a temporary decrease in lacrimal drainage.3,4 This effect may be caused by pharmacologic denervation of the obicularis oculi pars lacrimalis muscle leading to decreased action of the lacrimal pump and prolonged lubrication of the ocular surface.
Alternately, protective ptosis by temporary paralysis of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle may be a useful tool and an alternative to tarsorraphy in the temporary treatment of dry eye disease secondary to exposure/lagophthalmos, corneal hypoesthesia and other pathologies.5,6
Therefore, targeted use of botulinum toxin has potential use in the management of dry eye disease and for ocular surface protection.7
1. Pavlidis M, Stupp T, Grenzebach U, Busse H, Thanos S. Ultrasonic visualization of the effect of blinking on the lacrimal pump mechanism. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2005;243:228-234.
2. Lee MJ, Kyung HS, Han MH, Choung HK, Kim NJ, Khwarg S. Evaluation of lacrimal tear drainage mechanism using dynamic fluoroscopic daccryocystography. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010;27:164-167.
3. Sahlin S, Chen E, Kaugesaar T, Almqvist H, Kjellberg K, Lennerstrand G. Effect of eyelid botulinum toxin injection on lacrimal drainage. Am J Ophthalmol. 200;129:481-486.
4. Sahlin S, Linderoth R. Eyelid botulinum toxin injections for the dry eye. Dev Ophthalmol. 2008;41:187-92.
5. Yücel OE, Artürk N. Botulinum toxin-a-induced protective ptosis in the treatment of lagophthalmos associated with facial paralysis. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Jul;28(4):256-60.
6. Gusek-Schneider GC, Erbguth F. [Protective ptosis by botulinum A toxin injection in corneal affectations] Klin Monbl Augenheilkd. 1998 Jul;213(1):15-22. Article in German.
7. Victoria AC, Pino A. Botulinum toxin type A and its uses in dry eye disease. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Jul;130(1):209e-10e.
A Cross-Sectional Analysis of U.S. Contact Lens User Demographics
Large population studies carried out in the United States, while addressing refractive error prevalence, have published little addressing the modes of refractive correction. As such, there are little data in the biomedical literature concerning the characteristics of the contact lens wearing population in the United States. The purpose of this project was to develop estimates of the demographic characteristics of a cross section of contact lens wearers in the United States based on those who wore contact lenses on the day of their National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) examination.
The NHANES is a nationally representative sample of the U.S. population. As part of NHANES, the type of refractive correction used is collected during a mobile medical clinic examination along with demographic variables. Data files from the 2005-2006 and 2007-2008 NHANES were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics. Demographic characteristics of the U.S. population using contacts during the medical clinic examination were derived. Associations between demographic variables and contact lens use were explored in age-stratified univariate and multivariate analyses taking into account the complex sampling frame.
In univariate analysis, age (p < 0.001) and the availability of health insurance (p = 0.007) have negative associations with contact lens use, while female gender (p < 0.001), higher socioeconomic status (p < 0.001), and higher educational attainment (p < 0.001) are associated with increased contact lens use. In multivariate analysis, age (p < 0.001), socioeconomic status (p < 0.001), the interaction of age with gender (p < 0.001), and the interaction of socioeconomic status with education (p = 0.002) are associated with contact lens use.
The author concluded that four demographic variables, age, socioeconomic status, age-gender interaction, and socioeconomic status-education interaction, defined those likely to be using contact lenses on any given day in the United States. Together, these four variables identify almost 9 of 10 contact lens users.
Swanson MW. A cross-sectional analysis of U.S. contact lens user demographics. Optom Vis Sci. 2012 Jun;89(6):839-48.

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This Thursday night, the 5th of March, in Double Bay, I'll be playing at another new venue for me along with 3 of the best blues men. Illya Szwec: guitar, Bruce Allen: sax and Rob Grosser drums. Great for anyone on the east side of Sydney. Golden Sheaf Hotel Good Rockin' R&B from 9 to 11pm.
Dr Don's Double Dose at the wonderful Kiama Jazz and Blues Festival this weekend with our usual 10 am Sat morning street side show next to Saltwater Cafe. That night we are at the classy but relaxed Mercure Gerringong playing their grand piano from 6 - 9. This resort style hotel is known for it's excellent service and fine dining. See below for details.
This month I'll be playing some wild New Olreans Jazz with Bill Dudley's band on Wed at 12.30 at Sydney Flying Squadron Milsons Point. One of the rare chances to catch his show until Bill starts up another residency.
I'll be playing keys with 4 piece band for Isaiah B Brunt to help launch his CD that was recorded in New Olreans. It's at Spring Street Social, 110 Spring St Bondi Junction.
Great deal at $25 for dinner & show from 7pm at a great venue.
Last months Angels Bayside Cafe gig was a hoot with the crowd of dedicated listeners and dancers at this beautiful Huskisson spot. Management asked us to play an extra hour. And we'll be back again on Sudnay 22 March at 3.30pm.
Rob and I love singing and playing at these out door cafe spots and it's worth a trip for south coast jivers. Plenty of time to get back home. And the night before our regular at Central Hotel ShellHarbour City on Saturday 21 March at the new earlier start time of 7pm which means our last set finishes at 10:30 so it's not too late.
I have some spaces left for anyone who is wanting to improve their piano playing and learn how to play blues, roots and popular styles, Don still has some spaces free for 2015. Beginners to advanced. Lessons are tailored to suit your individual piano playing needs. Call Don on 0425 201 870 for more information or to book your first lesson.


Available at e.g. (external. link) iTunes, AMAZON mp3, Spotify..
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Your journey to exotic countries at the time of shoguns and samurais.
Different music styles, sounds and rhythms around the world in an unique dialog.
An EP with 5 cool world tracks.
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Lizenzen für kommerzielle Zwecke: (Webauftritt, Internet, Homepage, Rundfunk, TV, Film, Werbung, etc...) gibt es direkt über (externer Link) soundtaxi.net , oder auf Anfrage bei mir.
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The Taxation of Financial Arrangements (TOFA) reforms were first publicly announced as part of the 1992 federal budget in which the government identified a need for reform of the taxation treatment of financial arrangements. The reforms were later taken up by the Ralph Review of Business Taxation, with the final report – A Tax System Redesigned (the Ralph report) – making various recommendations. Several concepts proposed in the Ralph report have been implemented progressively in stages.
Stage 1 was introduced in 2001 and contained rules to distinguish between debt and equity interests. This was in response to the growing number of hybrid financial arrangements in commercial practice.
Stage 2 was introduced in 2003 and contained new rules to bring to account foreign exchange gains and losses for tax purposes and rules around the translation of foreign denominated amounts.
Stages 3 and 4 were introduced in 2009. Stage 3 introduced hedging rules, under which the tax character and tax timing of gains and losses from a financial arrangement is able to be matched with the tax character and tax timing of gains and losses from a hedged item. Stage 4 provided a comprehensive framework for bringing to account gains and losses on other financial arrangements for tax purposes.
For the purposes of this guide, the term 'TOFA' refers to Stages 3 and 4 of the reforms, being the provisions contained in Division 230 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA 1997), and the transitional provisions contained in Tax Laws Amendment (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Act 2009 (the TOFA Act).
TOFA aims to reduce the influence of tax considerations on how financial arrangements are structured. TOFA also aims to closer align the taxation recognition of gains and losses on financial arrangements with commercial recognition of gains and losses.
Although TOFA provides a comprehensive and overarching framework to address the economic substance of arrangements, it is not an exclusive code for the taxation of gains and losses from financial arrangements.
Unless otherwise specified, other provisions of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (ITAA 1936) or the ITAA 1997 still deal with gains or losses from financial arrangements where TOFA does not.
Legislative references in this guide are to provisions of the ITAA 1997 unless otherwise specified.
Since the TOFA Act received royal assent, TOFA has been subject to multiple amendments. This guide is current as at December 2013. It is for informational purposes only, and does not represent binding advice.
If you are seeking binding advice, consider applying for a private ruling.
During the 1980s, there were significant economic and legal developments such as the deregulation of the Australian financial sector and floating of the Australian dollar, as well as technological changes. These developments highlighted the deficiencies in existing tax legislation, which did not keep pace with financial innovation.
Before the TOFA reforms, the income tax law emphasised legal form rather than economic substance in the context of financial arrangements. The legislation recognised basic forms of financial arrangements, but did not satisfactorily apply to more complex instruments.
This led to inconsistencies in the tax treatment of transactions with similar economic substance. In addition, income and deductions from financial arrangements were often dealt with on a realisation basis, which was not in line with accounting practice and the economic substance of financial arrangements. The inability of these form-based rules to keep pace with financial innovation created opportunities for tax deferral and tax arbitrage.
Furthermore, the way tax law applied to financial arrangements resulted in tax-timing and tax-classification mismatches. The law did not address the tax-timing treatment of emerging hybrid instruments or new structured products, including those with fixed and contingent returns.
The ad hoc manner in which amendments were made to address new tax products or problems created considerable uncertainty for entities.
The TOFA reforms were implemented in stages, each stage having a particular purpose and addressing particular concerns.
Division 974 of the ITAA 1997 was introduced in the New Business Tax System (Debt and Equity) Act 2001 and the New Business Tax System (Thin Capitalisation) Act 2001. It introduced rules for classifying financial instruments as debt interests or equity interests according to the economic substance of the instrument rather than its legal form.
The classification of an instrument is important as it can change its tax outcomes. Broadly, returns on debt interests are not frankable but may be deductible, whereas the returns on equity interests may be frankable but are not deductible.
Significantly, unlike the other stages of the reforms, Division 974 does not include direct taxing provisions. It provides the debt/equity classification of an instrument, with the tax outcomes determined elsewhere under the tax acts.
The economic substance tests of Division 974 also identify debt instruments for the purposes of the thin capitalisation rules in Division 820. The thin capitalisation rules work to limit the use of deductible debt expenses in financing the net Australian assets of a multinational business.
Under this reform, the test for distinguishing debt interests from equity interests focuses on a single organising principle. That is, an instrument is a debt interest where an issuer has an effectively non-contingent obligation to return, to the investor, an amount at least equal to the amount invested.
Division 775 and Subdivisions 960-C and 960-D of the ITAA 1997 were introduced in the New Business Tax System (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Act (No.1) 2003.
Division 775 took precedence over other provisions that dealt with the tax treatment of foreign currency exchange gains and losses. Under Division 775, forex realisation gains and forex realisation losses, attributable to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, are made when a forex realisation event occurs.
Division 775 no longer applies to financial arrangements subject to TOFA. However, it does apply to all other arrangements and transactions that are affected by fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates where TOFA does not apply.
Subdivision 960-C and 960-D were also introduced as part of the second stage of the TOFA reforms. Subdivision 960-C provided a general translation rule that broadly provides that all tax relevant amounts should be expressed in Australian currency.
Subdivision 960-D allows certain entities or parts of entities that keep their accounts solely or predominantly in a particular foreign currency to choose that foreign currency as their functional currency. Functional currency is used to work out annual net income, which is then translated into Australian dollars.
Division 230 was introduced by the Tax Laws Amendment (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Act 2009 (the TOFA Act). The TOFA Act implements Stages 3 and 4 of the TOFA reforms and are the final set of TOFA reforms recommended by the Ralph report.
Broadly, TOFA introduced a definition of what constitutes a financial arrangement and a framework for calculating gains and losses on financial arrangements through default and elective tax-timing methods.
Stage 3 addresses hedging financial arrangements, allowing for the matching of the tax classification and tax timing of gains or losses from certain hedging financial arrangements with the gains and losses from a hedged item.
Stage 4 deals with the tax treatment of all other financial arrangements by providing a framework for calculating and taxing gains and losses from financial arrangements.
The remainder of this guide relates to Stages 3 and 4 of the TOFA reforms (Division 230 and transitional provisions), referred to as TOFA.
TOFA provides a principles-based framework for the taxation of gains and losses from financial arrangements based on their economic substance rather than legal form. Gains and losses from financial arrangements are generally included in assessable income or allowed as a deduction on revenue account.


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Seinsheim (auch Sainsheim und Saunsheim) bezeichnet

 Seinsheim, Ort in Bayern
 Seinsheim (Adelsgeschlecht), deutsches Adelsgeschlecht, Vorläufer der Schwarzenberg (fränkisch-böhmisches Adelsgeschlecht)

Seinsheim ist der Familienname folgender Personen:
 Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim (1708–1779), Fürstbischof von Würzburg und Herzog in Franken (1755–1779)
 August von Seinsheim (1789–1869), deutscher Maler
 Joseph Franz Maria von Seinsheim (1707–1787), Diplomat und Politiker des Kurfürstentums Bayern
 Karl von Seinsheim (1784–1864), bayerischer Landtagspräsident
 Maximilian von Seinsheim-Grünbach (1811–1885), deutscher Politiker (Zentrum), erblicher Reichsrat, MdR

Siehe auch:
 Palais Seinsheim, Stadtpalais im Stil des späten Rokoko in der Münchner Prannerstraße 7

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We've got a spring in our step as the weather gets warmer. Here's where you need to be on the South Bank this spring!
This April, the Southbank Centre will celebrate art and artists inspired by the city. The concrete playground will be taken over by breakdancing battles, dance residencies, workshops, free family events and parties showcasing the best in street culture. Be prepared to pop, lock and bust a move.
Following the sell-out run in 2015 at the Vaults deep under Waterloo Station, Les Enfants Terribles' and ebp bring their Olivier award nominated Alice's Adventures Underground back in April! Experience immersion like never before in this interactive, puppetry-packed, fusion of storytelling, music, circus and spectacle.
Southbank Centre's famous weekly markets are back for an Easter weekend special. You can enjoy delicious street food, sweet treats and fresh produce from their specially selected Real Food Market stalls. Why not hunt out the best Easter eggs they've got or try some Easter specialities from around the world. You can find the markets in Southbank Centre Square, behind Royal Festival Hall.
The world's largest LEGO® exhibition inspired by DC Characters.
Legendary LEGO® artist Nathan Sawaya took London by storm in 2014 with his extraordinary exhibition THE ART OF THE BRICK®.
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// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
// Copyright (c) 2009-2015 The Bitcoin Core developers
// Copyright (c) 2015-2018 The Bitcoin Unlimited developers
// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.

#include "dosman.h"
#include "bandb.h"
#include "connmgr.h"
#include "ui_interface.h"

CDoSManager::CDoSManager() : setBannedIsDirty(false), nBanThreshold(DEFAULT_BANSCORE_THRESHOLD) {}
/**
 * Call once the command line is parsed so dosman configures itself appropriately.
 */
void CDoSManager::HandleCommandLine() { nBanThreshold = GetArg("-banscore", DEFAULT_BANSCORE_THRESHOLD); }
/**
* Checks if this CNetAddr is in the whitelist
*
* @param[in] addr  The address to check
* @return true if address is in the whitelist, otherwise false
*/
bool CDoSManager::IsWhitelistedRange(const CNetAddr &addr)
{
    LOCK(cs_vWhitelistedRange);
    for (const CSubNet &subnet : vWhitelistedRange)
    {
        if (subnet.Match(addr))
            return true;
    }
    return false;
}

/**
* Add this CSubNet to the whitelist
*
* @param[in] subnet  The subnet to add to the whitelist
*/
void CDoSManager::AddWhitelistedRange(const CSubNet &subnet)
{
    LOCK(cs_vWhitelistedRange);
    vWhitelistedRange.push_back(subnet);
}

/**
* Remove all in-memory ban entries
* Marks the in-memory banlist as dirty
*/
void CDoSManager::ClearBanned()
{
    LOCK(cs_setBanned);
    setBanned.clear();
    setBannedIsDirty = true;
    uiInterface.BannedListChanged();
}

/**
* Check to see if this CNetAddr is currently banned
*
* @param[in] ip  The address to check
* @return true if address currently banned, otherwise false
*/
bool CDoSManager::IsBanned(CNetAddr ip)
{
    LOCK(cs_setBanned);
    for (banmap_t::iterator it = setBanned.begin(); it != setBanned.end(); it++)
    {
        CSubNet subNet = (*it).first;
        CBanEntry banEntry = (*it).second;

        // As soon as we find a matching ban that isn't expired return immediately
        if (subNet.Match(ip) && GetTime() < banEntry.nBanUntil)
            return true;
    }

    // If we got here, we traversed the list and didn't find any non-expired bans for this IP
    return false;
}

/**
* Check if this CSubNet is currently banned
*
* @param[in] subnet  The subnet to check
* @return true if subnet currently banned, otherwise false
*/
bool CDoSManager::IsBanned(CSubNet subnet)
{
    LOCK(cs_setBanned);
    banmap_t::iterator i = setBanned.find(subnet);
    if (i != setBanned.end())
    {
        CBanEntry banEntry = (*i).second;
        // As soon as we find a matching ban that isn't expired return immediately
        if (GetTime() < banEntry.nBanUntil)
            return true;
    }

    // If we got here, we traversed the list and didn't find any non-expired bans for this exact subnet
    return false;
}

/**
* Add this CNetAddr to the banlist for the specified duration
* Marks the in-memory banlist as dirty
*
* @param[in] addr            The address to ban
* @param[in] banReason       The reason for banning this address
* @param[in] bantimeoffset   The duration of the ban in seconds, either a duration or an absolute time
* @param[in] sinceUnixEpoch  Whether or not the bantimeoffset is a relative duration, or absolute time
*/
void CDoSManager::Ban(const CNetAddr &addr,
    const std::string &userAgent,
    const BanReason &banReason,
    int64_t bantimeoffset,
    bool sinceUnixEpoch)
{
    CSubNet subNet(addr);
    Ban(subNet, userAgent, banReason, bantimeoffset, sinceUnixEpoch);
}

/**
* Add this CSubNet to the banlist for the specified duration
* Marks the in-memory banlist as dirty
*
* @param[in] addr            The subnet to ban
* @param[in] banReason       The reason for banning this subnet
* @param[in] bantimeoffset   The duration of the ban in seconds, either a duration or an absolute time
* @param[in] sinceUnixEpoch  Whether or not the bantimeoffset is a relative duration, or absolute time
*/
void CDoSManager::Ban(const CSubNet &subNet,
    const std::string &userAgent,
    const BanReason &banReason,
    int64_t bantimeoffset,
    bool sinceUnixEpoch)
{
    CBanEntry banEntry(GetTime());
    banEntry.userAgent = userAgent;
    banEntry.banReason = banReason;
    if (bantimeoffset <= 0)
    {
        bantimeoffset = GetArg("-bantime", DEFAULT_MISBEHAVING_BANTIME);
        sinceUnixEpoch = false;
    }
    banEntry.nBanUntil = (sinceUnixEpoch ? 0 : GetTime()) + bantimeoffset;

    LOCK(cs_setBanned);
    if (setBanned[subNet].nBanUntil < banEntry.nBanUntil)
        setBanned[subNet] = banEntry;

    setBannedIsDirty = true;
    uiInterface.BannedListChanged();
}

/**
* Remove this CNetAddr from the banlist
* Marks the in-memory banlist as dirty if address was found and removed
*
* @param[in] addr  The address to unban
* @return true if address was in the ban list and was removed, otherwise false
*/
bool CDoSManager::Unban(const CNetAddr &addr)
{
    CSubNet subNet(addr);
    return Unban(subNet);
}

/**
* Remove this CSubNet from the banlist
* Marks the in-memory banlist as dirty if subnet was found and removed
*
* @param[in] subNet  The subnet to unban
* @return true if subnet was in the ban list and was removed, otherwise false
*/
bool CDoSManager::Unban(const CSubNet &subNet)
{
    LOCK(cs_setBanned);
    if (setBanned.erase(subNet))
    {
        setBannedIsDirty = true;

        SweepBannedInternal();
        uiInterface.BannedListChanged();
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

/**
* Copies current in-memory banlist to the passed in banmap_t
* Intended to allow read-only actions on the banlist without holding the lock
*
* @param[in,out] banMap  The banlist copy
*/
void CDoSManager::GetBanned(banmap_t &banMap)
{
    LOCK(cs_setBanned);
    SweepBannedInternal();
    GetBannedInternal(banMap); // create a thread safe copy
}

/**
* Copies current in-memory banlist to the passed in banmap_t
* Intended to allow read-only actions on the banlist without holding the lock
*
* @param[in,out] banMap  The banlist copy
*/
void CDoSManager::GetBannedInternal(banmap_t &banMap) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_setBanned)
{
    // Ensure lock is held externally as it is required for this internal version of the method
    AssertLockHeld(cs_setBanned);

    SweepBannedInternal();
    banMap = setBanned; // create a thread safe copy
}

/**
* Iterates the in-memory banlist and removes any ban entries where the ban has expired
* Marks the in-memory banlist as dirty if any entries were removed
*/
void CDoSManager::SweepBanned()
{
    LOCK(cs_setBanned);
    SweepBannedInternal();
}

/**
* Iterates the in-memory banlist and removes any ban entries where the ban has expired
* Marks the in-memory banlist as dirty if any entries were removed
*
* This is the internal version of the function which requres a lock is held externally
* This helps avoid taking recursive locks internally
*/
void CDoSManager::SweepBannedInternal() EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_setBanned)
{
    // Ensure lock is held externally as it is required for this internal version of the method
    AssertLockHeld(cs_setBanned);

    int64_t now = GetTime();
    banmap_t::iterator it = setBanned.begin();
    while (it != setBanned.end())
    {
        CSubNet subNet = (*it).first;
        CBanEntry banEntry = (*it).second;
        if (now > banEntry.nBanUntil)
        {
            setBanned.erase(it++);
            setBannedIsDirty = true;
            LOG(NET, "%s: Removed banned node ip/subnet from banlist.dat: %s\n", __func__, subNet.ToString());
        }
        else
            ++it;
    }
}

/**
* Check if the current banlist has changes not written to disk
*
* @return true if the in-memory banlist has changes not written to disk, otherwise false
*/
bool CDoSManager::BannedSetIsDirty()
{
    LOCK(cs_setBanned);
    return setBannedIsDirty;
}

/**
 * Increment the misbehaving count score for this node.  If the ban threshold is reached, flag the node to be
 * banned.  No locks are needed to call this function.
 */
void CDoSManager::Misbehaving(CNode *pNode, int howmuch, BanReason reason)
{
    if (howmuch == 0 || !pNode)
        return;

    // Update the old misbehavior
    UpdateMisbehavior(pNode);

    // Add the new misbehavior and check whether to ban
    double prior = pNode->nMisbehavior.load();
    while (true)
    {
        if (pNode->nMisbehavior.compare_exchange_weak(prior, prior + howmuch))
            break;
        prior = pNode->nMisbehavior.load();
    }
    if (pNode->nMisbehavior.load() >= nBanThreshold && prior < nBanThreshold)
    {
        LOGA("%s: %s (%d -> %d) BAN THRESHOLD EXCEEDED\n", __func__, pNode->GetLogName(), prior, prior + howmuch);
        pNode->fShouldBan.store(true);
        pNode->nBanType.store(reason);
    }
    else
        LOGA("%s: %s (%d -> %d)\n", __func__, pNode->GetLogName(), prior, prior + howmuch);
}

/** Update the current values of misbehavior by decaying them over a set time period. */
void CDoSManager::UpdateMisbehavior(CNode *pNode)
{
    if (!pNode)
        return;

    if (pNode->nLastMisbehaviorTime.load() == 0)
        pNode->nLastMisbehaviorTime = GetTime();

    // Decay the previous misbehavior over a four hour window
    int64_t nNow = GetTime();
    while (true)
    {
        double nOldMisBehavior = pNode->nMisbehavior.load();
        if (nOldMisBehavior == 0.0)
            break;
        double nNewMisBehavior =
            nOldMisBehavior * pow(1.0 - 1.0 / 14400, (double)(nNow - pNode->nLastMisbehaviorTime.load()));
        if (pNode->nMisbehavior.compare_exchange_weak(nOldMisBehavior, nNewMisBehavior))
            break;
    }
    pNode->nLastMisbehaviorTime.store(nNow);
}

/**
 * Increment the misbehaving count score for this node.  If the ban threshold is reached, flag the node to be
 * banned.  No locks are needed to call this function.
 */
void CDoSManager::Misbehaving(NodeId nodeid, int howmuch)
{
    CNodeRef nodeRef(connmgr->FindNodeFromId(nodeid));

    Misbehaving(nodeRef.get(), howmuch);
}

/**
* Write in-memory banmap to disk
*/
void CDoSManager::DumpBanlist()
{
    int64_t nStart = GetTimeMillis();
    banmap_t banmap;
    {
        LOCK(cs_setBanned);
        // If setBanned is not dirty, don't waste time on disk i/o
        if (!setBannedIsDirty)
            return;

        // Get thread-safe copy of the current banlist
        GetBannedInternal(banmap);

        // Set the dirty flag to false in anticipation of successful flush to disk
        // In the event that the flush fails, we will set the flag back to true below
        // This needs to be done before the current lock is released in case another thread
        // dirties the banlist between now and completion of the write to disk
        setBannedIsDirty = false;
    }

    // Don't hold the lock while performing disk I/O
    CBanDB bandb;
    if (!bandb.Write(banmap))
    {
        // If the write to disk failed we need to set the dirty flag to true
        LOCK(cs_setBanned);
        setBannedIsDirty = true;
    }
    else
        LOG(NET, "Flushed %d banned node ips/subnets to banlist.dat  %dms\n", banmap.size(), GetTimeMillis() - nStart);
}

/**
* Read banmap from disk into memory
*/
void CDoSManager::LoadBanlist()
{
    uiInterface.InitMessage(_("Loading banlist..."));

    // Load addresses from banlist.dat
    int64_t nStart = GetTimeMillis();
    CBanDB bandb;
    banmap_t banmap;
    if (bandb.Read(banmap))
    {
        LOCK(cs_setBanned);
        setBanned = banmap;
        // We just set the in memory banlist to the values from disk, so indicate banlist is not dirty
        setBannedIsDirty = false;
        // Remove any ban entries that were persisted to disk but have since expired
        SweepBannedInternal();

        LOG(NET, "Loaded %d banned node ips/subnets from banlist.dat  %dms\n", banmap.size(), GetTimeMillis() - nStart);
    }
    else
        LOGA("Invalid or missing banlist.dat; recreating\n");
}

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 The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
 the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at

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 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <parent>
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  </parent>

  <artifactId>drill-common</artifactId>
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  <dependencies>
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      <groupId>org.apache.drill</groupId>
      <artifactId>drill-protocol</artifactId>
      <version>${project.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
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      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>${dep.junit.version}</version>
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    <dependency>
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    </dependency>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.typesafe</groupId>
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    <dependency>
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    </dependency>

    <dependency>
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    </dependency>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
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    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
      <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
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          <groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
          <artifactId>jboss-logging</artifactId>
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    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
      <version>2.2.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
      <artifactId>antlr-runtime</artifactId>
      <version>3.4</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
        <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
        <version>2.3</version>
    </dependency>

  </dependencies>

  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.15</version>
        <configuration>
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        </configuration>
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      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>test-jar</id>
            <goals>
              <goal>test-jar</goal>
            </goals>
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        <artifactId>antlr3-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.4</version>
        <configuration>

        </configuration>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <goals>
              <goal>antlr</goal>
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      </plugin>

      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
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        <version>2.1</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
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            <goals>
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            </goals>
            <configuration>
              <artifactSet>
                <includes>
                  <include>com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java</include>
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              <relocations>
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package com.datastax.driver.core;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;

import com.google.common.base.Function;
import com.google.common.util.concurrent.*;

/**
 * Abstract implementation of the Session interface.
 *
 * This is primarly intended to make mocking easier.
 */
public abstract class AbstractSession implements Session {

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public ResultSet execute(String query) {
        return execute(new SimpleStatement(query));
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public ResultSet execute(String query, Object... values) {
        return execute(new SimpleStatement(query, values));
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public ResultSet execute(Statement statement) {
        return executeAsync(statement).getUninterruptibly();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public ResultSetFuture executeAsync(String query) {
        return executeAsync(new SimpleStatement(query));
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public ResultSetFuture executeAsync(String query, Object... values) {
        return executeAsync(new SimpleStatement(query, values));
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public PreparedStatement prepare(String query) {
        try {
            return Uninterruptibles.getUninterruptibly(prepareAsync(query));
        } catch (ExecutionException e) {
            throw DefaultResultSetFuture.extractCauseFromExecutionException(e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public PreparedStatement prepare(RegularStatement statement) {
        try {
            return Uninterruptibles.getUninterruptibly(prepareAsync(statement));
        } catch (ExecutionException e) {
            throw DefaultResultSetFuture.extractCauseFromExecutionException(e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public ListenableFuture<PreparedStatement> prepareAsync(final RegularStatement statement) {
        if (statement.hasValues())
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("A statement to prepare should not have values");

        ListenableFuture<PreparedStatement> prepared = prepareAsync(statement.toString());
        return Futures.transform(prepared, new Function<PreparedStatement, PreparedStatement>() {
            @Override
            public PreparedStatement apply(PreparedStatement prepared) {
                ByteBuffer routingKey = statement.getRoutingKey();
                if (routingKey != null)
                    prepared.setRoutingKey(routingKey);
                prepared.setConsistencyLevel(statement.getConsistencyLevel());
                if (statement.isTracing())
                    prepared.enableTracing();
                prepared.setRetryPolicy(statement.getRetryPolicy());

                return prepared;
            }
        });
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public void close() {
        try {
            closeAsync().get();
        } catch (ExecutionException e) {
            throw DefaultResultSetFuture.extractCauseFromExecutionException(e);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
        }
    }
}


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Poloha
Dudelange leží přibližně na polovině cesty mezi Lucemburkem a lotrinským Thionville u hranic s Francií. Sousedními obcemi jsou francouzské Zoufftgen a Volmerange-les-Mines.

Čtvrti města Dudelange
 Bireng
 Butschebuerg
 Brill
 Gaffelt
 Italská čtvrť
 Ribeschpont
 Wolkeschdahl
 Schmelz
 Deich

Partnerská města

  Arganil, Portugalsko
  Berane, Černá Hora
  Feltre,  Itálie
  Lauenburg, Německo
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  Manom, Francie

Reference

Externí odkazy

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Města v Lucembursku


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A few weekends ago Madeleine and I met up with our friends Jack and Lauren to climb Stacks Bluff at the southern end of Ben Lomond National Park. This is one of the more impressive walks we've done in the eastern half of Tasmania.
Ben Lomond National Park is located in northeastern Tasmania, around one hour drive from Launceston, or two and a half hours from Hobart. It's home to Tasmania's premier ski field, but outside of the winter months it offers a number of interesting bushwalking routes, including Stacks Bluff, Tasmania's ninth-highest summit at 1527 metres.
The Stacks Bluff walk commences near the old tin mining village of Story's Creek, which we were told is home to just one resident these days. The trailhead is rather difficult to find, around 3km out of town on a very rough, rocky single lane track. While it is manageable in a 2WD vehicle, it is not for the faint-hearted!
The first section of the walk climbs steadily through open dry forests typical of Tasmania's north east. The track is not as well defined as more popular trails in Tasmania, so it pays to keep an eye out for markers on trees. After around an hour of walking, the trail enters a large and impressive scree field before climbing sharply to reach the Ben Lomond Plateau.
I quite enjoy navigating these boulder fields, as they require complete concentration and single-mindedness to avoid stumbling. After around an hour of scrambling, the track levels out at the plateau, and offers a wonderful view looking back over the boulder field and Tranquil Tarn. The plateau is a welcome respite, and walking is relatively easy for another 30 minutes to the summit.
From the summit of Stacks Bluff, the views are nothing short of spectacular and a huge portion of Tasmania is visible on a clear day. We were able to see as far as the Freycinet Peninsula and Maria Island to the east, and kunanyi/Mount Wellington to the south.
Most impressive of all though were some local Wedge-Tailed Eagles taking advantage of the updrafts around the towering dolerite cliffs. The Tasmanian subspecies is endangered with only around 350 breeding pairs remaining in the wild, so it is unusual to see four in the same area at once. We felt extremely lucky to see so many up close like this and stayed watching them at the summit for over an hour before heading home via the same trail.
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Stacks Bluff Summit
Time: 6-8 hours return
Climb: 700m
Difficulty: Moderate-Hard
Tips: Bring extra water, as there are no large creeks or waterholes along the trail. Allow for extra time at the summit to enjoy the breathtaking views.
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School of Visual Arts BFA Film and BFA Animation chair Reeves Lehmann and Annie Flocco, producer-director of SVA's 27th Dusty Awards, have announced this year's recipients of the Dusty Outstanding Alumni Award: animator, historian and winner of the June Foray Award Tom Sito (BFA Animation, 1977), and Academy Award-winning production sound mixer Mark Ulano (1975 Film and Video), whose credits include The Hateful Eight, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Iron Man 1 & 2, Titanic and Inglourious Basterds. The Dusty Awards will be presented Tuesday, May 10 at the SVA Theatre in New York and streamed live at http://dusty.sva.edu.
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Sito is currently a Professor and Chair of Animation and Digital Arts at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, and has lectured at schools all over the world. He has written numerous articles for both Animation Magazine and Animation World Network, as well as books including Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson (Univ. Press of Kentucky) and Moving Innovation: A History of Computer Animation (MIT Press).
In addition to the Alumni Award honorees, the Dusty Awards ceremony will celebrate graduating SVA film and animation students, whose work will be included in the Dusty Film & Animation Festival (May 7-9). Presenters slated for the 27th Dusty Awards include Oscar-winning screenwriter Josh Singer, animator-director-producer Mark Osborne (The Little Prince, Kung Fu Panda), animator Howard Beckman (Boop-Beep) and others.
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Globe Live Media > Market > Grupo Gilinski reached 4.38% of the shares of Nutresa
Grupo Gilinski reached 4.38% of the shares of Nutresa
Posted by by Ben Oakley December 22, 2021
Last Updated:December 22, 2021
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In the last two weeks of the takeover bid to acquire stock positions in Nutresa, 955 sales transactions have been accepted represented in 20,044,689 shares. The food consortium with 457 million shares located in the Colombian Stock Exchange, sees how the the Gilinski group he owns 4.38% of the company.
As is known, said group aims to get more than 50.1% to take control of Nutresa. The expectation is set until January 12, closing time of the takeover bid, for this goal to be met.
On the other hand, the company Argos, through their social networks, reported that nor will participate in the proposal because the takeover bid presented by the Gilinski group, since it considers that it does not represent the real value of the investment.
Previously, Grupo Nutresa announced that it is looking for new partners that will provide the company with further development and growth.
Through a statement revealed that their objective is "maximize value in a sustainable way for all shareholders".
To that end, the entity ordered to start the comprehensive study of "the proposals recently announced by shareholders of the company, as well as other alternatives tending to the same end", the foregoing with the support of its independent financial, legal and strategic advisers.
The progress of the Public Acquisition Offer (OPA) on the shares of Grupo Nutresa launched by the Gilinski family on December 10 in conjunction with the Royal Group of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is one of the most important economic moves from Colombia in 2021.
According to data from the Colombian Stock Exchange (BVC), at least 861 minority shareholders expressed their intention to sell their stakes in Nutresa to said investors.
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A March 4, FoxNews.com story reported that last October, the student, John Wahlberg, and two classmates, gave an oral presentation for a communications class they were enrolled in at the university. The assignment required students to discuss a "relevant issue in the media."
In their presentation, Wahlberg and the other two students argued that many lives might have been saved in the midst of the April 2007 Virginia Tech shooting massacre if professors and students had been able to defend themselves by legally carrying a concealed firearm.
Following the presentation, Professor Paula Anderson reported Wahlberg to the police. That night, police contacted Wahlberg and asked him to come to the station. There, they read a list of firearms allegedly registered to Wahlberg, and required that he detail the whereabouts of each.
As FoxNews.com further reported, Robert Shibley, vice president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), concluded that Professor Anderson's overzealous actions did indeed appear to be out of line. "If all he did was discuss reasons for allowing guns on campus, it seems a bit much to call the police and grill him about it," Shibley said. "If you go after students for just discussing an idea, that goes against everything a university is supposed to stand for. "It is, of course, important that administrators identify real threats to students," Shibley said. "But they need to use logic to discern whether a threat is real."


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import datetime
from south.db import db
from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
from django.db import models

class Migration(SchemaMigration):

    def forwards(self, orm):
        # Adding index on 'Notification', fields ['receipt']
        db.create_index(u'django_clickbank_notification', ['receipt'])

        # Changing field 'Notification.next_payment_date'
        db.alter_column(u'django_clickbank_notification', 'next_payment_date', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.DateField')(null=True))

    def backwards(self, orm):
        # Removing index on 'Notification', fields ['receipt']
        db.delete_index(u'django_clickbank_notification', ['receipt'])

        # Changing field 'Notification.next_payment_date'
        db.alter_column(u'django_clickbank_notification', 'next_payment_date', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField')(null=True))

    models = {
        u'django_clickbank.notification': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Notification'},
            'address1': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'address2': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'city': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'country': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'country_code': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '2', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'currency': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '3'}),
            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255'}),
            'extra_data': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '1024', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'full_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '510'}),
            'future_payments': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'next_payment_date': ('django.db.models.fields.DateField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'notification_version': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '5', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'order_amount': ('django.db.models.fields.DecimalField', [], {'max_digits': '8', 'decimal_places': '2'}),
            'order_language': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'parent_receipt': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '13', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'payment_method': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '4', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'post_data': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['django_clickbank.Post']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'postal_code': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '16', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'processed_payments': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'product_id': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '5'}),
            'product_title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'product_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '11'}),
            'province': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '2', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'rebill_amount': ('django.db.models.fields.DecimalField', [], {'null': 'True', 'max_digits': '8', 'decimal_places': '2', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'rebill_frequency': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'rebill_status': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'receipt': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '13', 'db_index': 'True'}),
            'recieved_amount': ('django.db.models.fields.DecimalField', [], {'max_digits': '8', 'decimal_places': '2'}),
            'role': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '9'}),
            'sender_ip': ('django.db.models.fields.IPAddressField', [], {'max_length': '15', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'shipping_address1': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'shipping_address2': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'shipping_amount': ('django.db.models.fields.DecimalField', [], {'null': 'True', 'max_digits': '8', 'decimal_places': '2', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'shipping_city': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'shipping_country': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'shipping_county': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'shipping_postal_code': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'shipping_province': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'tax_amount': ('django.db.models.fields.DecimalField', [], {'null': 'True', 'max_digits': '8', 'decimal_places': '2', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'tracking_id': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'transaction_affiliate': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'transaction_date': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
            'transaction_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '15'}),
            'transaction_vendor': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'upsell_flow': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'verification_passed': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'})
        },
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Between the Buttons is more coherent (in both U.K. and U.S. versions), but this set, cobbled together mostly from various singles, outtakes, and U.K. album tracks for the American market, is just as strong a document of a great band stretching itself. From the piano-flute-bowed bass backing that opens "Ruby Tuesday" and the fuzzed guitar and punchy horns matching Mick's snarl on "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" it's a whole, exciting new world for the Stones. The quality never lets up through rocker "Let's Spend the Night Together," the faux-Elizabethan chivalry of "Lady Jane," the elegant put-down of "Out of Time," and the sitar-laced pop sociology of "Mother's Little Helper." Not a dud in the bunch and a great start-to-finish listen regardless of how it was assembled.
Let's Spend the Night Together
Back Street Girl
Please Go Home
Ride On, Baby
Sittin' On a Fence
July 14, 1967 12 Songs, 37 minutes ℗ 2013 ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.
Lady Jane (Lyric Video)
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Blue & Lonesome
Let It Bleed (Remastered)
Sticky Fingers (2015 Remaster)
Beggars Banquet (Remastered)
Exile on Main St. (2010 Remaster)
Some Girls (2011 Remaster)
Tattoo You (2021 Remaster)
Apple Music Oldies
The Rolling Stones Essentials
Apple Music Classic Rock
Summer of Love Essentials
Apple Pop
Rock Hits: 1967
Psychedelic Pop Essentials
Pop Hits: 1967
The Rolling Stones: '60s Singles


One of the races progressive poll watchers are most excited for is Sharice Davids, who is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and an out lesbian. After winning her primary yesterday, she will face off against Representative Kevin Yoder (R) in Kansas's Third Congressional District in November. In Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer won a three-way primary that included two men of color. That race was being watched closely as up-and-coming Democratic Socialist start candidate Alexandria Ocasio Cortez had endorsed and campaigned for Abdul El-Sayed in that race. Whitmer's win is still being hailed as a solid win for Progressives in the state based on her history within state politics.
Over in Ohio, a special election is too-close-to-call between a Democrat Danny O'Connor and Trump-backed Republican Troy Balderson. Even if O'Connor doesn't pick up the needed votes to overcome the recount to win, considering Trump won this district by over 11 points in 2016, and Romney won it by 10 in 2012. Those shifting demographics in just a few years are good signs that Progressive organizing is working all across the country.
One of the biggest wins of the day was the people of Missouri resoundingly shouting down and voting out a so-called "Right to Work" law that had been passed by that state's legislature last year. While the state politicians might have thought their donors wanted to bust the unions and pay workers less, workers came out to the polls and voted the law down by a strong majority.
While it was hard to choose which race or ballot measure to keep our eyes on, no one can deny that yesterday was more proof that historic change is coming and it is about damn time.
On August 29, New Mexico Secretary of State, Maggie Toulouse Oliver, announced that she will reinstate straight party voting. Why would New Mexicans be against something that can make voting easier?


Carlsbad dentist, Dr. Scott Peters, now allows patients to fill out new patient paperwork ahead of time. This is important since most dental offices want you to check with them first about their dental plan options.
Newport Beach California Dentist seeking patients for front teeth treatments.