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DVD, Hung Gar, Sales!, Southern Kung FU By Plum Staff | | September 26th, 2021
DVD, Tai Chi, VCD By Plum Staff | | January 6th, 2021
Chen XiaoWang Tai Chi DVDs
A quick note to let you know that we have a couple of returns back in stock…sort of. About a year ago, two of the VCDs from the popular series by Chen XiaoWang went out of print, one on Lao Jia and one on Internal Practice. Well, we have finally restocked those two, but in […]
DVD, Praying Mantis By Plum Staff | | March 24th, 2020
Bong Bo Kuen (Beng Bu Quan)
Really exciting news! We have been working with Sifu Tak Wah Eng to bring some of his valuable, out-of-print material back to our world, and we are happy to announce that his long-gone DVD on Bong Bo Kuen (Beng Bu Quan) is once again available at Plum. Bong Bo is considered to be the foundational […]
BaGua Zhang, DVD, English Books By Plum Staff | | June 6th, 2019
Back in Stock: Sun Zhi Jun
We know you are supposed to love all your children books equally, but some you just love a little more. And Cheng Bagua stylist Sun Zhi Jun's masterpiece, "You Shen Ba Gua Lian Huan Zhang" (Swimming Body Bagua Linked Fist) is one of those. What's not to love? It is a complete illustrated English language […]
DVD, Wing Chun Pai By Plum Staff | | February 13th, 2018
Randy's Back and Plum Has Got Him
For many years, Plum has represented the entire line of Randy Williams DVDs. But over the last year, some titles became scarce or went out of print. Good news! We are once again stocked on the ever-effervescent Sifu Williams and his valuable commentary and instruction on Wing Chun. We have glowed over the years about […]
BaGua Zhang, Baji Quan, DVD, Tai Chi By Plum Staff | | January 25th, 2018
Tony Yang & Bajiquan: A Repeat Appearance
Just a quick note to say we are now stocked, once again, on Sifu Tony Yang's elusive 2 part DVD on Bajiquan. Yang Sifu studied Bajiquan in the Wutan tradition with Grandmaster Liu Yun Chiao, in Taiwan, and has been teaching this for many years. If you've been waiting, get them while they are here! […]
DVD By Plum Staff | | September 25th, 2017
Six Harmony Praying Mantis: That Was Then, This Is Now
THEN: Several years ago, Plum contacted Sifu Jian Gao, disciple of grandmaster Ma Han Qing, to represent his excellent DVD on Liu He Tang Lang. There is not very much information on this system (as those who practice it can attest). So we were happy to be able to add to our collection. Only one […]
Chinese Books, DVD By Plum Staff | | September 16th, 2016
Restocks of Rare Editions, North and South
You've proably seen our little "Want List" boxes throughout the site. And you may have also noticed that some of them stay in the "not available" state for months without being taken down. Are we really trying to torture people? No, it's just that hope springs eternal. For instance here are two products we thought […]
DVD, Staff and Stick By Plum Staff | | February 26th, 2016
Second Look: Quick Whip Stick
In re-reviewing a DVD from one of our favorite teachers (Deng Fu Ming) we noticed something we had missed the first time around: his DVD on Sun Taiji Partner Practice contains an added clip at the end, a beautiful and somewhat sophisticated whip stick form. It is a complete demonstration, but without instruction. This is […]
Choy Lai Fut, DVD, Tsai Li Fo By Plum Staff | | November 24th, 2015
Choy Lay Fut Returns
Just a short, happy announcement that we have been able to restock a few of these long-out-of-stock Choy Lay Fut (Tsai Lee Fo) DVDs. We only were able to find a few, but for the time being, we have a nice sample to offer again. (click image to go to page)
Article, DVD, English Books By Ted Mancuso | | September 16th, 2013
Effortless Thrills and Spills
On top of that Tim takes the title of the book seriously showing only those types of throws that require a minimum of effort…
DVD, DVDs By Plum Staff | | November 5th, 2012
LiuHeBaFa, the historic film
Here is the first presentation of any import on the style LiuHeBaFa in the Western world. Long out of print, this early demonstration of the whole form showed a style few people had seen before. The smooth, graceful and river-like actions surprised all of us with familiar movements yet unknown names. Coming from hazy origins, […]
BaGua Zhang, DVD By Plum Staff | | October 30th, 2012
Fundamentals of Pa Kua (Bagua) Returns…
Now these have been unavailable for quite a time: like years!
DVD By Debbie Shayne | | September 19th, 2012
A Rare Baji Announcement
At Plum, we love Baji Quan. But there is not that much available and, even some of what is produced is out of print. So, it is with a bit of excitement that we announce the return (in limited supply) of Su Yu Chang's Liu Da Kai Baji DVD. We don't have a tall stack […]
DVD By Plum Staff | | May 19th, 2012
Bagua San Shou is Back
Keeping with our efforts to preserve and offer significant martial material, we are again opening the vault after more than a year…
DVD By Plum Staff | | January 28th, 2012
Gao Style's Subtle Skills
A couple of weeks ago we announced the happy return of Luo De Xiu's excellent 4-part (newly remastered) DVD series on Gao Style Bagua Zhang. The first 2 DVDs, Clever Hands volumes 1 and 2, became available in mid-January, and now the final two, Subtle Skills Volumes 1 and 2, are here. For those of […]
The Clever Hands of Luo De Xiu
Oh boy! Here is an announcement we have been looking forward to making for quite a long time: Luo De Xiu's DVDs are returning to Plum and even, we're hoping, a little improved from their previous incarnation. We have remastered the original series—Clever Hands (parts 1 & 2) and Subtle Skills (parts 1 & 2); […]
DVD By Plum Staff | | October 21st, 2011
Xing Yi Nei Gong? Really?
After many requests from our customers, we have worked to get the Xing Yi Nei Gong DVD (and book) available again. Well! We just got notice that the DVDs are SHIPPING today!
DVD By Plum Staff | | February 15th, 2011
Once again, Randy Williams
We are once again stocked on the encyclopedic series of DVDs by the inestimable Randy Williams. Sifu Williams' DVD series has been difficult to come by, but we are now complete on all of his titles.


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Parliamentwatch () is an Internet portal that allows German citizens to question their representatives in the German parliament (the Bundestag) publicly. The independent, nonpartisan site aims to increase transparency in government and deepen German democracy. Questions and answers are published, as well as the voting records of the deputies. Users of the site can contact representatives of the Bundestag, German deputies of the European Parliament and of the German federal states.

abgeordnetenwatch.de is a non-profit project of Parlamentwatch e.V. and Parlamentwatch GmbH (technical service provider for Parlamentwatch e.V.) in cooperation with Mehr Demokratie e.V. and Mehr Bürgerrechte e.V. and is supported by BonVenture - Fonds und Stiftung für Soziale Verantwortung. The goal is to be financed through fund-raising groups and online advertisements that can be hidden on demand. Additional income comes from selling enhanced profiles to deputies and candidates. Parlamentwatch GmbH is obliged to donate any excess funds to charitable organizations serving the public good. This commitment is defined in the organization's statutes.

Moderation
All questions are read by a team of moderators to make sure they are within the moderation code, which prohibits insulting statements, incitement, discrimination, questions concerning private life, and requests that are bound to discretion.

Questions that violate the code are not activated and published, but the politician is informed about the incident.   Beyond that, the project is strongly committed to neutrality and stays above party politics. In addition to general information about deputies, their voting behavior in issues that attract special public attention is documented.

Statistics
In average, the website counts 6,800 visitors a day and about three million page impressions per month. More than 80% of all MPs of the federal parliament answer questions through Parliament Watch. In Germany, the project covers the federal parliament, the European parliament, nine state parliaments and 54 parliaments on the communal level. All in all the digital voters' memory counts 143,507 questions and 115,921 answers (as of 31 January 2013).

Media partnerships
The project has several partnerships with online outlets of the following media:
 Der Spiegel
 Süddeutsche Zeitung
 stern
 Die Welt
 Frankfurter Rundschau
 Der Tagesspiegel.

Awards
 2010 Fairness Initiative Award
 2011 German Prize for Civic Engagement 2011
 2012 Boris Hekele of Parlamentwatch e.V. for www.abgeordnetenwatch.de: Wolfgang-Heilmann-Preis for the topic "More Democracy through IT"
 2013 Democracy Award by the National Democratic Institute in Washington 2013.

Landesparlamente
Due to abgeordnetenwatch'''s success in the German Bundestag, fundraising groups were established in August 2007 in order to make the site available for Germany's 16 Landesparlamente ("states"). Donations and sustaining members in each state enable the implementation of the project on the state level; each state's portal is activated once 90 days' advance financing is accrued.

 Hamburgische Bürgerschaft
abgeordnetenwatch.de is based in Hamburg; the project started in December 2004 for the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft ("Hamburg Parliament") after a successful referendum to reform and democratize the electoral system. The online dialog on abgeordnetenwatch.de enabled the citizens to get to know their politicians better and make a more qualified decision in the elections.  After the election, the site made it possible to ask questions of members of Hamburg's Bezirksversammlungen ("Diets of the borough").

After the establishment of the city parliament that was elected in February 2008, the project was temporarily stopped until enough funding was provided. It was no longer possible to administer abgeordnetenwatch.de on a volunteer basis.

 Controversy
During the 2007 election campaigns in the German states of Rheinland-Pfalz, Baden-Württemberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin, and Bremen, it was also possible to question the candidates.

In Bremen, candidates of the Social Democratic Party (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, SPD) and The Left (Die Linke'') launched a boycott against the project because right-wing candidates had not been excluded.
However, the boycott was interrupted by Social Democrat Helga Ziegert, and Joachim Weihrauch from The Left enhanced his Parliamentwatch profile during the election.

Profile enhancements
The site publishes basic information about each candidate at no cost. For a €179 fee, candidates can add a photo and web link, announce specific dates and events regarding election campaigns, and publish a résumé of their political work and goals. The proceeds from profile enhancements contribute to the project's budget.

Other countries
So far further Parliament Watch projects can be found in Ireland, Austria, Luxemburg and Tunisia. In addition, Parliament Watch inspires similar projects in other countries, e.g., Malaysia.

Notes and references

External links
 Official website
 Official German website
 Annual report 2013
 Wikipedia: abgeordnetenwatch.de

German political websites

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InterSystems deploys TrakCare with novel coronavirus screening functionality
Home Industry News InterSystems deploys TrakCare with novel coronavirus screening functionality
InterSystems is releasing global functionality for its TrakCare ® unified healthcare information system to screen and support patients with 2019-nCoV, the novel coronavirus infection that originated in Wuhan in China. The functionality is available to users of the latest editions of TrakCare now, and customers in China and multiple other countries, including the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates have already begun using it. The functionality enables clinicians to screen patients for 2019-nCoV, using World Health Organization (WHO) guidance, and a link to the Wuhan Coronavirus Global Cases tracking app provided by the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering in the US. Icons will indicate whether screening has been undertaken and the results. There is no generally accepted treatment for 2019-nCoV. However, the WHO is advising hospitals to isolate patients and protect others from infection, and the final element of the new TrakCare functionality will advise clinicians of any steps they should take. InterSystems keeps a close watch on the world's healthcare requirements, so it can respond to issues that it can help to address in a timely manner. We are proud to have deployed this quickly for our users." This is a great example of how TrakCare can be updated in real-time to urgently respond to threats and deployed rapidly to the organizations and clinicians that need it; particularly those using the latest edition of our systems." Hazem El Oraby, MD, chief medical officer for TrakCare at InterSystems TrakCare is currently deployed in 27 countries around the globe, including China and throughout the Asia-Oceania region. Last week, TrakCare received a Best in KLAS designation for Global Electronic Medical Records in the Asia/Oceania region. Source:

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A man who prevented a second attack in Monterey Park is honored as a hero
At a Lunar New Year celebration, residents of Alhambra, Calif., honored Brandon Tsay, the man who disarmed the Monterey Park gunman as he tried to attack a second location.
What we know about the killing of Tyre Nichols
Jonathan Franklin
Body cam footage of the brutal arrest in Memphis of the Black man has sparked protests in several cities. The five ex-officers involved face a litany of charges, including second-degree murder.
The city of Memphis releases videos of Tyre Nichols' arrest and beating
Emily Olson
In the videos released by the city, officers are shown aggressively dragging Nichols from his car. Later, they are seen beating and kicking Nichols as he lies on the ground.
A decade on, the creator of 'This is fine' wants to put the famous dog to rest
KC Green just marked the 10th anniversary of his 2013 comic strip that spawned the "This is fine" meme. He reflects on the smiling dog's popularity. (Story first aired on ATC on Jan. 23, 2023.)
New details emerge in the Monterey Park, California shooting that left 11 dead
Authorities say they are searching for a motive for the deadly mass shooting that took place over the weekend in a city east of Los Angeles at the beginning of the Lunar New Year.
A suspect in the California mass shooting is dead, sheriff says
A gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 others in the mass shooting in Monterey Park on Saturday. The incident took place near one of Southern California's largest Chinese New Year street festivals.
A decade on, the 'This is fine' creator wants to put the famous dog to rest
Web comic artist KC Green just marked the 10th anniversary of his 2013 comic strip that became a popular meme. He reflects on the meme's timelessness and the smiling dog's next chapter.
3D-printed homes level up with a 2-story house in Houston
A team of designers and engineers are constructing a first-of-its-kind 3D-printed home. They think of it as a pilot project in pursuit of building cheaper, well-designed multifamily homes.
California storms bring more heavy rain, flooding and power outages
After a brief respite, a new round of heavy rains and wind gusts are lashing the state, forcing evacuations and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes.
A college student created an app that can tell whether AI wrote an essay
Some students have been using ChatGPT, a text-based bot, to do their homework for them. Now, 22-year-old Edward Tian's new app is attracting educators working to combat AI plagiarism.


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Posts categorized "Television"
The Cain Train - All Aboard!
I've made no secret of the fact that I support Herman Cain as the Republican nominee for president in 2012. With his recent victory in a Florida straw poll and passing both Rick Perry and Mitt Romney in a recent Zogby poll, he's certainly on the rise, and going to be a player in this Republican primary season. However, if you watch the news or listen to the traditional pundits, you'd think that this is a 2-man race between Romney and Perry!
The Cain Administration filled the role of First Lady 43 years ago
There have been some other "flashes" in the primary season so far, but each of them occurred after the candidate announced. Cain was one of the first declared candidates, and every time he talks, his numbers go up. One of the complaints many of us had in 2008 was that we felt that John McCain was selected by the media rather than elected by the people. "He's electable," they said, "unlike these other guys…" To an extent, this is the prevailing narrative surrounding Perry and Romney; the former isn't electable, while the latter is.
The media doesn't want to acknowledge Cain, because he causes some problems in their view of the way politics in America works. (If the name wasn't already taken, maybe we'd call them "inconvenient truths"…) Let's take a look at these; rather than liabilities, these are strengths that will not only force conversation on these issues, but areas in which he resonates with the average American.
1. He's black
As a Democrat, this is a plus; as a Republican, this must mean that there's something wrong! (Yet we're the ones who are called racists - go figure.) Republicans have been pilloried as racists (or worse) for not supporting various Democrat candidates over the years - Jesse Jackson, Geraldine Ferraro, Barack Obama - with claims that we didn't support them because they were black or female. Why the "impartial" media amplifies these ridiculous claim is probably a bigger topic than we have time for here, but they are willing accomplices in painting the party of Lincoln as racists. Only in the affirmative-action-addled mind is one's race or gender a plus (if you're a minority) or minus (if you're a white male).
The media simply cannot abide a black man with a broad base of Republican support. I honestly believe that their minds are so steeped in their fantasy view of the world that they can't wrap their minds around this. This is a plus for him; his story of challenge-to-success is both authentic and inspiring. There was great celebration around Obama's election, which proved that racism was over; a week later, we started with the stories about how he was in danger because these racists wouldn't accept a black president. There is no appeasing these race-accusers; refuting their claims via our actions is the only thing that will may silence them.
2. He's successful
This blows up the media narrative as well. He isn't a low-to-medium-performing "diversity" hire (hired solely for his skin color), he has used his own education and work ethic to rise to the top. Through his two turnaround-CEO roles and his leadership of the National Restaurant Association, he has shown that you can get tangible results if you're willing to roll up your sleeves and do some hard work. While our current president was fomenting and organizing rage against the establishment (you do know what a "community organizer" does, right?), Herman Cain was working hard, making his businesses profitable, and stimulating both the national economy and the personal economies of his company's employees.
We should have known what we were in for, starting with the "present" votes in the Senate. Then, on to the ridiculously-named "Office of the President-Elect" (it's called a "transition team"), the job-killing health insurance mandate, two stimulus plans (plus an attempted third in the name of jobs) - I'm hard-pressed to think of a single program that the current administration has attempted that has actually made things better. It's time for a leader with proven results.
3. He's electable
I think that the media doesn't know what that word means. Bob Dole and John McCain? Electable. Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush? Unelectable. Yeah, that must be in some AP style guide somewhere, that mandates the opposite use of that word. Maybe it's like with your kids, where they don't seem to hear the words "not" and "don't," choosing instead to do whatever it is you just prohibited.
This narrative on electability is just laughable. The media cannot see through their bias to understand what the average American actually wants. They want jobs. They want to be successful. They want to see their neighbors successful. They want to be able to make decisions for their family without the interference of a heavy-handed government. This is exactly what Herman Cain brings to the table, and stands in stark contrast to the current administration.
So - if you're expecting the "news" to inform you on Herman Cain, you're going to be waiting a while. If you think I'm off-base, research him and see for yourself. If you agree that the above sounds good, let's get together and work to make sure that Cain's success is so huge that even MSNBC can't ignore it!
UPDATE: Today's Wall Street Journal has an article called "Taking Cain Seriously." It summarizes Cain's qualifications quite nicely.
2010 Year in Review - The Ridiculous
2010 was quite a year. To wrap it up, I'm bringing back a mostly annual tradition here of the three-post "Year in Review - The Good, the Bad, and the Ridiculous." Per tradition, the posts are published in reverse, so when they're all posted, the good is on top. With no further ado, the ridiculous…
The BP Oil Spill
While this, on its own merits, would have landed on the bad list, the incompetence surrounding the spill launched it to the top of the list. On the front side, BP's pencil-whipped audits and ignoring of safety warnings is deplorable; those controls are there because they are necessary, and I'm sure that shutting off that particular well until it was fixed would have been much cheaper than clean-up from the spill was. On the back end, the US government's response was horrible. The failure to quickly approve waivers for foreign ships and exhaust regulations, and the failure to accept help from other countries in containing the spill while it was small, was eerily similar to the failures surrounding Hurricane Katrina. These failures led to the effects of the spill being far greater than they need to be.
While the Gulf does seem to be recovering more quickly than expected, there will be pockets of oil and a poorer overall quality of water in the Gulf of Mexico for years. The knee-jerk reaction of stopping all off-shore drilling compounds the problem. A safety down-time to recheck all the rigs is in order, but once the rigs are found to be safe, there is no reason that they should sit idle. This also illustrates the ridiculousness of prohibiting drilling on land; how much easier would this well have been to seal up if it was in land? But, to placate tree-huggers and NIMBYs, we're drilling through a mile of water to get oil.
What solidifies this ridiculousness is that we seemingly have learned nothing from these lessons. Time will tell, and I won't feel any joy and bringing this back up, but I have a feeling we'll be revisiting stories similar to this one if things don't change.
United States v. Arizona
One of the basic rights recognized by our legal system is the right to self defense. Many things that would be otherwise illegal are justified when they are done in self defense. The state of Arizona is experiencing an influx of illegal aliens streaming across its southern border, and people who live in southern Arizona are encountering increasing violence from these illegals. While the Federal government has laws on the books, the current administration (and the one before it) seemed to be more interested in turning this group of illegal aliens into voters than enforcing the law. So, Arizona passes laws similar to the ones the Federal government has. Simple self-defense, borne of necessity due to inaction by the Federal government in the face of mounting threats.
How does the US government respond? With loud denunciation, even threats of lawsuits against Arizona if they enforce these new laws. They are joined by the media, who painted heart-wrenching pictures of illegals who were deciding to move because of the new laws. (To which I say, "Good!" I read one where the illegal was going to Colorado, and I thought, "Well, that's the wrong direction.") The law makes the state less hospitable to those who shouldn't be there in the first place; just as the laws passed in Oklahoma a few years back, this is a good thing.
How much better shape would Mexico be in if they had another 30 million workers there, stimulating its economy? How much better would employment opportunities be here if there were 30 million fewer potential employees, many of whom skirt labor laws? This is win-win! Each nationality lives and works in their own country, and we visit each others' countries on vacation. It works well for Canada - why wouldn't it work with Mexico?
The Spiraling Inanity of Reality TV
The Real World started it, Survivor perfected it, and many, many other have followed it. I don't know that 2010 was the year when this "jumped the shark," but it certainly continued down the trail. It appears that script writing is becoming a lost art, except on cable channels, where the shows aren't subject to the restrictions of over-the-air TV; basic cable can now be categorized as either sports, news, reruns, niche networks, and train wrecks. A&E has gone from Biography to Billy the Exterminator; History has gone from actual history to current-day shows that may be tangentially-related to history. This probably explains why I've been watching less and less TV that isn't sports or news.
(One notable exception to this are the sitcoms on ABC; this is likely why they are so successful.)
Finally, a ridiculous quote to finish it off, from now-former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi - "But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it."
Must-See TV
This Sunday, April 27th, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition will be featuring the Martinez family from Albuquerque, New Mexico. This is the build that we saw happening, and the genesis for the idea of the Not So Extreme Makeover: Community Edition (NSX) that we took part in last month. Gerald Martinez is the pastor at Joshua's Vineyard, an outreach church in one of the least-desired areas of Albuquerque. Through NSX, we became acquainted with him, and, while I can't vouch for the other families that have received these, I can say that he is very deserving of the home he received. He has been working in that area for years, and when he wasn't ministering to the people, he was trying to figure out how to get others in the community involved and engaged. This did it - it was truly an answer to prayer unfolding before our eyes.
On a personal note, our family was lining the street as Ty and Gerald walked around the corner to see another building they had built. They were talking, but who knows what will stay in or be left on the cutting room floor. We were standing just before the people in blue shirts - I can't remember what I'm wearing, but I do know I was wearing Jameson on my head. Michelle was wearing a green shirt, and was right behind me. Our other two boys were standing in front of me. Who knows - you may see us if you watch closely!
Another exciting turn is that, according to popular local rumors, ABC has requested footage from NSX, so they may be showing some people who participated in that as well.
It will come on early this week - 6pm EDT/PDT, 7pm CDT/MDT - and it'll run for two hours. Be sure to catch it!
Continuing the tradition started last year, I'm writing a three-part series "2007 Year in Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Ridiculous." And, as I did last year, I'll post them in reverse order so they're in the right order when they're done. Without further ado…
Global Glow-Bull Warming
During 2007, the global warming movement was exposed for the political, not scientific, issue that it is. As with any movement which sees its power diminished, its adherents ramped up their rhetoric; and, in many ways, the movement has become a parody of itself. In April, Sheryl Crow suggested limiting how much toilet paper we use at each sitting, and suggested we wear "dining sleeves" - devices on which we can wipe our mouths, then remove them and replace them with a clean one. (I'm not sure if the extra water for that laundry offsets the lack of a paper napkin - and wouldn't cloth napkins do the same thing?)
Carbon offsets were also shown to be next to useless. Carbon offsets, for the uninitiated, are fees one pays to a company which claims to do something "environmentally friendly" to offset one's carbon emissions. (If that sounds familiar, it should - I believe this technique was pioneered by the Roman Catholic church under the name "indulgences." Can't stop sinning? Just get forgiveness beforehand!) A group of three environmentally-conscious people (not right-wing fanatics) created a site called CheatNeutral. It aspires to create a network of fidelity to offset those who cheat on their significant others. It illustrates the point beautifully - ten faithful people mean nothing if you're the one being cheated on.
In October, Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on global warming, including his film An Inconvenient Truth. Inconveniently, though, many of the claims made in his film have been debunked. Also, a site called Surface Stations shows some of these temperature monitoring stations - these are the stations whose readings have been used to claim that temperatures are increasing. However, many stations are by air conditioning exhausts and other heat-producing structures. Finally, in December, at a UN conference in Bali on global warming, the man leading the negotiations broke down and cried. It must be rough to see all that power slipping away.
Never-Ending Political Cycle
I won't talk much about this, because I'm pretty much tired of it just when it becomes time for it to actually happen. Do we really need a 2-year period of time to pick our next President?
This could probably be a ridiculous item every year, but this year seemed especially ridiculous. Earlier in the year, after Anna Nicole Smith passed away, a circus erupted over the paternity of her young daughter. I don't even know where to start - if every one who claimed that they were the father had a relationship with her that would result in a child in the timeframe where it would be believable… Sheesh.
Train wrecks all over - Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears… Even Britney's sister got into the fray. The biggest problem I have with all this is the amount of press they get, distracting people from other important issues. But, I don't know whether to be more exasperated with the media for putting out the information, or the people who give it such good ratings that they keep pumping it out.
That's enough ridiculousness for one year - up next, the bad…
Boo! for Law and Order
I am just sick up to the top of my neck with prime time programming's incessant infatuation with homosexuality. The latest egregious display was at the end of last night's Law and Order, where Serena, the Assistant D. A. played by Elizabeth Rohm, was fired. Throughout the four years she's been on the show, we've really seen nothing of her family. After being told to pack her things, she replies, "Is this because I'm a lesbian?" Now granted, the writers hadn't developed her character out enough for anyone to know whether this was true or not, but why bring it into the last episode? It wasn't even a very good scene - it seemed unnatural for Ms. Rohm (and I have no idea if she actually is gay or not - doesn't really matter to me).
Now, in re-runs, it won't be consuming me - I really have no obsession over knowing someone's (or even a fictional character's) sexual proclivities. But, the principle of it left me with a bad taste in my mouth, and this "ambush homosexuality" will tint my view of her character when I see re-runs on A&E or TNT. (I'm also a little disappointed that Fred Thompson was part of that scene, but that's just something I'll have to get over, I suppose…) I watch ER too, and they have a required gay character - but at least they've developed the character; and, whether I agree with the statements the character made or not, it wasn't something just thrown up in the audience's face at the last minute.
I sure hope that future "farewells" for folks have a bit more substance, and less statement-making…
AFA Gets It Wrong
Offensive language and topics are a concern for many folks, myself included. The American Family Association has a history of fighting to maintain standards of decency in print and over the airwaves. However, their recent decision to protest ABC's airing, in its original format, the film Saving Private Ryan as a tribute for Veteran's Day, I believe, misses the point.
ABC did not "sneak" that onto the airwaves - they warned their affiliates in advance, and some chose not to carry the network's programming that evening. When the movie came back from commercials, there was a warning each time that the program contained strong violence and language. It was rated "TV-MA (LV)" which indicated that it was not suitable for children (and so that V-chip programmed TVs would not let the program through). And, this was not the first time ABC has aired that movie it its original uncut format - I know it has aired at least twice before (usually surrounding Memorial Day), and I believe the first time, it was aired commercial-free. Why this showing seems to have generated such controversy, I'm not quite sure.
I would venture to say that the men that this film portrays are not the ones offended. True, the film has coarse language, but so did many of the folks in the Greatest Generation. And, while the language in the film was quite strong, I can't remember a single instance that was sexually oriented. This is also not the first time a network has aired an "uncensored" program - I remember when I was growing up, CBS aired the program "Scared Straight", which was filled with rather strong language.
The AFA usually does some great work, but in this case, they're missing the point. More than that, rather than allowing ABC's honoring of our veterans to receive the focus, they are going to get the focus instead, and most of it is going to be something along the lines of "These Christians are at it again, trying to tell us what to do." It's always wise, in most things, to "pick your battles" - only choose the ones that matter, and I don't think that this was a wise choice, especially given the fact that we have folks making similar sacrifices today.


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Paraserixia borneensis är en skalbaggsart som beskrevs av Stefan von Breuning 1982. Paraserixia borneensis ingår i släktet Paraserixia och familjen långhorningar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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BOOK OF THE DAY https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13547504-far-from-the-tree…
by Elizabeth Gilbert | Apr 3, 2013
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13547504-far-from-the-tree
Dear Ones —
Has anyone (or hopefully everyone) yet read Andrew Solomon's masterpiece, "Far From the Tree"?
It is a brilliant and humane examination of family and resilience and humility and confusion and loyalty and difference and love. I am reading it with a pen in my hand and tears in my eyes, and I find myself marking up page after page as I go. I want everyone to read it.
I will offer up this one quote which caused me to catch my breath, and which I suspect we can all relate to, in aspects of our own lives:
"A Buddhist scholar once explained to me that most Westerners mistakenly think that Nirvana is what you arrive at when your suffering is over and only an eternity of happiness stretches ahead. But such bliss would always be shadowed by the sorrows the past, and would therefore be imperfect. Nirvana occurs when you not only look forward to rapture, but also gaze back into the times of anguish and find in them the seeds of your own joy."
Please go get your hands on this book, friends. "Far from the Tree." It is great.
From the National Book Award–winning author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression comes a monumental new work, a decade in the wri…


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En termes de marine, un gabarit (en anglais « mould ») est le patron en vraie grandeur, en plein ou en creux, d'une pièce d'un navire, fait de bois ou de gros carton, servant au constructeur. Le modèle en vraie grandeur sert à tracer, contrôler le profil ou les dimensions d'un objet en cours de fabrication. Le mot gabarit désigne aussi l'encombrement d'un bateau.

Le gabariage se dit de la courbure entière de pièces qui composent un couple
C'est aussi l'action de gabarier et son résultat.  On trouve aussi « gabarier » (to mould) et « gabarieur », l'ouvrier chargé de faire les gabarits. Ces différents termes tirent leur racine de l'ancienne forme de gabarit, « gabari ».

Histoire
Un « compte inédit de construction de galères à Narbonne (1318-1320) » relate l'utilisation de gabarits (modulis madaire).

Dans le tracé des gabarits, les charpentiers n'utilisaient que les arcs de cercle, et des tours personnels, secret du métier, transmis de père en fils. Les outils théoriques d'une véritable Sciencia Navalis n'émergent véritablement qu'à partir du .
Vers 1680, Bernard Renau d'Eliçagaray imagine « une machine pour tracer les gabarits des vaisseaux » (Lettre de Colbert à Tourville, 21 juillet 1680), régularisation géométrique instrumentée des tracés des charpentiers, basée sur l'ellipse (ellipsographe). L'initiative de Renau est une manifestation de la prise de contrôle étatique sur l'industrie réalisée par Colbert puis de Seignelay. Une nouvelle évolution sera permise par le calcul différentiel et intégral, dont Pierre Bouguer fera usage.

Dans la marine en bois traditionnelle

Le gabariage des pièces des éléments d'ossature d'un navire pouvait s'effectuer très en amont, c'est-à-dire en forêt, pratique que l'on réservait à des constructions bien ordonnées. On donnait de cette façon, à chaque pièce équarrie une destination précise. Mais la plupart du temps, on ne donnait aucune destination précise à la pièce qui était grossièrement dégrossie.

Les arbres propres à produire des bois de marine étaient martelés. Le martelage – marque de réservation qu'habituellement les agents des Eaux et Forêts font avec leur marteau – des arbres à exploiter pour la marine était effectué ici par les agents de marine, les seuls à avoir travaillé dans les ports à la constructions des navires, et les seuls à posséder la connaissance des bois nécessaire pour apprécier toutes les qualités que doivent avoir les arbres de marine. Lorsqu'un arbre est frappé de cette manière, sa destination ne peut être changée.

Dans les bois

Quelquefois les bois tors, appelé aussi « bois de gabarit », qu'on tire des forêts, étaient « gabariés » dans les forêts mêmes ; mais cela ne s'est pratiqué que quand ils étaient destinés en particulier à une construction ordonnée Lorsqu'on a suivi cette pratique, on ne leur donnait, en les façonnant dans la forêt, que l'épaisseur nécessaire ; et sur la largeur on faisait seulement excéder l'équarrissage d'un ou de deux pouces, de sorte que chaque pièce avait sa destination déterminée et fixe. Mais quand on exploitait des bois pour les radoubs, on se contentait de suivre la figure propre à chaque arbre, et on les équarrissait, à deux ou trois pouces près de la vive-arête, de forte qu'on ne donnait à ces pièces aucune destination déterminée.

Les bois de gabarit qu'on tire de différentes provinces françaises pour les ports de Brest et de Rochefort, sont tous travaillés comme ceux de Provence pour les radoubs, ou pour l'approvisionnement général de l'arsenal; ces pièces ne sont pas entièrement équarries à vive-arrête, et on ne leur donne aucune destination marquée ; leurs dimensions et leur courbure sont telles, que chaque arbre a pu les donner; on a seulement soin que ces bois aient deux ou trois pouces de plus sur la largeur que sur leur épaisseur; cependant il y a presque toujours du bois à retrancher sur l'épaisseur. Assez communément, les Anglais ne donnent aucune façon aux bois avant de les transporter dans les ports ; ils en retranchent seulement les branches inutiles et l'écorce, et souvent ils les livrent dans les arsenaux avec deux et même plusieurs grosses branches. Les Hollandais tiennent le milieu entre ces pratiques ; ils font équarrir grossièrement le bois dans les forêts ; leurs dimensions excèdent assez considérablement les pièces de construction.

Un manuel à destination des agents forestiers par Louis Joseph Marie Achille Goujon, Des bois propres aux constructions navales, manuel à l'usage des agents forestiers et maritimes, a été publié en 1807, qui reprend les gabarits généraux des éléments de charpentes de navires rapportés sur des arbres sur pied.

Sur chantier
En construction navale traditionnelle, un gabarit (en néerlandais scheerstrook) est un modèle qui permet de calibrer les membres d'un vaisseau.

Le terme « gabarit » désigne donc un modèle que les charpentier font avec des pièces de bois fort minces, pour représenter la longueur, la largeur, et le calibre des membres et des parties du vaisseau, quand ils veulent travailler à sa construction et le mettre en chantier.

La plus forte des varangues de fond, varangue plate ou maîtresse varangue (en néerlandais meester rib, middel rib, middel-spant), qui se met sous le maître-bau dans la plus large partie du vaisseau, s'appelle le « premier gabarit » et tout le modèle qui s'élève perpendiculairement au-dessus s'appelle aussi premier gabarit.

Les autres modèles qui s'élèvent sur les autres varangues en tirant vers l'avant s'appellent selon l'ordre, second gabarit de l'avant, troisième et quatrième gabarits de l'avant. Il en est de même pour les gabarits de l'arrière.

Rarement il arrive qu'une seule planche puisse accuser en totalité les contours arrondis et variés d'une portion de la membrure; on compose alors le gabarit de plusieurs planches, aux extrémités diminuées en languettes, puis assujetties entre elles par des clous fort rapprochés. Pour donner au gabarit la configuration voulue, on le dégrossit; on façonne un de ses bords en courbure rapprochante, et, le présentant au contact de la courbure à décrire, on porte parallèlement à cette courbure et le long du gabarit une ouverture de compas suffisamment agrandie. Cette opération, souvent usitée, prend le nom de « tricage ».

Salle des gabarits

Les plans des bâtiments de mer sont d'abord tracés sur le papier à une échelle donnée (plan de formes). Ce premier tracé est comme l'étude du projet de construction navale. C'est avec son aide que sont faits les différents calculs propres à un navire; Une fois que le plan est définitivement arrêté, il faut pour en venir à l'exécution, tracer de grandeur naturelle les épures des principales pièces. Ce tracé se fait sur le plancher bien uni d'une vaste salle, dite des gabarits.

La salle des gabarits, ou salle à tracer, est une salle sur le plancher de laquelle se dessinent de grandeur naturelle les plans principaux du navire; elle doit être assez vaste pour le tracé longitudinal d'un vaisseau de premier rang. Si cette pièce avait  de long, il faudrait encore l'augmenter encore si l'on voulait placer séparément les projections verticales. On peut aussi n'opérer à la fois que pour de la longueur du navire limitée par le maître couple et reprendre l'autre partie après la confection des premiers gabarits. On peut aussi projeter la verticale sur le plan de cette demi-longueur, auquel on superpose encore le plan horizontal correspondant, soit pour les projections, soit pour le développement des lisses. Une surface de  de longueur sur une largeur de  devient donc suffisante au tracé des vaisseaux de l'État. Les salles destinées au navire pourraient n'avoir que 20 à  de long sur 8 à  de large; beaucoup de constructeurs réduisent leur travail, au simple vertical, aux extrémités longitudinales, lorsque le devis ou le plan sont suffisamment précis.

Le plancher est formé de bordages épais de grandes dimensions pour les joints, sans nœuds, parfaitement unis, d'un bois tendre et poreux moins exposé à conserver les traces profondes des clous multipliés qui contournent les lattes. On noircit quelquefois sa surface polie pour rendre plus apparentes lignes blanches des épures. Ces lignes sont droites ou courbes. Les droites se tracent au moyen d'un cordeau très mince, frotté de craie, tendu aux points extrêmes de la droite donnée, il projette horizontalement la blancheur de sa trace lorsqu'on l'élève, en le pinçant, peur le laisser retomber. La netteté de cette projection est parfois défectueuse, on la reprend alors, on rafraîchit à l'aide du cordeau par portions séparées

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Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Marco Capponi. Tracé à la salle des bâtiments de mer d'après devis. Imprimerie Veuve Baume, 1850. Lire en ligne
 Louis Joseph Marie Achille Goujon. Des bois propres aux constructions navales, manuel à l'usage des agents forestiers et maritimes. 1807. Lire en ligne.

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Helping Calgary's small businesses succeed in the digital world
A new Digital Service Squad program is aiming to inspire and enable small businesses in Calgary to embrace digital technology to be successful in the new economy.
The program is being delivered through a partnership between Business Link and Digital Main Street and is funded by the Government of Alberta.
It's designed to provide free support helping small businesses succeed in the online world, says Erin Chrusch, the city's acting lead, Business and Local Economy.
"This is a great initiative that partners talented students who need experience with businesses who need help to increase their digital presence," she says.
The city's Digital Service Squad members will work one-on-one with as many small business operators as possible to establish their online presence, improve their digital literacy, and connect them with ongoing support.
The Digital Service Squad (DSS) consists of up to 15 Calgary post-secondary students, temporarily hired by the city and available at no cost to eligible small businesses. The goal is to help over 2,000 local businesses during the year-long free program.
It's the perfect timing for this program
The pandemic has changed the way many local businesses approach their customers, who are increasingly living, working, and shopping more online. It's never been more important for local small businesses to have a strong digital presence.
"Many small businesses are aware of what they need to do, but they don't generally have the time to be able to figure out in an efficient way what would be best for their specific business," she says, adding the services are offered on a tailored approach.
"Not everyone is going to need a fancy Instagram page, and their needs might be different."
The free support can include digital transformation support, social media strategy, building a basic website, setting up Google My Business, setting up a Point-of-Sale (POS) solution, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), creating customer databases, and streamlining business processes.
"By having the squad members there to assist them, it will make that process a lot easier," Chrusch adds.
All the gritty details
Chrusch says the program was so successful in Ontario, the Alberta government wanted to bring it to the province.
"We are excited for this opportunity not just for the small businesses, but for the students that are going to be assisting them as well," she says, adding it's a "win-win" situation.
"It's an opportunity to provide them with this meaningful experience supporting our small business community."
The program is open to small businesses located in Calgary and registered in Alberta with zero to 49 employees (can include self-employed business owners with no employees).
Home-based or commercial businesses are also eligible. However, non-profits, charitable trusts, and franchises are not eligible under this program.
For local small business operators, it all starts with signing up. Interested small business operators are encouraged to register as soon as possible.


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Q: bootstrap selectpicker title not showing Not sure why this isn't working. I must be missing something basic.
<div class="input-group">
   <select id="mySelect" class="selectpicker form-control" title="Please select a type of fruit…">
        <option>Apple</option>
        <option>Pear</option>
        <option>Banana</option>
        <option>Orange</option>
    </select>
</div>

I'm wanting it to display "Please select a type of fruit…" until the user selects one. It is displaying "Apple".
What am I doing wrong?

A: You will need to create one more option element, maybe with empty value:

<select id="mySelect" class="selectpicker form-control">
    <option value="">Please select a type of fruit</option>
    <option value="apple">Apple</option>
    <option value="pear">Pear</option>
    <option value="banana">Banana</option>
    <option value="orange">Orange</option>
</select>

title attribute just provides additional information on mouse hover.

A: Another option is to set it to be a multiple select dropdown, but limit the number of selected items to 1.
<select id="mySelect" class="selectpicker form-control" multiple data-max-options="1" title="Please select a type of fruit…">
    <option value="apple">Apple</option>
    <option value="pear">Pear</option>
    <option value="banana">Banana</option>
    <option value="orange">Orange</option>
</select>

A: You could try adding notooltip; not sure if this works for single-choice selections as well, but you could combine this with Nikhil's suggestion to limit data-max-options to 1:
<select class="form-control selectpicker notooltip"
        id="mySelect" title="Please select a type of fruit"
        multiple data-max-options="1">
  {% for opt in form.fruit %}
    {{ opt }}
  {% endfor %}
</select>

A: actually, you did no wrong! in case your title is not showing you can get rid of the title and add another option with data-hidden="true" and disable attribute.
Demo
<select id="mySelect" class="selectpicker form-control">
   <option data-hidden="true" value="" disable>Please select a type of fruit…</option>
   <option value="apple">Apple</option>
   <option value="pear">Pear</option>
   <option value="banana">Banana</option>
   <option value="orange">Orange</option>
</select>

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Brock's Jhett Jones talks about advancing to 3A Texas state semifinals
Jhett Jones leads Brock over Whitesboro and into UIL 3A state semifinals
Brock is in the state semifinals for the 6th time in the last 8 seasons
Nolan Ruth
DENTON, Texas - Behind the stellar play of senior Jhett Jones the Brock Eagles rallied for a 30-19 victory over rival Whitesboro in the UIL 3A DI Region 1 Final on Thursday night.
The victory puts the Eagles (10-4) in the Texas high school football state semifinals for the fourth time in two years.
"We knew that it was going to be a fight coming out," Jones said after the game. "We beat them by half a yard the previous game so we knew they weren't just going to hand it over. So we came out just as on fire as them. They started the game off hard, we started the game off slow, but the last two games we've obviously become a second half team."
Jones caught nine passes for 101 yards and two touchdowns, and added three tackles and a key interception on the defensive side of the ball.
Both teams traded punts to start the game before Whitesboro took an early lead when Mac Harper threw deep to Karter Sluder over the middle for a 93-yard touchdown. A missed extra point left the score at 6-0.
Photo by Tommy Hays
Harper had a huge game for the Bearcats, completing 12 of 26 passes for 256 yards and three touchdowns. He added 60 yards rushing on 17 carries.
On the next Bearcats' drive, they fumbled the ball and Brock was set up in excellent field position. Three plays later, Tyler Moody scrambled out of the pocket and fired a pass to a sliding Jones who hauled it in for a 13-yard score. The extra point gave the Eagles a 7-6 lead after one quarter of play.
Moody finished the game 18 of 32 for 245 yards and 2 touchdowns through the air, and had 10 carries for 16 yards.
Two plays into the second quarter, Whitesboro scored again on a fade from Harper to Jace Sanders (5 catches, 90 yards, 2 touchdowns) from 46 yards out. The two point conversion failed and the score remained 12-7.
Midway through the second quarter, it appeared the Bearcats were about to score again, but a miscommunication led to a botched snap that Brock was able to recover. Both teams traded punts before the first half drew to a close.
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Wrestling wins keep piling up for Coach Maurice Atwood at Eastern Guilford
"Coach [Billy] Mathis didn't make any adjustments if I'm going to be completely honest," Jones recalled. "He sort of said 'It's up to us.' Just like he said last week. He told us 'At the end of the day it's up to y'all. If y'all want to go home, go home. But never give up and we have this game in the bag.' And we had the game in the bag."
The Eagles received the second half kick, and drove down to the Whitesboro 16 yard line to set up a 33-yard Brody Baker field goal to close the gap to 12-10. Both offenses were able to put together a few drives before the quarter ran out, but they all eventually ended in punts.
Early in the fourth quarter, Moody connected with Jones again from 33 yards out to give Brock the lead again at 16-12 after a failed two-point conversion.
On the ensuing drive, the Bearcats went right back to work. Harper drove his team deep into Brock territory before the Eagle defense eventually forced a fourth down. Whitesboro lined up with four receivers to one side and fooled the defense, leaving Sanders wide open for the score.
Brock needed a score in the final minutes and was able to cash in. After a long pass from Moody to Carson Finney, Reid Watkins did the rest from four yards out to put Brock ahead for good.
The ensuing drive only saw one play as Harper lofted a pass down the middle of the field, and Jones read it perfectly, positioning himself under the ball and coming down with the interception. Five plays later, Watkins put the final touchdown on the board for good measure to make it 30-19.
The Bearcats mounted one last drive, but Colt Matlock came up with a pick to put the finishing touch on the win, propelling Brock into the semifinal for the second consecutive year.
"We've been battle tested," Jones said. "From week one, we've been battle tested. We've seen close games all around. Some district games that shouldn't have been as close, the first four games of the season we played some top 4A teams, we're battle tested and I think that that's going to help us through these last couple of games."
Brock moves on to play the winner of Grandview and Malakoff at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco.
Here are photos from Thursday night's game in Denton:
All photos by Tommy Hays


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Kenney building 'war room' to counter environmental groups, negative media coverage of Alberta's oil industry
James Keller
Published April 18, 2019 Updated April 18, 2019
Alberta premier-designate Jason Kenney walks out of a meeting with outgoing NDP Premier Rachel Notley, in Edmonton, on April 18, 2019.
JASON FRANSON/The Canadian Press
Alberta's premier-designate Jason Kenney says he plans to dip into the private sector as he staffs a campaign-style "war room" to push back against environmental groups and negative media coverage of the province's oil industry.
Mr. Kenney, who is preparing to be sworn in as premier April 30 after his United Conservatives won this week's election, campaigned on a promise to devote $30-million to respond to "lies and myths" about Alberta's energy sector. The energy war room was part of a suite of platform promises designed to challenge outside forces Mr. Kenney blames for pinning down the Alberta oil industry at a time when the province's economy is already suffering.
"Both the industry and governments of different partisan stripes have not been fast enough to respond to the incoming attacks," Mr. Kenney told reporters after meeting with outgoing NDP Premier Rachel Notley in Edmonton on Thursday.
The war room would be part of the province's public affairs bureau, and he suggested prospective staff with private-sector experience who have a "creative" approach to communications would be the best fit.
Mr. Kenney has complained that environmental groups have peddled misinformation about the oil industry and used foreign funding to wage public-relations and legal fights to block new pipelines.
He brought up two recent cases as examples of what the war room might target.
Last month, a Toronto councillor raised the prospect of suing oil companies over the effects of climate change, as other cities have considered doing. Mr. Kenney wrote Toronto Mayor John Tory and the motion was dropped.
He also pointed to a National Geographic magazine article about the Alberta oil sands, which the headline condemned as "the world's most destructive oil operation." He said the article was "riddled" with factual errors.
"I want a unit in the government that will be on that the moment it is published, demanding a correction of the record and throwing a spotlight on what I think was, in that instance, irresponsible journalism," he said.
He also plans to launch legal challenges over the federal carbon tax and other environmental legislation, threatens to cut off oil shipments to B.C., and to hold a referendum on equalization.
Earlier on Thursday, the federal government confirmed it had extended the deadline for cabinet to decide whether to approve the Trans Mountain expansion project by nearly a month to June 18, from May 22. The government was ordered by the Federal Court of Appeal to hold additional consultations with First Nations and do more to consider the impact on endangered killer whales off B.C.
Mr. Kenney said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told him about the delay when the two spoke on Wednesday.
"I agreed with the Prime Minister that they need to make sure that they cross every 't' and dot every 'i' when it comes to discharging the government's duty to consult," he said.
"We certainly don't want to come back to the drawing board a third time."
Mr. Kenney and Ms. Notley both described their meeting as cordial and said they discussed several issues facing the government, with Ms. Notley offering her replacement some advice ahead of the transition.
Ms. Notley, who has said she intends to continue serving as Official Opposition leader when the legislature returns, pointed to the federal delay on Trans Mountain as evidence the pipeline debate is more complicated than Mr. Kenney has made it seem. She also noted that Quebec doubled down on its opposition to oil pipelines and British Columbia has endorsed the federal government's legislation to ban tankers off B.C.'s north coast.
"What it does demonstrate is that it's not as simple as having press conferences and expressing people's outrage over and over," she said.
"This is a complicated country. It involves considered diplomacy and strategic pressure in a thoughtful way."
Jason Kenney has put Alberta on a collision course with Quebec
A war Jason Kenney neither wants nor needs
Kenney moves to confront B.C., court Quebec over pipelines
Follow James Keller on Twitter @byjameskeller


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Calendar 2023 Gumnut Babies
May Gibbs
May Gibbs is one of Australia's best-loved classic children's book writers and artists. May's deep love of the Australian bush was portrayed in her work, engendering in children her own love of nature. The Gumnut Babies, May's classic book about Australian bush fairies, was first published in 1916 and was followed by many other Gumnut stories including her famous creations Snugglepot & Cuddlepie. When she died, May Gibbs bequeathed her works to The Northcott Society and Cerebral Palsy Alliance. Through her foresight, May Gibbs has helped thousands of Australian children with disabilities and their families.
Author: Gibbs, May
Dimension: 320mm X 230mm


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It's Wednesday, July 13, 2016 (Happy Birthday to Randy, the person in this world that I've known longer than any human not related to me) and this is your daily dose of video game news.
The big news of the day seemed to surround Microsoft as they announced that they would not be participating in the Gamescom 2016 media briefing. According to a story at Polygon, Microsoft will instead give some hands-on time with their system during an event called XBox FanFest.
Those in attendance will get the chance to play Gears Of War 4, Halo Wars 2, ReCore, Sea of Thieves and more.
Gamescom 2016 runs from August 18-24 in Cologne, Germany.
In the run-up to the release of Microsoft's slimmed-down XBox One, the XBox One S, GameSpot has reported that images of at least two special edition versions of the console are on their way.
The new console, which will come with 500 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB of memory, will also be available in models that feature Gears of War and Halo 5: Guardians themes. The images leaked to the internet came from known XBox insider, Ekim (@ekim_gaf on Twitter). As shown below, the bundle will include a custom Gears console and matching controller in addition to a copy of Gears of War 4 Ultimate Edition. The game will include a season pass and be playable October 7, 2016, four days before the public launch of the title. No price is known for the Halo bundle, but the Gears bundle is expected to retail at around $450 US.
While Pokemon GO is enjoying massive worldwide financial success, it might be easy to forget the risidual effects the mobile sensation would have on the rest of the gaming industry - specifically where virtual and augmented reality are involved.
GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that as a result of Niantic's smash hit, Unity Technologies has been able to secure $181 million in investments, beyond that which was already committed by Sequoia Capital and WestSummit Capital. The money is meant to drive Unity's push into the AR/VR markets. Leading the investments were DFJ Growth and included China Investment Corporation, FreeS Fund, Thrive Capital and Max Levchin, with DFJ's Barry Schuler landing a seat on the Board of Directors.
Unity saw 4.2 billion games made with its development software hit 1.7 billion unique machines in the first quarter of 2016 alone, according to GamesIndustry.
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More information has trickled in about AMD's Radeon RX series of graphics cards. We saw the Radeon RX 480 at Computex 2016 and then at E3 2016, AMD unveiled the Radeon RX 470 and the Radeon RX 460 which completes the lineup. We now have more information about these Polaris based graphics cards.
The Radeon RX 480 will come in two memory-size variants, 4 GB and 8 GB. AMD has priced the 4 GB variant of the Radeon RX 480 for $199 and it is extremely likely that the 8 GB variant will be priced at $229. While we don't have word on official Indian pricing, we should have that in a few days. Stock cards will be clocked at 1080 MHz with a boost clock that runs up to 1266 MHz. AIB cards will, obviously, have higher clocks and beefier coolers while charging a premium over the $199 price tag.
While we can't confirm performance figures till we get samples to test, we've seen 3DMark Fire Strike benchmark scores for the 8 GB Radeon RX 480 beating the R9 390X and matching the GTX 980. That makes these cards, ridiculously powerful at this price point.
The Radeon RX is based off the Polaris 10 GPU which has 36 Compute Units crunching out more than 5 TFLOPs. This 4th Gen GCN chip has 4K Encode/Decode capabilities and reportedly provides 2.8X Perf/Watt compared to the previous gen.
And the recently unveiled, Radeon RX 470 and Radeon RX 460 are based off the smaller Polaris 11 GPU which has 16 Compute Units capable of belting out more than 2 TFLOPs across a narrower 128-bit bus. Again, the Polaris 11 is also 4th Gen GCN with the same feature set as the Polaris 10. The fewer Compute Units also translates to lower power consumption.
While the Radeon RX 480 is being marketed as a game changer for the VR industry, the Radeon RX 470 and Radeon RX 460 are no different. The RX 470 is poised to hit the sweet spot for 1080p 60FPS gaming while the RX 460 is aimed at the e-sports community who require low latency 60 FPS smooth gameplay in the competitive arena. We do not have pricing details for these cards yet, however, more should be revealed towards the final launch date.


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Songs and Artists That Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11 es la banda sonora de la película documental ganadora del premio de Cannes, Fahrenheit 9/11.

Como la película trata sobre los atentados del 11 de septiembre de 2001 y relaciona con la guerra de Irak, esta banda sonora es una recopilación hecha por Michael Moore que tiene mucho que ver con los altos a la guerra. En este recopilatorio se pueden escuchar canciones de Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen e incluso de System of a Down.

Canciones
 "I Am A Patriot" - Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul (3:31)
 "Chimes of Freedom" (en directo) - Bruce Springsteen (5:58)
 "With God on Our Side" - Bob Dylan (7:08)
 "We Want It All" - Zack de la Rocha, produced by Trent Reznor (4:08)
 "Boom!" - System of a Down (2:16)
 "No One Left" - The Nightwatchman (4:19)
 "Masters of War" (en directo) - Pearl Jam (5:33)
 "Travelin' Soldier" - Dixie Chicks (5:44)
 "Fortunate Son (Live)" - John Fogerty (3:15)
 "Know Your Rights" - The Clash (3:42)
 "The Revolution Starts Now" - Steve Earle (4:25)
 "Where Is The Love?" - Black Eyed Peas feat. Justin Timberlake (3:51)
 "Good Night, New York (Live)" - Nanci Griffith (4:21)
 "Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley (6:53)

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Bandas sonoras de películas
Álbumes de 2004


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Welcome to Regensburg´s data pool for research on Gregorian chant
The following files are made available in accordance with the aims of the IMS Study Group Cantus Planus, which include the exchange of data in electronic form. They have been made as accurate as possible, but they have not in all cases been checked as rigorously as would be necessary for a traditional publication. They are rather in the nature of raw data which, it is hoped, will be useful for future chant research.
This website was first set up in 2001, designed by Keith Falconer. It made available a number of files under the MS-DOS system (Windows did not yet exist), some text files and some databases (dBase programme): lists of sources, inventories of sources, full texts of the antiphons and responsories in Hesbert's CAO, a melodic concordance to three editions of hymns, and a chant bibliography. A much enlarged group of files came on line in 2006, with greatly extended search facilities, master-minded by Robert Klugseder. All interactive database files were converted from text documents by Klugseder, and he continues to manage the website.
Two types of data are offered here.
- "Datafiles (read or download)" are text or database files with lists of chant incipits (Herbert's AMS, Chartres missal, Moosburg gradual, York gradual, feasts of the Sanctorale in Hesbert's CAO, hymns and their melodies), lists of sources (Le Graduel Romain, CAO vol. 5), and full chant texts (sequences in AH, antiphons and responsories in CAO vols. 3 and 4).
- "Databases (interactive)" are files with facilities for searching for texts or musical incipits. They include two chant bibliographies, catalogues of sources in British, German and French libraries, a list of the sources microfilmed for the Bruno Stäblein Archiv and used in studies based on the Archiv. A special project is devoted to sources from Augsburg, and there is information on sources from Aquileia and Regensburg. There is a catalogue of chant incipits of saint's offices (historiae). There are search facilities for the series of responsories for Advent and for the Office of the Dead, and for series of alleluias of the post-Pentecost season and the Easter season (the latter in preparation), together with statistical computation of the results. The office chant texts in Hesbert's CAO vol. 3 and 4 can be searched. Bannister's "Monumenti vaticani di paleografia musicale latina" has been scanned and formatted to enable searches for notations and manuscript information.
Click on the links below to download or view the data on screen or search the databases.
We are grateful to all those who have assisted in the typing and compilation of these files. Their names are given in the respective introductory notes. We remain responsible for errors and inaccuracies and will be glad to receive comments by email.
David Hiley and Robert Klugseder - Regensburg 2014


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Australian warship seizes eight tonnes of hashish worth $325 million
Staff Writer | December 30, 2017
An Australian warship has seized almost eight tonnes of hashish in the Arabian Sea, with the defence department estimating its street value at Aus$415 million ($325 million).
HMAS Warramunga has also confiscated 69 kilogrammes of heroin during maritime security manoeuvres in the area over the past three days.
"The crew prepared extensively for a task like this and we were able to employ our helicopter and boarding crews to locate and board three suspect vessels," the ship's commanding officer Dugald Clelland said.
"A thorough search by the boarding parties uncovered a large quantity of hashish and heroin intended for distribution around the world."
The drugs will be disposed of at sea.
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River Thames swan decline blamed on air rifle attacks and 'senseless' shootings
The annual swan upping census found the total number of cygnets marked between Sunbury and Abingdon was 83 compared with 120 last year
Matt StrudwickContent editor
Swans at Walton Wharf
The number of swans along the River Thames has declined due to air rifle attacks and 'senseless' shootings, according to the Queen's swan marker.
The annual swan upping census carried out between July 20 to July 24 found the total number of cygnets marked between Sunbury and Abingdon was 83 compared with 120 last year.
The Queen's swan marker, David Barber, has blamed the decline on the increase in the number of swans and cygnets being shot with air guns.
"These senseless shootings cause horrific injuries and often death, with the injured swans and cygnets sometimes taking days or even weeks to die if they are not discovered soon after being shot," he said.
"The majority of members of the public are very vigilant and have reported shot swans when they have discovered them, enabling the fortunate ones to be rescued and
saved with veterinary intervention."
Mr Barber has called on tougher regulations on purchasing air rifles to halt the decline.
Swan Marker to Her Majesty, David Barber
"Youngsters are just going to local shops, buying them and going out trying them out on swans," he said.
"Swans are a very easy target. They are large, white and come up towards you when they want to be fed.
"But the most disappointing thing as well, when they're shot, they don't always die there and then. They go off for two to three days and die in a bush somewhere in awful pain."
On average, Mr Barber said they would expect to mark around 125 to 130 cygnets each year and on one occasion marked as many as 165, but said the this year's count of 83 was rather low.
It is illegal to kill a swan under UK law. Mute swans have been under the ownership of the Crown since the 12th century.
The increase in birds of prey, as well as minks and foxes, taking cygnets were also blamed for the rapid decrease, with Mr Barber saying they pose a serious risk.
The Swan Sanctuary, now based in Shepperton, has been rehabilitating injured swans since the 1980s.
Its founder, Dorothy Beeson, said the results from the latest swan upping census was disheartening.
"We have seen an increase of patients with anything from air rifle shootings, dog attacks, vandalism – everything," she said.
"We've also seen this year, for the first time in three or four years, fishing related incidents. Over the last couple of weeks we had to have serious surgery on a swan with a ruptured oesophagus. It's quite horrible to look at."
The Queen's Swan Marker under way on the river - from a couple of years ago
"At the moment, we have a swan from Elstead where the female was shot under the beak towards the throat. She had to have immediate surgery, but thankfully she is doing very nicely," she said.
Ms Beeson has accused 'thickos' and 'yobs with nothing better to do' who have carried out the shootings on cygnets.
"I really don't know (how to stop the attacks). Over the years I've done x-rays on swans and I think one had 22 shots in it – it's incredible," she said.
"We started when the decline was so severe in 1980 (when swans were being killed by lead poisoning through fishing tackle). We feel that all the work that has been done to preserve swans for the country, it's still not done any good."
The annual swan upping ceremony sees the Queen's swan marker be accompanied by swan uppers of Vintners' and Dyers' Livery Companies to use six traditional Thames rowing skiffs to count the number of cygnets in the Thames.
Each cygnet is weighed, measured, examined and assessed for any sign of injury or disease, then tagged before being released into the river.


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"Sk8er Boi" este cel de-al doilea single extras de pe albumul de debut al cântăreței de origine canadiană Avril Lavigne. Cântecul a avut premiera în octombrie 2002 și a ajutat-o pe interpretă să câștige numeroase premii, precum "Cel mai bun videoclip pop" la MTV Video Music Awards.

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Sk8er Boi (Skater Boy) este cel de-al doilea single extras de pe albumul de debut al lui Avril Lavigne, Let Go. Lansată în anul 2002, această melodie a atins poziții înalte în topurile din țările anglofone, devenind astfel cel de-al doilea mare succes al artistei în America de Nord. Melodia a stabilit noi recorduri, devenind una dintre cele mai longevive prezențe în topuri.
Cântecul a fost compus de către artistă însăși, Scott Spock, Lauren Christy și Graham Edwards, iar de producerea sa s-a ocupat The Matrix. În această piesă, condusă de ritmul rapid al chitării, Lavigne descrie relația dintre un skater și o fată firavă, care face balet. Ambii simt o atracție față de celălalt, dar fata îl refuză din cauza propriilor temeri. În ultima parte a piesei, băiatul este descris, devenind faimos are o relație cu o fată care știe "să aibă grijă" de el, iar fata delicată recunoaște că și-a pierdut șansa de a avea o relație cu acel băiat.

Videoclipul filmat pentru acest single o surprinde pe Lavigne alături de formația sa mergând de-a lungul unei străzi împânzite de postere care anunță viitorul concert al artistei. Acest concert are loc în mijlocul videoclipului, dar spre ultima parte acesta devine atât de "sălbatic", încât poliția încearcă să intervină. În încheiere, Lavigne este surprinsă distrugând chitara care a acompaniat-o pe parcursul videoclipului. În acest clip, artista poartă un tricou verde, cu însemnele școlii Wilkesboro. După lansarea acestuia, școala a fost umplută de cereri pentru acel tip de tricouri, iar vânzările au fost atât de ridicate încât fondurile obtinute au fost folosite pentru achizitionare de computere noi.

Lista melodiilor

CD Maxi
"Sk8er Boi"
"Get Over It"
"Nobody's Fool" (live)

UK Single
"Sk8er Boi"
"Get Over It"
"Nobody's Fool" (live)
"Sk8er Boi" (videoclip)

Poziții ocupate în topuri

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Avril Lavigne
Discuri single de Avril Lavigne
Cântece pop
Cântece rock
Cântece punk
Cântece din 2002


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Optimism for Key Deer After Hurricane Irma
A refuge for the endangered species on Big Pine Key in Florida took a direct kit, but several deer have been spotted.
Sep 11, 2017 | 2 min read
Key deer; image from 2010FLICKR, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICEOver the weekend, the Florida Keys bore the brunt of Hurricane Irma's force, enduring 130 mph winds, several feet of storm surge, washed out roads, and displaced boats, RVs, cars, trees, and other debris. Among the island residents who stayed to weather the hurricane are Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium), a federally endangered species numbering fewer than 1,000 individuals.
US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) staff members who run the National Key Deer Refuge on Big Pine Key have yet to return to assess the damage and see how the animals fared. Along with others in Monroe County, they were subject to an evacuation order, but will return once they get the green light.
Jeffrey Fleming, a spokesperson for the FWS Southeast Region in Atlanta, says the refuge opted to leave the animals in their environment....
The most tangible sign of optimism came from CBS Miami reporter David Sutta, who taped four Key deer jogging alongside a debris-strewn road in Big Pine Key today (September 11).
Video of several Key Deer who survived. @CBSMiami #BigPineKey pic.twitter.com/styxZ22nTP
— ????? ????? (@SuttaCBSMiami) September 11, 2017
The Keys are home to more than two dozen threatened or endangered plant and animal species, including Bartram's hairstreak butterfly and the Lower Keys marsh rabbit. Fleming says FWS staff will be looking to see how all of them fared as soon as his colleagues can return to the islands.
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Q: Subquery in FROM slower than two separate queries I'm working on a system where users can buy "punch cards" to join events. A client buys a card from an organiser. The card is valid for specific event types and for a specified number of events.
The following tables are relevant:

*

*event_type: the type of event, e.g. swimming or painting.

*event_type_to_organiser: this table lists which event types belong to which organisers.

*event_sequence: a collection of connected events. For example, if there is a swimming event every tuesday, those events would be one event_sequence. State 1 means an active sequence.

*event: the event itself. This table has a state-column: state 1 means the event is enabled (there are other states for deleted, cancelled and pending events). The start_datetime column is used to determine if an event has alreday taken place or if it took place in the past.

*event_card: this is a generic punch card. This table has a state-column: here state 1 is enabled.

*event_card_to_event_type: this table defined which cards are valid for which event types.

*event_card_to_client: this table contains cards that have been purchased by clients. State 1 is an active card, other states are deleted, expired and full. This table also contains the number of events for which the card is valid.

*event_sequence_to_client: this table contains subscriptions from clients to event_sequences.

*event_to_client: this table contains all events clients attended, as well as individual future events that clients have signed up for. So clients can either subscribe to a sequence, or to a single event. If an event took place in the past, the event_card_to_client_id lists which card was used for the event.

*client_to_organiser: this table lists all connections between clients and organisers.

Each organiser has several event_types. Each event_type has several event_cards.
Clients can subscribe to event or event_sequences. If a client is subscribed to a future event, or if a client is subscribed to an event sequence that has events in the future, I need to know how many events the client has left on all of his/her cards for the associated event_type.
I've come up with a pretty monstrous query to accomplish this:
SELECT
  `sq2`.`event_type_id`,
  (CASE WHEN `sq2`.`total` IS NOT NULL
    THEN `sq2`.`total` - `sq2`.`used`
   ELSE NULL END) AS `events_left`
FROM
  (
    SELECT
      `sq1`.`id` AS `event_type_id`,
      CASE WHEN COUNT(`ectc`.`id`) = 0
        THEN 0
      ELSE (
        CASE WHEN COUNT(`ectc`.`id`) = COUNT(`ectc`.`event_count`)
          THEN SUM(DISTINCT `ectc`.`event_count`)
        ELSE NULL END
      ) END AS `total`,
      COUNT(`etc`.`id`) AS `used`
    FROM
      (
        SELECT DISTINCT `et`.`id`
        FROM `event_type` `et`
          JOIN `event_type_to_organiser` `etto`
            ON `etto`.`event_type_id` = `et`.`id`
          JOIN `client_to_organiser` `cto`
            ON `cto`.`organiser_id` = `etto`.`organiser_id`
               AND `cto`.`id` = 1
          #todo ID
          JOIN `event_sequence` `es`
            ON `et`.`id` = `es`.`event_type_id`
               AND `es`.`state` = 1
          JOIN `event` `e`
            ON `e`.`event_sequence_id` = `es`.`id`
               AND `e`.`start_datetime` > NOW()
               AND `e`.`state` = 1
          JOIN `event_sequence_to_client` `estc`
            ON `estc`.`event_sequence_id` = `es`.`id`
               AND `estc`.`client_id` = `cto`.`client_id`
          JOIN `event_card_to_event_type` `ectet`
            ON `ectet`.`event_type_id` = `et`.`id`
          JOIN `event_card`
            ON `event_card`.`id` = `ectet`.`event_card_id`
               AND `event_card`.`state` = 1
        UNION DISTINCT
        SELECT DISTINCT `et`.`id`
        FROM `event_type` `et`
          JOIN `event_type_to_organiser` `etto`
            ON `etto`.`event_type_id` = `et`.`id`
          JOIN `client_to_organiser` `cto`
            ON `cto`.`organiser_id` = `etto`.`organiser_id`
               AND `cto`.`id` = 1
          #todo ID
          JOIN `event_sequence` `es`
            ON `et`.`id` = `es`.`event_type_id`
               AND `es`.`state` = 1
          JOIN `event` `e`
            ON `e`.`event_sequence_id` = `es`.`id`
               AND `e`.`start_datetime` > NOW()
               AND `e`.`state` = 1
          JOIN `event_to_client` `etc`
            ON `etc`.`event_id` = `e`.`id`
               AND `etc`.`client_id` = `cto`.`client_id`
          JOIN `event_card_to_event_type` `ectet`
            ON `ectet`.`event_type_id` = `et`.`id`
          JOIN `event_card`
            ON `event_card`.`id` = `ectet`.`event_card_id`
               AND `event_card`.`state` = 1
      ) `sq1`
      JOIN `client_to_organiser` `cto`
        ON `cto`.`id` = 1
      #todo ID
      JOIN `event_card_to_event_type` `ectet`
        ON `ectet`.`event_type_id` = `sq1`.`id`
      JOIN `event_card`
        ON `event_card`.`id` = `ectet`.`event_card_id`
           AND `event_card`.`state` = 1
      LEFT JOIN `event_card_to_client` `ectc`
        ON `ectc`.`event_card_id` = `event_card`.`id`
           AND `ectc`.`client_id` = `cto`.`client_id`
           AND `ectc`.`state` = 1
      LEFT JOIN `event_to_client` `etc`
        ON `etc`.`event_card_to_client_id` = `ectc`.`id`
    GROUP BY `sq1`.`id`
  ) `sq2`

The innermost subquery determines which event_types are relevant for a specific client_to_organiser entry: that is, all event_types organised by the organiser, for which the client is subscribed to future events or sequences that contain future events.
The middle subquery determines the number of events the client has in total on all his/her cards for each event type. Since not every card is valid for each event_type, this needs to be determined for each event_type. Furthermore, the number of events already used is calculated here.
Finally, the outermost query calculates how many events the user has left for each event_type (total - used).

The query works fine and gives the correct data output. However, there appears to be a slight performance issue. The query above, when executed on our current dataset takes about 0.04 seconds to complete. That's not a huge deal-breaker at the moment, but in the future we'd like to speed it up a bit more. Curiously, if I split the query in two parts it performs about twice as fast:
        SELECT DISTINCT `et`.`id`
        FROM `event_type` `et`
          JOIN `event_type_to_organiser` `etto`
            ON `etto`.`event_type_id` = `et`.`id`
          JOIN `client_to_organiser` `cto`
            ON `cto`.`organiser_id` = `etto`.`organiser_id`
               AND `cto`.`id` = 1
          #todo ID
          JOIN `event_sequence` `es`
            ON `et`.`id` = `es`.`event_type_id`
               AND `es`.`state` = 1
          JOIN `event` `e`
            ON `e`.`event_sequence_id` = `es`.`id`
               AND `e`.`start_datetime` > NOW()
               AND `e`.`state` = 1
          JOIN `event_sequence_to_client` `estc`
            ON `estc`.`event_sequence_id` = `es`.`id`
               AND `estc`.`client_id` = `cto`.`client_id`
          JOIN `event_card_to_event_type` `ectet`
            ON `ectet`.`event_type_id` = `et`.`id`
          JOIN `event_card`
            ON `event_card`.`id` = `ectet`.`event_card_id`
               AND `event_card`.`state` = 1
        UNION DISTINCT
        SELECT DISTINCT `et`.`id`
        FROM `event_type` `et`
          JOIN `event_type_to_organiser` `etto`
            ON `etto`.`event_type_id` = `et`.`id`
          JOIN `client_to_organiser` `cto`
            ON `cto`.`organiser_id` = `etto`.`organiser_id`
               AND `cto`.`id` = 1
          #todo ID
          JOIN `event_sequence` `es`
            ON `et`.`id` = `es`.`event_type_id`
               AND `es`.`state` = 1
          JOIN `event` `e`
            ON `e`.`event_sequence_id` = `es`.`id`
               AND `e`.`start_datetime` > NOW()
               AND `e`.`state` = 1
          JOIN `event_to_client` `etc`
            ON `etc`.`event_id` = `e`.`id`
               AND `etc`.`client_id` = `cto`.`client_id`
          JOIN `event_card_to_event_type` `ectet`
            ON `ectet`.`event_type_id` = `et`.`id`
          JOIN `event_card`
            ON `event_card`.`id` = `ectet`.`event_card_id`
               AND `event_card`.`state` = 1

And:
SELECT
  `sq2`.`event_type_id`,
  (CASE WHEN `sq2`.`total` IS NOT NULL
    THEN `sq2`.`total` - `sq2`.`used`
   ELSE NULL END) AS `events_left`
FROM
  (
    SELECT
      `sq1`.`id` AS `event_type_id`,
      CASE WHEN COUNT(`ectc`.`id`) = 0
        THEN 0
      ELSE (
        CASE WHEN COUNT(`ectc`.`id`) = COUNT(`ectc`.`event_count`)
          THEN SUM(DISTINCT `ectc`.`event_count`)
        ELSE NULL END
      ) END AS `total`,
      COUNT(`etc`.`id`) AS `used`
    FROM
      (
        SELECT `id` FROM `event_type` WHERE `id` IN(1,2)
      ) `sq1`
      JOIN `client_to_organiser` `cto`
        ON `cto`.`id` = 1
      #todo ID
      JOIN `event_card_to_event_type` `ectet`
        ON `ectet`.`event_type_id` = `sq1`.`id`
      JOIN `event_card`
        ON `event_card`.`id` = `ectet`.`event_card_id`
           AND `event_card`.`state` = 1
      LEFT JOIN `event_card_to_client` `ectc`
        ON `ectc`.`event_card_id` = `event_card`.`id`
           AND `ectc`.`client_id` = `cto`.`client_id`
           AND `ectc`.`state` = 1
      LEFT JOIN `event_to_client` `etc`
        ON `etc`.`event_card_to_client_id` = `ectc`.`id`
    GROUP BY `sq1`.`id`
  ) `sq2`

When these two parts are executed separately, each part takes about 0.002 seconds. 0.004 seconds in total. That's about 5 times as fast as when I combine it into a single query.
Does anyone know what could be the reason the query performs much slower when executed as a single query, compared to executing it in two parts?

For completeness, here is the (stripped) database structure with some sample data: http://pastebin.com/ZkV3NcU2
I'm running MariaDB version 5.5.41.

A: its really hard to be able to truly optimize this without knowing the sizes of the tables, but I would recommend reorganizing queries like this with common table expressions (CTEs). A CTE works like a sub query, but allows you to throw results in memory and refer back to it multiple times. Since you go back to the same tables multiple times within your sub queries, i would recommend playing around with that. This wouldn't be the full code, just an idea of a starting place
WITH event_sequence_cte AS (  SELECT es.event_type_id FROM event_sequence es WHERE es.state = 1 ), event_cte AS ( SELECT e.event_sequence_id,e.id FROM event e WHERE e.start_datetime > NOW() AND e.state = 1 )


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