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package com.vaadin.tests.components.caption;

import com.vaadin.server.UserError;
import com.vaadin.tests.components.TestBase;
import com.vaadin.ui.TextField;

public class EmptyCaptions extends TestBase {

    @Override
    protected void setup() {
        TextField tf;

        tf = new TextField(null, "Null caption");
        addComponent(tf);

        tf = new TextField("", "Empty caption");
        addComponent(tf);

        tf = new TextField(" ", "Space as caption");
        addComponent(tf);

        tf = new TextField(null, "Null caption, required");
        tf.setRequired(true);
        addComponent(tf);
        tf = new TextField("", "Empty caption, required");
        tf.setRequired(true);
        addComponent(tf);
        tf = new TextField(" ", "Space as caption, required");
        tf.setRequired(true);
        addComponent(tf);

        tf = new TextField(null, "Null caption, error");
        tf.setComponentError(new UserError("error"));
        addComponent(tf);

        tf = new TextField("", "Empty caption, error");
        tf.setComponentError(new UserError("error"));
        addComponent(tf);

        tf = new TextField(" ", "Space as caption, error");
        tf.setComponentError(new UserError("error"));
        addComponent(tf);

    }

    @Override
    protected String getDescription() {
        return "Null caption should never use space while a non-null caption always should use space.";
    }

    @Override
    protected Integer getTicketNumber() {
        return 3846;
    }

}


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Checking In On The Maryland Real Estate Forecast For 2023
Whether you're looking to buy a home or sell a home, you'll want to read our Maryland real estate forecast for 2023.
We're breaking down the numbers you need to know for Maryland real estate from 2020, 2021, and 2022. From there, we'll be able to paint a picture of how the market is looking for this year.
Read on for our analysis of the coming year, and feel free to get in touch with us when you're ready to talk about your Maryland housing needs for 2023.
Maryland Real Estate Forecast For 2023
What we saw in 2022 was a strong housing market that included both a limited supply and high demand, leading to house selling prices increasing regularly.
For example, July 2022 saw the average home price in Maryland at a value of $406,436. That price is up 9.8% from the year before, and Zillow has a prediction of that trend continuing.
Though we've all heard rumors of a recession and the market crashing, the truth is that the data is not reflecting these concerns. If anything, the market could be cooling slightly. Looking at July 2022 again, the price rose about 5.4% from the previous year, while the number of homes had decreased by 27%.
Our takeaway: The Maryland housing market is not seeing major declines or any signs of crashing. Sellers can still benefit from the supply of homes as it is now, as available properties for sale dropped from 13,307 in 2021 to 10,331 units in July 2022.
Notes On Maryland's Economy
Another important factor to consider when looking at the Maryland real estate forecast for 2023 is how strong Maryland's economy will remain. We are pleased to report that it is doing quite well.
As we saw in 2021, the state's GDP was $438.2 billion. That's an increase over 2020's $410.7 billion.
In order, the largest sectors were government, finance, insurance, real estate, and professional & business services.
What's more, the population is growing. As one of the top 25 fastest growing states (at #22 on the list), there will be more demand for housing to come. Maryland's population at the last census was 6.1 million (#18 in the country), and it has grown by an average of 7% per decade.
Notes On Maryland's Job Growth
Year-over-year jobs are up, too. In July 2022, Maryland jobs had increased by approximately 78,000, an increase of 3.0% over the previous year. With an increase of 4,700 jobs, the Professional and Business services sector experienced the most private sector growth.
Last Year's Housing Statistics By The Numbers
106,804 units were sold in Maryland last year at a median price of $361,000. Below you'll find the relevant statistics for Maryland's real estate forecast for 2023:
106,804 units – units sold in 2021, up 10.5% from the previous year.
$426,388 – the average sale price, up 11.2% from the previous year.
$361,000 – the median price, up 9.4% from the previous year.
106,102 – total pending sales, up from 99,183.
6,447 – active inventory, down from 10,385 units.
0.7 – average months of, down from 1.3 from the previous year.
7 – median days on market, down from 11.
122,287 – new listings, up from 112,359
As the Maryland real estate market shifts, there are certainly plenty of opportunities. Specifically, homeowners in the Baltimore area should home in on the following data:
In 2019, 37,829 homes sold in the Baltimore metropolitan area.
In 2020, 43,151 homes sold.
And as far as home prices go, the median home prices are increasing, too.
In 2019, the median home sales price in Baltimore was $284,260.
And in 2022, the median home sales price in Baltimore was $351,450.
The Maryland Real Estate Group For You In 2023
What are your home plans for 2023? If you're looking for an evaluation from a local expert, want to know more about VA loans, or looking to move to a new home in Maryland, we're here to help.
Team Alpha Charlie is a veteran owner of a Maryland real estate group with deep roots in the area, and we're happy to chat with you further about your Maryland housing needs.

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How Grating: There's Wood In Your Parmesan And Romano Cheeses
Nancy Fink Huehnergarth Contributor
I examine the impact of our food environment and food policy.
Who knew? Grated Parmesan and Romano cheeses can contain wood pulp.
Add grated Parmesan and Romano cheeses to the growing list of adulterated food products that you may have in your home pantry.
Bloomberg News had an independent laboratory test some popular brands of store-bought grated cheese to learn how much wood pulp each contained. Wood pulp, which is also known on ingredient labels as cellulose, is a safe, fairly common additive that prevents clumping. However, a number of the cheeses tested exceeded the somewhat vague industry standard for cellulose, which Italian cheese importer Neil Schuman of Arthur Schuman Inc. identified as between two and four percent.
According to Bloomberg :
Essential Everyday 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese, from Jewel-Osco, was 8.8 percent cellulose, while Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s Great Value 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese registered 7.8 percent, according to test results. Whole Foods 365 brand didn't list cellulose as an ingredient on the label, but still tested at 0.3 percent. Kraft had 3.8 percent.
Schuman, whose 45-year-old company is the nation's largest seller of hard Italian cheeses, has taken a public stand on grated cheese fraud, telling Bloomberg, "We're often not even competing against cheese. Time and again we find grated "Parmesan" and "Romano" available on the market that only partially consists of real cheese. The rest most often includes cellulose, imitation cheeses, potato starch and analog cheese."
Schuman estimates that one-fifth of America's grated hard cheese production has been adulterated.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has come down hard on at least one company for adulterated grated cheese. In 2012, the Castle Cheese Company was found to be selling "100 percent grated parmesan" made from imitation cheese, fillers and trimmings from less expensive cheeses like Swiss and Cheddar, which allowed Castle to earn greater profit margins. The investigation forced Castle into bankruptcy and its president, Michelle Myter, has agreed to probation and $1 million in restitution and forfeitures.
However, in a 2015 essay for Dairy Foods, Schuman alleged that this type of fraudulent activity is a widespread problem:
In a recent random sampling of dry grated cheeses for sale at retailers in Wisconsin, we found "Parmesan" canisters that had more than 25% cellulose in them, and others that were two-thirds carbohydrates. And according to recent tests, this problem is even more pronounced in the foodservice and ingredient channels.
As the category leader, we feel a responsibility to address this condition. It's fraud and it's illegal. And it's undermining the market for real cheese.
Adulterating food to boost profits is a common problem throughout the world. In 2013, the Grocery Manufacturers Association estimated that food fraud cost the international food industry between $10-$15 billion each year, impacting 10% of all commercial food products.
Olive oil and honey are two of the most frequently adulterated foods. In November 2015, seven top olive oil companies in Italy were under investigation for marketing lower-quality virgin olive oil as extra-virgin.
In 2011, Food Safety News tested 60 containers of honey purchased in stores in 10 states and the District of Columbia. The testing found that over three-fourths of the honey they purchased, "isn't exactly what the bees produce."
Other foods that have been frequently found to be adulterated include orange juice, coffee, milk, apple juice and tea.
Fortunately, when it comes to grated Parmesan and Romano, there's an easy way to avoid adulterated products. Buy a slice of Parmesan or Romano and grate it yourself.
Nancy Fink Huehnergarth
I'm a commentator, journalist and the president of Nancy F. Huehnergarth Consulting, which specializes in nutrition and physical activity advocacy and policy change. For...


The 18-year-old driver suffered serious injuries when the vehicle came off the road and crashed into a verge.
Officers had tried to stop a VW Golf after discovering it was wanted in connection with a theft from a petrol station more than three hours earlier.
The motorist, from Verwood, Dorset, died in Poole Hospital despite emergency surgery, while a second 18-year-old in the vehicle suffered only minor injuries.
A Dorset Police spokesman said: 'At just before 10pm on Saturday 17th December 2011, police were called to a report of a vehicle driving away without paying from the BP petrol station in Ringwood Road, St Leonards.
'At 1.52am on Sunday 18th December 2011, two police officers in a marked police car identified a vehicle believed to be involved in the earlier incident.
The collision has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.


MMI OPENS ITS DOORS AT CITY WALK!
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To celebrate the opening of the new City Walk store, MMI is gifting the first 150 customers through the door with a new liquor licence worth AED 270. The promotion will run until 15 July and demand is expected to be high, so customers are encouraged to hurry down to the store to avail of the offer.
The new store has been designed to match perfectly with the style for which City Walk has become known with a sleek modern exterior that is also welcoming. Inside, we have taken feedback from our customers to create a shop that is easy to navigate, allowing you to find all your favourite brands at unbeatable prices. Customers will have access to a broad range of more than 1800 items, in addition to a variety of special monthly promotions and giveaways.
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The most important tourist areas in Switzerland
Matterhoun Mountain
Mount Matterhun is located in the Alps range on the border between Switzerland and Italy, and it is one of the most famous mountains in the world, because of its stunning natural landscapes, in addition to the great position it occupies in the sport of climbing generations; Whoever succeeds in achieving this goal, and some of them fail. The village of Zermatt is located at the foot of this mountain. The best times to visit the generation are in late July, August and September, when the atmosphere is suitable for practicing climbing.
St. John's Monastery
St. John's Monastery is located in the city of Münster, which is part of the Grisons Valley, in the easternmost region of Switzerland, in the middle of the continent of Europe, near its Italian-Austrian borders. Tourism in St. John's Monastery thrives in winter as an important stopping point for skiers on the Alps. This monastery was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1983, and gained its importance due to the embodiment of the Carolingian art, the heritage of the Carolingian era, the early medieval wall paintings, the Roman wall paintings, and many others.
Swiss National Park
The Swiss National Park is located in the Alps, specifically in the Engadin Valley near Italy, and it extends over an area of 170 km, 80 km of which form paths specially designed for hiking and walking. It is between May and October, and the best time to visit the highlands of the existing Alps is between July and August.
The most important tourist cities in Switzerland
Geneva is located on the western side of Switzerland, near its borders with France, between the Alps and the Jura Mountains, overlooking Lake Geneva, and is considered the second largest city in Switzerland. Founded in the year 1191 AD, it is known as the capital of Switzerland, and it has been included in the list of world heritage for its tourist attractions, museums, and historical sites.
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The most important tourist areas in Algeria


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2000 subaru outback review
Page 7 of 15. More about the 2000 Outback. It died at 120K, which is "fair" for any car but I had certainly expected a much longer lifespan for the vehicle, which was otherwise running and was maintained fine. There was a recall 2 or 3 years after I purchased it for a sensor or several sensors. Prices by Make. 2000 Subaru Outback trims (4) Trim Family Base Limited Years 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 I love my Subaru and will hate to sell it...hope that day doesn't come for a while! Way to go, Subaru!!! 6 car owners like you reviewed their 2000 Subaru Outback. 4.0 out of 5 stars 2000 subaru legacy outback wagon Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2018 Car is great for snow and off roading. 2000 Subaru Outback Performance Parts Reviews. bike on, skis, or toss in the golf clubs and hit the road and ride in style knowing I will not have any problems with my car. Google it and see. 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I have had one earlier model Subaru Outback (a 1992 2.0 EFI) that had no issues when I sold it. It's luxurious without being overindulgent. expert guide Used Subaru Liberty and Outback review: 1989-2012 17 Aug 2012 by Ewan Kennedy . All in all, this car is a winner. The new one is a bit longer and wider than the previous model. It has a good amount of power, good acceleration, and can be very surprising to passengers who think that Subarus are frumpy cars. Blower (fan) motor, A/C compressor, condenser, evaporator, heater system, automatic climate control, refrigerant leakage, electrical failure. from Hagerstown, MD ", "When cold out fuel fumes come in through vent . The compressor seized and caused the breaker to blow. SUBARUS ARE AWESOME CARS JUST STAY AWAY FROM THE year 2000 model and you will be safe. After 15 years, I consider myself fortunate", "undercarriage rust is coming through on body panels; solder points holding rear bumper on have started to rust though. I have put about 50,000 miles on it … 2 star ... 2000 Subaru Legacy L Wagon ... 2000 Subaru Legacy I Love my Subaru Outback Legacy. two broken springs , struts leaking and were replaed- really pretty normal wear for the crappy roads we have here in WV", "Replaced rear struts in '16 because they just plane wore out. So what was Subaru's agenda when, in 2000, it gave us the Outback H6? Read 2000 Subaru Outback reviews from real owners. 5 (46 %)4 (32 %)3 (20 %)2 (2 %)1 (0 %) 4.2. Yet the Outback retains its versatility: part sport-utility, part car. Holden has caught on, so has Ford, but both have got a long way to go if they want to catch up with Subaru who hit the market in 1996 with the first family wagon with the ability to go off-road. Its all-wheel drive powertrain is a major plus on slippery roads. The worst complaints are transmission, engine, and accessories - exterior problems. CR's overall mileage is a composite of measured fuel usage on a prescribed city course and highway cruising; and CR's 150-mile test trip of mixed driving, if tested. Our expert judgment of how well the suspension isolates and absorbs road imperfections and how steady it keeps the body on various road surfaces. Get in-depth info on the 2000 Subaru Outback model year including prices, specs, reviews, pictures, safety and reliability ratings. I chose it for the look, handling and the AWD for New England winters when I was commuting quite a distance to work. Was fixed but only worked for about 1 year. The seats are comfortable (the seat heaters are incredible! Paint (fading, chalking, cracking, or peeling), loose interior and exterior trim or moldings, rust. Did you? TWO WORDS: HEAD GASKET....yes subarus are awesome cars, and all I even wanted was a subaru becuase all my buddies had one and all of them made it close to 300,000 miles or more...BUT BEWARE!!! Had to be replaced - hard to find in the area and cost over $1,000". The Outback rides comfortably and its interior is reasonably roomy and quiet. Driveshaft or axle, CV joint, differential, transfer case, 4WD/AWD components, driveline vibration, traction control, electronic stability control (ESC), electrical failure. Lookup 2000 Subaru Outback Sport Wagon for sale, problems & recalls by VIN. Includes seats, climate control, noise, and ride. Sign Up, Already have an account? Engine rebuild or replacement, cylinder head, head gasket, turbo or supercharger, timing chain or timing belt. Complaints: the interior has way too few cupholders (yeah I know, that's crazy to focus on but it actually has been an issue); the driver's side mirror basically fell off pretty early on so there are some issues with the quality of the interior construction; the car holds on to moisture (it can fog up *on the inside* sometimes, which is weird- but it's only happened a few times), but on the whole the car has been everything I wanted. At first glance, the interior may imply a prissy, over-priced luxury sedan, but that's until you drive the car. 5 out of 5 stars Comfort 5 out of 5 stars Value for the Money Specs; 289. The frequency and severity of repairs are both fairly average when compared with all other vehicles. sure footed,fun,dependable,easy to maintain,efficent,and safe cars on the road..i joke that it could clime a tree if u could get the wheels /tires on it.in short,very good cars.,indeed. Did you? Check engine light, sensors (includes O2 or oxygen sensor), emission control devices (includes EGR), engine computer, engine computer, fuel cap, fuel gauge/sender, fuel injection system, fuel pump, fuel leaks, stalling or hesitation. $500", "The paint around the back wheels was not put one correctly when the car was manufactured the body people tell me. the 2000 model was redesinged and the HEAD GASKET were designed poorly and they rupture and this repair job is almost 2,000 dollars and it will rupture again right around 50,000 miles after the first 2,000 grand leaves your pocket...THIS IS NOT JOKE! Everything you need is within easy reach and is easy to use. Read 2000 Subaru Outback reviews from real owners. Our comprehensive reviews include detailed ratings on Price and Features, Design, Practicality, Engine, Fuel Consumption, Ownership, Driving & … "Weird, it was replace once for the same problem when the car was new. Our expert judgment of the vehicle's interior noise level in everyday driving. The dealership by Alex from L.A on July 31, 2020 Unbelievably, when I purchased a used Subaru Outback 2000 years, I surprised its power and engine.All parts is still working. by Subaru by RG1 60 reviews. The belts were removed so that we would at least have the fan. Definitely a 5* vehicle for us. Request a dealer quote or view used cars at MSN Autos. My husband picked it out for me to take the girls golfing and fit everything in and give me a safe and sporty ride. 5 of 5. Prices by Motorcycle Type. Our judgment of how comfortable the rear seat is for two passengers to sit across. The turning diameter of the car is 33.50 in. 2000 Subaru Legacy Outback Limited. View Photos. Since then I've put on over 100k miles and had relatively minor issues. Head protection air bags standard from 2005. It is used hard by log trucks and is often full of potholes. Fuel Economy. The Subaru wagon also boasts generous ground clearance and a useful towing capacity. Not only will Subaru's all wheel drive get you where you need to go, it will do it safely and quickly. 2000 Subaru Legacy Brighton Wagon Owner Reviews 3.94 18 Reviews . I have since heard from several reputable mechanics, that there were rumors in the auto industry way back in 2001 that the 2.5 EFI injection engine used by Subaru's had serious faults. NEVER HAVE! "Water gets into the lift gate. Steering rack has a slight leak". I have had the worst experience with this car and I am not alone. The 2000 Subaru Outback has 261 problems & defects reported by Outback owners. The Subaru Outback Reliability Rating is 3.5 out of 5.0, which ranks it 10th out of 26 for midsize SUVs. Car Reviews. Had to be towed. It still functioned but as a precautionary move I had it replaced", "It was slipping and I replaced it myself", "Transmission blew out on the highway going 65mph. The fact that my original clutch lasted almost 160,000 miles just proves the quality parts Subaru puts into their vehicles. Subaru Outback (2020) in-depth review. Braking distance is from 60 mph, with no wheels locked. account information here. Get the latest in-depth reviews, ratings, pricing and more for the 2000 Subaru Outback from Consumer Reports. Problem with your 2000 Subaru Outback? Get information and pricing about the 2000 Subaru Outback, read reviews and articles, and find inventory near you. The environmentally compatible power system steering is R&P. Read expert reviews from the sources you trust and articles from around the web on the 2000 Subaru Outback. of 2000 Subaru Outback owners. on Thu Feb 15 2007. But the wagon has its shortcomings: Normally competent handling can become tricky at the limit, acceleration is a bit poky, and fuel economy is unimpressive. Measured fuel usage on a prescribed city course. Took it to the garage they refilled it and it's been fine ever since". Subaru has cultivated a following of adventurous and pragmatic folks, and the 2021 Outback station wagon defines that culture with its innate ruggedness. Clamps changed n tightened. My car is used for commuting and averages approximately 27 mpg. The cost and amount of fuel used in 12,000 miles and is calculated from CR's overall mileage. It has a lot of mechanical flaws mainly the head gaskets and various seals. We were going to total the car, but could not find a replacement car for the repair cost. It comes standard with … The Outback rides comfortably and its interior is reasonably roomy and quiet. Now again the clock runs to fast. We use this as a backup car and emergency vehicle. 4 The new one is a bit longer and wider than the previous model. Used 2000 Subaru Outback Consumer Reviews. I could not find a way to start the survey over, but apparently you don't want information on a vehicle this old. It was causing too much sound.". Well engineered and seems to be designed for travelling comfort. — Fun car to drive, good acceleration and braking. Some mechanics seem to be able to fix it temporarily, but it always comes back", "factory service people did not fix it, and the local service station has found it impossible to fix it", "Muffler developed weld problem simply dropped off after", "Exhaust pipes rusted through and muffler dropped off", "Small leak in exhaust pipes; required installing a new joint (as opposed to replacing the entire pipe)", "The exhaust pipe , actually the tail pipe developed a hole and the car started sounding like it had changed its voice to a more baritone version. It ranks 14th out of 32 for all car brands. An all-new version of Subaru's 'original crossover' – not that you'd spot that. See complete review with photos, cost, specs, dimensions & horsepower info. There seems to be a problem in the manufacturing process that allows all the same models to have the rust at precisely the same place. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars. Did you? They had approximately 115000 miles on them. 2000 Subaru Outback has an overall width of 67.10 in. Read Subaru Outback 2000 reviews and Subaru Outback 2000 ratings – Buy Subaru Outback 2000 with confidence on AliExpress! 16 years is a good life. Keep in mind this is with full-time all wheel drive. The reliability charts are based on responses on hundreds of thousands of vehicles from our latest Annual Auto Survey. Has failed and won't play or eject CDs". by I Love Gretchen An Excellent Muffler, Can Hear from Blocks away to Show that I Run This World. Subaru, understandably, doesn't need mess with a formula that has created such a devoted following over the years. Caused the timing belt and serpentine belt to be replaced also", "Slight leak, was replaced when timing belt and fan belts were replaced (routine maintenance)", Cruise control, clock, warning lights, body control module, keyless entry, wiper motor or washer, tire pressure monitor, interior or exterior lights, horn, gauges, 12V power plug, remote engine start, alarm or security system, "Couldn't start vehicle. Overall, the Subaru Legacy Outback is well conceived. Once inside, you find you fit perfectly into the well-designed cabin. Extra weight is given to the more serious areas such as major engine or transmission problems. Side air bags available from 2000, standard from 2005. Reviews on the internet showed this is a common Subaru design problem, but Subaru is of course taking no financial responsibility", "At 147000 have second set of head gaskets failing", "2ND HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENT ON THIS VEHICLE", "When the timing belt broke, the engine had to be replaced due to excessive damage. to help you make better choices for life's big moments and the everyday ones in between.
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Reports to the Company Lieutenant or Captain. Sounds calls on company level. Will listen for calls from brigade or regimental level and interprets the call for the company commander. Must know the Skirmish Calls. Is responsible for orderly, guard and fatigue duty. Messes with company. Rank of private or corporal.
Reports to the general, colonel or adjutant of the Regiment. Accompanies the commander on the field, sounds calls on the brigade level and relays those calls to regimental level. Administrative position. Must know the Skirmish Calls, know how to form the brigade by the bugle. Is responsible for the training and deportment of all buglers in the brigade. When no drum major available must lead the massed musicians in dress parades or lead bugle corps. Messes with regimental staff. Rank of Chief Bugler or Principal Musician.
A Bugler will always be at Headquarters of each regimental commander. The Adjutant will detail buglers to attend at headquarters from whence all calls will be sounded.
There are no times assigned to these calls as they could happen any time at the discretion of the commander/adjutant. Officers and NCOs must know their respective Prelude Call to avoid confusion. Prelude calls are signals that particular to a unit to identify calls following the prelude.
All calls are echoed by subordinate buglers and played by the Field Musics.
5. To the Color to form the regiments which then march to the place designated for the brigade to form.
On the command of the brigade commander, The Forward is sounded to begin the march. If there are fife and drums, they will strike up a cadence and "The Girl I Left Behind Me" and other martial tunes for a short distance after which the order will be given for the Route Step.
The bugler sounds Attention at which the fife and drums will begin the cadence, troops fall into into step bringing muskets to Shoulder Arms. Captains move up to the head of their companies. The bugler then sounds or echoes the command Halt. If the troops are to stack arms for an extended rest, the bugler will sound Fix Bayonets and the Disperse (or Lie Down) on the command of their respective regimental commander.
The bugler will sound The Recall, Attention and The Assembly to form the troops. They will gather their arms and the bugler will sound Unfix Bayonets. To resume marching the bugler will, on the command of the brigade commander, sound The Forward.
As always, the calls are echoed by regimental buglers.


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Birth of the Railway Locomotive
Jennifer Protheroe-Jones Principal Curator – Industry, 16 May 2020
Before the invention of the railway locomotive, the speed and pulling power of horses represented the maximum that land transport could achieve. Steam-hauled railways introduced entirely new concepts of speed; vastly more goods and people could be transported further, faster and more cheaply.
Steam-hauled railways revolutionised many aspects of peoples' lives. Within less than a single lifetime, steam-hauled railways went from remarkable novelties to being mainstays of everyday life.
The railway revolution began in Merthyr Tydfil on 21 February 1804 with the first recorded steam-hauled journey on rails. The key personalities were the talented Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick and Samuel Homfray, owner of the Penydarren Iron Works.
The forges and rolling mills at Penydarren Iron Works, with the blast furnaces in the left background. In front of the buildings at the right is a horse pulling three loads of bar iron at the start of the journey to Abercynon where it would be transferred onto a boat on the Glamorganshire Canal for transport to Cardiff and loading onto a ship. It was just such a consignment of iron that Trevithick's locomotive successfully transported. Etching by John George Wood for his book "The Principal Rivers of Wales", 1812.
Trevithick had developed a compact high pressure stationary steam engine that could be built more cheaply and produce more power that pre-existing designs of similar size. Homfray formed a partnership with Trevithick to manufacture the stationary engines. In 1801 and in 1803 Trevithick had built and demonstrated experimental steam-powered road vehicles but had failed to arouse public enthusiasm. In south Wales he encountered a dense network of tramroads serving the ironworks, quarries and mines – all horse drawn and all built with iron rails. He hoped there might be an additional market for his high pressure steam engines if he could demonstrate their usefulness on railways. Homfray, seeking to widen demand for the engines he was beginning to build and market, agreed to fund the construction of a railway locomotive.
The pioneering locomotive was designed and built at Penydarren Iron Works over the winter of 1803-04.
The locomotive successfully pulled five wagons loaded with ten tons of iron and 70 men who had hitched a ride on the wagons for the 9¾ mile journey. Over the following weeks the locomotive made a number of further journeys the length of the tramroad.
The locomotive was widely reported at home and abroad.
Frequent breakages of the brittle cast iron track by the unsprung locomotive resulted in it being converted into a stationary engine within a few months. Two further Trevithick-designed locomotives were built in England in 1805 and 1808 but he found no commercial backers.
"The Miners' Express", Saundersfoot Railway, 1900s. This primitive service harked back to early 19th century practices and may capture something of the atmosphere of the Penydarren locomotive's trial run in 1804 when 70 men hitched a ride on the five wagons. This Saundersfoot Railway service was introduced in 1900 to enable coal miners from Kilgetty to travel to Bonville's Court Colliery. The ironic name was created by the postcard publisher.
Despite Trevithick's failure to commercially develop his locomotives, a seed had been planted. Engineers in the North East of England, notably Timothy Hackworth and George Stephenson, built a succession of viable locomotives in the 1810s that reliably hauled coal wagons from collieries to shipping places. These developments enabled the Stockton & Darlington Railway to use steam locomotives from its opening in 1825, and lead to the first long distance steam-hauled railway opening between Liverpool and Manchester in 1830.
In 25 years steam-haulage had progressed from experimental to reliable. Within a few decades more, railways employing steam locomotives were in use on every continent.
The conjectural reconstruction of the Penydarren locomotive on display in the Networks gallery at the National Waterfront Museum at Swansea.
A conjectural reconstruction of Richard Trevithick's pioneering Penydarren locomotive is displayed in the National Waterfront Museum at Swansea, where it is periodically demonstrated in-steam.
You may also be interested in this short film about Richard Trevithicks Steam Locomotive:
https://museum.wales/articles/2008-12-15/Richard-Trevithicks-steam-locomotive
The pre-dawn preparations at Penydarren Iron Works for the locomotive's first trial run, a scene filmed for the BBC series "The birth of Europe" in 1991. The Museum's conjectural reconstruction of the locomotive featured in the episode "Coal, Blood and Iron".
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The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing in the Israeli Parliament
The Islamic movement in the Knesset is leading a "civil jihad" against Israel.
Tue Nov 23, 2021
When Prime Minister Naftali Bennett asked to meet with King Abdullah of Jordan in July, Abdullah agreed but insisted the meeting be kept secret. When Bennett's office leaked the meeting to the Israeli press, the regime-controlled Jordanian media largely ignored the story.
In stark contrast, Abdullah initiated his meeting Tuesday with Mansour Abbas, deputy head of the Southern Branch of the Islamic Movement and chairman of the Islamist United Arab List or Ra'am faction in the Knesset. The Jordanians issued a detailed press release replete with an official photograph of the meeting and the news that it lasted a whopping four hours. The king's spokesmen said the men discussed the Palestinian conflict with Israel, the status of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount and other top-level strategic issues.
Why did Abdullah want to host and then play up a meeting with the leader of the smallest faction in Israel's parliament? To understand his thinking, we need to look at the meeting in context. Specifically, we need to understand what Ra'am is. We need to look at the meeting against the backdrop of recent revelations about Ra'am's relations with Hamas, and we need to see the meeting in the context of the Knesset's recent approval of the state budget.
The Islamic Movement is more like a web than a tree. Its nodes aren't linear. Abbas's primary position is deputy chairman of the Islamic Movement. His chairmanship of Ra'am is an outgrowth of his position in the Islamic Movement. Other nodes in the movement are its non-profit groups. Two in particular stand out—Igatha 48 Association, and the Al Aqsa Association. Virtually all of the past and current leaders of the two organizations also have senior positions in the Islamic Movement and Ra'am.
Two weeks ago, Channel 13 News' top reporter, Ayala Hasson, broadcast an investigative report on Ra'am compiled by two Israeli NGOs—Choosing Life, a non-profit group founded by parents whose children were killed by Palestinian terrorists, and Ad Kan, an investigative group that specializes in exposing subversive left-wing organizations and terror finance operations.
Hasson's report focused on Igatha 48 Association. The group is run by its CEO, Ghazi Issa, and its director general, Ali Katanani. Issa ran in the last Knesset elections as number 15 on Ra'am's Knesset slate and serves as chairman of Ra'am's party council. Katanani ran in the 29ths spot on Ra'am's Knesset slate for the last election.
Igatha 48 is a charity. It operates in Israel, Gaza, Judea and Samaria, Turkey, Sudan, Syria and Lebanon. As the Ad Kan/Choosing Life report revealed, over the past decade, Igatha 48 has raised 224.5 million shekels ($72 million). According to its website, the funds go to "orphans, widows, prisoners and their families, and the poor in general."
From the group's website it is clear the "prisoners and their families" in question are jihadist terrorists.
In 2019, Igatha 48 opened an office in Gaza. Issa and Khatanani attended the opening ceremony, along with Hamas politburo member Ghazi Hamed. Hamed also serves as deputy director of Hamas's Ministry of Social Development. At that event and on subsequent occasions, Hamed thanked Igatha 48 and the Islamic Movement for their assistance.
While wearing his hat as a Ra'am senior official, in early June, Issa joined Abbas in the coalition talks with Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid that led to Ra'am joining the governing coalition. Issa is pictured in the official photograph of the negotiating session standing behind Abbas as Abbas, Lapid and Bennett shook hands after they finalized the terms of the coalition deal. The deal with Ra'am gave Lapid and Bennett the bare 61-seat majority they needed to form the current government. So the man who won high praise from Hamas for transferring millions of shekels to Hamas-controlled Gaza to feed "prisoners and their families" is also the kingmaker of Israeli politics.
This brings us to the Al Aqsa Association. Abbas wasn't alone in his meeting with King Abdullah. Sitting next to him was his colleague from the Islamic Movement, Kamal Alihan. Alihan is a senior official in the Al Aqsa Association. The Al Aqsa Association is dedicated to Islamizing the Temple Mount by, among other things, indoctrinating Muslims to believe that there was never a Jewish temple on the site. Alihan served as the association's CEO from 2009-2007. The association's registered address is Alihan's home address.
According to the Ad Kan/Choosing Life investigation, between 2007 and 2019, the association received 12.5 million shekels ($4 million) from Hamas funding foundations. Al Aqsa's bank account in Israel was seized in 2015, after the relevant government agencies determined it had received funding from Hamas-associated groups in contravention of Israel's terror funding laws.
This week, the Kol Yehudi news outlet reported that during the so-called "knife intifada" terror campaign in 2015, the Al Aqsa Association published an article by Hamas terrorist Ahmad Aton. Aton incited supporters of the association "to sacrifice," for Jerusalem. "What was stolen by force will be liberated by force," he wrote.
In the months that followed, 50 Israelis were murdered. The Temple Mount was the focal point of the violence.
Mansour Abbas's personal connections to Hamas are legion. According to The New Yorker, Abbas travelled to Doha, Qatar in 2014, where he met with Hamas politburo chairman Khaled Mashaal. Two years later, he returned to Doha and met with Hamas military commanders.
In a follow-on report last week on Channel 13 News, Hasson reported that a few years ago, Abbas met with Israeli attorney Ephraim Damri and asked that he represent the Hamas terrorists who massacred Ruth and Ehud Fogel and three of their small children in their beds in 2010. Abbas and his Ra'am colleagues have travelled to Ramallah to meet with Hamas terrorists.
These reports, which document Ra'am's manifold ties with Hamas, aired just as the Knesset passed the state budget last week. The coalition deal Lapid and Bennett signed with Abbas and Issa stipulated that the allotment of all budgetary funds to Israel's Arab communities would be done in coordination with the Ra'am-controlled Committee for the Affairs of Arab Society. This means that to all intents and purposes, Abbas and his fellow Hamas supporters in Ra'am now control the funding of Israel's entire Arab minority.
The new budget includes a five-year, 30 billion-shekel ($9.6 billion) development plan for the Arab community. As Amit Barak, a veteran activist involved in integrating Arab Israelis into mainstream Israeli society, revealed this week, unlike its predecessor this plan has not been made public.
In a conversation with this writer, Barak said that the new situation is liable to have a profoundly adverse effect on Arab integration. Rather than the government incentivizing Arab citizens and minority communities—like the Druze and the Circassians, whose sons are included in Israel's compulsory military service law—to embrace their Israeli identity and integrate fully into Israeli society, it will incentivize irredentism. As Barak put it, "The superpower that Ra'am has become in the Arab sector endangers the Arabs who are fully integrated, or are considering integrating fully into Israeli society."
And indeed, on Wednesday, the head of the Druze local council of Daliyat el-Carmel, Rafik Halaby, encouraged Druze to stop serving in the IDF and praised Ra'am and the Islamic Movement.
In his words, "I congratulate Mansour Abbas … for the efforts of the Arab representatives in the coalition, in contrast to the weakness of the heads of the Druze community. They [the Druze] thought that the covenant of blood and the military service would improve the situation in the Druze Arab society. Enough with the covenant of blood and nonsense!"
Abbas won high praise from the media during May's "Operation Guardian of the Walls" when he visited a firebombed synagogue in Lod. But like so many of the things that Abbas does and says, that visit was deceptive.
Last week, Israel National News published an interview with a recently retired military intelligence officer it dubbed "Lt. Col. A." A. revealed that the Israeli Arab riots during Hamas's most recent missile campaign had been coordinated with Hamas in Gaza. "The proof of the coordination of the [two] terror fronts … was the fact that all the Israeli Arab riots ended immediately after Hamas decided to agree to a ceasefire," he said.
"This is not a characteristic of a popular uprising. Hamas exerted high-level control [of the violence in Israel] for the benefit of the joint Arab interest against Israel," he added.
Like many members of the nationalist camp, I initially fell for Abbas's charm offensive. I perceived Abbas's willingness to join a right-wing coalition government led by then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a domestic expression of the spirit of Arab conciliation with the Jewish state which stands at the heart of the Abraham Accords. The seeds of the accords were planted a decade ago with the rise of Muslim Brotherhood parties to power in Sunni Arab states. The Saudis and the Emiratis, who had financed and supported the Muslim Brotherhood for decades, suddenly viewed the jihadist movement as an existential threat.
In Israel, the so-called "Arab Spring" caused thousands of Arab Israelis to revisit their longstanding hostility towards Israel. Many came to view their Israeli citizenship as their most precious possession—the one thing protecting them from the terror and genocide in places like Syria. Thousands of Arab Israeli families began sending their children to Jewish Hebrew language schools. According to a 2013 University of Haifa survey, 90 percent of Arab Israeli youth supported participation in national service. For the first time in Israel's history, Arab Israelis—particularly Christians—began volunteering to serve in the IDF.
Halabi's statement drives home that this trend is being rapidly reversed. As the recent exposes of Ra'am all show, Ra'am's outreach is no domestic Israeli version of the Abraham Accords. It's a wolf-in-sheep's-clothing stunt. Like Hamas, Ra'am—and the Islamic Movement as a whole—is a Muslim Brotherhood organization. Whereas Hamas carries out a violent jihad against Israel, Abbas told an Arabic-language media outlet that he is leading a "civil jihad" against Israel.
Abbas and his colleagues don't want Arab Israelis to embrace their Israeli identity. They intend to use their membership in the coalition to gain control over the Israeli Arab sector and transform it into a large, unified, irredentist front dedicated to dismantling Israel's Jewish identity.
This brings us back to the four hours Abbas and Alihan spent with King Abdullah on Tuesday. Attempts by Bennett's office and initially by Abbas himself to play down the meeting and present it as a nothingburger didn't survive the morning headlines in the Jordanian media, which celebrated the event as a major milestone. On Wednesday, Abbas dropped the pose of innocent lamb for a moment and told Army Radio that unlike the leaders of the government he ostensibly serves, he supports the Biden administration's plan to open a consulate for the Palestinians in Jerusalem.
Days before he abandoned the Likud-led right-wing bloc and formed the current government with Lapid and Abbas, Bennett admitted to me that he didn't know what to make of Abbas's willingness to join the governing coalition. But as he put it then, "It's worth looking into the option" of working with Ra'am.
Today, the results are in. Ra'am's nature and intentions are totally exposed. Bennett and his colleagues must draw the appropriate conclusions before it is too late.


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We loved the touches of décor the couple chose from the custom acrylic welcome signs and table numbers, to the handmade wooden name cards and donut wall (with none other than Krispy Kreme donuts placed on the wall, yum!).
Jessie and Irving are a dynamite couple who are both very humble, professional, and kind. Wishing many blessings to them in their union!
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NFL Week 11: Vacation picks
No more bye weeks. Everyone works for the rest of the year. Unless the Browns call in sick.
By King Kaufman
Published November 14, 2008 12:00PM (EST)
NFL vacation season is over. Every team has had its bye and from now on everybody's hard at work every week. Noses to the grindstone, shoulders to the wheel, that sort of thing, starting right here!
Except this column, which is on vacation, feet up, umbrella in the drink, Danielle Steel novel face down on its sunburned belly. Longtime readers know how much I hate to disappoint them, but I'm doing a Week 11 preview anyway.
Winners in caps, followed by the picks of my son, Buster, the game-pickinest 5-year-old sailing the seven seas, and my daughter, Daisy, the coin-flippinest 3-year-old who ever blew her allowance playing the slots in Reno.
Sunday early games
Denver (5-4) at ATLANTA (6-3)
Wow, I must have really been out of touch on my vacation. How did the Falcons get a better record than the Broncos? Isn't John Elway having a good year? No? Well, they still have that good defense, right? What?
Kids: Denver
Houston (3-6) at INDIANAPOLIS (5-4)
Houston quarterback Sage Rosenfels was the story in Week 5, when his two fumbles and an interception in the fourth quarter helped the Colts stage a 21-point comeback faster than you can say, "Pool boy, another margarita, please." Or at least faster than I can get him to hear me. Yo! Pool boy! Anyhow, Rosenfels is still the Texans' quarterback, and Peyton Manning is the Colts quarterback, and that's the story in Week 11. Does anybody work here?
Kids: Indianapolis (8.5-point favorite)
Oakland (2-7) at MIAMI (5-4)
The Dolphins, 1-15 last year and contending for a playoff spot this season, are proof of how quickly fortunes can change in the NFL. The Raiders are a solid counter-argument.
Kids: Miami (10.5-point favorite)
Baltimore (6-3) at N.Y. GIANTS (8-1)
If the Ravens can protect quarterback Joe Flacco from the Giants pass rush they've got a shot at a huge road win, and you'd have to like the chances of a repeat of Super Bowl 35, in the 2000 season. Well, you wouldn't have to like that, but you might acknowledge the possibility. I think the rush will get there and Eli Manning and Brandon Jacobs will get enough done on offense to win a bruiser.
Kids: New York (6.5-point favorite)
DETROIT (0-9) at Carolina (7-2)
What the Heck™ Pick of the week. If you're thinking about looking at the Lions schedule to try to find their most winnable game, their best chance to avoid 0-16, don't bother. First of all, every remaining opponent is at least decent. The only ones with losing records are the Saints and Packers, who are both 4-5. Second, teams like the Lions don't get their one or two wins over beatable teams. They bite somebody in the butt, What the Heck™ style. So why not the Lions over Carolina?
Because the Lions stink beyond all reason is why. But I think you get my point, on the off chance I have one.
Kids: Carolina (14-point favorite)
PHILADELPHIA (5-4) at Cincinnati (1-8)
The Bengals are a case in point. Did they beat the Browns or Texans, who are both 2-6 when not playing Cincinnati? No, they beat the Jaguars, who are 4-4 against everybody else. It'd be a better point if the Jags were 7-1 against everybody else, but listen, I'm late for a luau.
Kids: Philadelphia (9.5-point favorite)
Chicago (5-4) at GREEN BAY (4-5)
Did the Packers really give up two safeties last week? And it still took a heroic performance by Adrian Peterson to beat them. The Bears don't have an Adrian Peterson. OK, they do, but you know what I mean. And if you don't, you should try the margaritas.
Buster: Green Bay
Daisy: Chicago
NEW ORLEANS (4-5) at Kansas City (1-8)
Matt Eagon of the Hartford Courant wondered in his blog last week if Chiefs coach Herm Edwards would be hailed as an American hero for going for two points and the win against the Chargers, rather than kicking the extra point and going to overtime. He wondered that because I, King Kaufman of Salon, had used those words to sing the praises of Denver coach Mike Shanahan for doing the same thing against the same team in Week 2.
I happened to be passing through Hartford in my camper, which is why I was able to read the local blogs, and my dog Charley and I agree that Herm Edwards is an American hero, one whose team is going to lose again this week. Bad.
Buster: New Orleans
Daisy: Kansas City
Minnesota (5-4) at TAMPA BAY (6-3)
The Vikings have the Adrian Peterson you want to have. They also have Gus Frerotte at quarterback, and the Bucs are a little more able than the Packers to make Frerotte be the hero. Tampa has also activated running back Cadillac Williams, who might see some playing time.
Buster: Tampa Bay
Daisy: Minnesota
Sunday late games
St. Louis (2-7) at SAN FRANCISCO (2-7)
A huge, huge game in the three-way battle for distant second in the NFC West. Huge.
Kids: San Francisco (6-point favorite)
Arizona (6-3) at SEATTLE (2-7)
On Sept. 12, 1976, the Seattle Seahawks played their inaugural game, hosting the St. Louis Cardinals at the Kingdome. The Seahawks trailed 20-7 at the half and 30-10 in the fourth quarter, but quarterback Jim Zorn -- now the rookie head coach in Washington -- led a furious comeback. Seattle trailed only 30-24 when Zorn's Hail Mary was intercepted in the end zone at the gun.
These were the "Air Coryell" Cardinals, coming off an 11-3 record and back-to-back playoff appearances. They would go 10-4 in '76 and just miss the playoffs. They'd have made it today, but only four teams in each conference qualified back then.
Why am I yammering on about a game that happened when Gerald Ford was president and "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" by K.C. and the Sunshine Band was the No. 1 record? Because I rarely get the chance to get paid for typing "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty."
But also because I'd be willing to place a small wager that that was the last time the Cardinals were favored to win a game in Seattle. The only other candidate that I can see among the nine contests between the teams in Seattle since then would be the one on Dec. 19, 1993, when it was the Phoenix Cardinals visiting the Kingdome. The Cardinals finished with the better record that year, 7-9 to Seattle's 6-10, but at the time they met, Phoenix was 4-9 and the Seahawks -- featuring kicker Jon Kasay, to give you an idea of how long ago this was -- were 5-8. I bet the home team was favored.
The Cardinals haven't won in their now-annual visit to Seattle since 2002, and this week the struggling Seahawks get quarterback Matt Hasselbeck back. Hey, who let Chris Berman in here? Anyway, not for either of those reasons but for no reason at all, I think the Seahawks are going to win again.
Kids: Seattle
TENNESSEE (9-0) at Jacksonville (4-5)
The Titans keep doing just enough to win, which is usually a formula for not continuing to win, but this week they get to play the Jaguars, who have a habit of doing just enough to lose.
Buster: Jacksonville
Daisy: Tennessee
San Diego (4-5) at PITTSBURGH (6-3)
I don't quite know what to make of this game, but the weather report says snow showers and wind, and when a warm weather team from a California beach city pulls into Pittsburgh for a snow game, that can only mean one thing: Charley and I are steering clear of Pittsburgh.
Kids: Pittsburgh
Sunday night game
DALLAS (5-4) at Washington (6-3)
Injuries could be the biggest factor in this big wild-card sort-'em-out. Tony Romo returns just in time for the Cowboys, who were on the road to nowhere without him, and Clinton Portis is reportedly unlikely to play for Washington with a strained knee. The Cowboys looked like they were going to cruise to the playoffs when Washington, which had started badly, beat them in Week 4, leaving both teams 3-1 but heading in different directions. It says here the return of Romo and the absence of Portis will again leave these teams tied and heading in opposite directions.
Kids: Dallas
Monday night game
Cleveland (3-6) at BUFFALO (5-4)
After the Browns coughed up a big lead and lost to the Broncos last week, running back Jamal Lewis and return man Josh Cribbs both accused some players of quitting. Coach Romeo Crennel took offense at the remarks, saying, "When you say that the team quit, that's saying that I quit." Asked to comment on the controversy, the rest of the team sent this text from the Swiss Alps: "Season still on?"
Kids: Buffalo
Season record: 85-60
This week so far: 0-1
Last week: 8-6
What the Heck™ Picks: 2-8
Amount of time since the only appearance of the words "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" in a non-wire story in Salon, according to Google: Nine years, two months, four booty-shakin' days
King Kaufman
King Kaufman is a senior writer for Salon. You can e-mail him at king at salon dot com. Facebook / Twitter / Tumblr
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Jonathan Jones is a British art critic who has written for The Guardian since 1999. He has appeared in the BBC television series Private Life of a Masterpiece and in 2009 was a judge for the Turner Prize. He has also been a judge for the BP Portrait Award.

Early life
Jones was born in Wales, and brought up in North Wales. Both his parents were school teachers and the family visited Italy in the summer holidays which kindled his interest in art. He studied history at the University of Cambridge and, at one time, wanted to be a professional historian. Jones developed an interest in modern art while living in the United States, where his wife was an academic at Brown University. On his return to the United Kingdom he wrote freelance for magazines and art features for The Guardian.

Journalism

On Mark Leckey
Jones had a public feud with artist Mark Leckey, who won the Turner Prize in 2008. By 2011, Whitehot Magazine referred to "the ongoing 3-year battle" between the two. Later that year, Jones gave a highly negative review to Leckey's exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, describing it as being "full of lumbering inanities".

The review provoked strong responses in art circles and close to 300 comments on The Guardian'''s webpage, including some 30 replies from Jones.  Jones said in one: "So here is where I am really coming from... I believe ninety-five percent of the British contemporary art that is endlessly promoted by galleries, museums and the media is worthless".  Writing in frieze, Isobel Harbison called the review part of a "trend in broadsheet art criticism of opinion-mongering and reader-goading."

On Terry Pratchett
In August 2015, shortly after the death of Terry Pratchett, Jones wrote an article titled "Get real. Terry Pratchett is not a literary genius", criticising Pratchett's books as "ordinary potboilers" not worth the time to read. The piece attracted criticism including a response by Sam Jordison on The Guardian's book blog, which defended Pratchett's work and criticised Jones for commenting on books despite admitting that he had not read them. Jones wrote a follow-up piece after reading Small Gods, in which he referred to his initial column as his "most shameful moment as a critic". He praised some of the book's wit and entertainment value, but still found that its prose and characters fell short of what he considered literary fiction.

On Grayson Perry
Jones is a long standing critic of Grayson Perry, who he has described as "trite and shallow". Perry responded by quoting 'Johnathan Jones' on a pot in his 2017 exhibition.

On photography
Jones has expressed varying opinions on photography. In January 2013 he wrote that "Photography is the serious art of our time" and the only art that devotes the same "attention to the stuff that matters" as great artists of the past. In December 2014, however, prompted by the high price allegedly paid for a print by the photographer Peter Lik, Jones stated "Photography is not an art", and went on to say that, "this hollow and overblown creation exposes the illusion that lures us all, when we're having a good day with a good camera – the fantasy that taking a picture is the same thing as making a work of art."

PublicationsThe lost battles: Leonardo, Michelangelo and the artistic duel that defined the Renaissance. Knopf, 2012. The loves of the artists: Art and passion in the Renaissance. Simon & Schuster, 2013. Sensations: The Story of British Art from Hogarth to Banksy''. Laurence King Publishing, 2019.

Personal life
Jones is married, with one daughter, and lives in London.

References

External links
Jonathan Jones on art at The Guardian.
Jonathan Jones talking about his book The Lost Battles.

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Last January, I posted my personal take on the Mahnomin Porridge that the groovy Minneapolis restaurant Hell's Kitchen makes for their funky brunch menu.
That recipe was pretty rich, and it takes a while to make, so it's not exactly easy to produce on chilly midweek mornings.
Thus, I've made a new version that's more quick and flexible. The secret, as with many things, is planning ahead.
If you cook the grains for this porridge in the evening (maybe do it while you're making dinner), it's easy to wake up all zombie-like the next day, scoop it into bowls and microwave for a quick and hearty whole-grain brekkie. No pre-coffee brainpower required.
Use whatever dried fruit and nuts you like. J particularly loves the combination of currants and walnuts, but I think dried cherries and almonds or pecans and cranberries would be pretty ace, too.
If you save the syrup for the end of the process, everyone can choose to sweeten (or not sweeten) to their hearts' content.
1. In a medium-sized saucepan over medium-high heat, combine cooked wild rice with oat groats (or brown rice) and water. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook until the water has evaporated and the rice and groats are tender (about 30 to 35 minutes).
2. Stir in the milk/cream, dried berries, nuts and cinnamon.
3. At this point you can transfer the mixture to a container to refrigerate it for reheating later. To finish, scoop portions of roughly a cup into microwave-safe bowls and cook on HIGH for 1 to 2 minutes, or until hot (the timing will depend on your wattage).
4. Season to taste with the maple syrup, and serve hot with milk or cream on the side.
There's a bunch of research now that indicates that nuts, berries and whole grains and even cinnamon are good for you, but that's not why you should eat wild rice porridge for breakfast.
You should eat it because it's chewy, nutty, satisfying sustenance that makes cold, nasty January mornings just a little more agreeable.


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Geschichte
Die Kirche entstand im 12. Jahrhundert als Klosterkirche der Benediktiner im Stil der Romanik. Ladislaus III. wurde hier begraben, seine Grabplatte ist in der Jesuskapelle erhalten. Im 14. Jahrhundert wurde die Kirche im gotischen Stil umgebaut, insbesondere wurde der Glockenturm hinzugefügt. Aus der Renaissance stammen einige Hochgräber der Äbte der damaligen Klosterkirche. Im 18. Jahrhundert wurde die Kirche unter anderem von Johann Georg Urbansky barockisiert. Einige Elemente stammen aus dem Rokoko. Die barocken Fresken am Gewölbe stammen von einem bayerischen Maler namens Gross und wurden in den Jahren zwischen 1730 und 1740 gefertigt.

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 Homepage (polnisch)

Kirchengebäude in der Woiwodschaft Großpolen
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Q: Where to start when making a keyboard Macro program So here's the situation (the post premise)-
Skill wise I'm just out of computer science college, and have been given the basic tools in understanding about software development. This means that I know enough to make a phone directory program that loads a file, or a simple calculator. I'm also sort of familiar with the .net framework, as VB.net was used in all out end of year projects.
What I'm basically saying, is that, without humiliating myself, is that I know very little.
However, I was struck with a necessity - I was playing a game, and I need a keyboard Macro. My keyboard comes with one, but it is near useless, and as software its of poor quality (it's a corsair keyboard as well).
Well in short, I think I found myself a project.
So, what I want to create, is a simple Macro program that allows the user to use "visually scripting" for ease of use. In other words, its purely GUI, and it's made in a way that people that know nothing about scripting, can use it.
The program is for keyboard only (don't want to do mouse just yet), and it does not need a record function, (even if I feel that, that is the easiest function to make from what I learned from .net. I'll add it later if I feel the need).
So what I need to ask is -
Given what I have expressed above, can I ask where I would need to start with this? As mentioned I know about some aspects, limited to VB.net and I'm also familiar with some JavaScript, and C++.
Points I'm shaky or clueless on, are;

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*How to get it to send out the event as if a key has been pressed, as
if the hardware was the one pressing it. This could also be interpreted as a question of "what does a Macro program do, code wise?". I'm aware of its function, but how does it do that function?

*Some "from the ground up" UI building that's outside windows forms (I
can research it, but I would like to know, with context to the
project, what should I research first?)
In short, I just need pointers in the right direction as I know I'm lacking, and hoping I'm not biting off more than I can chew. It seemed like a good project to get me coding something I will use, which is what I have been lacking since ending college.


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Keith Ellison Questions Xcel Energy's Spending Plans Due to Rising Electricity Prices
Attorney General Keith Ellison's office deserves some credit. The office of the Attorney General (AG) is pushing back against an attempt by the Minnesota Public Utility Commission (PUC) to fast-track billions of dollars in spending from Xcel Energy, according to a recent article in the Star Tribune. Such an increase in spending by the company would necessarily result in enormous increases in electricity prices for Minnesota families and businesses.
The Public Utilities Commission is Not An Economic Development Agency
Earlier this year, the PUC had asked utilities to submit plans to "spur economic development" during the COVID pandemic. This is highly unusual because the PUC is not an economic development agency and its job is not to bolster economic growth. Its job is to protect Minnesota families from paying too much for their electricity, and in this regard the agency has been asleep at the wheel for years. Now, the AG's office is pushing back, according to the article:
"Minnesota utility regulators made an unusual call this spring.
They asked the state's electric and gas utilities to pitch investments that could help jump-start the state's economy, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Xcel Energy responded with a multibillion-dollar plan that it said could create 3,000 jobs.
Now, there's debate over how much of Xcel's proposal is needed — at least in the short term — and whether it could overwhelm ratepayers."
Plus, the state Attorney General's Office and Department of Commerce, while generally supporting the initiative, have raised questions about utility regulators' ability to effectively measure economic-stimulus plans."
Most Minnesota electric and gas utilities submitted rather modest plans to the PUC, but Xcel proposed $3 billion for a cornucopia of accelerated investments, a number that has since been whittled to about $2.5 billion."
A $2.5 billion government-approved spending spree will undoubtedly cause electricity prices to increase dramatically.
Rates on the Rise
Just last week, Xcel Energy said it wanted to raise electricity prices by 20 percent to pay for nearly $600 million in new spending. Considering Xcel would be spending four times more money on wind and solar projects in their "COVID relief plan" than the current rate increase, electricity prices would presumably increase by 80 percent, though the utility has declined to say it yet.
Minnesotans are already suffering because our electricity prices have increased much faster than the national average due to spending on wind and solar. The AG's filing with the PUC notes that Minnesotans are already struggling to pay their bills and that electricity keeps getting more expensive:
"It also said the state's residential ratepayers are already "struggling both with the recession and rising utility rates."
The Commerce Department similarly said the PUC's expertise is not in "the ability of a project to stimulate economic development."
The PUC's main role is to ensure reliable service and protect Minnesota ratepayers — who ultimately fund most utility investments."
It is refreshing that the AG's office and the Department of Commerce appear concerned about rising electricity prices, but it's their fault we're in this position in the first place.
The biggest problem regarding energy policy in Minnesota is that elected officials, state agencies, and so-called "consumer advocates" don't seem to understand the relationship between cause and effect.
The PUC, Department of Commerce, the AG, liberal lawmakers, and wind and solar special interest groups have been pushing policies that would result in more wind and solar facilities being built (which will costs tens of billions of dollars) for decades, but now they are unhappy or worse, "surprised," when costs for consumers increase.
They can't have it both ways. They can either prioritize high reliability and lower costs using sources of electricity generation like nuclear, coal, or natural gas, or they can promote low reliability and high costs by pretending that wind and solar can reliably and affordably meet our energy needs. They don't get to be mad about the logical end results of the decisions that they make every day.
Fox, Meet Henhouse
Ultimately, the problem is that our regulators are in bed with the very same entities they are supposed to be safeguarding the public from. The fox is guarding the henhouse, and inviting his friends over for a party.
"The PUC in May — acting on a proposal by Commissioner Joe Sullivan — asked Minnesota's utilities to identify investments and projects that could assist economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
The PUC's parameters include spending that would create jobs; provide "significant utility system benefits;" cut carbon emissions; increase access to clean energy; and "use women, veteran or minority-owned businesses to the extent possible."
The PUC's aims have been supported by environmental groups, the renewable-energy industry, labor unions, a ratepayer watchdog group and several social and economic justice organizations."
It's little surprise that the PUC's proposals have been supported by these groups because they all stand to benefit financially from the results. The proposal from the PUC is simply another avenue for wealth redistribution that takes money away from Minnesota families and businesses and gives to the PUC's preferred beneficiaries. This is classic crony capitalism, with a kiss from the regulators that are supposed to be standing up against this sort of crooked arrangement. Instead, of opposing this, they're leading the charge.
We Agree with the AG on Electric Vehicle Rebates?
Another bright side in the AG's position is that they agree with something Center of the American Experiment has been saying all along: subsidies for electric vehicle buyers disproportionately favor the wealthy:
"The attorney general also agreed with comments on Xcel's EV proposal submitted by the Minnesota Citizens Utility Board (CUB), a ratepayer watchdog group.
The rebates will disproportionately benefit higher-income ratepayers who are less likely to be economically stressed by COVID-19, both organizations said."
The year 2020 continues to get stranger. Ellison has shamefully politicized the AG's office to prosecute conservatives who want to go to church under the auspices of preventing the spread of COVID, while allowing liberals to partake in massive protests and doing virtually nothing to punish the rioters that burned large parts of Minneapolis.
However, regarding the AG's office showing some interest in protecting consumers for a change, it's worth celebrating that the AG agrees with us, for a change. Things will only get better if policymakers are able figure out the relationship between cause (spending billions of dollars on wind and solar) and effect (rising electricity prices). Hopefully they figure it out before it is too late.
Tags: covid, families, prices, rising, Xcel
Minnesota regulators kick Xcel's electricity price increase down the road
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Q: Custom block SelectControl works but equivalent ComboboxControl gives errors - where's my mistake? I have a SelectControl in a custom block, to set a meta field. It works, but would be better if it were a ComboboxControl, as the list of options is likely to grow, but I get errors when I switch it over to a Combobox - leaving all other settings the same. This is currently running on localhost, using WAMP.
Here's the definition:
                <ComboboxControl
                    label="Speaker"
                    options={speakeropts()}
                    help='Choose from list - new speakers need to be added to the list by an administrator'
                    value={ speakerValue }
                    onChange={ updateSpeakerValue }
                />

and the setup
        const speakerlist=wp.data.select('core').getEntityRecords('taxonomy', 'speakers',{order_by: 'name', per_page: 100});
        function speakeropts(){
            var options=[];
            options.push({value:'0', label:''}); // first entry on list is blank

            if (speakerlist) {
                speakerlist.forEach((sp) => { // simple foreach loop
                    options.push({value:sp.id, label:sp.name});
                });
            }
            return options;
        }
        const speakerValue = meta['ach-td-speaker'];
        function updateSpeakerValue( newValue ) {
            setMeta( { ...meta, 'ach-td-speaker': newValue } );
        };

There are two issues.

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*Clicking in the box (setting focus) gives and error in Chrome's console window

react-dom.min.js?ver=16.13.1:32 Uncaught TypeError: p is not a function
    at onFocus (components.min.js?ver=863b0e64189bf5cd6b5aced6797bc2d6:7)
    at Object.ki (react-dom.min.js?ver=16.13.1:176)
    at ji (react-dom.min.js?ver=16.13.1:13)
    at mi (react-dom.min.js?ver=16.13.1:13)
    at lf (react-dom.min.js?ver=16.13.1:13)
    at wi (react-dom.min.js?ver=16.13.1:187)
    at Kd (react-dom.min.js?ver=16.13.1:32)
    at pc (react-dom.min.js?ver=16.13.1:32)
    at Wf (react-dom.min.js?ver=16.13.1:34)
    at react-dom.min.js?ver=16.13.1:236

and then when I save the post (selecting an item gives no problems, and calls the 'onChange' function) I get another javascript error
POST http://localhost/wp-json/wp/v2/talks/34?_locale=user 400 (Bad Request)

and also an error message on the Wordpress Admin screen
Updating failed. meta.ach-td-speaker is not of type string.

The latter message makes no sense to me, as it certainly is of type string
        register_post_meta( 'talks', 'ach-td-speaker', array(
            'show_in_rest' => true,
            'single' => true,
            'type' => 'string',
        ) );

I'm assuming that the problem is something I've done that works differently if the control is a Combobox rather than a Select, but I can't imagine what it might be - the documentation of the parameters seems identical. Although I've 50 years of prgramming experience, I'm still new to Javascript so there could easily be things I've missed. Has anyone any thoughts, or suggestions what to try next?
UPDATE:
I changed the options code to
        const speakerlist=wp.data.select('core').getEntityRecords('taxonomy', 'speakers',{order_by: 'name', per_page: 100});
        function speakeropts(){
            var options=[];
            if (speakerlist) {
                speakerlist.forEach((sp) => { // simple foreach loop
                    options.push({value:String(sp.id), label:sp.name});
                });
            }
            return options;
        }

and although the Javascript error appears in the Chrome console when the control gets the focus, everything works, and the error message when the post is saved does not appear. I don't understand what makes the difference.

A: This took me a while to figure out... It's a bug. The JavaScript error occurs because the onFilterValueChange function is not defined... Even though the WordPress documentation says this function is optional. Simply adding onFilterValueChange with an anonymous function removes the JavaScript error.
E.g.
<ComboboxControl
    label="Font Size"
    value="small"
    options={[
        {
            value: "small",
            label: "Small"
        },
        {
            value: "normal",
            label: "Normal"
        },
        {
            value: "large",
            label: "Large"
        },
        {
            value: "huge",
            label: "Huge"
        }
    ]}
    onInputChange={(inputValue) =>
        setFilteredOptions(
            [
                {
                    value: "small",
                    label: "Small"
                },
                {
                    value: "normal",
                    label: "Normal"
                },
                {
                    value: "large",
                    label: "Large"
                },
                {
                    value: "huge",
                    label: "Huge"
                }
            ].filter(option =>
                option.label.toLowerCase().startsWith(inputValue.toLowerCase())
            )
        )
    }
    onFilterValueChange={() => {}}
/>


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