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New rules on how you protect transfers of personal data outside the EU
We have seen a number of important developments recently, which impact how organisations facilitate the transfer of personal data out of the EU in accordance with the GDPR.
a new set of official template clauses has been published by the European Commission to help organisations ensure personal data transferred out of the EU is protected – if you are considering implementing them, there are some key dates you should be aware of; and
the European Data Protection Board has released final form recommendations to help organisations assess the risks involved transferring personal data outside the EU, and identify the appropriate supplementary measures to be implemented where needed.
If your organisation is subject to the GDPR and you are transferring personal data outside of the EU, or if your organisation is receiving personal data from within the EU then you are highly likely to be affected by these developments.
On 7 June, the European Commission's new standard contractual clauses were published in the Official Journal. In fact, the Commission published two sets of clauses: the first is a template set of clauses for controllers and processors to implement, pursuant to Article 28(7) GDPR (see here); and the second set provides appropriate safeguards for the international transfer of personal data, pursuant to Article 46(2)(c) GDPR (see here). This briefing focuses on the second set of clauses – we will refer to them as the "New Transfer SCCs".
The New Transfer SCCs have been developed by the European Commission to replace the existing standard contractual clauses (last updated in 2010, under the old European Data Protection Directive 1995 regime). They have also been updated to reflect the GDPR and the judgment in Schrems II, in particular the impact of local law and surveillance powers in destination countries.
The New Transfer SCCs are relevant to your organisation if:
you are subject to the GDPR (either directly or indirectly); and
you transfer, or will transfer, personal data to jurisdictions which are not in the EU or do not have an adequacy decision from the European Commission.
It's also important to note that the New Transfer SCCs are relevant to you if you are receiving personal data from an organisation in the EU (i.e. you are a data importer) – you may have obligations to fulfil under the clauses too. It's not a case of it being "all on the data exporter" (a common misconception we are hearing).
If your organisation is not subject to the GDPR, for example if you are based in the UK and solely subject to UK law, then the New Transfer SCCs are currently irrelevant for your purposes. But it's worth noting that the ICO is expected to publish its own clauses to cover transfers out of the UK later this summer.
Whilst the New Transfer SCCs will undoubtedly be an important tool for many organisations making international data transfers of personal data, they must not be considered in a silo. This is where the European Data Protection Board's recently finalised Recommendations 01/2020 on measures that supplement transfer tools to ensure compliance with the EU level of protection of personal data ("EDPB Recommendations") come in. The EDPB Recommendations are designed to be read in tandem with the New Transfer SCCs and set out a six step plan to help organisations assess third countries and identify appropriate supplementary measures to be implemented on a case by case basis where needed.
You should first take the opportunity to consider more broadly the international data transfers your organisation is making. Having an accurate and up to date Article 30 record of processing will greatly assist in this exercise. Then, identify which transfer tool(s) you are relying on to ensure your transfers are compliant/protected.
Assuming the New Transfer SCCs are an appropriate tool to protect your transfer(s), you will need to audit all the data transfer agreements you currently have in place (internally and with third parties) and only then – where applicable – ensure that the body of those contracts are updated to refer to the New Transfer SCCs, that the security annex is updated and that the New Transfer SCCs are appended or incorporated accordingly (and are complied with in practice).
In terms of implementing the New Transfer SCCs, there are three key dates to be aware of:
The New Transfer SCCs can be used to safeguard transfers from the 27 June 2021 onwards.
The existing standard contractual clauses will not be repealed for another three months, on 27 September 2021. Until that date, you have a choice of whether to use the existing standard contractual clauses or the New Transfer SCCs to safeguard your transfers. After that date, you must use the New Transfer SCCs.
Lastly, where the existing standard contractual clauses are used to safeguard any transfers that continue beyond 27 September 2021, then these must be replaced by the New Transfer SCCs by 27 December 2022.
Next, in this post-Schrems II world, you will need to consider whether your transfer tools are effective in offering an "essentially equivalent" level of protection for data in the place of destination. Do the laws/practices of the third country impinge on the effectiveness of the appropriate safeguards of the transfer tool(s)? Where "problematic legislation" is identified in the destination country, the EDPB recommends the exporter to consider whether it will be applied in practice to the relevant data, taking into account the importer's experience and sector.
If there are gaps in the level of protection, what supplementary measures can be implemented to address them? The EDPB Recommendations contain a non-exhaustive list of examples of supplementary measures in its Annex 2. If those gaps cannot be plugged, you will need to consider not going ahead with the transfer or suspending it (as applicable).
Then, it's a case of taking the practical and procedural steps required to implement the relevant supplementary measures. And finally, regularly re-evaluating the level of protection given to the transferred data and repeating the stages above, as needed.
What our international specialists are saying
Marie McGinley: "The New Transfer SCCs and EDPB Recommendations introduce a renewed focus on the principle of accountability in the GDPR and the need to not only comply but demonstrate compliance. These objectives are clear when we consider the steps that will be involved in introducing these New Transfer SCCs (and the applicable Recommendations). Organisations should not underestimate what is required to achieve these objectives, namely to understand its data flows, identify risks, assess and mitigate these risks. Preparation and planning will be key."
Nils Mueller: "The New Transfer SCCs certainly solve some headaches from a practical perspective, considering for example the new module on processor-processor transfers and the "docking-clause" concept. However, clients must be aware that this is not a one-time paperwork exercise. A common statement we hear is that "we rely on SCCs, so we are fine". The transfer impact assessment aspect will certainly cause some new headaches going forward."
Olaf van Haperen: "The New Transfer SCCs can provide a legitimate mechanism for transferring data to countries outside the EEA, but only if an equivalent level of protection can be guaranteed in practice. Is there no equivalent level of protection in the country of destination? Then companies must take additional measures to ensure this. The EDPB Recommendations provide useful guidance in this respect. Nevertheless, if an equivalent level of protection remains unfeasible, companies might need to consider to refrain from transferring personal data. In such cases, the Dutch DPA advises companies to keep their personal data in the EEA. In any case, companies must now examine their international data transfers under SCCs, carry out transfer impact assessments and determine the right course of action."
Philip James: "The introduction of the New Transfer SCCs represents a fundamental step change and will require a substantial re-papering of existing SCCs before 27 December 2022. The time to start preparing is now. This is almost akin to preparing to comply with EU GDPR when that came into force, should anyone ask for a comparison. It is a great opportunity to refresh and review an organisations' maturity, not only in terms of its compliance but also its data strategy and risk governance processes. The key is to identify and triage key data flow risks (in and out)."
New Transfer SCCs – summary of changes
The New Transfer SCCs contain similar obligations and restrictions as were in place under the existing standard contractual clauses, but there are also a number of differences. We have summarised the key changes below:
Practical impact
Broader scope covering new data transfer scenarios
The New Transfer SCCs have a broader scope of coverage. They are modular in nature, allowing importers and exporters to select the clauses that apply to the type of data transfer(s) relevant to them.
Whereas previously only controller to controller and controller to processor transfers were covered, the New Transfer SCCs include four modules to cover the following types of transfer arrangement:
i. controller to controller
ii. controller to processor
iii. processor to processor
iv. processor to controller (which assumes the controller is instructing the processor – an issue for another day).
The New Transfer SCCs are now available for processors to enter into directly which was never previously possible, meaning that service providers in the EU can now be proactive in ensuring adequate protection for their customers' data when they use sub-processors in other jurisdictions.
The intention behind the new modular format is that organisations will be able to put in place transfer safeguards to cover all types of transfers more easily.
However, using the more bespoke New Transfer SCCs will involve a more labour intensive papering exercise, as it will not just be a matter of appending the clauses to a data processing agreement. You will be required to review the New Transfer SCCs and select specific clauses, based on the module relevant to your transfer.
Whilst it is helpful that the New Transfer SCCs cover a wider range of transfers, they have left some critical areas ambiguous. The New Transfer SCCs make clear that they cannot be used if the importer is subject to GDPR. However, they do not clarify whether SCCs are even needed in that situation (i.e. whether this situation counts as a transfer). Recital 7 of the New Transfer SCCs even says that use of the clauses is "without prejudice to the interpretation of the notion of international transfer", which could be interpreted as an acknowledgement of this grey area.
Application to exporters based outside EU and to reverse transfers (processor to controllers)
A data exporter no longer needs to be based in the EU to be able to execute the New Transfer SCCs.
The New Transfer SCCs also cover the scenario where personal data is transferred from an exporter based outside the EU to an importer based in the EU, and then a transferred back to the non-EU exporter.
This means that exporters based outside of the EU but subject to GDPR, may use the New Transfer SCCs when transferring personal data to other entities outside the EU. For example, a US entity transferring data belonging to EU individuals in its capacity as a controller, to a processor entity based in India.
These new options seek to address the "transfers back conundrum" and put a stop to the creative 'free drafting' endeavours previously deployed by lawyers to cover such scenarios.
New Transfer SCCs can be used by multiple parties
The New Transfer SCCs can be entered into by multiple parties and contain a new "docking clause" enabling additional parties to sign up to the new clauses at any point.
This change will be particularly useful for multi-national organisations with complex intra-group data sharing arrangements. However, the logistics of using the prescribed Appendix and obtaining "agreement of the Parties" may prove to be complicated.
Changes to reflect Schrems II judgment
Impact of local laws
Exporters and importers will both need to warrant that they have no reason to believe that the laws and practices in the destination country, including disclosure or surveillance requirements, will prevent the data importer from fulfilling its obligations under the New Transfer SCCs. Further, importers are required to notify the data exporter if it has reason to believe that it has become subject to any laws that prevent the importer from fulfilling its obligations.
Transfer impact assessments
A risk-based assessment must be carried out, and made available to the relevant supervisory authority on request. The impact assessment requirement already exists for exporters post Schrems II, but including it in the New Transfer SCCs makes it a contractually enforceable requirement on importers who are not otherwise subject to the GDPR. Interestingly, however, this isn't an obligation which is enforceable by data subjects.
The impact assessment must (among other things) take account of the laws and practices of the third country of destination, such as those requiring disclosure of / granting access to data to public authorities – and the New Transfer SCCs now make clear that the parties may consider relevant and documented practical experience with prior instances of these requests from public authorities, or the absence of such requests.
Challenging requests from public authorities
The clauses impose new obligations on importers about how they handle requests for personal data from public authorities. The obligations require the importer to notify the data exporter of the request, and to review, document and challenge the request to the extent legally permissible.
Parties will need to assess what (if any) local requirements in the destination country may prevent them from meeting their obligations under the New Transfer SCCs or may contradict them.
You will also need to consider any problematic legislation in light of the EDPB's Recommendations and determine what supplementary measures may be required.
Under the New Transfer SCCs, exporters may consider any audit certifications that the importer has in place when an exporter exercises their audit rights against the importer.
This is a positive development for processor importers in particular, and will be most impactful when a processor importer is a third party (as opposed to a group company).
More detailed security measures to be taken and documented
The New Transfer SCCs are clearer and more prescriptive as regards the practical security measures that need to be in place and set out in Annex II for compliance.
Whilst this is a positive change for organisations seeking clarity on security measures taken to protect personal data, the prescriptive requirements could also be detrimental to those organisations satisfied with their existing security measures and reluctant to make changes.
New Transfer SCCs prevail over other commercial terms but unclear as to whether liability can be limited
The parties may supplement the New Transfer SCCs with additional obligations, as required for the relevant data transfer arrangement. However in the event of a conflict between the New Transfer SCCs and any other terms agreed between the parties in respect of the transfer, the New Transfer SCCs will prevail.
The New Transfer SCCs echo the joint and several liability provisions already contained in Article 82 GDPR. However, the New Transfer SCCs are silent on whether a cap/limit on liability (between the parties) would "contradict" the provisions of the New Transfer SCCs.
The prevalence of the New Transfer SCCs over other commercial terms agreed between the parties provides a level of certainty. However, limitation of liability is likely to continue to be hotly negotiated by parties to data transfer arrangements given the lack of clarity provided.
To assist with your planning, we have created a timeline, illustrating which clauses may be used and when. Click here to view the SCC timeline
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Revealed:how Thatcher battled with Geoffrey Howe,and lost, over TV in the Commons.
Previously secret Cabinet papers show how Margaret Thatcher, defeated in a free vote in the House of Commons in 1988 over the principle of televising Parliament, battled on unsuccessfully against her deputy, Sir Geoffrey Howe, over the details.
'Ministers were never consulted or even told about this- contrary to previous practice' she wrote on a written answer in which Howe updated MPs on negotiations with the broadcasters . As Leader of the House Howe had taken over responsibility from John Wakeham for setting the rules for Commons TV. He accepted the arguments against some of the restrictions imposed by Wakeham, such as limiting camera shots to the head and shoulders of the MP who was speaking. In a hand-written note on the text of the Commons answer Thatcher said of Howe's compromises 'I am very against some of these things'. She singled out one which would allow camera shots 'showing the reaction of a group of members' because 'the group shots will be particularly damaging'.
The Cabinet papers for 1989-90, now released to the National Archives, show her Downing Street team trying to stop Howe, then Lord President of the Council, making any more compromises without her having the chance to challenge them. In February 1990 her Principal Private Secretary,Andrew Turnbull, told her 'you were understandably irritated by being taken by surprise over the changes to the guidelines for televising the Commons'. Turnbull explained that 'the origin of the problem is that when John Wakeham was Leader of the House he had a good working relationship with Bernard Ingham…the original guidelines drew heavily on Bernard's advice.With the new Lord President that channel does not exist'.
He outlined a procedure which 'would give us what we want without having to deal directly with the Lord President. It would also allow the Lord President to stand on his dignity and claim that as the Chairman of a Committee of the House, he is not mandated by Government'. To which the Prime Minister added 'Nor as Lord President is he entitled to ignore his colleagues'.The next year Howe resigned from Thatcher's Government with a speech that many saw as the start of her downfall.
The files also show Downing Street staff preparing for the inevitable day when the Commons would be shown live, focusing on the lessons to be learned from not-for-transmission TV experiments in the Commons. In October 1989 Dominic Morris, who later worked at TV regulators ITC and Ofcom, sent the Prime Minister a video of a Commons statement she had made and the subsequent exchange with the then Leader of the Opposition, Neil Kinnock. He explained that 'the tapes of proceedings have been made available by the House authorities only to you and to Mr Kinnock'. Morris had studied the tapes with Thatcher's Political Secretary, John Whittingdale (later the Culture Secretary), and 'both of us can only say you need only do in the future as you did yesterday. The pitch of voice is just right as is eye level and stance (Mr Kinnock appears to have rather more to learn)'.
Morris wrote of 'two points which struck me' and these read like firm advice to his Prime Minister rather than mere observations:
'1.The extent to which television sanitises the proceedings of the Chamber. It takes out a great deal of the passion. That puts a premium on calm debaters and (in the material we provide you) on the telling quote quietly deployed. The extracts you used yesterday from Labour Government spokesman and from Bishop Tutu on sanctions were devastating.
2.The importance of reaction shots of front bench colleagues. It looks much better if, rather than sitting solemn, they show obvious approval (as did Mr Baker on one occasion') when telling points are made'.
Thatcher accepted an invitation from Morris to attend a seminar by Anthony Jay, one of the creators of her favourite TV series 'Yes Minister' and 'Yes Prime Minister'.The seminar would use clips of 'good and bad points of ministerial performances to reinforce best practice'. Her presence would 'strongly reinforce the message to colleagues that mastering the cameras in the early days is going to be very important'.
In the same month Morris sent Thatcher another Commons video so that she could see 'how the lighting and eye angle comes across from the different cameras.You may also want Crawfie to have a quick look at it to help ideas on clothes for Questions Time'.
'Crawfie' was Cynthia Crawford, who had been a member of Thatcher's local Conservative constituency party in Finchley, went on to become her personal assistant and a close friend until the former Prime Minister's death in April 2013, aged 87.

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Today, the international dressage competition for the World Cup - FEI CDI3*–W is starting at Lipica Stud Farm
Today, the traditional international dressage competition FEI CDI3*–W/ CDIJ/CDIY/CDICh/CDIP/CDIYH, the World Cup of dressage, is starting at Lipica Stud Farm.
The youngest foals prepared the most touching moment of the Day of the Lipizzaner
The most beautiful Lipizzaner horses of Lipica Stud Farm and the Slovenian Association of Lipizzaner Breeders were the stars of the Day of the Lipizzaner, which took place yesterday, 21 May, organised to celebrate the 437th anniversary of both the Lipizzaner breed and Lipica Stud Farm.
The Day of the Lipizzaner will be a tribute to the Lipizzaner's 437th birthday
On Sunday, 21 May, the most beautiful Lipizzaners of Lipica Stud Farm and the Slovenian Lipizzaner Breeding Association will be the main stars of the Day of the Lipizzaner celebration, which is a tribute to the Lipizzaner's and Lipica Stud Farm's 437th birthday.
Triest, 13. 5. 2017
Lipizzaners at the Anniversary of Empress Maria Theresa
On Saturday, 13 May, on Grand Square in Trieste, our elegant white Lipizzaners from Lipica Stud Farm joined the celebration of the 300th birthday of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, where numerous visitors admired the Lipizzaner tandem carriage.
The Alpe Adria Dressage Trophy opened this year's equestrian competitions in Lipica
With the Alpe Adria Dressage Qualifier the previous weekend, this year's equestrian competitions at Lipica Stud Farm began. In a relaxed atmosphere and mostly sunny weather, 44 riders from Slovenia, Italy, Austria, and Croatia with 47 horses performed at the Lipica hippodrome.
Alpe Adria Dressage Trophy opens this year's series of attractive equestrian competitions in Lipica
Alpe Adria Dressage Trophy Qualifier runs from Friday 5 May to Sunday 7 May and will be the first in a series of equestrian competitions at Lipica Stud Farm in 2017. Here, the youngest and aspiring riders in the A category will perform, followed by more challenging tasks up to the S category.
Lipizzaners Enthral Miss China
Yesterday, on 25 April, elegant white Lipizzaners entertained guests from China. Among them was Sally, Miss Tourism of China and film actress.
First born filly's name is Slava
Just before the Easter holidays the first foal of 2017 was born at Lipica Stud Farm. This is brown Slava, a small and playful filly, which was named after her mother 641 Slava XVI, as has been the tradition for Lipizzaner fillies for centuries.
Famous Chef with a Special Surprise for the Foal Pluto
The foal Pluto, who is the best assessed Lipizzaner foal in Slovenian private breeding, experienced a very special surprise for his birthday.
FEI World Driving Championships for Pairs coming to Lipica in September
From the 20th to 24th of September this year, Lipica Stud Farm will be the proud host to one of the largest and most important equestrian competitions in the world – the 2017 FEI World Driving Championships for Pairs.


Crafted of fine rosewood, this early 20th century scroll case likely once sat in the studio of an esteemed Qing-dynasty scholar. The perfect size for a rolled-up scroll, the box was used to store and protect his works of traditional calligraphy and landscape painting. The lid slides open to reveal the box interior, without the use of hinges or hardware. Simply designed with clean lines, this scroll box puts the fine grain and coloring of rosewood on full display.
Large 20th Century Scholar's or Spirit Stone, China These gorgeous, complex forms were used for contemplation. This large example weighs 12 pounds.
The Cloisonné box is well handmade with stand the lid to match. Dragon Design with 5 claw fingers! Scholar's object.


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Where industry multi-media or integrated surveys are not available, Telmar has its own data integration methodology (called MultiBasing). MultiBasing is a modeling based technique designed to intelligently integrate or combine the results of multiple surveys, for example, to make better use of media currencies to reach a bespoke product or brand target group defined in a consumer survey. A CHAID-driven profile matching routine uses demographic, behavioral or attitudinal variables to make initial cross-survey estimates. A second set of calculations then makes use of media behavior surrogates to aid targeting to niche media audiences.
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Update: ABC has canceled the Roseanne revival after Barr's recent tweet.
Comedian Wanda Sykes said she wouldn't return to Roseanne following Roseanne Barr's tweet Tuesday morning comparing Valerie Jarrett, a black senior adviser to former president Barack Obama, to an ape. ABC announced Tuesday afternoon that the revival is now canceled.
"Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values and we have decided to cancel her show," Channing Dungey, president of ABC Entertainment, said in a statement.
Early Tuesday morning, the actor who plays the titular character on the ABC revival tweeted "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj" in response to a Twitter thread about a conspiracy that Jarrett helped cover up CIA spying.
Barr initially defended her racist remark, despite fierce criticism to the racist remark from many on Twitter.
"Muslims r NOT a race," she said to another user.
Barr has since tweeted an apology, saying she is "now leaving Twitter."
In a follow-up tweet, Barr specifically apologized to Jarrett "for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks."
Sykes, who served as a consulting producer on the revival, subsequently announced she was leaving the show.
Sykes had been a prominent, behind-the-scenes figure on the show, doing significant publicity before the premiere.
Representatives for Sykes, Barr, and ABC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Sara Gilbert, who plays Darlene on Roseanne, also tweeted about Barr's comments, saying, "I am disappointed in her actions to say the least.
ABC has canceled the Roseanne revival after Barr's recent tweet. A representative from Viacom also confirms to BuzzFeed News that they have pulled Roseanne reruns from CMT, Paramount Network, and TV Land.


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Medicine den: Open to the sky and surrounded by gorse bushes, herbs are stored in holes and tiny shrubs.
Warriors den: Open to camp and sky.
Apprentices den: Ferns and shrubs grow around the edge of the den.
Nursery: Under a gorse bush, protected with brambles.
Elder's den: Also under a bush.
Fresh-kill pile: Near the left side of camp.
Meeting Boulder: In the heart of camp, is used by the leader for clan meetings.
Dirt place: A tunnel outside.
Fuzzypatch: I watch Crowstar "Remember, it's the talent show gathering tonight"
Crowstar: I glare at Fuzzypatch "I know that!"
Fuzzypatch: I shrink away and back away to my den, not daring to turn my back on him.
Fuzzypatch: I force a smile "It's not your fault."
Crowstar: "Kinda is, snapping at you"
Fuzzypatch: I smile "Yeah, I guess it is"
Fuzzypatch: I stumble into camp, tiredness weighing me down.
Fuzzypatch: I collapse at the prey pile and fall asleep.
Sparrowfeather: I yawn and take a mouse, I start nibbling at it. My mind buzzing.
Sparrowfeather: "Hi Fuzzypatch." I mumble.
Sparrowfeather: I look away from the murderous cat and continue eating my mouse.
Fuzzypatch: I watch Sparrowfeather turn away and my heart sinks. I know I killed her sister, but that was because she stole my medicine cat apprentice rank!
Sparrowfeather: My fur bristles as if I feel someone watching me.


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using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using TTC2017.SmartGrids.CIM.IEC61968.Common;
using TTC2017.SmartGrids.CIM.IEC61968.Customers;
using TTC2017.SmartGrids.CIM.IEC61968.Metering;
using TTC2017.SmartGrids.CIM.IEC61968.Work;
using TTC2017.SmartGrids.CIM.IEC61970.Core;
using TTC2017.SmartGrids.CIM.IEC61970.Informative.InfERPSupport;
using TTC2017.SmartGrids.CIM.IEC61970.Informative.InfOperations;

namespace TTC2017.SmartGrids.CIM.IEC61970.Informative.InfCustomers
{

    public class WorkBillingInfoWorksCollection : ObservableOppositeOrderedSet<IWorkBillingInfo, IWork>
    {

        public WorkBillingInfoWorksCollection(IWorkBillingInfo parent) :
                base(parent)
        {
        }

        private void OnItemDeleted(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            this.Remove(((IWork)(sender)));
        }

        protected override void SetOpposite(IWork item, IWorkBillingInfo parent)
        {
            if ((parent != null))
            {
                item.Deleted += this.OnItemDeleted;
                item.WorkBillingInfo = parent;
            }
            else
            {
                item.Deleted -= this.OnItemDeleted;
                if ((item.WorkBillingInfo == this.Parent))
                {
                    item.WorkBillingInfo = parent;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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Q: Any tool to benchmark web server performance What I wanted to know is if there is any easy tool for me to run in Centos linux to know how good the box is.
Disk IO, CPU, Memory ...not only the data but their performance under high usage, high traffic, high IO operations...
You can tell me tools towards the websites as well. I think that can also test to know if the server as web server is good or bad

A: You can use Apache Bench (ab) to test webserver performance
You can analyze sar reports (e.g. sarcheck) to identify system bottlenecks.

A: Try installing and running HardInfo. I use Ubuntu, so my package manager is APT, but on CentOS the relevant command might be something like
yum install hardinfo

Also, take a look at this how-to.

A: Have a look at Apache JMeter; you can use it to simulate high load on the web server, and it will give you useful stats.  You can customize web hits so it's not just a high-load spider crawl of the web server, but can perform exact actions such as click here, enter text, submit, etc.

A: Try httperf:
http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/linux/httperf/
Combine it with Ganglia:
http://ganglia.sourceforge.net/

A: If you are working with a very large infrastructure/IT department, Traverse is pretty neat -- http://www.zyrion.com/products/
It does dashboards, generates reports, and many other things. It even has an API for setting up your own tests.

A: You can use 'ab' (apache benchmark) to flood your webserver with requests.

A: This might be a very simple option, but if you use Google Chrome as your browser, click view, developer tools. There is a nice tab in here for checking latency for elements and how fast they load, I've found this to be one of the best tools to see what part of a page is being delivered slowly.
As for server level monitoring, I've used Zenoss Core to monitor both the host and the application (IIS via WMI and Apache via the Nagios plug-in).

A: I've used Pylot off and on, I like it being as you can program user behavior into it via simple XML.
http://www.pylot.org/

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Artur Szpilka (ur. 12 kwietnia 1989 w Wieliczce) – polski bokser występujący w kategorii junior ciężkiej oraz zawodnik mieszanych sztuk walki.

Kariera bokserska

Wczesne lata
Jako nastolatek trenował różne dyscypliny sportowe, m.in. karate i kung-fu. W wieku ok. 12–13 lat krótkotrwale uczęszczał na zajęcia bokserskie w klubie Górnik Wieliczka. Ponownie do tej dyscypliny i wyczynowego uprawiania pięściarstwa trafił po kilku latach, wówczas był chuliganem identyfikującym się z klubem Wisła Kraków (jak sam przyznał nie interesowały go mecze piłkarskie) i brał udział w tzw. ustawkach – umówionych przez uczestników nielegalnych bójkach pomiędzy zwaśnionymi pseudokibicami. Przypadkowo w chwili konfrontacji z kibicem lokalnego rywala – Cracovii, trener boksu z Wieliczki Włodzimierz Ćwierz zaproponował obu rywalom starcie w ringu. Szkoleniowiec, który wcześniej znał i ćwiczył Szpilkę w jego pierwszym epizodzie z boksem, po raz drugi został jego trenerem i wychowawcą w tej dyscyplinie.

Jako 19-latek sięgnął po amatorskie mistrzostwo Polski wagi ciężkiej w zawodach rozgrywanych w Dąbrowie Górniczej, wygrywając w finale z Mariuszem Welcem. Ponadto m.in. wygrał turniej O Złotą Rękawicę Wisły, zdobył wicemistrzostwo Europy kadetów, osiągnął ćwierćfinał mistrzostw świata juniorów, mistrzostwo Polski seniorów.

2008–2011

W lutym 2008 nie zdołał uzyskać kwalifikacji na turniej bokserski letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 2008 w Pekinie. Po tym niepowodzeniu podpisał kontrakt zawodowy. Pierwsze pięć zawodowych walk stoczył w kategorii junior ciężkiej (do 91 kg). W październiku 2009 r. miał stoczyć kolejny pojedynek z Wojciechem Bartnikiem, ale 23 października podczas oficjalnego ważenia został zatrzymany, a następnie osadzony w zakładzie karnym w Tarnowie, gdyż uprawomocnił się wyrok 18 miesięcy pozbawienia wolności za pobicie.

Po wyjściu z zakładu karnego przeszedł do kategorii ciężkiej. 25 czerwca 2011, podczas "Wojak Boxing Night" stoczył swoją pierwszą walkę w wadze ciężkiej, wygrywając błyskawicznie w pierwszej rundzie przez nokaut. Podpisał kontrakt zawodowy z grupą Bullit KnockOut Promotions. W kolejnej swojej walce ponownie wygrał przez nokaut w pierwszej rundzie. 15 października 2011, podczas kolejnej gali "Wojak Boxing Night" w Katowicach, pokonał Owena Becka przez techniczny nokaut po trzeciej rundzie pojedynku.

5 listopada 2011 Szpilka stoczył pojedynek z Amerykaninem Davidem Saulsberrym. Mimo że Polak w pierwszej rundzie, po raz pierwszy w zawodowej karierze, był liczony, to w drugim starciu znokautował swojego przeciwnika. Tuż po tej walce Szpilka został po raz pierwszy uwzględniony w rankingu federacji WBC, gdzie sklasyfikowano go na 33. pozycji.

W listopadzie 2011 bokser poddał się operacji lewej dłoni. Na 3 lutego 2012 zakontraktowano kolejną walkę w Stanach Zjednoczonych, a rywalem Szpilki miał zostać Terrance "Big Jim" Marbra, jednak walka została przesunięta ze względu na problemy z lokalizacją gali i ostatecznie odbyła się 24 marca 2012 podczas gali "Heavyweight Regeneration". Szpilka odniósł w niej błyskawiczne zwycięstwo przez techniczny nokaut w pierwszej rundzie pojedynku.

2012–2014

Pod koniec marca 2012 menadżer boksera, Andrzej Wasilewski poinformował, że Szpilka będzie sparingpartnerem dla mistrza świata, Wołodymyra Kłyczko w czerwcu 2012. Pod koniec maja 2012 sparingi zostały odwołane w związku z planowanymi dwiema walkami Szpilki w tym samym miesiącu.

Po wygranej walce 2 czerwca 2012 z Argentyńczykiem Gonzalo Omarem Basile i zdobyciu dwóch pierwszych zawodowych pasów: "Silver WBC Youth" i "Silver WBC Baltic" awansował z 36. na 25. pozycję w rankingu WBC. W rankingach WBA, WBO i IBF nie jest sklasyfikowany.

1 lutego 2013 Artur Szpilka pokonał Mike'a Mollo, mimo że w pierwszej oraz czwartej rundzie Polak zaliczył nokdaun. W piątym starciu sędzia odebrał Amerykaninowi punkt za pchanie rywala. Piętnaście sekund przed końcem szóstej rundy, Szpilka znokautował przeciwnika. Zaplanowana pierwotnie na 23 lutego, a zatem trzy tygodnie później, walka z Krzysztofem Zimnochem podczas gali "Polsat Boxing Night II", została następnie odwołana z uwagi na zbyt krótki czas potrzebny na odpoczynek dla Szpilki. 20 kwietnia 2013 w Hali Podpromie w Rzeszowie pokonał Ukraińca Tarasa Bidenkę, w wyniku poddania walki, na skutek kontuzji kolana Ukraińca. 15 czerwca 2013 Szpilka pokonał Briana Minto jednogłośnie na punkty, stosunkiem 98:92, 100:90 oraz 98:93. Stawką pojedynku był tymczasowy pas WBC Baltic. 16 sierpnia 2013 Szpilka wygrał rewanżową walkę z Mikiem Mollo przez techniczny nokaut w piątej rundzie.

25 stycznia 2014 Szpilka poniósł pierwszą porażkę w zawodowej karierze, gdy w nowojorskiej hali Madison Square Garden uległ Bryantowi Jenningsowi przez techniczny nokaut w dziesiątej rundzie pojedynku. Gaża Szpilki za tę walkę wyniosła 100 tys. dolarów. 8 listopada 2014 Artur Szpilka jednogłośną decyzją sędziów zwyciężył z Tomaszem Adamkiem na gali boksu w Krakowie ("Polsat Boxing Night III"). Gaża Szpilki za tę walkę wyniosła 425 tysięcy złotych.

2015–2020
W styczniu 2015 Szpilka podpisał kontrakt z Alem Haymonem, a nowym trenerem pięściarza został Ronnie Shields. 24 kwietnia 2015 w Chicago znokautował w drugiej rundzie Amerykanina Ty Cobba (18-7, 10 KO). 12 czerwca 2015 w Chicago wygrał przez techniczną decyzję sędziów w trzeciej rundzie z Amerykaninem Manuelem Quezadem (29-10, 18 KO). 14 sierpnia 2015 na gali w Newark pokonał przez techniczną decyzję sędziów w trzeciej rundzie Kubańczyka Yasmany Consuegrę (17-2, 14 KO).

16 stycznia 2016 w walce o pas WBC mistrza świata wagi ciężkiej został ciężko znokautowany w 9. rundzie przez mistrza – Deontaya Wildera, opuścił ring na noszach, po czym trafił do szpitala na badania lekarskie.

15 lipca 2017 w Nowym Jorku doszło do walki Szpilki z polsko-amerykańskim pięściarzem Adamem Kownackim reprezentującym Rzeczpospolitą Polską. W powrocie na ring po półtorarocznej przerwie był faworytem. W czwartej rundzie padł na deski, po czym wstał, ale Kownacki zasypał go gradem ciosów, a sędzia przerwał pojedynek. Wkrótce potem, w sierpniu 2017 przeszedł operację kontuzjowanej ręki, a zabieg był przeprowadzony przez prof. Igora Rosello, który operował rękę Roberta Kubicy po jego wypadku.

W międzyczasie pięściarz zaczął rozważać walkę w MMA, co potwierdził podczas gali KSW 41. W trakcie tego wydarzenia Tomasz Oświeciński pokonał Pawła "Popka" Mikołajuwa, a po walce wyzwał na kolejny pojedynek Szpilkę. Ten z kolei szybko zareagował, wszedł do klatki i powalił siedzącego na krzesełku Oświecińskiego, wobec czego interweniować musiała ochrona. Zamiary boksera oraz jego postawę ostro krytykował promotor Andrzej Wasilewski.

Niespełna rok później, 25 maja 2018 w pojedynku podczas Narodowej Gali Boksu, zorganizowanej na Stadionie Narodowym w Warszawie pokonał jednogłośną decyzją sędziów Dominicka Guinna, który po walce ogłosił zakończenie kariery. 10 listopada 2018 w Gliwicach pokonał niejednogłośnie na punkty Mariusza Wacha; w tej walce był prowadzony przez trenera Andrzeja Gmitruka, który 10 dni później poniósł śmierć.

20 lipca 2019 został znokautowany w drugiej rundzie przez Derecka Chisorę (31-9, 22 KO) na gali w londyńskiej O2 Arenie. Pojedynek był zakontraktowany na dziesięć rund.

26 października 2019 roku w Sosnowcu znokautował w pierwszej rundzie Włocha Fabio Tuiacha (29-7, 16 KO). Po pojedynku ogłosił powrót do kategorii junior ciężkiej.

Powrót do wagi cruiser
7 marca podczas gali Knockout Boxing Night 10 w Łomży, w swojej pierwszej walce po powrocie do wagi junior ciężkiej, pokonał na punkty Siergieja Radczenkę (7-6, 2 KO). Sędziowie punktowali na jego korzyść 95-93, 94-94, 95-92. W trakcie pojedynku Szpilka dwukrotnie był liczony (w rundzie trzeciej i piątej), a sam werdykt sędziowski wzbudził mnóstwo kontrowersji – większość ekspertów uznała, że zwycięstwo należało się Ukraińcowi.

Walka o pas WBC International kategorii bridger
30 maja 2021 roku w Rzeszowie zawalczył o pas WBC International nowej kategorii wagowej bridger z Łukaszem Różańskim (14-0, 13 KO). Po kilku sekundach pojedynku miał swojego rywala na deskach, ale następnie sam znalazł się na macie ringu aż trzy razy i przegrał pojedynek przez nokaut już w pierwszej rundzie.

Waga i ranking
Przed walkami w 2014 jego waga wynosiła ok. 101 kg (we wcześniejszych latach oscylowała w granicach 105–108 kg). Przed walką 25 maja 2018 legitymował się wagą 111,6 kg.

Dzięki zwycięstwu z Tomaszem Adamkiem awansował na 17. miejsce na liście najlepszych pięściarzy świata wagi ciężkiej portalu boxrec.com.

29 listopada 2014, w związku z porażką Derecka Chisory z Tysonem Furym i spadkiem tego pierwszego na 17. miejsce Artur Szpilka awansował na 16. miejsce na liście najlepszych pięściarzy świata wagi ciężkiej portalu boxrec.com.

Kariera MMA

Debiut w MMA dla KSW
29 marca 2022 Martin Lewandowski – jeden z właścicieli Konfrontacji Sztuk Walki (KSW), najlepszej polskiej organizacji promującej mieszane sztuki walki (MMA) potwierdził za pomocą mediów społecznościowych, że Szpilka podpisał kontrakt z tą federacją. 19 maja KSW oficjalnie ogłosiło galę KSW 71: Ziółkowski vs. Rajewski w Toruniu, zaplanowaną na termin dnia 18 czerwca 2022, na której w jednej z głównych walk wieczoru ma zadebiutować popularny Szpila w starciu z byłym rywalem z boksu, Ukraińcem Serhijem Radczenko. Debiutancka walka Szpilki zakończyła się jego zwycięstwem przez TKO w drugiej rundzie, po tym jak w parterze zmusił Ukraińca do odklepania po mocnym łokciu na twarz.

High League
12 lipca 2022 High League, federacja typu freak show fight ogłosiła zakontraktowanie Artura Szpilki oraz jego walki na galę High League 4: Natsu vs. Lexy 2, która odbyła się 17 września 2022 w Arenie Gliwice. Parę dni później, organizacja High League przedstawiła zestawienie Artura "Szpili" Szpilki z Denisem "Bad Boyem" Załęckim. Szpilka zwyciężył przez techniczny nokaut w pierwszej rundzie (kontuzja kolana Załęckiego). Po zakończeniu walki ogłosił, że odpuszcza pojedynki typu freak show fight.

Dalsze walki w KSW
21 stycznia 2023 w głównej walce wieczoru gali XTB KSW 78 w Szczecinie, miał zmierzyć się z czołowym kick-bokserem, Arkadiuszem Wrzoskiem. 16 listopada 2022 ogłoszono, że wypadł z karty walk przez kontuzję kręgosłupa.

Lista walk w MMA

Lista walk w boksie

Legenda: TKO – techniczny nokaut, KO – nokaut, UD – jednogłośna decyzja, SD- niejednogłośna decyzja, MD – decyzja większości, PTS – walka zakończona na punkty, RTD – techniczna decyzja sędziów

Życie prywatne
Jego matką jest Jolanta Ziemiecka, zaś ojciec zmarł, gdy Artur Szpilka miał trzy lata. Ma dwóch braci i dwie siostry. Partnerką życiową Artura Szpilki jest Kamila Wybrańczyk, znana w internecie jako "Kamiszka".

Problemy z prawem
Artur Szpilka został skazany przez sąd w Myślenicach za udział w bójce koło dyskoteki w Wiśniowej. Pięściarz został skazany na 18 miesięcy pozbawienia wolności za pobicie, nie zgłosił się dobrowolnie do odbycia kary, wskutek czego 23 października 2009 r. po prawie trzech latach od zdarzenia i uprawomocnieniu się wyroku został zatrzymany. Po początkowym pobycie w Areszcie Śledczym przy ul. Montelupich w Krakowie, odbył karę pozbawienia wolności w Zakładzie Karnym w Tarnowie (dokąd został przeniesiony w związku z faktem grypsowania). Opuścił zakład karny 22 kwietnia 2011.

W czerwcu 2011 r., przed Sądem Rejonowym w Tarnowie, rozpoczął się kolejny proces sądowy pięściarza. Prokuratura oskarżyła go o naruszenie nietykalności cielesnej funkcjonariusza Służby Więziennej i jego słowne znieważenie (art. 222 k.k.). 23 czerwca 2010 r., podczas odbywania kary pozbawienia wolności w Zakładzie Karnym w Tarnowie, osadzony Szpilka miał popchnąć funkcjonariusza ręką w bark i odezwać się przy tym: "Co się patrzysz frajerze?". Bokser nie przyznał się do winy. W kwietniu 2012 r. sąd ukarał Szpilkę grzywną w wysokości 15 tys. zł i tym samym nie przychylił się do wniosku prokuratora, który żądał dla niego kary pół roku więzienia. Przy wyrokowaniu sąd na korzyść oskarżonego poczytał jego poprawę zachowania w ostatnich latach oraz rozwijającą się karierę bokserską. Jednakże jeśli w wyniku apelacji kara zostałaby zmieniona, Szpilka zostałby skazany choćby na karę więzienia w zawieszeniu, wówczas ponownie trafi do więzienia (musiałby wtedy odbyć jeszcze poprzedni wyrok siedmiu miesięcy więzienia za pobicie).

Po zakontraktowaniu walki z Bryantem Jenningsem, 12 stycznia 2014 po przylocie na lotnisko Chicago-O'Hare Szpilka został zatrzymany przez amerykański urząd imigracyjny i skierowany do powrotu do Europy z uwagi na braki w dokumentach. Po załatwieniu spraw formalnych 17 stycznia 2014 ponownie udał się w podróż do USA i otrzymał pozwolenie na przekroczenie tamtejszej granicy.

Odniesienia w kulturze masowej
 Krakowska grupa hip-hopowa "Firma" stworzyła w 2010 utwór muzyczny zatytułowany "Uliczne pięści / Szpila ma moc", poświęcony osobie boksera. Członkowie grupy wykonywali go w trakcie każdorazowego wejścia Szpilki do ringu przed walką. Od rewanżowej walki z Mikiem Mollo utworem wprowadzającym Szpilkę na ring jest piosenka "Polska" z płyty Polska (urodziłem się w Polsce) grupy Złe Psy.
 W 2012 wziął udział w projekcie "Drużyna Mistrzów", wspólnej akcji artystów hip-hipowych oraz sportowców, propagującej uprawianie sportu i pozytywnej strony życia, którą sygnował raper Bosski Roman oraz promotor rugby Artur Pszczółkowski.
 Szpilka podjął współpracę z firmą Diil Gang, związaną z grupą hiphopową Hemp Gru.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 "Szpila" ma moc (Tomasz Kalemba, Onet.pl 26.10.2011)
 Lista walk zawodowych Artura Szpilki

Linki zewnętrzne

Polscy bokserzy
Polscy zawodnicy MMA
Zawodowi bokserzy wagi junior ciężkiej
Zawodowi bokserzy wagi ciężkiej
Polonia w Stanach Zjednoczonych (biografie)
Ludzie urodzeni w Wieliczce
Urodzeni w 1989

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Judge orders San Francisco reporters to testify or face jail
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The two reporters who helped expose steroid abuse by baseball players and other professional athletes must reveal their sources to a federal grand jury, a federal judge ordered yesterday.
Aug. 16, 2006 · A federal judge yesterday ordered two reporters to comply with a subpoena ordering them to tell a federal grand jury who gave them grand jury testimony regarding a criminal investigation into the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) and its connection to steroid abuse by professional athletes.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco rejected a motion from San Francisco Chronicle reporters Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada to quash the government's subpoena, turning away their claim that the First Amendment and federal case law protects reporters from identifying confidential sources.
Judge White ruled that the grand jury's interest in the information outweighed the First Amendment issues in the case.
The reporters are seeking a stay of Judge White's decision while they appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco (9th Cir.).
"We're steadfast and resolute in that we're going to stand behind the sources," Fainaru-Wada told the Chronicle.
Even though the reporters lost their motion, some media attorneys said the ruling was not as bad as it could have been.
"I got the impression that this decision was a little bit better because it seemed like the District Court had a little bit of sympathy for the reporters' position and thought that there really were serious arguments on their side," said Nathan Siegel, who wrote a friend-of-the-court brief for numerous media organizations, including The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. "But he made it clear that he felt constrained by Ninth Circuit precedent, which is probably some of the worst, from the press's point of view, that there is on this issue."
Since the judge appeared to be sympathetic to the reporters' issue, Siegel is hopeful that will translate into a stronger appeal.
"I thought that the tenor of this opinion . . . might send a somewhat more sympathetic signal to the appellate courts than the opinions in the Judy Miller case, Wen Ho Lee case, the [Jim] Taricani case in which you had very harsh opinions coming out of the district courts pretty strongly discounting the notion that there could be any serious First Amendment-type of interests presented," Siegel said. In the Miller, Lee and Taricani cases, reporters in two federal circuits — the Second Circuit and the District of Columbia — failed to convince judges that a federal reporter's privilege exists.
In yesterday's ruling, Judge White dismissed the argument that the First Amendment provides journalists with a qualified privilege, finding that no previous cases in which a First Amendment privilege was found involved grand jury situations.
Citing the only U.S. Supreme Court case involving the reporter's privilege, 1972's Branzburg v. Hayes, Judge White ruled that "the First Amendment does not provide [the reporters] with a basis to refuse to appear before a grand jury to answer questions and produce documents or objects requested in the subpoena."
White also cited Branzburg to rule that no privilege exists under common law even though all but one state — Wyoming — has a either a shield law or a common law privilege.
White wrote that the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals in San Francisco's "position on the issues appears to be clear to this Court: unless and until the Supreme Court states that a common law reporter's privilege exists, or unless Congress enacts such a privilege, Branzburg's mandate is binding."
Even if a privilege exists, the government still would have overcome the privilege by exhausting all alternative sources and showing that the testimony sought was not cumulative, and that it is clearly an important issue to the case. The "Court concludes that the Government has satisfied its burden to overcome the assertion of any such privilege," White wrote.
The government subpoenaed the reporters in April to discover who leaked grand jury testimony to them about a grand juty investigation into an alleged BALCO conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids.
When the government turned over nearly 2,000 pages of grand jury transcripts to the court in 2004, the court issued a protective order sealing all of the testimony. The testimony was quoted in articles Williams and Fainaru-Wada wrote later that year about allegations that numerous baseball players were consistently using steroids provided by BALCO. The reporting eventually led to a congressional hearing and Major League Baseball changing its drug testing policy.
"My guess is that the facts in this case do seem more sympathetic than others because there's no real question that this reporting did break a major national news story that a lot of people think did a lot of good," Siegel said. "The facts seem to have influenced the tenor of the opinion even without changing the result."
(In re Grand Jury Subpoenas; Media counsel: Eve Burton, Hearst Communications, New York; Nathan Siegel, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schultz, Washington, D.C., for amicus parties) — CM
Reporters who uncovered alleged steroid abuse subpoenaed (05/10/2006)


Sorry this is a day late. Yesterday was super busy for us! So I am now 17 weeks pregnant, and have a lot to update on since my 15 week post!
You can't really tell from this pictures, but my belly has really popped more over the last couple of weeks. I am looking much more pregnant and less chubby.
I have also started to feel the baby, which is nice. Although I can't wait until it is a regular thing. Right now I really only feel it if I am relaxing and the older kids are not around. Otherwise I am just too distracted to notice.
I had my first midwife appointment. I got a student and a regular midwife. The student ran the appointment and it was a bit fun, because I think she was a be thrown with the English and I knew what she should ask before she did. I didn't mind at all. The other midwife didn't say too much, but she seemed to good, and I think her English was better than the students.
Part of the interview is going over past pregnancies and births. After describing my last birth the older midwife looks at me and says 'So you will give birth at home this time' (due to how fast Olivia came once things got started). I just kind of laughed, and then told her we were planning on a home birth anyways. Her reply.. 'good'. It was a bit funny, as I don't think the student had anyone request a home birth, so she just continued and gave me some info and papers on the hospital. The older midwife stopped her and said it doesn't matter, she won't need this, she is never gonna make it to the hospital even if she wanted too. Yep… everyone is expecting a speedy birth… Just because this one will torture me for hours! So that was the midwife appointment. I don't see them again until June.
However, I am having some problems that may warrant a doctors visit. I have been having really bad hip pain, which the midwife diagnosed as SPD. I am in pain most of the time, and I know it is just going to get worse. Right now I feel like I am 8 or 9 months pregnant.
I have also started to have Braxton Hicks all the time. With Julius I had these also early which resulted in my being on bed rest for most of my pregnancy (he still came late though..). I am reducing the amount of photoshoots I do in a week and trying to relax when I can, but it seems if I do any walking at all they really pick up and are painful. I am trying to avoid a doctors visit, but think I may have to go in just to have a talk with her and see what she suggests. It was already recommended to me that I do not work because of the SPD, however that is just not an option for us.
So that is what is new in pregnancy land for me.
Awww…congrats, Desirae!! I'm so happy for your family!


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Hull Collegiate School Year 12 student Poppy sails in the Topper World Championships in China
Poppy started sailing when she was 10 at a local sailing club near Snaith.
She started serious competing at 12 years of age when she qualified to join the Royal Yachting Association Zone Squads in her Topper dinghy. This is the Olympic sailing pathway that Team GB use to train up future Olympic sailors. Only 15-18 children gain a place per zone (North of England, Midlands, South East and South West England, Scotland and Wales).
Poppy trains every winter and is required to enter specific national competitions which take place in the summer all over the UK. She also trained with the ITCA Youth Squad, which is a specific squad for the dinghy she sails.
This year Poppy qualified to sail in the Topper World Championships in China in August. She was amongst 200 competitors who raced in Weymouth, Lowestoft and Rutland culminating in the Topper National Championships in Pwllheli, Wales.
There were 200 competitor places of which 100 went to Chinese competitors and the other for worldwide Topper sailors. Poppy got a boat with new sails to compete in for the championships.
Unfortunately there was no official world champion this year as due to the weather conditions: the first 2 days of sailing were called off due to a Typhoon in the area!.
Poppy said, ''I love the freedom I get with sailing. I am very competitive so to qualify for the championships in China was fantastic. It was an amazing experience to be there amongst so many other people who were all of a massively high standard. It's a lot of hard work but I absolutely love it. Sailing makes me a better, stronger person. I work hard at school and get a lot of support from my teachers. I've just started Sixth Form which I'm loving already. Sailing helps me keep a steady mind whilst working towards my A Levels.''
Alex Wilson, Headmistress, said ''This is a fantastic achievement and a wonderful chance to travel to other parts of the world. Well done Poppy!"


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Drake's Newest Album, Dark Lane Demo Tapes Drops
Posted on May 13, 2020 May 13, 2020 by SLV Claw
Written by Micah Jewell (Features Writer)
Imagine dropping an album and within the first twenty-four hours, almost all of the fourteen songs that are on the album are on the Billboard Hot 100. This is no one other than Drake who is no stranger to the rap game with multiple platinum projects and holding the number one song in the world for over two weeks with God's Plan.
It is not just his records that go platinum either, he is featured in many other songs and he was known as the king of rap for a little because every song would either go gold or platinum very quickly. One of his most popular features was on Travis Scott's ASTROWORLD, which debuted at Number 1 and got nominated for two different Grammy's. Sicko Mode which featured Drake and Swae Lee got nominated for the best rap song of 2018.
The most looked forward to track on Drakes's newest album, which is called Dark Lane Demo Tapes. Was Pain 1993 with Playboi Carti was the most streamed song on the album because Playboi Carti has not dropped an official album since 2018. But the most popular song on the album so far is Toosie Slide, which was released as a single before and has been very popular with dances on TikTok.
Drakes's most popular song is Money in the Grave featuring Rick Ross. I think this was pretty good, I would give it seven out of ten. My favorite songs were probably D4L and Landed but there were more good ones. This album also has a lot of features such as Chris Brown, Future, Young Thug, Playboi Carti, and a few others. This album was released on May 1, 2020 and we could probably see Drake touring on this album maybe next year or when it is okay to have concerts again.
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Built in 1633, Pura Ulun Danu Bratan was originally used for offerings ceremony to the Dewi Danu; Balinese river goddess, due to the importance of Lake Bratan as a main source of irrigation in central Bali. It is considered as one of the most beautiful Balinese Hindu temples due to its location. When the water level of Lake Bratan rises, the temple looks like as if it's floating above the water, creating a surreal and mesmerizing view worth taking picture of.
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Q: Placing content at end of data elements - how to select for that with data elements I have the following markup and want to place 'here is my info' after this when an ajax callback is triggered. My markup:

here is an item

here is another item

here is another item

The alert is called but isn't being put in the right place. How would I select given the above markup?
if(r.is_placed_at_end=='true'){
  alert('will place at end');
  $('data(item-header-id==17):last)').after("here is my info");
}

I tried looking at this but didn't get me all the way there. jquery data selector
Also, is this proper usage of data elements?
thx

A: You want to use an attribute selector.
$('div[data-item-header-id="17"]:last').after("here is my info");

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/CcA3D/
Reference: http://api.jquery.com/category/selectors/


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Age and composition of crystalline basement rocks on the Norwegian continental margin: offshore extension and continuity of the Caledonian–Appalachian orogenic belt
Trond Slagstad, Børre Davidsen and J.Stephen Daly
Journal of the Geological Society, 168, 1167-1185, 30 August 2011, https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-76492010-136
Trond Slagstad
Geological Survey of Norway, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
For correspondence: Trond.Slagstad@ngu.no
Børre Davidsen
J.Stephen Daly
UCD School of Geological Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Twenty-two wells on the Norwegian continental margin have penetrated underlying basement. We present U–Pb zircon, whole-rock geochemical, and Sm–Nd and Rb–Sr isotopic data from nine wells in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea with relevance to the offshore continuation of the Norwegian Caledonides, and their correlation throughout the Caledonian–Appalachian orogenic belt. Palaeozoic magmatism in the North Sea can be divided into two groups. The older group consists of 460 Ma calc-alkaline granites with evolved isotopic compositions, correlative with similar rocks in the Uppermost Allochthon. The younger group consists of a 430 Ma dacite and a 421 Ma leucogabbro, with less evolved isotopic compositions. In the Norwegian Sea, isotopically evolved granitic magmatism at 437 Ma and more juvenile dioritic magmatism at 447 Ma are correlative with magmatism in the Bindal and Smøla–Hitra Batholiths in the Uppermost Allochthon. Metasedimentary basement rocks from the North Sea and Norwegian Sea, dominated by Late Palaeoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic grains, resemble rocks found in the Caledonides of Scotland, Greenland and Svalbard. The new data, along with studies elsewhere along the belt, suggest that similar rocks may exist along much of the orogen.
Supplementary material: U–Pb isotopic data are available at http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/SUP18471.
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Home Columnist Stoke Stoked To (Finally!) Join the Championship
Stoke Stoked To (Finally!) Join the Championship
Dariel Lim
The penultimate week of Premier League action was nothing short of dramatic. Our dearly beloved pals at Stoke City have been relegated to the Championship after a whole decade in the top-flight. Crystal Palace, once destined for the drop, are safe in the arms of Roy Hodgson. Arsenal steamrolled Burnley to give Wenger an Emirates send-off to remember. Manchester City lifted the trophy at last, not that anyone really cared. Chelsea somehow found a way past Liverpool at Stamford Bridge. Brighton locked down their spot in the league for next season with a massive victory over Mou's men and last but not least, West Brom lived to die another day.
Here's a bunch of things I've learnt from last weekend's action:
Jack Butland and Charlie Adam are trying to force their way out
Jack Butland called Stoke's transfer dealings "farcical" while his counterpart Charlie Adam believes that four or five of his team-mates have been "getting away with murder for a long time."
While relegation truly breaks hearts and bruises pride, criticising your employer really isn't the best way to kickstart life (well, not quite) in the second tier, especially if your gaffer thinks that "the club is too big not to bounce back" and you'd be mounting a promotion bid next season. Unless, of course, you're trying to get the heck out of cold, rainy and miserable Stoke-on-Trent.
Butland does have a future with a top team, maybe Chelsea or Arsenal should call on his services. As for Adam, his face is already suggesting he retires. The man is supposedly 33 years young this year but boy, does he look 65.
To be honest, the Potters have been punching way above their weight for many years now. It just so happened their tenth year in the top tier was when everything started to unravel. I've always felt like they were too slow in keeping up with the other teams in the league, too one-dimensional and direct in their play, too unambitious, too insecure. They always felt like a second-grade team, no offence. The sacking of Mark Hughes and appointment of Paul Lambert changed absolutely nothing. Their transfer dealings, I agree with Butland, are nothing short of laughable.
So what if they signed Bojan Krkic, Saido Berahino and Jese Rodriguez? These talented lads are wasting away with the reserves or out on loan or on unpaid leave of absence. According to Butland, Stoke have also been plagued with disciplinary issues. Talk about downfall.
Maybe a stint in the Championship wouldn't be so bad. It might help the club and board recalibrate their vision and ambitions because it would be nice to welcome Stoke back to the top one day.
Wenger should have announced his departure from the VERY beginning
5-0 was the scoreline of Arsene Wenger's (and Per Mertersacker's) last ever home game at the Emirates and I reckon that this must've been the driving force behind one of the best displays of Wengerball I've seen all season.
If it was us beating Burnley by five goals last season, it wouldn't have been too much of a surprise because well, Burnley. This season, however, the Clarets are some sort of reborn Sean Dyche-like iron monsters, directly behind Arsenal in the table and challenging for a place in European football next season. They are almost impossible to get past and their work rate is off-the-charts. Mind you, Arsenal needed a goal in injury time to secure three points during their first clash at Turf Moor earlier in the season. To say that Dyche has done admirably is truly an understatement.
Fair enough, Burnley just weren't quite at the top of their game when they paid a visit to North London on Sunday. Nevertheless, let's not take too much credit away from a simply sublime Arsenal performance.
Calum Chambers and Kostantinos Mavropanos were so assured in the heart of defence. Given that the latter was only making his second senior start, he did play a couple of dubious passes that made my heart stop moments at a time but thankfully, nothing that would give me a heart attack on the spot. The fans sure do love our new Greek god. Chambers was all business, cleaned up very well and extinguished chances before they even materialised. This is the defensive duo of the future.
Now, Bellerin and Iwobi must have read my previous article because they seemed like they were out to prove me wrong and they notched two assists and a goal between them. Iwobi had a performance to remember, taking charge of counters and controlling from deep before bursting into the final third. The Spaniard, on the other hand, kept possession well and his crosses were delivered precisely and rather beautifully; a huge improvement from the Atletico game.
Overall, a fantastic yet entertaining game played in a style that I hope stays synonymous with Arsenal, even as the Wenger era draws to an end.
Kolasinac, Aubameyang, Lacazette and Iwobi scored five smashing goals to give the boss the best send-off possible. I swear Wenger should've announced his departure at the very start then we probably wouldn't be sitting in sixth and missing out on the Champions League and we probably would be playing so well, Troy Deeney would want to retract his statement on the team's 'cojones'.
Chelsea stopped Liverpool, which means Real might very well destroy the Reds
Olivier Giroud and his perfectly coiffed French hair grabbed a goal (and three points) against Liverpool when his looping header nestled nicely into the net, leaving Lorius Karius stranded. Till today, I still miss him in an Arsenal shirt. I really do.
His goal, also known as the game winner, brought Chelsea within three points of their third-placed opponents and back into contention for a Champions League spot. Alvaro Morata must be mourning the demise of his role as target man. Move aside, Alvaro.
Although the Reds had more possession and shots, they were not able to capitalise nor effectively take their chances. Courtois was more than equal to the challenge and his backline nullified the 'trio of terror' surprisingly well.
I couldn't help but think how Liverpool would fare in the upcoming Champions League final. If Dejan Lovren could not exactly compete with Giroud, are you expecting him to take on Ronaldo? If Van Djik had trouble marshalling his defence, how is he going to shut down the BBC, Modric and Kroos? If Wijnaldum can't take charge of midfield, will he be bulldozed by Real's deadly counters? If Klopp couldn't inspire his troops to a win at Stamford Bridge, can he do it in Kiev?
So many questions that have yet to be answered and if Liverpool saw the Chelsea match as a prelude and warm-up to the final in less than three weeks, let's just say they are underprepared, outmatched and probably stand little to no chance of upsetting Real and their three-peat.
There could always be the "Kiev Miracle" written in Liverpool's history, though.
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Melbourne, Aus, WPH Press, 11/10/16- The third weekend of October saw Martin Mulkerrins add to his impressive 2016 1-Wall resume by claiming the 2016 Australian One-Wall Handball Championships. The current All Ireland 1WallBall Champion, Mulkerrins made the trip to Melbourne from his research position in New Zealand to face the best in Australia at the annual One-Wall Championships.
Next up for Mulkerrins was third-seeded countryman, now living in Melbourne, Ruairi Kelly. The pair battled in game one, with neither able to gain the upper hand in the nearly one-hour first frame. Ultimately, it was Mulkerrins who edged the Melbourne man, 21-20. Mulkerrins seized the momentum from the first-game win to cruise in the second. "Ruairi is a really good player and the match could have gone either way," stated Mulkerrins.
Mulkerrins had little difficulty in the final, defeating defending champion Eesa Dotsenko in two games.


"Lydia Lunch. Known to Rev & Vega as the Baby Faced Killer who they so kindly chaperoned through that lost downtown night world crucible from where both their futuristic, and highly influential, black arts would be born. Artistic Kings & Queens from the dumpster side of town. Lydia gets all wet and dirty with thought of what young Frankie Teardrop might do to her, over a twisted frug of an electronic beat-nicked soundscape by one time Lemon Kitten, David Knight. Rules are for breaking.Here we like to break our own.So our tried and true E.P. format of inviting a young 'un to try their strength on the Vega meter is torched in grace and favour of blessing the planet with one THE great lost Suicide archive items. This is the thirteen minute epic 1976 recording of Suicide dropping da' bomb on what was then known as "Frankie Teardrop, The Detective vs The Space Alien". Yowsa, yowsa ya all. "


While I do not find "Walden" particularly interesting to read, I did find Voyant Tools both an intriguing and enlightening way to look at "Walden." I found that it offered insight into Thoreau's writing that would be both difficult and time-consuming for a reader to do by hand. While Voyant Tools displays many different components of "Walden's" text, I found both the summary and links sections particularly helpful.
The summary section shows several things, but I found the average words per sentence and the most frequent words to be the most useful. The average words per sentence are 28.9, which shows that while Thoreau may have tried to live simply, nothing he wrote was said simply. In my opinion, the most frequent words seem to point out the main subjects and views of Thoreau's writing, especially the frequent use of the word "man." Thoreau uses a lot of his word count to talk about mankind and the way men live.
The most frequent words section ties into the links section. The most frequent words show up and link to other words that are commonly associated with the most frequent words. For example, I can see that when Thoreau mentions "man," he is doing so in reference to "life," or "day," or perhaps "old," among other words.
I found that both of these resources helped to cue in on the main topics and their subparts that may not have been so obvious just by reading "Walden" through.
How Alone Was Thoreau, Exactly?


KMS Big Room's new 16 channel recording setup!
Kailua Music School's Big Room just got a new 16 channel recording setup for the students and teachers to use!
Good thing there's a NAPA next door. Some split loom corrugated tubing is just the thing!
Everything is up and time to test some sounds!