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Peter McKnight: What about the right to live with dignity?
Opinion: MAiD for mental illness risks people receiving an assisted death because they can no longer cope with their living conditions — lack of food, shelter and a welcoming community.
University of Toronto psychiatry professor Sonu Gaind testified before a special joint committee that MAiD for mental illness can lead to assisted death for people 'who have never had autonomy to live a life with dignity.' PST
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That was the iconic line delivered by Charlton Heston at the end of the 1973 science-fiction film Soylent Green. The film envisioned a dystopian future beset by poverty, food shortages and a lack of housing, the results of overpopulation, pollution and global warming.
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Only the elite can afford proper housing and natural food, while everyone else lives in squalor and survives on a synthetic food known as Soylent Green. Those who can't cope with these conditions are permitted, even encouraged, to receive an assisted suicide at a government clinic.
The suicides play an important role since, as Heston's character discovered, their bodies are used to make Soylent Green. And one more thing: The film's fictional dystopia was set in 2022.
With recent changes to Canada's law concerning medical assistance in dying (MAiD), critics are wondering if Soylent Green might have been a little too prescient. The law (Bill C-14) was first enacted in 2016, after the Supreme Court of Canada declared unconstitutional the law criminalizing assisted suicide in Carter v. Canada.
Among other things, the 2016 amendment required that those seeking MAiD suffer from an "irremediable" condition and demonstrate that a natural death is "reasonably foreseeable." That latter requirement was ripe for Constitutional challenge since the Carter decision didn't suggest any such restriction on the availability of MAiD.
Sure enough, the law was subject to four separate challenges, and in 2019, the Quebec Superior Court declared the restriction unconstitutional. Declining to appeal that decision, Ottawa instead enacted a new law (Bill C-7) in 2021 that permitted MAiD even if a natural death wasn't reasonably foreseeable.
In that year, 2.2 per cent of the roughly 10,000 MAiD provisions were for people whose deaths weren't reasonably foreseeable, and nearly half of those suffered from neurological conditions. In contrast, among those whose deaths were foreseeable, cancer was by far the most common reason for seeking MAiD.
One group of Canadians was, however, excluded from receiving MAiD — those for whom the cause of their suffering is mental illness. That restriction would also likely have been the subject of a Constitutional challenge, but, in March 2023, the law will be extended to permit MAiD in cases where a mental disorder is the sole underlying condition.
Needless to say, the decision to permit MAiD for mental illness has had a polarizing effect, not just on Canadians as a whole, but also among members of the mental-health professions.
Advocates argue that barring one group from an assisted death smacks of paternalism and amounts to unjustifiable discrimination, while opponents stress that offering MAiD in cases of mental illness risks further victimizing an already vulnerable group.
As these concerns were predictable, Ottawa convened an expert panel to suggest safeguards over and above those already in place for MAiD. The panel delivered its final report in May, and the special joint committee on Medical Assistance in Dying is now conducting hearings on the matter.
Much of the discussion and debate has centred on if and when a mental disorder qualifies as "irremediable." Given the frequently cyclical nature of mental illness, and the lack of any accepted standards for determining irremediability, there is substantial disagreement about whether the requirement can be satisfied.
But the main problem with the discussion thus far is that it has been informed largely by a medical model of mental illness — one that sees physiology and pharmacology as key to understanding and treating illness, while devoting relatively little attention to social determinants of health.
Yet we know that social factors like poverty, racism and housing, and food insecurity, are all associated with poorer physical health. And since all of these factors are also strongly associated with anxiety and depression, they can have an even more pronounced effect on people's mental well-being.
We can't, therefore, have an informed discussion about the irremediability of mental illness without considering social, economic and racial inequality — the conditions that, according to numerous studies, act as both causes and consequences of mental illness.
Consequently, our narrow understanding of treatment — as one involving pharmacological and perhaps psychotherapeutic approaches — must give way to a much broader conception, to one that involves the amelioration of social conditions that play a pivotal role in the genesis and course of illness.
Treatment isn't just drugs and the so-called "talking cure" — it's ensuring people have enough food to eat, a roof over their heads and a welcoming community to reside in. Otherwise, we risk people receiving an assisted death, not because they suffer from some physiological malady, but because they can no longer cope with their living conditions.
Indeed, in testimony before the special joint committee, University of Toronto psychiatry professor Sonu Gaind testified that that's exactly what MAiD for mental illness can lead to. When MAiD involves a terminal illness, Gaind testified, it's more strongly associated with white, privileged people who are seeking a death with dignity.
But when MAiD involves mental illness, the "association completely flips … these are the group of non-dying marginalized, who have never had autonomy to live a life with dignity. Rather than death with dignity, they are seeking an escape from life's suffering."
This is the world of Soylent Green. And if we're to avoid that dystopia, we need to value the right to live with dignity just as much as we value the right to die with it.
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Language barriers: taking the stress out of mastering English
(14th April 2016) - Andrew Sharp, Partner Sales Manager, Professional Solutions
Learning a new language is a big deal at any age. Mastery of their mother tongue is a child's passport to understanding the world and interacting with others. Later on, grasping a second language – or a third, or fourth – can have an impact on employment and relationships that's literally life-changing.
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Similar sounding words are a minefield – like 'buy/by/bye', 'to/two/too' and 'their/they're/there'. Why is the pronunciation of 'rough' so different from 'bough' and 'through'? And why can I 'watch a movie' or 'see a movie' – but not 'see television'?
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Website Coronarchiv
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Why put together a coronavirus file?
As an open portal, the idea of the initiative is simple: a diverse society requires diverse and multiple memories. Access to history and narratives of the past is not always equitable, which is why we need to start building a history of what happened during this pandemic, based on different voices and experiences. In the long term, this broad and diverse documentation available through "Das Coronarchiv" could contribute to the plurality and diversity of future memory.
CAPAZ and the coronavirus
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The Body as Memory
Presented by Foto Relevance at Foto Relevance, Houston TX
The Power to Choose, ©Nick Simko, 2015
The Body as Memory is a group exhibition that brings together the work of three artists – Nick Simko, Gabriel García Román, and Caleb Cole – who each work with identity and queerness, both reaching into the past and looking toward the future.
Foto Relevance is pleased to present The Body as Memory, a group exhibition that brings together the work of three artists—Nick Simko, Gabriel García Román, and Caleb Cole—who each work with concepts of identity and queerness, both reaching into the past and looking toward the future. The show investigates the ways in which the body interacts with the environment around it—the cultures it is born into, how it is viewed, how it views itself within that context, and how it imagines itself. Each artist uses the visual form of the body to explore identity and memory within a culture
Foto Relevance is pleased to present The Body as Memory, a group exhibition that brings together the work of three artists—Nick Simko, Gabriel García Román, and Caleb Cole—who each work with concepts of identity and queerness, both reaching into the past and looking toward the future. The show investigates the ways in which the body interacts with the environment around it—the cultures it is born into, how it is viewed, how it views itself within that context, and how it imagines itself. Each artist uses the visual form of the body to explore identity and memory within a culture where queer and minority histories are systematically erased by those who control the larger narrative. The group show, curated by Suzanne Zeller, Assistant Director, will run from January 15, 2022 through March 19, 2022.
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Day 15 (Part 2): Pitch Wars Query and 1st Page Workshop with mentors Hayley Stone and Amy Trueblood
Monday, 29 May 2017 | Posted by Heather Cashman
Welcome to our Query and 1st Page Workshop with some of our amazing Pitch Wars mentors. From a Rafflecopter lottery drawing, we selected writers to participate in our query and first page workshops. Each mentor has graciously critiqued a query or 500 word opening from our lucky winners. We'll be posting four critiques per day (except weekends) through July 7. Our hope is that these samples will help shine up your query and first page and that you'll get to know some of our wonderful Pitch Wars mentors. We appreciate our mentors for giving up their time to do the critiques. If you have something encouraging to add, feel free to comment below. Please keep all comments tasteful. We will delete any inappropriate or hurtful ones.
First up we have …
Pitch Wars mentor, Hayley Stone . . .
Hayley Stone has lived her entire life in sunny California, where the weather is usually perfect and nothing as exciting as a robot apocalypse ever happens. When not reading or writing, she freelances as an editor and graphic designer, falls in love with video game characters, and analyzes buildings for velociraptor entry points. She holds a bachelor's degree in history and a minor in German from California State University, Sacramento.
Her debut novel, MACHINATIONS, released from Hydra/Random House and was chosen as one of Amazon's Best Sci-fi and Fantasy Books of 2016. She loves interacting with fellow readers and writers on Twitter (@hayley_stone).
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Hayley's Query Critique . . .
AGE CATEGORY: Adult
Dear Agent,
Exiled Charmer Leena Edenfrell is in deep shit. [Fun first line! Simple, yet it makes me believe the story will have good voice, and even a sense of humor. My only question—what is a Charmer?] Wanted by the Charmers Council for selling rare and endangered creatures on the black market for profit, they've hired an assassin to kill her. [Good introduction of the story's conflict, but I'm still unclear on what a Charmer is or does. Is the Charmers Council an animal defense league of some sort, or are they upset because she's encroaching on their own black market profits?] With the realm's most talented murderer for hire nipping at her heels, Leena makes him an offer he can't refuse—a handful of rare beasts in exchange for her life. [When you said "rare and endangered creatures" earlier, did you mean mythological or paranormal? Because at first I assumed you were talking about ordinary animals. Perhaps add some clarity here.]
For sarcastic assassin Noc, knows that murder comes easy and pays well. when detachment and sarcasm are default settings. So when Leena's life falls into his capable hands, he never imagined he'd falter. But only fools pass up the chance to own a beast—let alone one for each of his closest friends. Agreeing to Leena's terms, Noc quietly keeps the bounty live on Leena's head until the beasts are his. There's honor among thieves, but she isn't one of them. Two paychecks, one job, no sleep lost. [I cut and tweaked several lines here to improve the flow of the paragraph, eliminating extraneous words, info, etc. You don't need to spell everything out in a query; it's okay to tantalize, as long as the key components are present (character, conflict, stakes).]
Securing the beasts means embarking on a hunt across the country. Grounds mapped and creatures tracked, Leena, Noc and his trusted band of assassins follow the trails. [This threw me off because I assumed Leena had the beasts in her possession already. You might want to note earlier in the query that isn't the case.] But traps capture more than beasts, and ensnared hearts are hard to untangle—no matter how badly Noc wishes to be free. [The language here is a little too sentimental and vague. Alternatively, consider something along the lines of: But the beasts aren't the only ones in risk of being caught. As Leena and Noc face the dangers of the trail, their attraction for one another builds.] Chained by a curse from his past […that does what exactly?] love is the last thing Noc can offer—yet the very thing Leena inspires. As she continues to bait his emotions [This sounds more taunting than playful, and undermines the romantic tone you're going for. Maybe consider instead: Just as Leena and Noc begin to explore their wildest feelings], the ever-watchful eye of the Council calls for blood. And with Noc's heart caged, no manner of beasts or money will protect Leena's hide. [Leena seems to take a far more passive role in this final paragraph when you should be emphasizing her agency, and how her actions will ultimately influence the turnout of the story.]
J.K. Rowling's FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM meets the adventure and romance of Kristen Ashley's FANTASYLAND series in DANGEROUS BEASTS, a fantasy romance complete at 90,000 words with series potential. [This is a little convoluted, and I'm not in love with having the title of your own book and its genre come last—that's the important bit! I would consider reorganizing the sentence so that Dangerous Beasts comes first.] I am a copy editor and author of several small business articles with a bachelor's degree in English Literature.
Thank you for your consideration.
Overall, this query did what good queries do: it sparked my interest and made me want to know more about the characters and setting. That said, I recommend adding a few points of clarification to distinguish what is truly unique and different about your story, rather than generalizing or leaving the reader to guess. One thing you could also work on is conveying the chemistry between your hero and heroine. It almost feels like an afterthought slipped in at the end. I've suggested some alternate phrasing, but you'll likely be able to do better, knowing the exact dynamics of their relationship.
Also, I'm not sure why, but I never got the impression this was a second world fantasy—is it? I just assumed it takes place in our world, probably because of the Fantastic Beasts comp title. So consider elaborating on that as well.
Best of luck with querying!
Next up we have …
Pitch Wars Mentor Amy Trueblood …
A devotee of reading and writing from a very young age, Amy Trueblood grew up surrounded by books. After stints working in entertainment and advertising, she began writing her first manuscript and never looked back. Her debut YA historical, NOTHING BUT SKY releases Spring 2018 from Flux. To learn more about Amy, check out her blog, Chasing The Crazies, or follow her on Twitter, Instagram or Tumblr.
Amy's First Page Critique . . .
AGE CATEGORY: YA
Skadi wasn't fazed by the fact that she was lost. Getting lost was part of the fun of exploring the caves around Treimar. But Anva looked more and more annoyed by the group's excursion and Skadi knew they would have to give up and take the easy way back if the light in the distance they were walking towards [recommend cutting "walking towards" – "in the distance" infers they are moving toward something] didn't turn out to be a main corridor.
She [Who does this she refer to? Skadi or Anva?] gave Geon a meaningful look and he nodded. He fell into step with Anva and struck up conversation in a low voice. Skadi smiled to herself as Anva perked up. Always the peacemaker, Geon could smooth any situation with his soft voice and friendly smile.
"You and Geon know where we're going, right?" Tav asked Skadi, eying Anva warily. Beads of sweat glittered against his dark skin as they caught the dim light. He wore a plain linen tunic and hose like most people in Treimar, belted at the waist with a small purse for coins and sundries, and soft leather shoes. Cotton didn't grow well in the cave farms and alpacas needed room to graze, so they made do with what fabrics could easily be smuggled in. [My recommendation here would be to slowly introduce characters and their connection to Skadi. We are only three paragraphs in and have already met four characters which may confuse the reader]
"Not exactly," Skadi said ruefully. "I haven't recognized any of the formations we've passed in a while."
"Excellent," Tav replied, chuckling. "Exactly what I want to hear."
"It's not that bad. I have ingon powder to get us back."
Tav threw his hands in the air in mock horror. "That's cheating!"
Skadi bit back a grin, her stomach fluttering. She made a mental note to thank Geon later. He had invited Tav and Anva along swearing he could maneuver things so that Skadi and Tav were alone together, despite Skadi's protests that she didn't need his help. She hadn't protested very hard anyway. Geon's boyfriend Ebvosi recently broke up with him and letting him meddle seemed to be the only distraction that worked.
Skadi was asking Tav which of the formations they had encountered he liked best when Geon and Anva abruptly halted in front of them, [This reads a little awkward. Perhaps think about streamlining your phrasing and cutting out passive voice – "was asking" and "had encountered"] inhaling sharply and covering their eyes. Skadi turned forward to see what was the matter and gasped. The light was blinding as the passage opened into a cavern. [By this point as a reader I'd like a hint at their goal. What are they looking for? Just a sentence or two would clue me in to why the story should begin her and encourage me to keep reading]
Skadi murmured "motbisuvimik" and a dark film formed over her eyes allowing her to see. Blue and purple and yellow glittered everywhere. Crystals spilled out of every crevice, some stopping short, others stretching to the floor below in a still waterfall of color. In her five years of living in Treimar Skadi had never seen anything like it. She'd encountered lava lakes and bizarre stalactites, but this was different. This was unnatural.
They were standing on a ledge about fifty feet up. A dozen other passages opened off at varying heights around the walls. Looking down, [you can cut this and start here] The cavern floor appeared to be three hundred feet across at its widest, with an unfamiliar rune carved into the center that unsettled her. It was similar to eifih, the rune for water, but not quite.
Hello! Great job on this opening. I like how you've hinted at the characters' relationships and quickly created a sense of real friendship between them. One thing I feel is missing is the characters' reasoning for being in the cave. What is their goal? Just a hint of this in a sentence or two will move the story forward.
Thank you, Hayley and Amy, for your critiques!
Interested in more critiques? We'll be posting critiques through the first part of July. Hope you'll read on. And get ready! The Pitch Wars Mentor Wishlist Blog Hop starts July 19 with the Pitch Wars submission window opening on August 2nd.
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Heidi Kneale (Her Grace) says:
Dangerous Beasts sounds good. But then, I'm a sucker for a Fantasy Romance.
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Wonderful and thoughtful post. We found Dachau to be such a somber reminder of humanity, which can flow many directions. We found many Germans embarrassed by their past yet on the school day we visited Dachau it was full of children. A requirement of the German education is an annual visit to a camp, "so we do not forget".
Diane, what a great fact to add. Thank you!
A powerful and meaningful essay Rachel. This trip you are on is an education none of you could have garnered through books or a school room.
I think so, Memere! I'm hoping its seeping deep into the kids. It's definitely seeped into Kyle and me.
What a fascinating tour in Munich. I had the opportunity to visit Auschwitz a few years ago. What a powerful, horrifying place. And oh so important.
My Polish grandparents on my mother's side survived Dachau for 3 months before being transferred to a slave labor camp. Their oldest daughter died, and my mother and one of her sisters were born there. I've heard stories through my mother and other family members, but my grandparents really never talked about the war. David's grandmother was a German citizen at the time, and we have horror stories from that point of view as well. But she also does not easily talk about it.
While it doesn't need to happen every day, understanding and keeping the discussion alive of why the WWII holocaust happened, or any other tragedy in history, is critical in order to avoid the same mistakes… What circumstances allow citizens to turn their backs on their neighbors? Under fear of death to you and your family, would you stand up for strangers because it's the right thing to do, or would you ignore what was going on?
Thanks for such a thought-provoking post, Rachel.
demonstrated by my grandparents and great grandparents and it makes me feel like I can truly accomplish anything!
We read many stories at Dauchau of people who refused to stand with the nazis regardless of the impact to them or their families. One in particular was of a group of Luxembourg soldiers, captured & brought to Dauchau. Each year they were told to join the nazis & each year they refused & each year more of them died. What courage.
Indeed! Makes me wonder what kind of legacy am I leaving and whether my actions and choices honor the struggles my ancestors went through for basic rights and freedom.


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Home News Solo Vincent set to remind the world what she can do
Canada's Katie Vincent and Laurence Vincent-Lapointe have become so synonymous on the canoe racing circuit, that seeing Vincent out on the Plovdiv sprint canoe course all on her own this week is slightly eerie.
Vincent, of course, is an outstanding C1 paddler in her own right. It's just that the incredible achievements she and Vincent-Lapointe have chalked up as a C2 combination, including world records and world titles, tend to overshadow her solo exploits.
Not that the 22-year-old seems to mind. And this week she will get the chance to once again show what she is capable of, when she competes at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint U23 and Junior World Championships.
The Canadian will resume her battle with Belarus's Alena Nazdrova. At last year's U23 world titles, Vincent won the C1 200 title, while Nazdrova took the C1 500 crown.
"I definitely feel a bit of pressure," Vincent said on race eve.
"But I'm okay with it, I'm feeling really excited to have that kind of pressure, because it means you are one of the best. So hopefully I can keep going at it and we'll see what happens.
"It's definitely a high-calibre race. There's no risks to take, it's going to be hard racing for everyone."
While this week will be a big event for Vincent, her focus is very much on this year's World Championships in Portugal.
Longer term her focus is on Tokyo 2020, and the debut of women's C1 and C2 on the Olympic program. Even two years out, she and Vincent-Lapointe are the shortest of short-price favourites for the C2.
"We're always looking at things to fix up, areas to improve, so there is a lot of assessment going on," she said.
"Things are definitely on the right track for us, so with Laurence and I in the C2 things are going well and we're just going to keep working at it and keep fine-tuning things."
It's impossible for Vincent to escape the excitement that's building in Canada ahead of Tokyo and the first appearance of women's canoe.
More than any other country in the world, Canada can lay claim to being the home of C paddling; many still call it "Canadian 1 and Canadian 2".
"There's definitely a bit of a buzz, so it's super-cool," she said.
"Especially because for women's canoe, it will be the first time in the Olympics, so there's definitely a lot of hype around that.
"Canada's known for being equal in sport and equality, so it's exciting to be part of this journey and to be so supported by our country and our fans and our family and friends.
"It's super exciting just to be part of it."
The 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint U23 and Junior World Championships begin in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, On Thursday.


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he is an attention whore.
OSF, it is apparent he has cognitive delays and has difficulty understanding the long-term consequences of his actions. Its actually quite sad that a bunch of people on social media "egged" him on.
I can never look at Metallica's "The God That Failed" the same again.. and it was one of my favorite songs of theirs.
He is mentally challenged. Give the guy a break.
Seriously, how have his parents not intervened? He's obviously mentally ill and they let this happen? It's pretty sad.
I believe his father passed away from cancer when Jason was young. And, well, I guess his mom cannot be around him 24/7.
Yeah, the mom does not seem that well either. Add that to social medial and Jason's cognitive delays, it's a recipe for disaster.
See most people would think he was natural.
Exactly my point. That is why just looking at someone who doesn't look too bulit and say they are natural could be wrong.


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Jane Anderson with some of the children she met on the trip.
Jane puts Scottish dancing on the map in volunteer trip to Vietnam
Published: 26 May, 2016
Crown Paints' Jane Anderson has returned from a trip of a lifetime to help underprivileged children in a remote area of Vietnam.
Ms Anderson swapped her day job as a merchant sales manager to take part in the voluntary education programme, which saw her visit Lao Cai. There she helped teach youngsters at projects supported by The Hempel Foundation.
The Hempel Foundation, owner of the Hempel Group – Crown Paints' parent company, supports projects around the globe improving the education of children in need.
Ms Anderson's adventure took her deep into the remote north west mountains - close to the border with China – as part of a team of seven volunteers.
She said: "The local people were so welcoming and so happy to see us! My favourite part of the trip was meeting the children and spending time with them in the schools. I loved showing my class Scottish country dancing and teaching them the Gay Gordons. Their dance teacher even came to learn the moves so he could continue teaching it once I returned to the UK."
Ms Anderson's nine-day visit was supported by her customers, as well as friends and family, who donated a range of clothing and sporting goods for her to take for the youngsters.
Companies including Apex Decor, Buildbase, Crown Decorating Centres, Jewson, MKM Building Supplies, McNairs and Paint Shed all supported the trip to Lao Cai, which is famous for its rugged scenery and picturesque rice terraces, but it is also one of the poorest areas of the country.
The majority of the population are rural farmers with around 70% living in deep poverty, and the area is so remote there's little reference to it even on maps.
It's a life, which is particularly difficult for the children, and very few receive a good education. Schools are more than seven kilometres away for some and most make the journey through steep mountains on foot, which is especially tough during the rainy season.
Monday to Friday boarding schools have been established by the government to keep the children in school, but they lack study materials and well-educated teachers. The classrooms and dormitories are also in very poor condition.
As a result, the Hempel Foundation has pledged to support four schools - attended by 600 children - run in collaboration with UNICEF.
Ms Anderson concluded: "My first impression of the schools was just how good they looked compared with photos we had seen from a year ago. Hempel has put huge investment into the buildings and fixtures, as well as improving dietary requirements of the children in the schools.
"The children were so happy the whole time we were there and the people I spoke to said there had been an enormous improvement to their quality of life following the support of the Hempel Foundation. I feel very proud to have been part of a programme which is making a huge difference to peoples' lives there."
Crown Paint sales manager's brush with adventure
Jane Anderson is swapping her day job as a merchant sales manager at Crown Paint for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure to help underprivileged children in a remote area of Vietnam as part of a voluntary education programme.
Intrepid Ideal and Gledhill team raises £4,400 for Rainbows Hospice
The vital work of the Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People will receive a donation of £4,400, after an intrepid team from Ideal Boilers and Gledhill Cylinders conquered an epic endurance challenge.
A spotlight on stair safety
According to recent statistics, people in the UK have incidents involving stairs every 90 seconds, and in 2015 there were 787 deaths in England and Wales caused by a fall on steps or stairs, which equates to more than two fatalities every day.
Industry Forum: Opportunity
Financial journalist and TV broadcaster, Steph McGovern, kick-started the Industry Forum on day two of this year's BMF All-Industry Conference, and talked to delegates about the skills gap issues in the industry, and the importance of recruiting a younger generation into the merchanting sector.
3i and LDC sell stakes in MKM Building Supplies to Bain Capital
MKM Building Supplies, 3i Group, LDC and Bain Capital Private Equity have announced a binding agreement for the sale of 3i and LDC's stakes in MKM to Bain Capital. Management will retain a significant shareholding in the business.


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Antitrust: Commission accepts commitments by Insurance Ireland to ensure access to its data sharing platform
News article30 June 2022Representation in Ireland
The European Commission has made commitments offered by Insurance Ireland, an association of Irish insurers, legally binding under EU antitrust rules.
Insurance Ireland must ensure fair and non-discriminatory access to its Insurance Link information exchange system, which contains important data for companies offering motor vehicle insurance services in Ireland.
Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said:
"Insurance Ireland has offered commitments which will ensure access to its data sharing system on a fair, transparent, objective and non-discriminatory basis. Today, the Commission has made this binding. The commitments will restore the level playing field in the Irish motor insurance market and ease the entry of new players. As a result, consumers may benefit from a larger choice of suppliers. This is a good result since today's economy increasingly relies on data sharing and access to data has become key in many markets."
The Commission's concerns
In the Statement of Objections issued in June 2021, the Commission outlined its preliminary view that Insurance Ireland arbitrarily delayed or in practice denied access of non-members to its Insurance Link information exchange system, thereby restricting competition in the Irish motor vehicle insurance market.
Insurance Link's data allows insurers to better assess customers' risk profiles and consequently to price insurance policies for motor vehicles. By restricting access to its platform, Insurance Ireland placed certain companies at a competitive disadvantage vis-à-vis its members who had access to the platform. This acted as a barrier to entry, particularly for insurers based in other Member States, ultimately reducing the possibility of more competitive prices and choice of suppliers for consumers seeking motor vehicle insurance in Ireland.
To address the Commission's concerns, Insurance Ireland offered certain commitments. Between 4 March and 4 April 2022, the Commission market tested those commitments and consulted interested third parties to ascertain that they would remove the competition concerns. In light of the outcome of this market test, Insurance Ireland made several amendments to the initially proposed commitments. The amendments further specify the profile and role of the operationally independent Application Officer that will handle access requests, and introduce further clarifications as regards the implementation and the monitoring of the commitments.
The Commission found that Insurance Ireland's final commitments will ensure market participants' access to the Insurance Link platform, and decided to make them legally binding on Insurance Ireland. More specifically, Insurance Ireland has committed:
To make the access to the Insurance Link information exchange system independent from membership to Insurance Ireland.
To change the access criteria to Insurance Link and make them fair, objective, transparent and non-discriminatory and to apply them uniformly to all applicants, from Ireland and other Member States.
To establish a new Insurance Link application procedure with a defined timeline that will be handled by an operationally independent Application Officer, who is of a sufficient level of seniority and has experience in the insurance sector acquired in a professional capacity. Applicants who have been refused access will be able to appeal to the Oversight Committee, an independent appeal body.
To establish a cost and usage based fee model and to ensure that a fair, transparent and non-discriminatory fee will be charged to Insurance Link users.
To ensure that the criteria for becoming member of the Insurance Ireland association will be fair, objective, transparent and non-discriminatory.
The final commitments will remain in force for 10 years. Under supervision of the Commission, a trustee will be in charge of monitoring the implementation and compliance with the commitments.
Insurance Ireland is an association bringing together companies active in the insurance sector in Ireland. Insurance Ireland administers and offers to its members the Insurance Link information exchange system, which contains information useful for detecting and combating fraud in the Irish motor vehicle insurance market.
In July 2017, the Commission conducted unannounced inspections in the motor insurance market in Ireland. In May 2019, the Commission opened a formal investigation into Insurance Ireland's conduct for a possible breach of Article 101 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union ('TFEU'). In June 2021, the Commission issued a Statement of Objections outlining its preliminary concerns.
Article 101 TFEU and Article 53 of the European Economic Area Agreement prohibit anticompetitive agreements and decisions of associations of undertakings that prevent, restrict or distort competition within the EU's Single Market.
Article 9(1) of the EU's Antitrust Regulation (Regulation No 1/2003) allows the Commission to conclude antitrust proceedings by accepting commitments offered by an association. Such a decision does not reach a conclusion on whether EU antitrust rules have been infringed but legally binds the association to respect the commitments. A policy brief on commitment decisions under Article 9 is available here.
If Insurance Ireland were to breach the commitments, the Commission could impose a fine of up to 10% of the association's worldwide turnover or of the sum of the turnover of its members active on the relevant market, without having to prove an infringement of EU antitrust rules.
More information, including the full text of the Article 9 Commission Decision and the full version of the commitments will also be available on the Commission's competition website, in the public case register, under the case number AT.40511.


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The Barrow County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents:
BURGLARY: On Jan. 10, a deputy was dispatched to a home on Beaver Hill Drive, Bethlehem, where a woman reported she and her boyfriend came home from lunch and saw their house dogs running loose in the yard. They also saw the front door open. They entered and found broken glass all over the dining room floor. They discovered several guns and electronics were missing. Entry was made by busting through a door with a sledgehammer, which was left propped against the house. Among the items missing are a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle valued at $1,509, an AK-47 .62-caliber gun valued at $1,500, a Sig Saur .56 carbine rifle valued at $1,700, and a Keltic KSG 12 gauge shotgun valued at $1,000. The thieves also took a TV, X-Box, acoustic guitar and a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey.
MAN ASSAULTED: On Jan. 7, a deputy was dispatched to Bowman Mill Road at Georgia Highway 211, where he met with an assault victim who had multiple injures to his face and dried blood covering his face and hands. The Loganville man explained that about 3:30 p.m. he was on the side of the road with a disabled trailer waiting for his boss to come with a tire. A dark blue Ford F-150 pickup stopped and two men asked what he was doing. As he pointed to the trailer, he was hit in the back of the head. The men then hit him numerous times, removed his wallet, and took the money. They got back into the pickup and drove off in the direction of Highway 211. They suspects were both white and one was described as tall with shaggy brown hair, scruffy facial hair, and the second was a short, stocky man with a buzzed haircut and wearing boots. The men stole $10. A medic unit was called to treat the victim and an investigator was also contacted.
DAMAGE: On Jan. 5, a man reported he went to a vacant house on Beaver Dam Road, Hoschton, to cut off the water and found someone threw a softball size rock through the glass door. Someone also damaged the doors by kicking them. More than $500 in damage was done to the house.
BURGLARY: On Jan. 7, a deputy was dispatched to Manning Gin Road, where a man reported someone broke into his garage and stole a chop saw valued at $1,500 and caused more than $500 damage to a window. The deputy also located blood at the crime scene which likely came from the burglar.
MAN ARRESTED: On Jan. 8, a deputy was dispatched to check on a suspicious man seen at University Parkway and Carl-Bethlehem Road. The deputy spotted the man and recognized him as Rodney Gazaway, 32, of Winder. The man also matched the description of a man who was seen in a nearby apartment complex knocking on doors shortly after midnight. The deputy decided to detain Gazaway due to his reputation of becoming violent and carrying weapons. He was placed in handcuffs and a search revealed he was carrying a set of brass knuckles and a switch blade knife. Gazaway also smelled of alcohol so the deputy charged him with being a pedestrian under the influence. Gazaway then began resisting his arrest saying he had done nothing wrong. He refused to get in the squad car so the deputy attempted to spray him with pepper spray, but missed. However, a second dose hit Gazaway in the face and he was finally secured. The officer took him to jail where he continued to be disruptive.
THEFT: On Jan. 8, a deputy was dispatched to MBI on Duncan Lane in Auburn, where a man reported someone stole an Ingersoll Rand air compressor valued at $1,000.
THEFT: On Jan. 8, a deputy was dispatched to a house on East Wright Street, Winder, where a man reported witnesses saw a man and woman enter a shed behind the home and steal a Ryobi drill, valued at $150. On Jan. 2, the same two suspects were seen removing several crates from the shed.
FRAUD: On Jan. 8, a Winder man reported in October he met with a Norcross man about some estimates on a shower door for his home. He wrote the man a check for $650 as a deposit on the work and an appointment was set for the work. However, the man never showed up so another appointment was made. Once again the man never showed and now the Winder man is unable to contact the man despite multiple attempts. He believes the man intentionally meant to steal his money.
PHONE STOLEN: On Jan. 8, a deputy met with a Dacula man who reported he stopped at a convenience store on Patrick Mill Road, where he set his phone down on a counter while paying for some items. He forgot the phone and when he arrived at work he called his phone and a man answered. The man said he would meet him at a gas station in Winder, then began giving excuses why he couldn't. The man then turned off the phone. The store will provide a copy of the surveillance video to an investigator in an attempt to identify the man who took the phone.
PAROLEE ARRESTED: On Jan. 8, a deputy was dispatched at 8:55 p.m. to a house on Westbury Drive, where a man was seen slumped over the steering wheel of a green Ford Explorer parked outside a vacant house. The Ford had a Montana license plate. The officer knocked on the window and the driver eventually looked up. The man answered some questions, but continued to pass out. A medic unit arrived and the man did not know where he was nor could he answer other simple questions. A glass tube commonly used to smoke methamphetamine was found in the vehicle. When deputies decided to place him in handcuffs he became resistant then tried to kick one deputy and he appeared to make an attempt at biting another officer. The man grabbed one officer by the side and pinched him causing another deputy to use a Taser gun and stun the man, who collapsed to the ground. A yellow pill fell out of the man's pocket and it was identified as Xanax. The deputies found a digital scale in the vehicle along with a mini-torch. The man was identified as Stephen Chase Hertzel of Dacula. He was charged with giving a false name, possession of meth, possession of a narcotic and drug related objects, obstruction, and two counts of simple battery on a police officer. The deputies discovered that Hertzel was on active parole and his parole officer in Lawrenceville was notified of the arrest.
JAIL DAMAGED: On Jan. 8, a deputy went to the detention center about 8 p.m., where an inmate broke a sprinkler head and the water had to be cut off. The deputies found a large amount of water on the floor which they estimated at several thousand gallons. The inmate was ordered to the floor, where he was handcuffed. He told the officers that "I broke it so I could get out of the cell." He was placed in another cell where he threatened to "kick the door off the hinges." Damage was estimated at $550. The inmate, Mitchell Douglas McDonald, 34, of Maple Park, Winder, was charged with damage to property and interference with government property.
WRECKED CAR: On Jan. 9, a deputy was dispatched about 3:05 a.m. to Hill Shop Road in Auburn, where a silver 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee was found lying on its roof. The driver could not be found. The vehicle appeared to have been traveling south when it ran off the road, hit a mailbox and culvert, then flipping over. An iPhone was found inside the Jeep.
TRACKING DEVICE: On Jan. 9, a deputy was dispatched to a home in Bethlehem, where a woman reported she believes her estranged husband has placed a tracking device on her Lexus car. The woman would not disclose how she knew she was being tracked, but she intends to take the car to a mechanic to see if the device can be located. She is fearful of the husband.
BURGLARY: On Jan. 9, a deputy was dispatched to Jerico Road, where a man reported someone entered his home and stole several items. A TV, radio, two security cameras were stolen and a go-kart was removed from the out building. The victim reported that someone in a blue PT Cruiser had been seen at the house.
- Compiled by Wayne Ford/Staff


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Rizal Memorial Football Stadium to host PH's final Asian Cup Qualifier match
The final Group F home match between the Philippines and Tajikistan will be held on March 27, 2018
Rappler.com
Published 8:40 PM, January 17, 2018
Updated 8:41 PM, January 17, 2018
VENUE CHANGE. Rizal Memorial will host the match between the Philippines and Tajikistan again. Photo by Josh Albelda/Rappler
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Men's National Team will host Tajikistan in the final match of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Qualifiers on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium in Manila.
The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) formally received the confirmation from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on the venue.
The OFFICIAL venue for our March 27 clash with Tajikistan is out!! Block off that date and make plans with your squad! Ticket details soon.#OneBlood #BangisNgAzkals #FightAsOne
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— The Azkals (@TheAzkalsPH) January 17, 2018
After the Azkals kicked off their campaign in the Asian Cup Qualifiers with a 4-1 win against Nepal at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, the next match played on Philippine soil was held at Pana-ad Park and Football Stadium instead. The match ended with a 2-2 draw against Yemen last September 5, 2017.
The Pana-ad Park and Football Stadium in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental was earlier nominated to host the final Group F home match between the Philippines and Tajikistan. However, due to difficulties in securing fully-equipped training venues, the venue was moved to the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
"We announce that the AFC has approved the PFF's request to move the final match of the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers back to Manila," said PFF president Mariano V. Araneta Jr. "This match will be a crucial match as it will decide the Philippine Men's National Team's chances of qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup."
Philippines leads Group F with 9 points while Tajikistan are in 3rd with 7 points going to the final match of the qualifiers. The Azkals need a win or at least a draw to qualify for the Asian Cup. In case of a loss, however, the Philippines will only be able to qualify if Yemen loses to Nepal.
Here are the possible scenarios heading up to our clash with Tajikistan on March 27th!#OneBlood #BangisNgAzkals #FightAsOne
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— The Azkals (@TheAzkalsPH) January 6, 2018
"We hope all football stakeholders and supporters rally behind the Men's National Team," added Araneta. "Qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 will be a historic moment in Philippine football."
Ticket details for the match have not yet been announced. – Rappler.com
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Q: Using GestureLibrary with ScrollView As I mentioned on title, app has a ScrollView and a GestureDetector too. Outside of ScrollView's touch events, GestureDetector handling swipe actions like left to right and right to left. They're all working well.
Now I want to add a GestureLibrary -I mean raw- to Activity. I've looked different sources and somehow added properly. Simply, layout looking like this:
<android.gesture.GestureOverlayView
    android:id="@+id/gOverlay"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

    <ScrollView
        android:id="@+id/content_scroll"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:scrollbars="none">

            </ScrollView>
            <!-- Other views -->
</android.gesture.GestureOverlayView>

It's drawing as I wanted (the yellow line) but it's not triggering any methods. Here how I implemented OnGesturePerformedListener:
    /*
     * Gestures
     */
    gLibrary = GestureLibraries.fromRawResource(this, R.raw.gestures);
    if (!gLibrary.load()) { finish(); }
    GestureOverlayView gestureOverlayView = (GestureOverlayView) findViewById(R.id.gOverlay);
    gestureOverlayView.addOnGesturePerformedListener(gestureListener);

And here is gestureListener:
private OnGesturePerformedListener gestureListener = new OnGesturePerformedListener() {
    public void onGesturePerformed(GestureOverlayView overlay, Gesture gesture) {
        ArrayList<Prediction> predictions = gLibrary.recognize(gesture);
        if (predictions.size() > 1) {
            for(Prediction prediction: predictions){
                Log.d("Test", "Looking for gestures");
            }
        }
    }
};

That's all. By the wall, I tried this source code with in different Activity which has no ScrollView and working fine.
Finally, I'm not sure is it about GestureDetector, so that's how app using detector:
public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
    if (detector != null) {
        if (detector.onTouchEvent(ev)) {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);
}

And my SwipeDetector:
private class SwipeDetector extends SimpleOnGestureListener {
    private static final int SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE = 120;
    private static final int SWIPE_MAX_OFF_PATH = 250;
    private static final int SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY = 200;
    public boolean onFling(android.view.MotionEvent e1, android.view.MotionEvent e2, float velocityX, float velocityY) {
        if( Math.abs( e1.getY() - e2.getY() ) > SWIPE_MAX_OFF_PATH ) { return false; }
        if( e1.getX() - e2.getX() > SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE && Math.abs( velocityX ) > SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY ) { return false; }
        if( e2.getX() - e1.getX() > SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE && Math.abs( velocityX ) > SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY ) {  filterButton.performClick();return true; }
        return false;
    }
}

What's wrong with my approach?

A: All touch events in android goes from children to parents. So, scroll view handle all touch events, and you gesture detector does not receives them. You can set touch listener on ScrollView:
    scrollView.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            if (detector != null) {
                return detector.onTouchEvent(event);
            return false;
        }
    });

You have to check that scroll works as necessary, and you don't consumed scroll events.

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It's (Half) His Fault
Michael Oxley has garnered both fame and blame since coauthoring the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
By Janet Conley | December 01, 2005 at 12:00 AM
Representative Michael Oxley has garnered both fame and blame since coauthoring the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the now three-year-old corporate governance initiative. On the fame side, the chief financial officer of a midwestern company asked Oxley to autograph a pair of tube socks-a play on SOX, the acronym for the law. As for the blame, Oxley recently admitted that while "nobody ever passed a perfect piece of legislation . . . this one has been quite a ride." An Ohio Republican, Oxley spoke at an October conference in Atlanta about the law he penned with Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland). The seminar was sponsored by McKenna Long & Aldridge, KPMG Inc., and Computer Associates International. Oxley said that if he could change one thing about the law, he'd make it more flexible, especially in relation to how section 404 applies to small and midsize companies. The provision, which requires all public companies to conduct an audit of their internal financial controls, has already cost millions at the large businesses that had to comply with 404 this past spring. The impact is expected to be even greater when smaller companies have to start conducting internal control audits next year. "I think it's a legitimate criticism of the act, and especially 404, that it's a one-size-fits-all solution," Oxley said. Section 404 has gone "far beyond" its intended application, Oxley said, and the Securities and Exchange Commission could be more flexible in implementing it. "It would be a shame if the law were to force [smaller companies] to go private and deny them access to capital they need to grow," he said. But Oxley warned that Congress rarely revisits major legislation, and noted that it took about 70 years for the Glass-Steagall Act to come up for review. The Glass-Steagall Act, enacted in the wake of the stock market crash of 1929, separated investment and commercial banking activities. It was repealed in 1999. Aside from the excessive reach of section 404, Oxley said the biggest mistake attributable to SOX was "the death sentence for Arthur Andersen [LLP]." Less competition among auditors "by definition drives up the costs" for companies that use their services, he said. "We essentially have created an oligopoly among what I call the Final Four [accounting firms]." In what Oxley � a lawyer � referred to as his "closing argument," he defended the original goals behind SOX: increasing penalties for corporate fraud, boosting investor confidence, promoting transparency in corporate governance, and preventing debacles like the ones that happened at Enron Corp. and WorldCom, Inc. Still, he admitted that no law can guarantee that there will never be another fraud scandal. "Will it happen again?" he asked, then answered his question: "We have laws against murder, but people get murdered every day."


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SC dismisses plea seeking postponement of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and Joint Entrance Examination
Team FNP August 17, 2020
Supreme Court (SC) on Monday (August 17) dismissed a plea seeking the postponement of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), scheduled to be held in September 2020.
"There is no ground to interfere with policy decision. The postponement of the NEET/JEE will put the career of students in peril", said the SC.
On July 3, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' had announced the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Mains) will be conducted from September 1 to 6. The minister had also said that the JEE-Advanced examination has been postponed to September 27 in view of the COVID-19 situation in the country.
"Keeping in mind the safety of students and to ensure quality education, we've decided to postpone JEE and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) examinations. JEE Main exam will be held between 1st-6th Sept, JEE advanced exam will be held on 27th Sept and NEET exam will be held on 13th September," the Union HRD Minister said in a tweet.
Notably, educational activities and all major entrance examinations had been pushed to either a later date or the dates are yet to be announced due to coronavirus pandemic.
NEET is a medical entrance exam that was to be conducted on July 26 while JEE – an engineering entrance exam – was to be conducted from 18-23 July. Tens of thousands of students take the tests that the National Testing Agency conducts.
Parents have raised concerns over the increasing pressure on the students, without any solid statement by the authorities. A group of parents has also written to National Testing Agency (NTA) urging them to conduct exams as per schedule. In the letter, parents have urged the NTA to conduct the exams as per schedule as the students have been preparing for over two years for the entrance exams.
After the cancellation of the CBSE examinations of the 10th and 12 standards, the Union Human Resource Development authorities have urged the NTA to re-look into the academic calendar of JEE and NEET.
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Sam's originals are fantastic! His vocals are incredible! If you get a chance to see him, don't miss it!!
"Coming Home" sounds like a bop! Can't wait for you to release the whole song!
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Twilight stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have been immortalised as Barbie dolls.
The stars of the hit vampire films – who play ill-fated lovers, "cold skin" Edward Cullen and teenager Bella Swan – have been reproduced in plastic to mark the DVD release of the latest instalment in the saga.
In Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1, the love-struck couple – whose relationship develops over the previous three films – finally tie the knot.
Sure, we're excited to see Rooney Mara, The Help cast and Brangelina all dolled up at the Oscars. But it wouldn't be the Awful Truth if we weren't also dying to know if a certain Twilight twosome might attend the oh-so-prestigious awards ceremony as well.
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Q: How to solve electron and grpc version problem in angular project I have a angular project trying to run in windows application. Project includes firebase, electron. I am trying to build and publish windows desktop app but it failed with many errors
package.json
"@angular/cdk": "~7.3.2",
"@angular/common": "^7.2.4",
"@angular/compiler": "^7.2.4",
"@angular/core": "^7.2.4",
"@angular/fire": "^5.2.1",
"@angular/flex-layout": "^7.0.0-beta.23",
"@angular/forms": "^7.2.4",
"@angular/http": "^7.2.4",
"@angular/material": "^7.0.2",
"@angular/platform-browser": "^7.2.4",
"@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^7.2.4",
 "firebase": "^6.4.0",
*dev dependencies*
  "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "^0.13.8",
"@angular/cli": "^7.3.9",
"@angular/compiler-cli": "^7.2.6",
"@angular/language-service": "^7.2.4",
"@types/jasmine": "~3.3.8",
"@types/jasminewd2": "~2.0.3",
"@types/node": "^11.9.3",
"codelyzer": "~4.5.0",
"electron": "^6.0.10",
"electron-builder": "^21.2.0",
"jasmine-core": "~3.3.0",
"jasmine-spec-reporter": "~4.2.1",
"karma": "^4.0.1",
"karma-chrome-launcher": "~2.2.0",
"karma-cli": "~2.0.0",
"karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "^2.0.4",
"karma-jasmine": "~2.0.1",
"karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^1.0.0",
"protractor": "~5.4.0",
"ts-node": "~8.0.2",
"tslint": "~5.12.1",
"typescript": "~3.2.4"

For electron build and publish I used
electron-builder build --win --publish never

I got the below log when i executed above command
electron-builder  version=21.2.0 os=10.0.18362
description is missed in the package.json  appPackageFile=C:\User\example\package.json
author is missed in the package.json  appPackageFile=C:\User\example\package.json
rebuilding native dependencies  dependencies=grpc@1.23.3 platform=win32 arch=x64

⨯ cannot execute  cause=exit status 1
                out=
> grpc@1.23.3 install C:\User\example\node_modules\grpc
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library

Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --library=static_library --module=C:\Users\Sandeep.Lagishetty\Desktop\TextusUI\desktop-app-demo\beetextui\node_modules\grpc\src\node\extension_binary\electron-v6.1-win32-x64-unknown\grpc_node.node --module_name=grpc_node --module_path=C:\Users\Sandeep.Lagishetty\Desktop\TextusUI\desktop-app-demo\beetextui\node_modules\grpc\src\node\extension_binary\electron-v6.1-win32-x64-unknown --napi_version=5 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=electron-v6.1' (1)

                errorOut=node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp WARN Tried to download(404): https://node-precompiled-binaries.grpc.io/grpc/v1.23.3/electron-v6.1-win32-x64-unknown.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not found for grpc@1.23.3 and electron@6.1.4 (electron-v6.1 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version not set from command line or npm config
gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
gyp ERR! find VS could not use PowerShell to find Visual Studio 2017 or newer
gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015
gyp ERR! find VS - not found
gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2013
gyp ERR! find VS - not found
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:121:47)
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:74:16
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:372:16
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:54:7
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:33:16
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:302:5)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:210:5)
gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:283:5)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18362
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--library=static_library" "--module=C:\\Users\\Sandeep.Lagishetty\\Desktop\\TextusUI\\desktop-app-demo\\beetextui\\node_modules\\grpc\\src\\node\\extension_binary\\electron-v6.1-win32-x64-unknown\\grpc_node.node" "--module_name=grpc_node" "--module_path=C:\\Users\\Sandeep.Lagishetty\\Desktop\\TextusUI\\desktop-app-demo\\beetextui\\node_modules\\grpc\\src\\node\\extension_binary\\electron-v6.1-win32-x64-unknown" "--napi_version=5" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=0" "--node_napi_label=electron-v6.1"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\Sandeep.Lagishetty\Desktop\TextusUI\desktop-app-demo\beetextui\node_modules\grpc
gyp ERR! node -v v12.13.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.5
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --library=static_library --module=C:\Users\Sandeep.Lagishetty\Desktop\TextusUI\desktop-app-demo\beetextui\node_modules\grpc\src\node\extension_binary\electron-v6.1-win32-x64-unknown\grpc_node.node --module_name=grpc_node --module_path=C:\User\example\node_modules\grpc\src\node\extension_binary\electron-v6.1-win32-x64-unknown --napi_version=5 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=electron-v6.1' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\User\example\node_modules\grpc\node_modules\node-pre-gyp\lib\util\compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:210:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:283:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18362
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\User\example\\node_modules\\grpc\\node_modules\\node-pre-gyp\\bin\\node-pre-gyp" "install""--fallback-to-build" "--library=static_library"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd C:\User\examplebeetextui\node_modules\grpc
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v12.13.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.13.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! grpc@1.23.3 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the grpc@1.23.3 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2019-11-08T08_21_02_233Z-debug.log

                command='C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe' 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js' rebuild grpc@1.23.3
                workingDir=

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! ExampleApp package: electron-builder build --win --publish never
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the ExampleApp package script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2019-11-08T08_21_02_483Z-debug.log

A: Error states that you need windows-build-tools.
Error logs directs you to node-gyp repository, from where you can find directives on how to install. Try again after installing the windows-build-tools.


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TSJ- Is it worth the $$?
Discussion in 'Surfing' started by PeakMaster, Jan 1, 2019.
News flash, there is no money in writing for print publications.
It's a labor of love, just like all creative endeavors. You do it because that's what you want to do. Keeping a print publication going in this day and age is like keeping a leaking hulk afloat.
Every TSJ I've ever picked up has always had at least one article that interested me and was well presented.
News flash, there is no money in writing for print publications. Unless you are writing for half a dozen established tomes at the same time, have a web site with paying advertisers and a couple of side freelance jobs internationally.
Fully agree. Most of the print publications I've written for in the last ten years have been sold, had their print version axed, or closed up shop entirely. Nothing but well wishes and hope for TSJ to stay around for future generations to come.
"I get how LongBoard mag. failed." - This is how it failed, drunk publisher/owner that borrowed and borrowed and never paid back. Ugly scene.
You got any info on what happened to SLIDE ?
What kind of circulation do you think it had? I even forget who they had for advertisers.
Never checked out a copy of Pacific Longboarder. Minimal relevance.
However, when I look at the time it occupied vs the compensation, it's pretty ridiculous. Obviously, it isn't something I should do for the coin.
Just curious if you don't mind me asking -- how did you go about asking for your compensation? Was it part of your pitch, or did they just specify that they will pay you X amount for an article? I wrote a few pieces for a magazine a while back -- I got paid for the first one, but there was a change in editors for the following two articles, so there was no dinero involved. I enjoyed writing, seeing my stuff in print, and getting some really nice social media feedback... but what the heck.
They have a price that is a per word situation. I didn't ask for it, rather they stated that is how they run it.
I asked to receive no compensation and instead be allowed to create an ad. The denied that saying they are not accepting any more advertising.
My Surf a Pig piece for slide was compensated with an ad. Gene shot a picture of a Blackboard on this suclupture of a hand. We ran that as a Surf a Pig ad.
As Veterano said, no money in it. I did it for the ego. I'm guessing all do it for that. Otherwise, they do it for coin. If anyone admits they do it for the coin, that's just nuts. It be like saying you shape surfboards for the coin.
kclibman, PeakMaster and Chilly Willy like this.
Thanks, perfect. Definitely right about the money - I enjoyed doing it even pro bono (or pro ego?) but my thought was more that if you're doing it for free, people expect more from you, if that makes sense.


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Crazy mom, crazy daughter, Roxie is just the girl you want to be, driven, not afraid to say anything.
She keeps believing it is just a summer fling, also the farmer, but things never go our way huh?
Mix of humor and love, naturally funny characters, really nice between some darker reads!


Multi-Grammy Award-winning country band Alabama are going back to their roots for a good cause. For the first time ever and for their only appearance in Alabama this year, the band will be headlining Burgess-Snow Field at Jacksonville State University's JSU Stadium with their close friends and many special guests for an unforgettable once-in-a-lifetime event.
The Country Music Hall-of-Famers will be donating all concert proceeds after expenses to Jacksonville State University for tornado relief after an EF-3 level storm tore through Jacksonville and the JSU campus in March 2018. Alabama has recruited an all-star lineup of very special guests including the Charlie Daniels Band, Jamey Johnson, Riley Green, Shenandoah, Darren Knight "Southern Momma" and many more surprise artists to be announced.


Our first Crown Biblical Financial Study class!
Our church family picnic was held on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at the Alba Club on beautiful Dog River. As you can see from the pictures below, a great time was had by all!