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A musical revolution: Beethoven's Eroica, Symphony No.3
In what is a first for Escala Partners, we are very proud to be able to provide an insight to a musical masterpiece soon to be brought to us by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Beethoven's Eroica, Symphony No. 3.
The article is courtesy of Scott Robinson, a history and philosophy student at the University of Melbourne (who is part of the Escala family by virtue of being the son of our Chief Investment Officer, Giselle Roux). An abridged version of a much larger study, the work for this article was undertaken while studying French Revolutionary and Counter-Revolutionary culture while on exchange at Durham University in England.
For those with a taste or passion for music, for history and culture generally, or for those attending the performance or who might be tempted, we hope you enjoy this remarkable piece of writing (and of course the concert, if you can make it!)
Osmo Vänskä with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, 27th and 28th November performing Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No.3 in E Flat Major (Eroica), Op.55, (1804-05)
http://www.mso.com.au/whats-on/2014/beethoven-s-eroica-symphony/
Audiences in early-19th century Vienna had much to be shocked by when Beethoven's Third Symphony, Eroica, exploded into their concert halls. And explode it did, coming to earn a reputation as the fulcrum upon which Western music history is levered. Perhaps the stunned audiences should have been better prepared; Beethoven was, after all, already regarded as one of the greatest living composers, even before much of what we now regard as great had been composed.
This reputation was undoubtedly hard-earned. Beethoven succeeded the generation of Haydn and Mozart, whom, it was thought, none could surpass. Yet critics today look upon this triumvirate as seemingly planned in advance, so perfectly does it reflect the progression of musical genius. It was Beethoven's peculiar genius to remain within the classical style, and then to expand and refine it beyond previously conceivable boundaries. This leads some to mistake his music for the Romantics, who in their eagerness burst the already-inflated balloon of classicism. Instead, Beethoven sat between the generations adopting the sententious earnestness of classicism, and incorporating the enthusiasm and energy of the new century.
Vienna, where music history lives in this era, was a perfect environment for Haydn and Mozart – filled with musicians and, more importantly, patrons. But Beethoven had to contend with the nobility's gradual decline against the growing commercial class, and Vienna's waning relevance against the French and Germanic nations that would dominate the 19th century. On the other hand, there was a flourishing of public concert halls and opera houses and a growing literate public, thanks to the Enlightenment, to fill them with discerning ears.
This public had the sounds of revolution and war in their ears as they sat down to hear Eroica for the first time. In fact, so closely tied to the French Revolution was the piece that the 'hero' of the title was originally intended to be Napoleon. But Beethoven's assistant recounts him dramatically tearing up the title page upon hearing the news that Napoleon was to have himself crowned Emperor. Perhaps there were more pragmatic reasons for this outburst than republican sympathy however. Many wealthy patrons fled the city in anticipation of a French invasion, which subsequently occurred in 1805, including Prince Lobkowitz, who funded the Symphony. Regardless of the details, critics agree that there is a fated synchrony between Napoleon's coronation and Eroica as both kicked away the past and largely determined the course of the century in their respective realms.
Protected by Lobkowitz's patronage, Beethoven was able to spend nearly a year perfecting the work and having recovered from illness in 1801, was experiencing a productive surge as we can tell from his frequent quarrels about publication and payments. Following a musical expansion in his early works, Eroica is the first in a series of monumental compositions, sharing its capacious architecture with the likes of the Ninth Symphony and the 'Emperor' concerto. After the apparent interruption of the opening, Eroica surges into activity proving athletic for the musicians. Not only is it energetic, the piece also challenged orchestras and listeners alike with its length, but it was equally confronting in its ceaseless mobility from one part to the next. In the Leipzig-based journal, Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung, a critic wrote simply: 'long composition, extremely difficult in performance, in reality a tremendously expanded, daring and wild fantasia… but it often loses itself in lawlessness'.
The question of what this composition means, normally difficult for music critics to answer with any certainty, is relatively clear in this case. It is 'about' a hero. There is no need to agree on who in particular this hero is, because it can be Napoleon, Prometheus or Beethoven himself, or any hero for that matter. The title immediately suggested Napoleon, but as did musical references, particularly in the second movement, to funeral and military marches of 1790s France. Beethoven also references the theme of his own ballet, Die Geschopfe des Prometheus (The Creatures of Prometheus) in the finale. This presents the artist as the saviour of civilization, at the cost of his own exile and punishment, just as Prometheus stole the gods' fire and was brutally condemned thereafter. If this is not self-serving enough, many have seen the Symphony as unashamed auto-biography on Beethoven's part – presenting himself as the hero, and his art, the heroic act.
Beethoven would later recall Eroica and continue its power in the Fifth Symphony, then the Ninth even as he slowly went out of fashion. The generation, except perhaps Schubert, that replaced him fled his towering legacy, and not until the German late-Romantics such as Brahms or Wagner would anyone be so presumptuous as to attempt to claim him as a precedent. Even if the Symphony has lost its revolutionary scandal and impertinence, when the MSO, led by Osmo Vänskä performs the piece in November, none of its grandeur or majesty will be lost.
*Photography by Lucas Dawson.


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#include <infotrope/utils/xml-parser.hh>
#include <expat.h>
#include <sstream>

namespace Infotrope {
  namespace XML {
    class ParserInternals {
    public:
      XML_Parser parser;
    };
  }
}

using namespace Infotrope::XML;

Parser::~Parser() {
  XML_ParserFree( m_int->parser );
  delete m_int;
}

void Parser::parse( std::string const & s, bool final ) {
  if ( !XML_Parse( m_int->parser, s.c_str(), s.length(), final ) ) {
    std::ostringstream ss;
    ss << "XML Parse Error at line " << XML_GetCurrentLineNumber( m_int->parser ) << ":\n" << XML_ErrorString( XML_GetErrorCode( m_int->parser ) ) << "\n" << s << "\n";
    throw std::runtime_error( ss.str() );
  }
}

Parser::Parser() : m_int( new ParserInternals ) {
  m_int->parser = XML_ParserCreate( "UTF-8" );
  XML_SetUserData( m_int->parser, this );
  XML_SetElementHandler( m_int->parser, st_start, st_end );
  XML_SetCharacterDataHandler( m_int->parser, st_text );
}

void Parser::st_start( void * self, const char * tag, const char ** attrs ) {
  Parser * me( reinterpret_cast < Parser * > ( self ) );
  t_attrs_p a( new t_attrs );
  for ( int i( 0 ); attrs[ i ]; i += 2 ) {
    ( *a ) [ attrs[ i ] ] = attrs[ i + 1 ];
  }
  me->start( tag, a );
}

void Parser::st_end( void * self, const char * tag ) {
  Parser * me( reinterpret_cast < Parser * > ( self ) );
  if ( !me->current_tag().text.empty() ) {
    me->text( me->current_tag().text );
  }
  me->end( tag );
}

void Parser::st_text( void * self, const char * text, int len ) {
  Parser * me( reinterpret_cast < Parser * > ( self ) );
  me->addtext( std::string( text, text + len ) );
}

void Parser::addtext( std::string const & atext ) {
  current_tag().text += atext;
}

void Parser::start( std::string const & tag, t_attrs_p const & attrs ) {
  m_tags.push_back( Tag( tag, attrs ) );
}

void Parser::end( std::string const & tag ) {
  t_tags::iterator i( m_tags.end() );
  m_tags.erase( --i );
}

void Parser::text( std::string const & txt ) {
}

Tag::Tag( std::string const & s, t_attrs_p const & a )
  : attrs( a ), tag( s ), text() {
}

Tag::~Tag() {
}

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Q: activate event with a keypress I am trying to find a sulotion to translate the void keypressed from c# to java without any succes yet anyone a sulotion?
I want when i press the key 13(enter) that Private void doen() activates once.
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;

public class Paneel extends JPanel {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    String text;
    String AccountName = "default";
    String autosavecheck = "";
    String iss;
    JProgressBar monsterbar, progressbar;
    JButton sendknop, clearknop, creditsknop, saveknop, loadknop, restartknop,
            disableautosaveknop;
    JTextArea commandstextbox, dialoogtextbox;
    JTextField naamtextbox, invoertextbox;
    JOptionPane resetdialog;
    Toolkit toolkit;
    Timer timer;

    public Paneel() {

        setLayout(null);
// --------------------------------
        dialoogtextbox = new JTextArea();
        dialoogtextbox.setFont(new Font("sansserif", Font.BOLD, 12));
        dialoogtextbox.setBounds(12, 12, 838, 207);
        dialoogtextbox.list();

        invoertextbox = new JTextField(12);
        invoertextbox.setBounds(12, 330, 982, 20);
        invoertextbox.setEnabled(false);
        commandstextbox = new JTextArea();
        commandstextbox.setBounds(856, 28, 138, 191);
        naamtextbox = new JTextField(12);
        naamtextbox.setBounds(772, 263, 220, 20);

        toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
        timer1 = new Timer();
        toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
        autosave = new Timer();
        toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
        monstertimer = new Timer();
        toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
        autodisabletimer = new Timer();

        sendknop = new JButton("Send");
        sendknop.setBounds(12, 260, 75, 23);
        sendknop.addActionListener(new sendknopHandler());

        add(sendknop);
    }

    private void keypressed() {
        if (e.KeyChar == (char) Keys.Return) {
            doen();
        }
    }

    private void doen() {
        text = invoertextbox.getText();
        invoertextbox.setText("");
    }
}

A: Well if you want to call the method once a JButton is pressed you'd have to add an ActionListener to the JButton and call the method from within the actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) like this:
jBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        System.out.println("called");
        //call method here
    }
    });

or if you want to call the method once a key is pressed on the JPanel use KeyBindings instead of a KeyListener like so:
JPanel panel=...;
...

panel.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER,0), "send");
panel.getActionMap().put("send", new MyAction());

...

class MyAction extends AbstractAction {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    System.out.println("called");
    //call method here
}

}

A: As you can, there are a number of approaches you could try.  You didn't really specify on which component you were interested in monitoring, so we've thrown a few different suggestions at you...
In the following example of demonstrated key bindings and the default button of the RootPane.
Unfortunately, the JTextArea consumes the enter key before the root pane is notified, meaning that it won't fire.  This is a general issue with text fields as they respond to the enter key action.
The other problem you will face is the fact that I've overridden the default behavior of the JtextField's enter key, meaning it will no longer insert new lines.
public class TestPane extends JPanel {

    private JTextArea textArea;
    private JButton doneButton;

    public TestPane() {

        textArea = new JTextArea(10, 50);
        doneButton = new JButton("Done");

        setLayout(new GridBagLayout());

        GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
        gbc.gridx = 0;
        gbc.gridy = 0;
        gbc.weightx = 1;
        gbc.weighty = 1;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(4, 4, 4, 4);

        add(new JScrollPane(textArea), gbc);

        gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
        gbc.gridx = 0;
        gbc.gridy = 1;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(4, 4, 4, 4);

        add(doneButton, gbc);

        InputMap inputMap = textArea.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED);
        ActionMap actionMap = textArea.getActionMap();

        inputMap.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0), "enter");
        actionMap.put("enter", new AbstractAction() {

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

                System.out.println("I'm done here");

            }
        });

        doneButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                System.out.println("All the way out...");
            }
        });

    }

    @Override
    public void addNotify() {

        super.addNotify();

        // This is the button that will be activate by "default", depending on
        // what that means for the individual platforms...
        SwingUtilities.getRootPane(this).setDefaultButton(doneButton);

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {

                try {
                    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
                } catch (Exception exp) {
                }

                JFrame frame = new JFrame("Test");
                frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
                frame.setSize(400, 400);
                frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
                frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
                frame.add(new TestPane());
                frame.setVisible(true);

            }
        });

    }

}

A: First: get your formatting right, see the instructions for inserting code snippets. Helps those of us who read it :)
I am not entirely sure what you are asking here, but I guess you are trying to get your program to respond to a user clicking any of your buttons. This takes place in the various ActionListeners you should have for buttons. For example, in your case, the sendknopHandler should contain the logic to handle what happens when a user presses this specific button. Inside this class, you will have to filter out the source of the action (i.e. the button pressed), what the action is, and how you want to respond.

A: learn all about listeners and more specific key listeners

A: Is "key 13" a button or is it when user types "13"?
if it's a button, just use
button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                           your statements;
                    }
}

otherwise use the key listener Peter responded.

A: a) public Paneel() { missing  } after code line add(sendknop);, the same issue is with public class Paneel extends JPanel {,
b) from this code and in this form you'll never listening any event because code isn't runnable, your question is about Java Basic, not about Swing GUI, nor about listener
c) for listening of ENTER key you have to add ActionListener to the JButton
d) for Swing GUI have to use Swing Timer instead of util.Timer, otherwise you have an issue with Concurency in Swing
e) for Swing GUI don't to use KeyListener, there is KeyBindings and with output to the Swing Action
f) otherwise Swing JComponents have got Focus in the Window for KeyListener

A: Add a key listener to your invoertextbox by adding the following lines to the initialization part of your code:
invoertextbox.addKeyListener(this);

Then extend your class implement the KeyListener interface by adding:
import java.awt.event.KeyListener;

public class Paneel extends JPanel implements KeyListener {

And implement the following methods of the interface within your Paneel class:
@Override
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {
}

@Override
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
  if (e.getKeyCode()==KeyEvent.VK_ENTER) {
    doen();
  }
}

@Override
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
}

private void doen() {
  text = invoertextbox.getText();
  invoertextbox.setText("");
}

Consider using keyTyped(KeyEvent) instead of keyPressed(KeyEvent).

"Key typed" events are higher-level and generally do not depend on the
  platform or keyboard layout. They are generated when a Unicode
  character is entered, and are the preferred way to find out about
  character input. In the simplest case, a key typed event is produced
  by a single key press (e.g., 'a') […] (JavaDoc for KeyEvent)

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Medically reviewed on May 18, by L. Common or street names: Heroin diacetylmorphine is derived from the morphine alkaloid found in opium and is roughly times more potent. A highly addictive drug, heroin exhibits euphoric "rush"anxiolytic and analgesic central nervous system properties.
Why is Drug Addiction So Devastating?
Heroin is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act of and as such has no acceptable medical use in the United States. Pure heroin is a white powder with a bitter taste.
Most illicit heroin is sold as a white or brownish powder and is usually "cut" with other drugs or with substances such as sugar, starch, powdered milk, or quinine. It can also be cut with strychnine or other poisons. Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at risk of overdose or death.
Another form of heroin known as "black tar" may be sticky, like roofing tar, or hard, like coal. Its color may vary from dark brown to black. Methods of Heroin Use Heroin is most often injected, however, it may also be vaporized "smoked"sniffed "snorted"used as a suppository, or orally ingested.
Smoking and sniffing heroin do not produce a "rush" as quickly or as intensely as intravenous injection. Oral ingestion does not usually lead to a "rush", but use of heroin in suppository form may have intense euphoric effects. Heroin can be addictive by any given route. Side Effects of Heroin Use Heroin is metabolized to morphine and other metabolites which bind to opioid receptors in the brain.
The short-term effects of heroin abuse appear soon after a single dose and disappear in a few hours. After an injection of heroin, the user reports feeling a surge of euphoria the "rush" accompanied by a warm flushing of the skin, a dry mouth, and heavy extremities.
Following this initial euphoria, the user experiences an alternately wakeful and drowsy state. Mental functioning becomes clouded due to the depression of the central nervous system. Other effects that heroin may have on users include respiratory depression, constricted "pinpoint" pupils and nausea.
Effects of heroin overdose may also include slow and shallow breathing, hypotensionmuscle spasms, convulsionscoma, and possible death. Other medical complications that may arise due to heroin use include collapsed veins, abscesses, spontaneous abortionand endocarditis inflammation of the heart lining and valves.
Heroin addiction can remove an otherwise healthy and contributing member from society, and may lead to severe disability and eventually death. Other Health Hazards of Heroin With regular heroin use, tolerance develops where the abuser must use more heroin to achieve the same intensity or effect.
As higher doses are used over time, physical dependence and addiction develop. With physical dependence, the body has adapted to the presence of the drug and withdrawal symptoms may occur if use is reduced or stopped.
Withdrawal, which in regular abusers may occur as early as a few hours after the last administration, produces drug craving, restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea and vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps "cold turkey"kicking movements and other symptoms. Major withdrawal symptoms peak between 48 and 72 hours after the last dose and subside after about a week.
Sudden withdrawal by heavily dependent users who are in poor health is occasionally fatal, although heroin withdrawal is considered much less dangerous than alcohol or barbiturate withdrawal. Treatment Options for Heroin Addiction or Overdose Several medical treatment options exist for heroin addiction.
These treatments can be effective when combined with a medication compliance program and behavioral therapy. Methadone DolophineMethadosebuprenorphine Subutexbrand discontinued in U. Sbuprenorphine combined with naloxone Suboxone and naltrexone DepadeReVia are approved in the US to treat opioid dependence.
These treatments work by binding fully or partially to opiate receptors in the brain and work as agonists, antagonists or a combination of the two. Agonists mimic the action of the opiate, and antagonists block and reverse the action of the opiate.
Oral administration of these drugs may allow for a more gradual withdrawal from opiates. A long-acting intramuscular depot formulation of naltrexone Vivitrol is also available for use following opiate detoxification.
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Once they are falling very difficult to stop from it. What is the most dangerous drug in the world? This sounds like a relatively simple question: Surely it's the one most likely to kill you, right? As it turns out, it depends on a multitude of. Heroin is a highly addictive drug that produces a surge of euphoria (rush) accompanied by a warm flushing of the skin and a dry mouth.
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Founded in 1998 by Dr. Kurt Jetta, TABS Analytics is a leading provide of technology-enabled marketing analytics solutions empowering CPG and retail organizations. TABS has re-engineered processing, delivery and analytics of market data to the CPG industry and is recognized as an industry leader. TABS has been ranked among the Top 10 Business Intelligence Providers to the CPG Industry in Consumer Goods Technology's Readers' Choice Survey for four years in a row. The company is headquartered in Shelton, CT.
Marlin & Associates is one of the most active investment banking advisory firms in the enterprise data & analytics sector and is very familiar with TABS and the competitive landscape it operates in.
Decision Insight is a leading shopper insights and retail strategy firm that uncovers shopper behaviors and motivations for manufacturers, retailers and restaurants. The firm is based out of Kansas City, MO. DI provides data driven, strategic point of view on shopper insights to CPG companies and has long term relationships with over 50 blue chip CPG customers. The company is led by a seasoned team with deep domain and behavioral research expertise.
In May 2019, TABS acquired Decision Insight from its shareholders that was funded through a combination of new equity and debt.
TABS will enhance its current service offerings with the integration of the Decision Insight SimuShop® virtual shopping platform, providing research across food and beverage, pet needs, household goods, durables, toys and gaming, pharmaceutical, alcoholic beverage and restaurant categories to deliver even greater insights. Decision Insight brings more than 35 years of trusted expertise across multiple retail channels.
M&A Role
Marlin & Associates' thorough understanding of the competitive landscape allowed management to seamlessly prioritize the most strategically beneficial acquisition opportunities. M&A conducted financial analysis, a review of Decision Insight management's business plan and financial forecasts, a competitive benchmarking analysis and spearheaded commercial and financial due diligence. M&A acted as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to TABS. M&A is pleased to have advised TABS on this very important transaction.
Marlin & Associates Advises TABS Analytics on its Acquisition of Decision Insight
TABS Analytics Joins Forces with Industry Leader Decision Insight
Addition of Leading Virtual Shopper Research and Retail Strategy Firm Enhances TABS's Data Analytics Expertise and Extends Platform to Support Expanding Array of Clients and Categories
SHELTON, CONN. (PRWEB) MAY 07, 2019
TABS Analytics today announced that it acquired Decision Insight, a Kansas City, Mo.-based global shopper marketing research and analytics firm with expertise in both brick-and-mortar and online shopping environments. Decision Insight is a pioneer in virtual shopping research, providing shopper insights and retail strategies about shopper behaviors and motivations for manufacturers, retailers and restaurants.
TABS will enhance its current service offerings with the integration of the Decision Insight SimuShop® virtual shopping platform, providing research across food and beverage, pet needs, household goods, durables, toys and gaming, pharmaceutical, alcoholic beverage and restaurant categories to deliver even greater insights. Decision Insight brings more than 35 years of trusted expertise across multiple retail channels, including eCommerce, grocery, mass, club, drug, dollar, electronics, convenience stores, hypermarkets, auto, casual dining, quick service restaurants and other specialty stores.
"Decision Insight is a leading innovator in virtual store research. They have a visually compelling platform that provides retailers and manufacturers with quick answers on arrangement, assortment, pricing, merchandising and packaging," said Kurt Jetta, TABS executive chairman and founder. "What is most compelling to TABS, however, are the rigorous steps Decision Insight takes to ensure that its results are statistically robust and reliable. Decision Insight's analytical approach and culture will be a good fit with our company."
"We are very excited about the tremendous possibilities of combining the power of TABS's data analytics with our virtual shopping platform to enhance the 'what if' scenarios for our clients in brick-and-mortar and eCommerce," said Decision Insight President and CEO Cathy Allin, who will remain president and join the TABS Board of Directors. "Looking at any industry today, we must better understand the shopper and continue to support the innovation, design and marketing efforts of our clients, including social learning and sustainability."
In addition to growing organically, TABS has been actively pursuing strategic transactions, which include the acquisitions of Pivotstream, Hybrid Intelligence and now Decision Insight. These acquisitions have enabled TABS to add incremental content, intellectual property, new customers and channels of business to its portfolio. The acquisition increases TABS's employee and revenue base by almost 50%. The company now has more than 60 employees and over 135 corporate clients.
Marlin & Associates acted as the exclusive strategic and financial advisor and BakerHostetler acted as legal advisor to TABS for this transaction.
About Decision Insight
Decision Insight, based in Kansas City, Mo., is a leading shopper insights and retail strategy firm that uncovers shopper behaviors and motivations. Utilizing ShopperIQ® and Digital.IQ™, proprietary virtual platforms for brick & mortar and eCommerce, they deliver effective strategies that win at retail. Twenty years of partnering with leading CPG companies have groomed the team at DI to actively anticipate emerging needs to deliver in-store solutions that lead to activation, triggering higher shopper satisfaction and increased sales. Their Test & Learn research is forward-looking and based on shopper behavior. DI's approach is Shopper Centric and Retail Forward. For more information about Decision Insight, please visit http://www.decisioninsight.com or email info(at)decisioninsight(dot)com.
About TABS Analytics
Operating since 1998, TABS Analytics, based in Shelton, Conn., is a technology-enabled analytics firm-whose mission is to simplify and improve the way analytics are conducted in the consumer products industry. TABS offers cloud-based software analytics and applications solutions, including TABS Insight®, TABS Insight Connect™ (formerly Pivotstream®), Hybrid® and TABS Total Insights™, for CPG manufacturers that integrate, harmonize, and analyze sales and marketing data. Additional services include TABS CatMan Advantage™, an outsourced category management solution, TABS WorldView™, a global business intelligence tool, and TABS Promo Insights™, a cloud-based software and consulting service that helps companies measure, plan and optimize trade spending. For more information about TABS, please visit http://www.tabsanalytics.com to contact us directly.


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Research-based messaging changes public support for human rights
Amidst widespread negative views on human rights in the UK, public opinion research can help improve outreach strategies.
By: Rachel Krys
Since the early May election, human rights chatter has taken over the United Kingdom (UK). The Conservatives, now in a parliamentary majority, hope to repeal the Human Rights Act of 1998, which gives citizens the ability to raise human rights cases in UK courts, and change Britain's relationship with the European Court of Human Rights. The pro-human rights camp, for its part, is mobilizing to counter this message.
Research shows, however, that pro-human rights ideas are not getting through to the general public. To up their game, advocates must invest in more and better research, and use the results to reframe their work. Taking audience insight research and turning it into effective communication with human rights sceptics is a significant, but necessary, challenge.
An analysis of human rights discourse by Counterpoint, the Public Interest Research Center (PIRC) and my organization, Equally Ours, shows that in the UK, media narratives typically link human rights to "undeserving" groups and to anti-European views. The media portrays human rights as undermining, rather than enhancing, traditional freedoms, and as purely legal protections, rather than as tools to empower citizens.
Figure 1: % Positive and negative messages about human rights in the UK media, 2013
Source: Building Bridges: Connecting with values to reframe and build support for human rights. Contact info@equally-ours.org.uk for a copy.
Consider Figure 1, which analyses human rights messages appearing in broadsheet and tabloid UK newspapers, political blogs and parliamentary speeches in 2013. Researchers identified, classified and measured the frequency of positive and negative frames, and compared their frequency across the media in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
As Figure 1 suggests, the UK human rights conversation that year was overwhelmingly negative. The most frequently repeated frame was that UK human rights protections decrease national security, closely followed by the view that human rights reduce the UK's sovereignty.
The frames shown in green are positive about human rights. They are not used very frequently; the most common is that human rights laws "protect our basic rights", a frame that research at Equally Ours suggests isn't the most persuasive. Instead, our polling shows that when advocates argue that, "everyone has human rights", they do a better job of persuading sceptics that human rights are good. The media analysis, in other words, suggests that human rights groups should shift their focus to speak about human rights in more effective ways.
Our analysis of the "everyone has human rights" frame shows that this message triggers intrinsic values that build greater public support for social justice.
Amnesty International UK's Keep the Act campaign is the kind of research-based campaign we advocate. The research showed that when advocates link the Human Rights Act to ordinary people and everyday concerns, this is more persuasive than citing international or legal standards. Building on our research, Amnesty identified a growing UK cohort that is positive or persuadable about human rights, especially when linked to things they already care about. With the help of advanced statistical analysis, we uncovered messages that target audiences agree with, and that make people feel more positive towards human rights overall.
Based on this research, Amnesty discussed stories like that of Jan Sutton, who has multiple sclerosis and successfully challenged her local authority's proposed care package, which would have confined her to bed. Jan's story is human, easily understandable to a UK audience, and is an example of the stories missing from the way human rights advocates generally speak of their work.
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British youth outside Amnesty UK's Annual General Meeting. "Amnesty identified a growing UK cohort that is positive or persuadable about human rights, especially when linked to things they already care about."
Although the legal flavour of human rights may be unavoidable, it is often unhelpful. Human rights practitioners know they need to reach a public that switches off when they hear legal or technical language such as the "universality" of human rights, or "universal jurisdiction" of international courts.
Instead, research shows that the phrase, "human rights are for all of us," is more accessible than "human rights are universal". The two phrases resonate quite differently.
Other groups are also taking up the challenge of research-based campaigning. In April 2015, for example, one group launched the Rights Info website to make the law more accessible, and to redress the way in which human rights are talked about. One of the ways they do this it be creating easily accessible infographics, such as this one:
Highly trusted NGOs in other issue areas are an important ally. Age UK, for example, is a leading charity for older people, and has been campaigning on behalf of elders abused in care homes. This year, the group released a short film, "Charles' story", which powerfully highlights links between dignity, respect and human rights. The film was designed to evoke intrinsic values and an emotional viewer response, resulting in positive feelings about human rights. At the time of writing, Charles' Story had reached over a million people with more than 300,000 unique views. For many, this could be their first exposure to a positive take on human rights.
Consider also Women's Aid, a domestic violence charity that launched a film targeting football fans and their clubs. Entitled "Unpunished", the film uses football imagery and metaphors to address domestic violence. Again, the strategy was to introduce human rights to a new audience in an unexpected context. These films do not educate about the details of human rights; rather, they connect issues the viewer already cares about with "human rights", perhaps for the first time.
When the discourse on human rights is as negative as it currently is in the UK, it's hard to tell a positive story. And it will take more than a few words or slogans to influence the many unconvinced people that human rights are worth defending. But audience insight research has repeatedly shown that the public is more positive about human rights when it understands how human rights are connected to the values and freedoms they already care about.
Public opinion research helps us understand the frames, values and messages that can help people view human rights more favourably. We must use these insights to change our messages; otherwise, we will just carry on preaching to a choir that sings a song most people don't like or understand.
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: July 3, 2015
Rachel Krys is the Communications Director at Equally Ours, a campaign set up by eight UK charities to talk about the importance of human rights and their link to everyday life.
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c. The player that got in Teresa's way could be from either team.
Sam and Dave are playing on opposite teams. Sam is on offense and Dave is on defense. Sam catches the disc and then throws it to a teammate. Dave calls a travel. Dave made a fair call. What might be true for this situation?
a. Sam took 4 steps to come to a stop and is only allowed 3.
b. Sam did not slow down in a straight line.
c. Sam did not establish a pivot, he threw the disc while in the air after two steps without changing his speed or direction. A pivot has to be established before the throw and therefore it's a travel.
d. After he came to a stop, he moved his pivot foot.
Romeo and Juliet are playing against Anthony and Cleopatra. Romeo has the disc and is being marked by Anthony and Juliet is trying to get open for Romeo while being defended by Cleopatra. Romeo throws the disc to Juliet - who is close to the sideline. She catches the disc and Anthony in unsure if she is out or not. Just to be sure, he yells "check feet" to Cleopatra (he wants Cleopatra to check Juliet's feet to make sure they were in). In the mean time, Juliet throws to her teammate Ophelia for the goal. Anthony thinks the goal should not count. Which of the following is true?
a. The goal should count because check feet is not a call. Anthony should have called her out if he thought she was out.
c. The goal shouldn't stand because the offense played through a call by their opponent.
Napoleon is playing for the French national team against the British; he's being marked by Wellington. Napoleon is on offense and makes a cut towards the endzone. His wife and teammate Marie Louise has the disc and puts a throw out to Napoleon. Wellington is right behind Napoleon (both are going as fast as they can) as he is cutting for the disc and he accidentally trips Napoleon thereby preventing him from being able to catch the disc on a perfect throw. Napoleon calls a foul. Was he right in doing so? Why/why not?
a. It is not a foul because the contact was accidental.
b. It is not a foul because Napoleon could have dropped the disc.
c. It is a foul because Wellington caused the contact and Napoleon was denied the opportunity to catch the disc as a result of the contact.
The president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, is unfortunately playing a not-so-spirited game of ultimate. He is on offense with the disc and Vladimir Putin is marking him. Petro feels that Vladimir is set up too close to him so he calls, "disc space". Vladimir disagrees and contests saying that his body was a disc space away and that's the only part of the body that matters. Which of the following statements are true about the "disc space" call?
a. Disc space only refers to the relative distance between the chest of the thrower and the marker so Vladimir is correct in contesting the call. Arms and legs can be closer than a disc space.
b. Disc space means as long as all parts of the marker's body are a disc space away then the marker is legally set up according to the rules.
c. Disc space means that a line connecting any two points of the marker's body has to be a disc space away from any part of the thrower, so Vladimir is likely invading Petro's space.
d. The situation is much improved by having Petro's teammates on the sidelines start insulting and threatening Vladimir.
Ultimate Canada has organized a showcase ultimate game on Parliament Hill with Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair, Justin Trudeau, and Elizabeth May all playing. The game is going fine until a contentious decision brings things to a halt. Stephen Harper says that Justin Trudeau is just like his father and makes terrible calls. Thomas Muclair pulls out the rules book and tells off Stephen Harper for not playing by the rules. Elizabeth May flares up about how she is ignored by the other players who won't listen to her point of view, and Justin Trudeau ignores the discussions and goes to talk to the fans about how the game should be better run. Based on SOTG, how should these situations be addressed?
a. The game can get emotionally charged so sometimes insulting each other and yelling can be okay.
b. Discussions can get in the way so it's best to ignore your opponents opinions and not discuss them.
c. Each of the players should get their chance to speak and the others should listen when not speaking.
d. Everybody should take a deep breath and relax. Ultimate is a game and should be played for fun, unlike politics which is a deathmatch.
1. C and E are correct. A pick occurs whenever an offensive player moves in a manner that causes a defensive player guarding (within 3 metres of the offensive player and reacting to that player) an offensive player to be obstructed by another player. Obstruction may result from contact with, or the need to avoid, the obstructing player.
2. B and D. A isn't necessarily true because you are required to stop as quickly as possible, number of steps is not specified. C isn't correct because you are allowed to throw the disc within three ground contacts without having established a pivot.
3. A is correct. B has the right result but the reasoning is wrong, the player on the field with best perspective provides the most valuable insight. C isn't correct because "check feet" is not a call so play should not stop.
4. C is correct. Accidental contact doesn't make the situation not a foul. Note: Incidental contact is contact that does not affect the play and therefore incidental contact is not considered a foul. However, ultimate is a non-contact sport so contact should be avoided at all times.
5. C is correct. The disc space refers to any point on a line connecting any two parts of the marker's body has to be at least a disc space away from the thrower. While the situation in D feels right at the time, it makes the game worse.
6. C and D are correct. Yelling and abusing your opponents is never Okay and refusing to listen and discuss the situation often gives rise to more problems. Discussions should be short, courteous, and well-mannered for the best outcomes.


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The current member of parliament is Labour's Ian Murray who has served since 2010.
Name: Ian Murray
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Born, brought up and educated in Edinburgh. Grew up in Wester Hailes and went to Dumbryden Primary and WHEC. I was elected MP for Edinburgh South in 2010. I'm currently the Shadow Minister for Trade and Investment. This includes employee relations and postal affairs. Prior to that I was a parliamentary private secretary to the Shadow Sec of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Before being elected MP I ran my own businesses whilst representing the Liberton/Gilmerton ward on the Council. One was in festival events where I raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity and the other was a bar/bistro and formerly a hotel. I have worked in financial services and in Government services. I have also worked with Royal Blind and set up my own delivery business whilst at University. I went to university at 16 to study Social Policy and law and graduated at 20. More of my biog can be found at http://www.murray4south.co.uk.
I'm Labour because I fundamentally believe in Labour values of social justice, equality, fairness and looking after those that need help the most. I think education is the way to social mobility and out of generational poverty. I also believe we should be at the forefront internationally to deal with poverty, climate change, education and health. I believe that those who have the broadest shoulders should help those that are in need. Fairness and prosperity are just words unless they can be backed up by solid policies and Labour will deliver on those when in Governement. I'm inherently a socialist with socialist values.
I think my track record of a hard working local MP qualifies me to be re-elected. I promised in 2010 to be the most accessible and responsive local constituency MP and I'm proud of what I've achieved. 12,000 constituents directly helped, more open advice session than any other MP in the country, all 36,500 homes offered a home visit, a prestigious award for community engagement, ranked 15th out of all 650 MPs for responsiveness to constituents and the largest primary school Xmas card design competition in the UK. I've sent hundreds of thousands of eMagazines and Newsletters to keep constituents informed of what I'm doing.
As a Shadow Business Minister I've championed the policy to ban exploitative zero hour contracts, pay the Living Wage, increase the Minimum Wage and deal with insecurity at work. Latterly, I've been campaigning hard on TTIP.
In parliament, I've proposed a Decarbonisation Bill that is now party policy, won changes to gift aid worth thousands to local charities in the constituency and £100m across the UK, and the devolution of job creating powers to Scotland.
I'm an MP that is engrained in the local community and I've worked my socks off to represent and help local people. I'll always fight for local needs but could achieve much more for Edinburgh South in a Labour Government.
I'll continue to fight for a fairer and more prosperous society for all and ensure the economy works for everyone and not just those at the top.
1. What do you plan to do in order to make sure you remain 'in touch' with the electorate?
I have a strong track record in this area already. More advice session than any other MP in the country, home visits to every home, surgeries in supermarkets, students unions and workplaces. My award winning eMagazine now goes to over 8,000 constituents. I do regular paper newsletters, answer all 700 emails a day that I receive and ensure I attend as many community councils, groups, associations, traders bodies and forums as I can. I have knocked on over 20,000 doors and spoken to residents directly and sent thousands of local surveys for people to feed their concerns back to me. My office is on a main bus route, is open 5 days a week and you never need an appointment to drop in and be dealt with. I also work closely with local councillors and MSPs from all parties. I have completely open access to all my social media and my website. Constituency work is always priority and I will continue to make it so.
2. What makes you the best candidate for this constituency?
I live in the heart of the constituency and have a track record of delivering for the people I have represented since 2010. I've reflected constituent concerns in Parliament and ensured that they have a strong voice to Government departments and Ministers. The constituency has unique problems in education, housing and jobs. I will continue to fight for improvements to local communities as I have always done. I care passionately about poverty and poverty pay and will continue to champion those causes in parliament.
3. What would you have liked to have done differently during your time in Parliament?
I would have liked to have been able to learn the ropes quicker. Parliament is a powerful platform to fight for constituents on an individual and collective basis but it takes a while to know how to do that and make the system work for them. It's not a perfect system but if I was to start again, knowing what I know now, I would be able to hit the ground running.
4. In your opinion, is austerity working? What should we take from the state of the economy during this Government's tenure?
No, it has clearly failed. The more austerity you have the more you need and it becomes a vicious circle. The current Government wanted to clear the deficit by the end of this parliament and they will have spectacularly failed because of their ideological austerity agenda. It also cannot be right that ordinary people, and especially women, have been hit with the brunt of austerity whilst millionaires got a massive tax cut. We need an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top. Austerity has failed and we can't afford another 5 years of that failed experiment.
5. Does (legal) immigration need more limitations or is it vital for the UK?
It is vital for the UK and always has been vital. I have always seen immigration as a benefit. There are underlying problems with the country that have resulted in some calling for limitations. It's about housing, jobs, pay, opportunities and hope. If you don't have these then people see a need to control immigration as a solution rather than dealing with these structural issues.
Any restriction that are being proposed should be to enable the structural issues to be dealt with and not an attack in immigration itself. There are more UK nationals abroad than there are non-UK nationals in the UK.
6. Many people are concerned about the cost of living in the UK, with wages having failed to rise in line with the price of food, energy and rent in recent years. How can this be corrected?
The cost of living crisis will be a major plank of the general election campaign and we must tackle it. If we do not people get poorer and poorer and the economy suffers. Firstly, through higher pay with a much higher minimum wage and paying the Living Wage (I'm proud to have delivered that at an organisation I was involved in). Secondly, we must deal with the rip of energy companies by freezing prices and reforming the market. Thirdly, we need more affordable and social homes to get people out of more expensive private lets that are insecure (we should also have longer more secure leases in the private sector with predictable rents). Additionally, lower tax rates for lowest earners and higher tax rates for the highest earners.
7. How would you like to see the NHS change in the future in order to become more successful?
It needs more staff and we are committed to 1,000 extra nurses in Scotland paid for by the £2m Mansion Tax. However, we also need a much more integrated NHS and Social Care and much more community focussed care. The success of the NHS is preventative medicine. Dealing with alcohol, drugs, poor diet and other issues would take the pressure off the NHS considerably. These are longer term aspiration but should sit alongside health education. Get the private sector out of the NHS so every penny goes into patient care.
8. What measures do you think need to be taken to decrease unemployment, particularly youth unemployment and those who have never been employed?
I did a jobs and skills fair earlier this year and the most startling outcome was the range of ages who attended and the wide spectrum of needs. We need to give local authorities much more control over job creation powers (such as proposed in my Bill this year). They know the local jobs and skills market better than anyone and do some wonderful work in this area already. We also must have a much greater emphasis on the 50% of young people that don't go to university. Talking up good quality apprenticeships and further education. Labour are proposing a compulsory jobs guarantee for young people who have been out of work for a year paid for by a banker bonus tax. The Future Jobs Fund and New Deals of previous Labour Governments helped thousands and we will do that again.
9. Does the lack of diversity in Parliament equate to a lack of representation?
Simply, yes. Positive discrimination is required through all women shortlist etc to change the gender representation issue. There are also too few disabled and BAME MPs. I know there is a very diverse range of professions and backgrounds on the Labour benches but we must do more to make the party more diverse at elected level. That happens not just through education but through mentoring and making sure the support mechanisms are in place to help.
10 . If an EU Referendum were to take place, how would you encourage your constituents to vote and why?
I'd encourage them to enthusiastically vote to stay in the EU. It has been good for Scotland and the UK. Yes, it needs to reform to be more focussed on jobs, fairness and prosperity but you do that from being string within, not turning away. It would also give the public a chance to be more positive about the EU and what the benefits have been and can be in the future.
Name: Phyl Meyer
Scottish Green
Email: greens@phylmeyer.net
Twitter: @PhylMeyer
Phyl Meyer
Phyl Meyer is your Green candidate in Edinburgh South. Phyl is a charity worker specialising in employability development, internships, volunteering and breaking down barriers to disabled people. He has a local track record as a former Chair of the Liberton and Gilmerton Community Council, during which time he worked on carrying out community consultation, representing community views on local road changes and planning developments and campaigning to protect Green Belt space and improve the quality and access to neighbourhood green areas. Having first become involved in politics as a national officer in the National Union of Students Scotland he quickly realised that the larger parties of the time were missing some of the most important issues facing our society and allowing too much influence from self-interested rich people and corporate lobbyists – ultimately failing to support policy that ensured fairness and justice for all. That's why since 2004 he has been a proud and active member of the Scottish party offering a real socially responsible, fair and sustainable alternative in politics.
As an MP I would create a wide variety of ways in which constituents could reach me, either to discuss local or national issues or simply to feed back to me what they wish to see me support. Being fully accessible as an elected official means considering that people favour a range of communication methods – phone, email, social media and of course in-person. Most importantly of all though, it is not enough to simply make a show of being in touch – for it to mean anything it has to go hand in hand with actually listening to your constituents and putting them first.
With me you know that you are voting for someone that will always put the long term interests of the people first, and who will not compromise on fairness and social justice. I will never support policies which fail that test – such as ideological "austerity" which makes the poor poorer while the rich get richer, marketisation of our education, health system and public services or Trident renewal.
3. What has the current Member achieved that you believe has been successful?
I worked with Ian Murray when I was chair of a local Community Council and he was a local councillor, and he did a decent job engaging with the community – but unfortunately he supports a party which has failed the people it was meant to fight for and will tow the party line at the expense of his constituents.
That depends on your perspective, doesn't it. From the perspective of its architects it is absolutely working – they have swept away layers of protection and social justice for the most vulnerable in society, scaled back public services and created ever more opportunities for investors and market traders to profit. From my perspective and that of most people however, it has caused untold suffering, poverty and injustice – so I wouldn't say it is "working" at all. We need to stop measuring our economy by the financial performance of the top 100 companies and start measuring it on how happy all our people are and how well all our basic human needs are met.
Less limitations, and under our current economics it is vital for the future of the UK. Longer term however migration should simply be a matter of choice for us all, not a matter of economic necessity or xenophobic concern.
6. Many people are concerned with the cost of living in the UK, with wages having failed to rise in line with the price of food, energy and rent in recent years. How can this be corrected?
Quite simply – Greens would increase the minimum wage dramatically (currently we are saying £10/hr), but longer term we would like to see the introduction of some form of Basic Citizens Income in which everyone receives a basic minimum living income regardless of employment or other conditions – removing the need for much of our expensive and spitefully run bureaucracy which is aimed at taking money away, not ensuring everyone gets it that needs it.
I would like to reverse the recent drive towards making our health service a playground for financial profiteering, and reaffirm that all forms of healthcare and social care should be provided freely on the basis of need to all, by staff who are properly resourced in sufficient numbers to provide such care efficiently – putting the increased funding needed for this in through more progressive taxation.
This requires a joined up approach – simply paying for a few more apprenticeships for example isn't going to do it on its own. We need to improve education and support for school leavers and those who for other reasons may be late to seeking employment. We need to ensure that the work environment is a fair and just place where barriers to participation are removed, such as discrimination on gender, disability, etc. We also need to change the welfare system so that rather than being forced to take zero-hours jobs that don't suit them to avoid sanctions, people are instead given the financial support to make better choices, prepare themselves for the work they want to do and demand better work conditions from employers – a Citizens Income would provide this. Employers would soon offer better working conditions and pay if they knew people were able to choose not to accept whatever they offered, and with Citizens Income everyone would always be better off financially in employment, rather than caught in benefit traps.
Yes – no matter how worthy the politician and how hard they try, nobody can ever represent the views of a particular group better than members of that group. We need better gender equality in politics, but we also need better diversity in may other areas such as ethnicity, sexuality or gender identity, socio-economic background and disability. Electoral reform is needed to help address this, but even more important is the need for better education within society about diversity and inclusivity.
I am in favour of giving people the direct democratic power to choose on important issues like this one, and if it comes I don't think it is for me to tell them how to vote. I would instead simply encourage my constituents to look into the arguments and the issues thoroughly for themselves, weigh up the arguments, discuss them with others and then come to their own decision. The referendum on Scottish independence gave us a taste for this – we can do so much more, and will be a better society for it.


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O Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía, mais conhecido como Presidio La Bahia, ou simplesmente La Bahia, é um forte construído pelo exército espanhol que se tornou o núcleo da cidade de Goliad, Texas, nos Estados Unidos. Originalmente encontrado em 1721 nas ruínas do fracassado Forte francês de Saint Louis, o presidio foi levado a um local no Rio Guadalupe em 1726. Em 1747, o presidio e sua missão foram movidos para sua localização atual perto do Rio San Antonio. Um assentamento civil no atual município de Goliad, cresceu ao redor do presidio no final do século XVIII, e a área foi uma das três mais importantes do Texas Espanhol.

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História do Texas

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Q: Sqoop jar deprecated I am developing an application for data syncing between Hive and Teradata.
For this I am using sqoop in embedded mode, i.e. I have added sqoop as a jar in the classpath and use Sqoop.runTool(..) to execute the operation.
However on eclipse it is marked as deprecated. I using version 1.4.2 and could not find any information on this.
I'm currently using it anyway but it would be better if somebody could provide some information as to why it is deprecated and what could be done about it?

A: what precise class are you using? There are currently two Sqoop classes:

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*com.cloudera.sqoop.Sqoop - this is deprecated

*org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop - this is the right one to use

Sqoop was historically developed mainly at cloudera and it got moved under Apache later (during version 1.3.0). During incubation (before version 1.4.0) we moved all the functionality from cloudera namespace into apache namespace. We've provided classes in cloudera namespace to keep backward compatibility, but we marked them as deprecated.
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If Im on the waiting list and change my mind about renting, do I get my deposit back?
Yes, your money is completely refundable up until you look at the room and sign the lease.
How do I know which room I will get in the spring?
Once I receive the 60 day notices from existing tenants, I will know which rooms are available. The first people on the waiting list receive priority.
How many rooms do you anticipate opening next year?
The damage deposit covers our expenses to repair your apartment if you engage in destructive behavior during the year.
Will I get the damage deposit refunded at the end of the lease?
If we find the apartment in the same condition in which it was given to you, you will receive the full amount of your damage deposit.
Bison Block offers one reserved parking spot per apartment. Other passes may be purchased through NDSU Parking Office (T-Lot).
What if we want to change roommates during the lease?
We allow tenants to be substituted, provided that all the tenants agree with the person moving in. An addendum would need to be signed by everyone.


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Q: Как в Yii задать id c именем страницы для body? Есть наверно, много способов, но как это сделать лучше всего? Кто нибудь делал вообще структуры имен страниц? Можно, наверно было бы использовать имя контроллера, например, но этого недостаточно. Контроллер один, а страницы могут быть разные. неплохо было бы прямо во вьюхе задавать имя страницы. Или в action. Короче, кто-нибудь так делал?
A: Right way - передавать во view параметр с именем страницы. Откуда вы будете его брать - абсолютно без разницы. Из базы, из PHP, из текстового файла - вам решать.
A: А можно точнее о том что вообще нужно?
Если это просто страницы или статьи по разделам.
В чем проблема-то?
делаем контроллер page модель  для обработки из таблицы staticpages допустим.
в конфиге можно перенаправлять страницы сразу на view по alias от названия страницы а не по ID записи.
'urlManager'=>array(
    'urlFormat'=>'path',
    'rules'=>array(
        'page/<page:\w+>'=>'page/view',
    ),
),

В контроллере допустим как-нить так (это все на вскидку)
public function actionView()
{
    $criteria = new CDbCriteria;
    $criteria -> select = '*';
    $criteria -> condition = 'alias=:alias';
    if (!isset($_GET['page'])) $_GET['page'] = 'main';
    $criteria -> params = array(':alias' = > $_GET['page']);
    $find_page = StaticPages::model () -> find($criteria);
    if ($find_page != NULL)
        $this -> render('view');
    else {
        $this -> breadcrumbs = array('404');
        $this -> content = '404 page not found';
        $this -> redirect('/page/404');
        $this -> render($this -> layout);
    }
}

Ну и все, при условии набранного адреса виде page/about лезем в бд смотрим алиас страницы если есть показываем что нужно если нет то редирект 404 или просто ошибку вывести.


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44Cup racing resumes tomorrow in Portorož
After a few days out on the water training here in Slovenia, owners and crews of the eight RC44s are now back in the saddle and ready for tomorrow's start of the 44Cup Portorož. The last time the 44Cup fleet raced was in Palma in mid-November 2019. A full season was scheduled for 2020 but was cancelled in its entirety due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Formal practice racing was held in the waters off Portorož today under the command of new 44Cup Principal Race Officer Maria Torrijo, who has taken over from the revered PRO Peter 'Luigi' Reggio, who has retired after 12 years of sterling service to the high performance one design class. Torrijo comes from having most recently been Deputy Race Officer for the 36th America's Cup in New Zealand.
Despite the long break, out on the water the RC44 fleet seems as competitive as ever. "The teams are pretty close as always - that is what we have seen in training," says Nico Poons, owner of Charisma, which ended the 2019 season in fifth place overall. "We will have to see how things are going, but it is all so open. All boats can win."
Poons hasn't sailed his RC44 since 2019. but since then has raced a smaller sportsboat in Monaco, where he resides. "It is good to be back, but you do feel how rusty you are."
Over the seasons Charisma has earned itself a reputation for decidedly up and down results. In 2019 the Dutchman's team reached the podium at three events, but was at the opposite end of the leaderboard in the other two. According to Poons their performance depends upon the amount of wind. "When I look at the results it seems we need more breeze, but we have to deal with what there is, all kinds of circumstances. Portorož is a nice place, but last time we were here we had very little wind, which was very frustrating for us. If we have a bit of breeze it is a great place."
Fortunately Poons could be in luck, following a light first day of racing tomorrow, moderate wind is forecast for Friday and Saturday, ending the regatta with a challenging 20+ knots on Sunday.
The owners are all working with much the same heavily qualified tacticians, including Hamish Pepper on Charisma; Cameron Appleton with Chris Bake on Team Aqua; Michele Ivaldi with Hugues Lepic on Team Aleph; Andy Horton with Torbjörn Törnqvist on Artemis Racing; Adrian Stead on Igor Lah's Team CEEREF and Evgeny Neugodnikov on board Tavatuy Sailing Team. Joining this elite group is Spain's Manu Weiller who has taken over from Tom Slingsby calling the shots on Vladimir Prosikhin's Team Nika
For former America's Cup winning helmsman Ed Baird, tactician on John Bassadone's newly rechristened Peninsula Racing, the 44Cup Portorož is his first regatta outside of the US since lockdown began at the beginning of the pandemic in the spring last year.
"It is so terrific to be back sailing," says Baird, who was last in Europe with Bassadone's team in their base in Sotogrande training in March 2020, when he had had jump hurriedly onto a flight back to his native Florida before travel restrictions came into effect. 14 months on, Baird says "it is interesting - we have basically the same team, so that should go smoothly, but we have changed around the positions a little bit, so we have guys learning new places on the boat. There is definiately a little rust we have to smooth out."
Baird is pleased to be back in Portorož, which is where he took over as tactician on the Gibraltar-flagged RC44 three years ago. "It is very active here, with a lot of people usually watching and enjoying the activites. It is really great to be back, but this year is different." Following the pandemic tourists have yet to return to Portorož and its picturesque, ancient neighbour Piran. The spectacular festival the organisers had planned for here have had to be put on hold for some other time.
The man with a target on his back is of course the 44Cup's own Slovenian owner-driver, Igor Lah. Not only is he the local hero and backer of this event with Team Nika's Vladimir Prosikhin, but also possesses the 44Cup's golden wheels, having won the previous season. "We have had them at the end of the season three times," says Lah. "This time we hope to hang on to the golden wheels."
Otherwise, Lah expresses the sentiments of all the fleet: "Finally we are back! We were all waiting. I am really happy and it is good that we postponed by one month so we could do it. We needed to get back into it."
After a few days of training, Lah reckons they are close to the level where they left off in 2019, "but I am sure the other teams are similar, so I don't think there will be a big difference. We will still be aiming for the top. Luckily I have the same crew, which helps a lot. If you have a lot of changes then for sure you need one or two events to get in a good place."
Racing proper for the 44Cup Portorož gets underway tomorrow, Thursday, at 1200 CEST.