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2 Lower Belgrave Street Apartments are situated just minutes from the bustling..
2 Lower Belgrave Street Apartments are situated just minutes from the bustling Victoria station, in the heart of Belgravia, an exclusive central London neighbourhood that is home to pretty garden squares, period buildings and the world-famous Buckingham Palace.
A thriving selection of retail stores, theatre shows, restaurants, pubs and local amenities are around the corner and an extremely well-connected network of transport links are located nearby with direct trains to Gatwick Airport. Attractions within walking distance include Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, London Eye and the splendid Hyde Park gardens.
2 Lower Belgrave Street Apartments are refreshingly modern and perfectly proportioned for long or short term lets in London offering an ideal mix of city convenience with bright and airy living spaces, smartly finished interiors, essential self-catering facilities and a host of homely comforts that include complimentary wireless internet and weekly maid service.
Please note: There are no lifts in the building.
Sleeps two people and has a combined living and sleeping area,queen size beds, one bathroom and a fully equipped kitchenette.
Cancellations / Amendments Notice of cancellation is required at least 14 days prior to arrival to avoid facing the cancellation charge of the full cost of the stay.
Payment Full payment is due after booking is confirmed.
This will be refunded in full, once the apartment has been inspected and within a maximum of 14 days after departure.
Portable air-conditioning units are available on request for an additional charge of £45.00 per week.
There is some minimal noise from the nearby train lines.
There is no lift access at this building.
Generally good but a little noisy in evenings. As converted house, when people above floorboards squeak badly and can hear every footstep made. Apart from that good.
The location and cleanliness were excellent. However, the servicing of the apartment was sketchy as we had only 1 service in 10 days and no linen changes in that time. Although this apartment was above the underground, we did not notice the trains. The POSITION and CONDITION of this apartment made up for any inconvenience.I would recommend this place totally as it has a pub over the road as well as a café. Just up the road, at the next corner is a wonderful, fresh food café so close to the train station and bus station. Fantastic!!!!
The water in shower room can not go down smoothly. The toilet tissue papers are not enough to use.
Perfect for a short stay. Always helpful and responsive. We've booked through them many times and will continue to do so.
This Is Good. I like the stay in London. The location is just few steps to Victoria Station, very convenient! The building itself looks great and the flat inside is clean and tidy, fit for couples. Except there is a little noice when the underground train cross by, but not distrub me at all.
My Stay. Excellent location, not suitable for long stays however, short stays more appropriate, one to 3 days. Clean room, helpful staff. Unfortunately vibration from underground and street noise was a limiting factor, double glazing of windows would help here. But overall good value for London.
Heck No!. I had just got off the plane and I wanted to go for a nap. Got to one of the Studio Apartments and it is right above the tube. Every 5 min the place shakes like an earthquake. There was no sleeping, that went on for the 45 minutes I was trying to sleep. Besides that the apartment is right on the street and the windows are very thin. I rang them and got a refund and found another place. Definitely not worth the hassle. Too noisy and shaking.
Excellent London Base. This accommodation is ideal for business/short breaks in central London. The studios are small but comfortable and well furnished. Location is 5 mins walk from Victoria Station, with plenty of restaurants and entertainment options close-by. Would definitely stay in this accommodation again.


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Is it all just opinion? [duplicate]
Is there a place on Stack Exchange for programming discussions? [duplicate] (2 answers)
Closed 2 months ago.
As I have used Stack Overflow, as well as the larger network, a common recent experience has been that questions are characterized as "opinion based", which is then given as a reason for then closing.
Some questions one may conceive plainly are matters of opinion, such as identifying a favorite programming language.
Others are clearly factual. I have found one question (Convert JavaScript String to be all lower case) that leaves very little room for discussion, and has proved quite popular. I doubt though it gives anyone an opportunity to achieve some great leap of comprehension.
I found another question (Groovy / Scala / Java under the hood) that is more discursive and general, targeting differences in programming languages. It has been far less popular, compared to the one given above, measured by vote count, but surely has survived, and inspired many detailed and enthusiastic answers.
Generally, the characterization as an opinion is given to that which has little or no ability to be corroborated independently, especially matters of speculation and preference, or to be discussed toward the convergence of rational consensus.
In comparison to the above question about Groovy and Scala, which is targeted, but also heavily laden in personal experience and indirection of objective, I have addressed the same general subject domain by posting my own question (Groovy, Kotlin, Scala: JVM-compatible languages current usage patterns). It was quite broad, but also clear, direct, accessible, detailed, germane, and as far as I know, and I would be happy to learn otherwise, accurate. Certainly, its nature was of heavy orientation around objective characterizations.
Yet, it was closed, and characterized as an opinion.
The guidelines include the following remarks (quoted selectively for brevity and relevance): "Some subjective questions are allowed... Constructive subjective questions [are those that]... inspire answers that explain why and how... tend to have long, not short, answers... have a constructive, fair, and impartial tone... are more than just mindless social fun." It strikes me that these characterizations align closely with the question.
A robust answer would be possible, one grounded on uncontroversial observations and elucidating a space attracting wide interest. It has not been asked which of the languages is superior, even for some purpose, only the differences, of which many might be corroborated even by their designers.
Yet, instead, we have elevated to highest esteem learning how to change character case. Do we truly wish to be so narrow, as a community?
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edited Nov 30, 2022 at 17:15
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Your core question:
Compared to Java, how are each of these languages (Groovy, Kotlin, Scala) currently being used across science and industry in enterprise, desktop, mobile, administrative, and analytics applications?
Or presented visually:
Where each cell in this question matrix could easily require a book chapter or more to answer properly, and given the complexity and broad reach of the information requested would likely generate multiple and differing opinions (a key word here) leading to lengthy discussions, and disagreements, all making the question wholly unsuitable for this site.
And as per my comments, I am not stating that it is a bad question, and in fact, it has been presented rather well, but rather that it is a bad fit for this site.
Further more, you state in comments,
"SE already has natural methods for determining how much a community values a question or answer"
It has three such mechanisms, member voting whereby members rate a Q or A's perceived overall quality and research effort, member close voting whereby "trusted" members are allowed to vote on whether a question is on-topic or not, and member delete voting whereby members vote if a question should be deleted. None of these mechanisms are considered "natural" or "artificial" but rather they allowed mechanisms for members to express their views on a question.
"...which cannot be effectual if questions are killed artificially by a judgment in defiance of those methods..."
Again, none of the mechanisms described are considered artificial or natural, but rather mechanisms that the site allows to allow member curation of the site. But you are implying that some of these decisions are "in defiance" of some "natural method"? What is natural? Who are you, or me or anyone to judge this? We have tools and we use them as best we can, in what we, the individual members, perceive are the best interests of the site.
If one of us disagrees with this decision, then a common mechanism for seeing if the decision was felt to be poor by the involved community is to pose a question on meta and see how the involved membership votes. I think that you/we are seeing these results, and the results appear to be unambiguous.
edited Nov 30, 2022 at 3:02
Hovercraft Full Of EelsHovercraft Full Of Eels
"I am not stating that it is a bad question, and in fact, it has been presented rather well, but rather that it is a bad fit for this site." Yes, I am agreeing, but also substantially asking whether the reason for its being a poor fit for "this site" is the platform design of the site, or simply the insularity of thinking among the community.
– brainchild
@brainchild: "... the platform design of the site, or simply the insularity of thinking among the community?" -- by what metric can this ever be determined? How can your meta post or the discussion that it generates possibly determine this?
– Hovercraft Full Of Eels
@brainchild: There is no "Deus ex machina" here to bestow judgement from on high, just our own individual opinions, unless you're looking for input from the site owners, and we very likely won't see that coming for this discussion.
I am not measuring the minds of those who participate on the platform, only trying to discover why so many resist changing them. The question (on Meta, not the original) invites consideration of the broader nuance above any knee-jerk objections. There is no judgment from on high, just yours, and everyone else's. Why not be more receptive? If you can't speak for others, then speak for yourself, but do so not just against me, but toward and among everyone at large.
@brainchild: my own personal views are that this site has survived and in fact thrived, while others have fallen by the wayside just because it strives to encourage questions and answers that are highly focused, that are directly helpful to me and fellow coders and help us to fix our bugs or improve our code. The site (again) encourages member curation to separate the wheat from the chaff, to let the better questions and answers rise to the top and to let those that are much less directly helpful, less factual, to sink to the bottom. That is my opinion.
@brainchild: And this has been how the site has worked for most of its life. That you're desiring to keep your main-site question alive on the site is evidence that you have found the site useful and wish to help contribute to it, further evidence in the success of the site's model. I can understand your frustration with your question's being closed, but again, I do agree with its closure.
If a question has no good answers, then it is not ultimately helpful. If it is closed, then it cannot receive answers. Thus, the methods in some sense obstruct the objects, without providing any equitable benefit. It was decided that the question cannot be well answered, though not by not being well answered, but rather by being prevented from in any way being answered. Meanwhile, if it is not prevented from being answered, but yet not well answered, then the effect is the same, but none may have known except by allowing the opportunity. Such in my frustration.
The analysis expressed in the graphic reveals an enthusiasm to reject a different perspective by considering it through only the most narrow and insular of all lenses. Yes, a "book chapter" might address each of the separate questions, but the core matter may also be addressed in other ways both cogent and succinct. Please present objections without invoking a straw man characterization.
It tends to emerge, as to some degree latent in those sentiments originally presented, that the characterization of opinion is, more than many may concede, itself informed by one's own opinions, which may not be well for one to impose onto another.
@brainchild: The upvote/downvote button is all about using our opinions and imposing them on others. It's the theory of the site. The same with close votes and everything else.
– President James K. Polk
Looking at some of your other questions, you seem to be looking for a discussion in many of them. This is a question and answer site, not a discussion site.
@Pres If someone would cast a down vote in an instance that the same vote would not have been considered except following from an author referencing his own question on Meta, then the behavior may aggregate toward a sort of chilling effect against legitimate discussion. I am asking separation of the activities relating to the discussion of a question versus the more regular interaction with it. Please don't vote down if you have seen the question only following from the reference on Meta. Doing so distorts the overall process.
@brainchild: I only cast my vote based on the content of the question, and only if I believe I am qualified to pass that judgement. I might not otherwise have seen that question if not for the discussion here, but my vote is not influenced by what is said here.
@Pres, It's not the issue. The issue is the reason you became aware of the question, and how that reason aggregates into group behavior. I would not have drawn attention to the question if it had not already received a negative response. It is harmful to compound the metric for the original response through a second-order effect, one whose course was determined by the earlier events.
@brainchild: However, by "this is a question and answer site" I meant stackoverflow specifically and not Meta.
Yet. instead, we have elevated to highest esteem learning how to change character case. Do we truly wish to be so narrow, as a community?
Yes, we do. The community doesn't want broad, opinion-based discussion threads, just practical programming questions and answers. There are other sites for discussion that may offer an "anything goes" atmosphere, like Quora and Reddit.
If you think SO is too narrowly scoped, consider that there are 23 million questions on the site at the time of writing, with thousands of new questions posted per day. Curating that body of knowledge takes a huge amount of work (mostly by volunteers), so narrow focus is critical to keeping the site the usable resource that it has been for over a decade.
From the site tour:
This site is all about getting answers. It's not a discussion forum. There's no chit-chat.
From the What types of questions should I avoid asking? topic in our help center:
You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page.
Your questions should be reasonably scoped. If you can imagine an entire book that answers your question, you're asking too much.
The question you shared and the 12-year old question you referenced in your post as justification for it don't appear to be within the bounds of these guidelines regardless of whether they're interesting or well-asked in their own right.
Many old threads were posted before the community had the standards it does now and continue to exist either for historical purposes or because they've evaded curation, but would be off-topic if asked today.
Furthermore, the Convert JavaScript String to be all lower case question you cited is also not a particularly great question since it shows no obvious attempt or research. It just happens to have picked a piece of low-hanging fruit back in 2008 and became a canonical resource for a common, practical and answerable problem.
ggorlenggorlen
I understand the sense of the remarks. I believe I have tried to express a view that the question I presented might be addressed by rambling discussions, but such is not the only approach. An answer is possible that is consistent with the broader ambitions, expectations, and constraints of the platform, and such is what I have sought. If it would be allowed that someone might attempt to present a succinct, robust, no-nonsense answer, then the particular platform would be the one ideally suited for it.
I agree with most all of your statements above (1+), but reluctantly, not this one: "In fact, the Convert JavaScript String to be all lower case question you cited is also off-topic since it shows no obvious attempt or research." -- this is a valid reason to down-vote a question on this site but is not a reason for a question to be considered off-topic. Please see Should I answer good questions for which the OP has not tried anything (no effort at all)? and multiple other meta discussions that review this topic.
@HovercraftFullOfEels I'd vote to close it as "too broad" if it wasn't canonical. It's missing context and a concrete attempt, so there's no way to help OP fix a specific code issue. The only answers can be "I guess you want something like X". For this particular question, it just so happens that there's little room to misinterpret it, but usually no-attempt questions like this require many assumptions and guesswork to answer, and so they're usually off-topic and broad or unclear. The concrete attempt and research is necessary to clarify to scope of the question and the use case context.
– ggorlen
@ggorlen: that is your opinion, but I don't think that it is the view of the majority of site users or of the "Gods who walked before us", e.g., Shog9. Please also have a look at Robert Harvey's answer to a similar issue. But I/we digress from the main thrust of this discussion and you and I should possibly discuss this elsewhere and on some other more relevant question.
@HovercraftFullOfEels yes, we're getting off-topic, but you think the lowercase question wouldn't be close-voted instantly in 2022, even if it hadn't been asked before? I don't think it'd last long at all.
Questions like the "convert JS string to lowercase one" are not only good and on-topic, but among the most important ones on the site. Be careful not to conflate types of effort. Given that the purpose of questions is not to help OP, but to build a knowledge base, it stands to reason that trivial topics need to be included. You know, like how Wikipedia has a page about dogs.
– Karl Knechtel
The reason for caring about "attempt or research" is because it clarifies and focuses the question - the first step of any attempt at a task is to break it down into the actual problems that have actual questions underlying them. The lowercase question wouldn't last long if it hadn't been asked before - because people would assume it had been asked before, and get annoyed by it. They would, however, be wrong to close it.
Sure, trivial topics need to be included, but they should at least show some constructive attempt beyond essentially "gimme teh codez". The lowercase thread at hand is a bit of an edge case, but for every no-effort question that happens to become canonical because it was the first one to pick the fruit, there are thousands that are essentially worthless for the site. Anomalies happen and sometimes poorly-asked questions still become incredibly useful from time to time in spite of themselves. Nonetheless, I rephrased my statement to make it reflect my opinion rather than a fact.
I don't see a problem with closing no-effort questions that deal with trivial issues even if it's the first to pick the fruit, because there's always a better canonical that'll show up sooner or later that has a crisp attempt and shows research. Such a question makes the canonical much stronger, more useful, and more reflective of the site's tone and values. Besides, it's 2022, not 2008, and the site is mature, so it's OK that new content is held to a different standard. There's only so much value in analyzing the merits of 14-year old content so I didn't intend to make it more than an aside.
Quora is now roamed by senseless moderation bots of unspecified IQ, so those questions may not even be accepted there. Though it may be possible to find an existing question from before the Bottageddon.
– Peter Mortensen
"The community doesn't want broad, opinion-based discussion threads" - not so sure about that, the plenty of other available sites prove otherwise. That is why it is kind of a blessing that Stack Overflow exists to focus on facts in between all those heated personal opinions. The discussions can be held elsewhere, no need to force them into a site specifically designed not to have them.
Dec 1, 2022 at 9:14
Is there a place on Stack Exchange for programming discussions?
Do we need a close reason for zero-effort questions?
Should I answer good questions for which the OP has not tried anything (no effort at all)?
How to reduce and quickly close questions that are merely requirements?
How should we handle people giving answers that are clearly just opinions?
Let's *not* delete questions that still have value
How to study a book like Gallian?

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Chia Seeds Farming in Kenya: New Herb Rich In Oil Has Great Income Potential
The brown cover of wheat on several farms along the busy Njoro-Elburgon Road stretch yonder, giving one an impression of how dominant the crop is in the region.
However, some 2km from Njoro town in Kenana village, the dominance of wheat is challenged by luxuriant purple-flowered plants.
The farm, a head-turner, belongs to Stephen Gatimu and he grows chia (Salvia hispanica), whose seeds have become popular due to their immense benefits.
We find Gatimu strolling on the farm, which is one of the several on which he grows chia.
He farms on a total of 10 acres on different farms around Nakuru, with each hosting the crops at various stages of growth.
He carefully cuts the apex of an already dry plant, rubs it in his hands and winnows the brown chaff. He puts the tiny black seeds in his mouth.
"Chia is one of the most nutritious foods you will ever come across. It is rich in proteins, Omega 3 fats and a dozen of other nutrients that include calcium, manganese, and phosphorus," says Gatimu, who has leased the farm at Sh5,000 per acre.
During our visit, he had just completed planting the crop on one of the farms around Kenana. Two days earlier, he had harvested 300kg of Chia from two acres in Rongai, Nakuru, from which he hopes to pocket at least Sh400,000 as the current market price is Sh500 for a 250g pack.
Gatimu, who sells herbal medicine and grows herbs like rosemary, ginger and lemon grass in Molo, ventured into chia growing in 2014 after attending an exhibition in Zanzibar.
"I met a farmer from Rwanda who was exhibiting chia and engaged him. I then researched more and realised how beneficial the crop is."
Chia seeds farming in Kenya is easy
He purchased 2kg of chia seeds at the exhibition and returned home to sell a portion to one of his patients who had pain in the legs and was confined to a wheelchair.
After two months of consistent use, the patient's mobility improved. Seeing what the little known chia seeds had done, he planted a kilo on an eighth acre and harvested 30kg.
He later replanted the seeds on quarter-acre, harvesting 70kg and sold 10kg to his clients making at least Sh10,000.
"I planted the rest on two acres from which I harvested 700kg that I sold some 100kg to various people, including at exhibitions, earning Sh200,000. This success made me lease the several pieces of land to grow the crop for commercial purposes," says Gatimu, who employs at least 15 casual workers to assist him with planting, weeding and harvesting.
To plant the crop, the farmer ploughs the land and levels the ground. He then drills rows 2ft apart and plants.
Chia sprouts after about two weeks and germinates faster when there is good rainfall, taking some three months to mature. One must weed at least thrice before harvesting.
Gatimu grows the crop organically, as he does not apply fertiliser during planting and avoids application of pesticides, noting they destroy the quality of seeds.
"The crop is resistant to diseases and pest attack, making its organic farming easy. Some farmers dry the chia seeds using electricity, which destroys the nutrients. Majority of those who buy insist on organic seeds, which is why I process mine organically," notes Gatimu, adding he is one of the biggest farmers of the new crop in the country.
Another advantage of the crop is that it is not prone to birds' attack. On the edge of the pods are spikes that make it difficult for the birds to peck and break the hard brown cover to reach the seeds.
Chia is easy to grow but it has a set of challenges, especially during harvesting.
"Harvesting is labour intensive as I use a sickle to cut the plant at 4 inches from the ground at the point where it begins to branch."
The next step is sorting the harvest to remove any unwanted materials, including weeds. The seeds are then left to dry for at least three days.
Marketing chia seeds in Kenya
"Besides my herbal business, I market the seeds through social media sites including Facebook and WhatsApp through the help of my son, an engineer, and people buy," says Gatimu (66), who was licensed by the Ministry of Culture in 2007 to practice herbal medicine.
He is also a member of National Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association.
He attends numerous exhibitions, farmers' trainings and seminars to learn and promote the crop.
Chia seeds can be eaten whole, ground into flour, pressed for oil or even prepared as a drink if soaked in hot water.
Monica Mburu, a food science lecturer and researcher at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, says chia farming in Kenya is still new and few farmers are aware of the crop.
"Those who are growing the crop are doing it on trial and error basis relying on information from the internet," she notes, adding that the crop has a high nutritional value and can be a good money-maker.
Prof Richard Mulwa, a horticulture expert from Egerton University notes that chia is an annual herb that grows up to a metre high with purple or white flowers produced in numerous clusters in a spike at the end of each stem.
It is grown commercially in the US, Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Australia and Mexico for its seeds that are rich in Omega-3 fatty acids.
The seeds yield 25 to 30 percent extractable oil that includes alpha-linolenic acid (ALA).
Soaked seeds develop a mucilaginous gel-like coating that gives chia-based beverages a distinctive slimy texture.
"This crop has not been officially introduced in Kenya and, therefore, finding quality seeds may be difficult," he says.
Benefits of Chia seeds
· Chia seeds farming in Kenya is done for its seeds, which are rich in omega-3 fatty acids.
· The seeds yield 25–30 percent extractable oil, including alpha-linolenic acid.
· Chia seeds are small ovals, mottle-coloured with brown, gray, black, and white varieties.
· The seeds absorb up to 12 times their weight in liquid when soaked.
Chia seeds farming is easy and you can do it even on a quarter an acre and earn good returns after three months.
To start, it is important that you have this guide at hand. It gives you all the information you need including contacts of where to get seeds.
You can now request for it from our Resources Page.
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Mullens joined the 49ers as an undrafted free agent out of Southern Mississippi last year. He spent all of 2017 on the practice squad and then got called up to the active roster in September when starter Jimmy Garoppolo went down with a season-ending knee injury.
Mullens has not taken an NFL snap and has worked mostly with the scout team in practice before this week.
The players who are inactive for San Francisco are safeties Jaquiski Tartt (shoulder) and Antone Exum (concussion); linebacker Reuben Foster (hamstring); offensive linemen Erik Magnuson and Shon Coleman; receiver Trent Taylor and defensive tackle Jullian Taylor.
The Raiders will have left guard Kelechi Osemele after he missed three games with a knee injury. The inactive players for Oakland are cornerback Rashaan Melvin; linebackers James Cowser and Shilique Calhoun; offensive linemen T.J. Clemmings (knee), Justin Murray and Denver Kirkland; and receiver Marcell Ateman.
The Niners also made several roster moves before the game. They activated safety Marcell Harris and linebacker Dekoda Watson from injured reserve to fill open spots on the active roster. They also promoted cornerback Emmanuel Moseley from the practice squad and waived quarterback Tom Savage.
San Francisco also signed receiver Victor Bolden Jr. and defensive back Greg Mabin to the practice squad and released receiver Aaron Burbridge from the practice squad.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Nick Mullens had the most productive NFL debut by a quarterback since the 1970 merger to lead the San Francisco 49ers to a 34-3 rout of the Oakland Raiders. Mullens was 16 of 22 for 262 yards, three touchdowns and a 151.9 passer rating. He threw TD passes to Pierre Garcon and Kendrick Bourne on the opening two drives to help the Niners earn just their second win in two years without Jimmy Garoppolo under center.


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Utilize advanced root cause analysis methodologies (Manufacturing Engineering Excellence (MEE), Kepner-Tregoe Analysis (KT), etc.) to drive a technical team towards identification of failure modes.


The EP election will take place on the 26 May 2019. France is one of the main beneficiaries of the re-distribution of seats vacated by the UK MEPs and will gain 5 more seats.
After winning the presidential and legislative elections convincingly , the European elections will be a key moment for the "Macronists".
the European issue is at the heart of Macron's policy. He has positioned himself as the leader willing to relaunch the European project and take on the populists. He recently said that Orban and Salvini were right to see him as their main opponent. At present, his political party "La République En Marche" (LREM) does not have any seats in the European Parliament. Therefore, in order to pursue and implement his European ambitions, he will need to fill in the majority of the French seats with his people, especially as his wish to have transnational lists failed.
European elections are traditionally seen as a test on domestic policies. Winning the EP elections will be a real challenge following a series of damaging events- the "Benalla" scandal concerning a member of the Elysée staff, the resignation of key Ministers (Interior, Ecology) the fact that his economic reforms have still not produced any concrete results and the long-standing struggle with the gilets jaunes.
EP elections suffer from low turnout which in the past has given an advantage to the far-right Eurosceptics. For this reason the LREM party already started their campaign in April.
Emmanuel Macron has reformed the electoral system for the EP elections. In the past France was divided into 8 electoral districts based on regions. In June 2018, President Macron passed a law to create a single national constituency. He hopes that this will help him as there is less of a need to have a regional base, which his party lacks compared to the traditional parties "Les Républicains" (conservative party) and the Socialists.
The political opposition – left and right -will make this election a vote on Emmanuel Macron's record to date. LREM will on the other hand try to highlight the divide between pro-Europeans and Eurosceptics. Emmanuel Macron's actions at the European level will be closely watched. The president of the LREM group at the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand, has said that "the voters will have to choose between Macron & Merkel's Europe or Orban and Salvini's Europe".
Immigration will be the key theme, along with climate change, workers' rights and digital.


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Rachelle Lefevre on cathartic social justice of Fox's 'Proven Innocent'
The new drama from "Empire" co-creator Danny Strong premieres 9 p.m. Feb. 15.
A television drama about the rampant injustices of the criminal justice system likely isn't the easiest sale to audiences looking for a reprieve from today's society of inescapable vitriol and prejudice.
But Rachelle Lefevre believes her new show, Fox's "Proven Innocent" (premiering 9 p.m. Feb. 15), can actually offer that momentary relief from the near-constant bombardment of bad news.
Lefevre stars as Madeline, a defense attorney who represents people falsely imprisoned by the system, particularly at the hands of Gore Bellows, a malicious prosecutor played by Kelsey Grammer.
Her distaste for his ruthless methods dates back to when he tried and convicted Madeline and her brother Levi (Riley Smith) for a murder they didn't commit, sending them both in jail for a decade.
"Proven Innocent" is a procedural with a mission at heart, pulling its stories from real-life wrongful convictions and using those injustices and the issues that drive them (race, socio-economic class, etc.) to interrogate a broken system that has stolen years from those it's failed.
As a news junkie, Lefevre said she feels a compulsion to stay socially aware and soak in every story that scrolls across the 24-hour news cycle. But everyone has a breaking point.
"I think a lot of us have bad news and injustice fatigue that sets in," she said. "I think entertainment can play a role and offer a chance to continue the conversation in a way that is little more digestible and maybe even pleasant. You can get a little bit of satisfaction with our show because we are a fictional story that can give you the positive outcome you wish you saw in the news."
That light in the dark, like a rush of vitamin D when stepping out into the sun, is something she finds herself in need of these days.
"At this point, I will take the satisfaction, even if it's in fictional form," she said.
But viewers shouldn't expect an endless stream of happy endings from "Proven Innocent," which pulls its stories from the potency of the true-to-life issues.
Not only did Lefevre, who starred in the CBS series "Under the Dome," spend time researching real cases with The Innocence Project prior to shooting, but real exonerees have also paid visits to the Chicago set to share their stories, consult on the process and allow the cast to get a flesh-and-blood sense of the consequences of the cases on the docket each week.
"When you hear these people's stories, you have to pick your jaw up off the floor," she said. "You realize these aren't just stories we are telling. This happens to real people."
Beyond the case-of-the-week format, the overarching backbone of the series are the wounds that drive Madeline and cripple her brother - both of whom are portraits of the residual effects of false imprisonment.
"Madeline takes it incredibly personally and makes it a crusade to help others … and for Levi, it really destroys him because he doesn't find meaning in it and is just a victim who struggles to reintegrate into society," she said. "I like that we show both sides because it's not simple."
Fueling Madeline's choices (including reopening the still-unsolved murder of her best friend, of which she was convicted) is the constant chance to duel in court with Gore, the kind of sparring partner that Lefevre hopes for.
"I knew I was going to get that in Kelsey because he is quite a force," she said. "But you also want going to work to be a pleasant experience, and he is just lovely to work with."
Finding Madeline's voice and strength despite having 10 years stolen from her have been a challenge for Lefevre, but it has also given her a renewed sense of power in facing the litany of social and moral dilemmas that plague America today.
"I feel less helpless now than when I started this show," she said. "You sometimes feel this paralysis because the world's problems are too big and it seems there's nothing I can do. But this experience has changed that for me."
She encourages viewers to research organizations dedicated to fighting for those falsely accused and imprisoned, and then watch "Proven Innocent" to see that sometimes justice can be served - even if it's just television.
"Come for the social justice, stay for the catharsis," she said.


Tammy + Mike's beautifully romantic love fest at Hotel Parq Central in Albuquerque, New Mexico was an absolute dream to photograph! Surrounded by 250 of their closest family + friends, it was freaking phenomenal from start to finish.
Tammy + Mike chose Hotel Parq Central as their wedding venue because they were super easy to work with. It allowed them to have a stress free and beautiful location for their wedding day. What really sold them on the venue was the roof top location for dessert, drinks, and dancing. They wanted their guests to enjoy the night in some fresh air with good company.
The Villa wedding was filled to the brim with incredible DIY amazingness. Tammy chose a blush palette that included mauve and taupe. She is obsessed with those colors so it wasn't hard for her to choose. Some of her favorite wedding details were the bouquets and boutonnières. Tammy's sister ordered the flowers from a local grocery store and together with Tammy's best friend, they threw them together the night before the wedding. They were so simple, yet so perfect. Tammy's most favorite detail of her wedding was having a part of one of her dad's shirts sewed into her wedding dress with his initials.
In addition to the unique and personalized touches, the Villa wedding was beyond romantic, emotional af (both first looks, the ceremony, AND the dances will hit ya straight in the feels), and it was certainly one hell of a party!
Scroll down to see more of their perfect day!
I asked Tammy if she would be willing to share some advice with brides + grooms that are planning their own big day + I wanted to share some of the rad advice and inspiration she shared.
"Keep it simple. Don't get caught up in all the things that you Could or could've had at your wedding. Don't try to d o it all yourself, if people offer help let them help you. Enjoy every moment you can because the day goes by in a blink of an eye. Make sure to sleep eat and hydrate!"
"Don't waste time getting ready and...... don't freak out, you're good I promise!"
"Enjoying each others company through every chapter of our lives. "
"Be yourself. Don't overthink it. Have fun. Trust your photographer!"
When/how did you know your sweetheart was "the one" for you?
"Tammy: I knew Mike was "probably" the one when both of our families freaked out that we ate super similar things. But as time went on we built up our relationship in a way that no matter what hardships we were facing we could get through them with 100% support. We have put our relationship through many tests including long distance and we have equally had our share of tragedy. I knew he was the one because through it all we have always been able to keep our hearts open to each other.
Mike: After seeing Tammy for the first time our freshman year of college there was something about her that I had to get to know, something told me that I had to. Building the courage to talk to her was definitely one of the hardest things I had to do but I am realllly happy that I did. In the beginning it was hard but after realizing that we love each other and we can get through thick and thin I knew she was the one, no matter what we are there for each other even if sacrifices have to be made we will always make sure we are happy. I know I will always have someone by my side and I can accomplish anything with her and I will stand by her side and support her through everything life throws at us."
What is a funny story or something unique about your relationship?
"Something unique about us is we both happen to be foodies. We both enjoy weird foods that some people might find weird or gross. For example liver and onions or fortune cookies dipped in soy sauce."
"For the both of us it was amazing to see our families blend together."
"Trying not to stress and stay on budget."
"After everything was over and we unwound from a long night of socializing and dancing we were finally able to absorb the fact that we said "I DO" and officially started the next chapter of our lives as Mr. and Mrs. Villa."
"We both agreed that there was so much going on that we didn't remember being nervous until we saw each other across the aisle. At that point it was too late to do anything to calm our nerves lol."
"It maybe wasn't noticeable to our guests how hectic things were at time but what really surprised us and what made u s over the hills happy was to have the support of my vendors. Everyone really did so much to help keep our day as st ress free as possible."
Any particularly funny stories from the day?
"Mike's Uncle tried to pick up on my mom with my moms husband right next to her lol."
How was your experience taking photos/working with Jasper K on your wedding day?
"Mike and I are sometimes shy or awkward. You literally turned every moment into gold. It was the easiest experience and definitely the best decision we made for the wedding. It's a beautiful thing to work with a kind soul who is gre at at her art."
Jasmine is so much more than just a great photographer. When we look back at our wedding day we always reflect back to Jasmine and her team. They went above and beyond to help complete little details that we didn't think of. Like a knife to cut the cake! Or a mannequin to hold my dress for pictures. She even helped me try and pin my dress up after everyone else gave up. I know our wedding was a lil chaotic before the ceremony started but Jasmine kept it cool and she helped me keep it cool too. She has great advice and great ideas. We love her and we will always admire her work.


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How Did the Woman's Movement Affect Our Society Today?
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During the 1960's America waved a new Feminist Movement called the "Women's Liberation", the movement argued whether or not woman were suffering both personal and political oppression in a male-controlling society. In the year of 1965, white woman at the University of Chicago organized one of the first campus groups too focus on this feminism issue; they created the group to inform and too raise women's consciousness at the time. The group was called the CWLU (Chicago Women's Liberation Union); the association became so big that it actually inspired black women at the time to create their own group; at the time this was a really big deal! You have to remember that it was a time where blacks still were considered lower class compared to the white race. So the fact that black women decide to stand up to the "Man" is an even bigger accomplishment.
Socially during this time, women had strict expectations in the society; expectations such as becoming the perfect house wife. Being the perfect house wife would expect you to cater to your family and even more importantly your husbands. The "man" would expect you too keep the house perfectly clean, children should be in bed, and dinner should be all ready for him by the time he got home from work. It started to get to the point where woman decided that they were getting sick of being the typical stay at home mom; they wanted to get out in the work force! They were bored and sick of all the high expectations; which I completely understand.
Some New technology at the time would've been the "pill" also known as birth control. This changed everything, woman decided now that they have the choice to stay protected the role of being that "perfect" housewife, became less and less important for them, Television and Radios played a huge role in letting people know what was going on with the woman's movement.
Economic equality was also a huge goal for the women movements at the time; woman who were working were not getting paid nearly as much as the men. Even today we have this problem, although it isn't even close to being as bad as it was; but it's still an issue! Towards the later 60's and the earlier 70's most women worked in offices, working as a secretary. Not only was the pay for woman cheap, but they also had very stereotypical jobs. Today, I believe that most women need to learn from our past. Most women are very ungrateful, and are constantly complaining. But if we think about it, we really are lucky for what we have and what we get to work for; like people say "It's the little things that count".
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How stupid would it be to literally just knock on the door? Maybe drawing weapons and getting for madness first.
Posted on 2014-04-08 at 22:21:17.
Its a design Ulthok has never encountered before and he was unable to pick it. The door is not magically guarded.
Posted on 2014-04-08 at 22:40:22.
Feeling myself return... Where was I?
Yes, Master Odyson. The other stuff was with a clear head... Well as clear as mine gets with all those others living in there too.
Could I have come across such a lock on my travels? Simple ya or na will help round out a post I am putting together.
Now where did I go?
Posted on 2014-04-09 at 01:27:07.
Nimu says Sirene has the knock spell ready. So do we want to try to get in the locked room or head UP the stairs. Up seems to be away from where we want to go.
I would like to see what is in the room, it's locked for reason.
So what do the rest of you think?
cannot be used against a wall in hopes of discovering a secret door.
mechanisms, set bars, and so on, up to two functions. It cannot affect a portcullis.
Posted on 2014-04-09 at 16:16:42.
Happy to cast it, I'm leaning that way myself too. Anybody have a clairvoyance spell? Might be helpful to know what's on the other side of that door rather than walking in blind.
Posted on 2014-04-09 at 16:44:54.
That's two in favor of opening the iron door, who else?
I'll post Ulthok asking if anyone thinks they can open the the door with a spell.
Then Sirene can do her thing and we're in.
But if you all want to go up the stair then we go.
I want to post soon.
Posted on 2014-04-10 at 17:15:08.
Let's bust it down! Btw tann I need to talk to you about spells. Do I have any prepared? Haven't had a chance to use them yet but it stands to reason I prepped then before entering at least. If I should have expended a few that's fine too.
Posted on 2014-04-10 at 17:51:10.
could we use xin somehow to give us some idea of what's on the other side of the door??
Posted on 2014-04-10 at 18:17:30.
This door is simply to tough to have nothing on the other side. We should open it, then be ready to fight whatever is on the opposite side. If someone could tell if there is a group on the other side, Cor could ready a flame strike. If not, he'll use his axe instead.
Posted on 2014-04-10 at 20:31:19.
Ok, so we figure a way to get through the door.
I'm not sure just what Xin can do to help get through the door. He can save us by taking us to another plane, but other than that I don't remember. Check the writeup Tann did to review his powers. But that SAVE could be very important, maybe even needed at the escape so check deeper into it too.
I'll be writing for tomorrow so let's get ready ramble.
Also get Tann to explain Xin's ability in "etherealness".
I'm not sure I know what he meant by (as the Armor). I thought it was part of being able to shift planes and take people with him.
Posted on 2014-04-11 at 01:29:09.
Well here is what it says on your character.
Do you have a reference to look up these spells?
Here is a link to Priest Spells to help.
Posted on 2014-04-11 at 01:53:35.
Sorry, I had a misunderstanding about the way cleric spells worked in this edition. A cleric has ALL the spells from his possible domains in his list and can prepare any of them, and these are the spells I've prepared for today, right?
If nothing else works I could maybe try stone shape to make a door beside the original.
Posted on 2014-04-11 at 02:16:13.
In this game the clerics select there spells (prayers) and then spend time praying for each. If the cleric is devoted then it is likely the spells work.
How does the spell work? It could come in handy if we need an emergancy exit. But good idea, if the Knock fails we could try it next.
Posted on 2014-04-11 at 02:46:59.
By means of this spell, the caster can form an existing piece of stone into any shape that suits his purposes. For example, he can make a stone weapon, a special trapdoor, or a crude idol. By the same token, it enables the spellcaster to shape a stone door, perhaps so as to escape imprisonment, providing the volume of stone involved is within the limits of the area of effect. While stone coffers can be thus formed, stone doors made, etc., the fineness of detail is not great. If the shaping has moving parts, there is a 30% chance they do not work.
The material component of this spell is soft clay that must be worked into roughly the desired shape of the stone object, and then touched to the stone when the spell is uttered.
Posted on 2014-04-11 at 12:18:20.
I guess we are waiting on Sirene to step forward and say she has Knock and then open the door. The rest ready themselves to enter the room. But until she says something we are still standing there.
Posted on 2014-04-13 at 14:58:10.


Four people were killed when a suicide bomber posing as a legal clerk blew himself up and his companion opened fire at a courthouse in northwest Pakistan on Monday, officials said.
The attackers stormed the crowded court complex in the city of Peshawar, less than two months before expected national elections.
A security guard who was injured told AFP how the two young men had tried to get past his checkpoint.
"They introduced themselves as court clerks and refused a body search. One of them pulled out a pistol and fired on me after I insisted on a search," Tahir Khan, 36, said from hospital.
"I was hit on my right arm. Then I shouted and policemen arrived and firing started. After some time, I heard a blast but I was bleeding and was later taken to hospital."
Sayed Jameel Shah, a spokesman for Peshawar's main Lady Reading Hospital, said it had received four bodies and was treating 25 injured people, including four police and seven lawyers.
Local TV footage showed shards of glass and broken window scattered on the floor of a court building with shattered cabinet doors.
"One suicide bomber blew himself up in the court of an additional sessions judge. One other man was shot dead by police," said senior police officer Masood Khan Afridi.
"It was an act of terrorism and the target was the judicial complex," he added. "We have cleared the whole area."
Afridi denied reports that some judges and lawyers had been held hostage inside the courts.
The nuclear-armed country of 180 million is due to elect new leaders by mid-May. But Taliban attacks and record levels of violence against the Shiite Muslim minority have raised fears about security for the polls.
"Terrorists have attacked at a time when general elections are very near and the atmosphere for election is smooth," said the information minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Mian Iftikhar Hussain.
"It could be an attempt to disturb the peaceful atmosphere but elections should never be postponed."
Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Saturday hailed parliament's historic completion of a full term in office as a victory for democracy as he gave his farewell address to the nation.
The polling date has yet to be announced but officials say the Election Commission has recommended May 8, 9 or 10.
The attack is the second in Peshawar in less than a month. Militants including a suicide bomber attacked the office of a senior official there on February 18, killing six people.
The heavily-guarded court complex is in front of a five-star hotel and close to government and official buildings.
Khyber, part of Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal belt on the Afghan border, is in the grip of intensified fighting as part of a long-running military operation against the Taliban and other Islamist insurgents.


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Foam windscreen for the Heil PR 20.
The RS-1 is a 12" riser that lets you mount the PL-2T mic boom behind your audio gear and pull it over when on the air.
The WM-1 is a unique vertical surface mount for the PL-2T. A brass insert ensures a perfect fit.
The DT-1 is a flush mount for desktop mounting of the PL-2T. Drill a 1.5 " hole in the desk top. Tighten the supplied large washer and nut under the desk and you're finished.
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Q: How to label encode 2 pandas dataframes? I have 2 pandas dataframes. I need them to have the same label encoding because I want to use them for machine learning.
dftrain.label.unique()
array(['normal.', 'buffer_overflow.', 'loadmodule.', 'perl.', 'neptune.',
       'smurf.', 'guess_passwd.', 'pod.', 'teardrop.', 'portsweep.',
       'ipsweep.', 'land.', 'ftp_write.', 'back.', 'imap.', 'satan.',
       'phf.', 'nmap.', 'multihop.', 'warezmaster.', 'warezclient.',
       'spy.', 'rootkit.'], dtype=object)

dftest.label.unique()
array(['normal.', 'snmpgetattack.', 'named.', 'xlock.', 'smurf.',
       'ipsweep.', 'multihop.', 'xsnoop.', 'sendmail.', 'guess_passwd.',
       'saint.', 'buffer_overflow.', 'portsweep.', 'pod.', 'apache2.',
       'phf.', 'udpstorm.', 'warezmaster.', 'perl.', 'satan.', 'xterm.',
       'mscan.', 'processtable.', 'ps.', 'nmap.', 'rootkit.', 'neptune.',
       'loadmodule.', 'imap.', 'back.', 'httptunnel.', 'worm.',
       'mailbomb.', 'ftp_write.', 'teardrop.', 'land.', 'sqlattack.',
       'snmpguess.'], dtype=object)

As you can see there are labels in test set that are not present in train set.

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*How can I encode these labels so for example value normal be equal
to 1 in both dataframes?

*What should I do with labels from test set that are not present in train
    set, If I have to remove them how to do it?

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Boston Globe: Can the Olympics Give the City its Overdue Urban Transit Ring?
"We need to ask what the Olympics can do for Boston, rather than what Boston needs to do to bring the Games here. What should the city demand as a consequence of hosting the Olympics?" writes NBBJ's Alex Krieger in light of the city's recent win of the 2024 Olympic US Bid.


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IPL 2022: Fan demands SRH to retain Warner as captain, former SRH captain gives frank reply
By sai
IPL 2022: Sunrisers Hyderabad ran through troubled waters in the last edition of the IPL. There were so many things that happened at SRH camp. From sacking Warner as captain to finishing at the bottom of the points table.
Not just that, Warner was also dropped from the SRH set-up. Things didn't fall in right place for the Sunrisers. The 2016 IPL champions failed to get hold of the clutch moments despite the change of captaincy. Kane Williamson did lead the team from the front.
However, he failed to bring the best out of his teammates in the Gulf nation. As a result, SRH ended at the bottom place in the IPL 2021 points table. The Sunrisers barely won three games out of 14 games.
They are well aware of the fact that they still have a lot of things to sort out before the IPL 2022 season. Meanwhile, all franchises are preparing a perfect route map to get ready for the next season.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had notified all the old IPL franchises that they can retain four players. Since Warner was dropped from the Sunrisers Hyderabad team, this gives us clarity that he won't be a part of the SRH team next season.
In fact, going by Warner's posts and messages on Instagram, it is quite clear that he is likely to part ways with Sunrisers Hyderabad. It remains to be seen what the future holds in store for SRH.
IPL 2022: Fan wants SRH to retain David Warner; the Australian gives a reply
Meanwhile, fans were not too pleased with the development. It was David Warner who led Sunrisers Hyderabad to the maiden IPL title as they went on to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final.
One of the fans demanded SRH team management to think twice and retain Warner as captain. Meanwhile, David Warner, who is quite active on social media came across the post and decided to give an honest reply.
Earlier, the BCCI asked all the franchises to submit the list of cricketers they want to retain for the next season. The deadline is on November 30. Meanwhile, the SRH official Instagram handle asked about the fans' views on their retention.
It was when a fan demanded the Sunrisers to retain David Warner. To which, David Warner wrote: "no thanks." Warner's remark has gone viral all over the internet. This reply confirms that Warner will jump to another team in the next season.
The12thman Reactions
Fan reaction 1
So SRH management's first retention is not Rashid Khan. Day-by-day it becomes clear that David Warner's views on SRH's management are totally spot on.
— Manya (@CSKian716) November 25, 2021
No thanks! @davidwarner31 Warner gives brutal response to SRH fan asking him to captain franchise in IPL 2022.#IPLretention#IPL2022#Warner pic.twitter.com/GufN9qV90b
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<?php

namespace Concrete\Tests\Authentication\OAuth;

use Concrete\Core\Application\Application;
use Concrete\Core\Authentication\Type\OAuth\ServiceProvider;
use Concrete\TestHelpers\Authentication\OAuth\Fixture\ExtractorFixture;
use Concrete\TestHelpers\Authentication\OAuth\Fixture\ServiceFixture;
use OAuth\UserData\Extractor\ExtractorInterface;
use OAuth\UserData\ExtractorFactoryInterface;
use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase;

class ServiceProviderTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    public function testBindings()
    {
        $app = new Application();

        $provider = new ServiceProvider($app);
        $provider->register();

        $service = new ServiceFixture();

        /** @var \OAuth\UserData\ExtractorFactory $extractor_factory */
        $extractor_factory = $app['oauth/factory/extractor'];
        $this->assertInstanceOf(ExtractorFactoryInterface::class, $extractor_factory);

        $extractor_factory->addExtractorMapping(
            ServiceFixture::class,
            ExtractorFixture::class
        );

        $this->assertInstanceOf(ExtractorInterface::class, $app->make('oauth_extractor', [$service]));
    }
}


@kaz nailed it when Vine launched back in early 2013, the app which looped 6-seconds was perfect for sports clips, especially that amazing slam dunk or football catch that you just had to see several times to appreciate or understand. The unfortunate problem is that in order to create a sports highlight Vine you need to be able to stream a game on your phone or laptop and we are not quite there yet.
In that sense, Vine was a few years before it's time and, as we all know in tech, timing is everything. Creating Vines from your own live videos was a challenge of being in the right place at the right time and it wasn't until after the buzz died down that they added the feature allowing you to upload old videos and creating loops afterwards.
Sorry to hear that they are shutting down. For posterity, here are my two feeble attempts to make something interesting. It was fun while it lasted!
This entry was posted in Current Events and tagged twitter, vine on October 27, 2016 by Ian Kennedy.
Back in April there was a run of stories about autonomous vehicles.
Singapore was rolling out driverless taxis (one has since been involved in a minor fender-bender).
Roborace, the first driverless race car event was announced (the kinks are still being worked out and Audi just reported that they dropped out of Le Mans to focus on Formula E.
Europe held a driverless truck convoy contest.
The driverless truck has come to our shores and today, Otto, Über's self-driving truck division, announced that they had successfully delivered a load of Budweiser beer in Colorado, driving 120 miles on Interstate 25 with the driver in the back seat.
Oh, and Tesla's in the running too with self-driving their own demo filmed here in the Bay Area.
And just in case you were wondering, Hollywood is working on a reboot of Knight Rider.
This entry was posted in Current Events and tagged Audi, autonomous vehicles, otto, Tesla, uber on October 25, 2016 by Ian Kennedy.
Stories surfaced of a botched restoration of baby Jesus' head at a Canadian church. The local artist volunteered to provide her services, saving the church the $10,000 quoted for a professional restoration. She was honored to be chosen but was clearly out of her league and openly admitted her experience was thin.
She had learned how to sculpt at a local college, but had never worked with stone. Still, she felt compelled to help.
Related to a 2012 story of another act of kindness gone wrong. In Spain authorities suspected vandalism of the famous "ecco homo" until they discovered that it was just the worst art restoration project of all time.
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Q: invoke webservices in UCM using .net I'm new in UCM I trying to invoke webservices in UCM using .net I got this error message
The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.
Source Error:
           return base.Channel.QuickSearch(request);
        IdcProperty extra = new IdcProperty();
        extra.name = "dID";
        extra.value = "210";
        IdcProperty[] array = { extra };
        IdcPropertyCollection _IdcPC = new IdcPropertyCollection();

        QuickSearchRequest search = new QuickSearchRequest(searchWord, _IdcPC);
        QuickSearchResult result = new QuickSearchResult();

        ((ClientBase<ISearchSoap>)(client)).ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential = new NetworkCredential("?", "?");

        result = client.QuickSearch(searchWord, _IdcPC);


I never really thought about the source of the word "goatee,' until I saw this guy. He had quite a nice beard, long, silky, and clean.
State Fair, USA is artist Lesley Spanos' tribute to the American agricultural fair. "Just about anything I would want to paint can be found at the Fair."
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Name: John Foley
Birth: 17 NOV 1839 in County Wexford, Ireland 1
Death: 5 JAN 1911 in Muscataine, IA b
Person Id: I7382
Search for John Foley in Fold3 Civil War Records
Search for John Foley in Newspapers
*John Foley: Birth: date unknown, in Wexford, Co. Ireland. Death: unknown year in probably (Muscataine) IA
*Monica [Foley]: Birth: in Ireland, most possibly Wexford Co. since this is where John Foley emigrated from..
Married: Mary A. Madden on BEF 1877.1
Mary A. Madden: Birth: APR 1856 in OH.
Mary E. Foley: Birth: SEP 1877 in IA. Death: 1951
Nana F. Foley: Birth: MAR 1879. Death: 22 SEP 1967
Thomas John Foley: Birth: 29 MAY 1881 in Muscataine Co. IA. Death: 12 JUN 1966
Ellen Foley: Birth: AUG 1888 in Iowa. Death: 1981
1. Title: A descendant of John Foley and Mary A. Madden
a. Note: an 1911 "Death Summons Aged resident" John Foley died this morning at 3:20 O'clock, was one of the oldest residents of the county, having lived here more than fifty years. He had been failing in health since June when attacked by pleurisy and on last Saturday he became seriously ill remaining so until death. He was born in county Wexford, Ireland on November 17, 1839, and came to this country iin 1854, settling at Rome, NY. After living there two years, he removed to Muscatine and engaged as a tinsmith, which occupation he held until fifteen years ago when he retired from business. He was a member of Company E. Thirty-fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was also a member of St. Matthias Catholic church. His wife, three daughters, Mary, Nan and Nellie at home , one son Thomas of Davenport; two sisters, Mrs Elizabeth John Dean of Nichols, and Mrs bridget (John byrne of Guthrie, OK survive him. The funeral will be held at 9 O'Clock Saturday morning at St. Mary's church with Rev. F. J. Leonard in Charge.
Note: Obituary sent to me by Pat Crossen from Davenport IA. John Foley Obit, 5 J
b. Note: y. John Foley died this morning at 3:20 O'clock, was one of the oldest residents of the county, having lived here more than fifty years. Muscatine county lost a well known and highly respected citizen this morning when death summoned John Foley, who had been a resident of this city for more than fifty years. Mr. Foley had been failing in health since June when attacked by pleurisy and on last Saturday he became seriously ill remaining so until death. He was born in County Wexford, Ireland, on November 17, 1839, and came to this country in 1854 settling at Rome, New York. after living there two years he removed to Muscatine and engaged as a tinsmith, which occupation he held until fifteen years ago when he retired from business. He was a member of Company E., thirty-fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was also a member of St. Matthias Catholic Church, Muscataine.
Note: Death Summons Aged Resident: The headline on the obituary of John Fole