Dignity in Dementia, established in March 2014, works with families, health and social care staff and Community groups in Cumbria and Lancashire to educate and inspire, so that they are able to respond confidently and positively to people with dementia in a way that maintains and enhances their dignity.
Diane set up Dignity in Dementia with Lesley Gill in 2014. Prior to that she had worked in Social Care for over 25 years managing highly rated domiciliary care organisations and a care home. This provided her with vast knowledge and understanding of the complexities for families that caring for their elderly relatives who have dementia can bring, whether that is living in their own home or within a dementia specialist Home.
Diane leads on Dignity in Dementia's day-to-day operations, which includes planning and delivery of our dementia sessions, managing projects, responding to referrals and being our main link for families. She is also responsible for coaching and supervising our staff and associates.
Guy is a Co-founder and Director of Wingspan Consulting Ltd. Wingspan is a management consultancy based in Cumbria – with particular interest in working with third sector organisations, and in social care training.
Guy has chaired the Care Sector Alliance: Cumbria's Education and Training Providers' forum since 2010 and sits on the board. He specialises in research and evaluation, in project and programme management and in supporting organisations to develop policies and strategies.
He has lived in Cumbria since 1997, having moved up to work for the Lake District National Park Authority.
Janet cared for her husband who had dementia and during this time, received support from Dignity in Dementia. She found our approach very helpful and after her husband died, was very happy to get involved in our work. Janet is a retired PE teacher.
Lesley started her Social Care career in 1995, initially supporting individuals with learning disabilities. In 2004 she joined Cumbria County Council with a remit to support the Counties social care providers to up-skill their staff. She did this by developing and managing Care Sector Alliance Cumbria, which was viewed as an innovative and cutting-edge partnership and won many awards. She also led the work of the Cumbria Multi-Agency Dignity Steering Group.
Lesley has a range of social care, management, teaching and dementia qualifications and actively searches out new opportunities to enhance her learning and CPD (Continued Professional Development).
She is Dignity in Dementia's Development Lead and her work involves gaining funding and new business, managing contracts and having financial oversight. She also carries out research and evaluation, produces the text for all of our literature and writes our dementia themed poems.
To ensure that the information we provide is relevant and meaningful to people with dementia and their family members we facilitate an Advisory Group. The group comprises of the family carers who support our work and who we have worked with previously. Because they understand and use our approach to dementia care they have a good understanding of our philosophy and are well placed to suggest new developments, as well as share their opinions about our many ideas. Additionally they help keep us abreast of the realities of caring for someone with dementia on a daily basis. The group meets monthly, and as well as considering Dignity in Dementia's work, have become a support group for each other.
We have a core set of volunteers who support various aspects of our work. Most have been or are currently family carers supporting a relative with dementia. They help us run our Dementia Embracing Community Singing Groups, assist us at Dementia events and willingly get involved in many other projects.


Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno told members of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) that the BSP continues to foster a regulatory environment supportive of financial innovations during the FFCCCIII's 32nd biennial convention held recently in Pasay City. Highlighting the BSP's drive to encourage more Filipinos to use e-payments, Governor Diokno said "we are promoting the wider usage of digital payments under the National Retail Payments System (NRPS), which is the BSP's flagship program for digital finance". The NRPS promotes a digital financial ecosystem where individuals, businesses and government entities can take advantage of technology to enhance efficiency and reliability in transferring funds.


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Cal State blunder may mean loss of 3,000 new…
Cal State blunder may mean loss of 3,000 new student housing beds
Humboldt State University Dorms, Canyon Apartments on July 18, 2021. (Patrick Garcia/CalMatters College Journalism Network)
By CALmatters |
PUBLISHED: November 30, 2021 at 5:28 a.m. | UPDATED: November 30, 2021 at 11:21 a.m.
By Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters
Thousands of students at California State University may lose out on affordable housing because the Cal State system misread the fine print of a new state student housing program.
The error — uncovered by CalMatters and acknowledged by Cal State officials — is straightforward but costly. In filling out paperwork required to get its portion of the $2 billion Gov. Gavin Newsom set aside for student housing, Cal State incorrectly assumed that it could use that money — and only that money — to build dorms and apartments for low-income students.
In reality, state rules allow Cal State to combine this limited pot of state money with outside funds, such as dollars from bonds the university regularly issues. Using a mix of funds allows a campus to either build larger structures to include more beds or combine projects to house more students.
The consequence for Cal State's blunder: Unless state lawmakers intervene, as many as 3,000 students will be deprived of affordable housing.
CalMatters discovered the discrepancy by reviewing building applications, official correspondence and other documents related to the three-year, $2 billion Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program that the Legislature approved in this year's state budget. Over that three-year period, Cal State is slated to receive $600 million from the grant program to build housing at low rents for students.
The error comes after a Cal State vice chancellor implored the state to change the rules to accommodate more flexible spending.
The state housing program is seen as one way to defray much of the costs of college attendance. More than half of Cal State and UC students from California don't pay for tuition, but campus rent can tack on as much as $11,000 a year for Cal State students, though federal grants can help cover those expenses.
Arguably hundreds of thousands of California university and community college students struggle to afford a stable place to live. University housing is typically cheaper than off-campus housing in the surrounding communities.
Fixing Cal State's snafu may be difficult
The Cal State paperwork snafu directly affects the initial $150 million portion of funds carved out for the university system in this year's state budget. Applications for using the funds were due by Oct. 31. Because the deadline came and went, a do-over for Cal State is tricky, said Rebecca Kirk, a project manager at the Department of Finance, an agency of Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration that is overseeing management of the student housing grant money.
"Because that initial filing round had an established deadline of October 31, that was kind of the cut-off on the initial rounds," she said in an interview. Fixing the error would be "a pretty significant potential change" to the proposals, Kirk said.
The department has until March 1 of next year to submit to the Legislature a list of recommended housing projects the state should fund. From there, lawmakers and the governor will ultimately decide what gets funded in either the state's budget process or a standalone bill.
It's unclear whether lawmakers could allow Cal State to come up with new construction plans to make better use of the money. The law governing these funds is silent on whether lawmakers can deviate from what campuses initially proposed in their applications.
"If CSU erroneously submitted their application based on a bureaucratic misunderstanding, we should give them every opportunity to correct it," said Assemblymember Phil Ting, a Democrat from San Francisco who is chairperson of the Assembly's budget committee, one of the two committees that'll receive the Department of Finance's recommendations. "Student housing is too important of an issue to let bureaucracy stand in the way."
The speed at which the decisions have to be made is intentional: The law prioritizes affordable student housing projects that can start construction by the end of 2022.
The Cal State system owned up to its error when asked by CalMatters. The university "misinterpreted" the guidance that the Department of Finance gave campuses as "intending for the program to fund the student housing grant project in its entirety," Vi San Juan, Cal State's vice chancellor in charge of construction, wrote in a statement. The Department of Finance's guidance, shared with the state's public higher education systems Oct. 7, said that "proposals that include funding contributions from other sources will be considered."
Kirk said the system could revise its remaining proposals that aren't funded in the first year of the program in the funding rounds for 2022 and 2023.
Mixing state and outside funds can mean more student housing
The potentially massive setback for students comes as a result of a misunderstanding of the rules by the Cal State system that has persisted for weeks. On Nov. 8, Robert Eaton, the Cal State vice chancellor who oversees financing, mistakenly told lawmakers in a public hearing that the student housing grant program's funds cannot be combined with other money. He then urged lawmakers to change the program's rules to allow for that.
Doing so "would spread the grant dollars over a larger number of projects, thereby potentially providing affordability benefits to an even greater number of students," Eaton said. The Cal State system can easily borrow money through its existing construction bond program. Eaton said that already about a third of Cal State's $8.8 billion construction bond debt is for financing student housing.
Experts say now's an especially ripe time to plan for housing construction because borrowing rates are so low. The savings from near-zero interest plus state housing dollars drive down the cost of construction, which leads to student savings because campuses can charge less for housing.
Jack McGrory, a Cal State trustee, said in an interview that if the system were allowed to use a mix of funds, it could build 5,000 to 6,000 beds rather than the roughly 3,300 it proposed. McGrory, a building developer in San Diego, spoke with CalMatters before it became clear that the flexibility Cal State sought was already built into the state student housing program.
It's a tactic the University of California knew to pursue in its state student housing applications. UCLA, for example, wants to use $35 million in state grant money and $29 million of its own to build 179 doubles with private bathrooms. Because of the new housing grant's affordability rules, rents per student will be $600 a month when the project is completed in 2025 — about a third of what UCLA typically charges for such accommodations, the UC application said.
UC Berkeley plans to use $100 million in state housing money in conjunction with about $200 million in UC bond money to bring down the rents students will eventually pay. Mixing the two pots of funds would allow the campus to add 300 additional beds at rents of $1,100 — about a third less than what other campus students pay.
The community college system, California's largest public university system, does not typically build student housing.
A history of housing shortages
California's foray into financing student housing is new. Previously, lawmakers approved some money for campuses to cover short-term rent or hotel fees for students experiencing homelessness.
Lawmakers' growing interest in student housing is a reflection of their bid to have the UC and Cal State enroll more California students. The state plans to up enrollment by 15,000 students at the two systems next year — and more students means more pressure to house them.
Hundreds of UC students have resorted to living in hotels because campuses have no space for them and nearby apartments off-campus are either too expensive or unavailable. Eight UC campuses this fall had 7,500 students on housing waitlists. The Cal State system reported 8,700 students waitlisted for housing.
Two UC campuses — at Davis and Santa Cruz — are locked into legally binding deals with their local governments to expand enrollment only if they can add an equal amount of new beds. Legal disputes such as these have led to housing construction delays at UC Santa Cruz and an outright ban on expanding enrollment at UC Berkeley.
The housing squeeze exists despite the fact that Cal State and UC combined have built enough new housing for some 36,000 students since 2015 and plan to add another 21,000 slots in the near-future.
Another student housing solution
At the same November hearing where Cal State's Robert Eaton incorrectly interpreted housing financing rules, the UC told lawmakers that it would benefit from a program in which the state gives the university system interest-free loans to build housing as another way to expand the affordable student housing stock. An influential lawmaker in higher-education, Sacramento Democratic Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, proposed such a bill this year but it was heavily revised and excluded the loan aspect when it finally passed.
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UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla said his campus would benefit from added state investment because it's coming close to maxing out the amount of money it can borrow from the bond market. UC San Diego wants to build enough student housing to offer a four-year housing guarantee to all undergraduates with rents that are at least 20% below market rate. The campus has been in a construction frenzy to get there: Khosla said the campus has built 6,000 new beds since 2013 and plans another 10,000 by 2030. A "revolving loan" from the state at 0% interest would lead to enough savings for UC San Diego to reduce campus rents to 38% below market rate for the campus's lowest-income students, Khosla said.
But other campuses are running out of land to build more housing. That may mean tearing down existing buildings to build taller ones. It's another scenario in which the state's increasing footprint in campus housing may play a key role.
And with another year of record high tax revenue appearing likely next year, the state's lawmakers will have a lot of options to fund a new batch of big projects.
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Q: Disconnect a RDP-Session (with Windows Server 2012 R2) without the user being logged out How do disconnect a RDP-Session with a Windows Server (Windows Server 2012 R2) without the user being logged out? The problem is that the program running on the server stops working after I disconnected from the RDP.

A: This depends on settings in the server, in which you can modify the time to wait for
a disconnected sessions. Here are in two ways.
Using Terminal Services Configuration, Connections :

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*In the details pane, right-click the connection for which you want to modify time-out settings, and then click Properties.

*On the Sessions tab, above End a disconnected session, select the Override user settings check box. This allows you to configure time-out settings for the connection.
Using Group Policies, in Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Terminal Services, Sessions, enable the required settings.
The setting you may want to modify are End a disconnected session, Active session limit
and Idle session limit.
I suggest modifying them to "Enabled" and Never, rather than leaving them as Disabled.
For more detailed information, see the article
Set time-out settings for disconnected, active, and idle sessions.

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Our team of experienced captains put together a very specific fish species calendar based on the Mobile Bay region.
Alabama Inshore Fishing near Gulf Shores, Fort Morgan, Dauphin Island and Weeks Bay is year round fishing fun. Some species of fish around Mobile Bay like speckled trout and redfish are always available. King Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel, Cobia, and Jack Crevalle are seasonal fish and are only around during the warmer months of the year.
Our friends at Alabama Marine Resources and CCA of Alabama have been working together to create more habitat for the fish species that we all love to target and they have created an interactive map that you can use to better understand where and how those reefs look underwater. Click here for a map.
Find the fish you want to target?
If you located the right fish species in the season you wish to fish then click here to contact us about booking a trip.
We did not include cobia/ling in the calendar and we regret not including this tasty and fun to catch fish. We regret it but we will honor it by writing a paragraph about the species. Cobia are a pelagic species of fish. This means that nearly the entire species will migrate toward Florida during the winter months. As the weather warms in March and April we will begin to see cobia migrating from east to west along the beaches and by May they can be found throughout the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Cobia will hang out around floating debris, permanent structure, anchored ships and anything else in the water. During the months of August, September and October Cobia can be found in large numbers as they begin to migrate back toward Florida for winter months. Lock in your dates today for the fall cobia run, you wont be disappointed.
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No matter where you travel in Cambodia, the past is always present.
History, both ancient and modern, is everywhere here; whether you're cycling in the shadows of the mighty Angkor Wat, wandering the streets of cosmopolitan Phnom Penh or exploring the Irrawaddy in search of river dolphins, you can't escape the pull of time that shaped—and continues to shape—this arresting land.
Chief Experience Officer (CEO) throughout and local guides.
Arrive to Bangkok at any time. There are no planned activities today so feel free to explore this dynamic city at your leisure. In the evening it's time to meet your group and your Chief Experience Officer (CEO).
Journey from Thailand to colonial Battambang in Cambodia. Opt to explore the countryside or learn some Cambodian cooking. Upon arrival, explore the riverside city for a few hours before dinner.
Spend a free day exploring more of Angkor Wat or further afield around Siem Reap. Enjoy a traditional meal of Khmer food either at the Planeterra-supported New Hope project or in a local home.
Travel to the third largest city in Cambodia, Kampong Cham. Opt to rent a bike and cruise along the river to explore the countryside and meet friendly locals or visit the 11th century Vat Nokor temple. Enjoy an included local dinner to sample more of this delicious cuisine.
In the morning travel to Kratie, located on the banks of the mighty Mekong River. In the afternoon, head out on the massive Mekong with local boatmen to try and spot the endangered Irrawaddy freshwater dolphin.
Travel to Phnom Penh and take a traditional cyclo ride to Wat Phnom. Tour busy streets to soak up the real vibe of the city. Pass the post office and Van's restaurant, both stunning colonial buildings, and make your way to the Royal Palace and National Museum. Go along the riverside road and take in the atmospheric cafés that line the street. The rest of the afternon is yours to explore any of the places that caught your eye on the cyclo tour, or why not visit one of the local museums.
Follow a local guide and witness the dark side of Cambodian history with visits to Choeung Ek, the site of the infamous Killing Fields, and Tuol Sleng, the notorious Khmer Rouge prison where thousands of Cambodians perished. In the afternoon enjoy free time and explore the city's many sights: the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, National Museum, Russian market or Wat Phnom.
Drive eastward along the coast to reach Kampot, world-famous for the Kampot pepper and home of Bokor National Park. Visit Rabbit Island or spend some time at the beachside town of Kep, known for its fresh crabs. Opt for activities like visiting a cave, a pepper plantation or a fish farm. Take a cycle tour to a waterfall or enjoy a sunset cruise.
Travel to Sihanoukville and feast on fantastic local seafood, take a day trip to snorkel the coral reefs and explore the islands, or just sit back in a deck chair and let the warm breeze caress you as the waves splash gently at your feet. It doesn't get much better than this.
Enjoy a free day to relax in Sihanoukville. Opt to take a full-day boat and snorkelling trip around the islands or just sit back and soak up the sun on the beach. There are options in town to check out some local cafés or get a massage or pedicure, too.
Drive to Phnom Penh airport to return to Bangkok. There will be time to catch up on last minute shopping or visit more sights before one last evening on the town.
You are free to depart at any time or speak to your travel consultant about extending your holiday.


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Q: Mouse cursor in Terminal? I use Mac OS X Terminal.app.  But the answer to this would probably apply to any typical UNIX-ish terminal emulator in a graphical environment.
Question -- what do I do to:
Use my mouse cursor to click on a character-position in the current line of the terminal, and have the terminal's cursor jump to that spot?
Typically, you have to hold down an arrow key to move to the correct cursor position.  If you're pasting in a long string of text at the shell prompt, or working in an editor like VI, this can take a long time.  I know editors have other navigation keys like jump-words, but I like my mouse cursor.

A: vim:
 :set mouse=a

A: Nano can do this with the '-m' argument.

A: In Mac OS X Terminal, you can hold down Option (or Alt) and click, and the typing cursor will move to the mouse cursor.


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Hutcliffe Wood and Marriott Wood are two areas of ancient woodland in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They occupy the steep southeastern side of the Abbeydale valley between Archer Road and Abbey Lane, separated by the River Sheaf and the railway line from Millhouses Park. Hutcliffe Wood Road divides the two areas of woodland, Hutcliffe Wood to the west and Marriott Wood to the east.

In the past, the woods have been managed with the coppice-with-standards technique for the production of charcoal, and ganister is also believed to have been mined in this area. Both of these products were used by local industry. The woods are currently made up of mature deciduous trees, and are currently managed by Sheffield City Council for the benefit of wildlife and public recreation. Several public footpaths run through the woods.

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All VCs differ, but most engage in a four-step process of 'discovery, analysis, decision, deal' when choosing which companies to fund.
A lot of the entrepreneurs I meet have a fascination with the way venture capital firms actually work.
One part of this fascination is a healthy, rational interest in how their companies get discovered and analysed, and how investment decisions that affect them get made. Another part of it is just plain nosiness – which is no bad thing as most great entrepreneurs I know are endlessly curious about the 'model' of any business or industry.
The good news is that there is no great mystery to the workings of a VC firm, as (most) of the behaviour is entirely rational. So I hope to shine a light on how it all works during some of these monthly articles.
One thing to note is that I'm going to write this stuff based on some mean approximation of every firm I know, rather than mine in particular. That will hopefully be more useful to more people!
For the first month, I think key is to understand the process that venture capital firms follow when they initially make an investment in a particular company.
I'll cover the high-level of each of these stages here and will dig deeper into each in the future. In each of these posts I will include a single, specific, insider tip that I believe will help entrepreneurs achieve a better result when they work with venture capitalists.
First of all, we have to know that your company exists. All venture capitalists obsess over what is commonly known as 'deal flow' and, in particular, the elusive 'proprietary deal flow'. This is just MBA-speak for 'knowing about amazing companies that no one else knows about'.
By volume, most proposals that any well-known VC firm receives will be blind submissions from their website – in other words, entrepreneurs just emailing the 'Contact Us' section of the site.
The next most route of discovery is via either structured and unstructured professional networks. As you can imagine, investors work with people who they and their firm trust to help put them in touch with good companies. In an ideal case, these companies are relevant to the firm's investment thesis, and are coming up to a point where an investment makes sense. Structured professional networks are the obvious ones – usually comprised of other investors and advisors. Unstructured networks are less obvious (but equally influential) groups like lawyers and PR people, other entrepreneurs and their teams.
Then there's what I call content-driven submissions. These are similar to a blind submission but a bit smarter. For example, the VC blogs, and the company responds intelligently to a specific topic that she has been writing about. Or the VC speaks at a conference about a particular topic, and the company thinks their mission resonates with her point of view.
Last but not least, there's just plain data. App Annie, LinkedIn, Github and a countless list of other resources can tell you a lot about a company or a product that is growing rapidly (or in an interesting way).
For reference, we see about 8,000-10,000 companies at this 'discovery' stage every year.
After discovery, companies that stand out are analysed. There are a very large number of companies that require analysis, and relatively small teams to analyse them. Sometimes a partner will lead this work, and other times it'll be an analyst, associate or principal. Often this work will be undertaken by some confused amalgam of the above – again, roles and titles in VC will be the subject of a future post!
For reference, we look at about 2000 companies in depth every year.
One area that every firm I know constantly monitors and questions is how they make decisions. Decision-making is a tough process and one prone to all manner of unexpected and unintended biases. Broadly speaking, however, the typical process involves one or more partners in the firm (in this example, 'partner' simply refers to anyone who has the ability/rank in the firm to actually present a company for investment) digging deep, and ensuring they agree that they really are the right firm (and partner) to help the company in its next stage of development. In our case, about 500 companies make it to this level of analysis.
If so, they will usually build some sort of consensus amongst their team. Usually this being with lots of one-on-one meetings and, eventually a 'partner meeting' at which the entrepreneur and his team pitch all of the individuals who can make a decision on the investment. As part of this decision-making process, there will often be more significant due-diligence, often involving customer conversations and, depending on the company, possible legal or regulatory analyses of things like the business model.
Once this stage is complete, an actual investment decision is made. The process for this can vary, but most firms have some sort of vote where all partners have a say (but not necessarily an equal say) For reference, we take about 50 votes on new investment decisions each year.
If the company meets some threshold of relevance to the firm (I strongly believe that good investors don't just invest in the 'best companies', they invest in the best matches between company and investor), then the firm typically issues a term sheet at this point.
This is a one-page document that details the high level offer of investment and the terms it will be bound by. If acceptable to the entrepreneur, both parties execute this document. This is usually followed by a phase of post-term-sheet due diligence that needs to take place before the final documents are actually signed. This involves more detailed legal and financial audits of the company, more references and the drafting of the relevant legal documents.
While the investing members of a venture capital firm are generally better known to the industry, this is where the other members of the team – operating partners, general counsels, CFOs and their legal, financial and technical teams get to work. They may not be as well known, but these guys are every bit as important (and their stage of the process every bit as critical) as the others. So smart entrepreneurs and smart firms should build relationships here too. Assuming this all goes according to plan, documents get signed and money gets wired. For reference, we fund about 10 companies a year.
Tip #1: And so my first tip to entrepreneurs is simply: know this process and map yours to it. Simply knowing what your potential investor is doing at any point of the process means that you know what information to provide to them, and how to support them in getting to the next stage (if that is, indeed, what you want). You should also ensure that your own processes match theirs, so that time isn't wasted on either side. For example, a good entrepreneur will gain references for their potential investors too – and I advise that all entrepreneurs do so. If you make sure that you do this during Discovery and Analysis process, you can be ready and focused on selling when the decision is made, safe in the knowledge that this is an investor that you want to work with.


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Leonardo Pavkovic: Nothing is Ordinary
By CHRIS M. SLAWECKI
AAJ: So it all started from that single cassette?
LP: By 1999, I was corresponding with a mail-order company called Vinyl Magic (now they're called BTF), occasionally buying albums from them. The company rep I communicated with had a love of tropical exotic countries, like myself, with interests in South America, Africa and Southeast Asia. One day, he mentioned that he had in stock a new CD by a band from Indonesia that he thought I might like. So I told him to put that CD in my order. A few weeks later, I was listening to the first album by an Indonesian band named Discus, released outside Indonesia through an independent Italian label, Mellow Records. Again, I was simply blown away by their self-titled debut. Being my typical curious self, I found two eMail addresses in the album's booklet and started corresponding with the band's leader and guitarist, Iwan Hasan, and the Indonesian label's owner, Chico Hindarto. I don't recall how or when, exactly, but sometime in the early Spring of 2000, I got an email from Iwan Hasan asking me if I might be able to help them book a gig in New York City. Discus had received a grant to perform in the USA, an invited performer at "ProgDay" in North Carolina and at a smaller progressive rock showcase in the Bay Area of California. People from the Indonesian consulate in the Big Apple weren't able to help Iwan, and he reached out to me. The band wanted to perform in New York City, regardless of the size of the room or audience.
Iwan Hasan was straightforward: "Maybe you can help us?" Of course, I accepted the offer to help my new distant friend, who just happened to hail from a remote exotic country which I always wanted to visit!
AAJ: Had you previously promoted any shows?
LP: I had never promoted any show, previous to that. I am actually not a promoter: although I have organized a few shows in NYC in recent years, I always acted as a "show facilitator," eventually becoming a "booking representative," or "agent," for many artists over the past fifteen years, some artists who recorded on MoonJune and others who are not associated with my label.
I told Iwan that I could help find Discus a show because I knew the booking manager at the Knitting Factory. So, I booked Discus in the small room at the Knitting Factory. In the meantime, I went to ProgDay (strictly as a fan), met Discus and witnessed their incredible live performance. Two days later they were in New York, and I watched them perform again at the Knitting Factory. They decided to stay in New York for several days, just to visit, and I became friends with everybody, they're some really nice people, but particularly with their sound guy, who turned to be none other than Riza Arshad of simakDialog. We clicked immediately. We have virtually identical tastes in music. Riza was also excited to learn that my favorite keyboard instrument was also his favorite keyboard instrument, the mighty Fender Rhodes electric piano.
Riza and I corresponded for three years. In July 2003, when I went to Indonesia for the first time, he was the first person to meet me there. Our friendship grew over the years. I considered him a close friend.
A few years later, July 2006, a few dozen people flew from Jakarta to see Allan Holdsworth perform in Singapore after his Japan tour, his trio tour with Jimmy Johnson and Chad Wackerman, his eighteenth tour of Japan but his first one with me. Riza was one of the Indonesians who came to Singapore. After the show, I also was honored to meet Dewa Budjana for the first time; I knew him by reputation, but never had the opportunity to personally meet him. While we were in Singapore, Riza shared that he had an album he'd like to release internationally, and asked if I could help him. He gave me the rough mixes when I returned to Jakarta a few months later. That's how I wound up releasing simakDialog's Patahan album on my label internationally in 2007. The group had already released four albums; I've since released three other albums by this truly phenomenal unit. I also helped him with two US short tours plus shows in Japan, China, Hong Kong and Germany. We had actually made plans for a third US simakDialog tour in 2018, on the back of a short tour in Brazil, only a few weeks before Riza's sudden, tragic death in January 2017.
AAJ: And that set your stage in Indonesia?
LP: Yes, Riza Arshad and Discus' label head Chico Hindarto were the first people I met in Jakarta in July 2003. Thanks to these two, I actually know "everybody" in the musicians' world in the Indonesian capital. Jakarta is a huge city, and it's located in the fourth most heavily-populated country in the world. While the people playing the highly-creative variety of music I follow represents a relatively small segment of the music industry there, it is a sort of "brotherhood" community, and they all know each other. In a matter of only a couple of visits to Jakarta between 2003 and 2006, I literally knew everyone who was a part of that world at the time. SimakDialog proved to be a springboard of sorts because I started to listening to the music of their guitarist Tohpati, a virtuoso player whose work as a band leader and director in the pop genre had gained him fame which extended beyond the jazz and progressive music communities of Indonesia. I then got to know Dewa Budjana, then Dwiki Dharmawan, and a couple of the younger guys. From there, I retroactively discovered the amazing '70's and '80's progressive music scene of Indonesia. Becoming more and more educated about the musical past of this fascinating country provided me with fresh motivation to seek out more still undiscovered talents. That's how it started. I currently have over twenty Indonesian releases on my label. While I never planned to have Indonesian artists when I started my label, as they were previously unknown to me, it "just happened" again—the unpredictable improvisations in life! Of MoonJune's many accomplishments, I am very proud of my Indonesian releases and of my special friendship with Dwiki Dharmwan and Dewa Budjana, two icons of Indonesian music.
AAJ: Have you ever met anyone else who works this way?
LP: I'm not sure. I really do not know. MoonJune Records never was my primary occupation. I always run my label as a "side project." I wanted to grow the label at certain points in my life, but I was always busy with my booking and consulting business.
Between the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2016, I ran with one of my best friends in New York, the legendary Derek Shulman, a consulting company called 2 Plus Music & Entertainment. Derek was the iconic frontman for the seminal 70's progressive rock band Gentle Giant, and then, from the early 80's, was one of the most successful music business impresarios in the USA. It was an exciting time. Among many other things we were dealing with, we represented in North America one of the most successful rock record labels of the past two decades, Frontiers Records. You might know them from their records by Little River Band, Jeff Lynne, BBQ Swingers , Styx, Toto, Yes, Asia, Joe Lynn Turner, Journey, Thunder, Survivor, Glenn Hughes, House of Lords, Crush 40, Hardline, Jeff Scott Soto, Whitesnake, Boston, or FM. We were involved with managing or co-managing a bunch of other artists such as John Sykes, Yoso (Bobby Kimball, Billy Sherwood and Tony Kaye), Jake E. Lee, Texas Hippie Coalition, Loudness, and a few other acts. It was a good experience in music genres that weren't my cup of tea, and after dealing for five years, six years, with the rock-n-roll circus world so far from mine, I decide to leave. But Derek still remains a very close friend.
AAJ: Looking back at this experience, what do you think it taught you?
LP: Again, I don't know, nor do I even want to know, the reasons why things happen. Of course, I can analyze things after they happen, but I don't want to be stuck having to do things in a certain prescribed way. I do things, and if I do them again, the results are always different. But I think that is part of MoonJune Records' strength. That mentality is what keeps the label's output fresh, vibrant and decidedly unique, I believe. In adhering to such a loose approach, some might think that my life is chaotic; after all, I find myself unable to do much of anything that would be considered "ordinary" or "organized."
I lived in Africa between October 1988 and March 1989 in two Portuguese speaking countries, Angola and São Tomé & Principe. Despite what was a rather brief stay, I still managed to catch malaria in the late February '89, and consequently suffered for months from a mild cognitive impairment, affected by speech problems, short term memory loss and an inability to concentrate when reading. I still have speech and concentration problems at times, but instead of an obstacle, I actually see them as an advantage because they have forced me to improvise in life and develop my innate survival instincts.
AAJ: What upcoming MoonJune artists should readers keep their eye on?
LP: I just released a couple of new albums: Dominique Vantomme's Vegir, with the legendary Tony Levin, Italian-Belgian guitarist Michel Delville, and Belgian drummer Maxime Lenssens; and LiveR, the new Slivovitz live album.
Dominique Vantomme is a pianist, keyboardist, composer, bandleader, music educator and producer, equally well-known for his work with many European pop and rock acts as for being the jazz piano instructor at the Kortrijk Music Conservatory in his native Belgium. I've known Dominique for years and have always admired his Fender Rhodes playing. Vegir is his international and MoonJune debut. It's psychedelic retro-futuristic progressive post-jazz-rock and showcases all musicians involved at the top of their game with the skill set, bravery and chutzpah to follow their instincts, and, in the process, allow the music to seek out and ultimately capture its own form. It slinks; it growls; it stalks; it devours! It grooves; it stutters; it holds you in suspense, then explodes! It's very exciting music for my taste, and you just cannot go wrong when Uncle Tony is on duty!
Slivovitz is a seven-piece band from Napoli, Italy, and a reviewer once mentioned that they "could eat Snarky Puppy for breakfast." It's not easy for artists to emerge on the international scene if they come from the remote corners of the world, far from the spotlight and unable to play gigs that bring significant exposure on a global level. Coming from Southern Italy, Indonesia, or Serbia is definitely a disadvantage to most any musical act. If they had the chance to perform at a major jazz or rock festival, I know Slivovitz would conquer everybody's heart. LiveR is ferociously formidable live album that deserves attention. These guys have a tremendous chemistry, huge imaginations and a tightness you don't hear in many progressive bands, these days. LiveR captures not only all of these great qualities, but it also displays the playful, joyous nature of the band; you can tell from listening that these guys are not only great musicians and a tremendous unit, but that they are just really having a good time doing it!
Currently, I am preparing to release the new album by Mark Wingfield, a gentleman who is not only becoming a close friend of mine, but is one of my favorite guitar players—and not just now, but maybe ever. I am not alone in saying this, and Mark is getting increasingly well-deserved recognition as one of the very true guitar sound and guitar technique innovators. The album was recorded almost two years ago, in Spain, at the magic settings of La Casa Murada, an eleventh-century mansion converted into a recording studio by the well-known Catalan bassist and songwriter Jesus Rovira. The album will be called Tales From A Dreaming City, and it will be more of a progressive compositional album. The last few albums we released from Mark were improvisational albums: Lighthouse with Markus Reuter and Asaf Sirkis; and a quartet album with Markus, Asaf and Yaron Stavi called The Stone House. I will be releasing several albums by Mark Wingfield; we're working on this one and we already have a few in mind that have yet to be recorded.
Then, two incomparable albums from Indonesian keyboardist Dwiki Dharmawan. The first one will be released later this spring and is called Rumah Batu, which in Bahasa Indonesian means "La Casa Murada," or "The Stone House." It features Dwiki on acoustic piano, and the usual suspects from recent MoonJune recordings, London-based Israeli expats Yaron Stavi on upright bass and Asaf Sirkis on drums; as well two formidable musicians whom I've long admired: the hugely-respected French guitarist of Vietnamese descent, Nguyen Le, and one of my all-time bass heroes, Carles Benavent. I can mention one curiosity about the great Carles: Tony Levin was interviewed some years ago for a major music magazine, and when the interviewer asked him who his favorite electric bassist was, Tony said "Carles Benavent." The interviewer responded, asking, "Carlos who?" My dream is to have one day a recording session with both Tony and Carles!
Finally, after many sessions and traveling together around the world, my good friend and fabulous Israeli-born British drummer Asaf Sirkis will release his MoonJune debut, an album titled Our New Earth featuring Polish vocalist Sylwia Bialas, English pianist and organist Frank Harrison and Scottish bassist Kevin Glasgow. My good friend and the legendary drummer Dr. Bill Bruford is a huge admirer of Asaf's work. Bill included interviews with Asaf in his latest book, Uncharted: Creativity and the Expert Drummer, and will mark the occasion with his MoonJune debut as the liner notes writer!
Due to my heavy traveling schedule, I will possibly release just one more album this year, the new album of the ultra-talented Serbian pianist and keyboardist Vasil Hadzimanov, whose MoonJune debut Alive (2016) received great critical acclaim all around the world. Also, I have an ambient duo album by Markus Reuter and Mark Wingfield "in the can," and a new studio recording by the Barcelona-based Serbian guitarist Dusan Jevtovic with Gary Husband on drums, Markus Reuter on touch guitar, and Catalan bassist Bernat Hernández. These will be my first two releases in 2019.
I am organizing another marathon recording session this coming May at the magic settings of La Casa Murada, the XI century mansion transformed in a recording studio, for release in 2019. A duo album of Mark Wingfield with Gary Husband on keyboards is a project I am looking very much forward to because Gary is a musical hero of mine, and one of my best musician friends, and a very special person to me. The three-headed beast Wingfield-Reuter-Sirkis will record their follow-up to Lighthouse, and will be augmented on a separate project by Gary Husband on drums—yes, two drummers—for another set of impromptu musical conversation. And finally, the phenomenal drummer Asaf Sirkis, will record his jubilee album to be released in March 2019, in celebration of his 50th birthday, in a core trio format with Gary Husband on keyboards, Kevin Glasgow on bass, and many special guest soloists.
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First they're sour. Then they're sweet. Then they're... beer?
That's right! Legion Brewing's newest beer release will taste just like one of our favorite childhood candies, Sour Patch Kids.
This unique new sour beer was actually brewed in collaboration with the folks at CharlotteFive.
First, CharlotteFive asked its readers what candy they'd want to taste in a Legion brew. Once Sour Patch Kids were declared the winner, CharlotteFive readers were asked to submit name suggestions for the beer itself. After reviewing all of the submissions, the Legion brew team announced the winning name ("Sour Draft Kids") and awarded two tickets to QCBF 2019 to Sarah Chestnut for submitting the suggestion.
Your first chance to taste Legion Brewing's new Sour Patch Kids-inspired beer release will be this Saturday 2/2 at Queen City Brewers Festival. This beautifully pink kettle sour will be a mix of tart and sweet fruit flavors, reminiscent of one of our favorite childhood candies.
But if you can't make it to QCBF (or if you just love the beer so much you want to try it again!), there will also be a Sour Draft Kids release party in the Legion taproom on Sunday 2/3.
Legion Brewing was the first brewery to set up camp in Plaza Midwood two years ago, and it is now the first brewery to open in SouthPark! Legion's tagline is "Friends and Beer," and as a space, it's set up perfectly to enjoy both of those things.
At the original Plaza Midwood location, before you walk through the front doors of the brewery, you'll notice a cozy patio space set up with picnic tables, benches, umbrellas, and even a fire pit so that you can enjoy your brews in the great outdoors. Inside, you'll find an inviting taproom with 20 beer taps, as well as cider, wine, and kombucha to choose from. Through the double doors at the back of the taproom, you can also check out the mezzanine, where you'll overlook the production facility where the brewers are hard at work creating Charlotte favorites like Juicy Jay and Carolina Sparkle Party.
If you haven't been to the new SouthPark location yet, you can expect almost triple the square footage and over double the taps. With 49 taps, 12,000 square feet, local spirits, a huuuuuge food menu, and the same friendly vibes, you'll fall in love with the new space from the moment you step inside.
On Thursdays at 6:30 PM, you can join the free Legion-dary Run for a 4.4 mile route through Plaza Midwood, then stick around for a beer or two in the original taproom with the rest of the runners.
If yoga is more your speed, you can stop by the Plaza Midwood location on Sundays at 12:30 PM for Namastay at Legion, where $7 gets you the class and a beer. This class is taught by Luis, a bartender at Legion and a yoga instructor at Yoga One, Core Power Yoga, and Charlotte Yoga. It's an all-levels flow, so whether you're a beginner or a seasoned yogi, it will work for you! Luis offer modifications to increase or decrease the difficulty of a pose to fit your needs.
If you're interested in having your brewery, your beer(s), and your fitness activities featured on our blog, social media channels, and our Weekly Brewsletter, we'd love to hear from you! Reach out to info@workforyourbeer.com for details on how to be featured.


The German Society for History and Philosophy of Biology was founded in Jena on June 29, 1991, in the wake of the reunification of Germany. The Society drew members from both the formerly East German and West Germany parts of the country, and from several other European countries and the United States. With a current membership of around 250, the Society has helped to re‐establish the history and philosophy of biology as a discipline at German universities and continues to promote the subject as part of higher education. In addition, the Society has supported the establishment of a museum for the history of biology, the Biohistoricum in Neuburg an der Donau, which functions as an archive for books, papers and other materials relevant to the history of biology.
From the start, the Society has been concerned to bring studies in the history and philosophy of biology to a wide audience through its Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie. Parallel to the Jahrbuch, the Verhandlungen zur Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie has become the traditional medium of publication for papers delivered during the Society's annual meetings. So far, 9 volumes of the Jahrbuch have appeared, under the editorship of Hans‐Jörg Rheinberger (1994 – 1997), Michael Weingarten (1994 – 2004), Mathias Gutmann (1999 – 2004), Eve‐Marie Engels (1999 – 2001) and Nicolaas A. Rupke (2003 – 2004).
In the wake of the "Darwin Correspondence".


The Chevrolet Camaro has been one of the most popular muscle cars since the 1960s. The first model was released in 1966 as competition to the Ford Mustang, and the vehicle has thrived since then. Collectors lovingly restore older models, and newly-released models are eagerly anticipated. For many, a 2012 Camaro is a dream car, but they may worry if the cost of car insurance will make it impossible to own.
Vehicles cost more than their initial purchase price. In addition to their list price, vehicles require routine maintenance, gas and insurance. In the case of high-performance muscle cars like the Camaro, insurance can be a major expense. Insurance companies view high-performance cars as riskier to insure than other vehicles, so they will cost more to insure than a mid-size sedan, minivan or sub-compact hybrid.
Multiple factors do influence the cost of insuring any vehicle. An insurance company will review the accident statistics, safety ratings, repair costs and other factors for any individual vehicle. The likelier a car is to be damaged in an accident, and the more it will cost to repair, the more the insurance will cost.
— Safety ratings. The 2012 Camaro places a higher value on safety than any other model in the line, and it shows. Indeed, the vehicle is the first car to ever score perfectly in every category of the NHTSA's new car assessment program.
— Cost. A new Camaro will cost around $24,000, which is substantially cheaper than foreign competitors. Because it's manufactured domestically, the Camaro is fairly inexpensive to repair, which helps keeps insurance premiums low.
— Crash statistics. It's too early for definitive statistics to be available for the 2012 model, but muscle cars in general tend to have more fatal collisions than vehicles that are not as high-powered.
The reason why performance cars tend to get in more accidents than other vehicles is that people are more likely to drive the vehicles in a dangerous way. A Camaro is no more inherently dangerous than a minivan, but drivers are more likely to speed, take sharp turns, cut people off in traffic or otherwise drive recklessly if the vehicle is high-performance.
Indeed, muscle cars like the Camaro tend to be in more accidents than high-end sports cars like the Corvette. Because Camaros are more affordable, more people have access to them and younger, risk-taking drivers are able to purchase and drive them.
How Much Does it Cost to Insure a 2012 Camaro?
Car insurance rates for the 2012 Camaro are similar to previous years with the vehicle and are in-line with the competition, including the Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger. Annually, the Camaro will cost around $1,138 for the basic trim. This works out to around $98 per month. If you get an upgraded trim, such as the convertible model, your rates might increase by as much as $400 a year.
This cost will fluctuate depending on the coverages you carry. If you have a high deductible or low liability limits, your premiums will be lower than this average. If you choose to add additional coverages like rental reimbursement or roadside assistance, you will pay more than if you have only basic full coverage insurance, and full coverage will always cost more than a liability-only policy.
Of course, the car itself is only a single factor in the overall cost of a person's car insurance. An individual's driving record, credit score, age, gender and geographic location all play a role in determining the cost of auto insurance. People with excellent driving records will always pay less for car insurance than those with a history of accidents, regardless of the cars they drive.
Depending on your driving habits and where you live, the cost to insure your Camaro may be significantly higher or lower than the average premium cost. The only way to know for sure how much your premiums would be is to get an individualized quote from the insurance company. This quote would take into account all of the factors that influence insurance costs.
If you already have insurance and are looking to add a Camaro, you can contact your agent to get an idea of what may happen to your premiums. If you don't have a policy yet, you can comparison shop among insurance companies for a quote to find the best match. Once you've chosen a company, you can personalize your policy with any applicable discounts to keep the costs as low as possible.


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Q: How Do I "Extend" a view in Rails So I'm working on an open source project and due to different versions, there's the issue where I can't count on there being a controller for a view. Instead this email would be send out via a rake task for one version and a few others would done via a controller. Now you understand why I'm asking a bad practice question...
I have a layout for a view. Does anyone know a way to specify what the layout is for the view within the view. Some pseudo-code:
<%= extends 'layout/test_mailer` %>
<h1> Hey there! </h1>

And the layout would have the usual yield within it.
I hope I'm explaining the problem good enough.

A: <%= render partial: "hey_page", layout: "layout/test_mailer" %>
Check part 3.4.3 Partial Layouts at RailsGuides.

A: I think using yield and content_for should solve the problem. [Guides]
# my_layout.html.erb

<%= yield :mail_view %>

# my_mail_view.html.erb

<%= content_for :mail_view do %>
  <!-- html -->
<% end %>

Of-course, if you are using params to get the layout, this would be a wrong answer.
Then, you can also use:
<%= render partial: "link_area", layout: "graybar" %>

A: You can use
//controller action
def index
    render layout: test_mailer
end

//view, index.html.erb
<h1> Hey there! </h1>

//view, layout/test_mail.html.erb
<html>....layout for you test mail
<% yield %>
</html>


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Sibi Sathyaraj's Next Is An Investigative Crime Thriller | MENAFN.COM
Sibi Sathyaraj's Next Is An Investigative Crime Thriller
(MENAFN- IANS)
Chennai, Sep 6 (IANS) Actor Sibi Sathyaraj, the son of well known actor Sathyaraj, has begun work on his next film, an investigative crime thriller that is being directed by Ilaiyaraja Kaliyaperumal.
Tentatively titled Production Number 1, the film is being produced by Latha Babu and Durgaini of Duvin Studios.
Sources say that the story of the yet-to-be-titled movie revolves around a murder and that Sibi Sathyaraj appears in three different looks in the film.
Interestingly, this film will have no female leads. However, the story would involve around 25 characters. The film has an ensemble star cast comprising Dileep of 'Vathikuchi' fame, Gajaraj, 'Aadukalam' Murugadoss, Raj Ayyappa, Pazhaya Joke Thangadurai and Vijay TV Kureshi among others.
Cinematography for the film will be by Karthick Venkat Raman and music is by Sundaramoorthy KS.
Sources say that the movie will be shot and completed in a single-stretch schedule across Chennai.
--IANS
mani/bg


ECOAESTHETIC is an annual summer experience of environmental issues affecting our visual world and spiritual selves through exhibitions and special events.
ECOAESTHETIC: The Tragedy of Beauty is the first exhibition of SEA to be mounted in Exit Art's main gallery. In keeping with SEA's mission to present artworks that address socio-environmental concerns – and to unite artists, scholars, scientists and the public in discussion on these issues – ECOAESTHETIC will establish a summer encounter of social and environmental projects. Through the work of nine international photographers, it approaches the mystery of beauty in the natural and built environment, which can be destructive or utopian.
The Tragedy of Beauty will focus on photography of land where the tragedy of the image becomes the aesthetic of the environment. The artists in this exhibition do not have a passive engagement with the environment; rather, they seek out beautiful and tragic images to emphasize the human impact on fragile ecosystems, to elucidate our relationship to nature, and to visualize the violence of natural disasters. The purpose of The Tragedy of Beauty is to demonstrate that global environmental struggles are creating an aesthetic.


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Galaxy Zoo 1: data release of morphological classifications for nearly 900 000 galaxies
Chris J. Lintott, Kevin Schawinski, Steven P. Bamford, Anze Slosar, Kate Land, Daniel Georg Thomas, Edward M. Edmondson, Karen Masters, Robert C. Nichol, M. Jordan Raddick, Alex Szalay, Dan Andreescu, Phil Murray, Jan Vandenberg
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Morphology is a powerful indicator of a galaxy's dynamical and merger history. It is strongly correlated with many physical parameters, including mass, star formation history and the distribution of mass. The Galaxy Zoo project collected simple morphological classifications of nearly 900 000 galaxies drawn from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, contributed by hundreds of thousands of volunteers. This large number of classifications allows us to exclude classifier error, and measure the influence of subtle biases inherent in morphological classification. This paper presents the data collected by the project, alongside measures of classification accuracy and bias
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Book Traces Project. Afro - American Home Manual And Practical Self-educator: Showing What to Do And How to Do It. [Philadelphia: National Pub. Co., 1902.


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Tethered Drone Provides Security & Traffic Monitoring at Arena
Elistair has announced that French police forces have used the company's tethered drone system to provide security at the Bordeaux Arena during a high-profile music event.
A DJI Matrix 200 UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) connected to Elistair's Ligh-T v3 tethering station was specially deployed to assist the police in the vicinity of the concert hall. Powered from the ground, the drone flight lasted several hours, compared to 25 minutes for many conventional drones, and helped secure the perimeter of the arena. The Matrix UAV was equipped with a Zenmuse Z30 full HD camera.
Connected to the ground by a micro-tether, the UAV flew over the zone before, during, and after the concert without the interruption that comes with changing batteries. Access, entrances, exits, roads, flows of people and vehicles were able to be monitored safely and effectively. Thanks to the tethered drone, security teams were able to have constant situational awareness over an area with a radius of 1.5 km.
Alexandre Auger, CEO of UAV service company Adéole stated: "The objective of this mission was to monitor traffic conditions before and after Orelsan's concert. We flew 2 hours 45 minutes before the concert and 1 hour after with Elistair's system. This innovation allowed us to significantly increase our flight time! During our previous missions, we did not have this system and the pressure related to battery life was huge. We were positioned on a site between the concert hall and the car park. The flights were carried out at a maximum height of 50 m, allowing all the traffic routes near the site to be monitored."
Directly displayed to the control room, the video surveillance images provided the police officers with a deep understanding of the situation and allowed them to take the quickest and most appropriate measures.
"Our objective was to assist the municipal police in relieving traffic congestion. The use of this tethered drone was a great asset for police officers and helped to reduce traffic congestion by 45 minutes. In addition, thanks to this system, we were able to trace a person wanted for public drunkenness," added Auger.
Flexible, reliable and portable, Elistair's Ligh-T station is designed to operate in challenging weather. Deployable in less than 5 minutes, it provides continuous power for an unlimited flight duration, and allows flight monitoring via the smart surveillance application T-monitor. In addition to providing power, data can also be transferred securely through the tether.
Designed to be used in highly challenging operational conditions, the Ligh-T station can be used day or night and provides safe and persistent flights. Among other applications, it is designed for deployments in urban areas close to infrastructure and the public.
Elistair tethering systems, including the autonomous Orion UAS, have already successfully provided surveillance for major international events in 2018. These include The Bol d'Or (24 hours International Motorcycle Championship – 70,000 spectators), the Ryder Cup (300,000 participants), and the Paris Peace Forum (70 heads of state).
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As eleições legislativas francesas de 2022 foram realizadas em 12 e 19 de junho de 2022 para eleger os 577 deputados da 15ª legislatura da Assembleia Nacional. O sistema eleitoral adotado é majoritário, se organiza em dois turnos e permite a todos os candidatos que obtenham mais de 12,5% dos votos dos eleitores totais inscritos possam concorrer na segunda volta.

As eleições ocorreram poucas semanas após as eleições presidenciais de 2022, que deram nova vitória a Emmanuel Macron.

A maioria presidencial de Emmanuel Macron sofreu forte recuo, perdendo a maioria absoluta, face ao desempenho
da Nova União Popular Ecologista e Social, coligação de diversos partidos de esquerda (França Insubmissa, Partido Socialista, Europa Ecologia - Os Verdes, Partido Comunista Francês, entre outros), liderada por Jean-Luc Mélenchon e do Reagrupamento Nacional, liderado por Marine Le Pen.

Os resultados deram a vitória à aliança da maioria presidencial de Emmanuel Macron. Apesar de terem vencido, os partidos da aliança de Macron perderam no entanto a maioria absoluta, sendo a primeira vez desde 2002 que o presidente não detêm a maioria absoluta no parlamento. Estes resultados foram considerados um choque para o govêrno: a primeira-ministra Élisabeth Borne afirmou que eles "são um risco para o país face aos desafios atuais".

O parceiro natural do govêrno para uma maioria parlamentar seria Os Republicanos, partido tradicional do centro-direita francês, que se viu reduzido aos seus piores resultados ao conseguir pouco mais de 60 deputados. No entanto, Christian Jacob, líder dos Republicanos, já anunciou que não pretende participar de uma aliança de governo com Macron, o que significa que a aliança presidencial não terá maioria no parlamento.

A coligação da esquerda francesa, a Nova União Popular Ecologista e Social, tornou-se a segunda força política ao conseguir mais de 30% dos votos (na 2.ª volta) e eleger mais de 130 deputados. Apesar destes resultados significarem a reentrada da esquerda no panorama política francês, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, líder da NUPES, classificou os resultados como "desapontantes". Isto porque o resultado da NUPES ficou abaixo dos previstos nas sondagens, que chegaram a prever cerca de 200 deputados para a aliança.

O Reagrupamento Nacional, liderado por Marine Le Pen, foi a grande surpresa destas eleições. Batendo todas as expectativas e sondagens, os nacionalistas conseguiram cerca de 18% dos votos e conquistaram 89 deputados, o melhor resultado da história do partido e, também, o melhor resultado de um movimento de extrema-direita desde o início da Quinta República Francesa em 1958. Este número de deputados irá permitir ao RN ser o principal grupo parlamentar de oposição, visto que os partidos da NUPES irão cada um formar o seu grupo parlamentar.

Principais partidos

Resultados Oficiais

Resultados por Distrito Eleitoral
Os resultados por Distrito Eleitoral, após a segunda volta, foram os seguintes:

Eleições na França
2022 na França


Following the groundbreaking publication of The Punk Reader: Transmissions from the Local to the Global (now in its second edition through Intellect Books and the Punk Scholars Network) the series editors would like to invite proposals for a second volume in the book series Global Punk, to be published in early 2020. The publication will be part of an exciting collaboration between Intellect Press and the Punk Scholars Network, a partnership that has seen the development of a Punk Scholars Network imprint. The Global Punk series editors – Russ Bestley, Mike Dines, Alastair Gordon and Paula Guerra – are therefore seeking contributions from a range of interdisciplinary areas, including cultural studies, musicology, ethnography, art and design, history, and the social sciences, for an edited volume on post-2000 global punk 'scenes', reflecting upon the notion of origin, music(s), identity, membership and circulation. This book series adopts an essentially analytical perspective, raising questions over the dissemination of punk scenes and their form, structure and contemporary cultural significance in the daily lives of an increasing number of people around the world. With a truly global outlook, the geographic focus represents a 'level-playing field' – the editors do not wish to inadvertently discriminate between countries/cultures and welcome proposals from all countries and continents across the globe.
•	Lifestyles, festivals, squatting, traveller culture, vegetarianism, animal rights, straightedge, etc.
Proposals should be 500 words maximum and should be submitted together with a list of 5 keywords and a brief biography of the author (100 words). Submitting a proposal implies that the chapter will contain original, non-published material and is not simultaneously being submitted to another publication.
The deadline for abstract submissions is Friday 29th April 2019, with a decision on inclusions being made by Friday 17th May 2019. First draft of chapters will need to be finalized by October 1st 2019 to allow time for final editing.


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Rubukona cuprescens is een vlinder uit de familie wespvlinders (Sesiidae), onderfamilie Sesiinae.

Rubukona cuprescens is voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door Hampson in 1919. De soort komt voor in het Afrotropisch gebied.

Wespvlinders
Dier uit het Afrotropisch gebied


A transducer is a device that converts one type of energy to another. Energy types include (but are not limited to) electrical, mechanical, electromagnetic (including light), chemical, acoustic or thermal energy.
Many types of natural energy cannot give you a spiritual experience directly – heat cannot, light cannot, but when converted to mechanical energy including sound or electrical signals it can, thus the transducers that help to provide a spiritual experience convert energy that would normally have no effect spiritually into energy that does.
Thus a spiritual transducer is any device capable of converting electrical, mechanical, magnetic, electromagnetic (including light), chemical, acoustic or thermal energy into one of the forms of spiritually usable energies.
Magnetic Induction - changes in an electric current or magnetic field can cause ("induce") changes in the other, according to Maxwell's equations and more particularly Faraday's law. Faraday's law describes how a time varying magnetic field creates ("induces") an electric field. This aspect of induction is the operating principle behind many electric generators: for example a rotating bar magnet creates a changing magnetic field, which in turn generates an electric field in a nearby wire.
The magnetic field itself may induce an electric current in us. So in some senses the electrical systems of the brain [or of the body for that matter] are being stimulated by remote magnetic fields to produce a sort of 'false signal' along the nerve cell of varying frequency depending on the radiation.
Pyroelectricity - is the ability of certain materials to generate a temporary voltage when they are heated or cooled. Light and electromagnetic waves of any frequency will heat surfaces that absorb them. Electromagnetic energy in the form of light and infrared radiation can thus heat the crystals in bones and tendons, for example, to produce electrical energy.
It is via transducers that stimulation usually works if indirect mechanisms of stimulation are used.


This mastercourse is a compulsory course in the public law track of the European Law School master programme and an elective for students in the other track of ELS, and for students in the master Globalisation and Law, International Laws and Nederlands recht (Dutch Law). The course focuses on the relationships between EU law and domestic constitutional law and for the latter part in a comparative setting. The course is not a purely or exclusively legal one, but also devotes quite some attention to political processes and developments, since these cannot and should not be ignored.
We will seek to discuss and analyse questions such as: how does multi-layered decision- making take place; how has national constitutional law evolved under the influence of EU law; how may we perceive 'European' democracy in the light of national states and democracies and how to assess the option of dual legitimacy. The course has therefore a vertical approach (EU- national member-states), as well as a horizontal perspective, looking into the impacts and practices in a few national constitutional systems. The course focuses on the present state of affairs (what are the present powers of national parliaments vis- a- vis EU law making, for instance) but allows also plenty of room to relate to topical discussion papers and state of discussions about the optimal or desired balances between EU and member states. It is also evident that we will try furthermore to include recent events and steps in the integration process or national developments, such as national or elections for the EP, rule of law issues in Poland, or the Brexit.
The aim of this course is to study national constitutional law in its relations to EU law, with their various interactions and multi-layered features. This perspective is necessary for instance to understand where and when to lobby, or to be aware how consultations and deliberations on rule and policymaking take place. When studying substantive areas of the law, one has to be increasingly aware that multi-layered rules and rule makers exist and cooperate. Not only on one level (EU or state) but also in collaboration between levels and between EU and states. The goal of this course is to show actual developments in domestic constitutional law and its relation to European constitutional law. This course furthermore shows the interaction between national and European constitutional law and its multi- layered aspects. It is therefore relevant to know who is/are involved and how decisions relate to one another. And this is the case in rulemaking, and their execution and implementation of rules and policies. The new Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) for the European banking supervision is one of the examples where two systems of supervision do exist: one for major banks and one for the other banks; the former to be exercised by the ECB and the latter by the national authorities. However the states are not free in their supervision, but have to apply EU rules and operate under the ECB oversight.
Modern lawyers cannot in many domains operate without insight in the interaction of EU competences and national authorities' powers. This goes for lawyers; judges; civil servants, lobbyists and consultants and others. All lawyers have to a lesser or larger extent to be able to navigate between different sources, actors, decision makers, lawmakers and executives and agencies. In this seven- week course we can go only so far in providing tools and insight in different domains of multi-layered government; it is not the purpose to investigate in detail areas such as the banking union, or competition law, or other domains of the law, but we will trace the phenomenon of multi-level government and the various ways of interaction between the EU and states and their effects on national constitutional law and the exercise of powers by national branches of government. We will focus on the phenomenon of multi-layered legal systems; on the process of law-making and the role of national parliaments in implementing EU directives or trying to block EU law making (the so called yellow card), and also the role of national parliaments in holding their ministers and governments accountable for their input in EU decision-making. Furthermore we will devote attention to national budgetary law- making and the European Semester and the requirements posed by EU rules for national budgets and their enforcement. These issues will also lead us into a discussion of the future of the EU; its competences, its legitimacy, its democratic foundations and developments pertinent to further integration, or more focus, or towards a political union and more transparency. Finally we will focus on the courts and their role in the application and enforcement of EU law as well as on human rights where courts do play their role and which is a nice example of the interplay between different courts (national, EU and European Convention of Human Rights) and different human rights documents (Constitutions, Charter, European Convention).
Students will have a thorough understanding of the interaction between EU and national (constitutional) law.
This course builds upon the other preceding courses in the master European Law School, such as advanced European Law and Fundamental Rights. Furthermore we do expect all students to possess knowledge of constitutional legal concepts and of their own constitutional system as well as a sound political interest. In case you have started the ELS program in the beginning of 2017 (and this course is actually one of your first courses in the master ELS program), we do recommend to acquaint yourself of the necessary knowledge of (institutional) EU law. We do also recommend strongly to follow the relevant news about EU integration developments and relevant discussions and papers and documents. The sites of the Commission, Council, and Parliament contain extensive information on all relevant issues and topics. And possibly the same applies for the sites of parliaments and governments in your home country.
Unfortunately there is not one book on all subjects of this course. Many of the issues are recent and current, which means that we will have to cope with policy documents and only a few academic articles. For that reason we intend to have a small syllabus ready and will have compiled materials for the various parts of this course. We are aware however that developments sometimes may go quicker than we have foreseen, so we do reserve the right to add new links and documents where necessary. We will post these materials on the student portal. We have indicated the relevant materials on a weekly basis, mostly by inserting the link to the relevant document, article or source. These are easily downloadable or may be found in the university library. When not, we have made it available in a paper-reader. We assume that all students prepare themselves properly by reading the prescribed materials and preparing themselves for the tutorials and for discussion.


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In this unit I had learnt of the importance of both course books and supporting materials. As teacher I should use the course book as guide line and then develop the lessons by adding materials, either from the real world or created by me. All materials will be a support in the learning process of my students and therefore based on their level, interest and topics that I wish to enforce. The use of supporting material will make the lesson more personal and hopefully more interesting for the students.


I came across another great presentation by Seb Lee-Delisle that you'll want to see — he talks about augmented reality and working with the FLARToolkit, some incredibly cool and fun stuff to try with Flash.
Well worth 15 minutes of your time to sit back and get inspired!
Hahah, good demo and fun to watch really. Rather serious particles indeed.


Test automation projects fail, but why? Could you stop it from happening? In this tongue-in-cheek talk, Seretta Gamba will share seven proven methods to disrupt or utterly ruin a test automation project, including letting a lone champion keep important knowledge to himself, ignoring good programming practices, setting impossible goals, and feigning support. Seretta's humorous recommendations will provide managers, testers, and automators alike with the early signs of an automation project in danger. By "warning" that the most effective defenses are found using the test automation patterns, Seretta will provide the tools needed to counter and resolve issues that lead to project failure. You will receive access to an online resource, the test automation patterns wiki, that leads you through test automation success patterns and offers ways to avoid failures. You'll take away automation patterns to defend against disrupting your automation, including deputies, training and pairing, goals, pilots, good programming practices, and designing for reuse. Come learn the beneficial patterns of behavior that will counteract Seretta's surefire ways to ruin your test automation.
Seretta Gamba has forty years' experience in development and fifteen in test automation. After going through all the usual developer roles, in 2001 she was put in charge of test automation for her current company. She developed a framework that enabled her company to quickly get excellent results. After having talked about the framework at a couple of conferences, she met Dorothy Graham and was invited to write a chapter in the book Experiences of Test Automation . With Dorothy she has been developing the Test Automation Patterns Wiki and is now writing a story book about the patterns.


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By John T. Correll
The Scholar-Secretaries
"For the first time, both the United States Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense have doctorates in Russian studies. A fat lot of good that's done us."—Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, speech at Oxford Analytica (United Kingdom), Sept. 19.
Allegations and the F-35
"In all F-35 program office and US Air Force air-to-air combat effectiveness analyses to date, the F-35 enjoys a significant combat loss exchange ratio advantage over the current and future air-to-air threats to include Sukhois."—Maj. Gen. Charles R. Davis, F-35 program executive officer, on allegations published in Australia (which is considering purchase of F-35s) and elsewhere that the multirole stealth fighter had been beaten by Russian Sukhoi fighters in a computer wargame, Sept. 19.
Total Force Commitment
"I commit that we will share the load and communicate openly on every decision that we face."—Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, National Guard Association of the United States conference, Sept. 22.
Mediocre Military Leaders
"When it comes to reaping political advantage from our supposed military superiority, Americans have been getting a lousy return on their investment. One consistently overlooked explanation for this phenomenon is that the quality of American generalship since the end of the Cold War has seldom risen above the mediocre. Although the overall quality of US forces may be at an all-time high, the same cannot be said of the most recent generation of four-star generals and admirals."—Andrew J. Bacevich, retired Army colonel and professor of history and international relations at Boston University, The Limits of Power, Metropolitan Books, Aug. 5.
Modesty and Technology
"Be modest about what military force can accomplish, and what technology can accomplish. The advances in precision, sensor, information, and satellite technology have led to extraordinary gains in what the US military can do. The Taliban dispatched within three months, Saddam's regime toppled in three weeks. Where a button is pushed in Nevada and seconds later a pickup truck explodes in Mosul. Where a bomb destroys the targeted house on the right, leaving intact the one on the left. But also never neglect the psychological, cultural, political, and human dimensions of warfare, which [are] inevitably tragic, inefficient, and uncertain. Be skeptical of systems analysis, computer models, game theories, or doctrines that suggest otherwise. Look askance at idealized, triumphalist, or ethnocentric notions of future conflict … where adversaries can be cowed, shocked, or awed into submission, instead of being tracked down, hilltop by hilltop, house by house, block by bloody block."—Gates, National Defense University, Sept. 29.
Not Asked
"I have no clue. I know zero, zip, nada, nothing. … That's on the record. Zero, zip, nada, nothing. … I was not consulted."—Paula A. DeSutter, State Department chief of verification, on US taking North Korea off State Department's list of terror-sponsoring states, Wall Street Journal, Oct. 13.
Carrier Air Mix
"So what I envision in the future is an air wing that will have a mix of F/A-18 Super Hornets and Joint Strike Fighters, and then when Super Hornets phase out over time, … replace [them] with a sixth generation fighter. Then you'll have JSF and a new fighter."—Adm. Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Times, Oct. 6.
Absolute Standard
"Every day, you have to be perfect. There is no room for error when it comes to nuclear weapons."—Air Force Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, commander of US Strategic Command, to missile crews at Malmstrom AFB, Mont., Omaha World Herald, Sept. 29.
F-22: More Is Less
"The Air Force's biggest mistake was insisting on 381. They should've chosen a more budgetarily sustainable number."—Richard Aboulafia, Teal Group research firm, on prospects for further funding of the F-22 fighter, National Defense, September.
Nation Builders
"I don't think the Army should transform itself into a light-infantry-based constabulary force."—Army Col. Gian P. Gentile on new Army doctrine that foresees that nation building will become a more important mission than conventional warfare, Washington Post, Oct. 5.
Defining the Century
"It's not going to be the war on terror that defines the ideological challenge of our century. It's something more elusive. I think it involves three grand changes. One is what I call the global political awakening. For the first time, all of humanity is politically active. … Second, there's a shift in the global center of power from the Atlantic world to the Far East. … And the third is the surfacing of common global problems that we have to address, lest we all suffer grievously. I mean climate and environment, but also poverty and injustice."—Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, Los Angeles Times, Sept. 28.
"Russia plans to raise defense expenditure by 50 percent in three years."—Russian News & Information Agency NOVOSTI, Sept. 30.
"Russia plans to trim its armed forces by more than 10 percent by 2012 with radical cuts among the officer ranks, the defense minister said Wednesday."—Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Oct. 9.
No Victory
"We're not going to win this war. It's about reducing it to a manageable level of insurgency that's not a strategic threat and can be managed by the Afghan army."—Brig. Mark Carleton-Smith, senior British commander in Afghanistan, declaring that a "decisive military victory" over the Taliban is impossible, Associated Press, Oct. 4.