This weekend I made an arduous but worthwhile trip back to Exmoor for a local preview of my work from the Triparks residency. I had 5 portraits of local people wearing my Exmoor National Dress and also my 20 minute film of the project, which met with much amusement from the locals who recognised their friends dressing up and looking daft.
... can you tell from this picture?
Yesterday Newham Homes (many thanks) allowed me to go up to the top of the tower blocks you see from Abbey Gardens (see image below) and take pictures of the layout from above (all on Flickr here). As we walked over to the block the wind was enough to knock you back and I did have a brief panic about my own sanity. However after a short H&S intro I donned my hi. vis. jacket (as pictured) and we took the lift up and out onto the roof - it was REALLY exciting - and strangely not that windy at all. I used to live on the 17th floor of a similar block in Holloway but I never got out onto the roof ... it felt really different to seeing the view through a window. I was also excited to see the lift mechanism in operation from inside and out - so excited that once I came down I got a call revealing I had completely missed a meeting scheduled for that afternoon at home!
What Will The Harvest Be? From these phantom beds?
Over on the What Will The Harvest Be? Blog you can read about our antics at the weekend trying to layout the design for Abbey Gardens (this photo was taken a couple of days later, with less people and string) and about Karen's encounter with garden goddess Carol Klein.
On Saturday the 8th of November we will be leading a 'layout day' at the Abbey Gardens site. Working with string, tapes and spray paint we will be literally marking out the design for next years Harvest Garden onto the grass at Baker's Row.
It should be a fun afternoon outdoors with lots of potential for measuring and string mistakes! Liberal tea brakes will be programmed into the schedule.
We will be meeting at Abbey Gardens at 12.30 for the all-afternoon project, please wear suitable clothing and footwear, and do bring along any coloured string you have to help us mark out the beds. Children are welcome but must be supervised.
Following on from this we will also be meeting on Saturday the 15th of November to build some compost bins and a test raised bed on the site ... again all welcome. Meet at the gardens from 12.30 onwards.
The details are on FOAG website here.
become weeping under the weight of crops."
Here's me fiddling about with a prototype of the Exmoor National Dress.
Can't find anywhere to integrate the fantastic horse-motif Western shirt hanging on the wall, sadly.
We had a very successful wildflower seed harvest on Saturday for What Will The Harvest Be? We gathered so many that we weren't able to process them all on the day, although we did make a start. They include: White Campion, Corn Cockle, Cornflower, Corn Chamomile, Corn Marigold, Field Poppy and Scentless Mayweed ... although I must confess we had a job to tell the Mayweed from the Chamomile.


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Clivio Piccione es un piloto de carreras automovilísticas nacido en Montecarlo, Mónaco el 24 de febrero de 1984.

Biografía
Se inicia disputando el campeonato francés de karting donde logra dos victorias e igual número de pole position, un año después pasa al karting italiano consiguiendo 3 victorias y 6 poles. En 1999 se hace con el título de campeón del Italian International Open.

En 2001 pasa a la Fórmula Ford británica en el equipo Haywood Racing, para 2002 cambia al Campeonato de Gran Bretaña de Fórmula 3 con el equipo T-Sport. En 2003 y 2004 vuelve a participar en la F3 británica con los equipos Manor Motorsport y Carlin Motorsport.

Para 2005 debuta en la entonces nueva categoría GP2 Series con el equipo Durango donde consigue una victoria terminando en el puesto 15 al finalizar el campeonato. Para la Temporada 2006 de GP2 Series pasa al equipo David Price Racing (DPR), donde pese a no conseguir victoria queda en el puesto 12 una vez concluida la temporada.

Desde 2007 participa en la World Series by Renault en la escudería italiana RC Motorsport junto a Marco Bonanomi.

Resultados

GP2 Series

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 www.cliviopiccione.com

Pilotos de automovilismo de Mónaco
Pilotos de World Series Fórmula V8 3.5
Pilotos de GP2 Series
Pilotos de A1 Grand Prix
Pilotos de Fórmula 3000
Pilotos de Porsche Supercup

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The device is intended for control of temperature of cooling liquid of the engine (fig. 1.54).
If the arrow of the index of temperature is about a mark "H", then it testifies to an engine overheat.
Continuation of the movement at an overheat of the engine can lead to an engine exit out of operation.


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Q: android activities lifecycle woes i have an application that i'm testing on the HTC one X.
Brief description:
My main activity is a tabbed application (using fragments). In one of the tabs, i have a button that takes the user to another activity via
Intent myIntent = new Intent(view.getContext(), NoteActivity.class);
startActivity(myIntent);

All this works fine. But in the NoteActivity, i have a textfield, and if the screen lock turns on, the NoteActivity gets destroyed right away, and when the user unlocks, my "Main" activity is started right away.
Also, when i move from the mainactivity -> noteactivity, my mainactivity is never destroyed, but when i go back (when the user is done with the note and clicks on "save"), the noteactivity is always destroyed right away.
Apparently, i need to store away the textfield contents in ondestroy and re-insert it in oncreate, but i don't understand why my second activity is always destroyed when the screen lock activates? My main activity is never destroyed.
I'm a little bit unsure about why Android does these lifecycle decisions. If somebody has any input, i'd love to hear it.

A: In many platforms/languages, the developer is responsible for managing memory. This gives rise to many bugs and poor performance issues.  The designers of Android have, in the main, taken this responsibility away from the developer and into the OS.  Android can destroy any of your activities at any time when they are not in the foreground,  Hence the provision of onPause() which is called before your activity goes to the background.
Why Android destroys your activity is non-determinant and depends on, amongst other factors; how much memory the device has; how much memory is free; what other apps and services are running; what kernel governors and power saving policies are in use etc etc,  To make this determinant would be a large and complex task so the design simply says once your activity goes to the background, Android may destroy it, sometimes with no further callbacks to you, so you should use the life cycle to save and restore state as needed.
Once you get used to it, it actually makes a lot of sense and is easy to work with.  I came from a Windows background and getting used to it takes some time but now I know it, it's fine.  I wouldn't say better or worse but a good solution for mobile devices.
It was the habitual thinking of desktop OSes that initial led me to seek out task managers and do things like system.exit() in apps but, leave Android to manage itself and it performs much better.
Live with the life cycle.

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They call him the wanderer
We've written before about the 1845 Act for The Amendment and better Administration of the Laws Relating to the relief of the Poor in Scotland, which as the name suggests changed the way in which Poor Laws operated in Scotland. As well as formalising on a statutory basis the operation of what would over time evolve into the modern benefits system we know today, the Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845, as it is often referred, led to the establishment of Parochial Boards in each of the parishes of Scotland. This laid the foundations for the established of local, civil government in Scotland. Under the 1845 Act, Parochial Boards were responsible for administering poor relief.
Parochial Boards would meet regularly to consider the state of Poors Funds in their parish, and to discuss applications for relief. Poor relief was paid by Parochial Boards, which were always keen to minimise their expenditure. Liability was determined by the long-established - and often contentious - system of settlement. While in theory the rules of settlement were relatively clear, there was always room for disputes between Parochial Boards keen to avoid spending their limited resources. As with Kirk Sessions determined to find someone to pay for illegitimate children, it was all about the money.
In most instances, determining the parish of settlement of a pauper or applicant for relief was fairly straightforward - after all, most people didn't move around all that much. That was not, however, always true, as the case of George Thomson shows.
The first time we come across George is in the Treasurer's Accounts of Drumoak parish, in Aberdeenshire:
1847, June 13
By Cash to George Thomson in need, £1
Three weeks later, he's mentioned again:
1847, July 4
Cash to George Thomson, 6/-
Another three weeks later, he's mentioned in less happy circumstances
1847, July 25
Cash to Widow of George Thomson, 12/-
George has died, and his widow is now in receipt of parochial aid. Another three weeks passes, and George is no longer mentioned by name
Widow Thomson, 6/-
In order to qualify for parochial relief under the 1845 Act, George would have had to apply to the Parochial Board, satisfying them that he was in genuine need, and that he was settled in the parish. At first, the Parochial Board minute is not particularly interesting:
Church of Drumoak 13 August 1847
It was reported that on 12 June last George Thomson, labourer at Burnside in this Parish, had applied for temporary relief to himself, wife, and four children, which had been granted. That he died on 11 July, and that his wife had since become chargeable as a Pauper in this Parish. That some time previous to his death the Inspector had taken in writing a declaration of the different places in which he had resided – which was to the following effect
However, the detail provided by George in his account is remarkable:
That George Thomson, late husband of Ann Gillespie, was born at Little Mill of Cairney, that his father George Thomson is still alive and is resident at Foggy-Moss in said Parish. That he left his father's when 13 years of age to be servant to Joseph Horne in Netherton of Cairney, with whom he resided six months; that he then went to serve John Christie in Busswarney in the Parish of Cairney, where he resided 2 ½ years; that he afterwards was in the service of Isaac Robertson, Banks of Cairney, 6 months; that he then went to Alexander Christie, Gangdurnas, parish of Cairney, with whom he resided 6 months; and thence to Charles Bruce in Broadland of Cairney, whom he served six months. That he then removed from his native Parish and entered the service of James Pirie, Culithie of Gartly, with whom he remained for 2 ½ years; that he afterwards went to the Revd Mr Leslie, assistant to the Minister of Rathven, where he remained 6 months; that he then went to James McCulloch, Cleffes in the parish of Grange, and continued with him 6 months; that he thence went to work with a contractor in whose service he worked in different parishes for short periods, and then removed to Fyvie for 6 or 8 weeks, and then to the parish of Belhelvie where he resided with a William McDonald for about 15 months; that he then resided six months with William Stronach carpenter in the parish of Nigg; that he thence removed to the parish of Fordoun and lived with Deacon Bruce innkeeper, Auchinblae about a month; that he then resided with Peter Laing in Banchory Ternan a month, and went to Kincardine O'Neil, where he lodged in the house of William Cooper for about six months. That he then removed to Banchory Ternan and was married 20 June 1840 to Ann Gillespie. That from Martinmas 1841 to the month of September 42 he earned his livelihood by working at Countesswells in the Parish of Peterculter or Banchory Devenick, visiting his family every Saturday night and continuing with them till Monday morning, as long as they resided in Banchory Ternan. That on the 7th of June 1842 his wife and family removed from said Parish of Banchory Ternan to this parish (Drumoak), he himself continuing to earn his livelihood at Countesswells, residing first in the house of Archibald Leslie and then in that of Alexander Watt, crofters in Loanhead of Countesswells. That he continued as before visiting his family every Saturday night and continuing with them until Monday morning till the month of September 1842 when he took up his regular residence in this parish, and resided till his death on 11th July 1847.
Clearly George moved around quite a lot. Based on this declaration, the Board decided that they were not liable for relief payments:
The Board taking the matter under consideration were of opinion that his widow and family had no claim upon this parish, but that Cairney was the parish of settlement, and instructed the Inspector to forward a statement of the case to the Inspector of said parish of Cairney.
Although the Board did not believe they were liable, they continued to make payments to Ann, as we can see if we return again to the Treasurer's accounts:
1847 Octr 3 Seven weeks aliment to Widow Thomson, £1 1s
Widow Thomson, £1 1s
1848 Jany 2
Widow Thomson, [5s]
Wednesday 23 Feby 1848
Widow Thomson, 15s
The day after making this last payment, the Board met again to consider this case. Ann offered some more information about her circumstances:
Drumoak 24 February 1848
The meeting proceeded to revise the Poors Roll and the Inspector having given in his report on the state of the Poor, it was agreed to continue the present allowance to all the paupers on the Roll with the exception of Widow Thomson, who gave in a claim for an increased allowance. Said Widow Thomson was called in and being examined stated that she pays thirty shillings of rent yearly for her present house and yard, that she has four children, the eldest six years of age and the youngest about two years of age, that she receives three shillings of board from her late husband's brother who lives with her pursuing the occupation of a tailor, who also affords light. The Board having considered this case dismissed the complaint, and thereafter resumed consideration of the liability of this parish to maintain said Widow Thomson, and the Inspector having laid on the table a letter which he had received from the Inspector of the Poor of the Parish of Cairney intimating that they considered Drumoak as the parish of the woman's settlement. The meeting agreed to refer the case to arbiters mutually chosen if the Inspector of Cairney will agree to that arrangement, and if not, they instruct their Inspector to bring a legal action against the Inspector of said parish of Cairney with a view to recover the money already advanced for relief in this case.
While the Board waits for a response from the Inspector at Cairney, they continue to pay George's widow Ann:
1848, March 26 By 4 weeks aliment to Widow Thomson, 12s
1848, April 30 By 4 weeks aliment to Widow Thomson, 12s
Friday 12 May 1848 4 weeks aliment to Widow Thomson, 12/-
They didn't have to wait too long for a response
Drumoak 12 May 1848
A letter was then laid on the table the tenor whereof follows
Cairney 27th April 1848
Case of Widow Thomson & Family
Before giving a final answer regarding this case I have to request that you will have the goodness to inform me in what capacity George Thomson was employed while working at Countesswells in the parish of Peterculter from the 7th of June to the month of September 1842.
I am, Sir, your ob[e]d[ien]t serv[an]t
(Signed) Wm Taylor, inspector
The meeting instructed the Inspector to write to the Inspector of Cairny that George Thomson was employed as a contractor during the period referred to in the above and instructed him farther to remind him that the application was made prior to 7 June 1847, until which time even the widow and family of said George Thomson have not acquired an industrial residence in this parish.
Apparently the Inspector at Cairney is not keen to pay for Ann's maintenance either. Meanwhile, the bills continue to mount for Drumoak
1848 July 30 By Widow Thomson's 8 weeks aliment, £1 4s
1848 Septr 10 Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
1848 Octr 22 Wid Thomson 8 1/3 weeks aliment, £1 5s
Five months later, the Board meets again
Drumoak 31 Oct 1848
A letter was then laid upon the table from the Inspector of the Poor of the Parish of Cairney relative to Widow Thomson & family the tenor whereof follows
Cairney 19th August 1848
At a special meeting of the Parochial Board held to day for the purpose of considering & finally disposing of this case, I have been instructed to intimate to you that they refuse to recognise the claim.
I am, Sir, your ob[e]d[ien]t servt
The meeting being clearly of opinion that Widow Thomson had no claim on this parish but on Cairney instructed their Inspector to give the case into the hands of John Blaikie Esq, Advocate, Aberdeen and request him to raise an action against the Inspector of Cairney for the Recovery of the sums paid to Widow Thomson by the Parochial Board of Drumoak, and to intimate the same to the Inspector of Cairney.
Cairney Parochial Board decide to call Drumoak's bluff, refusing outright to pay anything. Drumoak respond by calling in the lawyers, and going to court. In the meantime, they continue to pay Ann
Novr 19 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
Decr 17 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
Jany 21 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
1849 Feby 18 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
1849 March 11 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
1849 April 8 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
1849 May 13 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
1849 June 10 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
1849 July 1 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
1849 July 12 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
1849 Septr 2 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
1849 Octr 18 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
1849 Novr 8 By cash to Wid Thomson 8 weeks aliment to 17th Novr 1849, £1 4s
1849 Decr 16 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
1850 Jany 13 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
Finally, two and a half years after George initially applied for temporary relief, a resolution of sorts is achieved in court:
Drumoak 31st January 1850
The Inspector reported that he had received an intimation from Messrs Blaikie Advocates, Aberdeen, to the effect that the Sheriff on appeal had finally decided the case of Widow Thomson (referred to in the minute of 31st October 1848) with expenses against the parish of Cairnie and that after deducting necessary expenses a balance of £13 was due to this parish.
The treasurer of Drumoak records the payment received from the lawyers
1850 Jany 31
Received from the Messrs Blaikie balance due by them on account of Parochial Board of Cairney, £13
Now that liability has been established on the park of Cairney, the Parochial Board are perfectly happy to continue making payments to Ann
1850 Feby 10 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
1850 March 24 By cash school coal money for Wid Thomson's children 2/- and for a school book 1/9
1850 May 6 By cash to Wid Thomson 4 weeks aliment, 12s
Having initially denied liability, Cairney Parochial Board accept the court ruling, and reimburse Drumoak
1850 July 14, Received advances made to Wid Thomson by this Session on account of the Parish of Cairney, £3 15s 9d
As well as providing an extraordinary amount of information about the working life of George Thomson, and the domestic arrangements of his family both while he is alive and after he dies, these entries also give a good illustration of how the system of poor relief operated in Scotland after the reforms of 1845.

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Mariah Nielson's background as an architect has informed her work as a curator and design historian. She completed an MA with distinction in Design History at the Royal College of Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, where she researched architectural representation in the 1970s. Mariah worked as the curator at the Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, (2009 – 2011) and the Director of the J.B. Blunk Residency (2007 – 2011). She currently manages the J.B. Blunk Estate and is the co-founder of Permanent Collection.


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There's No Such Thing as 'Lone Wolf' Jihad — Nate Jackson, Nov. 1, 2017
Islamic Who? — Thomas Gallatin, Jul. 27, 2016
The Progressively Bloody Price of Obama/Clinton Appeasement — Mark Alexander, Jul. 15, 2016
Brussels: PC Police Won't Defeat Islamic Terrorism — Louis DeBroux, Mar. 23, 2016
Weighing in on Brussels — National Security Desk, Mar. 22, 2016
ACLU Forces NYPD to Consider 'Equality' Before Security — Dan Gilmore, Jan. 19, 2016
Jihadist-Denying Progressives — Arnold Ahlert, Jan. 14, 2016
Taking a Closer Look at the Terrorist Threat — Edwin J. Feulner, Jan. 8, 2016
Yes, Muslims Should Be Asked to Condemn Islamic Terror — Dennis Prager, Jan. 5, 2016
Recruiting Jihadists — Gary Bauer, Jan. 5, 2016
Six Purple Hearts for Chattanooga Attack — Dan Gilmore, Dec. 17, 2015
Farook's Friend — Gary Bauer, Dec. 11, 2015
French Raid Mosques, Democrats Visit Them — Nate Jackson, Dec. 9, 2015
Too Little, Too Late — Gary Bauer, Dec. 8, 2015
Farook Was Obsessed With Israel — What Else Do We Need to Know? — Dennis Prager, Dec. 8, 2015
Another Case of SJS? — Gary Bauer, Dec. 4, 2015
'Nothing to Do With Islam' — Mona Charen, Dec. 4, 2015
Planned Parenthood and Those Villainous Christians — Jonah Goldberg, Dec. 3, 2015
President Obama's Imaginary World — Ben Shapiro, Dec. 2, 2015
Just Who Are These 'Gunmen'? — Jordan Candler, Nov. 20, 2015
Fazliddin Kurbanov: Terrorist 'Refugee' — Arnold Ahlert, Nov. 20, 2015
Obama's Phony War — Charles Krauthammer, Nov. 20, 2015
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Strike Back at ISIS and All Forms of Islamic Extremism — Ken Blackwell, Nov. 20, 2015
Winners, Losers and Leaders — Michael Reagan, Nov. 19, 2015
The Left-Wing Mind — Gary Bauer, Nov. 19, 2015
Obama Stubbornly Sticks to Script on Islamic State — Jonah Goldberg, Nov. 18, 2015
No, It Is Not Un-American to Prefer Christian Refugees to Muslim Refugees — Ben Shapiro, Nov. 18, 2015
Obama's Lecture on Shame — Gary Bauer, Nov. 18, 2015
Obama Gets Testy in Turkey With the Press — L. Brent Bozell & Tim Graham, Nov. 18, 2015
Where Is America's 'Force Protection' From Refujihadis? — Michelle Malkin, Nov. 18, 2015
We're Not Islamophobic, Mr. Obama, We Just Don't Want to Get Blown Up — Todd Starnes, Nov. 18, 2015
Obama's Islamic Trojan Horse — Paul Albaugh, Nov. 17, 2015
After Paris, Empty Symbolism — Rich Lowry, Nov. 17, 2015
After Paris, Obama's Abandonment of Leadership — Jim DeMint, Nov. 17, 2015
No Passport for Terror — Tony Perkins, Nov. 17, 2015
The Left and the Attack on Paris — Dennis Prager, Nov. 17, 2015
Obama's Pathological Blindness — David Limbaugh, Nov. 17, 2015
Clueless Before, After and Now — Gary Bauer, Nov. 17, 2015
Massacre in Paris — Cal Thomas, Nov. 17, 2015
Stop the Bleeding — Thomas Sowell, Nov. 17, 2015
The Paris Attacks and the Suicide of the West — Louis DeBroux, Nov. 16, 2015
Terror's Progressive Accomplices — Arnold Ahlert, Nov. 16, 2015
Obama on ISIL: 'We've Contained Them' — Mark Alexander, Nov. 14, 2015
The Trouble With Syrian Refugees — Nate Jackson, Sep. 16, 2015
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How to Prepare for a Natural Disaster
By Christina Palassio, Reader's Digest CanadaUpdated: Nov. 17, 2021
From flooding to fires, here are four simple tips to keep you and your family safe when extreme weather strikes.
Brianna Toor lives with her husband and dog in Oliver, B.C., a small town in the Okanagan Valley. A winemaker and viticulturist, Toor, 35, moved from Victoria four years ago for work. She knew that wildfires were a fact of summer life in the region, but she wasn't prepared for the sheer size and proximity of the Nk'Mip Creek wildfire, which blazed across the B.C. interior in 2021. Parts of her town, as well as nearby Osoyoos, went on evacuation alert.
Extreme weather events are on the rise across Canada, driven by the climate crisis. Last year saw record heat waves and rainfall reported across the country, as well as above-average hurricane activity in the Atlantic. And, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, 2020 was the fourth-worst year on record for natural disasters in Canada, with floods, heat waves and storms causing an estimated $2.4 billion in insured damage. Climatologists predict worsening disasters in the coming years.
And yet, a 2014 survey found that, while 98 per cent of Canadians had participated in some kind of emergency planning activity, only 69 per cent had an emergency contact list and just under half had a home emergency kit. Toor was prepared and had a bag packed for an evacuation, but she still felt shocked that they might be forced to leave their home.
By taking just a few preventive steps, you can alleviate the potential physical, mental and financial impacts of a natural disaster on you and your family.
Know Your Risks
Consult your community's Emergency Response Plan to learn what risks you need to be prepared for and how you and the community can help mitigate them. "What we hear most often is, 'I didn't think this would happen to me, so I wasn't prepared,'" says Dave Fraser, an emergency-management responder with the Canadian Red Cross who has been deployed to many disaster sites, including wildfires in Saskatchewan and to New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy hit the state.
Fraser lives in Ottawa, where proximity to the Ottawa River and the Rideau Canal, combined with possible heavy rainfall, makes flooding a risk. He takes preventive actions like making sure his eavestroughs are clean and that his downspouts carry water well away from his home's foundation. When there's a flood warning, he moves valuables out of his basement.
It's also important to familiarize yourself with the information sources and alert systems you'll need to consult in case of an emergency. Depending on where you live, those sources may include local media, weather apps and conservation authorities.
Understanding what the risks are helps you develop an appropriate plan of action and can also quell some of the stress caused by the unknown. "The best way to prepare mentally is to prepare physically," says Fraser.
Your emergency plan should lay out safe ways to evacuate your home, the spot where you and your family will meet if you need to evacuate while people are at work or at school, how you'll communicate with each other, and emergency contacts you can call.
Include two meeting spots: one nearby that you can go to in case of a localized event like a house fire and one outside your neighbourhood in case of a more widespread disaster. Don't forget to arrange for your pets, too. Some evacuation centres don't allow pets, so it's a good idea to have a boarding plan.
Once you've made your plan, practise it! The Red Cross advises families to rehearse their plans twice a year, when the clocks change. These are also good times to test your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide monitor. Practising your plan will ensure that you and your family are better able to act when you have to.
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Collect an Emergency Kit
In the event of a shelter-in-place order, you should be prepared to survive for a minimum of three days at home. Your home kit should include food, water, first-aid materials, medication and medical equipment, flashlights and a radio (plus backup batteries), spare sets of keys and any other supplies you need to survive for 72 hours.
The Red Cross also advises Canadians to have a "go bag"—it can be any bag that's easy to carry—ready in the event that rapid evacuation is necessary. Toor and her husband's go bag has copies of their passports, identification and important documents, plus cash, personal hygiene items, water bottles and extra clothes.
You can also include a phone charger, snacks, emergency contact lists, a back-up drive with photos and small items you can't live without. Store your go bag in an easy-to-access location, like a closet near the front door. If you own a vehicle, it's a good idea to have a car emergency kit in the trunk.
Fraser reminds people that in an emergency, cash is king. Ensure you have enough on hand to cover immediate needs, such as gas and food.
Last year, over 1,500 wildfires in B.C. burned more than 868,600 hectares—including the entire village of Lytton. By the end of July, the Nk'Mip Creek wildfire forced the evacuation of at least 248 households in Toor's area. Luckily, she and her husband weren't among them. Still, the stress of living under constant threat was exhausting. For a month, she could see the fire blazing around her every time she stepped outside. She frequently checked the evacuation alert online.
"It really affected my mental health," says Toor, adding that one of the hardest things about living in a wildfire zone is feeling powerless in the face of climate change. She's made more eco-conscious choices in her daily life. She cycles about six kilometres every day to the vineyard instead of driving. She's smarter about how often she waters her garden. At the winery, she's reduced water usage and encourages other growers and winemakers to do the same.
For Fraser, taking action has meant sharing his emergency response plan with his neighbours. He recommends maintaining relationships with elderly neighbours and regularly checking in. These bonds can be critical in an emergency. Being prepared, he says, can go a long way toward increasing your resilience to natural disasters.
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Dr. Mo Geddawi is co-founder of the "REDA DANCE TROUPE". As a soloist and choreographer, Mo worked with Mahmoud Reda on new concepts and special style that raised the "REDA TROUPE" to its present international standing. He performed a...nd choreographed for the Egyptian TV And several theatres. His association with the "REDA TROUPE" has continued until the present time.
Mo studied and performed with the dance company "CASINO DE PARIS" in Paris and toured with them several European countries.
Mo choreographed and performed regularly in the weekly TV. show "BEIRUT BY NIGHT" in Lebanon for four years. During that period he taught Egyptian folklore dances at the American University of Beirut and at Beirut Collage for Women. Choreographed and performed in the musical "THE BOY FRIEND" for the American Repertory Theatre, and in "FAUST" for the Lebanese Modern Theatre.
Mo taught the Oriental Dances in Munich, Germany, where he choreographed for the German TV and performed and acted also in feature films and in Theatres.
Mo founded The" HATHOR DANCE TROUPE" in 1986 in Berlin. He produced many Oriental and folklore dance shows in several theatres in Berlin and other European cities.
Mo had studied ballet since the age of ten in various ballet schools in Cairo and abroad, including the Studio of Mm. Saida Sutaire and Mons. Mahmoud Reda in Cairo, Mm.Georgette Gebara in Beirut and Mons. Fernando Rego in Paris. Mo attended courses on history of Egyptian and Arabian dances, oriental music and rhythms, ethnology, choreography, dramatic acting, mime, comedy, stage design, folklore and other related subjects.
Mo has been giving workshops, courses, seminars and lectures on Egyptian folklore and oriental dances in Europe, USA, Australia, Asia and the Middle East for many years.
Mo has been a permanent member of the jury for Miss. and Mr. America of the Belly Dancing contest in San Francisco for the last 14 years. In this capacity he worked very closely with his long time close friends Ms. Magana Baptiste, director of the Royal Academy of Belly Dance and Mr. Boby Farrah, owner of the dance magazine Arabesque.
Mo received the recognition award of art in 1984 from the Egyptian ministry of culture for his contributions to development and improvement of the Egyptian dance, and the achievement award in 1986 from the Royal Academy of Belly Dance in San Francisco. He is also an Honouree of the Hall of Fame (A.A.M.E.D.), and member of the International Dance Council (UNESCO).
Mo teaches the oriental dance dynamics and technique and provide teachers and dancers of the oriental dance with a practical training method in Egyptian style. Coordination of the elements of movements and the basic laws of body expressiveness will be explained in an easy comprehensive way.
As Teacher, Mo is encouraging, charming, unpretentious and patient with all levels of students. His choreographies have that polished style and flair that say EGYPTIAN.
With Mo, you have the opportunity to learn and have instructions by someone who has the knowledge of the Egyptian dance style and it's methodology. Dr. Mo Geddawi grew enamoured with the classical dancing stars of Egypt's Golden age such as Tania Carioca and Samia Gamal and became their personal friend.


We are excited to announce the Scala Worksheet V0.1.2 for the Scala IDE V2.1-M2.
If this is the first time you're hearing about the Worksheet, make sure you check it out. All feedback is that it is an exceptional productivity booster for your daily Scala coding.
In a nutshell, a worksheet is a Scala file that is evaluated on save, and the result of each expression is shown in a column to the right of your program. This makes it easy to see the execution results of each statement in a Scala app without having to step through a debugger. Worksheets are like a REPL session on steroids. The Scala Worksheet also supports editor completion, hyperlinking, interactive errors-as-you-type, and auto-formatting. This new release includes a number of fixes related to the worksheet instrumentation.
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Thanks to two close wins, Cornell is 2-1 in the Ivy to start league play.
Softball Takes 2 of 3 in Dramatic Ivy Opener at Brown
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If you only look at the league record column, Cornell softball is off to a great start.
In its first league matchup of the year, Cornell (3-14, 2-1 Ivy) took down Brown (6-10, 1-2 Ivy) in two out of three games at Niemand-Robison Field in Providence, R.I.
"We had a poor overall record going into the series but we're 2-1 right now and that's a good place to be," head coach Julie Farlow '97 said. "It certainly gives them confidence for league play."
The series began with a doubleheader on Sunday. The Bears won the first game 10-8 in extra innings, but the Red took the second 4-3.
Cornell shot off to a hot start in the first game, with junior Bridgette Rooney hitting a grand slam in the first inning. The Red added two more runs to take a commanding lead in the second inning as freshman Emily McKinney doubled to bat in classmates Miranda Lawson and Allison Kerce.
But eight Brown runs throughout innings four, five and six gave the Bears the lead. Cornell responded in the seventh with two more runs, as Rooney hit a second homer to tie the game forcing it into extras.
Brown was better in the eighth inning, earning two more runs to Cornell's zero, and taking the win for its only victory in the series.
In game two, Cornell tied up the series, winning 4-3.
This time, Brown took the early lead with a run in each of the first three innings. Cornell responded with a bang — though not until the seventh inning — with a solo home run by freshman Hanna Crist, then a three-run home run by Kerce, who batted in herself along with fellow freshmen classmates Emily Muniz and Ashley Delany.
"Our hitters are starting to get comfortable at the plate," Farlow said. Notably, all nine game-two hits for the Red came from freshmen.
In Monday's game, Cornell once again beat The Bears by a single run — this time 5-4 — and took the series.
Neither team earned a run until the third inning, when Brown scored two. Cornell responded with one run as Kerce batted in Delany.
The Red took the lead in the fifth inning. Brown brought one run home in the top of the inning, but the Red answered with a three-run homer by Kerce.
Both teams scored a run in the sixth. A Crist single to center batted in junior Erin Rockstroh. Keeping Brown off the board in the seventh, the Red took both the game and the series win.
The team will play 17 games over the next 19 days. The Red hopes the packed schedule will be a source of energy rather than fatigue.
"If you're a competitor, you love games," Farlow said.
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Columbia got out to a hot start against the Red, shutting Cornell out in the first game and winning 12-0.
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Greystone Develops $3M – $7M Green Condos in New York's Carnegie Hill Neighborhood
By Lisa Iannucci, Green Building CorrespondentNew York–Manhattan's Carnegie Hill neighborhood — known for its mansions and townhouses — will soon be a little greener with nine three- and four-bedroom green condominiums now in construction. Developed by New York-based Greystone Property Development and designed by Barry Rice Architects, the homes will include recycled, local and sustainable…
By Lisa Iannucci, Green Building CorrespondentNew York–Manhattan's Carnegie Hill neighborhood — known for its mansions and townhouses — will soon be a little greener with nine three- and four-bedroom green condominiums now in construction. Developed by New York-based Greystone Property Development and designed by Barry Rice Architects, the homes will include recycled, local and sustainable materials, a geothermal well that will feed the primary heating and cooling system; and collected rainwater to irrigate the private bi-level garden."At Greystone, we are committed to developing buildings that are innovative and eco-conscious," says Jeffrey Simpson of Greystone Property Development. "Geothermal heat pumps allow for more functional space in the building, less noise for neighbors and most importantly, lower energy costs for residents. Green is golden as far as we're concerned."Green is golden, but it does come with a slightly higher price tag. Although Greystone wouldn't comment on the cost and financing of the project, they do admit that green features are increasing development costs. However, this isn't stopping them from applying for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification through the U.S. Green Building Council, or from publicizing this during their sales presentations. Richard Steinberg of Warburg Realty, sales director for the project, emphasizes the environmentally-conscious nature of the building as well as its energy efficiency, which Greystone says, "is a big plus for buyers."Other eco-friendly features that will help with certification include energy-efficient insulation, ENERGY STAR appliances and water-saving fixtures throughout the building, mechanical and electrical codes that exceed standards and low emissions paint, solvents, carpet, caulking and window glass. Residents at 180 East 93rd St. will also appreciate the latest in home automation with cutting-edge technology for customized environmental control. From just one integrated interface, owners can adjust climate, multi-room audio, multi-media entertainment, surveillance, security and lighting.Each home also features water-saving Dornbracht fittings, oversized showers, soaking tubs, and double-sink vanities. Amenities include doorman service, a children's playroom, temperature controlled wine storage, outdoor space and a fitness facility. The units are now available and cost between $3 million and $7 million.


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OECD reform of global tax rules set to fail without legal powers
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A senior tax figure has criticised plans to reform global tax rules - by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - saying their legal implementation would be 'troublesome, time consuming and patchy'.
The scathing comments from Omleen Ajimal, director of international tax at Squire Patton Boggs (formerly Squire Sanders) was made after a presentation by Raffaele Russo, the OECD's head of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Plan (BEPS) at the Business Structuring in the Digital Economy Conference, hosted by the International Business Structuring Association.
Ajimal pointed out that despite the intentions of the plans, in practice, it meant 'nothing yet' for business and that it could take 20 years to implement.
'The OECD is doing a lot of insightful and intelligent work but right now, all this is, is a debate because it doesn't have the force of law. Everybody recognises that proper strategic collaboration by governments around the world is central to making this happen,' she said.
However, according to Ajimal, conversations with businesses in various jurisdictions including the Far East and Africa, led to the conclusion that BEPS is less of a priority for most, compared to 'long suffering professionals and academics'.
'In places like Africa, there are some saying we need to fix this but for most BEPS is not an issue - local grassroot issues matter a lot more. The fact is opinion varies widely on this,' she said.
Earlier Russo had set out the background to the BEPS project, setting out how swiftly the OECD had reacted to concerns from the G20 and their collective request for an urgent solution to aggressive tax planning which was depriving governments of tax revenue.
Focusing on the discussion on the digital economy, Russo highlighted that BEPS had achieved progress since there had previously been no agreement about what this constituted.
'Now we're heading into the space in which we talk of the "digitised economy" as ICT penetration is increasingly affecting every sector of business. Everything is becoming digitised so there's no point in trying to ring fence this. At the same time these are generating new business models or enhancing the scale of existing models.
'The broad challenge for BEPS is to ensure that in all the areas of work - from transfer pricing to indirect tax - that we ensure all the work does target the digital economy,' said Russo.
He added that key questions to be addressed included the best way to allocate taxable profits based on value creation and considering whether the right rules and principles were the right ones to apply to discussions around the nexus and characterisation of income.
He said the OECD would publish a set of 'deliverable' goals before the end of the summer, just before the G20 meeting of finance ministers.
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Q: Tool for compiling automatically all ifdef / ifndef directives My C project uses preprocessor directives to activate / deactivate some features. It's not unusual to find some of the less common configurations do not compile anymore due to a change made a few days ago within an #ifdef.
We use a script to compile the most common configurations, but I'm looking for a tool to ensure everything is compiled (testing is not a problem in our case, we just want to detect ASAP nothing stops compiling). Usually ifdefs / ifndefs are independent, so normally each module have to be compiled just twice (all symbols defined, all undefined). But sometimes the ifdefs are nested, so those modules have to be compiled more times.
Do you know of any tool to search all ifdef / ifndef (also nested ones) and gives how many times a module have to be compiled (with the set of preprocessor symbols to be defined in each one) to ensure every single source line of code is analyzed by the compiler?

A: I am not aware of any tool for doing what you want to do. But looking at your problem i think all you need is a script that will compile the source with all possible combinations of the preprocessor symbols.
Like say if you have..
#ifdef A
    CallFnA();
#ifdef B
    CallFnB();
#endif
    CallFnC();
#endif

You will have to trigger the build with the foll combinations

*

*A and B both defined

*A not defined and B defined ( will not make sense here, but required for entire module)

*A defined and B not defined

*A and B both not defined

Would love to see some script that will grep the source code and produce the combinations.
Something like
find ./ -name '*.cpp' -exec egrep -h '^#ifdef' {} \; | awk '{ print $2}' | sort | uniq
With *.cpp replaced with whatever files you want to search.

A: Here's a Perl script that does a hacky job of parsing #ifdef  entries and assembles a list of the symbols used in a particular file. It then prints out the Cartesian Product of all the possible combinations of having that symbol on or off. This works for a C++ project of mine, and might require minor tweaking for your setup.
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use File::Find;

my $path = $ENV{PWD};

my $symbol_map = {};
find( make_ifdef_processor( $symbol_map ), $path );

foreach my $fn ( keys %$symbol_map ) {
   my @symbols = @{ $symbol_map->{$fn} };

   my @options;
   foreach my $symbol (@symbols) {
      push @options, [
         "-D$symbol=0",
         "-D$symbol=1"
      ];
   }

   my @combinations = @{ cartesian( @options ) };
   foreach my $combination (@combinations) {
      print "compile $fn with these symbols defined:\n";
      print "\t", join ' ', ( @$combination );
      print "\n";
   }
}

sub make_ifdef_processor {
   my $map_symbols = shift;

   return sub {
      my $fn = $_;

      if ( $fn =~ /svn-base/ ) {
         return;
      }

      open FILE, "<$fn" or die "Error opening file $fn ($!)";
      while ( my $line = <FILE> ) {
         if ( $line =~ /^\/\// ) { # skip C-style comments
            next;
         }

         if ( $line =~ /#ifdef\s+(.*)$/ ) {
            print "matched line $line\n";
            my $symbol = $1;
            push @{ $map_symbols->{$fn} }, $symbol;
         }
      }
   }
}

sub cartesian {
   my $first_set = shift @_;
   my @product = map { [ $_ ] } @$first_set;

   foreach my $set (@_) {
      my @new_product;
      foreach my $s (@$set) {
         foreach my $list (@product) {
            push @new_product, [ @$list, $s ];
         }
      }

      @product = @new_product;
   }

   return \@product;
}

This will definitely fail with C-style /* */ comments, as I didn't bother to parse those effectively. The other thing to think about is that it might not make sense for all of the symbol combinations to be tested, and you might build that into the script or your testing server. For example, you might have mutually exclusive symbols for specifying a platform:
-DMAC
-DLINUX
-DWINDOWS

Testing the combinations of having these on and off doesn't really make sense. One quick solution is just to compile all combinations, and be comfortable that some will fail. Your test for correctness can then be that the compilation always fails and succeeds with the same combinations.
The other thing to remember is not all combinations are valid because many of them aren't nested. I think that compilation is relatively cheap, but the number of combinations can grow very quickly if you're not careful. You could make the script parse out which symbols are in the same control structure (nested #ifdefs for example), but that's much harder to implement and I've not done that here.

A: You can use unifdef -s to get a list of all preprocessor symbols used in preprocessor conditionals. Based on the discussion around the other answers this is clearly not quite the information you need, but if you use the -d option as well, the debugging output includes the nesting level. It should be fairly simple to filter the output to produce the symbol combinations you want.

A: Another solution is to compile in all the features and have run-time configuration testing for the features.  This is a cool "trick" since it allows Marketing to sell different configurations and saves Engineering time by simply setting values in a configuration file.
Otherwise, I suggest a scripting language for building all the configurations.

A: Sorry, I don't know any tools to help you, but if I had to do this I would go with a simple script that does this:
- Copy all source files to another place,
- Add a running number (in a comment, obviously) at the start of each line (first code line of first file = 1, do not reset between files),
- Pre-process using all the pre-defined configurations and check which lines were included and which weren't,
- Check which lines have been included and which are missing.
Shouldn't take more than a couple of days to get that running using e.g. Perl or Python. What is required is a file that has a line including the configurations. This should be quick enough to do with the help of this script. Just check which lines are not included with the configurations already and edit the file until every line is included. Then just run this occasionally to make sure that there are no new paths.
Analyzing the source like you want would be a much more complex script and I'm not sure if it would be worth the trouble.

A: May be You need grep?

A: Hm, I initially thought that unifdef might be helpful, but looking further as to what you're asking for, no, it wouldn't be of any immediate help.

A: You can use Hudson with a matrix project. (Note that Hudson is not just a Java testing tool, but a very flexible build server which can build just about anything, including C/C++ projects). If you set up a matrix project, you get the option to create one or more axes. For each axis you can specify one ore more values. Hudson will then run your build using all possible combinations of the variable values. For example, if you specify
os=windows,linux,osx
wordsize=32,64

Hudson will build six combinations; 32- and 64-bit versions for each windows, linux, and osx. When building a "free-style project" (i.e. launching an external build script), the configurations are specified using environment variables. in the example above, "os" and "windows" will be specified as environment variables.
Hudson also has support for filtering combinations in order to avoid building certain invalid combinations (for example, windows 64-bit can be removed, but all others kept).
(Edited post to provide more details about matrix projects.)


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