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Clinical psychologist Cameron Gibson is the program director for Manifest Wellness, a new mental-
health clinic in Vancouver. Warren Senkowsky, from the Canadian Association for Equality (CAFE),
recently interviewed Gibson about his work.* Much of the interview amounts to a standard promo for
Gibson's clinic, which is a pioneering outfit in one way: its focus on the mental health of men. Gentle and
soft-spoken, Gibson is an attractive speaker. The video is in keeping with the policies of CAFE, which
offers information not only on the various social services that are actually available to men, as such, but
also on the various psychological, ideological and moral approaches that social scientists and other
academics have used for the study of men.
In a brief introduction, Gibson mentions his surprise that this new focus on the psychology of men did
not provoke the wrath of psychologists at more established institutions, most of which have long focused
almost exclusively on those of women—and sometimes ignored, trivialized or even demonized men by
doing so. He is surprised for good reason but not for the one that he mentions.
Gibson discusses this conflict, perhaps unwittingly, in a particular way that has indeed provoked wrath. It
comes not primarily from women, however, but from men and the women who care about men (including
many members of CAFE). He seems to be appeasing feminist colleagues, or virtue-signaling, implicitly
thanking them for permission to proceed with his clinical emphasis on men. Worse, he suggests that men
cause their own psychological (and all other) problems, thus blaming the victims. Even worse, he tries to
legitimate his work by arguing that happier men will produce a happier society—which is to say, happier
women. If so, then the main reason for helping men at all would be to help women. Worst of all, he
describes the goal of his therapeutic approach as making men more like women, which amounts to
conversion therapy. Gibson invented none of these ideas. On the contrary, they are by now deeply
embedded in the profession as orthodoxy. This is not so much because most psychologists, by far, happen
to be women. It is mainly because many of those women have brought feminist ideology into the
profession and transformed it beyond recognition (which is what they have done to every other
profession).
My topic here, therefore, is not Gibson himself. I'm not cynical enough to believe that his words are
insincere, much less malevolent. We can gain nothing, at any rate, from ad hominem arguments. I refer to
him only as the amiable product of a seriously and dangerously misguided profession. Rather, my topic is
the ideological context of professional psychologists in our time. The ideology du jour is now Wokism,
but that relies on, and includes, Feminism (along with Marxism and Racialism). What follows, therefore,
is an edited version of my response to a very similar problem—actually, the same problem—several years
ago. In 2018, I wrote to the American Psychological Association (APA) about its recent publication of
Guidelines to the Psychological Practice with Boys and Men (2018). (Guidelines to the Psychological
Practice with Girls and Women had already appeared in 2007).
Though not a psychologist and not by any means a "traditionally" masculine man—I am, in fact, a gay
man—I find your guidelines with regards to treating male patients so misguided that I must register a
strong complaint. Because so many others have expressed their dismay, I'll confine myself to a few non-
technical problems that trouble me personally.
Barbara Kay has compared your guidelines for treating female patients with these new ones for treating
male patients. The comparison is very instructive. Both rely on feminist ideology, not scholarship, but
there is one big difference. The former relies on the ideological premise that society (that is, men who
have allegedly created and sustained a "patriarchal" culture in order to privilege themselves at the
expense of women or even in order to oppress women) is responsible for whatever leaves female patients
in need of therapy. The latter relies on the ideological premise that men themselves, not society in general
and certainly not women, are responsible for what leaves male patients in need of therapy.
Taken together, these two guidelines suggest that what is at stake for the APA in these guidelines for
treating men is not ultimately the psychological health of male patients (the "few" who suffer from
collateral damage) but that of female patients. This means that the APA is not merely blaming the victims
but also replacing therapy, let alone scholarship, with a political ideology. One implication is that the
ultimate cure for masculinity is conversion to feminism. That amounts to conversion therapy, as I say, but
it looks to me also like every other form of religious proselytism—that is, something other than the
science in "social science."
This ideological slant contaminates many, many features of the guidelines for both male and female
patients. How else can you explain references to "masculinity ideology" but not to "femininity ideology"?
Does the APA really assume that women have not, at the very least, colluded historically and cross-
culturally with men in the production of culture and received support for their own needs in return? Does
the APA really assume that feminism itself, in one form or another, is not an ideology? And whether you
call it that or not, how does feminism affect boys and men? I refer here specifically to the pervasive and
relentless shaming that it promotes either directly or indirectly. Evaluating the effect of all this misandry
would be an appropriate topic in the guidelines for treating female patients, because many of them engage
routinely in what I call the "identity harassment" of boys and men. But any guidelines for the treatment of
male patients that fail to acknowledge this problem in the face of massive evidence of increasing
dysfunction among boys and men is therapeutically, morally and intellectually bankrupt.
Young men, in particular, are giving up in and dropping out of a world that apparently has no room for
them specifically as men. They're dropping out of school, dropping out of society and dropping out of life
itself at much higher rates than those of young women. How could it be otherwise when "society" keeps
telling them that either masculinity or maleness itself (or both) causes every conceivable societal problem
from violence (which is to say, "violence against women") and domination (a.k.a. "hegemony" or
"privilege") to "manspreading," "mansplaining" and who knows what accusation will be invented next?
I've written four books, along with my co-author, Katherine Young, on misandry. I still need to explain
over and over again that misandry is the sexist counterpart of misogyny. Both are rampant but only one,
misogyny, is carefully monitored, publicly denounced and harshly punished.
Among the few academics to focus attention on young men at all is Michael Kimmel, and he's a
sociologist. Unfortunately, he's also a feminist. His main argument (which the APA has clearly adopted)
is that they feel a sense of "aggrieved entitlement" to privilege. Deprived of unearned status and power as
men, supposedly learned from their alpha-male fathers, they turn against women. This is a spurious and
pernicious theory. It's true that young men feel a sense of aggrieved entitlement, sure, but to a healthy
collective identity as men, not to "privilege." A healthy identity is surely something to which every human
being has a right. Young and I have written about this problem—the meaning of "healthy identity" (in the
hope of stimulating research by psychologists) and historical factors since the Neolithic period that have
made it increasingly difficult for men to sustain a healthy identity. To have a healthy identity, personally
or collectively, means being able to make at least one contribution to society that is (a) distinctive, (b)
necessary and (c) publicly valued. The APA should ask how men can now do anything at all that's
distinctive. But one possibility remains, albeit very tenuously. I suggest that only men can be fathers. If
so, then fathers and mothers have different functions in family life and are therefore not interchangeable
"social constructs" even apart from pregnancy and lactation.
I want to conclude with a note on "traditional" masculinity. The APA has identified that, mistakenly, with
a perversion of it. My father's masculinity was very traditional but not even remotely "macho" (which
now refers to a grotesque stereotype of masculinity). He was a gentleman. I never heard a vulgar word
from him. I never saw him drunk or violent. He taught me, by both precept and example, the importance
of courtesy. His idea of being a good father was to visit museums with me, attend synagogue and study
groups with me or take me to his class reunions at MIT—not to go hunting, drinking or whoring. He
didn't understand homosexuality, it's true, because no one did in those days (certainly not the
psychologists or psychiatrists), but he never threatened to abandon me or withdraw his support for me. He
treated my mother protectively (although he often tried to teach her about money), because that's what
she and other women of her class expected husbands to do. When she decided to go into business as an
interior decorator, he encouraged her to take courses and set up shop with her friend (although she soon
realized that she had no interest in the business, as it were, of business). In short, he was a good father, a
good husband, a good citizen and a good man. He deserves admiration, not contempt
And he wasn't alone. I think that my father was the best one in the entire world and in all of human
history, of course, but I do know that he was not some kind of genetic mutant. He was produced largely,
though not entirely, by a cultural tradition. And that tradition was far more widespread than upper-
middle-class Jews were. It was the paradigm, for example, in countless movies from before the 1960s.
Not all men were gentleman; some were cads or worse. But the ideal was indeed a gentleman (until all
hell broke loose during the Sexual Revolution seemed to make earlier ideals for both men and women
obsolete). Even today, though, millions of men become fathers and struggle to do what many, including
some psychologists, now consider superfluous or even oppressive. Even though most men don't take
Psychology 101 in college, partly because they don't, they do understand that fathers are not merely
assistant mothers or walking wallets.
Some, in fact, are beginning to realize that their distinctive function in family life becomes increasingly as
children prepare to leave home and enter the larger world. The American Psychological Association owes
every male patient a sincere and unambiguous effort to promote some form of the traditional Western
ideal of manhood, not to heap scorn on it or try to replace it with something that no healthy male, gay or
straight, could ever accept without pay a high cost in self-hatred (a psychological problem that the
association should consider carefully).
*Warren Senkowsky, "Cameron Gibson on Opening a Men's Counselling Practice," CAFÉ (PoM #4), 7
June 2021; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O3A0jm2jxE&t=0s).
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Q: ¿Cómo doy un ancho de 2 columnas en Android Studio? Estoy haciendo una app de una calculadora en la cual hay 5 filas, de las cuales 4 tienen 4 columnas y una tiene 3. No consigo cuadrar un botón para que ocupe exactamente el ancho que ocuparían dos columnas (adjunto foto para que se vea el problema).

Tiene un TableLayout y cada fila está metida en un TableRow.
El código en resumen es el siguiente:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

<TableRow
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="100dp">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/numero0"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="100dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:background="@color/boton"
        android:tag="0"
        android:text="0"
        android:layout_span="2"
        android:textSize="25sp" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/botonPunto"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="100dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:background="@color/boton"
        android:tag="."
        android:text="."
        android:textSize="25sp" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/botonResultado"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="100dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:background="@color/botonIgual"
        android:tag="="
        android:text="="
        android:textSize="25sp" />
</TableRow>

Sólo incluyo la última fila que es la que me da problemas. El resto son igual, 4 botones con un layout_weight=1 y un ancho de tipo wrap content.
No quiero ajustarlo manualmente porque quiero que sea adaptable a resoluciones y no se me ocurre otra cosa al fallar el span.
Gracias.

A: En este caso usar  android:layout_span="2" no aplica puesto que tu layout esta separado del layout que contiene los botones de arriba.
Para que funcione correctamente el uso de android:layout_weight en todos los elementos que se distribuyen horizontalmente debes definir android:layout_width="0dp" y asignar al botón "0" el valor android:layout_weight="1" y a los demás botones  android:layout_weight="0.5" para obtener una distribución correcta, donde el botón "0" ocuparía exactamente la mitad del espacio horizontal (dos columnas):

Aquí muestro los cambios que menciono:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    <TableRow
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="100dp">

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/numero0"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="100dp"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:background="@color/boton"
            android:tag="0"
            android:text="0"
            android:textSize="25sp" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/botonPunto"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="100dp"
            android:layout_weight="0.5"
            android:background="@color/boton"
            android:tag="."
            android:text="."
            android:textSize="25sp" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/botonResultado"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="100dp"
            android:layout_weight="0.5"
            android:background="@color/botonIgual"
            android:tag="="
            android:text="="
            android:textSize="25sp" />
    </TableRow>
    </TableLayout>

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Think of all the people who've inspired you. The authors you love, the directors whose movies have moved you, the musicians who kept you company in the studio, all of them. And now think of your creative work as payback. Rather than being intimidated by the greatness of the people you admire, see your work as a way to pass on the favor.
Maybe your mentors will see your work and be inspired by it (I've had that experience and it is one of the most gratifying there is). Or maybe your work will inspire a total stranger, someone in need of your help. That is the greatest kind of gift — to give anonymously — and do your work has the potential to do that.
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Very good point Danny. And count me in as one who has been inspired by you, but more importantly, many of my high school student have been inspired by you! They have watched some of your vimeos, made their own sketch journals , drawn and written their observTions of things around them. Thanks for helping them "pass it on".
I have at least couple of people that inspired me a lot :0) Sometimes I discover that in some of their writings, talks, interviews, lyrics, pictures with them on social media posts and blogs …. reminds me somehow of stuff I did, I said, I wrote on FB or tweeter, or even old pictures of myself. It is an instant gratifying felling but then I said to myself that is a coincidence only, so I avoid to get paranoid about it.
Now that you mention this, I'm thinking that it is in fact like a 2 ways-strange kind of creative "communication".
It could be also that I was watching/ following/ reading / listening to Him SO MUCH, that I kind of get my mind working in sync with His values/ideas/view on life/etc…Not sure how much He is seeing my work / how much he cares about it, but what it counts that my way of "seeing"/ "listening"/" understanding" what I'm reading/ etc …is in perfect match with Him (=my mentor, my idol, etc…) It is a great achievement!
:0) For example: I LOVE the way you are writing, Danny, as you probably know by now.
I guess I read everything you ever publish or post. Do I write like you ? No! But because I spend all this time "exposed" to your style, the chances to like what you will write in the future are big, I guess. No, I'm sure ! Is there such an " addiction "? :0)….. adDannyction?


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Phoenix contractor volunteers to build Sandoval home
S.J. Wilson/Observer Robert Bowman, Merrill Sandoval and Craig Bowman look out at the foundation of the veteran's home which the Bowmans have volunteered to build for the elderly Code Talker.
By S.J. Wilson
Originally Published: August 17, 2006 12:54 p.m.
TUBA CITY - Craig Bowman doesn't often read the paper, but on the morning of Aug. 9, a picture on the front page of the Navajo Hopi Observer caught his eye. It was the picture of Navajo Code Talker Merrill Sandoval. Craig sat down to read the story over breakfast as he waited for his father, Robert Bowman. The senior Bowman is a licensed building contractor and businessman from Phoenix, and was due in Flagstaff to take care of some private business.
"When I saw Craig, he showed me the story," Robert said. "I read it over, then looked at him and said, 'You want to do something about this, don't you?' Craig told me yes, and I said, 'Good, because I do too.' "
Craig contacted the offices of the Observer only an hour or so after the business opened and left a message asking a reporter to contact him.
Craig quickly explained that he and his father wanted to build the Sandoval house.
Mike Carroll and Randi Sandoval (one of Merrill's granddaughters) were shocked to hear the news, and quickly organized a meeting between Merrill and Lorraine Sandoval and other members of the family. Mike and Randi, who had contacted the Observer about the situation facing their grandparents, admitted their shock at how quickly help had come.
"I can't believe this is happening," Randi said. "It is like a miracle."
Though the pair of contractors had already spent almost a full day in Flagstaff, they enthusiastically agreed to meet with the Sandovals.
The two families came together at the Big Ranch Restaurant in Flagstaff - where Robert and Craig Bowman explained their intentions to Merrill Sandoval.
"We want to build your home for you," Robert said. "We want to volunteer our services."
As the meeting progressed, Merrill's son, Gary, stopped what was an amazingly swift process to thank the Bowmans.
"I want to say right now that I didn't believe that people like you existed out there," Gary said. "I want to thank you for what you are doing."
"It is a pleasure for us," Craig - who is currently enrolled in the forestry program at Northern Arizona University - told Gary.
"We were raised like that," Robert said. "My dad and my grandfather helped others in our community. If someone needed a barn built, we all came together to help. My son has a good heart too."
Robert went on to describe his family's military history - one that includes his own father, himself and his other son.
The Bowmans were serious in their intention to help, and insisted on driving to Tuba City that very night. There, they launched into the process of surveying the property, measuring the work that had been done on the foundation, and with the volunteer assistance of Franklin Begay, a backhoe owner and operator from Tuba City, checked the sewer system to ensure that the slope would be proper for hooking the new home up.
The men worked together until long after dark, when Robert Bowman announced that he would do what he could to get the Sandoval's home up. That included the volunteer services of himself, his sons and other crew members from his company. After studying the floor plans of the house, he announced that he would supply the materials to complete the extra bathroom and utility room that the elderly couple had hoped for.
"Everything I am doing is for that gentleman right there," Robert said, gesturing towards Merrill.
Merrill autographed copies of a beautifully illustrated book by Japanese photographer Kenji Kawano entitled Navajo Code Talkers, which he presented as gifts to both Robert and Craig.
By Aug. 11, Robert had contacted the Sandoval family and announced that a building crew would begin the home the following morning.
Both Saturday and Sunday, Sandoval family members were busy assisting in the building crew as well as cooking for the enthusiastic group. By Sunday afternoon, the floor and framing for the outside walls were in place and Franklin Begay finished the evening's work by filling in the trench surrounding the foundation with a small front end loader - again volunteering his services. As he drove the machine, his two sons assisted with shoveling.
"We are so grateful to everyone for their help," Merrill Sandoval said. "Robert and Craig are very good people."
"We can't believe this is happening," Lorraine Sandoval said. "It is wonderful. We are so happy and relieved."
Work on the Sandoval home will resume on Saturday, Aug. 19.
Life of Navajo code talker Merril Sandoval celebrated
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परीक्षा में एक प्रश्न कुछ Sentences Rearrange करने से संभंधित पूछा जाता है जोकि Story से सम्बन्धित होता है। आपके अभ्यासार्थ इसी प्रकार के प्रश्न यहाँ दिये जा रहे हैं ।
Rearrange the following sentences according to the time of events:
(i) The crow was very thirsty.
(ii) There was a pot under a tree.
(iii) Once upon a time, there was a crow.
(iv) It flew here and there in search of water.
(v) There was some water in the pot.
(i) Once upon a time, there was a Crow.
(ii) The crow was very thirsty.
(iii) It flew here and there in search of water.
(iv) There was a pot under a tree.
Rearrange the following sentences according to the time of events
(i) Some pigeons were caught in the net.
(ii) They decided to fly with the net.
(iii) Once a hunter spread a net in a forest.
(iv) The rats cut the net.
(v) The pigeons flew to their friend's rats.
(i) Once a hunter spread a net in a forest.
(ii) Some pigeons were caught in the net.
(iii) They decided to fly with the net.
(iv) The pigeons flew to their friend's rats.
(v) The rats cut the net.
(i) There was a hungry fox,
(ii) He praised the crow for his sweet voice.
(iii) He saw a piece of bread in a crow's beak.
(iv) He took the piece of bread and ran away.
(v) The foolish crow opened his beak and the bread fell down.
(i) There was a hungry fox.
(ii) He saw a piece of bread in a crow's beak.
(iii) He praised the crow for his sweet voice.
(iv) The foolish crow opened his beak and the bread fell down.
(v) He took the piece of bread and ran away.
(i) The lion woke up.
(ii) Suddenly a rat came there.
(iii) It jumped on the lion's body.
(iv) He wanted to kill.it.
(v) Once a lion was sleeping under a tree.
(i) Once a lion was sleeping under a tree.
(iii) It jumped on lion's body.
(iv) The lion woke up.
(v) He wanted to kill it.
(i) The crow had a piece of bread in its beak.
(ii) He asked the crow to sing.
(iii) He saw a crow on the branch of a tree.
(iv) Once a fox was very hungry.
(v) He praised the crow for its sweet song.
(i) Once a fox was very hungry.
(ii) He saw a crow on the branch of a tree.
(iii) The crow had a piece of bread in its beak.
(iv) He praised the crow for its sweet song
(v) He asked the crow to sing.
(1) They promised to help each other.
(ii) The other friend lay down on the ground.
(iii) After some time they saw a big bear coming to them.
(iv) Once upon a time, there were two friends.
(v) One of the friends ran and climbed up a tree.
(i) Once upon a time, there were two friends.
(ii) They promised to help each other.
(iv) One of the friends ran and climbed up a tree.
(v) The other friend lay down on the ground,
(i) The hare was very proud of his high speed.
(ii) At last, the tortoise reached his destination early.
(iii) Once there were a tortoise and a hare in a forest.
(iv) They decided to run a race.
(v) The tortoise challenged him to defeat him in the race.
(i) Once there were a tortoise and a hare in a forest.
(ii) The hare was very proud of high speed.
(iii) The tortoise challenged him to defeat him in the race.
(v) At last, the tortoise reached his destination early
(i) Once a lamb was drinking water at a river bank
(ii) The lamb replied that the water was flowing from the wolf's side.
(iii) He said to lamb. "Why are you making the water dirty?
(iv) A wolf came there.
(v) The wolf further said, "Why did you abuse me last year ?"
(i) Once a lamb was drinking water at a river bank.
(ii) A wolf came there,
(iii) He said to lamb, "Why are you making the water dirty?
(iv) The lamb replied that the water was flowing from the wolf's side.
(i) He gave them a bundle of sticks to break
(ii) They always quarreled with one another.
(iii) No one could break it.
(iv) He advised them not to quarrel but all in vain.
(v) Once a farmer had four sons.
(i) Once a farmer had four sons.
(iii) He advised them not to quarrel but all in vain.
(iv) He gave them a bundle of sticks to break
(v) No one could break it.
(i) The fee began to drown.
(ii) Once a bee fell into the water of a pond.
(iii) A dove saved it with the help of a leaf.
(iv) A hunter came to the forest and aimed at the dove.
(v) The bee stung on the arm of the hunter to save the dove.
(i) Once a bee fell into the water of a pond.
(ii) The bee began to drown.
(i) The tailor gave it something to eat.
(ii) It went daily to a lake to drink water.
(iii) The elephant was very happy with the tailor.
(iv) Once upon a time, there was an elephant.
(v) It passed by a tailor's shop.
(i) Once upon a time, there was an elephant.
(iii) It passed by a tailor's shop.
(iv) The tailor gave it something to eat.
(v) The elephant was very happy with the tailor
(i) The dog saw its reflection in the water.
(ii) It had a piece of bread in its mouth.
(iii) Once a dog was crossing a bridge over a stream.
(iv) It thought that it was another dog with a piece of bread.
(v) It opened its mouth to take the other bread.
(i) Once a dog was crossing a bridge over a stream.
(iii) The dog saw its reflection in the water.
(v) It opened its mouth to take the other bread
(i) Soon he fell in a sound sleep.
(ii) He went from village to village to sell his caps.
(iii) Some monkeys came down the tree and took away his caps.
(iv) Once upon a time, there was a cap seller.
(v) One day he was very tired, so he sat under a tree to take rest.
(i) Once upon a time, there was a cap seller,
(iii) One day he was very tired, so he sat under a tree to take rest.
(iv) Soon he fell in a sound sleep.
(v) Some monkeys came down the tree and took away his caps.
(i) His axe fell into the river.
(ii) The god of water appeared.
(iii) He brought a golden axe.
(iv) He wept and cried for help.
(v) Once a woodcutter was cutting wood near a river.
(i) Once a woodcutter was cutting wood near a river.
(ii) His axe fell into the river.
(iii) He wept and cried for help.
(iv) The god of water appeared.
(v) He bought a golden axe.
Rearrange the following sen according to the time of events:
(i) It saw a bunch of ripe grapes on a vine.
(ii) The fox could not reach it.
(iii) Once a fox was very hungry
(iv) But the bunch was very high.
(v) It went in search of food.
(i) Once a fox was very hungry,
(ii) It went in search of food.
(iii) It saw a bunch of ripe grapes on a vine.
(v) The fox could not reach it.
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Canada's Lululemon Athletica Inc. missed 4th quarter analyst expectations which led to its shares tumbling down by 18.2% to $54.25. According to Thomson Reuters, Wall Street's consensus forecast for its earnings per share was 39 cents per share. However, the company only expects to make between 25 and 27 cents per share for the 1st quarter of 2017.
Lululemon's earnings expectation for the fiscal year is in the range of $2.26 and $2.36 per share, and these estimations are below what Wall Street expects.
4th quarter adjusted earnings per share increased to $1 and was below the consensus estimate of $1.01 per share. 4th quarter sales for Lululemon, however, beat Wall Street's estimates.
The company boosted revenues by 12% to $790 million, and this was above the estimate of Wall Street which was $783.6 million. Its gross margin also beat expectations as it enjoyed a more efficient supply chain.
Executives added that the disappointing performance was due to poor online sales and fewer shoppers in brick and mortar retail stores.
As a result of the weak 4th quarter performance, the company expects that 1st quarter sales will also be poor. Another reason for the weak performance has been the stronger than expected Canadian dollar. The impact was noted to be 2 cents higher than it estimated.
Lululemon was the leader in "athleisure wear" market. It made yoga wear into mainstream fashion. Its success in this niche prompted competitors such as Nike Inc., Gap Inc., and Under Armour Inc., to join the lucrative market.
Potdevin said its focus this year would be to expand in China. On a related note, the men's line of Lululemon is expected to grow rapidly and become a $1 billion-plus operation by 2020.
Despite the slow start to 2017, Lululemon executives expect full-year earnings to be between $2.55 billion and $2.6 billion. Earnings per share are expected to range between $2.26 and $2.36 a share.
Prices for Lululemon yoga pants are around $98, $52 for its energy bras and $48 for its T-shirts. One analyst noted that one worrying trend is that Lululemon's loyal customers are purchasing less yoga pants.
Potdevin remains positive that Lululemon will reach its sales to $4 billion by 2020.
According to a news report in April 2016, family budgets are being stretched to the limit. The NBC News report indicates that most consumers are spending more but their salaries are not keeping pace. The data, which was gathered by Pew Charitable Trusts, points out that basic expenses, such as health care, food, transportation and housing, all took up larger shares of people's household incomes in 2014 than they did during the recessionary period in 1996. The squeeze in funds is especially felt among families whose household incomes are lower.
For example, a family of four made up of two children and two adult wage earners experienced an increase in their core income of about $10,000 between 1996 and 2014. However, basic costs increased by the same amount. Therefore, the percentage of a household's income spent on expenses rose from 71% in 1996 to 75% in 2014. This type of increase, following the recent financial crisis in the US and elsewhere, is a clear representation of how household budgets can get strained.
Total household spending grew by approximately 25% between 1996 and 2014. However, income growth lagged significantly behind. In 2014, the average income had plunged 13% over a 10-year period while expenses increased by almost 14%.
Low income families expended much more of their income on basic needs than families in the upper income categories. Some lower income households went into the red.
Over the past 20 years, spending on housing has increased. However, lower income households spent the most on shelter (40%) when compared to middle income households (25%) or upper income wage earners (17%).
According to the news report, when most of a family's budget goes toward necessities, families have less money for discretionary purchases. Discretionary purchases include such activities as dining out or entertainment. It is also more difficult to save money for any type of financial cushion.
A recent report published by Bankrate.com supports this data. The report found that about 63% of consumers surveyed said they currently do not have the additional money to for a health emergency or car repair without going into debt. According to economic experts, one of the biggest complaints about economic recovery has to do with salary growth.


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Founder of pioneering IT company wins prestigious technology award
The founder of a pioneering London-based IT company that has grown from start-up to a global 150 strong business, with offices in India, Dubai and Manila, has just won the prestigious Asian Professional of the Year Award 2015 for IT and Technology. Rickie Sehgal, Chairman of Transputec, received the award at a glittering ceremony held at the 5-star Grange City Hotel near Tower Bridge.
Rickie has been a true pioneer within the IT industry for over 30 years, having founded his first company, Transputec, in 1984 and still going just as strong today. Each of his business ventures has been based on technical or market innovation. Transputec was one of the first companies in the world to develop and promote cloud computing, taken as standard today. Likewise, ITDealer provided a platform for IT users to source hardware products in real time from major manufacturers and distributors at a time when this type of source data aggregation was unheard of. Legal Technologies developed world leading technology to digitise evidential documents.
Rickie's companies have a multi-million pound turnover, with major clients around the world, including McDonalds, Swissport and the UK Ministry of Justice. They employ over 150 people, in their UK headquarters in North London and in service centres around the globe, including in India and the Philippines. But Rickie is not content with this success and is still striving to innovate and create new products and markets. His latest start-up venture, Crises Control, is providing a mobile disaster recovery communications application that is unlike anything currently on the market.
Although Rickie is the public face of Transputec, he is eager that the credit for his award is properly shared around. On receiving the award he said:
"This award might have my name on it, but the true credit for it must be shared equally with my brother and long-time business partner Sonny Sehgal. Sonny and I have been in business together since the very start, when we were still students in London in the mid-1980's. It is remarkable that 30 years later we are still together and still innovating, just like we did way back then."
"The key to success in this, and any, business is never to stand still and stop innovating. Once you do that you are dead and many companies much bigger than ours have died that way. I am very proud of our traditional of constant innovation and Crises Control is just the latest, and I hope biggest, expression of that."
Not content with running several successful companies, Rickie has always believed in giving back into the community and he has consistently pursued this belief through a number of different avenues. He is the founder of Global Reach, a joint venture of companies with partners across the UK, Europe, Asia and the US who benefit from multi-national collaboration. As a result, in 2005 received the Non-Resident Indian Institute's prestigious Pride of India Award for business excellence – in recognition for his achievements in building economic and technology ties with India.
The Asian Professional Awards is designed to celebrate and honour the very best of Asian achievement across a range of professional sectors. It provides a platform to recognise and honour Asians who excel in their professional careers and contribute to the success of businesses big and small on a daily basis.
For further details, or to speak to Rickie, contact Tim Morris, Director of Marketing for Crises Control on 020-8584 1358 or 07788-395904.
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package ch.epfl.bluebrain.nexus.iam.io

import akka.actor.{ActorSystem, ExtendedActorSystem}
import akka.serialization.Serialization
import akka.testkit.TestKit
import com.nimbusds.jose.jwk.JWKSet
import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
import org.scalatest.{Matchers, TryValues, WordSpecLike}

class JWKSetSerializerSpec
    extends TestKit(ActorSystem("JWKSetSerializerSpec", ConfigFactory.load("akka-test.conf")))
    with WordSpecLike
    with Matchers
    with TryValues {

  private val serialization = new Serialization(system.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem])

  private val json =
    """
      |{
      |  "keys": [
      |    {
      |      "kid": "-JoF9COvvt7UhyhJMC-YlTF6piRlZgQKRQks5sPMKxw",
      |      "kty": "RSA",
      |      "alg": "RS256",
      |      "use": "sig",
      |      "n": "iEk11wBlv0I4pawBSY6ZYCLvwVslfCvjwvg5tIAg9n",
      |      "e": "AQAB"
      |    }
      |  ]
      |}
    """.stripMargin

  private val jwks = JWKSet.parse(json)

  "A JWKSetSerializer" should {

    "serialize and deserialize" in {
      val bytes = serialization.serialize(jwks).success.value
      val obj   = serialization.deserialize(bytes, classOf[JWKSet]).success.value
      jwks.toJSONObject shouldEqual obj.toJSONObject // JWKSet doesn't have a proper equals method
    }
  }
}

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Well, being a liberal I figure you're a bit gullible at times.
I should probably stop now... you know, modwrath and all.
You should have stopped before the nasty woman comment.
Are allowances made for not being the sharpest crayon in the box?
Obviously! You're still here after all these years, after all.
Your posts are interesting, informative and delightful. You are part of this Ka-Tet!
And what am I... A Beam Breaker?
Never- your posts are "the winds through the keyhole". Insight, enjoyment, amazement and wow factor too!
Thanks, but isn't it a tad early to be hitting the bottle?
My first reaction was a visual of Pinocchio's nose growing but knowing Spidey as I do, I have no doubt she meant every word she said.
Ah, one of those prohibition woman suffragettes, I see. Check with Ms Mod. She may have a t-shirt for that sort of thing.
Are you saying senility is setting in? Ms Mod, how could you?
LOL... How Spidey of you.
Nope. Was just a knee-jerk reaction, over in a nano second.
Well I appreciate that ma'am. Have a good week.
This place is my 2nd home, I say thank-ya for being included Spidey.


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POWER OF THE PICTS
Heavy Prog
Buy WRITING ON THE WALL Music
1. It Came on a Sunday (4:18)
2. Mrs. Cooper's Pie (3:21)
3. Ladybird (3:47)
4. Aries (8:09)
5. Bogeyman (3:44)
6. Shadow of a Man (3:52)
7. Tasker's Successor (3:43)
8. Hill of Dreams (3:06)
9. Virginia Waters (5:57)
Bonus tracks on CD editions:
10. Child on a Crossing (3:32)
11. Lucier Corpus (5:47)
- Willy Finlayson / guitars, lead vocals
- Robert "Smiggy" Smith / guitar
- Bill Scott / keyboards
- Jake Scott / bass
- Jimmy Hush / drums, backing vocals
- Dave Howson / arrangements, conductor & producer
NOTE: The actual instrumentation could not be fully confirmed at this moment
LP Middle Earth - MDLS.303 (1969, UK)
CD Repertoire Records - REP 8002-SP (1991, Germany) With 2 bonus tracks
CD Repertoire Records - REP 4854 (2000, Germany) Remastered by Eroc, with 2 bonus tracks
Thanks to ClemofNazareth for the addition
Buy WRITING ON THE WALL Power Of The Picts Music
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Review by ClemofNazareth
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Folk Researcher
This album is more of a curio than anything else, a decent sample representative of any number of blues-influenced bands that worked their way through psych and into mildly progressive territory while searching for a defining sound in the late sixties.
Writing on the Wall formed out of a Scottish soul cum psych band named Jury before relocating to England and releasing this, their only official studio release in 1969. Apparently the band toiled on until finally breaking up in the wake of their equipment being stolen in 1973. Besides this CD reissue there is an LP re-release and a couple of other compilations of this disc and some other material they recorded along the way but never released while the band was still together.
The pervading sound is a bluesy one with plenty of aggressive and energetic organ, heavy guitar and unexceptional vocals. The lyrical themes range from earthy to vague fantasy to weirdly poetic. A few spoken-word passages (especially on the Arthur Brown-like "Aries") add some variety but don't do much to really distinguish the music.
The second half of the disc is noticeably more progressive than the first. On "Shadow of Man" the band lays down a turgid rhythm and dances around it with psych guitars and lyrics, the ever-present organ, and more crazy vocals. "Taskers Sucessor" seems to lift the Doors' sound quite liberally, while the organ sound and vocal timbre on "Hill of Dreams" reminds me a whole lot of the old Bee Gees tune "(You Don't Know What its Like) to Love Somebody". "Virginia Water" also seems inspired by what was on the band's turntable at the time, in this case Procol Harum.
The final two tracks on the CD reissue are "Child on a Crossing" and "Lucifer Corpus", the two sides of the band's first single released before this album was originally recorded. Both are more psych-leaning than most of the rest of the album and may represent the transitional state of the band as it moved from that to a more progressive sound as they worked on the tracks for this album.
Like I said, this isn't ground-breaking stuff, but it is mildly interesting from a historical perspective. The reissues are plentiful and easy to find, so if you come across this and are into heavy prog music you might find it worthwhile. As it is I'll give this three stars but only a lukewarm recommendation.
Posted Saturday, February 16, 2008 | Review this album | Report (Review #161976)
Review by stefro
POWER OF THE PICTS is the one-and-only studio album from the little-known WRITING ON THE WALL, an intense, organ-dominated prog/psych-rock group hailing from Scotland and active for a brief-but- brilliant while circa 1969. The line-up consisted of Linnie Patterson(vocals), Willy Finlayson(guitar), Jake Scott(bass), Billy T. Scott (keys), Jimmy Hush(drums) and Alby Greenhalg(wind instr). The group found their first strains of fame, when, after the usual bout of incessant gigging, WOTW travelled down to London and managed to secure themselves a residency at the famed Marquee Club, subsequently wowing the packed arena with a series of wildly exciting live shows. The reward for their exceptional live peformances was a record-deal with the newly formed Orc Records, and soon the six- piece had the difficult task of translating their live brilliance onto tape. POTP was the result and, remarkably, the bands heady brew of blues-drenched, wigged-out guitar-and- organ groove-psych-rock is captured with all it's blazing, barnstorming beauty in-tact. Soundwise they resemble the likes of Hawkwind, May Blitz, Cream and Steppenwolf, but with a uniquely fuzzed-out sound all of their own, with the album boasting 11 ballsy, tripped-out rockers with Billy T. Scott's Organ and Linne Patterson's vocals the dominant forces. Opening track 'It Came On A Sunday' immediately sets out their sonic stall; bluesy guitar-tones, fuzzed- out organ and deep, throaty vocals divided between fast-burning rock numbers and mellower, organ-led pieces that sound like they were thought-up during the wee, small hours of the night. By the time album-closer 'Lucifer's Corpse' is beginning to fade, the listener would have been on a seriously-psychedelic journey through late-sixties, spliffed-up rock accompanied bymanic-yet-expert instrumental verve and whacked-out lyrical looniness. Sadly though, this would be WOTW's moment in the sun, with poor album-sales and, eventually, the theft of almost all their equipment, contributing to their eventual dis-banding. They left behind one excellent album, and one wonders what more they were capable of if given the chance. The late sixties and early-seventies are filled with talented psych/prog groups that failed to make it big despite some innovative LP's, and WOTW unfortunately fill that unlucky clutch of groups. However, in recent years, this wild Scots six-pieces debut album has found a following and is finally been given the attention and ciritical accalim it deserves with renewed interest leading to a new fans website and two new CD reissues of this album hitting the shops. This reviewer loved POTP; It may be obscure, but it's a great example of hard-edged sixties acid-rock and a genuine, bondafide, sparkling hidden gem.
***The current Orc Records reissue comes with a bonus album entitled 'Buffalo' that was apparently left unfinished. Incredibly, it's musically as good as POTP. The sound-quality, however, is not the best. STEFAN TURNER, LONDON, 2009
a venue seen as the six-piece soon startedfound their niche with a series of rip-roaring shows, briefly gaining them a reputation as a top underground live act. The band's heady brew of wigged-out guitar- and-organ psych-rock drenched in heavy blues suited the live-scene of the era and their fame and reputation inthsi medium secured them a residency at the Marquee Club in London.
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Review by Sean Trane
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Folk
Sole album from this Edinburgh quintet (formerly known as The Jury) relocated in London. Their Hammond-based proto-prog was also proto-hard-rock if you like that sort of pigeonholing: but in either case, WotW was amongst the pioneers of the genre, since thir album was released in 69. Indeed, Bill Scott's dominating organ gives the band a solid sound that can make you think of Atomic Rooster or during their wilder moments of Arthur Brown's Crazy World. The band had a raw sound with Patterson's vocals and anarchy-loving lyrics (the opening track of It Came On Sunday), but Finlayson's sizzling fuzzling guitar gives it the extra oomph to go overboard. Of course, the band's choices of artwork and album title (the Pict tribes not reminding the English many merry souvenirs) were somewhat questionable, and it probably didn't help them break out of the local club circuit, though they did manage to find the Middle Earth club and record label.
The album consists mostly of relatively short songs, though calling their format commercial would very misleading. While some are fairly straightforward (Sunday, Ladybird, etc..), others are more elaborate (Mrs Cooper's Pie, Shadow Of Man, Hills Of Dreams) with some of their proggier moments bearing shades of Deep Purple (mkI). Of course, the main selling point of this album to progheads will be the lengthy (8-mins) Aries piece, which goes east, north, west, south and centre, but remaining focused ll the way through. Other excellent stand-outs are the slightly longer Shadow of Man and Viginia Waters. The album's only real flaw of the album is the (thankfully short) dumb folk ditty Bogeyman piece, which should've never seen the album, or even the light of day (for its own sake). An accordion piece, but you'll also find that yucky instrument on Hill Of Dreams.
The Repertoire label CD reissue features the non-album single tracks of the same year and both of them are well in line with the album's overall sound. The band would apparently record a US-release live album (not sure it was legit either) and a further single in 73, before falling apart; with their ex-members migrating to other projects, but never making it "big". While you may have trouble with the album's production standard, the open-minded proghead won't have problems adapting and enjoying, because it is definitely a very interesting brand of proto-hard-prog, and the album will gracefully and rightfully sit in your shelves not too far away from the bands mentioned above.
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HS2: Planning permission granted for replacement homes in Camden
Housing designs for Dick Collins Hall Site
Housing designs for Varndell Street site
Housing designs for Robert Street site
Map of the sites
Key facts on each site
Council tenants and leaseholders set to lose their homes to High Speed 2 (HS2) will have a new flat to move into after planning permission was granted to build replacement homes.
Camden Council's Development Control Committee approved the planning application submitted by the Council's Housing Department for replacement housing last night (Thursday 3 September), subject to conditions, which will see 90 replacement homes, 16 affordable homes and ten private homes built across eight sites on Regent's Park Estate.
The planning permission is subject to a shadow Section 106 legal agreement and referral to Mayor of London for his direction.
Camden Council secured funding from HS2 Ltd. in a legal agreement in March 2015, following months of negotiation, to build replacement homes for Council tenants losing their flats to HS2. This agreement also allows the Council to build enough new homes to offer resident leaseholders the opportunity to remain in the area.
HS2 Ltd. had previously agreed to pay Camden Council for 70 flats in the new Stanhope and Winchester apartments on Stanhope Street. These flats, with the flats given planning permission on Thursday, will together provide the replacement housing for tenants, needed as a result of HS2.
Leader of Camden Council, Councillor Sarah Hayward, said: "We're determined that HS2 should not break our strong communities in Camden – and building these new homes will ensure our tenants and leaseholders can remain in the area that means so much to them.
"70% of tenants losing their homes told us in consultation that they want to stay in the local area. Residents losing their homes should only have to move once so we plan to have the new homes ready for residents to move into before HS2 construction starts.
"HS2 will subject Camden to over a decade of disruption and we're gravely concerned that many more Camden homes will be left uninhabitable. HS2 Ltd. must guarantee they will address the combined impacts of construction and the long-term effects that noise, dust and vibration will have on our residents' lives."
Read the report that went to Camden Council's Development Control Committee.
A resident survey (Housing Needs Survey) was done in 2013 and most affected residents said that they would prefer to stay on the existing estate or within a 10 minute walk. The Council committed to residents that affected tenants should only be required to move once. We consulted residents on 11 sites over the last two years finally bringing forward nine sites to a planning application.
Camden Council will undertake preparatory and utility works ahead of starting work on the construction of the replacement homes this winter. If the HS2 Bill is passed into law, the homes are scheduled to be ready for residents to move into ahead of HS2 construction starting.
If HS2 goes ahead it will result in the demolition of three social housing blocks (Eskdale, Ainsdale and Silverdale) on the Regent's Park Estate and 14 street properties on Melton and Cobourg Street. In total 182 units would be lost in the following tenure mix:
136 social rented units
24 resident leaseholders
22 non-resident leaseholders
A second linked application for five private units above the Camden People's Theatre was submitted in June and will be heard at a future Development Control Committee.
You can read more about our replacement housing programme on our HS2 housing pages.
Camden Council opposes plans for HS2 as currently proposed. If the government does go ahead with the scheme, Camden is committed to securing the best deal for our communities. Find out more here.


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I've always found public transport journeys into work quite mundane and repetitive.
You purchase your ticket. You fight for a seat. You play with your phone. You fight to get off.
It was a Tuesday morning. I was sat towards the rear of the bus on my way to work reading the newspaper. My eyes fleeted around the bus, carefully observing my surroundings. I noticed the usual solemn faces. A young couple were arguing over who should pay the bill for dinner that evening. A baby was crying in the arms of a distressed looking mother. A group of schoolboys were discussing the morality of algebra. It was an active journey. I continued to read the newspaper.
Halfway through my journey the bus pulls in at a bus-stop and an old lady hops on. She pays her fare and then proceeds to skip along to the middle of the bus and holds on to one of the handrails. One of the schoolboys stands up to offer her a seat but she politely refuses with a broad smile and a gentle shake of her head.
She wore a purple wooly hat that was a few sizes too small. The cardigan she wore was fluffy and cosy and her shoes were dainty with silver buckles on each side. She must have been close to 70 years old but her demeanour was that of a lady in her 20s. She had an elegant posture. She stood upright with her back straight. She stood as if she owned the world.
There was something about this old lady. I couldn't take my eyes off her.
I observed carefully as she reached into her handbag and pulled out a walkman cassette player. (I thought they'd stopped making those) She put on her headphones and pressed play.
What followed can only be described as sheer entertainment.
She began to nod her heard and tap her dainty shoes on the deck of the bus. Then she began to wiggle her hips and sway from side to side whilst holding on to the handrail.
Dancing on the bus during rush hour on a Tuesday morning.
A smile crept across my lips.
I looked away pretending I was really engrossed in the newspaper. I wondered if any of the other passengers had noticed what was going on. Then It started.
At first I thought I was losing my mind. I could hear singing. It was faint at first but then increased in volume. It sounded like the voice of an angel. I looked up and to my surprise that voice was coming from the old lady.
She was singing "Careless whisper" by George Michael.
She was in her own world. Her eyes were closed whilst she sang. She was happy and content.
I looked around. The group of schoolboys had ended their discussion. The arguing couple were silent. The baby stopped crying.
The bus had gone quiet and everyone was watching her.
"Is there a party going on back there?" The bus driver chuckled.
The atmosphere on the bus had changed. As I looked around I noticed that one by one, each passenger began to smile. Before long, everyone was smiling. The passengers were talking to each other. Strangers were conversing with other strangers.
Suddenly, the group of schoolboys joined in to sing along with the old lady. Soon the entire bus was singing along.
The bus pulled in at another bus stop and new passengers got on. They're initial shocked facial expressions turned into smiles as they also took part in singing along.
Who was this old lady? What magical spell did she cast upon everyone? Sadly I never got to find out as I had to get off at the next stop.
What I learnt that day was invaluable. This lady had the ability to create her own happiness. So much so that others joined in. At times we look to others to make us feel good but seeing this lady weave her magic made me realise that each of us can tap into our own pool of joy also.


The outdoors is subject to attracting dirt due to constant exposure to changing weathers, dust and dirt accumulation and yes foot and at times vehicular traffic too. So, this will render the outdoor areas dirty and unsightly. So, what can be done to keep it clean or how do you go about getting it cleaned in the first place? Fortunately, there is a specific cleaning technique that can be applied here to help clean the outdoors of your home in BAULKHAM HILLS and that would be high pressure cleaning in Baulkham Hills 2153. This is the best possible way to clean the pathways, driveways, patio, retaining walls, walkways, fencing and more. Get a round of pressure washing and cleaning done, and the effect is noticeable instantly. To keep the outdoor area clean and to make it a maintenance schedule, high pressure washing and cleaning for your residence in Baulkham Hills or Sydney, NSW roundabouts is most definitely recommended.
The pressure clean and wash can be a part of the usual cleaning plan or if you are planning on selling your home, then this should be a part of the pre-sale prep work. And most of all, only expert cleaners how to know how to go about a good round of pressure wash and clean.
High Pressure Cleaning in Baulkham Hills 2153 is ideal for any surface!
Yes. A point to be noted and a point worth mentioning is that a high pressure cleaning in Baulkham Hills can be carried out on practically any surface. It could be made of concrete, stone, slabs, paving made of brick or slate, tiled surfaces even.
High pressure cleaning can be easily and effectively employed on any surface. It will not harm or damage any surface. Because it is safe, and the principal ingredient used here is water. Water is passed through a pressured pump and that is sprayed on to the surface to effectively clean the dirt, grime, stains, oil spills, and dust. Coupled with cleaning products, the water, and the cleaning products make a nice combo and will seamlessly and effectually help clean the surface that is subject to a high pressure cleaning and washing.
Most outdoor areas and surfaces are often made of brick, tiles, concrete and stone. And since it is outside, and it cannot see a round of soft cleaning, only pressure washing, and cleaning will work best. It can only be cleaned this way and not really any other way.
You augment your property value with a high pressure wash and clean in Baulkham Hills!
It is very easy to imagine, or just think that if you carry out a regular cleaning and more so if it were an high pressure cleaning and washing, then the exterior of your building, its looks and the way it appears will be markedly improved. Whatever be the type of property, it could be a residence or a commercial space, yet, it will really look good and attractive because it has been cleaned the high pressure way. The pressure wash and cleaning give the building a real boost in terms of looks. So essentially, the value of your property enhances, and this is such a nice feeling for anyone. And if ever, you were considering a sale of your house, its fresh appearance may garner you more money or your house value will be steady and on the higher side itself. Because it will look like a place that is taken care of, tended to and well-maintained.
Any area of your home be it inside or outside, if it is not cleaned and maintained will look dirty or will attract dirt like a moth is drawn to the flame. It is very easy for an area that is not maintained to accumulate dirt and dust and look very unsightly and gross. So that is why, in order to carry out the upkeep and maintenance of the exterior surfaces of a building and to ensure that it looks nice at all times, expert cleaners from a reputed cleaning services company like Franklean Carpet & Tile Cleaning is engaged. And, our cleaners will take care of the high pressure cleaning and washing to the areas where we extend our service to and that is BAULKHAM HILLS neighborhoods.
When a cleaner or washer undertakes a high pressure clean, the outside areas get cleaned with the use of a pressure clean the results are almost instantaneous and it can be seen even. There is so much positivity when seeing a clean surface and it can engender a lot of pluses which you cannot maybe see or fathom even. But it will have a string of benefits on its own.
For washing and cleaning any external place, this is the best method.
When a jet pressure washer is used to spray water, and when it is operated by experienced cleaners, then nothing like it even. It helps clean the surface very effectively.
A periodic round of high pressure washing, and cleaning of the external area helps spruce up the place.
It is can be done very fast and it is totally safe.
This way of cleaning is very environment friendly.
This type of cleaning service is characteristically gainful, and the price is right.
Does the price make an impact?
Experience is factored in on the one hand. And on the other, price must be considered. And yes, for the cleaning services, it will have to meet your budget and be cheap. Many a time, experienced cleaners are required to clean up the place. But at the same time, how cheap it is or what the price is or the cost is also checked by the prospective customer.
Why wait? Get a high pressure cleaning done today!
You want a high pressure clean and wash on a regular or emergency basis and only experienced cleaners can be of help. So if you want to tidy up and get your outdoor area cleaned, then the best way is to go with Franklean Carpet & Tile Cleaning in BAULKHAM HILLS 2153. You can reach out to us on 0411 181 990 or email us at frankleansyd@gmail.com. Keep in mind our cost and price is cheap and will meet your budget.


YOUR PICK UP SCHEDULE: Your pickup day is Wednesday, but the time of day it will be removed may vary depending on volume. Trash, recycling, compost and bulky items will be picked up on the same day. Therefore, all items must be placed at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday and will be removed that day. Our ordinance prohibits placement before 6:00 p.m. the night before. No larger than a 32 gallon trash can is permitted.
HOLIDAYS: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. If one of the above holidays falls on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, then your service will be on Thursday.
YARD WASTE – APRIL through NOVEMBER: Grass material must be placed in containers (not to exceed 40 lbs.) clearly marked with a large "X" (At least 1 foot high of the side of the container) by using masking tape, duct tape or paint. Brown paper compostable bags may also be used and do not need to be specially marked. GRASS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED IN PLASTIC BAGS. Branches and brush should be in lengths not to exceed 4 feet. Branches 2 inches or less will be composted. No larger than a 32 gallon trash can is permitted! Please note that curbside yard waste collection provided by the City is not available for condominiums.
CURBSIDE LEAF REMOVAL: Leaves are vacuumed at curbside twice a year. Click here to view the schedule.
Paint will be picked up if it is completely dried up. You must leave lid off and put cat litter in can to absorb paint. Set it next to your trash, so refuse personnel can see what it is.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE BEEN MISSED: Please check the following items.
WAS TRASH/RECYCLING/YARD WASTE PUT OUT BY 7:00 A.M.?
IS THERE A TAG ON YOUR CONTAINER, WHICH EXPLAINS WHY IT WASN'T PICKED UP?
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CALL THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES AT (810) 364-8340 BETWEEN 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. MONDAY THRU FRIDAY.
RECYCLING: Our recycling guidelines have changed! Click here for the most up-to-date guidelines. Emterra, our refuse contractor now takes the items listed below. Recycling (in your blue or lime green container, one per household) will be picked up on Wednesday also.
GLASS – any color beverage bottles or jars. Rinse clean and discard lid, labels need not be removed.
CANS – Tin or aluminum – soup, vegetable, fruit cans, etc. Rinse clean and remove labels.
PLASTIC – #1 – #8 NOW ACCEPTED! Rinse clean and discard caps.
NEWSPAPER – In addition to newspaper, glossy prints/ads are now accepted.
CHIP/PAPER BOARD – Cereal, tissue boxes, etc. now accepted. Please breakdown boxes!
MIXED OFFICE WASTE – Junk mail, flyers, office paper, magazines (non wax coated), phone books now accepted.
CARDBOARD – Please ensure cardboard is cut to the size of newspaper and fits in bin. NO PIZZA BOXES, PLEASE!!!
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD may also be dropped off at our DPS yard, 200 East 14th Street, cardboard only-no packaging.
Any chemical or petroleum containers, any food containers not emptied/rinsed out, any type of plastic storage container, clothing hangers, syringes/needles, cookware, glasses, plates, pots or pans, light bulbs, plastic bags, medical waste, Styrofoam, packing peanuts, clothing, shoes, pizza boxes, cigarette butts, diapers, nails, nuts or bolts, window glass, laundry baskets, flower pots/trays, buckets/pails, scrap metal, car parts, window screens, computers or computer parts, toasters, can openers, silverware, food, electrical cords, demo/building material, plasticware, wax coated cardboard, glass block, aerosol cans, mini blinds, chicken wire, lawn equipment parts, oil filters, shrink wrap, car mats, vinyl siding, door mats, driveway markers, toilet brushes, seat cushions, paint rollers, paint pan liners.
No Plastic Bags in the Recycling Bin! Please recycle your plastic shopping bags at your local grocery store.


Traffic was crawling by Chestnut Ridge's Village Hall Tuesday as voters packed the polls throughout the day.
The majority voted to reelect incumbent trustees Grant Valentine and Paul Van Alstyne, who had drawn strong competition due to a January vote by the Village Board of Trustees to allow houses of worship in residential buildings. Many members of the Orthodox Jewish community had sought this accommodation and many non-Orthodox feared the increased traffic and busyness such changes in zoning would create.
This led to what some called a classic clash of bloc votes as different communities fought for a vision of the community. Contenders Steven J. Wasserman and Anthony L. Shaut took umbrage to this characterization, claiming many Orthodox supporters in their ranks.
In the end, the majority of the burgeoning religious community led Valentine and Alstyne to victory. Vote totals: Trustee: Grant Valentine (incumbent) 1,330; Paul Van Alstyne (incumbent) 1,314; Anthony L. Shaut 1,106; Steven J. Wasserman 1,129.
It was a banner day for candidates backed by the broader Orthodox community. Voters filed into Ramapo Town Hall for the Village of Airmont election, which swept into power a regime backed by the bulk of the Orthodox community. Incumbent mayor Phil Gigante and running mates' names had been taken off the ballot due to a challenge of their signatory petitions but Gigante waged a strong write-in campaign. Former Mayor Ralph Bracco's slate came in a distant third. Vote tally in Airmont – Mayor: (W) Nathan Bubel 1,449; Philip Gigante 1,293; Ralph Bracco 152; Trustee: (W) Brian Downey 1,453; (W) Migdalia Pesante 1,455; Paul Marchesani 1,289; Anthony Valvo 1,285; Ronald Roberti 148; Angela Thompson 146.
In the Village of Pomona, approximately 960 voters cast their ballots with the victory going to "Preservation Party" candidates. Trustee candidates Carol McFarlane, Elan Fuchs and Mayoral candidate Ian Banks were declared the winners. The Preservation Party slate was also considered friendliest with the burgeoning Orthodox community, though issues in Pomona are not necessarily seen through a bloc vs. non-bloc prism. Final vote tally, Pomona – Mayor: Ian Banks 435; Lloyd Ecker 312; Write-ins 231; Trustee: Ilan Fuchs 431; Susanne Kernan 311; Carol McFarlane 441 ; Joanne Robinson-Filas 321.
In contrast to the chaos that went on in Ramapo Town Hall and the Chestnut Ridge Village Hall, Pomona was reasonably calm and quiet. Pomona has approximately 3,000 residents, 2,000 registered voters—less than half of those registered voted. The turn out from non-Haredi communities has remained comparatively small, even while it is common to hear residents of other faiths complain they are being pushed out of communities they have lived in for decades.


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Q: Memory Management in ARC I could not understand how the objects are released in ARC, there is still a confusion going on in this for me.
Suppose i create a view controller or any other using alloc in a method
    -(void) displayView
    {
       RegViewController *sampleView = [[RegViewController alloc] init];
       [sampleView setModalTransitionStyle:UIModalTransitionStyleCrossDissolve];
       [sampleView setModalPresentationStyle:UIModalPresentationFormSheet];
       [self presentModalViewController:sampleView animated:YES];
    }

Does it release the object created when the method block completes or we should explicitly release by giving nil to reference?

A: in this case sampleView will be released when the modal view is dismissed. one does not need to do anything else in this case.

A: The view controller is automatically released at the end of the block. However this does not mean that it is deallocated - it is still retained by the presentModalViewController:animated: method and will be released (and deallocated) when it is dismissed.

A: ARC stands for Automatic Reference Counting.
It takes over the user's responsibility for maintaining object reference counting.
That's why you can't call [obj retain] or [obj release] anymore.
It releases it for you as soon as the reference counter hits 0.
Just remember that it is not a garbage collector. There are cases where this mechanism can cause memory leaks if you're not careful. But in general it works quite well.

A: Does it release the object created when the method block completes or we should explicitly release by giving nil to reference?

Answer is NO.
In the above case sampleView retain count is not reaching 0, as you passed this as an argument to self class. Once all the strong reference will be cleared its retain count will come down to 0, only after that it will get release.
You can simply imagine your code as RegViewController *sampleView = [[[RegViewController alloc] init] autorelease];


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Mario Lopez welcomes baby girl with girlfriend Courtney Mazza
TV actor and host Mario Lopez welcomed his first child, a daughter with girlfriend Courtney Mazza on Saturday. According to www.people.com, the couple has named the baby girl Gia Francesca Lopez. Both mother and the infant have been reported to be doing well.
Mario Lopez, 36 met Coutney Mazza, a Broadway star, when Lopez made an appearance in a Broadway show, 'A Chorus Line'. In an earlier interview, Mario Lopez had hinted at being settled down with Courtney Mazza and also revealed his intention of entering parenthood with the lady.
When the couple had just broken the news of Coutney Mazza being pregnant, Mario Lopex was quoted as saying "I'm really excited. I'm happy. I can't wait to be a dad,"
The baby girl weighs 6 lbs., 4 oz and was delivered in Burbank, California. According to www.radaronline.com, Mario Lopez is overjoyed with the arrival of the girl. He went on to add: "What an amazing and overwhelming experience to welcome our daughter into the world."
When questioned whether long time Playboy and Dancing with the Stars participant would take up the duty of diaper, the actor was prompt to reply "Of course," He added "I grew up in a large family. I'm fired up!"
Celebrities who have recently given birth include Rachel Dratch, Jodie Sweetin and Catherine Bell.
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