I have been lucky enough to be Headteacher of our wonderful school since 2009. I have been teaching since 1985 and I have worked in 7 schools altogether - so far! I love spending my days with our pupils and seeing them grow into confident, happy people. My wife and I have two children (Daniel & Anna) who are in their early 20's. Anna is a Teacher and Daniel is a Hotel Manager in France. In my spare time I like to go to the gym (honestly!!) and spend time in the garden. I am a member of a Choir called Chordiality. It will probably come as no surprise that I also like my holidays abroad!
I qualified in 2003 and have worked in Liverpool, Lancashire and Dubai before settling in Yorkshire. I have enjoyed teaching a range of age groups but I particularly like the indepedence and strength of character that year 6 children display.
I hope to inspire children to be positive, ask pertinent questions and to love life and seek an exciting path for themselves.
When I was a student at Leeds Trinity University studying Primary Education I was lucky enough to have my 3rd & 4th year placements at St Mary's Catholic Primary School and I have never left since! Last year I saw the first class move on to high school which was a very special time for me. I really enjoy working in the Foundation Stage and being part of the special year when children become members of our school community.
From a young age I knew I was destined to be a teacher, and I chose York St John University to complete my teaching degree where I specialised in Early Years. I love helping children to grow in confidence and to find their voice as individuals.
I always knew from a young age that I wanted to become a teacher. I made it my ambition to work hard and achieve my dream. After completing my BA Hons in Education, I trained in Bradford and this is where I started my teaching career. I initially taught in KS1 and later moved into Early Years. When a position became available at St Mary's, I knew it was the school for me and I was honoured to join their wonderful team! I love working in Foundation and helping children begin their journey in education.
When I am not teaching I enjoy spending time with my loving family. My husband and I have a beautiful little boy who keeps us very busy! I also really enjoy music (not that I can play an instrument, or sing!) and going to see comedians too.
Although I am still relatively new to St Mary's, I already feel like part of the family. Everyone has been so warm and welcoming and I am so happy to be teaching here.
I graduated from York St John university and I have been teaching at St. Mary's for 21 years. I love working with children in Key Stage 1 and seeing them grow and progress into confident learners. I really enjoy teaching PE and taking children to sports competitions against other schools- whether we win or lose!
I trained to be a teacher in Scarborough, where I studied Primary teaching with Mathematics for 3 years. I was very lucky as I was able to live by the seaside during this time. After University, I moved to West Yorkshire to be nearer to my family.I love music and spend a lot of my free time going to gigs and concerts with my family and friends. My partner also teaches music in a secondary school – so music is a big part of our lives!My hobbies include playing the piano, reading and swimming. My favourite book is Harry Potter and one day I would love to write a children's book of my own.
From a young age I always wanted to become a teacher, I was delighted when I found out I had been accepted onto a teacher training course specialising in early years at Leeds Trinity University. I graduated in July 2015. It was whilst I was on my teaching practise that I underwent a placement at St Mary's in 2012. Since graduating I went on to do supply teaching in a variety of schools in Calderdale and when I saw a job opportunity at St Mary's the place where I had started my teaching carer I jumped at the chance.
After studying for a degree in Business Management with French at Humberside University and L'Université de Lyon in France, I worked in the private sector as a Business Development Manager for a recruitment company for a number of years before completing a PGCE at Bradford university. I have taught in both the public and private sector in schools in Spain for several years as well as in West Yorkshire. I have taught across all primary phases (Foundation Stage, KS1 and KS2). I have also worked as a Link Tutor for Leeds Beckett University.
My subject specialism is in the teaching of MFL. I hope to enthuse and engage children in the learning of languages and cultures in the way I too developed a passion for languages at an early age.
I graduated with a BA Honours degree in Drama and Theatre Studies at Huddersfield University before training to become a secondary school teacher. I started working in schools in Calderdale and Kirklees before moving over to Lancashire and although most of my teaching experience is in secondary education, I decided that primary teaching was for me. I moved back over the Pennines to Yorkshire and started my next teaching adventure at St. Mary's in September 2017 with a wonderful year 4 class! I have a real passion for learning, as well as teaching and have gone back to university part time to study a masters degree. Outside of school I enjoy spending time with my lovely family and friends. My husband is also a teacher and teaches music in a secondary school. As he is in a band, we spend lots of time listening to music, watching him play and going to concerts – so music is a big part of our lives!
I have been teaching for 10 years and absolutely love it! I am married; I have a daughter Holly and a step daughter Georgina. I also have a black Labrador called Charlie! I love reading, listening to music and spending time with my family. I am really pleased to be teaching here and everyone has made me feel so welcome!
I've wanted to be a teacher since I was at school and this will be my first full year with my own class.
I got my teaching degree in 2015 from the University of Cumbria working closely with the schools in the Eden Valley. Prior to this I gained an undergraduate degree from the University of Leeds in The History and Philosophy of Science. I'm from Cumbria originally, but moved to Leeds in 2011.
I have worked in lots of schools around Leeds on a supply basis since 2016, doing long term placements, across both key stages and covering all year groups.
Outside of teaching I enjoy going to gigs, watching football and going to the cinema. I am also a stand-up comedian in my spare time, so be prepared for lots of bad jokes!
Since I was really young, I have always known that I wanted to work with children. As I grew older I decided that becoming a primary school teacher was the career path I wanted to take and was delighted to be accepted into York St John University in 2014 to complete my degree in Primary Education.During university, I spent time in a range of different schools, working with varying age groups and alongside specific subject leads. This experience led me to making the choice to specialise in Physical Education and Special Educational Needs during my last year at university. I have recently graduated in November 2017 and can't wait to start my teaching adventure.
When I am not teaching, I love playing netball and have had the opportunity to play for my school, university, Ladies Team and West Yorkshire in the past. I also love to bake and I hope that I can pass some tips and tricks onto the children that I teach.
I graduated from university with a First Class Degree in Music and Music Production. Following this, I trained to be a teacher and commenced working for St Mary's Catholic Primary School in 2012. I am currently a member of the Senior Leadership Team with the responsibility of Pupil Premium Ambassador. I am also staff governor for our wonderful school.
I am fortunate to be married to an amazing wife (who is also a primary school teacher) and we are blessed with our beautiful sons Joseph & Oscar. In my spare time I enjoy playing musical instruments, playing and watching football and spending time with my family.


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Q: AngularJS: How to add two different classes in some condition? I have an application built with AngularJs.
Html file contain information like that:

So on website I can have 4 different elements. If I have just two of then I want to use different classes then with 4 of them.
   if(myVar == 0){
        $scope.life_class='';
    }else if(myVar ==1){
        $scope.life_class='doscol';
    }else if(myVar ==2){
        $scope.life_class='tricol';
    }else if(myVar ==3){
        $scope.life_class='foucol';
    }else{
        $scope.life_class='fifcol';
    }

And with 'foucol' and 'fifcol' classes I want to add another class, but only in case that 'foucol' and 'fifcol' are in use.
I tried many times with different solutions like that:
if(active_date_count >= 2) {
    document.getElementById("h3").foucol += " font_class";
     document.getElementById("h3").tricol += " font_class";
 }

But it does't work properly. Any ideas? Thanks in advance

A: In Angular, you can use ng-class to achieve conditional classes.

For more info, see https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/directive/ngClass

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Location: 104 Saint Martin's Lane
Currently Showing: Touching the Void
Access: Leicester Square
Stage Door: at the front of the theatre
Ownership: Ambassador Theatre Group
Website: www.atgtickets.com/venues/duke-of-yorks/
Social Media: Twitter & Instagram
The Duke of York's Theatre was opened on 10th September 1892. It was built for Frank Wyatt and Violet Melnotte, his wife. She retained ownership until her death in 1935.
The theatre became known as the Trafalgar Theatre in 1894 and then was renamed the following year as the Duke of York's Theatre to honour the future King George V. Go-Bang in 1894 was a major musical comedy success for the theatre.
In 1900, David Belasco's Madame Butterfly was staged here and was viewed by Puccini, who later turned it into a famous opera. In 1904, J M Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, debuted at the theatre.
The '30s brought numerous ballets to the theatre including, Grand Guignol, The Ballet Rambert and Markova and Dolin. Also, Puccini's Madame Butterfly opera was performed at the theatre by the Carl Rosa Opera Company in 1932.
In the '70s, the theatre was bought by Capitol Radio. It was closed for refurbishment in 1979 and it reopened the following year with Rose which starred Glenda Jackson.
In 1984, Al Pacino starred in David Mamet's American Buffalo. In the same year, the musical version of Richard Harris' Stepping Out (it had previously been performed in the format of a play) made its debut in the West End.
The Ambassador Theatre Group bought the theatre in 1992. The Duke of York's Theatre was host to the Royal Court production of Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden. The 21st anniversary production of Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show was staged here.
Recently, the theatre has been host to numerous acclaimed productions: 2007, the Menier Chocolate Factory transfer of the Little Shop of Horrors starring Sheridan Smith; 2008, No Man's Land featuring Michael Gambon and David Walliams; 2013, The Judas Kiss transferred from the Hampstead Theatre starring Rupert Everett; 2016, Jamie Lloyd's interpretation of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus with Kit Harington; and How the Other Half Loves.
The Duke of York's Theatre is located on Saint Martin's Lane. Within ten minutes' walk of the theatre are Leicester Square, Covent Garden and Trafalgar Square with many bars and restaurants with outdoor space.
Our favourite restaurants nearby are:
Café Koha Bar – St Martin's Court, British cuisine
Spaghetti House – Cranbourn Street, chain, vouchers available
Piazza – Cranbourn Street, Italian cuisine
Sartori – Great Newport Street, Italian cuisine, reasonably priced
Bella Italia – Saint Martin's Lane, chain, vouchers available
The stalls premium seats are the centre seats in rows F to J which are about £90 and provide the best view. The rest of the seats in the stalls are around £70 and provide an excellent view, particularly the more central and further forward. The seats on the very end of rows have a little bit of a restricted view. Stalls seats in rows R back are discounted because the view is restricted from the tier above.
Seats in the Royal Circle are the same pricing as the Stalls, with the premium seats being in the centre of the front two rows. The end of some of the rows in the Royal Circle have a restricted view and are discounted in price.
The seats in the Upper Circle are significantly cheaper due to having a compromised view.
Where to buy tickets
The Duke of York's Theatre is owned by the Ambassador Theatre Group, therefore the best place to buy tickets for productions at this theatre is through their website. ATG offer a TheatreCard which means cardholders get discounts in their theatres' bars and don't get charged a booking fee for transactions on their website.
Reviews from the Duke of York's
Doctor Faustus – ★★★★ "…stunning, hard-hitting and innovative, and its troubling and all too familiar messages and images will continue to resonate long after seeing the production." Read more >>>


Star Plus' popular show "Naamkarann" (helmed by Mahesh Bhatt and Guroudev Bhalla & Dhaval Gada) is all set to take a generation leap very soon. With this development, we will see a lot of new and fresh faces in the show which will give a new side to the story.
The talented kid Arsheen Inamdar aka Avni will bid adieu to the show, with her sailing through the formative years and gaining maturity.
The role of grown up Avni will be played by TV's popular actress Sonal Vengurlekar, is what we have learnt.
Sonal Vengurlekar was last seen in Zee TV' show "Yeh Vaada Raha", also known for her role of Devyani in daily soap "Shastri Sisters" on Colors.
Sonal's entry aims to pep up the plot and bring in eyeballs.
Furthermore, Nalini Negi (Doli Armaano Ki fame) will also join the show as grown up Riya (Avni's cousin sister). She will play the role of grown up Riya (daughter of Ketan (Puru Chibber)).
It is yeat to be confirmed if the other star cast including Viraf Patel (Ashish Mehta), Reema Laagoo (Daya ben) and Sayantni Ghosh (Neela) will stay in the show after the leap.


Bendigo's Jim 'The Brute' Crute won his debut UFC fight against Paul 'Bearjew' Craig at Adelaide's Fight Night. Crute put up a fierce battle during rounds one and two before forcing Craig into submission with a kimura in the final seconds of the third round. "Man that feels incredible. I've dreamed of this moment for the last 10 years," Crute said after the fight. "10 years ago I decided I wanted to do this and never once have I strayed from the path. "I've always kept moving forward and this is only the beginning." In the last minute of round three Crute began to deliver a series of punches to Craig's head, and after a tussle Crute then found an opening to get his opponent into a kimura submission which finished the fight. "I told my jiu-jitsu coach eight weeks out that I was going to catch him with a kimura," Crute said. "I'm not afraid to fight fire with fire. He's one of the best grapplers in the division..I'm not scared of anyone." "I will fight anyone, anyway." Crute secured a four-fight UFC contract after he defeated Chris 'The Big Buck' Birchler on Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender series earlier in the year. Despite the high level of confidence to succeed at his UFC debut, he still felt some pre-fight nerves. "I thought I had the nerves under wraps, but when I walked out my heart was going 'boom boom boom', nothing compares to this. "I'm here to stay and UFC is my new home." Crute's next UFC fight will be in Melbourne on February 10 2019. Have you signed up to the Bendigo Advertiser's daily newsletter and breaking news emails? You can register below and make sure you are up to date with everything that's happening in central Victoria.
Bendigo's Jim 'The Brute' Crute won his debut UFC fight against Paul 'Bearjew' Craig at Adelaide's Fight Night.
Crute put up a fierce battle during rounds one and two before forcing Craig into submission with a kimura in the final seconds of the third round.
"Man that feels incredible. I've dreamed of this moment for the last 10 years," Crute said after the fight.
"10 years ago I decided I wanted to do this and never once have I strayed from the path.
In the last minute of round three Crute began to deliver a series of punches to Craig's head, and after a tussle Crute then found an opening to get his opponent into a kimura submission which finished the fight.
"I told my jiu-jitsu coach eight weeks out that I was going to catch him with a kimura," Crute said.
Crute secured a four-fight UFC contract after he defeated Chris 'The Big Buck' Birchler on Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender series earlier in the year.
Despite the high level of confidence to succeed at his UFC debut, he still felt some pre-fight nerves.
"I thought I had the nerves under wraps, but when I walked out my heart was going 'boom boom boom', nothing compares to this.
Crute's next UFC fight will be in Melbourne on February 10 2019.


This role represents a great opportunity for an experienced Site Manager to secure their next permanent role. Our client is a well-established commercial construction company based in Rural Victoria. They have enjoyed continued growth for the past 100 years. As a result, this company has an urgent requirement for an experienced Site Manager to join their team on a full time basis to work on an ongoing Aged Care project due to kick off in May.
Reporting to a highly accomplished Project Manager, you will be engaged on a variety of education and institutional projects within the area. To be considered here, you must have at least 3 years' experience as a Site Manager for a commercial builder. We are seeking a team player who is looking to grow their career. Previous and proven experience working on small to medium size projects is essential, as well as experience managing subcontractors.
This company prides itself on being at the forefront of commercial construction in Rural Victoria having success in the industry for the past 100 years. This company holds a strong team-based culture and pride themselves on looking after their staff. This is a permanent role with our client having enough work to sustain a large construction team for the long term foreseeable future.


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RESIDENTS WANT PLAN THAT WON'T SPLIT CITIES
By HUGH LESSIG Daily Press
RICHMOND — Christie Saunders of Chesapeake was thrilled when Randy Forbes became the new congressman in the 4th District. After all, she helped elect him.
But under a proposed redistricting plan, Saunders and some other city residents would be excluded from the 4th District. She wants none of that, and told state lawmakers as much at a public hearing Friday attended by about 60 people.
"We elected Randy Forbes," she said, "and we would like to keep Randy Forbes."
Saunders was typical of many Chesapeake residents who gave up their Friday night to travel to the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. They spoke against a redistricting plan offered by Del. Jeannemarie A. Devolites, R- Fairfax.
Under the Devolites plan, Chesapeake would be split into three districts. Part of the city would end up in the 2nd District, represented by Rep. Edward Schrock of Virginia Beach, and part would end up in the 3rd District, represented by Rep. Robert C. Scott of Newport News. The remaining part would be in the 4th District.
Right now, the entire city is in the 4th District.
Other lawmakers have offered plans, but many commented on the Devolites plan because it reportedly has the backing of General Assembly Republicans and will command attention when lawmakers convene July 9 to redraw congressional boundaries.
The process is held once every 10 years to account for population shifts reflected in the U.S. Census. It is also the chance for the party that holds the majority in the General Assembly -- Republicans, in this case -- to consolidate and expand their influence.
Lawmakers from the House and Senate Privileges and Elections committees heard the public. Del. Chris Jones of Suffolk reminded them that any plan is subject to change.
"We have ample time between now and July 9 to try to accommodate you," he said.
Not everyone was critical of the Devolites plan that splits up Chesapeake and other localities. Dave Andrews, assistant voter registrar in Williamsburg, noted that lawmakers have to equalize population among all the districts. That's difficult to do "without making some decisions on splitting," he said.
Several residents feared the Devolites plan would create racial imbalances. Scott represents the 3rd District, which covers a part of the Peninsula and has a majority of black residents. The Devolites plan would actually increase the number of blacks in the 3rd District from 57 percent to 60 percent.
Critics say that amounts to "packing," putting African-Americans into one or two districts to dilute their voting strength elsewhere.
John Hummel, a York County Democrat who lives in the 1st District, said he would like to see African-Americans included in other districts to increase their influence.
"Share the wealth," he urged lawmakers.
Three other lawmakers have submitted plans: senators John Watkins, R-Chesterfield and Yvonne B. Miller, D-Norfolk, and Del. R. Creigh Deeds, D- Bath.
Hugh Lessig can be reached at (804) 225-7345 or by e-mail at hlessig@dailypress.com


TRANSCRIPT: Now, we're going to talk about the best online car-buying experience. Yes, everything I'm going to show you today, dealers are doing absolutely today. Now, wait. Isn't all online buying the same? I'm going to say, "No." Actually, I'm going to say, "Not even close." Online buying in some form has been available on dealership websites for more than a decade. It started with those clunky shopping carts that required lots of real-time dealer involvement. You had to have a desk manager who was working the deal with the customer and there really weren't tools. There was just a lead generation form called shopping cart or buy it now. Today, your online buying has to also be a great experience.
"Okay, Steve. This is all digital retailing, right?" Not really. We've been throwing around the word digital retailing for quite a while. We've actually had digital retailing for at least a decade as well with things like secure credit applications and our get e-price buttons. That's digital retailing. Digital retailing is more like the hybrid experience that we're going to talk about after the online buying experience. This is e-commerce. This is buying online. This is buying the car fully online.
Many of the tools have failed in the past and a lot of the tools you guys have today, these are just toys. They really are, or they assumed everyone that wanted to buy fully online so it's an either/or and that your managers, these tools assume like the shopping cart that your managers would be standing by with nothing else to do but work these online deals. Yes.
As of this webcast date. Here's the negative. I'll give it to you right now. As of this webcast date, every state still requires some form of wet signature to make the deal complete but guess what? As a dealer, that's not our concern. It's also not a roadblock. It's an opportunity. For example, because our state requires a wet signature, we get to do a proper delivery, whether it's at their place or ours. If we can have the delivery at our place, we get to do a service walk and other things, don't we? We'll talk about that. Online car buying, by the way, we can keep focusing on the negatives but it's here. It's not going away.
The minor inconveniences that you might think are out there for online car buying, they've all been solved basically. The ones that haven't been solved are being solved every single day and they are just minor. It's not killing dealership grosses, either. To the contrary, it's growing front and back-end grosses for many dealers when they offer the deal completely online. I'll say that again. For many dealers, it's growing front and back-end grosses when they offer the deal fully online. There is no more bleeding edge with this. It's ready, it's ready today. Oh, by the way, it's going to happen with or without you.


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Applied Materials to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences
Aug 30, 2022 at 7:30 AM EDT
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that Gary Dickerson, President and CEO, and Brice Hill, Senior Vice President and CFO, will participate in fireside chats at upcoming investor conferences.
Mr. Dickerson will participate at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco on Monday, Sept. 12 beginning at 8:15 a.m. PT / 11:15 a.m. ET.
Mr. Hill will participate in the following events in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 7:
Citi Global Technology Conference beginning at 5:15 a.m. PT / 8:15 a.m. ET.
Evercore ISI Technology Conference beginning at 11:15 a.m. PT / 2:15 p.m. ET.
A live audio webcast of each session will be available on the Applied Materials website at https://ir.appliedmaterials.com and a replay will be available on the same day.
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Farmer Tells Local Government to Get Off His Reclaimed Grassland
Crematorium and waste disposal sites are reversing gains made in Inner Mongolia's fight against desertification, says the 50-year-old farmer.
Li You
A man in northern China is accusing a local government of illegitimately occupying his grassland — and he's on a mission to reclaim it.
Jing Jianhua, a 50-year-old farmer from Inner Mongolia, said the government of New Barag Left Banner, a county-level administrative area, is using the green pastures he owns as cremation and waste disposal sites without his permission. Jing, who has spent over a decade trying to reverse the effects of desertification in the area under an agreement with a lower level of government, called the allegedly ill-gotten occupation "banditry."
"Two generations of my family have devoted a lot of money and over 12 years to fighting desertification," Jing told Sixth Tone on Monday. "It's never an easy job, and my family is still in debt. But the government leveled the place with bulldozers in just a few minutes."
Jing's case came to light on Monday after China National Radio reported on the decadelong dispute. An official at the county bureau of law enforcement told the radio station that construction of the waste plant "had not gone through the proper channels, though the county government [still] recognizes it." Sixth Tone's repeated phone calls to the administrative office of the New Barag government went unanswered on Monday and Tuesday.
The waste-disposal site in New Barag Left Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. China National Radio
The conflict between Jing and the local government escalated in 2011, when the county's civil affairs bureau secured a one-year temporary agreement, seen by Sixth Tone, to use 5,000 square meters of the grassland. However, according to public legal documents, the government currently occupies 120,000 square meters of land, on which it has built a funeral home and an office building. Jing even sued the New Barag government in 2015, demanding compensation and full land use rights, but the court ruled against him.
"I feel screwed," Jing said, "like a bastard child: You give him all the work but no dinner."
Desertification affects 27 percent of China's land mass, impacting some 400 million people. In Inner Mongolia, logging, overgrazing, and drought have changed the topography of over half the region's land area, according a 2016 government survey. To counter this trend, the authorities have turned to local communities and involved them in afforestation projects.
Jing's family was one of hundreds that agreed to transform government-owned parched pastures into flourishing fields in return for the right to sell the products they grew or raised on the revitalized land. Though the local forestry bureau lauded Jing and his family for their years of support in fighting desertification, he claims they were never given documents guaranteeing their rights to the land. According to media reports, vague contractual agreements and incomplete formalities frequently give rise to such disputes.
"The desertified land doesn't have much value, but it becomes valuable after conservation efforts turn it into forest or arable land," said Wang Tao, deputy director of the Chinese Academy of Science in Lanzhou, in a 2013 interview with China Business Journal. "Thus, ownership and land use rights over a period of time must be clarified by the authorities."
Editor: Bibek Bhandari.
(Header image: The crematorium and an under-construction parking lot in New Barag Left Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 2018. China National Radio)


This zucchini dip is a delicious way to take advantage of all the great tasting summer zucchini! We brought this zucchini dip to my sister-in-laws for dinner and it was a hit! Lots of compliments, oohs and ahhs :).
The list of ingredients is simple, but this dip has so many layers of flavor and a wonderful texture. It's a keeper! One of the gals in my church, Lily, shared her family's zucchini dip with us and it was love at first dip. Thank you Lily for sharing this recipe with us!
1. Pulse tomatoes in a food processor several times or until coarsely chopped. You can also finely dice tomatoes by hand if you don't have a food processor.
2. Heat a large heavy bottomed pan over medium heat. Add finely chopped tomatoes, 2 pressed garlic cloves and 2 Tbsp chopped fresh basil. Simmer covered for 10 min, stirring occasionally and pressing on any larger tomato pieces to soften them. The mixture should look like a tomato sauce when done.
3. Cut off and discard ends of zucchini and shred zucchini on the large holes of a grater. I used the grater attachment on my food processor and it sure was quick! Add grated zucchini to the cooked tomatoes and stir to combine.
4. Increase heat to medium/high, cover with lid and cook for 20-23 minutes, stirring occasionally or until zucchini are fully softened.
5. Add 16 oz cream cheese pieces and stir until fully melted into the zucchini mixture. It will be creamy. If your dip seems too thick, you can thin it out a little with hot water. Season with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/8 tsp black pepper, or to taste and serve hot or warm.
This re-heats beautifully, just stir in a drizzle of water and heat it up on the stove-top.
What a great way to take advantage of all the great tasting summer zucchini! The list of ingredients is simple, but this dip has so many layers of flavor and a wonderful texture. It's a keeper! One of the gals in my church, Lilly, shared her family's zucchini dip with us and it was love at first dip.
Pulse tomatoes in a food processor several times or until coarsely chopped. You can also finely dice tomatoes by hand if you don't have a food processor.
Heat a large heavy bottomed pan over medium heat. Add finely chopped tomatoes, 2 pressed garlic cloves and 2 Tbsp chopped fresh basil. Simmer covered for 10 min, stirring occasionally and pressing on any larger tomato pieces to soften them. The mixture should look like a tomato sauce when done.
Cut off and discard ends of zucchini and shred zucchini on the large holes of a grater. I used the grater attachment on my food processor and it sure was quick! Add grated zucchini to the cooked tomatoes and stir to combine.
Increase heat to medium/high, cover with lid and cook for 20-23 minutes, stirring occasionally or until zucchini are fully softened.
Add 16 oz cream cheese pieces and stir until fully melted into the zucchini mixture. It will be creamy. If your dip seems too thick, you can thin it out a little with hot water. Season with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/8 tsp black pepper, or to taste and serve hot or warm. This re-heats beautifully, just stir in a drizzle of water and heat it up on the stove-top.
I just made this dip today. It tastes much better after I let it cool down and thicken. I ate it with pretzel chips and it is awesome. I am thinking of making a buffalo chicken dip except with zucchini instead of chicken. Never thought I would say this, but zucchini is an awesome base for a dip.


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Q: Copy TDataSet to XLS via ADO I'm trying to copy the content from a TDBGrid to an Excel file using an ADO connection to transfer the data. This works for values that are <= 255 characters but fails for longer strings. What can I do to copy strings that are longer than 255 characters?
Changing the DataType to adLongVarWChar tbl.Columns.Append doesn't work. The ADOQuery gets a varchar field with Size 255 regardsless what I use when I create the table.
procedure DBGridToExcelADO(DBGrid: TDBGrid; FileName: string; SheetName: string);
var
  cat               : _Catalog;
  tbl               : _Table;
  col               : _Column;
  i                 : integer;
  ADOConnection     : TADOConnection;
  ADOConnectionExcel: TADOConnection;
  ADOQuery          : TADOQuery;
  ScrollEvents      : TScrollEvents;
  SavePlace         : TBookmark;
begin
  //exporting
  ADOConnectionExcel := TADOConnection.Create(nil);
  try
    ADOConnectionExcel.LoginPrompt      := False;
    ADOConnectionExcel.ConnectionString := 'Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=' + FileName + ';Extended Properties=Excel 8.0';

    ADOConnectionExcel.Open;
    //WorkBook creation (database)
    cat := CoCatalog.Create;
    cat._Set_ActiveConnection(ADOConnectionExcel.ConnectionObject);
    //WorkSheet creation (table)
    tbl := CoTable.Create;
    tbl.Set_Name(SheetName);
    //Columns creation (fields)
    DBGrid.DataSource.DataSet.First;

    with DBGrid.Columns do
    begin
      for i := 0 to Count - 1 do
        if Items[i].Visible then
        begin
          col := nil;
          col := CoColumn.Create;
          with col do
          begin
            Set_Name(Items[i].Title.Caption);
            Set_Type_(adVarWChar);
          end;
          //add column to table
          tbl.Columns.Append(col, adVarWChar, 20);
        end;
    end;
    //add table to database
    cat.Tables.Append(tbl);

    col := nil;
    tbl := nil;
    cat := nil;

    //exporting
    ADOConnection                  := TADOConnection.Create(nil);
    ADOConnection.LoginPrompt      := False;
    ADOConnection.ConnectionString := 'Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=' + FileName + ';Extended Properties=Excel 8.0';
    ADOQuery            := TADOQuery.Create(nil);
    ADOQuery.Connection := ADOConnection;
    ADOQuery.SQL.Text   := 'Select * from [' + SheetName + '$]';
    ADOQuery.Open;

    DisableDependencies(DBGrid.DataSource.DataSet, ScrollEvents);
    SavePlace := DBGrid.DataSource.DataSet.GetBookmark;
    try
      with DBGrid.DataSource.DataSet do
      begin
        First;
        while not Eof do
        begin
          ADOQuery.Append;
          with DBGrid.Columns do
          begin
            ADOQuery.Edit;
            for i := 0 to Count - 1 do
              if Items[i].Visible then
              begin
                //Fails if Length > 255
                ADOQuery.FieldByName(Items[i].Title.Caption).AsString := FieldByName(Items[i].FieldName).AsString;
              end;
            ADOQuery.Post;
          end;
          Next;
        end;
      end;

    finally
      DBGrid.DataSource.DataSet.GotoBookmark(SavePlace);
      DBGrid.DataSource.DataSet.FreeBookmark(SavePlace);
      EnableDependencies(DBGrid.DataSource.DataSet, ScrollEvents);

      ADOQuery.Close;
      ADOConnection.Close;

      ADOQuery.Free;
      ADOConnection.Free;
    end;
  finally
    if Assigned(ADOConnection) and ADOConnection.Connected then ADOConnectionExcel.Close;
    ADOConnectionExcel.Free;
  end;
end;

A: You can use TJvDBGridExcelExport JVCL coming in the Jedi (www.delphi-jedi.org/). I have used this with good results, and this is opensource.


HomeCollectablesWednesday's Top Picks! Including George Harrison, The Who and Robert Calvert!
Wednesday's Top Picks! Including George Harrison, The Who and Robert Calvert!
Original 1974 UK United Artists 17-track vinyl LP, housed in gatefold 'silver font' embossed picture sleeve deaturing great illustrations by Stanislaw Fernandes complete with fold-out lyric insert and great teutonic Eagle silvered inner sleeve.The sleeve remains near mint whilst the vinyl remains MINT over 35 years on, stunning copy!
Incredibly rare 1965 UK concert programme for the shows in November that year at the Empire Pool, Wembley. Includes a great black & white centrefold shot of The Who, as well other performers such as Georgie Fame, The Barron Knights, The Merseybeats & more. The programme measures 7½"x 9½" with a nice three colour montage picture cover. Completing the package is the original ticket stub and insert letter from the ticket agency. There is just the very lightest of edge creasing but otherwise this is a superb copy & an incredible find!
Scarce original 1970 US Apple label 23-track triple vinyl LP box set with fold-out colour poster and coloured inner lyric sleeves. This box set was released over 35 years ago. In 1970 The Beatles were hugelypopular and everything released sold by the million, so finding Beatles originals in average or even very good condition is quite common. However, now and again you come across a real gem and that is what we've found here. This copy amazinglyremains FACTORY SEALED from new and is therefore still MINT and unplayed nearly 40 years on! On the front of the box (on the shrink) in the top right hand corner it retains the white sticker with details of what the box contains in red text. Keep it sealed or be the first person EVER to put a stylus to this amazing copy. A timewarp piece of historical importance!
Friday's Pick Of The Bunch, Including The 'Oo, The Floyd, Madge and Clapton!


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Question: When A 5% Stock Dividend Is Declared, Which Account Is Debited?
When dividends are declared a debit is made to a dividends declared account or the?
1. Journal entry at the time of declaration of dividends: Dividends are often declared by the company prior to actual cash payment to the stockholders. When dividends are declared, the retained earnings account is debited and dividends payable account is credited.
What is a 5% stock dividend?
A stock dividend is a dividend payment to shareholders that is made in shares rather than as cash. For example, a company might issue a stock dividend of 5 %, which will require it to issue 0.05 shares for every share owned by existing shareholders, so the owner of 100 shares would receive five additional shares.
Is dividends declared a debit or credit?
Accounting for Cash Dividends When Only Common Stock Is Issued. The journal entry to record the declaration of the cash dividends involves a decrease (debit) to Retained Earnings (a stockholders' equity account) and an increase (credit) to Cash Dividends Payable (a liability account).
What account is debited when the stock dividend is declared and when it is distributed?
When a cash dividend is declared by the board of directors, debit the Retained Earnings account and credit the Dividends Payable account, thereby reducing equity and increasing liabilities.
What does a 50% stock dividend really mean?
If the company issues a 50 % stock dividend, this increases the number of shares outstanding to 15 million shares. The board will now have to authorize more shares before the company can issue any additional stock. In short, any advantages of using a stock dividend are minor, and so its use is not recommended.
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What is the difference between dividends declared and paid?
A declared dividend is a dividend that will be paid but has not yet been paid to the shareholders. A paid dividend is a dividend that has been declared, paid and received by the shareholders.
Do I have to pay taxes if I reinvest dividends?
Cash dividends are taxable, but they are subject to special tax rules, so tax rates may differ from your normal income tax rate. Reinvested dividends are subject to the same tax rules that apply to dividends you actually receive, so they are taxable unless you hold them in a tax -advantaged account.
How do you know if a stock pays dividends?
Investors can determine which stocks pay dividends by researching financial news sites, such as Investopedia's Markets Today page. Many stock brokerages offer their customers screening tools that help them find information on dividend – paying stocks.
What stocks pay the highest dividends?
List of 25 high-dividend stocks
IRM Iron Mountain Inc. 6.79%
GLPI Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. 6.27%
UVV Universal Corp. 5.49%
IBM International Business Machines Corp. 4.99%
What type of account is dividend declared?
The account Dividends (or Cash Dividends Declared) is a temporary, stockholders ' equity account that is debited for the amount of the dividends that a corporation declares on its capital stock.
Is dividend declared an expense?
Dividends paid are not classified as an expense, but rather a deduction of retained earnings. Dividends paid does not appear on an income statement, but does appear on the balance sheet.
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What type of account is dividend income?
DIVIDEND INCOME Revenue Decrease
DIVIDENDS Dividend Increase
DIVIDENDS PAYABLE Liability Decrease
DOMAIN NAME Asset Increase
Where does dividend paid go on balance sheet?
When dividends are paid, the impact on the balance sheet is a decrease in the company's retained earnings and cash balance. As a result, the balance sheet size is reduced. Retained earnings are listed in the shareholders' equity section of the balance sheet.
How do you record dividends declared but not paid?
Assuming there is no preferred stock issued, a business does not have to pay dividends, there is no liability until there are dividends declared. As soon as the dividend has been declared, the liability needs to be recorded in the books of account as dividends payable.
Who determines dividend payout?
How Declaring a Dividend Works. Before a cash dividend is declared and subsequently paid to shareholders, a company's board of directors must decide to pay the dividend and in what amount.


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Column #HR 218 A Party at the Tuscany
January 26, 2018 Howie Reed's Column
Column HR218
A Party at the Tuscany
You Can't Go Home Again was a 1940 novel published posthumously for author Thomas Wolf. Posthumously means Wolf had "assumed room temperature" as the guy on the radio says. The premise of You Can't Go Home Again, for those that got no farther than the title, is that once you leave home you can never go back. That of course is ridiculous. What's true is that you can go home but it'll be very different from your memories.
For almost 25 odd years the Old Dart Coach found his home in darting venues around North America, Europe and Asia. Luigi Pirandello wrote the play Six Characters in Search of an Author. The ODC was in search of a win or a cocktail party. Home was a place to refuel, wash clothes and provide a mailing address.
Once a year it's the ODC's pleasure to attend the Las Vegas Open. The Las Vegas Open has an added attraction, to say nothing of adding entrants, of being the site for the American Darts Organization's (ADO) National 501 and Cricket Championships.
The ODC's appearance was a little like when singer Ricky Nelson was booked to do a gig at Madison Square Garden in the 1970s – the Rock 'n Roll Revival. When Nelson took the stage, dressed in the then current fashion of bell bottoms trousers and purple vest shirt, he was initially welcomed. When he started to play the Rolling Stones "Honky Tonk Women" the cheers turned to jeers as he was booed off the stage. From his experience came the hit song "Garden Party." The opening verse says it all.
I went to a garden party to reminisce with my old friends
A chance to share old memories and play our songs again
When I got to the garden party, they all knew my name
No one recognized me, I didn't look the same
In truth, the ODC is still the young looking, suave, debonair, smooth talking individual he always was. There were a few old friends so stories of The Oche were floated about the venue. The fact was that not many knew his name and fewer cared. It doesn't take much to play Whack a Mole with the ODC's always fragile ego.
What remains and is generic to the sport is the general hubbub of "played well but missed doubles," "playing good," "good average but I lost," "who you playing with" and on a rare occasion "wanna beer?" Really rare.
The biggest change was that the dart players, especially the men, appear to be much more professional, stunting the old party atmosphere. Perhaps it's the influence of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) but the player's demeanor appeared more professional.
Back in July when the PDC paid a visit to Las Vegas, a gentleman by the name of Willard J. Bruguier Jr. exploded onto the American steel point darting scene as he captured the initial PDC North American Championship. Many American regular tour players knew of Bruguier as he played in the 2016 world masters representing the ADO.
Bruguier had been a well-known soft point player in his native South Dakota. He was inducted into the "South Dakota Dart Hall of Fame for machine players. Back in July, on his way to the North American Championships he defeated Ohio's D.J. Sayre 6-3 before taking the title with a win over Canada's Dave Richardson. Willie J. snatched the victory from defeat coming from 3-1 and 4-2 down for the 6-5 win. The winning leg was 140, 140, 123, 98 – which is as straight forward as Bruguier's topography in his "homeland" of South Dakota. As the North American Champion he competed in the PDC World Championships. A Native American representing America. How about that?
"When I was in England I'd tell them I was an Indian. They usually replied, 'Feathers not dot?'"
Bruguier rode in from his home in Wagner, South Dakota taking no prisoners in both the '01 and Cricket ADO National Championships. "Sitting Bull" was a piker compared to "The Chief" in Las Vegas. The American Bald Eagle, Larry Butler, got Willie in the cricket final 5-4. Bruguier took the '01 title beating North Carolina's Robbie Phillips 6-2. Along the way he beat Tom "The Gentleman" Curtin (5-3), Jason Miranda (4-2) and Leonard Gates (3-2).
Bruguier is polite with an infectious personality and a million dollar disposition that should make him a prime candidate for the face of darts. His attitude couldn't be better.
"What drove me to get to where I'm at today is the fact that you can't beat the game. You just can't beat the game of darts and what I mean by that is, I could come out and throw a perfect game one game and then the very next game I might throw really bad and get beat. Everybody in this game strives to be better."
The star of the 4 days of Las Vegas though was Titian-haired Paula Murphy. She had what for many might be considered a "career week" but for her it was business as usual. She was runner up in both ADO Championships losing in the '01 to Sandy Hudson (5-2) and in the Cricket to Robin Curry (4-1). Then it was take no prisoners with wins in the mixed triples, both doubles and both singles.
Anette Richardson made the trip from Sweden for the Las Vegas Open. Ms. Richardson was a teammate of the ODC's in Pattaya Beach, Thailand, in 2016 when both played for I-Rovers Sports Pub. Having survived that experience her mind set was probably "I can handle anything." She played admirably, losing in the '01 singles to 2018 ADO National Champion Sandy Hudson. Anette got an introduction to Cricket. "I like Cricket," she said after a round of 32 Cricket singles finish. The Swedes are great friends.
Thanks to book sales at the Las Vegas Open of One Night While Drinking with the Fat Swede the Old Dart Coach became the largest selling author in Sweden from Las Vegas. WOW.
For the edification of young'uns, Rick Nelson never returned to Madison Square Garden. He died in a plane crash on December 31, 1985. Unlike Ricky, the ODC never came up with a hit song but he will return to the Las Vegas Open – that's a warning – looking for old friends, hoping to make new ones, share some stories and maybe partake of a few adult beverages. It's always a good time to enjoy aiming fluid and group tighter.
As one very great lady darter posted on Facebook…
"Good to be home after 5 days in Las Vegas. My liver needs a rest."
Howie Reed
The one and only Howie Reed (the Old Dart Coach) goes back decades with the legends of our sport - he knows where the skeletons are buried. Just ask any of the ADO and WDF old-timers! His widely popular column, Toeing the Oche, is a must-read.
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Tax relief for California disaster victims could change if Prop. 5 passes
Kathleen Pender
Construction workers build houses on Pacific Heights Drive after the Tubbs fire destroyed the neighborhood last year in Santa Rosa, California, on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle
California provides various types of property-tax relief to people whose homes are destroyed or substantially damaged in a disaster.
Some of these laws would change — mostly for the better for victims of declared disasters — if voters approve Proposition 5 in November.
The ballot measure would expand the ways seniors over 55, the severely disabled and declared-disaster victims could transfer their property tax assessment from one home to another in California, thereby avoiding a potentially steep tax increase that typically happens when homes change hands and get reassessed at current value.
Prop. 5 would apply to replacement homes purchased or built after Jan. 1, so it could affect people who lost homes in this year's or last year's wildfires and have not yet replaced them. It would apply only to people who lose them in a governor-declared disaster and build or buy in a different location. It would not affect homes rebuilt on the same lot, because they do not involve a property transfer.
Property taxes are not on the radar of most wildfire victims, said Michael Musson, a CPA who lost his Santa Rosa home in last year's fire. Taxes should be "a component" of the decision to rebuild or replace, "but I would never start the conversation with property taxes. The first thing should be what's right for your family, your economics, your future, where you want to be in 10 years."
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Under current law, people who lose a home to fire, earthquake or other calamity — whether or not it's part of a declared disaster — can ask their assessor to reduce the assessed value of their home to its current market value.
For homes destroyed by last year's wildfires, the Sonoma County assessor generally reduced the land value by one-third and the structure value to zero, said Greg Walsh, the county's chief deputy assessor.
Remember that assessed value is the amount subject to property taxes. Also called base-year value, it's generally what the homeowner paid, plus the value of any major improvements, plus annual inflation of not more than 2 percent a year. With an average tax rate of 1.1 percent, a home assessed at $200,000 would pay $2,200 a year in taxes. Thanks to Proposition 13, assessed value is often much lower than market value.
When disaster victims replace their destroyed or severely damaged home, the new assessment will depend on several factors, including size, value and location.
If they rebuild on the same lot, and the new home is comparable in "size, utility, and function" as the old one, their assessment will be restored to what it would have been had the old home not been destroyed, even though they have a brand new home.
If they expand — adding a room or pool, for example — the market value of the room or pool will be added to their base-year value. This applies to homes and other property, whether or not it was part of a declared disaster, and there is no time limit on replacing the property.
If they rebuild or replace at a different location, different rules apply depending on whether they stay in the same county or move to another one. Here are two possible scenarios under current law:
Intra-county transfers: If they buy or build a home in the same county as the destroyed one, and the market value of the new home is up to 120 percent of the market value of the old home just before it was destroyed, they can transfer their old base-year value to the new home. The extra 20 percent is basically a freebie that goes untaxed.
If the value of the new home exceeds 120 percent of the old home, the amount over 120 percent is added to their old base-year value. To get this relief, homes or other property had to be destroyed in a governor-declared disaster and replaced within five years. Voters approved this relief under Proposition 50 in 1986.
Inter-county transfers: If they build or buy in a different county, the replacement home will be assessed at current market value unless they meet five criteria: The old home was their primary residence, it was destroyed in a declared disaster, they replace it within three years, the new one is of "equal or lesser value" than the old one before it was destroyed, and it's located in one of 11 counties that accept transfers from disaster victims. In the Bay Area, they are San Francisco, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma.
If they meet these requirements, homeowners can transfer their old base-year value to the new home, rather than having the new home assessed at current value. This was part of Proposition 171, passed in 1993.
This tax break was patterned after Propositions 60, 90 and 110, which let homeowners over 55, or severely disabled people sell their primary residence and — within two years before or after the sale — transfer its base-year value to a new home of equal or lesser value in the same county or in one of 11 counties that accept transfers from seniors and the disabled. (In typical fashion, these are not the same 11 counties that accept transfers from disaster victims.)
To allow for inflation, current law lets seniors, the disabled and disaster victims spend a bit more on the new home than the old one was worth. Those inflation factors would no longer apply under Prop. 5, according to the California Board of Equalization.
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Prop. 5 would let seniors, the disabled and declared-disaster victims transfer their old base-year value to a replacement home of any value, anywhere in the state, any number of times.
If they bought a more expensive home, the difference in market value between the old and new homes would be added to their old base-year value. If they bought a less valuable home, their base-year value would be proportionately reduced according to a formula.
Prop. 5 would treat inter-county and intra-county transfers the same. This would simplify things, but those who relocate within the same county would lose the 20 percent "freebie" they get under current law, according to the board's analysis of the measure.
Suppose a fire victim bought an existing home in the same county for 50 percent more than the old one was worth just before the fire. Under current law, only 30 percent would be added to the old assessment. Under Prop. 5, 50 percent would be added, the board says.
The California Association of Realtors, which sponsored Prop. 5, disagrees with that analysis. "We do remove the constitutional requirement that the property be comparable," said its lobbyist Christopher Carlisle. But if you did get a comparable property, meaning up to 120 percent of the old home's value, "you would still get the freebie," he said. That was the intent of the proposition.
The board also says that Prop. 5 would eliminate the three-year replacement period that applies to inter-county transfers, but does not stipulate a different time period. The Legislature would need to define one. It also would eliminate the principal-residence requirement that applies to inter-county transfers, but only for disaster victims (not seniors or the disabled).
The Realtors association also disputes those interpretations. Carlisle said the intent is to retain the three-year replacement period for disaster victims and restrict the transfer to primary residences. "We in no way want to take away anything" that disaster victims are entitled to currently, Carlisle said. If the proposition does that, the Legislature could correct it, he said.
The Sonoma County assessor's office has a good explanation of current law at https://bit.ly/2RR3tkK.
Kathleen Pender is a San Francisco Chronicle columnist. Email: kpender@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @kathpender
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Kathleen Pender writes the Net Worth column in The San Francisco Chronicle. She explains how the big business and economic news of the day affect a household's net worth. She covers saving, investing, debt, taxes, housing, mortgages, retirement plans, employment and unemployment with a focus on issues specific to California and the Bay Area.
When it comes to big financial decisions, she believes that the simplest answer is almost always the best and that people would stay out of money trouble if they didn't get involved in things they can't understand. Pender welcomes questions from readers and frequently answers them in her column.
She majored in business journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia and was a Knight-Bagehot fellow in business journalism at Columbia University.


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Boilerplate Tectonics
By Grist staff on Sep 17, 2004
Bush and Kerry discuss their positions on science
In the latest issue of the journal Nature, President Bush and John Kerry each respond to 15 questions about science and related topics. Because the responses are written, neither candidate sounds like himself — there are no Bushian malapropisms or Kerryan layered qualifiers — and for the most part they simply regurgitate campaign-trail boilerplate. However, there are revealing differences, particularly on global warming. When asked, Bush acknowledged that it is a "serious long-term issue," but then said the following: "In 2001, I asked the National Academy of Sciences to provide the most up-to-date information about the science of climate change. It found that considerable uncertainty remains about the effect of natural fluctuations on climate and the future impacts climate change will have on our natural environment." This is, at best, misleading. The NAS reported overwhelming consensus that humans are responsible for climate change and that it is a problem worth worrying about. Or, as Kerry put it, "The scientific evidence is clear that global warming is already happening and rising levels of global warming pollution are making the problem worse."


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Q: Is GDB aware of C# code compiled in debug mode (.pdb / .mdb files) I'm debugging a C# application running on mono run-time. Compiling it w/ msbuild X.sln '/p:Configuration=Debug' or w/ msbuild X.sln '/p:Configuration=Release' gives me the same stack trace in gdb (this is the same read() call):
Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f37f8ebd720 (LWP 16269)):
#0  0x00007f37f840a82d in read () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:82
#1  0x00000000005f956d in console_read (handle=0x0, buffer=0x7f37f13d0db8, numbytes=1024, bytesread=0x7fff748848c4) at w32file-unix.c:1903
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Question: does it make any difference in general for GDB when debugging a C# application compiled in debug mode? And if it does / does not - how (it would be interesting to see how GDB operates with .pdb / .mdb files for example)?


In this brief video, I show one of the world's simplest suggestibility tests. It's quick and fun.
What is a hypnotic suggestibility test?
It shows if you pretty much have the hang of hypnosis already. If it works readily for you, you are a good candidate for learning self-hypnosis on your own. If it gives you trouble, you'll want to see a good hypnotist, either to learn self-hypnosis or to work one-on-one to take care of any issues you don't want to have anymore. But most people get the knack of it if they try it for a few minutes.


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Syriaʹs crisis within a crisis – coronavirus could hit hard
The corona pandemic has reached Syria. Anna Fleischer, Program Coordinator for Syria, explains why the virus could hit the country extremely hard and above all endanger those imprisoned.
By Anna Fleischer
War in Syria: The horror of Idlib
The recent escalation of violence in Idlib is also a result of the increasing tensions between Turkey and Russia. The victims are those in Idlib, caught up in a hopeless situation amid a huge spectrum of differing interests.
Can the EU Help Syria?
Two major issues in the Syrien conflict are the strenght of the IS and migration flows. The country needs stability and the EU should contribute to the resolution of the conflict. However, will peace talks and humanitarian assistance be able to bring stability?
By Paweł Pieniążek
At Assad's Mercy
While Berlin is contemplating secure borders, the Syrian regime has embarked on its next campaign to exacerbate the suffering of refugees. Bashar al-Assad considers them little more than a weapon.
EU in Syria: biggest payer of aid but no key-player
EU is the biggest donor of humanitarian aid to Syria and wants to play a key role in the country's post-war future and reconstruction once the war is over. The Assad regime, with the support of Russia and Iran, has regained control of 80 % of the country and continues to bomb rebel positions in Idlib in the northwest and Damascus suburbs.
Can Assad be a partner in the fight against ISIS?
"It must be now clear to western defence chiefs that there is only one credible fighting force on the ground capable of fighting ISIS and that is the Syrian military. The Syrians [i.e. the Syrian regime] have held all the aces up their sleeve…" Such proposals are commonplace in diplomatic circles, but what is new this time is that this view is no longer limited to Assad's supporters and allies.
By Haid Haid


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Quinones as the Redox Signal for the Arc Two-Component System of Bacteria
Dimitris Georgellis,
Ohsuk Kwon,
Edmund C. C. Lin*
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Science 22 Jun 2001:
DOI: 10.1126/science.1059361
Dimitris Georgellis
Ohsuk Kwon
Edmund C. C. Lin
The Arc two-component signal transduction system mediates adaptive responses of Escherichia coli to changing respiratory conditions of growth. Under anaerobic conditions, the ArcB sensor kinase autophosphorylates and then transphosphorylates ArcA, a global transcriptional regulator that controls the expression of numerous operons involved in respiratory or fermentative metabolism. We show that oxidized forms of quinone electron carriers act as direct negative signals that inhibit autophosphorylation of ArcB during aerobiosis. Thus, the Arc signal transduction system provides a link between the electron transport chain and gene expression.
Two-component signal transduction systems are widespread in prokaryotes and play extensive roles in adaptation to environmental changes (1, 2). The Arc two-component system of Escherichia coli, comprising the ArcB transmembrane sensor kinase and the cytosolic ArcA response regulator, modulates the expression of numerous regulons and operons (the Arc modulon) in response to changes in redox conditions of growth (3–5). In contrast to typical sensor kinases that have a substantial periplasmic domain between two transmembrane segments on the NH2-terminus for signal sensing, ArcB has a short periplasmic sequence of only 16 amino acids (6). ArcB is also unorthodox in having an elaborate cytosolic structure consisting of three catalytic domains: a primary transmitter with a conserved His residue (position 292), a receiver with a conserved Asp (position 576), and a secondary transmitter with a conserved His (position 717) (7, 8). ArcA is a classical response regulator that has an NH2-terminal receiver domain with a conserved Asp residue (position 54) and a COOH-terminal helix-turn-helix domain for DNA binding.
Under reducing conditions, ArcB autophosphorylates, then transphosphorylates ArcA through a His292 → Asp576 → His717 → Asp54phospho-relay, thereby increasing the affinity of ArcA for its DNA targets (9–11). Phosphorylated ArcA (ArcA-P) represses the expression of many genes involved in respiratory metabolism [e.g., enzymes of electron transport, the tricarboxylic acid cycle, and the glyoxalate shunt (3)] and activates other genes encoding proteins involved in fermentative metabolism [e.g., pyruvate formate lyase (12) and hydrogenase I (13)] by binding to a specific DNA sequence (14–16). Under oxidizing conditions, ArcB dephosphorylates ArcA-P through an Asp54 → His717 → Asp576 reverse phospho-relay (17).
Although much has been learned about the steps of signal transmission and decay as well as the identity of numerous target operons, the actual signal for ArcB remains to be identified. Oxygen has been excluded as a direct signal for inhibiting autophosphorylation, because during anaerobic respiratory growth the ArcA-P–dependent repression of a target operon can be lifted by a supplemented electron acceptor in accordance with its oxidizing power (midpoint potential) (3). Several fermentation metabolites (e.g., d-lactate, pyruvate, and acetate) have been shown to enhance the autophosphorylation rate of ArcB in vitro by up to three times the basal level by acting at a site in the cytosolic domain (18, 19). However, these compounds are likely to be allosteric activators. The true signal is expected to curtail autophosphorylation under oxidizing conditions; otherwise, many target operons would remain under permanent repression. Moreover, the cellular levels of metabolites such asd-lactate depend not only on the respiratory state of the cell but also on the oxygen-hydrogen ratio of the carbohydrate being fermented. In addition, if the inputs come solely from the cytosol, the transmembrane domain of ArcB would not have evolved (or have been maintained). A case in point is the non–membrane-associated kinase NtrB that senses the state of nitrogen supply from cytosolic elements (20). We therefore explored the possibility that the transmembrane domain of ArcB either participates directly in signal reception or serves as an anchor to keep the protein close to the source of the signal. The former was excluded because the amino acid sequence of the transmembrane domain can be altered without impairing signal transduction (6). It thus appears that membrane association promotes interaction between the cytoplasmic portion of the sensor protein and a redox signal.
The major quinones—ubiquinone-8 (Q8), menaquinone-8 (MK8), and demethylmenaquinone (DMK8)—are membrane-associated electron carriers that function as adapters between various electron-donating and electron-accepting enzyme complexes (21, 22) and were therefore assessed as possible direct signals for ArcB. When the soluble analogs ubiquinone-0 (Q0) or menadione (MK3) were incubated in the presence of [γ-32P]adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and purified ArcB78-778 [a truncated sensor kinase lacking the NH2-terminal transmembrane domain (10)], autophosphorylation of the protein (23) was inhibited (Fig. 1, A and B). Half-maximal inhibition of ArcB78-778 phosphorylation (24) by Q0 occurred at about 5 μM, whereas that by MK3 occurred at about 50 μM (25). Because quinones are reduced to quinols under fermentative conditions of growth, Q0 and MK3 were converted to their reduced form by treatment with excess dithionite (hydrosulfite) and then tested. Reduced Q0, reduced MK3, or dithionite alone did not affect the rate of ArcB78-778autophosphorylation (Fig. 1, A and B). The quinones act at a site in either the linker or the first transmitter domain, because Q0 also inhibited autophosphorylation of ArcB78-520 (10), which lacks the receiver domain and the secondary transmitter domain (25). To test whether inhibition of the kinase activity by Q0 and MK3is ArcB- specific, we examined two other sensor kinases: CpxA, a classical sensor kinase with a single transmitter domain (26), and BarA, which belongs to the ArcB subfamily of sensor kinases with three catalytic domains (27). Purified CpxA184-458 (28) and BarA198-918(29), both lacking the NH2-terminal transmembrane domain, were used. The presence of Q0 and MK3 in the oxidized form did not alter the autophosphorylation rate of the two sensor kinases (Fig. 1, C and D).
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Effects of ubiquinone-0 and menadione on the rate of ArcB autophosphorylation. (A) Purified ArcB78-778 (2.5 μM) was incubated with [γ-32P]ATP in the presence or absence of ubiquinone-0 (250 μM) and/or dithionite (500 μM). Left panel: Autoradiograms of the gels. Right panel: Net increase of ArcB-P with time in the absence (▵) or presence of ubiquinone-0 (▪), dithionite (▴), or ubiquinone-0 and dithionite (□). (B) Purified ArcB78-778 was incubated with [γ-32P]ATP in the presence or absence of menadione (1 mM) and/or dithionite (1 mM). Left panel: Autoradiograms of the gels. Right panel: Net increase of ArcB-P with time in the absence (▵) or presence of menadione (⧫), dithionite (▴), or menadione and dithionite (◊). (C) Purified CpxA184-458 was incubated with [γ-32P]ATP at room temperature in buffer A in the presence or absence of ubiquinone-0 (250 μM) or menadione (1 mM). (D) Purified BarA198-918 was incubated with [γ-32P]ATP at room temperature in buffer A in the presence or absence of ubiquinone-0 (250 μM) or menadione (1 mM).
The in vitro results suggest that the physiological redox state is signaled to ArcB by the oxidized form of quinone electron carriers. This would explain previous observations that in a mutant lacking both cytochrome bo3 and cytochrome bd terminal oxidases, the aerobic expression of the ArcA-P–activatable Φ(cyd-lacZ) reporter was elevated, but that of the ArcA-P–repressible Φ(cyo-lacZ) reporter was lowered (30). In this mutant, the pool of Q8should be trapped in reduced form despite the oxidizing growth conditions. Because reduced quinones are unable to inhibit the kinase activity of ArcB, the level of ArcA-P should rise and accordingly alter the expression of the target operons.
To confirm the signaling role of Q8 in vivo, we compared the aerobic expressions of Φ(cydA′-lacZ) in aubiCA mutant that is blocked in the synthesis of the Q8 precursor 3-octaprenyl-4-hydroxybenzoate, a ubiCA arcB double mutant, and the isogenic wild-type parent (31). Blockage of Q8 synthesis increased the aerobic expression of Φ(cydA′-lacZ) by a factor of 3, but no increase was observed in the double mutant, indicating that increased aerobic expression of Φ(cydA′-lacZ) in the ubiCA mutant resulted from diminished inhibition of the ArcB kinase activity (Fig. 2). Together, the in vitro and in vivo data suggest that the oxidized forms of quinones are ArcB-specific signals that silence, rather than stimulate, ArcB kinase activity.
Effects of ubiquinone-8 deficiency on the aerobic expression of Φ(cydA′-lacZ) operon fusion. Strains ECL5001 (cyd+ λΦ[cydA′-lacZ]), ECL5039 (ΔubiCA::Kanr cyd+ λΦ[cydA′-lacZ]), and ECL5040 (ΔubiCA::KanrΔarcB::Tetr cyd+ λΦ[cydA′-lacZ]) were grown in 5 ml of minimal medium (30) containing 40 mMd-galactose as sole carbon and energy source in 250-ml baffled flasks at 37°C with shaking (300 rpm). β-Galactosidase activity was assayed and is expressed in Miller units. The data are averages of four experiments; standard deviations are indicated.
The quinones are ideally suited as redox signals for the Arc system, because the hydrophobicity provided by the isoprenoid chain not only ensures rapid lateral mobility within the membrane but may also facilitate limited vertical displacements, which could permit interactions of the reactive aromatic ring with the ArcB signal reception site. Signal reception by the cytosolic domain of a transmembrane protein is not unique for ArcB. The Aer transmembrane protein, the guiding element in bacterial aerotaxis, also lacks a periplasmic domain. This protein senses the cellular redox state by a flavin adenine dinucleotide molecule bound to the cytosolic domain (32, 33).
Anchoring of the sensor domain close to the cytoplasmic membrane ensures that all of the ArcB molecules are within reach of the signal. Silencing most of the ArcB molecules would not be possible if they were randomly distributed in the cytosol. Indeed, we found that liberation of ArcB from the membrane results in a constitutively active kinase in vivo (6). A part of the structural evolution of ArcB can thus be viewed as a tinkering process that enables a sensor kinase to interact with an electron transport element as signal, without the intervention of a periplasmic domain. The attainment of this interaction also confers an additional role for the quinones to serve as signals for gene expression.
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Q8 participates solely in aerobic respiration, whereas MK8 and DMK8 participate only in anaerobic respiration.
Unless otherwise specified, the phosphorylation assays were performed by incubating 2.5 μM purified protein at 15°C with 40 μM [γ-32P]ATP (specific activity, 2 Ci/mmol) in buffer A [33 mM Hepes (pH 7.5), 50 mM KCl, 5 mM MgCl2, 0.1 mM EDTA, and 10% glycerol] in the presence or absence of quinone and/or dithionite. When menadione was tested, all reaction mixtures were supplemented with an appropriate amount of ethanol (5% v/v), because the menadione was dissolved in ethanol as a stock solution. The reaction was initiated by the addition of [γ-32P]ATP. Samples were withdrawn at the indicated time intervals, mixed with an equal volume of 2× SDS sample buffer, and immediately subjected to SDS–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis on 12.5% polyacrylamide gels. The radioactivity of ArcB was revealed by exposure to X-Omat AR films, and the amount of protein-P was quantitated with a PhosphorImager.
Purified ArcB78-778 (1 μM) was incubated in the presence of increasing concentrations of ubiquinone-0 or menadione (1 μM to 5 mM). The reaction was initiated by the addition of [γ-32P]ATP and terminated after 2 min.
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February 23, 2013: "I will thank you until heaven! My 17 year-old son just died three months ago and he used to love the violin. Thank you for that beautiful reminder of him." - Patient, R4
February 10, 2013: "(My wife) is already better because of your music!"-Family Member, H5
February 10, 2013: "I am very grateful to you for the moment of happiness you gave me." (Originally in Spanish) - Patient, H5
February 10, 2013: "You sound beautiful! Will you be back soon?"- Nurse, H5
February 10, 2013: "That was amazing, you made my day!"- Patient, H5
February 10, 2013: "Your music gave me a peaceful ending to a hectic day." - Nurse, CCU