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December 31, 2018 by Paul Linus	in Crime, France	· 3 Comments
Heroic French officer Arnaud Beltrame deserves respect and admiration of the whole world for his outstanding bravery and adherence to duty. United States President Donald Trump defined him as a "great hero."
Born in Etampes, France, the lieutenant-colonel in the gendarmerie was shot by an Islamist gunman earlier this year when he swapped himself for a female hostage during a terror attack at a supermarket in Trebes, outskirts of the Picturesque medieval town of around 5,000 inhabitants in southwest France.
On March 24 a terrorist, Moroccan-born Redouane Lakdim who lived with parents and sisters in Carcassonne, claiming allegiance to Islamic State (IS) stormed the Super U store at around 11 a.m. with a hunting knife, handgun and three homemade bombs. Shouting "Allahu Akbar," he demanded release of Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving jihadist who attacked Paris in November 2015 and killed 130 people.
The 25-year-old said his attack is a revenge for the international coalition bombing targets of Islamic State in Syria.
Before keeping a woman as a human shield and taking others hostage, Lakdim killed two people. Beltrame traded place with the woman and set his cell phone on so a contact with his colleagues outside could be established and they can hear his conversation with the attacker and monitor activity inside.
At 2:40 p.m. the Groupe d'intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale (GIGN) stormed the supermarket and killed Lakdim, but ahead of it the assailant stabbed and shot Beltrame. An autopsy revealed he had sustained four bullet wounds. He died in hospital from stab wounds to the throat.
Beltrame's personal life
Beltrame was born as Arnaud Jean-Georges Beltrame on 18 April 1973 in Étampes, France. Reared in a nonreligious family, he was converted to Catholic Christianity at the age of 33. He married Marielle Beltrame in a civil ceremony in August 2016 and had a plan to have a church wedding in June 2018 at the Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus. His interests included knowing Christian roots and learning history of France. His father died in August 2017 after getting drowned in the Mediterranean and body was recovered in the fishing boat nets just week before the Trebes supermarket attack.
Beltrame's career
In August 2017 Beltrame became a deputy commander at the Carcassone Departmental gendarmerie unit in southwestern France after post-graduate training in Business administration and Economy and being a staff service with the Ministry of Ecology.
Between 2010 and 2014 Beltrame took command of a Departmental Gendarmerie company in Avranches.
Between 2006 and 2010 Beltrame was stationed at the Dlysee Palace after joining Republican Guard, part of the national gendarmerie that provides guards of honor and security for the State.
In 2005 Beltrame was deployed to Iraq and in 2003 was selected for the elite gendarmerie parachute squadron (EPIGN).
2009 – National Defence Medal (golden)
2007 – Cross for Military Valor (bronze star with brigade citation)
2012 – National Order of Merit (Knight)
2018, posthumous – Legion of Honor (Commander)
2018, posthumous – Médaille de la Gendarmerie nationale
2018, posthumous – Honor medal for courage and devotion
2018, posthumous – Medal for internal security
Trebes attack
French-Moroccan Rdouane Lakdim shot occupants of a car, Renato Silva of Portugal and Jean Mazieres, in the outskirts of Carcassonne and hijacked the vehicle. He opened fire at a police barracks and wounded one police out of four before driving five kilometers to nearby Trebes. He stormed at a supermarket, when there were about fifty people inside, and killed two, a supermarket worker and a customer. He took to hostage at least one, as many managed to flee and some hid in a cold store, demanding release of only surviving suspect of Paris attack. Soon police in hundreds arrived, cordoned off the area and helped to evacuate people. Interior minister Gerard Collomb too arrived. After about three hours of stand-off he stabbed and shot Beltrame. Police stormed the building and killed him. Amaq News Agency, news outlet linked to the ISIS, named him a "soldier of the Islamic State." French President called the attacks an act of Islamist terrorism. While neutralizing Lakdim an officer from GIGN team was hurt too.
Redouane Lakdim
The suspect of Trebes attack was identified as 25-year-old Moroccan born French-Moroccan Redouane Lakdim. In 2016 he had served one month in prison for pretty crime. Since 2014 he was on a suspected Islamist extremists watchlist. Even though he was under surveillance for radicalism, there were no signs that he would carry out an attack and take hostage. After his death police raided his home in Carcassonne, where he lived with parents and sisters, and interviewed neighbors. He was described as a "pleasant young man" by one of his neighbors. Another said he was a calm and nice man. Notes referring to Islamic State were found from his home.
Renato Silva of Portugal and Jean Mazieres
Jean Mazieres died while Renato Silva survived shots of Lakdim. Silva went into coma and on April 4 he came out of it, but suffered partial paralysis in the face and could not walk without being assisted. He became deaf in one ear. He lives in Villemoustaussou, Aude.
United States President Donald Trump condemned the attack and said, "we are with you @EmmanuelMacron!"
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered condolence to victims' family members and friends.
Unite Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May said her country stood "in solidarity with our friends and allies in France, just as they always stand with us."
French President Emmanuel Macron said Beltrame "fell as a hero" and showed "exceptional courage."
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "The civilized world must unite and work together in order to defeat terrorism."
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Malik Yaqo Ismail (February 12, 1894 - January 25, 1974, (Syriac: ܡܐܠܝܟ ܝܐܩܥ ܝܣܡܐܝܠ) was an Assyrian tribal leader who was a Malik (chief) of the Upper Tyari tribe and a military leader of the Assyrian Levies.

Early life
Malik Yaqo Ismail was born on February 12, 1894, in the village of Chamba'd Malik, Tyari, Hakkari. He married on December 26, 1914, Maryam Youkhana, they eventually had three children, respectively: Uya, born in Iraq in 1929, Zia, born in Iraq in 1932, and Daoud, born in Syria in 1935.

Military career

During the First World War He participated in many battles as a fighter, and the first battle he fought as the leader of a group of 50 fighters was against Ismail Agha, the leader of a Kurdish tribe After the martyrdom of Patriarch Mar Benyamin Shimun. He participated in numerous battles during the First World War under the command of his father Malik Ismail II with the Assyrian Volunteers, he had first hand experience from the battles in Hakkari and the exodus to Russian controlled Persia.

He resigned from the Assyrian Levies with the rank of major (ܪܒ ܬܪܝ ܡܐܐ), and after his resignation, he tried to join the newly formed Iraqi army, but that did not happen.

Simele Massacre
Yaqo was accompanied by 200 armed men, which was seen as an act of defiance by the Iraqi authorities. His activities caused distress among the Kurds and the Iraqi government started sending troops to the Nohadra region in order to intimidate Yaqo and dissuade Assyrians from joining his cause.

According to a letter from the Administrative Inspector of Mosul to the Ministry of Interior, on 19 June 1933, Khoshaba, accompanied with Malik Khiyo of Ashitha and Malik Zaia Shams-al-Din of Lower Tyari left from Nohadra to Amadiya against the wishes of the Qaimmaqam who warned Khoshaba that Malik Yaqo was awaiting him on the road with at least 80 armed men. This resulted in the Mustarrif sending Iraqi police to ensure Khoshaba and his companions were not harmed and further drove the split between the factions.

Clashes at Dirabun
On 21 July 1933, more than 600 Assyrians, led by Malik Yaqo, crossed the border into Syria in hope of receiving asylum from the French Mandate of Syria. They were, however, disarmed and refused asylum, and were subsequently given light arms and sent back to Iraq on 4 August. They then decided to surrender themselves to the Iraqi Army. While crossing the Tigris in the Assyrian village of Dirabun, a clash erupted between the Assyrians and an Iraqi Army brigade. Despite the advantage of heavy artillery, the Iraqis were driven back to their military base in Dirabun. The Assyrians, convinced that the army had targeted them deliberately, attacked an army barracks with little success. They were driven back to Syria upon the arrival of Iraqi aeroplanes. The Iraqi Army lost 33 soldiers during the fighting while the Assyrian irregulars took fewer casualties. Historians do not agree on who started the clashes at the border. The British Administrative Inspector for Mosul, Lieutenant Colonel R. R. Stafford, wrote that the Assyrians had no intention of clashing with the Iraqis, while the Iraqi historian Khaldun Husry (son of the prominent Arab nationalist Sati' al-Husri) claims that it was Yaqu's men who provoked the army at Dirabun.

these clashes would subsequently be a precursor to the Simele Massacre.

Political life
In November 1969, he came to northern Iraq, accompanied by a delegation from the Assyrian societies in the United States of America, to meet the late leader of the Kurdish revolution (Mullah Mustafa Barzani), where Malik Yaqo asked him about the ultimate goal of the Kurdish revolution, and Mullah Barzani replied that the Kurds seek to establish a federal Iraq Then Malik Yako asked him: What about the Assyrians, many of whom are fighting on your side? Barzani admitted this by mentioning Malik Yaqo's nephew Hurmiz Malik Chikko, the Reverend Paul Bidari (a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party), the martyr hero Margaret George and others. Mullah Barzani gave him an honorable promise that the Assyrians would surely obtain autonomy if the Kurdish revolution succeeded. Mullah Mustafa was very tactful in agreeing to many of Malik Yaqo's proposals.

He returned to Iraq on February 26, 1973, at the invitation of the Minister of Interior Saadoun Ghaidan. But the proposals and projects presented to him were more misleading than trying to improve the conditions of the Assyrians in Iraq. As it became clear to him that the Iraqi government's offer to arm the Assyrian villages and towns adjacent to the Kurdish region is in order to serve the regime and its goals. It did not focus at all on the interests of the Assyrian people. He passed away on Friday January 25, 1974.

He would be the final Malik (Chief) of Upper Tyari tribe.

Books

 Assyrians and The Two World Wars

References

1894 births
1974 deaths

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About 1 ½ hours drive north from Adelaide is the beautiful Polish Hill River sub-region of the Clare Valley , home to Neil and Alison Paulett and their winery. The Polish Hill River region was named after the Polish Settlers of the mid 1800's. The area is blessed with a climate ideal for premium grape growing and the combination of consistently good winter rains, hot summers tempered by cool nights and a long ripening period produces grapes of exceptional flavours and balance.
Neil Paulett graduated from the Roseworthy Oenology course in 1971 and began working as a winemaker for Penfolds Wines in Sydney and then Rosemount in the Hunter Valley . With 10 years wine making experience behind him, Neil and wife Alison began their search for the place to establish their own family vineyard. After discovering the Clare Valley in 1981, they set about protracted negotiations to purchase what is now their property. The property had remained in the same family's hands from the 1860's until its purchase in 1983 and has a long history of vineyard production with vines being present for well over 100 years.
The property has expanded from the initial 47 hectares to 147 hectares and the on-going vineyard development now sees 25 hectares under vine. There is a substantial portion of Shiraz and Cabernet vines over 70 years of age and Riesling of 35 years and this their treasured resource makes up the back bone of the super premium red and white, the Andreas Shiraz and Antonina Riesling (Shiraz not produced every year, & Riesling yet to be produced) after these original settler family members. This connection with the past is felt very strongly and Neil and Alison understand and embrace the challenge of being custodians of the land for future generations. Son Matthew is now the Vineyard Manager and his ability to nurture both old vines and new is paying dividends. The exceptional quality of fruit produced is raising the standard of the wines even further.
In 2013 Pauletts celebrated the 30th Anniversary of operating their cellar door and receiving a producer's licence. The cellar door has become one of the 'must see' places in the Clare Valley, often described as having the most spectacular view from any cellar door in the country. "Thirty years ago, visiting a cellar door was not as common as now and we felt we had to offer that extra inducement to bring people to the Valley. Now it's just considered all part of the package, a welcoming cellar door, the premium wines and the spectacular views all enhance the sense of well-being that wine lovers have come to expect from Paulett's Winery" said Neil.
The range of wines produced has grown over the years in much the same way as Neil and Alison's interest in different varieties and wine styles. In addition to the staples of Shiraz and Riesling there is, a Late Harvest Riesling, Trillians Sparkling Riesling, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz, Cabernet & Malbec blend and a Cabernet Merlot. The constant refinement and attention to detail has led to the very high quality across this significant body of work.
Since the first vintage in 1983 there have been many accolades received from within Australia and internationally including the great 1995 vintage winning both the Top Riesling at the Hyatt/Advertiser awards and Best Riesling in the Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide. The 2005 Aged Release Riesling won 'Best Riesling in the World', at the 2010 Canberra International Riesling Challenge . When asked about these accolades Neil said "This kind of recognition against all-comers is particularly rewarding however there is just as much of a thrill walking into a restaurant seeing people enjoying a bottle of our wine".
Pauletts reputation for producing wines of finesse, elegance and intensity is justly earned and their skill and care can be seen consistently from vintage to vintage. Neil has a craftsman's sensibilities coupled with over 40 years experience making wine - and it all shows. The current release wines have a touch more roundness and generosity than previously and it's these subtle on-going improvements that have kept Pauletts at the forefront of Australian wine.
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Q: reading a numeric text file in Android Studio and put each number in an array index I have a text file like this: p102_triangles.txt which contains data like this:
-340,495,-153,-910,835,-947
-175,41,-421,-714,574,-645
-547,712,-352,579,951,-786
419,-864,-83,650,-399,171
-429,-89,-357,-930,296,-29
-734,-702,823,-745,-684,-62
-971,762,925,-776,-663,-157
...
I want to read this txt file in Android Studio and put each number in an integer array index.
this is my java file:
package com.example.davinci.trianglecontainment;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class triangleContainment extends AppCompatActivity {
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.triangle_containment_layout);
    }

}

and this is my folder tree in the application:

A: You basically need to read the text file into a String and then split the string by line breaks and commas.  Here is one way to do that:
private static String readTextFileFromAssets(Context context, String fileName){
    String ret = "";
    final android.content.res.AssetManager am = context.getResources().getAssets();
    java.io.InputStream is = null;
    try{
        is = am.open(fileName);

        if(is != null){
            java.io.BufferedReader r = new java.io.BufferedReader(new java.io.InputStreamReader(is), 8000);
            StringBuilder total = new StringBuilder();
            String line;
            while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) {
                total.append(line);
            }
            ret = total.toString();
        }

    }catch(Exception e){
        //handle error reading text file here
    }

    //return
    return ret;

}

private static java.util.ArrayList<Integer> readFileIntoArray (Context context) {
    String file = readTextFileFromAssets(context, "p102_triangles.txt");
    java.util.ArrayList<Integer> ret = new java.util.ArrayList<>();
    String[] lines = file.split("\n");
    for (String line : lines) {
        String[] values = line.split(",");
        for (String value : values) ret.add(Integer.parseInt(value));
    }
    return ret;
}

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import testtools

from neutron.hacking import checks
from neutron.tests import base

class HackingTestCase(base.BaseTestCase):

    def assertLinePasses(self, func, line):
        with testtools.ExpectedException(StopIteration):
            next(func(line))

    def assertLineFails(self, func, line):
        self.assertIsInstance(next(func(line)), tuple)

    def test_log_translations(self):
        expected_marks = {
            'error': '_LE',
            'info': '_LI',
            'warn': '_LW',
            'warning': '_LW',
            'critical': '_LC',
            'exception': '_LE',
        }
        logs = expected_marks.keys()
        debug = "LOG.debug('OK')"
        self.assertEqual(
            0, len(list(checks.validate_log_translations(debug, debug, 'f'))))
        for log in logs:
            bad = 'LOG.%s("Bad")' % log
            self.assertEqual(
                1, len(list(checks.validate_log_translations(bad, bad, 'f'))))
            ok = "LOG.%s('OK')    # noqa" % log
            self.assertEqual(
                0, len(list(checks.validate_log_translations(ok, ok, 'f'))))
            ok = "LOG.%s(variable)" % log
            self.assertEqual(
                0, len(list(checks.validate_log_translations(ok, ok, 'f'))))

            for mark in checks._all_hints:
                stmt = "LOG.%s(%s('test'))" % (log, mark)
                self.assertEqual(
                    0 if expected_marks[log] == mark else 1,
                    len(list(checks.validate_log_translations(stmt, stmt,
                                                              'f'))))

    def test_no_translate_debug_logs(self):
        for hint in checks._all_hints:
            bad = "LOG.debug(%s('bad'))" % hint
            self.assertEqual(
                1, len(list(checks.no_translate_debug_logs(bad, 'f'))))

    def test_use_jsonutils(self):
        def __get_msg(fun):
            msg = ("N321: jsonutils.%(fun)s must be used instead of "
                   "json.%(fun)s" % {'fun': fun})
            return [(0, msg)]

        for method in ('dump', 'dumps', 'load', 'loads'):
            self.assertEqual(
                __get_msg(method),
                list(checks.use_jsonutils("json.%s(" % method,
                                          "./neutron/common/rpc.py")))

            self.assertEqual(0,
                len(list(checks.use_jsonutils("jsonx.%s(" % method,
                                              "./neutron/common/rpc.py"))))

            self.assertEqual(0,
                len(list(checks.use_jsonutils("json.%sx(" % method,
                                              "./neutron/common/rpc.py"))))

            self.assertEqual(0,
                len(list(checks.use_jsonutils(
                    "json.%s" % method,
                    "./neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/openvswitch/agent/xenapi/"
                    "etc/xapi.d/plugins/netwrap"))))

    def test_assert_called_once_with(self):
        fail_code1 = """
               mock = Mock()
               mock.method(1, 2, 3, test='wow')
               mock.method.assert_called_once()
               """
        fail_code2 = """
               mock = Mock()
               mock.method(1, 2, 3, test='wow')
               mock.method.assertCalledOnceWith()
               """
        fail_code3 = """
               mock = Mock()
               mock.method(1, 2, 3, test='wow')
               mock.method.assert_has_called()
               """
        pass_code = """
               mock = Mock()
               mock.method(1, 2, 3, test='wow')
               mock.method.assert_called_once_with()
               """
        pass_code2 = """
               mock = Mock()
               mock.method(1, 2, 3, test='wow')
               mock.method.assert_has_calls()
               """
        self.assertEqual(
            1, len(list(checks.check_assert_called_once_with(fail_code1,
                                            "neutron/tests/test_assert.py"))))
        self.assertEqual(
            1, len(list(checks.check_assert_called_once_with(fail_code2,
                                            "neutron/tests/test_assert.py"))))
        self.assertEqual(
            0, len(list(checks.check_assert_called_once_with(pass_code,
                                            "neutron/tests/test_assert.py"))))
        self.assertEqual(
            1, len(list(checks.check_assert_called_once_with(fail_code3,
                                            "neutron/tests/test_assert.py"))))
        self.assertEqual(
            0, len(list(checks.check_assert_called_once_with(pass_code2,
                                            "neutron/tests/test_assert.py"))))

    def test_check_oslo_namespace_imports(self):
        f = checks.check_oslo_namespace_imports
        self.assertLinePasses(f, 'from oslo_utils import importutils')
        self.assertLinePasses(f, 'import oslo_messaging')
        self.assertLineFails(f, 'from oslo.utils import importutils')
        self.assertLineFails(f, 'from oslo import messaging')
        self.assertLineFails(f, 'import oslo.messaging')

    def test_check_python3_xrange(self):
        f = checks.check_python3_xrange
        self.assertLineFails(f, 'a = xrange(1000)')
        self.assertLineFails(f, 'b =xrange   (   42 )')
        self.assertLineFails(f, 'c = xrange(1, 10, 2)')
        self.assertLinePasses(f, 'd = range(1000)')
        self.assertLinePasses(f, 'e = six.moves.range(1337)')

    def test_no_basestring(self):
        self.assertEqual(1,
            len(list(checks.check_no_basestring("isinstance(x, basestring)"))))

    def test_check_python3_iteritems(self):
        f = checks.check_python3_no_iteritems
        self.assertLineFails(f, "d.iteritems()")
        self.assertLinePasses(f, "six.iteritems(d)")

    def test_asserttrue(self):
        fail_code1 = """
               test_bool = True
               self.assertEqual(True, test_bool)
               """
        fail_code2 = """
               test_bool = True
               self.assertEqual(test_bool, True)
               """
        pass_code = """
               test_bool = True
               self.assertTrue(test_bool)
               """
        self.assertEqual(
            1, len(list(checks.check_asserttrue(fail_code1,
                                            "neutron/tests/test_assert.py"))))
        self.assertEqual(
            1, len(list(checks.check_asserttrue(fail_code2,
                                            "neutron/tests/test_assert.py"))))
        self.assertEqual(
            0, len(list(checks.check_asserttrue(pass_code,
                                            "neutron/tests/test_assert.py"))))

    def test_no_mutable_default_args(self):
        self.assertEqual(1, len(list(checks.no_mutable_default_args(
            " def fake_suds_context(calls={}):"))))

        self.assertEqual(1, len(list(checks.no_mutable_default_args(
            "def get_info_from_bdm(virt_type, bdm, mapping=[])"))))

        self.assertEqual(0, len(list(checks.no_mutable_default_args(
            "defined = []"))))

        self.assertEqual(0, len(list(checks.no_mutable_default_args(
            "defined, undefined = [], {}"))))

    def test_assertfalse(self):
        fail_code1 = """
               test_bool = False
               self.assertEqual(False, test_bool)
               """
        fail_code2 = """
               test_bool = False
               self.assertEqual(test_bool, False)
               """
        pass_code = """
               test_bool = False
               self.assertFalse(test_bool)
               """
        self.assertEqual(
            1, len(list(checks.check_assertfalse(fail_code1,
                                            "neutron/tests/test_assert.py"))))
        self.assertEqual(
            1, len(list(checks.check_assertfalse(fail_code2,
                                            "neutron/tests/test_assert.py"))))
        self.assertEqual(
            0, len(list(checks.check_assertfalse(pass_code,
                                            "neutron/tests/test_assert.py"))))

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Hidden right next to Yasaka-jinja Shrine, this lovely ryokan is a fantastic place to stay in Kyoto and the location is among the best in town.
Blink and you'll miss the entrance to Yuzuya Ryokan, which is up a flight of steps just to the north of the entrance to Yasaka-jinja Shrine on Higashioji-dori. This fine ryokan commands one of the best locations in all Kyoto. Behind you, you've got the entire Southern Higashiyama sightseeing district, while in front of you is Shijo-dori, which leads straight into downtown (a mere 10-minute walk). Guests rave about the food, the wooden bathtubs and the attentive service. It's highly recommended.
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Michelin awards the Araki three stars and announces 17 new one stars
Monday, October 2nd 2017, 13:24
Written by: Katie Pathiaki
Chef Mitsuhiro Araki's restaurant, the Araki in London's Regent Street, has been awarded three Michelin stars.
At a live event held at the Brewery in London, near the Barbican, Michelin also awarded Claude Bosi's Bibendum two stars, while 17 restaurants were named new one stars in the 2018 Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland.
This year, the Guide offered new plaques for all one-, two- and three-star restaurants.
It is the first time three new Michelin stars has been awarded in the UK since 2010 when Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester, London, won the ultimate accolade three years after the restaurant's launch. Prior to that, Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck won a third star in 2004.
The Araki is also the first Japanese restaurant in the UK to hold three Michelin stars.
Chef Mitsuhiro Araki previously ran Araki restaurant in Tokyo for which he held three Michelin stars, but chose to close it in February 2013 in order to pursue a new challenge.
He relocated to London in 2014 to open the 15-seat restaurant which comprises nine seats at the counter and six in the private dining room.
In September 2015, The Araki was awarded two stars in the 2016 Michelin Guide for the UK and Ireland. It was one of two Japanese restaurants in London to be elevated to the two-star level that year, the other being Umu.
Accepting his award, the tearful Araki said he was very grateful and thanked his wife and daughter. "I have a responsibility for my customers and for our future," he added.
The only new restaurant to be awarded two stars was Bibendum in London's Chelsea which opened six months ago in March.
Bosi was awarded his first star in the UK at Overton Grange in 1997. He was then awarded a Michelin star at Hibiscus in Ludlow in 2001 and two in 2004. In 2007, he relocated the restaurant to London where it retained its two stars until he closed it last year.
The guide said the move by Claude was "a very clear statement on intent and has invigorated his character. Food is big and bold, which suits his personality". Inspectors judged his dishes to be the stand out food of the year.
Bosi said: "We are so lucky to have this, it's utterly fantastic. We are at an age where we cook the way we feel. My team has been absolutely unbelievable."
Meanwhile, the new one-Michelin-starred restaurants included Matt Worswick's the Latymer at Pennyhill Park hotel, Surrey; Michael Caines' Lympstone Manor, Devon – which has only been open for six months; the Clock House, Ripley, Surrey, where Fred Clapperton took over as head chef in September 2016; Mark Birchall's Moor Hall in West Lancashire which opened in March this year; and Vineet Bhatia's self-titled restaurant in London Chelsea.
Worswick held a star at Glenapp Castle and comes from the stable of two-Michelin-starred Le Champignon Sauvage.
The Wild Honey Inn in the Burren, County Clare, was announced as the first pub in Ireland to win a Michelin star. Chef and owner Aidan McGrath said: "I'm stuck for words for once! It's a huge thing for me, my family and my team. We have worked so hard."
Inspectors said Mumbai chef Bhatia, who first won a Michelin star in 2001, took inspiration from his travels and added Indian flavours to dishes using British ingredients. He said: "It's very important for us, I'm chuffed for my family and the team. It's the dream!"
The Welcome and Service Award was given to Sandia Chang and James Knappett of Bubbledogs. Michelin said that they were chosen because "they proved there could be harmony between the kitchen and service teams".
"This award is extended to the whole team for the hard work they do, their knowledge and personality", the guide added.
One of the biggest trends that Michelin identified over the past year was the rise in British chefs using local, seasonal produce and pushing modern British cuisine.
The first Michelin Guide for the British Isles appeared in 1911. The Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland now recommends more than 3,000 places to eat and sleep – including those restaurants and pubs awarded Michelin stars for the quality of their food.
New three Michelin-starred restaurants
The Araki, London Regent Street
New two Michelin-starred restaurants
Bibendum, London Chelsea
New one Michelin-starred restaurants
The Latymer at Pennyhill Park, Surrey
Lympstone Manor, Devon
Coworth Park, Berkshire
The Clock House, Surrey
The Dining Room at Whatley Manor, Wiltshire
Moor Hall, West Lancashire
The Coach, Marlow
Paco Tapas, Bristol
Loch Bay, Isle of Skye
The Wild Honey Inn, Burren, Co. Clare
A. Wong, London Victoria
Jamavar, London Mayfair
La Dame de Pic in the Four Seasons hotel, Ten Trinity Square London
Vineet Bhatia, London Chelsea
Aquavit, London St James's
Elystan Street, London Chelsea
The Square, London
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Revenue from new U.S. vehicle sales fell to $47 billion in the month of September, down 0.3% from a year ago, according to TrueCar Inc. The decline comes as higher incentives, amid expectations of lower sales, offset a 2% increase in average transaction prices. The average price for a new light vehicle was $33,090 in September, while average incentive spending by car makers rose $245 to $3,387 per vehicle, which raised the ratio of incentive spending to average transaction price (ATP) 0.5 percentage points to 10.2%. "Going forward TrueCar is keeping a close eye on incentive spending as a percent of ATP which exceeded the 10% level for the second straight month," said TrueCar analyst Eric Lyman. "We expect this figure to drop as the sell down of 2016 model year vehicles is completed in Q4." Shares of General Motors Co. hve lost 6.6% year to date and Ford Motor Co.'s stock has shed 14%, while the S&P 500 has gained 6.1%.


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Reuters | Posted: Dec. 17, 2022, 3:30 p.m. | Updated: Dec. 17, 2022, 3:30 p.m. | 2 Min Read
(Reuters) - Emma Raducanu says her new coach Sebastian Sachs has been appointed on a trial basis until the end of the year.
Last year's U.S. Open champion Raducanu was watched by Sachs, her fifth coach in 18 months, on Friday as she lost to world number two Ons Jabeur on her injury return in an exhibition match in Abu Dhabi.
Sachs, 30, guided Belinda Bencic to Olympic gold last year and was earlier part of the coaching team of Victoria Azarenka, a former world number one.
He has teamed up with Raducanu after Dmitry Tursunov decided not to continue his partnership with the 20-year-old Briton following the U.S. Open this year.
"We are trialling until the end of the year and just seeing how it goes really," Raducanu, who is ranked 76th in the world, was quoted as saying by the BBC.
"It's been going well. I've done a week with him so far and I think he's a really calm influence. He's on it, switched on, and yeah, I'm excited to see how it goes."
Raducanu pulled out of Britain's Billie Jean King Cup team in October due to a wrist injury, but now says she is injury free.
"Physically, body, injury-wise I'm good now, I'm clear. Touch wood it stays like that," Raducanu said.
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Research shows that a lot more folks, especially women are dating younger and today we're going to talk about his change in dating patterns and when it means for the future. Is it just a fad ? What are the advantages ? How about the disadvantages ? Is it worth it?
Q: Why are more folks "dating younger" these days ?
A: Technological advances of internet and smart phone result in cultural evolution In the past folks were often limited to pool of potential partners by geography, ethnicity religion or race. With the advent of technology most of these barriers have fallen people. Specifically with the emergence of the internet and social media, dating taboos around age are falling as well. The web has expanded the possibilities of meeting people far beyond what school or workplace or local bars allowed and made shared interests rather than convenience the basis for exploring a relationship. Changes always create anxiety however and many of our notions about what is right have been challenged. Today we're going to allay some of the unnecessary fears.
Q: In general, what are the advantages of dating someone younger than yourself ?
3) Less concern about marriage or having a family.
What are the disadvantages of dating a younger person?
A: Not really. The internet has allowed people to make decisions about substance not prejudice or an artificial sense of what is proper. Just as we used to think that dating someone from another geographical region or nationality or religion or race was wrong we now realize that it's OK. Bucking tradition has its consequences but whether it is a good idea or not is up for each individual to decide. What is truly different about today's scene is that, thanks to the internet, that people now have a wider range possibilities to chose from.


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Five-year-old child dies from coronavirus as UK death toll passes 4,000
The child is the youngest COVID-19 victim
5 Apr 2020, 09:59 | Updated: 5 Apr 2020, 10:08
Tags: boris johnson, Coronavirus, NHS
A five-year-old child has become the youngest person to die from coronavirus.
NHS England has said the child – who had underlying health problems – was one of 708 further victims to have died after testing positive for the deadly bug.
It was confirmed on Saturday, April 4, that the death toll in the UK had reached 4,313 with more than 41,000 confirmed cases.
Michael Gove paid tribute to the young child (Credit: Twitter/Downing Street)
Read more: UK coronavirus death toll passes 4,000 as 708 more people die
Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove paid tribute to the child during the government's daily press conference.
He said: "Our thoughts today are also with the family of the five-year-old child with underlying health conditions who's tragically died."
Our thoughts today are also with the family of the five-year-old child.
Of the 708 people who sadly died, the oldest patient was 104.
40 aged between 48 and 93 had no known underlying conditions.
The Department of Health confirmed yesterday that the total death toll in the UK is 4,313.
The number of confirmed cases have also risen from 38,168 to 41,903 as Brits continue in lockdown.
UPDATE on coronavirus (#COVID19) testing in the UK:
As of 9am 4 April, a total of 183,190 people have been tested of which 41,903 tested positive.
As of 5pm on 3 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 4,313 have sadly died. pic.twitter.com/XOGZ8TvAOR
— Department of Health and Social Care (@DHSCgovuk) April 4, 2020
A total of 684 people in the UK died over a 24-hour period between Wednesday, April 1, and Thursday, April 2.
As of 9am on Saturday, Department of Health officials said a total of 183,190 people were tested for the virus.
41,903 were positive.
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fiancee Carrie Symonds recently revealed she's been suffering from symptoms.
Carrie Symonds symptoms
Carrie, who is pregnant with the couple's first child, said on Twitter: "I've spent the past week in bed with the main symptoms of coronavirus.
"After seven days of rest, I feel stronger and I'm on the mend.
Carrie Symonds revealed she's been suffering from symptoms (Credit: SplashNews.com)
Read more: Boris Johnson's pregnant fiancee Carrie Symonds suffering coronavirus symptoms
"Being pregnant with COVID-19 is obviously worrying."
Boris Johnson is isolating
Boris recently tested positive for coronavirus and a Downing Street spokesperson confirmed the PM would remain in isolation.
In a recent video update, the Prime Minister repeated calls for Brits to adhere to social distancing measures this weekend as the weather improves.
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A company which began out in 1946, the Lowe's Residence Enchancment Company was first a ironmongery shop in a humble municipality and is now included within the Fortune 500 corporations inside the United States. The federal government criticism alleges that Lowe's failed to supply documentation exhibiting that the contractors it hires to perform renovation initiatives for Lowe's prospects had been certified by EPA, had been correctly trained, had used lead-protected work practices, or had correctly used EPA-permitted lead check kits at renovation websites.
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We've explored the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya utilizing Google's Tango technology, and we've additionally used it for a bit of gaming Now that Lenovo is bringing the first Tango device for the plenty, we're additionally going to see new augmented reality software that make use of Google's 3D mapping software tech.
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Lück, H., & Grote, H. (2012). GEO 600. In L. Ju (Ed.), Advanced Gravitational Wave Detector (pp. 155-168 ). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
The GEO 600 detector is a 600m baseline interferometer in Hannover, Germany. We begin by discussing the history of this detector and go on to describe the techniques used to achieve initial target sensitivity. We then describe a series of upgrades and advanced techniques that will increase the sensitivity of this instrument for frequencies above 500 Hz. We finish by summarising the future plans of GEO 600. A bit of history GEO 600 is a British/German gravitational wave detector (see Grote for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, 2008) located in Germany close to the city of Hannover. The scientific goal of GEO 600, beside taking data for gravitational wave detection, is the demonstration and testing of techniques for advanced detectors. GEO evolved from a collaboration between the groups working on the Garching 30m and the Glasgow 10m prototypes. In 1989 these groups proposed to build an underground 3 km gravitational wave detector, 'GEO', in the Harz mountains in northern Germany (Hough et al., 1989) based on earlier proposals (Maischberger et al., 1985; Leuchs et al., 1987). Although reviewed positively, a shortage of funds on both ends, in the British Science and Engineering Research Council and after the German reunification also in the German funding bodies, made the realisation of this large project impossible. The collaborators decided to try obtaining funds for a shorter detector and compensate for the shortness by implementing more advanced techniques. A suitable stretch of land to build a 600m instrument was found 20 km south of the city of Hannover, owned by the Universität Hannover and the state of Lower Saxony.


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A warning that this podcast contains content some people may find upsetting, and may be considered only suitable for adults.
Available below is the written transcript of Cambs Cops Our Stories Episode 5: "I didn't think I would be believed."
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Presenter: Hello and welcome to Cambs Cops: Our Stories.
Firstly, a warning at the start of this podcast that we will be covering themes which some listeners may find upsetting and may be considered suitable only for adults.
Today we'll be discussing the process of reporting a sexual offence, speaking to Detective Inspector Amerjit Singh and Sexual Assault Referral Centre Manager Rachel Matheson.
We will also be speaking to a survivor of a serious sexual assault, as she discusses her experiences and how she reported what happened, after initially being worried that she wouldn't be believed.
Survivor: So, it happened in April 2015 and it took place in a hotel. I was away on business and the perpetrator was my line manager. I'd known him for eight years, had an okay working relationship, but never really liked him as a person. He was the sort of type of womaniser and very arrogant, but as I say, to work for professionally everything was fine.
On the night in question whilst a group of colleagues socialised at the hotel, with him included, he began texting me and this escalated to what I'd call sexual harassment, each time with me refusing his offers and advances. When we all eventually retired to our respective bedrooms he continued to prey on me by constantly ringing my mobile. He felt like a predator, when he said to me I shall knock on every bedroom door until I find you, and yet I still wouldn't disclose my bedroom number to him, but on the phone after some noise and like a dropping smashing sound the line fell silent and I assumed that he had finally given up and passed out, but unbeknown to me he was more determined than ever to find me, even after falling down a full flight of stairs near the reception area. He had ransacked reception and found my details, including my room number, and then he found a night porter and he lied to them stating that he was my husband. Obviously, I'm an employee so he knows my surname and he said that he'd lost his room key for room 26, which was mine. Tragically, the night porter escorted him up to my bedroom and he let him in. I was in bed in my pyjamas in the dark. For the next 20 minutes he sexually assaulted me and it was only the repeated action of throwing me to the floor which raised the alarm with a family below. After squirming away and grabbing the ringing bedroom phone I screamed at the caller, who happened to be the barman from earlier on. I screamed to him to come and rescue me from the man in my room. He arrived within what felt like seconds and escorted the perpetrator out. I sat on the bedroom floor for hours just sobbing.
Rachel Matheson: Trauma affects people in different ways and what we do is we address the needs of the patient as they come in, or before they come in, to make sure they feel as comfortable and supported as possible.
Survivor: It was playing over and over in my mind 24/7 and it was both unbelievable, but very real at the same time. I knew what happened was wrong, I knew it was a crime and I'd been violated and hurt and so I thought realistically I only had two options. I either report to the police or I don't, and of course it was difficult, but once I decided to report my sexual assault to the police, then to me it was just a case of turning up a police station. I remember I felt scared, but also reassured that these were the people that were going to help me.
DI Amerjit Singh: Rape investigations and serious sexual offences are one of the, if not the most, challenging investigations to prove in court. Essentially, most of these cases are one word against another, however as investigators and officers it's really important that we are professional in our conduct and that we support the victims, but also, we gather as much evidence as we can. A lot of that relies heavily on our victims supporting the prosecution and there are measures that we put in place to do that, but also the officers are trained to ensure that they gather evidence from a wide variety of sources and have an ability to gather that evidence professionally.
Rachel Matheson: We don't encourage our survivors to report to the police, we have we have many people who come use the SARC who have reported to the police, however we also offer an option where people can self-refer and this is so that they can get the care that they need without reporting to the police and I think that's incredibly important, because I think what the self-referral option does is it buys people time, so they're not trying to make a decision when they are experiencing trauma. So, what we what we tend to do is if they want to have forensic samples taken we can store those for seven years, so if they want to go to the police during that time then all the evidence is still there, but we are entirely patient-led.
Survivor: My life pre-trauma no longer exists as I knew it. I've grieved for the person that I used to be and even after these many years I've begun to accept that person is never coming back and that's very hard to do.
DI Amerjit Singh: Some of the negative stereotypes are the issues and also some, as you probably know nationally, there is a low conviction rate currently of a rape and serious sexual offences and you know the police and the prosecuting agencies are doing everything we can to change that and to encourage people to report and some of the reasons for not engaging could be because of the fear of not being believed, or a fear of not getting a successful prosecution, a conviction at court, and I think what I would say to any victim out there is that we will believe you. As Cambridgeshire Constabulary we are really driven to help people of serious sexual offence violence and also ensure that we're getting them justice and again if there's a concern about not being believed, I can assure you that's not the case. We will deal with you professionally sensitively and to ensure that we give you as much of our time as needed.
Rachel Matheson: I think speak to someone whether it is someone like the Elms, whether they want to talk to the police whether, it's friend family member, it's really important to have some support and someone you can talk to.
Survivor: It's trying to struggle alone, it's hard to describe, but it's basically, it's soul destroying and very debilitating. You can't really function and any survivor of this type of crime will probably resonate with some of what I'm saying. Having a safe place to visit and receive some aftercare support and even to just discuss your options is a real life saver. Like I say, I was so alone not knowing about the service, that I did think I only had two options and I wasn't even functioning probably correctly to make rational decisions. You can decide via the Elms whether you want to go on to report your assault as a crime or not, it's an option as I say that I wasn't aware of, I didn't realise that I could obtain any care and support as a victim of sexual crime without going through the police. Every emotion that you feel is valid, there's no instructions on how to survive such an intimate and intrusive trauma, but there are guides and there are specialist support options available, including talking therapy, which will provide you some slow and gradual reassurance and help rebuild some strength for you to take whichever path you feel is right for you to recovery. This is what I massively missed out on because I was unaware of such services and I feel that this would have made the world of difference to me in my journey to recovery.
Presenter: Thank you to everyone who took the time to speak to us today, in particular the sexual offence survivor, for bravely coming forward to tell her story, and thank you for listening. Remember to look out for the next episode of Cambs Cops: Our Stories on our YouTube channel.
If you've been affected by the content of today's podcast, or want to know more about the support options available to survivors of serious sexual offences, please visit www.cambs.police.uk/rape for more information.
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The MET COSTA MESA WINS 2018 RENOVATED BUILDING CATEGORY!
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While the SanTana City Council is trying to ban taco trucks (#carneasadaisnotacrime), the city of Costa Mesa is welcoming Orange County's first permanent food truck park at The MET, a vertical creative campus consisting of three 12-story office towers and a three-story 24 Hour Fitness Sport facility.
"We are looking to provide a daily diverse, and vibrant culinary experience doe tenants and visitors with the 'Food Truck Runway' here at The MET", says owner and manager, McCarthy Cook & Co.
They have hired Karen DiEugenio, a luxe lonchera Bacon Mania to curate the daily truck rotation as well as operate Verde Kitchen, the new on-site café lounge that will compliment the selection of food trucks on campus. DiEugenio looks to assure that there will be a variety of trucks from Orange County (as well as possibly hosting visiting trucks from LA and IE) along with organizing special events like farmer's/artisan markets, concerts, movies, and tap takeovers to create an exciting experience for tenants as well as visitors to the campus.
Connected to the Runway will be three comfortable seating and social areas offering a shaded outdoor dining retreat for tenants and visitors. Each seating area will also feature urban planter beds with fresh vegetable and herb gardens growing produce for Verde Kitchen to be offered in their daily select "Farm to Fork" menu items.
There will be permanent bays for three food trucks, one of those spots each day will be occupied by a resident food truck and the remaining two spots each day will be filled on a rotating basis from a pool of food trucks like Hobo Pizza, White Rabbit, Piaggo on Wheels, SOHO Taco, Dogzilla and many more.
The whole community is encouraged to visit the Food Truck Runway and enjoy all that the campus at the MET has to offer. Parking is available for outside guests (a 15-minute grace period), and the new Verde Kitchen will validate parking for café and food truck visitors. The expansive 15-acre campus along the 405 freeway is slated for a grand opening in Summer 2017. In the meantime visitors are welcome to visit and grab a bit from the rotating collection of trucks serving lunch daily from 11 a.m. – 2p.m. See you there!
Q What are the biggest public affairs challenges architects face from proposed and existing state and federal laws, regulations and recent court rulings? How does AIACC propose they be resolved?
A Keeping up with the ever shifting landscape of regulation and legislation is a challenge for California architects. We are fortunate at the AIACC to have a very experienced staff in Paul Welsh, our exec director and Mark Christian and Kurt Cooknick Assoc. AIA, bolstered by our consultants. They work in concert to keep AIACC leadership in the loop. This year there have been a few "shooting comets" that got a lot of attention only to have since dropped to the background-one example was the proposed sales tax on services. This was a proposal which would have had major negative impacts on the com-petitiveness and service model for all California architects, and major fallout for citizens and institutions statewide as a result. We are quick to move when new proposals come to light; we take a "big picture" view in analyz-ing the impacts not just for our profession, but on citizens, the environment, on business and on sustainability. We use that lens to craft positions that we believe in most cases become the prudent course that prevails. We con-sider this work part of our calling to be "stewards" of the built environment.
Having founded a local program over a decade ago called "code conversations" has helped build an environment of trust and communication with region-al code officials. That open channel brought some serious dividends for both sides of the counter, to focus on common ground: a shared interest in high-performing buildings that com-ply with modern design standards: life safety codes, energy-efficiency goals, and sustainability objectives. For a small task force of local architects and code officials, the "win win" result after rolling up our sleeves for about six months: the PASS Program (Prequalified Architectural Submittal System). PASS increases efficiency and effectiveness of the plan review process, with minimal change to normal business practices of design professionals, with the result that citizens enjoy high performing modem buildings quicker, with lower cost, and increased public safety and code conformance. PASS boosts economic development, at little to no cost. It's not surprising given the win-win foundation of PASS as an innovative approach to the regulatory process that is already in use by 16 jurisdictions including the City of Sacramento, Folsom, Elk Grove, the County of Sacramento and more -the first such regionally consistent program in the country. A companion program "One and Done," which eliminates wasteful and costly excessive plan review cycles, is in beta test now.
Repurposing older buildings via design and construction retrofits can be much greener and less costly. Making the right calculation is complicated, it must be assessed on a project-by-project basis, and there is disagreement about the entire process. But, given the fact that the overwhelming majority of all commercial stock already exists and comparatively few new buildings are erected each year, repositioning or retrofitting makes sense if the structure fits the tenant's needs.
In planning and budgeting, owners should ask if energy and environmental upgrades are financially feasible, compared to those planned in new construction. What are the government codes considerations? How long will it take to gain government approvals for a new facility, raze it and construct it-and how much money will be lost in the meantime when less time-consuming retrofits can be achieved? Retrofitting can significantly reduce costs, but is the older building's structure sound and appropriate for longer-term uses?
course of a 75-year life span. LCA is an internationally recognized approach to evaluating the potential environ-mental and human health impacts associated with products and services throughout their respective life cycles ." The study was published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and The Summit Foundation, with the sup-port of companies like the Skanska Group.
Brenden McEneaney, director of the U.S. Green Building Council Northern California, says , "A lot of energy and embodied carbon goes into building materials. As new buildings us e energy more efficiently, an increasing part of a building's environmental impact is embedded in all the materials required to build it. To reduce that impact, retrofitting old inefficient buildings can make a lot of sense. The Empire State Building avoided the cos t of a new chiller by investing in efficiency. Older buildings often were designed with sustainability, using natural day-light and ventilation, and are often located near trans it. In Silicon Valley, Sharp Development has retrofitted office equipment. Energy savings of 50-75% can be achieved in commercial buildings that makes mart us e of energy-efficiency measures, says IPCC.
But is Retrofitting a Good Investment?
The historic Western Metal Supply Building incorporated into the design of Petco Park in San Diego (front and back views). Photos courtesy of Heritage Architecture & Planning.
McCarthy Cook SVP Brian Harnetiaux, this year's chairman of BOMA International, says his company is "currently is repositioning a fifteen-acre campus in Costa Mesa that will be rebranded The MET Costa Mesa. (See rendering above.) New commercial buildings are being constructed in this market, but rather than tear down three perfectly good office buildings, we decided to update the campus and add new amenities in order to remain competitive and attract the best tenants.
That said, new buildings experienced higher occupancy (6.4% versus 2.5%) and higher rents (6.1% versus 1%).
There is, however, no question that retrofitting older buildings with energy and lighting upgrades is invariably a good investment. For instance, ENERGY STAR-certified buildings have 13.5% greater value than those whose owners have not taken the same steps to upgrade their facilities. Their utility use is 10% less, they get 4.8% higher rents and 1 % greater occupancy, to cite a few advantages. For instance, retrofitting the aging iconic Empire State Building reportedly received a payback from its energy retrofits in less than four years-and can count on substantial net savings in the future. Government grants and other financial incentives take a lot of the pain out of funding the energy upgrades of older buildings.
Preserving the past is both architecturally and emotionally satisfying to people. Eclectic cityscapes are valued for their cultural significance.
The Federal Reserve did business in it for nearly six decades before it outgrew the building and moved to its Market Street facility. After a brief stint as a law firm, the old SF Fed was acquired by Bently Holdings, which converted its upper floors to LEED Platinum office space. Its lower floors are rented for elegant special events, business meetings and conferences. These spaces represent one of San Francisco's greenest special event venues, as well as some of the West Coast's most acclaimed spaces. The building is also included in the National Register of Historic Places and is and one of San Francisco's significant cultural landmarks.
Other such historic conversions abound throughout California.
"We find that older buildings are usually better designed and detailed than most structures built in the last 50 years. Our job as preservation architects is to polish them up, make sensitive upgrades, and get them back into service. Oftentimes, the only way to save a building from demolition is to find a new use for it. Some buildings are easy to adaptively reuse-like hotels into apartments or warehouses into open office spaces. The biggest challenge is finding a compatible new use for unique building types, like the 1930s police facility called The Headquarters that we helped transform into retail and restaurants in downtown San Diego," says David Marshall, president of Heritage Architecture & Planning.
72 Townsend in San Francisco makes use of a former single-story warehouse. Photo credit: Chelsea Olson, SB Architects.


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Q: Decoding Keyence LJ-X8000 Bitmap-Height Image I have a Keyence Line Laser System LJ-X 8000, that I use to scan the surface of different objects.
The Controller saves the height information as a bitmap, with each pixel representing one height value. After a lot of tinkering, I found out, that Keyence is not using the actual colors, rather than using the 24-Bit RGB-triplets as some form of binary storage. However, no combination of these bytes seems to work for me. Are there any common storage methods for 24-bit Integers?

A: To decode those values, I did a scan covering the whole measurement range of the scanner, including some out of range values in the beginning and the end. If you look at the distribution of the values of each color plane, you can see, that the first and third plane actually only use values up to 8/16 which means only 3/4 Bits. This is also visible in the image itself, as it mainly shows a green color.
I concluded that Keyence uses the full byte of the green color plane, 3 Bits of the first and 4 Bits of the last plane to store the height information. Keyence seems to have chosen some weird 15 Bit Integer Format to store their data.
With a little bit-shifting and knowing that the scanner has a valid range from [-2.2, 2.2], I was able to build the following simple little (Matlab-) script to calculate the height information for each pixel:
HeightValBin = bitshift(scanIm(:,:,2),7, 'uint16') ...
               + bitshift(scanIm(:,:,1),4, 'uint16')...
               + bitshift(scanIm(:,:,3),0, 'uint16');
scanBinValScaled = interp1([0,2^15], [-2.2, 2.2], double(scanBinVal));

Keyence offers a software to convert those .bmp into .csv-files, but without an API to automate the process. As I will have to deal with a lot of these files I needed to automate this process.
The calculated values from the rgb triplets are actually even more precise than the exported csv, as the csv only shows 4 digits after the decimal point.


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Elmira World War II veteran selected for New York State Senate Veterans' Hall of Fame
by: George Stockburger
Posted: May 20, 2019 / 06:57 PM EDT / Updated: May 20, 2019 / 09:59 PM EDT
Senator Tom O'Mara today announced that he will induct a World War II United States Navy veteran, the late Paul C. "Digger" Vendetti, an Elmira native and longtime caretaker at Woodlawn National Cemetery, into the New York State Senate Veterans' Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
The formal induction takes place at a ceremony in Hearing Room B of the Legislative Office Building in Albany.
O'Mara selected Vendetti, who died last summer, from among nominations he received from throughout his 58th Senate District. Vendetti will represent O'Mara's district and be among approximately 60 veterans from throughout the state inducted into the Hall of Fame this year. Senators select one inductee annually from their respective legislative districts.
The Senate established its online Veterans' Hall of Fame in 2005 and, including this year, has inducted more than 400 veterans. The Hall salutes New York veterans for their service in the United States Armed Forces and their civilian accomplishments. A link to the Hall is available on the home page of O'Mara's Senate website, www.omara.nysenate.gov.
O'Mara said, "It is my great privilege to help ensure that Paul Vendetti will be remembered for generations to come as one of New York State's outstanding veterans. His induction into the Senate Veterans' Hall of Fame salutes his life of service to our local community, our state, and the United States of America. He served our nation as part of the Greatest Generation and then came home to Chemung County where he devoted a life's work to caring for the final resting places of thousands of his fellow veterans at Woodlawn National Cemetery. It was a life well lived, and Paul earned and deserves this tribute."
O'Mara added that he has fond memories of Vendetti, whom he met on a few occasions over the years, the last time being at a Veterans Day ceremony at the Center Street Elementary School in Horseheads in November 2017, where the district awarded Vendetti an official high school diploma as part of the state's Operation Recognition program. Born in Elmira in 1926, Vendetti joined the United States Navy in 1944 before completing high school.
Susan Pirozzolo, Community Information Specialist at the Horseheads Central School District, nominated Vendetti for the Hall of Fame induction.
Pirozzolo said, "Our community is blessed with so many men and women who served our country selflessly, and when I saw that Senator O'Mara was seeking nominations, Paul Vendetti immediately came to my mind. Digger was such a special person with a wonderful outlook on life. It is a privilege to call him my friend. We were honored to present him with an official Horseheads High School diploma in 2017, making him a Horseheads Blue Raider for life."
Vendetti served in WWII as a U.S. Navy Seaman First Class in the South Pacific. He received numerous military awards including the Asiatic Pacific Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, American Theater Medal, and the Victory Medal.
Honorably discharged from Navy service in 1946, Vendetti returned to the Elmira area, settled in Horseheads, and raised three children with his wife of 72 years, Rosemary.
He spent 40 years as a dedicated caretaker at Woodlawn National Cemetery where he proudly tended to the final resting places of thousands of his fellow veterans.
Vendetti was a member of American Legion Post #442 and a great fan of the New York Yankees. Family, friends, neighbors, and fellow veterans are quick to recall his always-ready sense of humor and unforgettable laugh.


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Founded in 1901, the Whitechapel Gallery has hosted some of the most important artistic developments in national and world culture. Responsive to the cultural diversity of the community it served and the art scene worldwide, the gallery supported collaborations with Jewish writers and artists, artists from Asia, as well as artists from Europe and Latin America.
Nayia Yiakoumaki is pursuing a PhD in Visual Arts on the theme of institutional archives and their curatorial potential. As the Whitechapel Archive Research Curator, she is now involved in the development of a dedicated Archive Collection Gallery. At this TrAIN Open Lecture, Yiakoumaki will discuss the history of the Whitechapel in relation to the different visitor groups it attracted and referred to; this subject will complemented with reference to an archive based exhibition held at the Whitechapel last year: The Whitechapel Files.
Presently Archive Research Curator at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, Nayia Yiakoumaki is an artist and curator. She studied Photography at the London College of Printing and is pursuing a PhD on the theme of institutional archives and their curatorial potential.


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Das Tage-Buch war eine unabhängige, überparteiliche deutsche Wochenschrift, die von Januar 1920 bis Januar 1933 veröffentlicht wurde. Sie wurde von dem linksliberalen Wiener Publizisten und Theaterkritiker Stefan Großmann unter der Mithilfe des Verlegers Ernst Rowohlt gegründet und herausgegeben. 1922 stieß der aus Frankfurt am Main stammende Journalist Leopold Schwarzschild zur Redaktion hinzu, der nach dem Abtritt Großmanns alleiniger Herausgeber wurde. Schwarzschild musste 1933, von den Nationalsozialisten bedroht, nach Frankreich ins Exil gehen. Dort publizierte Schwarzschild bis zum Einmarsch der Deutschen 1940 die Fortsetzung Das Neue Tage-Buch.

Geschichte

Das Tage-Buch bis 1933
Das Tage-Buch wurde von Stefan Großmann unter der Mithilfe von Ernst Rowohlt im Jahr 1920 in Berlin gegründet. 1922 stieß Leopold Schwarzschild zur Redaktion hinzu und wurde Mitherausgeber.

Großmann trat 1927 aufgrund einer schweren Krankheit als Herausgeber zurück, veröffentlichte jedoch weiter im Tage-Buch und anderen Medien. Danach übernahm der Publizist Kurt Reinhold die Leitung des feuilletonistischen Teils; auf dem Titelblatt wurde nun nur noch Schwarzschild als Herausgeber vermerkt. Die Qualität des Blattes litt unter dem Weggang Großmanns ebenso wie unter der Abwerbung Carl von Ossietzkys durch Die Weltbühne im April 1926, unterschritt aber ein gewisses Niveau nie. Ab Heft 2 1927 wurde der Bindestrich aus dem Titel gestrichen und nannte sich die Zeitschrift "Tagebuch".

In der ersten Ausgabe des Tage-Buchs erläuterte Großmann das Konzept seiner Zeitschrift:

Die Wochenschrift war zwar parteiunabhängig, hatte aber ein ausgeprägt linksdemokratisches Profil, das sich besonders deutlich in einer neuen Rubrik zeigte: Ab dem 26. November 1921 eröffnete nicht mehr ein Leitartikel, sondern ein Konglomerat aus anonymen tagespolitischen Glossen das Heft, betitelt Tagebuch der Zeit. Neben im engeren Sinn politischen Themen wurden immer wieder kritische Stellungnahmen zur Rechtspraxis der Weimarer Republik veröffentlicht. So erschienen unter dem Pseudonym Ein Richter in unregelmäßigen Abständen Texte, die Vorgänge am Strafgerichtshof in Berlin-Moabit stark problematisierten.

Ab Heft 9/1926 veröffentlichte das Blatt unter Aus meinem Panoptikum Porträtkarikaturen B. F. Dolbins.

Eine weitere wichtige Rolle der Zeitschrift war die Förderung und Etablierung der Neuen Sachlichkeit im Journalismus. Berühmte Reportagen Kischs erschienen hier zum ersten Mal, der junge Bertolt Brecht veröffentlichte frühe Lyrik und Prosa, viele Exponenten dieser Strömung wie Felix Stössinger, Polly Tieck, Walter Mehring und Oskar Maurus Fontana kamen hier zu Wort. Einige der berühmtesten Texte von Erich Kästner wurden hier zum ersten Mal gedruckt, u. a. Kennst Du das Land, wo die Kanonen blühn? und Jahrgang 1899.

Die samstags erscheinende Zeitschrift mit den grünen Umschlägen war von der Weltbühne inspiriert worden. Siegfried Jacobsohn, Herausgeber der Weltbühne, hatte sich allerdings im Jahr 1920 mit Großmann heftig verstritten, sodass das Tage-Buch eher als Konkurrenzzeitschrift zu werten ist. So sah es Jacobsohn nicht gerne, wenn Autoren für beide Blätter schrieben. Ausnahmen blieben Berühmtheiten wie Roda Roda, Alfred Polgar, Max Brod und Egon Erwin Kisch, die Jacobsohn so sehr schätzte, dass er hier inkonsequent blieb.

Die Spannungen zwischen Tage-Buch und Weltbühne blieben noch einige Zeit nach Jacobsohns Tod 1926 bestehen, Kurt Tucholsky veröffentlichte nie eine Zeile dort und beschwerte sich des Öfteren in Briefen, dass Weltbühne-Mitarbeiter wie Anton Kuh die besseren Texte für das Tage-Buch schrieben. Auch im Aufbau und Format war das Tage-Buch der Weltbühne nachgestaltet – es gab den vorderen politischen Teil und endete mit zweispaltigen Glossen, beide Zeitschriften waren in Antiquaschrift gesetzt. Beide Blätter verfolgten eine konsequent pazifistische Linie. Politisch stand das Blatt – wohl auch wegen Großmanns sozialistischer Vergangenheit – der Sozialdemokratie näher als die kommunistenfreundliche Weltbühne.

Ab spätestens 1928 ist eine deutliche Versöhnung und Annäherung beider Blätter zu spüren, und mit der historischen Nummer 12 vom November 1931, in der sich das Tage-Buch im Weltbühne-Prozess angriffslustig auf die Seite Ossietzkys schlägt und im selben Tonfall wie Tucholsky die Justiz attackiert, sind beide Blätter als sich ergänzende Schwesterzeitschriften anzusehen.

Die Theaterkritik spielte im Tage-Buch nur eine geringe Rolle, wohl wegen der erdrückenden Konkurrenz der Weltbühne, die ursprünglich unter dem Namen Schaubühne ein reines Theaterblatt war und diese Tradition noch weiter pflegte. Dafür besaß das Tage-Buch eine exzellente Bücher-Rubrik mit Kritiken von hoher feuilletonistischer Qualität. Ab Mitte der 1920er Jahre beginnt die Zeitschrift zu einer der wichtigsten Quellen für die Rezeption neuer Literatur in der Weimarer Republik zu werden. Beliebt waren Umfragen, in denen Schriftsteller erzählten, was sie grade lasen.

Ein aus heutiger Sicht herausragendes Verdienst des Tage-Buchs ist die frühe und prophetische Erkenntnis, dass Adolf Hitler eine ernste Gefahr für die Weimarer Republik darstellte. Zu den Höhepunkten der linksliberalen Hitler-Analyse in der Weimarer Republik gehören Stefan Großmanns Rezension von Mein Kampf im Heft 45/1925 und die Sezierung von Hitlers Rede-Technik durch Karl Tschuppik im Aufsatz "Hitler spricht" (Heft 13/1927).

Nach dem Schaubühnen- und Weltbühnen-Reprint 1978/1979 plante der Athenäum-Verlag auch eine vollständige Neuausgabe des Tage-Buchs. Aus finanziellen Gründen wurde das Projekt 1981 nach dem 8. Band abgebrochen, die Jahrgänge 1927 bis 1933 wurden nie nachgedruckt.

Das Neue Tage-Buch

Nach der Machtübernahme der Nationalsozialisten flüchtete Schwarzschild nach Paris, wo er ab dem 1. Juli 1933 Das Neue Tage-Buch ebenfalls als Wochenschrift herausbrachte und bis 1940 publizierte. Die Zeitschrift hatte eine niederländische Gesellschaft als Geschäftsträger. Schwarzschild veröffentlichte im Neuen Tage-Buch regelmäßig ökonomische Analysen der Verhältnisse in Deutschland. Diese Analysen wurden in vielen europäischen Hauptstädten gelesen. Außerdem brachte das Blatt unter dem Titel "Abseits der Reichskulturkammer" Beiträge zur Literatur und über künstlerische Ereignisse.

Autoren der Zeitschrift
Bekannte Autoren waren:

 Walter Benjamin
 Max Brod
 Hermann Broch
 Elisabeth Castonier
 Hans Fallada
 Egon Friedell
 Wilhelm Hausenstein
 Heinrich Eduard Jacob
 Ernst Jünger
 Erich Kästner
 Egon Erwin Kisch
 Paul Kornfeld
 Stephan Lackner
 Theodor Lessing
 Moshe Lifshits
 Klaus Mann
 Thomas Mann
 Valeriu Marcu
 Walter Mehring
 Robert Musil
 Carl von Ossietzky
 Alfred Polgar
 Roda Roda
 Walther Rode
 Joseph Roth
 Karl Tschuppik
 Robert Walser
 Jakob Wassermann
 Erich Welter

Literatur
 Das Tage-Buch, hrsg. von Stefan Großmann. Nachdruck der Jahrgänge 1920–1926. Athenäum, Königstein 1981, ISBN 3-7610-9600-3.
 Fritz J. Raddatz: Das Tage-Buch. Porträt einer Zeitschrift. Athenäum, Königstein 1981, ISBN 3-7610-9605-4.

Weblinks

 Nahezu vollständiges Digitalisat der Zeitschrift auf der Homepage Anno - Historische Zeitungen und Zeitschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek von Nr. 1/1920 bis Nr. 9/1938. Siehe auch ANNO – AustriaN Newspapers Online.

Einzelnachweise

Kulturzeitschrift (Deutschland)
Literaturzeitschrift (Deutschland)
Exilzeitschrift
Antiquarische Zeitschrift (Berlin)
Literatur (20. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (Deutsch)
Zeitschrift (Weimarer Republik)
Ersterscheinung 1920
Erscheinen eingestellt 1933
Deutschsprachige Wochenzeitschrift


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Despite president's message protests and blockades continue this Monday
Routes to Limón and the northern zone are the most affected; in San Jose, the Fuente de la Hispanidad and Avenida Segunda also report problems with vehicular circulation
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NationalDespite president's message protests and blockades continue this Monday
Modified date: 5 October 2020
QCOSTARICA – Despite the message by President Carlos Alvarado Sunday night on the national television network of the withdrawal of IMF proposal, some 2,200 people continue to demonstrate and block at least 50 roads this Monday.
Avenida 2 in downtown San Jose on Monday
Since the early hours of this morning, at least 50 points on national roads have had some type of roadblock, some permanent in that they will not let any vehicles (other than emergency vehicles) through, while others intermittent, that is will open passage for a few minutes every so often.
According to a report issued by the Policia de Transito (Traffic Police) and the Casa Presidencial (Government House), just before noon, some 2,200 people participated in the protests throughout the country.
- payin the bills -
On this sixth day of the demonstrations, the participants set up fences on the access road to the city of Heredia, in front of the National University (UNA).
They also installed awnings at the Panasonic intersection, in Belén, complicating the passage for those who are heading towards San Rafael de Alajuela or Lindora, in Santa Ana.
Another blockade is located in Ochomogo, Cartago. There, in front of the campus of the RECOPE distribution plant, letting vehicles pass from time to time. However, long lines of vehicles are reported on the Florencio del Castillo highway, in the the Cartago-San José direction.
- paying the bills -
While the protests in the first five days didn't affect downtown San Jose very much, that wasn't the case this Monday, specifically on the Avenida Segunda (Second Avenue), and in the surroundings of the Fuente de la Hispanidad, in San Pedro de Montes de Oca.
Among the most affected roads are the rRuta 32 (San José-Limón), Route 27 (San José-Caldera), one of the first blockades taking place just after sunrise was in the area of the Rio Grande brridge, in Atenas.
Other problems on the Ruta 27 are in Caldera, Puntarenas.
The Ruta 1 (San José-San Ramón) and several routes in the northern zone have also been affected by roadblocks, trapping dozens of trucks loaded with pineapple and bananas for export headed to the Caribbean, in their attempt to reach the Moín Container Terminal (TCM), in Limón.
- paying the bills --
On national television, Sunday night, President Carlos Alvarado, called for the clearing the roads and called for a dialogue table with "democratic" sectors to "balance" the approach to the IMF.
President Alvarado was emphatic that the initial proposal that included new taxes on banking, income and property, among others, was withdrawn after multiple sectors expressed discomfort over the initial proposal for the Government to obtain a loan US$1.75 billion dollars to alleviate public finances.
The leaders of the movement persist in closing the roads.
Following is the official list prepared by Casa Presincial shortly before noon Monday:
Ruta 1 (North Inter-American Highway): has at least five interruptions at the Marcos Vargas (San Ramón, Alajuela) junction, Aserradero (San Ramón) at the Grecia (Alajuela) junction at the National Liquor Factory, at the junction entrance to San Ramón (Alajuela) with total closure there, in Cañas (Guanacaste) at the height of the bridge over the Cañas river and in Puente Real de Liberia (Guanacaste).
Ruta 2 (Florencio del Castillo highway): Tortuguismo of a group that advances between Taras towards Ochomogo in Cartago, about 25 people close a road in front of the refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo campus in Ochomogo.
Tortuguismo in the area of the Juan Santamaría Airport (route 1): group of people and vehicles were after 10:20 am towards the traffic light crossing near the airstrip after toll to try to close the way.
Circunvalación: Caravan of vehicles that came in tortuguismo on Ruta 27 entered the ring road and advanced towards Zapote.
Second Avenue (San José): At least 25 people in front of the Ministry of Finance building only a single lawn is open.
Entrance to Heredia: access road from San Pablo de Heredia in the vicinity of the National University.
Ruta 122: crossing at the Panasonic factory to Route 147 in San Rafael de Alajuela, near Belén in Heredia.
Frailes de Desamparados District (San José), Ruta 222.
Entrance road to Paquera in front of the fairgrounds (Puntarenas).
Ruta 39: at the height of Fuente de la Hispanidad, protesters below and above the bridge at that point in San Pedro de Montes de Oca.
Ruta 2 (Florencio del Castillo Highway): in the Loma Verde sector (kilometers 136), cross to Ciudad Nely and in Paso Real (entrance to San Vito) at kilometer 221.
Ruta 4: presents at least 10 interruptions: in Monterrey in the Arenal river sector; Crossing of San José in Upala; Vuelta Kopper Altamira sector; Chilamete stopper (kilometer 42); Greek Y sector in front of SJM Service Station; Sarapiquí in front of the SJM Service Station, Barrio Lourdes (Ciudad Quesada), San Jorge bridge (Arenal) and at the crossing to Sarapiquí on the Sucio River (kilometer 41).
Ruta 32 (Braulio Carrillo highway): Closure at the height of Liverpool, in Limón, by about 30 people and bridge over the Pacuare river (Siquirres) about 20 people maintain intermittent closure.
Ruta 27: at kilometer 31 on the bridge over the Rio Grande and the Concepción sector to enter Atenas.
Ruta 34 (Costanera Sur): Jacó (Las Nubes sector and Las Monas bridge), on the Parrita bridge, on Puente Barú in Pérez Zeledón and El Estero bridge in Quepos.
Ruta 35 (highway to San Carlos): in Terrón de Colorado- El Ferry, Colono at the crossing to Muelle de San Carlos, at the Florence roundabout and in Cutris (Boca Arenal) on the bridge over the San Carlos River.
Ruta36 (Limón-Sixaola): Vizcaya de Limón towards Puerto Viejo and in Sixaola on the Binational bridge between Costa Rica and Panama.
Ruta 118: Bridge over the Prendas river in Tacares (Greece).
Ruta 126: at the junction with Route 140 in San Miguel, in Río Cuarto and in Carrizal (Cinco Esquinas sector) on the route to Heredia.
Ruta 140 (to San Carlos): on the bridge over the Aguas Zarcas river at the entrance to Toro Amarillo.
Ruta 141: it has five blocks: in Zarcero 200 meters south of the park; in Naranjo at the junction of the sanitary unit; Dulce Nombre (Naranjo), el Muro (Naranjo) at the Cirrí crossroads; and in Cedral (Ciudad Quesada, San Carlos).
Ruta 247: Tortuguero River Bridge in Guácimo; Mola Perdiz farm sector.
Ruta 622: In Guanilama in Esparza (Puntarenas).
Ruta 702: bridge in the Peñas Blancas river and in San Lorenzo in front of the Tierras Enamoradas sector.
Ruta 708: Colonia del Toro between Sarchí and Río Cuarto (Alajuela).
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Karen and Joey were married in the beautiful Carmel Mission Basilica with the reception at Memory Gardens in Monterrey. Such a beautiful day!
love that shot of him picking her up! So sweet!!
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