What is a Saturn Return? This is when the transiting planet returns to the position it was in, in the natal chart approximately about every twenty nine and a half years. In a life time an individual usually experiences at least two, if not three. It represents a time of completing one major period and a need and desire to enter into a new phase and purpose for our continued growth. It is considered usually a difficult time with a lot of stress and pressure, but it is also a time of many opportunities with important choices and decisions for new expressions of one's being. The Saturn Return has the reputation of being rough and unforgiving, and is one of the reasons one is instilled with caution and fear, when one reads on this subject matter, or needs to get through it.
The opposition happens around about puberty as well as the teen years when the need to establish one's identity becomes a major issue. Around about twenty nine, and just before entering a new stage in our life, our main purpose and direction becomes the topic we can no longer avoid, if no decision has been made so far. By the mid forties, Saturn again opposes its natal position, and our mid life crisis begins to creep in, making us wonder if life is passing us by? By Saturn's second return, our passed actions and results comes into view to determine our next course of action in making the time we have left, to live life to the fullest. Seeing the return with this approach I began to speculate if the anxiety that is instilled in one, by the astrological community on one's Saturn return is really necessary or even productive.
I have been studying astrology a few years before my first return hit me. I must admit the trepidation I had was more of an exaggeration and unnecessary as I look back on the incidences that occurred at that time. I can't actually say they were not full of trials and errors, but considering the results and the outcomes, not as bad as they appear to be on the surface. The one thing I have learnt in my lifetime is that when facing anything new and unfamiliar, one tends to open the floodgates of apprehension and fretfulness. In my own life I have seen that, anticipating with fear and doubt was more of a handicap in overcoming the situation, then the situation itself. Anytime one finds oneself in circumstances where change is needed, one will find that the best thing to do is follow the flow and work with it.
To what degree of difficulty each individual experiences the Saturn return will depend on the condition and situation the planet finds itself in, in the natal chart. One also needs to be aware of the condition of the return planet in aspects to the other planets in the night sky. This is where the old technique of the essential dignities will come in handy and is very critical in the understanding of what is needed to have successful results and outcomes. If one can replace the apprehension and misguided thoughts with the notion that this is a challenge to overcome, then the difficulties one will encounter will be minimal. If we allow Saturn to show us the way, we will learn that we need not fear him, but allow him to work with and through us to achieve the change needed. To achieve anything one always needs to go into action and work at it. Our first deed and key in a Saturn return, is to allow the planet with a positive attitude to unleash its wisdom and experiences upon us.
A few days after we begin our sojourn through the winter solstice during the cold and dark nights, we will come upon the 2 Capricorn 34 New Moon at 10:07 am PST on December 24th 2011. With the outer planets in beneficial support and with Jupiter in trine, this moon phase is beaming its message to us that we need to let our inner light shine and to no longer to allow itself to hide under a bushel. As this moon is following in the footsteps of a solar and lunar eclipse, and on the eve of Christmas and other mid winter religious and secular celebrations, it is asking us to reawaken, revitalize, relight, and to anticipate the birth and rebirth of our inner self, to become a beacon of hope through our journey through the darkness. As the celebrations of the light bring cheer to the dreariness of winter, our own inner light intermingling with all others will bring cheer to all those around us as we wait patiently for the coming of spring.
With the outer planets at the beginning of their signs, it is showing us the necessity and importance to rid ourselves of old and out of date habits and to seek new assessments and reforms. This will need to be on our list to do, if we are to be prepared for what is ahead of us in the New Year. This period of time is not only asking us to let our light shine brightly, but to be a guiding light and example for others to follow and to emulate. Pluto conjuncts this moon, is intensifying the message of transmutation, transformation and revitalization of all we think and stand for in which we will need to actualize into reality. Pluto is asking us to face our shadowy side to be able to see our true light in order to have and maintain the courage to go forward in the dark to the light at the end of the tunnel. With beneficial aspects to Neptune and Uranus, our visions and imaginations have no boundaries.
The Sabian symbol for the 3rd degree of Capricorn is taken from "The Sabian Symbols in Astrology by Marc Edmund Jones", and what follows are my comments.
Capricorn 3 The human soul receptive to growth and understanding This is a symbol of mankind's fundamentally naïve capacity for experience, and of every individual's equally fundamental dependence on the understanding and support of fellow participants in each moment of self-discovery. Here is a delight in normal living, not through its limitation but rather through a reiterated release of selfhood. Life is found to be real and rewarding because it may be encountered in such infinite ramifications of itself. The keyword is avidity. When positive, the degree is a gift for entering into the kaleidoscopic patterns of personal relationship with an unbounded enthusiasm, and when negative, simple shiftlessness or abandon.
This image symbolizes our simple childlike acceptance without any fear or suspicion to experience friendliness, eagerness, openness, trust, receptivity and living and being in the moment. The image represents our understanding and receptiveness for the importance of growth and development in this life. Our delight, satisfaction, joy and purpose are uncovered in our discovery when we realize and comprehend that the opportunities and the experiences that are laid in our path are unlimited and full. Our gain is in making sure that we are attentive and alert to the circumstances and in the understanding and knowing what our advantages and disadvantages are. Living the moment with keen intent and enthusiasm are the keywords for success. This Capricorn New Moon is asking us to allow our light to shine, in doing so, the road to our happiness and satisfaction will become clear to us.


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Australia: NSW – Bushfire Crisis Lessens
The link below is to an article that reports on the easing of the bushfire crisis in New South Wales.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/01/19/01/00/very-very-challenging-fire-day-in-nsw
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Chinese Christians Blocked from Attending Lausanne Congress
Police threaten or detain some 200 house church members who planned to attend.
DUBLIN, October 15 (CDN) — As organizers prepared for the opening of the Third Lausanne International Congress on World Evangelization tomorrow in Cape Town, South Africa, Chinese police threatened or detained some 200 delegates who had hoped to attend.
After receiving an invitation to attend the event, house church groups in China formed a selection committee and raised significant funds to pay the expenses of their chosen delegates, a source told Compass. Many delegates, however, were "interviewed" by authorities after they applied to attend the Congress, the source said.
When house church member Abraham Liu Guan and four other delegates attempted to leave China via Beijing airport on Sunday (Oct. 10), authorities refused to allow them through customs, reported the Chinese-language Ming Pao News. Officials detained one delegate and confiscated the passports of the other four until Oct. 25, the closing date of the conference.
China's State Administration for Religious Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security had notified border control staff that the participation of Chinese Christians in the conference threatened state security and ordered them not to allow delegates to leave, Liu told U.S.-based National Public Radio (NPR).
Officials also prevented two house church Christians from Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, from leaving the country, and on Oct. 9 placed one of them in a 15-day detention, the China Aid Association (CAA) reported.
When Fan Yafeng, leader of the Chinese Christian Legal Defense Association and winner of the 2009 John Leland Religious Liberty Award, discussed the harassment with NPR on Tuesday (Oct. 12), officials assigned some 20 police officers to keep him under house arrest.
On Wednesday (Oct. 13), approximately 1,000 police officers were stationed at Beijing International Airport to restrain an estimated 100 house church members who planned to leave for the Congress via Beijing, according to CAA.
CAA also said authorities over the past few months had contacted every delegate, from Han Christians in Beijing to Uyghur Christians in Xinjiang, for questioning, and threatened some family members.
Normal church operations were also affected. The Rev. Xing Jingfu from Changsha in Hunan province told NPR that authorities cited the Lausanne Congress when they recently ordered his church to close.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ma Zhaoxu, in a statement issued to NPR, accused the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization of communicating secretively with members of illegal congregations and not issuing an official invitation to China's state-controlled church.
According to the Ming Pao report, the Lausanne committee said members of the Three-Self Protestant Movement had asked if they could attend. Delegates, however, were required to sign a document expressing their commitment to evangelism, which members of official churches could not do due to regulations such as an upper limit on the number of people in each church, state certification for preachers, and the confinement of preaching to designated churches in designated areas. House church Christians faced no such limitations.
The first such conference was held in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1974, which produced the influential Lausanne Covenant. The second conference was held in 1989 in Manila. Some 4,000 delegates from 200 countries are expected to attend the third conference in Cape Town.
Progress or Repression?
China watchers said there has been a slight easing of restrictions in recent months, accompanied by a call on Sept. 28 from senior Chinese political advisor Du Qinglin for the government to allow the independent development of the official church. Du made the remarks at the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, according to the government-allied Xinhua news agency.
The BBC in August produced a glowing series on the growth of Christianity in China after Chinese authorities gave it unprecedented access to state-sanctioned churches and religious institutions. Religious rights monitor Elizabeth Kendal, however, described this access as part of a propaganda campaign by the Chinese government to reduce criticism of religious freedom policies.
NPR also produced a five-part series on Chinese religions in July. The series attributed the growth of religious adherence to the "collapse of Communist ideology" and pointed out that growth continued despite the fact that evangelism was "still illegal in China today."
The claims of progress were challenged by an open letter from Pastor Zhang Mingxuan, president of the Chinese Christian House Church Alliance, to Chinese President Hu Jintao on Oct. 1, China's National Day.
In the letter, published by CAA on Oct. 5, Zhang claimed that Chinese house church Christians respected the law and were "model citizens," and yet they had become "the target of a group of government bandits … [who] often arrest and beat innocent Christians and wronged citizens." Further, he added, "House church Christians have been ill-treated simply because they are petitioners to crimes of the government."
Zhang then listed several recent incidents in which Christians were arrested and sent to labor camps, detained and fined without cause, beaten, interrogated and otherwise abused. He also described the closure or demolition of house churches and the confiscation of personal and church property.
He closed with a mention of Uyghur Christian Alimjan Yimit, "who was sentenced to 15 years in prison because he evangelized among Uyghurs – his very own people."
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EGYPT: RESCUE OF COPTIC GIRL PROMPTS MUSLIM ATTACK
Police randomly arrest Copts as ploy to portray symmetry in 'sectarian clash.'
ISTANBUL, June 16 (Compass Direct News) – Egyptian news sources report security forces have wrongly detained two Christians for nearly a month as part of a ruse to cast a Muslim attack on Copts as "sectarian violence."
Violence broke out last month in the village of Toma, near El-Mahalla El-Kubra in the middle of the Nile Delta, when local Muslims attacked Copts who had rescued Nermeen Mitry, 16; Muslims had kidnapped the Coptic girl and tried to convert her to Islam, according to Assyrian International News Agency (AINA).
Some 150 Muslims attacked five of Mitry's family members as they drove home to their village following her rescue after the May 21 kidnapping. Police arrested 14 Muslims and 11 Copts. In the course of the violence, a carton recycling warehouse owned by her father was burned down.
Most of the perpetrators have been released, Copts said, while two Muslims and two randomly selected Copts are still detained – a ruse to disguise the one-sided nature of the attack and to keep both sides from causing further disturbances. Hany Haziz, a local watchmaker who participated in reconciliation meetings, asserted that the Minister of Interior ordered the detentions for 45 days to create a false sense of symmetrical "community strife," according to Coptic News Bulletin.
Coptic activists concurred that the state uses arrests of Copts when Muslims instigate sectarian violence to create a false sense of equivalence.
"This was a balance game; the security services play this every single instance," said Helmy Guirguis, president of the U.K. Coptic Association. "They must take an equal number, and sometimes they snatch people on the street."
International and Egyptian news agencies quoted state security forces saying that Mitry was engaged to local Muslim youth Hossam Hamouda, and that their relationship resulted in fierce clashes in the village of 2,000 people.
In addition, a report on Thursday (June 11) from the Egyptian Association for Democracy included quotes from local Muslims who repeated the statements of state security forces. But the authors of the report were not allowed to interview Mitry's sister.
Some Copts, however, said that Muslim residents of Toma were angry that the kidnapping and attempted forcible conversion of Mitry had failed, as the perpetrators stood to earn money from Islamic groups that pay substantial sums for such conversions.
"The Muslims were angry that the girl escaped Islamization," an Egyptian journalist told Compass. "There is a lot of money involved in Islamization of Coptic girls, as much as thousands of U.S. dollars, funded mainly by Saudi Arabia and Gulf states."
Kidnap Victim's Account
Mitry told the Free-Copts Organization that she was drugged by a Muslim friend and kidnapped, according to AINA.
When she awoke, she was in a house in Zagazig, a city in the eastern Nile Delta, and a bearded Muslim man was trying to convert her to Islam. He was later found to be Essam Abu Deiof Hamoud, a relative of the girl who allegedly drugged Mitry.
"The man was very confident and told me that I would be the fourth Coptic girl to 'know the true Allah' and convert to Islam through him," Mitry told Free-Copts, according to AINA. "I told him, 'I am engaged to be married when I come of age, and would never convert to Islam,' as this would be a catastrophe for me. He did his best to make me change my mind."
One of the abductor's family members, who knew Mitry's family, contacted them and told them her whereabouts. Her family came to rescue her from Hamoud.
Police told the family to bring her to the state security directorate, but because they distrusted government forces they instead brought her to the Coptic St. Demiana Convent northeast of Cairo. Egyptian authorities have been known to return Coptic girls to their Muslim kidnappers and summarily close cases.
At press time Mitry was still in the convent waiting until tensions diffuse in Toma. Some Christian advocates believe Copts will arrange a marriage for her before she returns to the village to make her less susceptible to a future kidnapping.
Until then, reconciliation meetings between Copts and Muslims continue under the auspices of the police. No Christian clergy are present.
Such meetings are somewhat customary in Egypt, in which different parties come together to settle legal matters out of court. They carry a social purpose of restoring faith and communal harmony in the face of sectarian tensions. But advocacy groups worry when meetings go beyond easing community tensions and act as a substitute for administrative justice and proper investigation.
Rights groups say that Mitry's kidnapping is a small part of a larger campaign to rid Egypt of its Coptic element through pressuring conversions or otherwise erasing Christianity in the country.
That campaign includes a recent official decree by the Justice Ministry stating that Abu Hennes, one of Egypt's few completely Coptic cities, would be renamed Wadi al-Neinaa (Mint Valley). The city's Coptic legacy dates back to the fourth century, and the site is symbolically important as it is believed to have received Mary, Joseph, and Jesus after their flight from Israel.
On Thursday (June 11), thousands of Copts protested the attempted name change, according to Egyptian Christian weekly Watani. Similar demonstrations occurred in 1979 when former President Anwar Sadat also attempted a name change. In the face of protests, he ultimately backed down.
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It's time to have an independent body to police solicitors
Thursday February 04 2016, 12.01am, The Times
Paul Philip argues that regulation needs to be made clearer to the public
Should solicitors be independently regulated? The public certainly thinks so, according to a new poll this week. In the latest move in the current battleground between the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) the profession's watchdog and the Law Society, the professional body for 160,000 solicitors in England and Wales, the SRA has published a poll showing strong support for its wish to become fully independent of the society.
The move could radically change the role and funding of the society — at present bound with the SRA. How it works is that the SRA tells the society what it needs and the society agrees the figure. The society's council then adds a sum for activities that it is authorised to conduct and together the figure determines


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Alzheimer Europe would like to thank the members of the ethics working group who graciously donated their time and expertise, and drafted this discussion paper. Please find below a brief overview of their backgrounds (presented in alphabetic order).
Members of the ethics working group on dementia and disability
June Andrews (OBE, FRCN, RMN, RGN, MA, FCGI) is a psychiatric and general trained nurse and Professor Emeritus based in Scotland, specialising in the public understanding of dementia. She is a writer and broadcaster and works internationally as a consultant on service improvement. Her particular interest is in the care of frail older people in housing, hospitals and care.
Andrea Capstick, EdD is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Applied Dementia Studies, at the University of Bradford, UK, where she leads the MSc Dementia Studies programme. She has experience of carrying our participatory research with people who have dementia and of leading Patient and Public Involvement in a variety of dementia research studies. Her pre- viously published work focuses on the ethics of social inclusion for people with dementia, and creative methods for engaging people with dementia in social research.
Carmel Geoghegan became the primary carer for her Mum in January 2011 and supported her to end of life in January 2014. Since this life changing experience, Carmel has been campaigning to keep the spotlight on dementia and end-of-life care as a national health priority in rural Ireland. Her vision is that communities will be inclusive of all those living with a dementia diagnosis. Carmel has successfully organised two conferences on 'Liv- ing with Dementia in Rural Ireland', which brought together experts from all sections (e.g. people with dementia, GPs, academics etc.) to work together to help feed into policy and practice at a national level.
Jean Georges has been the Executive Director of Alzheimer Europe since 1996. Prior to this, he worked as a journalist and as a parliamentary assistant to members of the Luxembourg and European Parliament. He was responsible for setting up the European Dementia Ethics Network in 2008 and has since contributed towards several ethics projects in that context.
Dianne Gove is Director for Projects at Alzheimer Europe and Honorary Visiting Research Fel- low at the University of Bradford. She is also Chair of the Ethics Working Group on Dementia and Disability. Her background is in psychology, education (focus on gender and disabil- ity) and psychotherapy (analytical Gestalt therapy). In 2013, she was awarded a PhD for her research into general practitioners' perceptions of dementia and stigma.
Sébastien Libert is a PhD student based at University College London, and part of the Inter- disciplinary Network on Dementia Using Current Technologies (INDUCT). His research looks at the interaction between the use of technologies relating to dementia, and society's rep- resentations of ageing, dementia, and cognitive decline. He developed his interest in health and society during his studies in Medical Anthropology and Sociology, mainly through his Masters degree at KUL, (Leuven, Belgium) and KU (Copenhagen, Denmark) and his Bache- lor's degree at ULB (Brussels, Belgium).
Grainne McGettrick (BSc, MA) has spent her career working in field of disability and in demen- tia in the NGO sector. She has lead out on several national and international research and policy advocacy projects in the sector and has significant experience of working on rights- based agendas and community development for marginalised and disadvantaged people. She worked for more than ten years as the Policy and Research Manager with The Alzheimer Society of Ireland. In 2014, she moved to work with Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, where she is responsible for managing the policy and research functions.
Helen Rochford-Brennan is from Tubbercurry in County Sligo. Helen spent many years work- ing in the US and the UK before returning to Ireland to work in the tourism and disability sectors. Helen was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's. She joined the European Work- ing Group of People with Dementia in October 2014. She recently stepped down as Chair of the Irish Dementia Working Group and is currently Chair of the EWGPWD and a member of the Board of Alzheimer Europe.
Helga Rohra is from Germany. She was a language interpreter and was diagnosed with Lewy Body dementia in 2008. She has been a member of the European Working Group since it started in 2012.
Simo Vehmas is Professor in the Department of Special Education at Stockholm Univer- sity, Sweden. He is specialised in various theoretical and ethical issues related to disability, especially in relation to intellectual disability. He is the principal investigator of an ongoing ethnographic research project Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities and a Good Life, funded by the Academy of Finland.
Toby Williamson is an independent consultant working in the fields of adult and older peo- ple's mental health, mental capacity and safeguarding, with a particular focus on dementia in the last 10 years. He has many years' experience in frontline mental health services, research, evaluation, practice and service development, and policy work (both inside and outside gov- ernment). He has particular expertise in rights, values, social inclusion, empowerment and working with seldom heard groups. He has co-authored a book on mental health and men- tal capacity legislation and is currently co-authoring a book on rights, values and dementia.
Members of the European Working Group of People with Dementia and their carers/supporters
Alzheimer Europe would also like to thank the members of the European working group and their carers/supporters who, in the context of a one-day face-to-face consultation and email survey, provided feedback on a range of issues, and shared their thoughts and feelings about dementia as a disability with the ethics working group.
— Helen Rochford-Brennan (Ireland)
— Helga Rohra (Germany)
— Amela Hajrič (Bosnia Herzegovina)
— Idalina Aguiar (Portugal)
— Alv Orheim (Norway)
— Chris Roberts (United Kingdom)
— Nina Balačkova (Czech Republic)
— Karin Gustafsson (Sweden)
— Markku Parkkisenniemi (Finland)
— Carol Hargreaves (United Kingdom)
Carers/supporters of a member of the EWGPWD
— Samra Kučuk (Bosnia Herzegovina)
— Nelida Aguiar (Portugal)
— Berit Orheim (Norway)
— Jayne Goodrick (United Kingdom)
— Kveta Provinska (Czech Republic)
— Lars Gustafsson (Sweden)
— Sisko Kärki (Finland)
— Jayne Middleton (United Kingdom)
We would also like to thank our member associations for their help in verifying the accuracy of translated terms in Appendix and Dr Anna Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen from the University of Helsinki for clarification regarding a particular legal issue.
Last Updated: Tuesday 13 February 2018
The discussion paper "Dementia as a disability? Implications for ethics, policy and practice" received funding under an operating grant from the European Union's Health Programme (2014–2020).


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Science Service, Up Close: Informal Moments
A 1931 photograph of three Nobel laureate physicists illustrates why we tend to remember the informal photos of scientists more than the stiff and formal ones.
May 8, 2018, by Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
Formal portrait photographs of scientists tend to preserve the stiffness of the moment, rather than capture the sitter's personality. Perhaps that is the reason that candid photographs of celebrities like Albert Einstein stick in public memory. Whether on a dorm room poster or a t-shirt, the iconic image of Einstein wheeling around on a bicycle makes a viewer smile--and makes him seem more human.
Watson Davis captured just such an informal moment on film, when two Nobel laureate physicists, Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853-1928) and Albert Einstein (1879-1955), took a break during a July 19, 1926, meeting of the League of Nations' Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.
When several Nobel laureates are posed in public, as at a conference, the message conveyed is rarely relaxed. A superb example in the Science Service records is a group photo made at the 1933 Solvay conference in Brussels (see photo below). Around the table are such luminaries as Marie Curie and her daughter Iréne Joliot-Curie, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, and Enrico Fermi. The discussion before and after the shutter clicked must surely have been lively, but the photograph conveys only uncomfortable frigid formality.
Photographs that break the rule, especially of Einstein, are therefore all the more interesting. When rumors of a possible Einstein visit to America began circulating in November 1930, journalists were abuzz. Science Service asked Robert Millikan, who was to be Einstein's host at the California Institute of Technology, for details about the "projects on which he will work and experiments likely to be performed." Millikan wired back, with typical acerbity, "i have nothing whatever to communicate about einstein we shall know that he is coming after he arrives ..."
Einstein arrived in Pasadena in January 1931, and stayed about three months. Among the photographs taken at the California Institute of Technology in February 1931 were many showing three famous Nobel laureates, standing in a row. Albert Abraham Michelson (1852-1931) of the University of Chicago had received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1907. Einstein had received the same award in 1921. Robert Andrews Millikan (1868-1953), Director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at California Institute of Technology, had received the physics prize in 1923.
Most of the photographs taken in front of the Athenaeum on that day project a dignified solemnity. But here, the mood is different. Seventy-nine-year-old Michelson seems the most lively, but Einstein and Millikan are also smiling. Had Michelson cracked a joke? Or had Einstein or Millikan? We may never know who said what, or to whom, but, thanks to the Smithsonian Institution Archives' digitization program, we can all share in the moment.
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package cloudsql;

import org.apache.beam.sdk.Pipeline;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.jdbc.JdbcIO;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.Default;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.Description;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.PipelineOptions;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.PipelineOptionsFactory;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.DoFn;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.ParDo;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.Row;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

public class ReadRowsCloudSQL {

    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ReadRowsCloudSQL.class);

    public interface ReadRowsCloudSQLOptions extends PipelineOptions {
        @Description("query")
        @Default.String("SELECT * FROM guestbook.entries ")
        String getQuery();

        void setQuery(String value);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Reference the extended class
        ReadRowsCloudSQLOptions options = PipelineOptionsFactory.fromArgs(args).withValidation().as(ReadRowsCloudSQLOptions.class);

        Pipeline p = Pipeline.create(options);

        // TODO
        // https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/quickstart
        String user = "";
        String password = "";
        String connectionName = "project:region:csqlinstance";
        String database = "guestbook";

        String jdbcURL = "jdbc:mysql://google/" + database + "?cloudSqlInstance=" + connectionName +
                "&socketFactory=com.google.cloud.sql.mysql.SocketFactory&useSSL=false" +
                "&user=" + user + "&password=" + password;

        JdbcIO.DataSourceConfiguration config = JdbcIO.DataSourceConfiguration.create("com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver", jdbcURL);

        p
                .apply("Cloud SQL read as Row", JdbcIO.readRows()
                        .withDataSourceConfiguration(config)
                        .withQuery(options.getQuery()))
                .apply("Log Row", ParDo.of(new DoFn<Row, String>() {
                            @ProcessElement
                            public void processElement(ProcessContext c) {
                                LOG.info(c.element().toString());
                                c.output(c.element().toString());
                            }
                        })
                );

        p.run();
    }

}

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Budova školy pro neslyšící je poměrně rozsáhlý objekt v Praze na Smíchově v Holečkově ulici č. 104/4, v sousedství Kinského zahrady. Budova byla postavena v novobarokním slohu v letech 1901 až 1902.

Historie a popis
Pražský ústav pro hluchoněmé byl založen 7. prosince 1786 zednářskou lóží "U sedmi hvězd", kterou vedl hrabě Kašpar Heřman Künigel, na počest návštěvy císaře Josefa II. v Praze; byl jednou z prvních institucí tohoto druhu na světě. Ústav zpočátku využíval pronajaté místnosti domu č. 671 naproti Novoměstské radnici (Braunův dům). V roce 1794 byl tento dům prodán, ústav se přestěhoval na protější stranu Karlova náměstí a pak na dva roky do obecního domu v Chomutově. V roce 1797 se ústav znovu stěhoval do své první vlastní budovy v Lipové ulici v Praze. Od roku 1831 sídlil v domě č. 669 na rohu Karlova náměstí a Žitné ulice a v roce 1838 byl pro potřeby ústavu zakoupen a upraven Faustův dům.

Počet žáků se v průběhu let neustále zvyšoval a prostory pro výuku nevyhovovaly; kanovník Karel Kmoch, který byl ředitelem v letech 1876–1912, dokázal v roce 1898 Faustův dům výhodně prodat za 580 tisíc K, za 180 tisíc K koupit pozemek v zahradě Kinských na Smíchově (tehdy Karlova, dnes Holečkova ulice) a připravit výstavbu nového ústavu (v tomto místě stávala dříve usedlost Ráj, doložená již v 15. století). V červnu roku 1901 byl za účasti císaře Františka Josefa I. položen základní kámen; to připomíná i pamětní deska ve vestibulu budovy.

Plány budovy signovali v dubnu 1900 architekt F. Storch a stavitel Karel Fiala; někdy je pravděpodobně chybně budova uváděna jako jedna z prvních staveb architekta Bohumila Hypšmana. Stavbu včetně ohradní zdi realizoval tehdejší smíchovský starosta, stavitel Alois Elhenický. Budova byla dokončena za necelý rok a slavnostně otevřena 28. února 1902; v září roku 1902 se ústav do nové budovy nastěhoval.

V roce 1919 byla budova zabrána statistickým úřadem, ústavu pro hluchoněmé byla navrácena v roce 1924. Po druhé světové válce se ústav změnil na státní školu, vznikla tu mateřská škola pro hluchoněmé, národní škola pro hluchoněmé a škola pro děti se zbytky sluchu. Po listopadu 1989 došlo ke změně názvu (Speciální školy a školská zařízení pro sluchově postižené) a v roce 2005/2006 proběhla rozsáhlá rekonstrukce objektu; do 4. patra byly umístěny internáty.

Budova je v souladu se svým původním účelem sídlem Střední školy, základní školy a mateřské školy pro sluchově postižené.

Objekt leží na téměř 2 ha velké parcele tvaru lichoběžníku, jehož užší strana v Holečkově ulici je na východě ohraničena Kinského zahradou s letohrádkem, na západě domem čp.105 (v letech 1895–1929 tu žil spisovatel Josef Holeček); vedle domu je vjezd do areálu a ohradní zeď, na kterou byl v roce 2011 umístěn reliéf od sochařky Zuzany Čížkové s nápisem ve znakové řeči: "Život je krásný, buďte šťastni a mějte se rádi!" Parcela se pak rozšiřuje a zvedá na severozápad do Petřínského svahu.

Samotná budova má čtyři křídla, půdorys má tvar písmene E. V době vzniku (v roce 1904) napsal František Ruth, že "svou velikostí nehodí se do těchto pěkných míst". Čtyřpodlažní hlavní průčelí je široké asi 70 metrů a je zhruba souběžné s ulicí, od níž je vzdáleno rovněž asi 70 metrů. Je symetrické se 17 osami, s výrazným středovým rizalitem, před nímž je terasa se dvěma schodišti po stranách. Dva boční rizality jsou přetažené přes nároží na boční fasády. Všechny tři rizality mají štítové nástavce.

Z hlavního křídla vybíhají dozadu směrem k Petřínu dvě boční křídla o délce asi 80 m a kratší středové křídlo, v němž je umístěna bývalá kaple, prostupující dvěma podlažími.

Odkazy

Reference

Literatura

Související články

 Střední škola, základní škola a mateřská škola pro sluchově postižené Holečkova

Externí odkazy

 Stránky školy: historie

Školy na Smíchově
Novobarokní stavby v Praze
Vzniklo 1902

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Discussion The level you are giving me seems impossible to meet!
The level you are giving me seems impossible to meet!
The level you are giving me seems impossible to meet! .2-.25kwH!! For those tht already miser the wattages seems impossible without shuting off the entire panel! How do we get a reasonable and fair target. I have lost ALL MY POINTS NOW since my targets are all under .75kwh!
Pray tell....what is this buddy program you speak of??
My understanding is that two or more people located in the same zip code can agree be "buddies" and earn some extra points (100?) when both/all participate and save during a given OhmHour. I think it's something OhmConnect has been testing to try and add an accountability component to their program.
You do realize that your forecasts are based on YOUR usage right?
If you are a "miser" there are really only a couple of things you can do.
Another option, is to move usage to the key evening hours so that you would typically use more during these times....say 4-8 pm. For example, use the washer, the dryer, use the oven, the dishwasher, AC, charge the EV...etc etc...do what you can between 4-8 when most OhmHours occur. Of course this will probably cost you more in electricity BUT because your forecast is based on your usage, you will have a larger target to meet for the next PhmHour. Then when there's an OHMHour you will save a LOT more relatively speaking and you'll get paid more for it.
If your usage is already very low, then you really aren't the ideal user for this program. You can still participate and earn marginally or shift your usage as @UkiwiS described (this is what I do), but the reality is that folks who use a lot of energy normally will be able to earn more. As a very low energy user, you already see a financial advantage in your power bill.
As noted, since your forecast is based on an average of your actual usage, under normal circumstances you should always be able to beat your forecast. Since OhmConnect is setup to give a lot of bonuses in the form of streaks, status levels and the new upcoming buddy program, even users with low usage that play the game should be able to get large earnings over time.
HI all: The last was a message from our most senior Engineer.
Is there any point in using smart plugs, etc. when we are currently flipping the main for every OhmHour session? Our forecasts average 1500 kWh and of course by flipping the main we achieve 0 kWh, hence I'm unclear on what extra advantage would be derived by smart plugs, etc. In advance, any enlightenment on the subject is appreciated!
It's all about automation! You need to physically be home to flip the breaker, right? If you cannot be there when there's an OhmHour, the plugs can be turned off and on automatically, therefore saving you some juice. A big energy hog is the fridge! The argument for a Wifi thermostat is similar and will save even more....my AC unit draws 4000W so if it's running for an hour, that's 4 kWh.
You get 10 tokens each time a device is shutoff too. I have 10 of them so the tokens add up quick making a Baseline Boost card or Streak Shield available more quickly.
So if i understand this site is that they want u to only save during the projected times. I know that they will disagree. But i have been trying to lower my bill and do the projected goals as well. I have sunk myself due to saving too much energy during teh day. I got this warning for tonight... "Warning, looks like you have been using less energy lately, so your forecast is lower than usual. Good time to shut off the circuit breaker!" I have medical issues i cant just shut the breakers off.
I too was using little power. But when summer came I started using my A/C and my usage went up and my rewards went up. Also, I started streaking and my rewards went up even higher. Using my Nest thermostat also helped since forgetting to turn off the A/C didn't matter, Ohmconnect automatically turned it off for me, seriously increasing my rewards. I now have $180 and a buttload of point and tokens.
I always make my oh, what bums me out is I do not qualify for the Mega oh because my mega oh (whether 1 or 2 hours) is always 0 kWh. I do feel it is a punishment, yes I do earn points, but I never get a chance to win the prizes. I know flip the breaker is the answer, but that is the one thing my husband won't do. I really wish I could get at least 0.3 kWh during Mega hours to at least have a fighting chance at a prize.
Megas are complicated and can't be relied on. You may not get one, the target might be too hard to attain, or the points might score too late for qualification in the weekly draw but if you work on your referrals and get them to silver you'll get into the draw. You have to be in it to win it!
My last Mega was 8/31 but I still qualified for the draw on 9/16 because I got a referral during the week. It's hard work but sometimes it pays off. That referral earned me $20, and then on Sunday it earned me another $500, when I was one of the lucky 10 that were drawn.
@UkiwiS congrats on your win, finally someone actually in the loop won!
It is ridiculous. We do not have air conditioning. We do not leave any appliances on except for the refrigerator. We even unplug our television. We are NOT home during many Ohm Hours, and yet we supposedly are over target. Complete B.S.
> It is ridiculous. We do not have air conditioning. We do not leave any appliances on except for the refrigerator. We even unplug our television. We are NOT home during many Ohm Hours, and yet we supposedly are over target. Complete B.S.
OhmConnect gets the data from your utility. Have you confirmed the numbers are accurate?
By that I mean does your reported usage on OhmConnect match that reported by your utulity?
@bianca-ebay3 --if you turn off your fridge and keep the door closed the food will not spoil in an hour or even two hours. I forgot and left it off for 6 hours and no problem (although I don't recommend this, it was just a problem of forgetting to plug it back in). Only works best if you keep doors closed. If you have ice packs in freezer and unplug, to give yourself a better security blanket you could move a few ice packs to fridge during off time. Also, the fuller your space, even with empty containers, the longer stuff stays cold.
I have turned off everything but my refrigerator and freezer for every Ohm Hour, and my energy use has been consistently negligible. The OH folks ended my streak when they gave me a forecast of -0.666 kWh. I'm done sitting in the dark and cold -- it ain't worth it.
Isn't the point to save energy and help the environment. You should be rewarding those who use less electricity on a regular basis rather than penalizing them. For those who regularly use lower amounts of energy you seem to be encouraging them to use a lot more energy on a regular basis. But maybe you guys don't really care about electricity use and this is just a money making scheme, which by the way I'm fine with but hey lets at least be honest about what this is instead of telling people this is to help the environment. You guys are encouraging everyone to use a lot more energy the rest of the week except during the 1 hour OHM hour.
use less electricity on a regular basis rather than penalizing them.
No, a general reduction in energy usage is NOT the purpose of the program.
@ad2001rn-gmail com you are rewarded for using less electricity on a regular basis - it's called a lower utility bill. The point is to save energy and help the environment and they incentivize you to do that only when the grid the needs it the most - during an OhmHour. They do not incentivize you to save energy all the time on a regular basis. If that's what you are expecting, then this is NOT the program for you. This is not a scam, but if you're looking for one, then you need to look elsewhere.


Discussion in 'EasyApache' started by colorteck, Feb 27, 2006.
Strange problem usually on the weekends apache is up and running but clients images on their websites are not showing up until I restart apache. This seems to only happen on the weekend when the backups are scheduled and happens early in the morning.
Anyone have any ideas why this happens. The clients images will have an x where they are located until I restart apache.
I have loooked at the logs and can not find anything.
I am using the stable release of cPanel.
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I just figured it out. apparently https is not working when apache restarts. So I will manually restart apache and ssl works. These clients have their images under https and it fails sometimes twice a day.
I am still trying to figure out why https is not restarted when apache is restarted.
cpanel haven't any issue with ssl. check your httpd logs and see HOW apache run after restart. With which option. It should be run with httpd -DSSL option. If not, it will run without ssl support. If your init scripts correct and you not found any warning about ports already used and etc. in log files may be you will need recompile your apache with mod_ssl because it is may help you.
BTW. are you using something SIM (System Internal Monitor) ?


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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid. He is also the captain of the Portugal national team.
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, popularly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer. He plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid. He is also the captain of the Portugal national team. He became the most expensive footballer in history when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009 in a transfer worth £80 million (€94 million or $132 million). Ronaldo's contract with Real Madrid, under the terms of which he is paid €21 million per year (after taxes), makes him the highest-paid footballer in the world, and his buyout clause is valued at €1 billion as per his contract.
Ronaldo was born in Santo António, a neighbourhood of Funchal, Madeira. He is the youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, a cook, and José Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener. His second given name "Ronaldo" was chosen after then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who was his father's favourite actor. He has one older brother, Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Cátia. His great-grandmother Isabel da Piedade was from Cape Verde. The family was staunchly Catholic and Ronaldo later claimed that he lived in poverty, sharing a room with his brother and sisters. Ronaldo was popular with other students at school, but he was expelled after he threw a chair at his teacher. At the age of 14, Ronaldo agreed with his mother to focus entirely on football. He became the only player ever to play for Sporting's under-16, under-17, under-18, B-team, and the first team, all within one season.
At the age of 15 Ronaldo was diagnosed with a racing heart, a condition that might have forced him to give up playing football. The Sporting staffs were made aware of the condition and Ronaldo's mother gave her authorisation for hospital admission. While there, he had an operation in which a laser was used to cauterise the area of his heart that was causing the problem. The surgery took place in the morning and Ronaldo was discharged from hospital by the end of the afternoon. He resumed training only a few days later.
Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha, where he played for 2 years, before moving to C.D. Nacional. In 1997, he made a move to Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal. Ronaldo caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who signed him for £12.2 million ( €15 million ) in 2003. In 2004, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA Cup. In 2007, Ronaldo was the first player in England to win all 4 main PFA and FWA awards. In 2008 and 2013, he won the FIFA / Ballon d'Or award for the best footballer in the world. He was the first Portuguese player to win the award twice. He was awarded the European Golden Boot in both 2008 and 2011. In 2008, Ronaldo won 3 of the 4 main PFA and FWA trophies and was named the FIFA World Player of the Year, FIFA Pro Player of the Year, World Soccer Player of the Year, and the Onze d'Or. In 2007 and 2008, Ronaldo was named FWA Footballer of the Year. He was winner of the FIFA Puskás Award for Goal in the inaugural Year in 2009.
Ronaldo is the first top European league player to reach 40 goals in a single season in two consecutive years. He was the fastest Real Madrid player to reach 100 league goals, and the first player to score against every team in a single season in La Liga. He holds the record for most goals scored in a season for Real Madrid. In January 2014, Ronaldo scored his 400th career goal. After spending his first year at Madrid wearing the number 9 shirt, he began wearing the number 7 again following the departure of long-serving striker Raúl. Ronaldo had previously worn the number 7 jersey at Manchester United.
Ronaldo made his debut for Portugal in August 2003. He has been capped over 100 times and is Portugal's top goal scorer of all time. With Portugal he has participated in 5 major tournaments; UEFA Euro 2004, the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2008, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. He scored his first international goal in the opening game of Euro 2004 against Greece and helped Portugal reach the final. He took over captaincy of the national team in July 2008.
On 17 October 2012, Ronaldo won his 100th cap for the Portugal national team in a World Cup qualification match against Northern Ireland (1-1) at Porto's Estádio do Dragão. He became the third youngest European ever to reach that figure in the process, after Germany's Lukas Podolski and Estonia's Kristen Viikmäe.
On 14 August 2013, Ronaldo scored his 40th goal for Portugal in a 1–1 friendly draw against the Netherlands. On 6 September 2013, Ronaldo netted his first international hat-trick in a 15-minute spell in the second half at Windsor Park against Northern Ireland (4-2) in a World Cup qualification match and became Portugal's second-highest scorer ahead of Eusébio.
Ronaldo scored eight goals in Portugal's FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifying campaign, including all four of the team's goals in the two-legged play-off against Sweden which ensured Portugal's place at the finals. His hat-trick in the second-leg made him Portugal's joint-top scorer of all-time after equalling Pauleta's record tally of 47 international goals.
On 5 March 2014, Ronaldo netted twice in Portugal's 5-1 friendly win over Cameroon and took his tally of goals to 49. He is now the all-time leading goal scorer for his country.
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:01, 7 May 2014 (UTC).


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Food Inc.: A Participant Guide
How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It
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Food, Inc. is guaranteed to shake up our perceptions of what we eat. This powerful documentary deconstructing the corporate food industry in America was hailed by Entertainment Weekly as "more than a terrific movie — it's an important movie." Aided by expert commentators such as Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, the film poses questions such as: Where has my food come from, and who has processed it? What are the giant agribusinesses and what stake do they have in maintaining the status quo of food production and consumption? How can I feed my family healthy foods affordably?
Expanding on the film's themes, the book Food, Inc. will answer those questions through a series of challenging essays by leading experts and thinkers. This book will encourage those inspired by the film to learn more about the issues, and act to change the world.
David Denby, New Yorker
"Those of us who avoid junk food, with many sighs of relief and self-approval, may still be eating junk a good deal of the time. This enraging fact, which will not surprise anyone who has read such muckraking books as Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation" (2001) and Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma" (2006), is one of the discomforting meanings of the powerful new documentary "Food, Inc.," an angry blast of disgust aimed at the American food industry."
"If you care about what you're eating, you should see the new documentary Food Inc."
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"Most of you have probably heard about Food, Inc., the movie, but did you also know there's a companion book to the film? The book explores the challenges raised by the movie in fascinating depth through 13 essays, most of them written especially for this book, and many by experts featured in the film. Highlights include chapters by Michael Pollan (Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food), Anna Lappe (Hope's Edge and Grub), Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation and film co-producer), Robert Kenner (film director), and a chapter on asking the right questions from Sustainable Table! The book is so popular it's already in its fourth printing."


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June 12, 2019 By pcradmin
Tom Wallace, Partner at Kopplin, Kuebler & Wallace
Tom Wallace is partner at Kopplin, Kuebler and Wallace. He's an expert in placing top executives in fine country clubs. In this episode we chat about the expectations boards have of their next GM/COO as well as what managers are looking to get out of their next job.
We discuss why cultural fits are so important to matching the right candidate with the right club. We also discuss the average tenure of general managers and why that can lead to adverse effects in a club's long term strategic plan. You'll hear what makes KK&W's process effective and how you can get in touch with their team.
In 2014 Tom Wallace joined KOPPLIN & KUEBLER as their newest Executive. Tom is primarily focused on GM/COO, Director of Golf, and Golf Course Superintendent Searches, as well as, Operation Assessments, Team Building, Leadership Development and General Consulting.
In 2016 Tom was named partner at the firm that know goes by KOPPLIN KUEBLER AND WALLACE. Tom's club management career spans over twenty-five years in the private golf, country, and community club segments.
Tom's active involvement in the Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) includes numerous committee roles both locally and nationally as well as serving as Pittsburgh Chapter President in 2010. Tom regularly speaks at local and national CMAA educational events and has presented internationally at the European Club Leadership Summit and the Club Manager Association of Europe (CMAE) National Conference.
Visit kkandw.com to learn more.
Filed Under: Club Management, Club Vendors, Governance, Leadership, Private Club Experts
May 28, 2019 By pcradmin
Mark Panciera, The Pacific Institute
This conversation will provide an understanding of the power of mindset, and how by leveraging it both personally and professionally, increased individual, team, and organizational performance will result.
On this episode we'll cover how habits, attitudes, beliefs, and expectations impact results. How to increase your leadership effectiveness by harnessing the power of concepts such as blindspots comfort zones, limiting vs. liberating beliefs and identifying where ineffective thinking exists, limiting accountability
The exchange will ignite thinking, maximize performance and enrich lives.
Mark Panciera is an accomplished business owner, community leader, executive and entrepreneur. Applying his personal formula for professional achievement, he has distinguished himself as an advisor to a diversified group of clients in a variety of industries. As a partner of The Pacific Institute, he focuses his efforts on driving the growth and performance of organizations, teams, and individuals in the US.
Mark has worked with Fortune 1,000 companies, government agencies, healthcare systems, educational institutions, athletic teams, and non-profit organizations.
With a strong commitment to community service, Mark's involvement and leadership include: Board Member Catholic Health Services and Chairman Finance Committee; Trustee Holy Cross Hospital; Chairman Archbishop's Development Council, Archdiocese of Miami; Director Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, Boys and Girls Club, YMCA, and Kiwanis Club.
Learn more about The Pacific Institute here.
Filed Under: Leadership, Private Club Experts
Hannah Eanes, PCMA
On today's episode we chat with Hannah Eanes of the Professional Club Marketing Association. You'll learn why interns can be a valuable asset to your club. If you're thinking of taking the plunge, you'll learn three ways to get the most out of your internship program.
Learn more at http://askpcma.org
On June 3rd, our host, Gabriel Aluisy, will be participating in the FLCMAA Seminole Region marathon golf. This event will raise money for children's charities including the Special Olympics, The Fiirst Tee, Place of Hope, SOS Children's Village and more. We need your help to reach our goal of contributing $10,000 from Private Club Radio. Please visit privateclubradio.com/marathon to learn more and contribute.
Filed Under: Association Leaders, Membership & Marketing, Private Club Experts
Ryan Wilson, The Gathering Spot
Ryan Wilson, CEO of The Gathering Spot joins us to discuss his unique concept in Atlanta. You'll learn what makes the club of one-of-a-kind private club experience.
We chat about how the club was founded and their plans for expansion into markets like Washington, DC and Los Angeles.
You'll especially enjoy Ryan's, "best piece of entrepreneurial advice."
You can learn more about The Gathering spot at thegatheringspot.club.
This episode was recorded live at the National Club Conference which took place in Washington, DC. We recap the most memorable speakers and experiences. Learn more at nationalclub.org
Filed Under: Private Club Experts, Programming & Events, Technology & Trends
May 6, 2019 By pcradmin
Denny Corby, Comedian & Magician
On episode 175 we chat with Denny Corby whose comedy, magic and mind reading show for private clubs delights audiences around the country. This is Denny's second time on the show. He provided so much value last time, we had to have him back on again.
On this episode we'll cover How clubs can create better experiences with the events they are doing at their clubs. You'll also learn how to showcase your club in different ways with the events you are doing. And you'll learn the one major thing clubs are NOT doing that's killing their events.
Check him out at dennycorby.com and follow him on Instagram @DennyCorby
About Denny
Denny fell in love with magic as a young kid growing up in Scranton, PA. His parents did everything they could to stir up his enthusiasm. They enrolled Denny in every magic class he could find and encouraged him to perform for friends and family as often as possible. The kid had a clear knack for entertainment.
Denny's family owned the only paper company in Scranton. Naturally, that made The Office a TV staple in the Corby house. If you met him, you'd swear he was a cross between Michael Scott and Jim Halpert (with a little bit of Andy Bernard thrown in).
At the age of 16, Denny went to work for his parents. Between the paper business and a cleaning company his family owned, Denny had a hand in literally everything. From stripping floors and waxing bathrooms to loading trucks and making sales calls, Denny worked his tail off in the "real world." Still, he couldn't leave magic behind. While working for his parents, he continued to perform on nights and weekends.
Denny began his college career at Marywood University in Scranton and finished it in 2004 at Bay State College in Boston. After school, he went back to work for his parents. He loved being a part of what his family had built but the tension between his day job and his passion for magic started to overwhelm him. Finally, Denny's family encouraged him to step out and take a risk in doing what he truly loved.
Four years later, Denny is a wildly successful magician, entertainer and keynote speaker. He performs regularly for a slew of corporate clients including Comcast, Tyson Foods, Berkshire Hathaway, and BMW. His shows range from intimate office gatherings of 20 to crowds of 2500 and everything in between.
Through appearances on major cable networks like Fox and NBC, Denny has graced television screens across the country. He's also put out an instructional DVD, Magic Tricks Now, showing people how to use some of his favorite tricks to impress their friends, family, coworkers, and even strangers.
Wherever you meet him, Denny is guaranteed to make your day. He's a warm-hearted goofball who lives to make people laugh and see them smile. You'll never find him any happier than when he's cracking jokes and having fun with friends, family, and even complete strangers.
At the end of each show, somebody always asks whether magic is real. Denny's answer is simple. For whatever bit of time he has, a magician gets to pull a crowd of people out of their crazy lives and fill them with a sense of joy and wonder. Instead of worrying about their jobs or their finances, each audience member is right there in their seat loving every minute of the show.
Filed Under: Private Club Experts, Programming & Events


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Trademark Protection FAQ
Created by FindLaw's team of legal writers and editors | Last updated June 20, 2016
Are some trademarks stronger than others?
Yes. Trademarks generally fall into two categories, strong and weak. Strong marks receive more protection than weak marks. The relative strength of a trademark depends on the distinctiveness of the name, logo or symbol being used, but weak trademarks have the potential to become stronger over time.
Strong trademarks : strong trademarks are inherently distinctive and are generally considered creative or outside of the ordinary. Examples of this include Google, Exxon, or Xerox.
Weak trademarks : weak trademarks generally include some aspect of their business in their name, and often include a geographic name as well. A good example to demonstrate this is to contrast with Exxon with a company like British Petroleum. Both companies' primary business is the procurement and sale of petroleum products. While Exxon's name is distinctive, spelled oddly, and says nothing about what it does, British Petroleum's name indicates where it started and tells you exactly what the company sells.
Turning weak trademarks into strong trademarks : although a name like British Petroleum may have been "born" weak, trademark law allows for otherwise weak names to become strong. If a normally weak trademark engages in substantial sales, advertising or otherwise increases public awareness of the brand, then the trademark will be considered distinctive, can be registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and will receive greater protection.
Can a business name be trademarked?
Business names by themselves are actually referred to as "trade names". A trade name is not the same thing as a trade mark, and many companies use their trade name on items such as letterhead, invoices and other important documents. A trademark on the other hand, is affixed to a product or a service that the business offers.
Obviously the two can overlap, and many businesses use their name both on letterhead and affix their name to products that they sell. For example Xerox is both a company name, used on letterhead, but is also branded onto their copiers and business machines.
Can a website or domain name be trademarked?
Yes. To be clear, however, although a website or domain name may be given in full as something like http://www.companyname.com, neither the http, www or .com are part of a name that can be trademarked. Rather, it is the name in between the www and the .com that can be trademarked. A typical example of this would be a site like www.google.com , where google would be the website or domain name that is also a trademark.
Are trademarks governed by federal or state law?
Trademarks receive protection under both federal and state law. The group of federal laws that govern trademarks are collectively known as the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. sections 1051-1127). In addition, trademarks are registered and protected by the USPTO, which is a federal entity. All states, however, have statutes that also govern the use of trade and service marks within the state.
In addition to these statutes, the U.S. legal system uses a system of "common law" based on long-standing court decisions to help decide who is entitled to use a trademark. In general, common law gives the user who first uses the trademark ownership of that trademark.
Contact a qualified business attorney to help you identify how to best protect your business' intellectual property.
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