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Q: Lucene .net + equivalent of SpanMultiTermQueryWrapper in C# I need to convert the following Java code to C# but I couldn't find the equivalent of "SpanMultiTermQueryWrapper". Could you please help?
FuzzyQuery firstNameQuery = new FuzzyQuery(new Term("text", firstName), 2);
FuzzyQuery lastNameQuery = new FuzzyQuery(new Term("text", lastName), 2);

SpanQuery[] clauses = new SpanQuery[] {
  new SpanMultiTermQueryWrapper<MultiTermQuery>(firstNameQuery),
  new SpanMultiTermQueryWrapper<MultiTermQuery>(lastNameQuery)
};
SpanNearQuery spanNearQuery = new SpanNearQuery(clauses, 3, false);

A: SpanMultiTermQueryWrapper and MultiTermQuery are both available on Lucene.Net 4.8.0-beta00004.
If you need support in earlier versions of Lucene.Net, you can probably just grab the source code from the above links and any dependencies and drop them into a library for your applications.


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Leaving a legacy of love
"I care about this work because I've been there"
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Taylor was 18 when she gave birth to her son. She shares that at the time, she wasn't making great choices and was worried she wouldn't be able to give her baby the life she wanted him to have.
Her parents supported her, helped her weigh options, and eventually walked Taylor through the process of making an adoption plan. "When things got hard, they reminded me why I was doing this. To make sure my baby had loving parents and a good home."
Now, years later, Taylor works in health care and is raising two boys, ages 2 and 4. As a single parent, having a will is important to her. She wants peace of mind, knowing that no matter what, her boys will be taken care of.
After experiencing firsthand how adoption changes and saves lives, Taylor wants to help other moms who might not be ready to parent but who care about giving their babies a safe, loving home. She decided to leave a legacy of love and included Bethany in her will.
"My gift will be there in the future to provide women with a different option so they can make sure their baby is going to a safe place. And they can be taken care of, mentally and emotionally, throughout the process."
On behalf of the children and families being helped now and long into the future, we thank you and others like Taylor who want to help by leaving a legacy of love.
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Red to Blue? Popular Ironworker Wins Primary and May Take Paul Ryan's Seat
Randy Bryce is an ironworker, a star in a viral video and the projected winner of the Democratic primary for the seat being vacated by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).
Bryce, more popularly known as "Ironstache," is endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). He defeated local school board member and teacher Cathy Myers, 55, on Tuesday, according to a projection by The Associated Press.
In a primary that turned bitter and personal, the 53-year-old ironworker won 59 percent of the vote in Wisconsin's 1st District, compared to Myers's 41 percent.
Bryce captured national attention when his emotional campaign announcement video went viral. In the video, Bryce's mother talks about the difficulty of affording life-saving drugs. At the end of the video, the ironworker calls on Paul Ryan to "trade places" with him.
The union organizer, won the endorsement of Sanders late last year and was elevated by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) to its "Red to Blue" program, which gives financial and organizational support to approved candidates.
Bryce's viral video also translated into donations, and he out-raised Myers by $5 million.
He backs a progressive agenda that includes single-payer health care, or "Medicare for All," and a $15 minimum wage, and Bryce was also one of the first Democratic candidates to call for abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Bryce withstood a number of negative headlines that included past arrests in the 1990s for driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana possession. He also endured stories about his failure to pay child support, which he started paying after launching his bid.
Myers tried to paint Bryce as unfit to serve in Congress, and has used his past transgressions against him in campaign ads.
"Ironstache" will face Republican Bryan Steil, an attorney and business executive endorsed by Ryan, who emerged the winner in the crowded GOP primary.
Do you think he can turn this seat from red to blue?
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The demise of brick and mortar retail has been widely reported over the past several months. Although there have been many stores closing or filing bankruptcy, there is proof that retail is still alive and active, but is being reshaped from conventional standards.
In order to combat e-commerce sales, savvy merchants have increased their levels of service to provide value to their customers.
For example, furniture vendors Pottery Barn and West Elm both offer free, in-home design services. This added feature is invaluable to the busy, over-committed consumer. Additionally, Apple created the Genius Bar in its stores to exclusively cater to customer problems and issues. This store feature has helped create millions of loyal users. Whole Foods Market employees routinely offer customers free product if they are sold out of the desired brand. One of the company's core values is that "the customer is the most important stakeholder in our business and the lifeblood of our business."
Furthermore, entertainment-based concepts have flourished recently by becoming anchor tenants in both open and enclosed shopping centers.
The list of growing and dynamic concepts includes: Legoland Discovery Center; Main Event; iFly; Pinstripes; Topgolf; Round 1; and Punchbowl Social; and movie theaters Silverspot Cinema and Movie Tavern, all of which have deals or are considering locations in Northeast Ohio.
These retail entertainment users will drive traffic to shopping regions, which should greatly benefit surrounding merchants and restaurants.
Also, there are several cutting-edge, dynamic retail concepts that are growing through brick and mortar development.
These merchants include Bonobos, Warby Parker, Homage, Shinola and LuLulemon Athletica. Generally, they target live, work and play developments, or urban storefront locations. Their stores are smartly merchandised and offer unique experiences to the customers.
These tenants locally will be found in four Cleveland area shopping centers: Crocker Park and Eton Chagrin Boulevard; and the two new lifestyle projects, Pinecrest and the Van Aken District.
Finally, many off-price and deep discount stores are planning on explosive growth in the near term. These users will backfill soon-to-be-vacated space, and will enter all types of trade areas, including small, rural communities.
These merchants generally will pay lower rent than their predecessor and will demand a substantial build-out allowance. Although not an owner-friendly deal, these retailers have good financial stability. The most active of these users in the Northeast Ohio region include TJ Maxx/HomeGoods, Burlington, Five Below, Ross Stores, Dollar Tree and Dollar General.
Overall, consolidation in the retail segment will continue with pressure on full-line department stores, sporting goods, electronics, office supplies and women's clothing stores.
This trend will impact Class B and C shopping centers. Mixed-use, lifestyle centers, and Class A neighborhood/community centers should continue to see strong tenant demand.
Small to medium sized, grocery-anchored centers seem to be best positioned to combat this retail purge. Going forward, the winners will be service- and price-driven retailers and entertainment concepts, and quality, dynamic projects as the enclosed mall world comes under attack.


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The closest town to the halfway point is Kingston, AR, situated 41.78 miles from Harrison, AR and 46.67 miles from Fayetteville, AR. It would take 1 hour 1 min to go from Harrison to Kingston and 1 hour 8 mins to go from Fayetteville to Kingston.... Fayetteville is a white-collar area, with a significant portion of the workforce employed in professional jobs; many work for the University of Arkansas. Naturally, university life has a major influence on local Fayetteville culture; when students return from break, the area feels dramatically more energetic.
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While you will find your standard theme park fare available, the real money is on the BBQ items including smoked turkey leg with BBQ sauce, BBQ pork ribs, 1/2 smoked chicken with BBQ sauce and for those who like a bit more control – chicken strips with BBQ sauce on the side. Ordering is completed at a kiosk and meal pick up is further down the line at a counter.
Your seating choices are plentiful with both outdoor and indoor options. The interior of the barn is impeccably themed with old barrels and blankets hanging from the rafters, wagon wheel chandeliers for light and antlers. Lots and lots of antlers. On the left side of the barn there is even a four sided fireplace that looks like heaven for cold winter days. The outside area finds picnic tables and chairs surrounded by lots of trees surely not native to Paris proper. The Imagineers have done a great job of making you feel like you are picnicking in the great outdoors of the American West instead of steps away from the Adventureland Bazaar.
On the menu today was 1/2 smoked chicken with BBQ sauce, potato wedges, a fountain beverage and what might actually be the world's smallest brownie. With the annual passholder discount of 10%, my combo meal came to just under 12 euros and I received a coupon for a free beverage later in the day. Remember to always check your receipts for this perk!
Now this might not look like much in the picture, but this was a lot of food. The chicken itself was perfectly cooked and the BBQ sauce was tasty. It's also quite mild for those out there who aren't the biggest fans of heat. You could make a meal out of the potato wedges alone here with plenty to share and then some. Deep fried and lightly salted, they were decent and filling, but nothing to write home about. Dessert came in the form of a tiny brownie, pre-packaged and containing nuts. Just for fun, this picture was snapped for size comparison.
Dessert wasn't actually that bad at all but the value here is most definitely in your entree which is easily shared between two.
Overall, Cowboy Cookout is a great space to relax, kick off your boots and enjoy a taste of the south – at least as much as you're able this side of Paris.


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Singer Marty Wilde to celebrate his 80th birthday with dates including Worthing and Eastbourne
Singer Marty Wilde announces 80th birthday nationwide tour as part of the Solid Gold Rock 'N' Roll Show 2019 with dates including Worthing and Eastbourne.
Spokesman Stuart Bennett said: "He is known as the Father of British Rock 'n' Roll, and an icon in every sense of the word. Now, celebrating his 80th birthday year, Marty Wilde is set to embark on a major nationwide birthday tour, which will also feature fellow original Dreamboats of the first wave of British Rock music: Mike Berry, Eden Kane, and very special guest, 'Little Miss Sixties' Nancy Ann Lee, all part of the perennially acclaimed Solid Gold Rock 'n' Roll show.
"The Solid Gold Rock 'n' Roll show looks back upon an era of music that's reverberations are felt even today, half a century on. An inexorable force for social and cultural change, whether through the spirit of punk, the spirit of girl power, or through the mega phenomenon of today's international pop juggernauts, the notion of what Rock 'n' Roll presented and meant lives on to this very day.
"Approaching his 80th year, pioneer of the era Marty Wilde's vigour for music and live performance is still as fresh as ever. Having been spotted performing at London's legendary Condor Club in 1957, Marty proved he was Born to Rock 'n' Roll with a string of Top 5 hits in the coming years as a teenage star, including Donna, Sea of Love, and A Teenager in Love. Wilde popularised the fresh, youthful form of music known as Rock 'n' Roll that had just hit British shores as the main feature artist on TV shows such as Oh Boy! And Boy Meets Girls.
"Marty also cemented his longevity as a popular music icon with his prodigious songwriting for other artists, which included a string of hits such as Ice In The Sun for Status Quo and Kids In America for his daughter, Kim. He also introduced The Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward to the art of songwriting, having made several recordings with Marty's Wilde Three.
"Last year, in recognition of an incredible feat of 60 years' commitment to British music, Marty received an MBE at Buckingham Palace, presented to him by HRH The Queen.
"Joining Marty on this very special Solid Gold Rock 'n' Roll Show tour will be original icons of one of the most exciting times in British music: Mike Berry, Eden Kane, and very special guest, 'Little Miss Sixties', Nancy Ann Lee – as well as Marty's band, The Wildcats.
"Mike Berry is known just as well for his music as he is for his TV work. A long-time collaborator of producer Joe Meek, he enjoyed a string of hits in the 60s including Don't You Think It's Time, and The Sunshine Of Your Smile. He also had hits with his group The Outlaws including A Tribute To Buddy Holly. His TV work included the iconic BBC series Are You Being Served.
"Eden Kane, the older brother of musicians Peter Starstedt and Clive Sarstedt, had success in the early 1960s with I Don't Know Why, Well I Ask You and Boys Cry, before moving to the United States, where he began an acting career. A breakout role in three Star Trek series (Voyager, Next Generation and New Enterprise) saw him cement his ongoing popularity.
"The Solid Gold Rock 'n' Roll Show will enthral audiences nationwide this year in celebration of Marty Wilde's 80th Birthday, an incredible chance to relive the original Rock 'n' Roll stars."
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Comments: Lake Cornelia is another convenient fishing destination in Edina. Rosland Park provides an overall outdoor experience. An abundant population of Yellow Perch can be reached from the fishing pier, located on the east side of the lake. Bullheads and Common Carp are a couple of other species that can be caught and can provide a good challenge for a young angler.


The lead up to Christmas and the holidays is the biggest time of year for retailers. This is prime time to use social media marketing to gain new customers and brand advocates. Social content is a vital part of the overall marketing mix. To help you to make the most of the busy period, have a read of the following tips.
During the silly season, you could noisily tout your wares like a old lady brandishing fish in a village market. Or you could use your social media to listen to the chatter and conversations about your brand. Then respond and attempt to create a personalised, generous and positive interaction.
Unlike other forms of marketing, social media is a two-way dialogue with evenly distributed power dynamics. It's all well and good to blatantly sell on social media, but if the storytelling around your offer is non-existent, then your posts won't resonate with your target audience.
In order to win market share, it's a great idea to start planning early. The earlier you begin planning, even as early as July or August, the more your business stands to gain out of the holiday period.
When you start early, it's easier to avoid getting bogged down with BAU operational needs. Instead you should focus with laser-sharp awareness on long-term strategic marketing goals. Also social advertising and search marketing gets expensive in December. So filling the top of the funnel in July makes more sense!
The more creative and edgier your holiday season offerings are, the more likely your business will be to stand out, in a crowded room of competitors all tooting their own horns.
In amongst all the excitement (and pressure) of having to make yearly sales targets for the year, it's possible to lose sight of the long-game of growing and nurturing brand advocates and fans. The holiday season isn't just for selling stuff. It's about building loyal customers who continue to come back time and time again.
Remarketing strategies through social media and PPC are going to attract huge returns during this time. In other words, the more frequently a relevant target audience sees your message, the more likely they will be to buy from your business. So make sure you wow them in your ads, so that they remember your brand.
Search marketing is where you can really see some sales conversions. So be sure to change up your keyword strategy so that it's relevant for the holidays. Also you should adjust your social strategy so that it's relevant.
Even if your social strategy only goes so far as organic posts, it's always a good idea to initiate a paid campaign over the holidays. This is when the majority of shoppers will be primed and ready to purchase. Sweta Patel of Silicon Valley Start-Up Marketing found that social conversions can increase from 0.6% to almost 20% from social ads alone.
Christmas online is akin to a fluorescent nightscape in Tokyo…its LOUD!
Your ads need to be memorable. To do that they must stand out and be compelling for prospective customers. Split test a broad variety of ad copy and artwork combinations, to find that magnificent combo that your audience resonates with.
Social media platforms will be thoroughly saturated over the holiday period. So in your holiday marketing strategy, be sure to integrate unexpected guerilla marketing campaigns, and competitions to spice things up.
10. Consider Facebook groups for people with specific interests in your business.
After all, people prefer to purchase from an individual and not a company. They would like to engage in a two-way dialogue with an individual who can help them, not a nameless social account. Any sort of selling in this group needs to be incredibly laid-back and a subtle for it to be effective. The primary goal here is to resolve challenges that people face by offering solutions.
Gift card offerings, competitions and last minute offers to email subscribers and via social are going to be highly effective for revenue growth. Start testing and retargeting your ad groups as soon as possible, to get the most out of that opportunity.
Create limited time offers and limited stock offers to generate FOMO with your target audience. Create a limited number of coupons or exclusive offers that are only available until a certain date.
Are you selling rental furniture to a young Uni crowd? Then visit the forums of a subreddit and post valuable information there. Avoid any kind of sales approach and instead aim to be solutions-oriented. Take a personalised approach to resolving challenges.
I hope that this guide to surviving the silly season helps you to seize the opportunities of email marketing, copywriting and content marketing. Get in touch with me today to see how we can blow the cobwebs out of your content marketing strategy!


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Q: duff device not working I've tried to implement the Duff device, but it's not working. It doesn't copy anything. I've implemented the original version and a more clear version:
void duff_function(int *a, int *b, int length)
{
    int n = (length + 7) / 8;
    switch(length % 8)
    {
        case 0: *a++ = *b++;    // I dereference, copy, and then increment the pointer, * > ++
        case 7: *a++ = *b++;
        case 6: *a++ = *b++;
        case 5: *a++ = *b++;
        case 4: *a++ = *b++;
        case 3: *a++ = *b++;
        case 2: *a++ = *b++;
        case 1: *a++ = *b++;
    }
    while ( --n > 0)
    {
        *a++ = *b++;
        *a++ = *b++;
        *a++ = *b++;
        *a++ = *b++;
        *a++ = *b++;
        *a++ = *b++;
        *a++ = *b++;
        *a++ = *b++;
    }

}

void send(int *to, int *from, int count)
{
        int n=(count+7)/8;
        switch(count%8){
           case 0: do{ *to = *from++;
           case 7:     *to = *from++;
           case 6:     *to = *from++;
           case 5:     *to = *from++;
           case 4:     *to = *from++;
           case 3:     *to = *from++;
           case 2:     *to = *from++;
           case 1:     *to = *from++;
                    }while( --n>0);
        }
}

int main()
{
    int a[10] = {21, 34, 12, 64, 13, 9, 56, 54, 90, 1};
    int b[10] = {22};
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
    {
       printf("%d, ", a[i]);
    }
    printf("\n");
    duff_function(a, b, 10);
    //send(a, b, 10);

    for(int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
        printf("%d, ", b[i]);
    printf("\n");
    return 0;
}

The output is:
21, 34, 12, 64, 13, 9, 56, 54, 90, 1,
22, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,

It doesn't copy anything.
In the original version for some reason it doesn't increment the pointer to, but I think that I should increment it (I do it in my function).
EDIT
As reported there is an error in my code:
I've changed it:
send(b, a, 10);

But now the output is:
1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,

EDIT 2
Last edit to make the code work:
duff_function(b, a);

A: you are copying from b to a, but you want to copy from a to b.
change every *a++ = *b++; to *b++ = *a++;
you can also do just memcpy(b, a, length * sizeof *a);

A: this function:
void send(int *to, int *from, int count)
{
    int n=(count+7)/8;
    switch(count%8)
    {
       case 0: do{ *to = *from++;
       case 7:     *to = *from++;
       case 6:     *to = *from++;
       case 5:     *to = *from++;
       case 4:     *to = *from++;
       case 3:     *to = *from++;
       case 2:     *to = *from++;
       case 1:     *to = *from++;
                }while( --n>0);
    }
}

contains several problems.
1) the while statement
   places the majority of the switch case statements
   at a different scope level from the first case statement.

2) stepping through the code
   int n = (10+7)%8 = 2
   switch(2)
      (jumping into the center of a do/while loop is
      a very poor program practice)
      do{
      case 2: *to = *from++;
      case 1: *to = *from++; // which overlays the prior line
      } while( --n >0 ) // on first pass decrement 'n' to 1
      case 7:   overlays prior *to with from[2]
      case 6:   overlays prior *t0 with from[3]
      case 5:   ... from[4]
      case 4:   ... from[5]
      case 3:   ... from[6]
      case 2:   ... from[7]
      case 1"   ... from[8]
         while( --n >0 ) fails, exiting loop

      final result, *to = from[8]

this is probably not what you wanted to do

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Trevor Noah signs off as 'The Daily Show' host with emotional last episode
With tears in his eyes, Trevor Noah said farewell to his studio (and at-home) audience from the 11th Avenue soundstage that's home to "The Daily Show." The presenter concluded his stint that began in March 2015, when he was first made successor to Jon Stewart. His announcement to leave the program was a considerable surprise when he made it back in September. He has cited a desire to go back on the road as a standup comic, and to find a better life-work balance. (How he'll find that from a hotel room after a night at the Hard Rock Sheboygan is unclear, but Godspeed.)
Noah called his final turn "a celebration" and said, "When I started the show, I had three clear goals. I was like, I'm going to make sure Hillary gets elected, I'm going to make sure that I prevent a global pandemic from starting and I'm going to become best friends with Kanye West." He then added, "So I think it's time to move on."
He continued with the zings, saying, "I know a lot of people are sad, but please don't be sad. You should be happy—the African leader is peacefully leaving power. That is never a guarantee."
A murderer's row of big names said goodbye to Noah via a video montage, including Oprah Winfrey, Issa Rae, Kamala Harris, Tracy Ross, Bill Gates, Hillary Clinton, and more. Noah spent time during the final episode saluting Black women. "Black women can't afford to [bleep] around and find out," he said, after explaining that "people will be like, 'Oh, Trevor, you are so smart.' And I'm like, who do you think teaches me? You know? Who do you think has shaped me, nourished me and formed me? From my mom, my gran, my aunts, all these Black women in my life, but then in America as well. I always tell people, if you truly want to learn about America, talk to Black women."
During his time as host, Noah won one Primetime Emmy off of 11 nominations.
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Costco: Paragon of Corporate Virtue, or a Company that Discriminates Against Women?
Until Tuesday of this week, if you've heard much about Costco Wholesale at all, especially in the context of how the company treats its workers, it was probably positive news. Costco, the big box wholesale warehouse retailer, was getting plenty of good press in the past few years as the anti-Wal-Mart, the company doing right by its workers by paying them higher wages and giving them more benefits and workplace flexibility. However, the positive Costco image took a huge nosedive on Tuesday with the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of female employees, who claim they have suffered discrimination in pay and promotions. This places Costco in much the same boat as Wal-Mart, who is also facing a sex discrimination class action, with several of the same lawyers involved in both lawsuits. Only time will tell whether Costco will be able to restore the progressive image it has carefully cultivated.
There have been quite a few "good vs. evil" stories appearing recently which have pitted Costco against Wal-Mart (or sometimes more precisely, Sam's Club, Wal-Mart's own wholesale club.) The script goes a little like this: Wal-Mart has become the epitome of market domination (otherwise known as a "category killer") on its path to becoming the world's largest retailer, but its success has been at the expense of its employees and the communities in which it operates. The one thorn in its side, however, has been its rival Costco, which continues to dominate the wholesale club market, with its average store's yearly earnings doubling those of Sam's Club stores. (See Fortune article.)
The comparisons also extend to the political in this highly charged election season. According to the author, Daniel Gross, in a recent Slate magazine article, Costco is a "blue state," a Democrat, John Kerry, while Wal-Mart is a "red state," a Republican, George W. Bush. Not only do Costco's labor policies swing to the left, Gross notes that "Like today's Democratic Party, Costco favors highly trafficked urban and edge-city locations—it has three stores in New York City. And it caters to a decidedly upscale crowd." As for Wal-Mart, "Like today's Republican Party, it focuses intensely on rural areas and generally avoids cities." And don't forget its labor policies, which "are state-of-the-art, for the 1890s." (See Slate article or listen to NPR audio.) While it may be a tad far-fetched to attach a personal political identity to an apersonal corporation, certainly the comparison holds true when you look at political contributions:
Wal-Mart gives more money to Republican candidates than any other company. Its top three managers, including chief executive H. Lee Scott, donated the individual maximum $2,000 to President George W. Bush, and Jay Allen, vice president for corporate affairs, raised at least $100,000 to reelect the president, earning him the Bush campaign's designation of "Pioneer….IRS disclosure records show that Sinegal and Costco chairman Jeffrey Brotman each gave $95,000 last December to the fund-raising arm of America Coming Together, a group organizing voters against Bush, and the Media Fund, which is running anti-Bush advertisements.
(See Bloomberg News article.) Unlike Wal-Mart, Costco pays its workers living wages, has a generous benefit package, and has an turnover rate unparalleled in the retail world: one-third of the 64% industry average. (See Slate article.) Costco's chairman, James Sinegal, has been quoted saying things simply unheard of in the retail world, such as, "I don't see what's wrong with an employee earning enough to be able to buy a house or having a health plan for the family." Populist commentator Jim Hightower calls Costco "a corporation that breaks the greed mold," and Sinegal's approach "shockingly heretical" in contrast to Wal-Mart's "anti-labor, low-wage, no benefit, 'move it all to China' ethic." (See AlterNet article.) Costco has unions, Wal-Mart doesn't. Costco's health care plan covers most of its employees, while Wal-Mart's plan covers less than half.
In Costco's corporate code of ethics, one of the basic precepts is "Take Care of Our Employees" accompanied by promises to provide, among other things: "competitive wages; great benefits; and a safe and healthy work environment." (See Costco Code of Ethics.) And there's one promise in particular that is sure to get plenty of scrutiny in the days ahead: "An atmosphere free from harassment or discrimination." Also likely to be much analyzed is Costco's description of Career Opportunities:
* Costco is committed to promoting from within the company. The majority of our current management team members (including Warehouse, Merchandise, Administrative, Membership, Front End and Receiving Managers) are "home grown."
* Our growth plans remain very aggressive and our need for qualified, experienced employees to fill supervisory and management positions remains great.
* Today we have Warehouse Managers and Vice Presidents who were once Stockers and Callers or who started in clerical positions for Costco. We believe that Costco's future executive officers are currently working in our warehouses, depots and buying offices, as well as in our Home Office.
Why? Because a class action has been filed on behalf of female employees at Costco who say it just isn't so. The lead plaintiff in the case is Shirley "Rae" Ellis of a Denver suburb, who says that she took a salary cut six years ago in order to join Costco, based on the store's assurances that "she would be eligible for promotion to general manager within a year." She came to Costco with experience: she had been general manager of a rival Sam's Club store, making $100,000 to the $50,000 she earned when starting with Costco. (See San Francisco Chronicle article.) Instead, she watched men with less experience receive the coveted general manager openings, while women who were promoted to manager generally were detailed to stores in areas with less revenue, which directly affected their earning potential. (See Los Angeles Times article.) After Ellis complained about her treatment, she was transferred from a nearby store to one much further away, with a 3-4 hour daily commute.
Ellis claims that her experience is typical of women who seek advancement at Costco, and thus her suit is on behalf of about 650 women, both current and former employees at Costco, who were eligible in the last three years for promotion to the top positions. While nearly 50 percent of its employees are women, only 12 percent of its managers are women, and only 2 of its top thirty executives are women. (See Forbes article, and Costco's list of Executive and Senior Officers.) The "Career Opportunities" practices described above may sound good in theory, but according to Ellis and her attorneys, work to the disadvantage of female employees. "A lot of women don't even know when to apply for these jobs because they're not posted," said Bill Lann Lee, one of Ms. Ellis's lawyers. "There's an unfair system of tapping people for these jobs." (See New York Times article.)
As Brad Seligman of the Impact Fund, counsel in both the Costco and Wal-Mart class actions, points out: "Whatever Costco's reputation is for dealing with lower-level employees, there's a black hole involving promotions to its most important and highest-paying jobs." (See New York Times article.) While it could be years before a court decides whether to certify a class of workers in Costco (it took over two years in the Wal-Mart case), the case certainly creates a large void when it comes to Costco's carefully cultivated pro-employee reputation.
And there may be more lawsuits to follow. One employment specialist, John Fox of management-side firm Fenwick & West, says "We're at the threshold of a new 10-year wave of gender-based class action suits." (See Recorder article.) That fear may be somewhat overstated. As Seligman also points out, "These are difficult, expensive cases to bring." (See New York Times article.) However, Chairman Sinegal and his mostly-male management team will certainly be taking a good hard look at the allegations raised in this case, as will virtually every large corporation and especially large retailer who wants to avoid becoming a target.


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Christina DiPasquale
By Daniel J. Weiss, Jackie Weidman, Rebecca Leber | February 6, 2012
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Washington, D.C. — Sixteen states and numerous power companies that oppose new pollution-reduction rules must file their petitions today with the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C, and the Center for American Progress released "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap: States Sue to Block Smog-Pollution Rules to Help Home State Polluters Avoid Cleanup Costs," which discuss how these safeguards are needed to protect public health and present coal and utility contributions to state governors and attorneys general. Of the 16 states that sued EPA to block these rules, 7 are among the 10 highest-polluting states in the country, and their governors and attorneys general, who decide whether to file a lawsuit to stop these safeguards, received a combined $5 million in campaign contributions from big utilities and coal companies that benefit from higher-pollution levels.
In response to their initial suit, the court granted a motion to temporarily "stay," or halt, the implementation of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, or smog-pollution rule, which the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, promulgated this past summer. These "good neighbor" pollution-reduction standards will require power plants to slash their sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide pollution. These substances are the key ingredients in acid rain and smog, and they can travel hundreds of miles and contaminate other states. Once implemented the rule will save thousands of lives and prevent thousands of illnesses annually.
The EPA's new rules will address a major public-health threat, annually curbing millions of pounds of air pollution from power plants that travel downwind and across the country. An interactive EPA map shows that pollution doesn't stop at state borders, which is why the agency is acting to reduce air pollution that drifts across state lines. The EPA estimates these rules with produce significant air-quality benefits. By 2014 the rules will reduce sulfur dioxide emissions by 73 percent from 2005 levels. Nitrogen oxide emissions will drop by 54 percent. This improvement in air quality will result in $120 billion to $280 billion in annual benefits, including preventing up to 34,000 premature deaths and avoiding 858,000 other health problems annually that are linked to this pollution, as outlined in the table below.
The stay of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule will last until at least April 13, when the states' cases against the rule will be heard, but it could continue much longer. This setback unfortunately hinders vital reductions in air pollution from power plants, prolonging poor air quality for 240 million Americans in 27 eastern states. A long list of plaintiffs sought this timeout on health protection, including 16 states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Another 12 states affected by the rule are not trying to stop it. It's no coincidence that the suing states are responsible for more than 90 percent of the nation's total sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide air pollution from power plants, which the law aims to reduce.
Every month of delay in the implementation of the cross-state good neighbor air-pollution rules will allow 2,000 more unnecessary deaths. The judicial stay and lawsuit also prolongs uncertainty about the final rules (login required), which makes it harder and more expensive for power plants to comply with them. The sooner states' legal challenges to these rules are settled, the sooner power plants can invest in pollution control and clean up the air. States should emerge as leaders in this fight, choosing public health through improved air quality instead of succumbing to the influence from big utility and coal campaign cash. Americans certainly agree.
To speak with Daniel J. Weiss, please contact Christina DiPasquale at 202.481.8181 or cdipasquale@americanprogress.org.


Alas, I still have done little art of late – hardly any, in fact. But the art bug has bitten me recently, and I have done a few things on a smaller scale.
These were both done on a 4.2″ screen using a dollar store stylus. The first was done in about an hour, the second in about twenty minutes. This is art for me these days.
Is more coming? Hard to say. I'm still feeling inspired at the moment, but as was proven to me once again, I get a little too absorbed in making art to do any while watching a little one. We shall see.


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(2) His novelty garnered/acquired popularity shortly after it was released.
(3) The writer garnered/acquired praise for his book on the latest developments of physics.
Which word choice works in my examples?


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The Big Sur Marathon added another runner-voted honor when it was recently voted one of the Top 20 Marathons of the last decade by BibRave, a runner community site. In addition, last month, the Monterey-Big Sur running community was named the "Best Small Racing City" by RaceRaves, an online community dedicated to races and the race experience. ?"These awards add to the many others our races ...read more
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I've followed Jobbet day 17: Search and It works.
Now I'm trying to include pagination in zend lucene search but It is impossible!!
If someone have a full example (actions & template code) and he/she could share it, I'll be very gratefull.
What problems are you running into, specifically?
The problem is I don't know how to implement it.
Do I need a DoctrinePaginator and a ZendPaginator or only a ZendPaginator??
There are two Lucene plugins for Symfony, so I suggest you start there. I am not sure if they are up to date for 1.3 or 1.4, but they should help you make a start.
I don't know ZF, but the link you've supplied looks like a generic database pager, and has nothing to do with Lucene specifically.
Ah right, it's pagination you're trying to do - I misread your post. Well, my advice still applies - I think this is in sfLucenePlugin, although that is quite old now. It should still give an indication of how to proceed, if you look at the code.
This structure match with the same I use with sfDoctrinePager (when I don't use Zend Search Lucene, of course).
Anyway, I don't get why you used $q->execute()->getData(), use that method give me an error.
Would this paginator work just like the sfDoctrinePager? Or could even that be used instead of Zend's Paginator?
I'm not sure if Zend Paginator is better or equal to sfDoctrinePager, cause I've used only the latter... but IMHO there's not need to use another one.
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A língua oficial nesta comuna era o Alemão.

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Em 1 de janeiro de 2008, passou a formar parte da nova comuna de Ferrera.

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INNIO Signs Agreement with Concord Group of Companies to Develop Four Biogas Power Plants, Supporting Malaysian Decarbonization Efforts.
• Agreement will encompass the development of four power plants operating with two high efficiency INNIO Jenbacher biogas engines each
• Eight Jenbacher engines will operate on biogas, providing a total generating capacity of more than 8 megawatts (MW)
• Eight INNIO Jenbacher engines will run on 100% palm oil wastes while capturing methane
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — February 22, 2022 — INNIO announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Concord Renewable Energy SDN BHD (Concord Group) to partner in building four power plants across Malaysia fueled by palm oil wastes. The MOU signing took place at Dubai Expo 2020, in a festivity ceremony organized and held by the Malaysian Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (KeTSA) for Sustainable Energy and Natural Resources week at Malaysia Pavilion, which took place January 30 – February 5, 2022. The project emphasizes Malaysia's efforts to achieve its COP26 commitments in moving away from fossil fuels and increasing renewable energy projects. The power plants, built in various parts of Malaysia, will deliver sustainable power to the grid while capturing methane. Each plant is expected to operate two INNIO Jenbacher high-efficiency biogas engines, collectively delivering more than 8 MW of power to the grid.
The Jenbacher Type 4 engines, for which INNIO will also supply long-term servicing, are known for their dependability, efficiency and fuel & solution flexibility. This makes them an excellent technology to advance Malaysia's plans to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. As part of its COP26 commitment, Malaysia recently raised its National Renewable Energy Capacity target from a 20% increase to a 31% increase of renewables in the national energy mix by 2025.
INNIO has more than 500 Jenbacher engines currently operating on biogas and deploying about 1 GW in the ASEAN region. Our Jenbacher Type 4 biogas engine fleet delivers reliable and fuel-efficient heat and power, where the additional surplus energy is fed into the power grid as a renewable, dispatchable power source. We are pleased to partner with the Concord Group to provide technology that helps Malaysia meet its climate goals.
Carsten Dommermuth, Vice President and General Manager APAC at INNIO Jenbacher
While supplying clean energy throughout Malaysia, Concord Group and INNIO will be further advancing the country's climate change mitigation objectives through the sourcing of the fuel. Methane gas emitted by existing palm oil mills will be reappropriated to produce power.
Having successfully worked with INNIO in the past, we can think of no better technology to support our clean energy goals. We look forward to continuing to work with INNIO's advanced Jenbacher technology to help us meet growing energy demand while reducing emissions.
Datuk Khairuddin bin Tan Sri Mohd Hussin, Concord Renewable Energy Sdn Bhd CEO
About INNIO
INNIO is a leading provider of renewable gas and hydrogen-rich solutions and services for power generation and compression at or near the point of use. With our Jenbacher and Waukesha products, INNIO helps to provide communities, industry and the public access to sustainable, reliable and economical power ranging from 200 kW to 10 MW. We also provide life-cycle support and digital solutions to the more than 54,000 delivered engines globally, through our service network in more than 100 countries. We deliver innovative technology driven by sustainability, decentralization, and digitalization to help lead the way to a greener future. Headquartered in Jenbach, Austria, the business also has primary operations in Welland, Ontario, Canada, and Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S. For more information, visit the company's website at www.innio.com. Follow INNIO on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Susanne Reichelt
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Life on the inside of a Biglaw client gives you a very different perspective. As in-house counsel, your position in the legal machine moves from production to—at least partly—consumption. And as a consumer, you find yourself developing strong views on law firms and their associates. Each in-house counsel is surely different, but below are four general tips that will serve law firm associates well in their interactions with in-house lawyers.
1. Always know the business impact.
There's one question in-house counsel is always getting internally: how is this going to affect our business? Accordingly, that's a question that in-house counsel will always be asking you. So be ready for it.
There's various ways in which this might manifest. There may be additional cost – in which case you should take the extra steps, if you can, to determine the amounts. If there are contingent costs, try to determine the likelihood they will come to pass. If there are legal restrictions on what a business can do, try to convey them clearly and with examples. Know the question is coming, think ahead, and do your homework.
2. Always have alternatives (if there are any) and a recommendation.
Good outside counsel can identify and understand a problem. Great outside counsel always comes to a call or meeting with options up their sleeve. Business people want to choose between options, even if one might seem obviously superior from your perspective. Equally, they want to know you've gone the extra mile to consider all the options.
Trust me, in-house counsel doesn't want to play the "what about" game: "what about doing X?" "What about trying Y?" Give them the peace of mind that you've looked at the question from all angles in advance, and present them with the alternatives.
Last but not least: have a recommendation. Give your client a path forward, rather than just teeing up a hard question. They won't always take your advice, but options and a recommendation are a lot better than a legal headache and a question mark.
Young associates are often worried about taking too long researching, writing and drafting (so much so that some make the serious error of under-reporting their time). Yes – in house lawyers care about the bills, but they care just as much (or more) about the quality of the service.
From the perspective of the in-house counsel, a key part of the service is getting the necessary information not only quickly, but efficiently—so that in-house counsel can move on to their other work. Even if it takes a little more time in advance, be prepared. Then you can make your call 30 minutes, not an hour. You can make your memo half as long. (Pro tip: Don't bury the lede – executive summaries are your friend, as are bullets.) You can deliver your comprehensive work product/analysis to in-house counsel in a way that it most helpful to them. That should always be your goal.
4. Tell us when we're wrong.
Much as no one likes being wrong, it's far worse to be wrong and not find out. We are relying on you to correct our misconceptions and save us from ourselves. Remember – in-house counsel has one client and mistakes count. We need outside counsel who we can trust to speak up, from the most junior to the most senior.
I know these tips may seem basic. But being a good lawyer is 90% getting the fundamentals right, and you'd be surprised how much keeping your eye on these few things will make you stand out with your clients. There's a lot of lawyers out there, and the easiest way to lose a client is to fail to understand and respond to what they need.
Patrick is a corporate/M&A lawyer for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a former Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP associate, and an Australian expatriate in New York.
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Tributes paid to award-winning former Scotsman photographer Denis Straughan
News George Holan · April 23, 2022 · 0 Comment
The 86-year-old captured some of the defining images of 20th century Scotland, including the moment when the Tartan Army tore onto the Wembley turf and snapped the crossbar after a 2-1 victory over England in 1977.
"I knew straight away I'd got a great shot," he recalled decades later. "That picture has been published around the world – in fact, The Scotsman still sells copies of it."
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Thanks to his eye for a picture and his easy-going charm, he photographed and befriended some of the leading stars of the day, winning countless accolades along the way.
His career began at the age of 15, when he secured a job at his hometown newspaper, the Berwick Advertiser, for 25 shillings a week. When the other photographer on staff left, Denis laid claim to the unofficial title of the UK's youngest ever chief photographer.
He did not have to wait long for further honours. After serving in the RAF, I have joined The Scotsman in 1957, beginning a partnership which would last for 42 years.
Throughout his career, Denis captured seminal images of the great and the good, including The Beatles, Marlene Dietrich, Brigitte Bardot, and a worldwide scoop of Elizabeth Taylor, taken just weeks after the death of Richard Burton. "That was the one time I was able to come into the office and shout 'Hold the front page!'," Denis later said. They did just that.
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The photograph of triumphant Scotland fans invading the Wembley pitch in 1977. Picture: Denis Straughan
After covering more than 50 Edinburgh Festival seasons, he became a fixture of the city's cultural life in his own right, and counted Peter Ustinov and Billy Connolly among his friends.
Yet the best picture he never took came in 1962, shortly after the release of Dr No, the first James Bond film. Denis was on the bus to work, when he saw Sean Connery helping an elderly woman with her shopping along Fountainbridge. His camera from him, alas, was in the office.
Sport also provided fertile ground throughout Denis's time at The Scotsman. He won an award for his work covering the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, and showed unerring commitment when informed that the prize was his weight in whiskey.
"I had a couple of weeks before the award ceremony so I went on a diet – a diet of chips, beer, pies and more pies," he later said. "I wore a full heavy dress kilt to the ceremony where I was weighed , and even stuffed the sporran with 50p coins."
Denis pictured alongside Billy Connolly while on assignment.
Mr Straughan was honored by his peers in 2008 with a lifetime achievement award at the First ScotRail Press Photography Awards, with an exhibition of his work following soon afterwards.
Those who worked alongside Denis, and the generations of photographers he helped and inspired, were among those to pay tribute.
Hamish Campbell, a former chief photographer at The Scotsman, and a colleague of Denis for more than three decades, said: "He was an excellent snapper and a flamboyant character with his open-necked shirts. He was a great guy and he was known as Mr Festival for years.
Denis landed a major scoop with his photograph of Elizabeth Taylor in 1984. Picture: Dennis Straughan
"He was famous for his portraits, and I remember he got fantastic images of Shirley Bassey. She was supposed to be protecting her voice from her, but she was scrounging fags off him during the shoot.
He added: "One time, Denis was covering a full-scale NATO exercise in Carnoustie, with land forces trying to stop craft coming in from the coast. There was a tripwire set out, and whichever side crossed would be declared the winner.
"The picture editor didn't give him enough time to get up there, and so when he arrived, the exercise was in full swing, with soldiers in full camouflage gear running about. Denis was staggering about to find the best place to go, and tripped over the wire. There was an enormous smoke flare which went up, abandoning the whole thing."
Wattie Cheung, the award-winning press photographer, who joined The Scotsman in the 1990s, found Denis to be a constant source of advice and encouragement.
"He would like to look over my prints on a table and say, 'That's a good one, son, aye', or 'That one's no' as good, but if you had done this, it would have helped'. He would never dismiss anything out of hand. I was in awe of him".
Alan Murray, who worked as a printer in The Scotsman's darkroom, also remembered an accommodating colleague, albeit one with a mischievious streak. "He always encouraged and looked on the bright side," he said. "One day, he sneaked heavy stones in a photographer's bag before they left for their first job of the day."
A keen naturist, Denis was a regular visitor to the Greek islands, where his fellow beachgoers never learned the secret of where he kept his cigarettes and lighter. The answer, it can now be told, was a ziplock bag, buried under the same rock each year.
In retirement, Denis remained immensely proud of his career, and a selection of his work has pride of place on the walls of Winstons, the Corstorphine bar he called his local.
Close friend Ian Cuthbert said: "Denis was a bon viveur and a raconteur. His work of him was his pride and joy of him, and his photographs of him are just remarkable.
"One time, he was photographing the royals at Holyroodhouse, and Princess Margaret obviously took a shine to him. She asked him if he was coming to a ball later that evening. Denis replied: 'Margaret, there will be other men there'."
Denis, whose wife, Irene, passed away several years ago, is survived by his son, Kevin, his grandchildren Rachel and Scott, and his great-grandson, Luca.
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Abstract. The psammo-halophilous species Halammobia bulla Liberto & Leo, 2006 is reported for the first time in Montenegro. The distribution and the differential characters of the two species of genus Halammobia are discussed.
Knowledge about the coleoptera fauna of Montenegro is still very incomplete, despite some recent works reporting new findings (Kovács et al. 2011, Németh et al. 2014, Kejval 2017, etc.); further increase in new findings is likely in the future. In this work Halammobia bulla Liberto & Leo, 2006 (Tenebrionidae) is registered for the first time in Montenegro: numerous specimens were collected by Czech entomologists in the south of the country, in two beaches in the surroundings of Ulcinj. The genus Halammobia Semenov, 1901, belonging to subfamily Diaperinae and tribe Phaleriini (Löbl et al. 2008), includes only two psammo-halophiles species distributed in Mediterranean Subregion of Palaearctic (Liberto & Leo 2006).
VHPC Václav Hanzlík, private collection, Neratovice, Czech Republic.
Material examined: Montenegro, Ulcinj, Velika beach, 41°54'19.45"N, 19°15'32.28"E, 5.v.2014, A. Šíma leg., 6 spec., (ASPC); Montenegro, Ulcinj, Ada Bojana beach, 41°51'49.05"N, 19°20'28.95"E, 4.v.2014, A. Šíma leg., 20 spec., (18 ASPC, 2 PLPC); Montenegro, Ulcinj, Ada Bojana beach, 19.v.2014, P. Jansa [or V. Hanzlík] leg., 27 spec., (2 JHAC, 9 VHPC, 16 PJPC).
Bionomy. The specimens were collected in dunes on a sandy beach under the remains of plants.
Distribution. This species was known from some localities of western Peloponnese, in the southern Greece (Liberto & Leo 2006); also the quotation of Whitehead (1997) for Zakynthos (Ionian Islands), as Halammobia pellucida, is certainly to be referred to H. bulla. The species is new for Montenegro and its range of distribution seems considerably expanded (450 km northwards). The new finds in Montenegro suggest the possible presence of the species even in the north-western part of Greece and in Albania.
Diagnosis. The genus Halammobia includes only the species discussed here (H. bulla) and the similar species Halammobia pellucida (Herbst, 1799). Halammobia bulla is characterized by the following features: body elliptic, dorsally very convex, elytra evenly sloping toward apex in lateral view, while are tumid and abruptly sloping in H. pellucida; sides of pronotum more convergent forward and apical part of elytra more narrowed than in H. pellucida; elytral striae faint, effacing, only the first one running along the suture and nearly reaching the apex, while in H. pellucida at least striae 1-3 are rather shallow but well developed and reach the apex; intervals among striae absolutely flattened, smooth, bearing no minute transverse wrinkles like in H. pellucida; further differential features are shown by the shape of aedeagus (Figs. 2-3).
Fig. 1. Habitus, dorsal aspect of Halammobia bulla.
Figs. 2-3. Male genitalia: 2 – Halammobia bulla; 3 – H. pellucida.
Fig. 4. Map of distribution of Halammobia bulla.
Distribution. This species is mentioned only from France and Italy in Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Löbl et al. 2008), but it is also well known from the Mediterranean coast of Spain (Español 1969) and Morocco (Liberto & Leo 2006).
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