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The R. Kelly saga continues.
This morning, the USA attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced the sentencing of the 38-year-old Michael Williams pleaded guilty to an arson charge that saw him admit to setting fire to one of the R&B singers accusers vehicles.
Seven months ago, Michael admitted to the authorities that he traveled to the victims home in a deliberate attempt to scare the woman and prevent her from cooperating in Kelly's federal trial.
RHOA star Porsha Williams details 'abusive' R. Kelly encounter from 2007
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Michael Williams, who is a relative of Kelly's former publicist, reportedly arrived at the victim's home on June 11 2020 and poured gasoline around the SUV that was leased by the victim's father.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Cruz Melendez read the following statement from the victim during the sentencing hearing:
"It is very unfortunate to see a man lose his freedom, however, the crime that was committed was not only vicious but disturbing. My mental state deteriorated tremendously due to fear, invasion of privacy, and trauma among many other things".
"Because of your actions, I live in fear and have had to relocate my entire life. In that home were not only adults but animals and children under the age of 10. My family is traumatized and has been in distress due to this unlawful act. I hope this life-changing event gives you time to reflect on your actions".
R. Kelly's girlfriends clash at Trump Tower in Chicago, sending one to a hospital while other is charged with domestic batteru. Picture: Getty
The R&B singer - whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly - was convicted of one count of racketeering which includes 14 acts of sexual exploitation of a child, bribery, kidnapping and sex trafficking charges.
The 54-year-old was also found guilty of eight counts of violations of sex-trafficking law; the Mann Act. Just last month, R Kelly had his two YouTube channels removed after the verdict.
Following his verdict, the video streaming platform removed two of his channels, with a YouTube spokesperson stating that the accounts were terminated "in accordance with our creator responsibility guidelines".
Kelly won't be able to create any new channels, however, his music will still be available on YouTube music. The singer's tracks will remain on the audio-streaming service and music videos of his that are posted by other YouTube users will also stay up.
Porsha Williams at a Private Birthday Celebration. Picture: Getty
Yesterday, former Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams spoke out and revealed in her soon-to-be released memoir The Pursuit of Porsha about her experience with R. Kelly when she met him for the first time in 2007.
Revealing that 'he told her to take her clothes off', the reality TV says 'she was flown to Chicago to meet him, and when she arrived she claimed she'd was told she'd be taken to a recording studio to discuss potentially working with him, but instead she was driven to his mansion'.
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Recalling being escorted to his bedroom where she was left for hours until he joined her and told her to take her clothes off. Porsha claims she saw R Kelly two more times after that, noting that she had encountered other young women who were staying in his mansion.
Kelly's lawyer Thomas A. Farinella declined to comment on Porsha's story.
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OoC: Sorry? Wasn't that so much as the endless powerplaying and autododging on your part.
As Tehran'he bounced back from the attack, she saw that the ball was somehow already flying towards her again. Holding out one hand, she took a deep breath, covering her wrist with her other hand so as to keep it from breaking. "Bakurikamaha!" a crystalline beam of energy flew from her palm, slamming into the Death Ball and filling it with more power, making it swell with size, and slow it's ascent towards her.
She forced more energy into it, hoping to get it to fly back, because after all the Ki he'd been using so far in battles, he had to be near depleted. In that respect, she was confidant of success.
" this can't touch or it will blow up the earth so im going to super sayian 5 again " Golden's hair turned gray then he unleashed alot more energy into his beam to make the ball go right back at Tehran'he " im just getting started"
"Fine," she said. "You've made me force my hand." With that, two other Tehran'he's materialized, each with the same power level and Ki as the original, all firing the same attack down at Golden. The three changelings smirked, knowing that now, the game was up.
The three changelings simultaneously cried a Ki laced shout as Golden's Super Explosion Attack dissipated into the atmosphere. "Like it?" she grinned deviously. "It's called Kiai. I learned it from King Vegeta. Apparently, his shouting did pay off in the end." Her beam and his beam still slammed into the ball in the middle, and now hers was nearing Golden. He claimed he wasn't weakening, but it was obvious he was. No being could possibly use so much Ki so wastefully and still be at 100%.
OOC: And can you stop deleting my rp threads? I'd like my writing to be appreciated, not denied so your PL is constantly above mine.
" you're right i aint at 100% anymore but im a little above 50% so here have some more"
Golden put even more energy into the beam and the ball headed towards Tehran'he "hahahhaha"
OoC: Lol, you double posted. And, yea. Wasn't like it was really destroyed. T'was just an rp.
IC: What? How did he know what I was thinking? the changeling looked in fear at Golden. She'd considered trying to learn mental techniques such as Hypnosis and Telepathy, but had considered it all hocus pocus. The three women simultaneously ended their Ki stream, letting the attack fly towards them seemingly undefended. He wants to play mind games, eh? So can I.
OoC: idc. I like making up new kinds of rp fodder, whether intentional or not.
She didn't reply. He'd see in a moment anyway. The attack converged on the middle changeling, nearing in speed and consatntly increasing in power from Golden's still-flowing Ki. Finally, it slammed into her... or did it? She was still standing there, unharmed, as were her two counterparts, and the attack was still flying past her.
The changeling looked around, unable to find him. She glanced at the ref, who appeared as baffled as she. "Uh... we'll take a short intermission while Tehran'heattempts to find her fighter." A bit of chuckling permeated the area, and several of the people got up to leave. Most, however, stayed. They had the oddest feeling the fight was nearing its climax and didn't want to miss a second.


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Q: WordPress - Call function from template to get URL Throughout our site, I'd like to use a function to print the href of an anchor tag. The function parses query params and properly translates them on to a link to another site.
In functions.php, I've added:
add_filter( 'main_site_url', 'return_main_site_url' );
function return_main_site_url( $default_source = '' ) {
    $main_site_url = "https://www.example.com";

    if ( get_query_var('ws') ) {
        $main_site_url .= '?s=';
        $main_site_url .= get_query_var('ws');
    } elseif ( !empty($default_source) ) {
        $main_site_url .= '?s=';
        $main_site_url .= $default_source;
    }

    return $main_site_url;
}

I've tried to use the function from an HTML Contact widget in the sidebar like:
<a href="<?php echo apply_filters('main_site_url', wp_sidebar') $>" class="btn btn-danger">Learn More

The output ends up NOT being processed:
Learn More

How do you go about using a function from an HTML widget on the sidebar?

A: In functions.php
add_filter( 'main_site_url', 'return_main_site_url' );

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 add_shortcode('myshortcode','return_main_site_url');

and you use the [myshortcode] in your anchor tag and check the output.

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Home » Asia » Wuhan's Covid-19 cases may have been 10 times higher, study shows
Wuhan's Covid-19 cases may have been 10 times higher, study shows
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – The scale of the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan early this year may have been nearly 10 times the recorded tally, a study conducted by China's public health authorities indicates, leaving the city where the coronavirus first took hold still well short of the immunity required to protect against a potential resurgence.
About 4.4 per cent of those tested were found to have specific antibodies that can fight off the pathogen that causes Covid-19, indicating they were infected some time in the past, according to a serological survey of more than 34,000 people conducted in April by the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. The data was released late on Monday (Dec 27).
That ratio would suggest that with Wuhan home to about 11 million people, as many as 500,000 residents may have been infected, nearly 10 times more than the 50,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases reported by health authorities in mid-April, when the survey was conducted.
China has been criticised internationally for its initial handling of the outbreak, which has spread around the world in a global pandemic in the year since the first cases emerged.
The United States has raised questions about China's accounting of the virus fallout in Wuhan, which was quickly eclipsed by larger outbreaks in Europe and North America. A number of revisions of the case and deaths data added to suspicions China was massaging the numbers.
While the serological data may reignite those claims, it is common for health authorities to under-report cases during an acute outbreak, given testing capabilities can be limited and hospitals overwhelmed with a sudden surge in patients.
The coronavirus's ability to quietly infect people without making some of them sick until later or even throughout the infection period only exacerbates the problem.
Serological surveillance has been widely used by health professionals around the world to gauge the true scale of epidemics, from Covid-19 to AIDS and hepatitis. The prevalence of disease derived from such studies can guide mitigation and vaccination efforts.
The China CDC survey showed a far less impact of the virus outside Wuhan, which was effectively shut off as a way of containing the outbreak. The positive rate for antibodies dropped to 0.44 per cent for the broader Hubei province, which was also placed under a three-month lockdown.
Only two people tested positive for the antibody among the 12,000 surveyed in six other Chinese cities and provinces, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong, suggesting an extremely low prevalence of the virus across the rest of the country.
The results for Wuhan mean even China's worst-hit city is still vulnerable to Covid-19. Epidemiologists say at least half a population needs to have come into contact with the virus for even the minimum threshold for herd immunity.
But the city's rate of infection is generally in line with those found in other countries after the first wave of coronavirus infections, the China CDC said in a press release published on its website.
The antibody positive rates in Spain and Switzerland this spring, for example, were as much as 6.2 per cent and 11 per cent, respectively, the China CDC said.
While those are higher than the 4.4 per cent found in Wuhan, and come before later waves that have swept across Europe, they still fall short of the herd immunity threshold.
Since quelling the Hubei outbreak, China has largely contained the coronavirus, with sporadic flareups since April snuffed out through aggressive contract tracing and quickly testing millions of people in a matter of days.
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Opponents cheer ruling on landing field
Judge&amprsquo;s order calls temporary halt to further work by Navy
Estes Thompson Associated Press
RALEIGH - Though Gerald Allen stands to lose 2,300 acres to a proposed practice landing field for Navy jets, he could only be mildly happy that a federal judge stopped work on the project - at least for now.
"I've had my hopes up a couple of times and gotten shot down, so I'm going to wait and see," Mr. Allen said as he took a break Tuesday from planting corn across the road from where the Navy wants to build a strip to simulate night carrier landings.
"I'm glad he stopped it, but are they going to answer the questions and keep on going?" Mr. Allen said. "Everything's been thrown at them. I just want it to go away completely."
U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle told the Navy to stop work on the outlying landing field, or OLF, saying there was potential harm to birds at a nearby refuge and to farmers who would be displaced. His temporary injunction was dated Monday and released Tuesday.
The order prevents the Navy from negotiating for land and working on site preparation and construction on the field, which it hopes to start building next year.
Mr. Allen's land has become the rallying ground for OLF opponents and has been the site of a village of tents and protest art – including two renditions of jets made from welded oil drums.
Judge Boyle's order was greeted with glee by many opponents of the OLF, which would use more than 30,000 acres of land – including buffers – in Washington and Beaufort counties. The counties and several environmental organizations have sued the Navy.
"Instead of going out and purchasing land, they have to go back to their planning room because this is clearly not a good site," said Mary Ann Byers, a town council member in the Washington County town of Plymouth.
"Planes and birds don't mix. We know that. They haven't done their homework, for if they had they would have known this isn't a good site."
Navy spokesman Ted Brown had no comment on the ruling because the issue still was in court.
The Navy wants to build the outlying landing field, or OLF, in the middle of more than 30,000 acres of farm land near Plymouth in northeastern North Carolina. It plans to locate 120 new F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft at Ocean Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, Va., and 24 at the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station in Craven County. The OLF would be between the bases and provide space for more than 30,000 practice carrier landings annually.
"This is a major victory for all those who have tried so long to get the Navy to listen to reason and choose a safer, less damaging location for jet training," said Chris Canfield, executive director of Audubon North Carolina, one of the groups that sued the Navy.
Lawyer Chris Lam, whose firm represents Washington and Beaufort counties, said the next step will be determined by whether the Navy accepts the ruling and goes to trial on the lawsuit or appeals the ruling.
"They have a third option – to find an alternative site," Mr. Lam said.
Judge Boyle said the Navy wouldn't be harmed by delay in building the OLF because "it appears that the OLF is not a true necessity for naval operations," a fact stated in the Navy's final environmental impact statement. He also said the Navy didn't appear to consider all possible environmental effects of the plan.
Opponents of the OLF have argued that several other suitable sites pose less environmental harm.


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'For the Record, MANY People' Wanted the Job: President Trump Names Budget Director His Chief of Staff
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December. 14. 2018
President Trump on Friday announced that his budget director Mick Mulvaney would serve as his acting White House chief of staff, replacing the current chief of staff Gen. John Kelly.
"I am pleased to announce that Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management & Budget, will be named Acting White House Chief of Staff, replacing General John Kelly, who has served our Country with distinction," Trump said in a tweet.
He later added, "For the record, there were MANY people who wanted to be the White House Chief of Staff. Mick M will do a GREAT job!"
His announcement comes after days of Trump defending himself and the job of his chief of staff as a well-sought-after position.
Mulvaney, the current director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), will take over the job from Gen. Kelly, who is expected to leave by the end of the year.
Kelly will have been in the position for five months upon his departure.
MORE: President Trump has chosen Mick Mulvaney, who heads the WH Office of Management and Budget, to become acting chief of staff. He will become the third person in just two years to run the West Wing. https://t.co/nEyoIv0n9J pic.twitter.com/x6ev2PNYXH
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Bruno Irles, né le  à Rochefort (Charente-Maritime), est un footballeur français ayant évolué au poste de défenseur à l'AS Monaco, reconverti en tant qu'entraîneur.

Biographie

Carrière de joueur (1994-2003)
Bruno Irles commence le football à l'ACL Mably puis à l'AS Roanne. Lors de la Coupe nationale cadets qu'il effectue avec l'équipe "Rhône Alpes" en 1992, il est repéré par plusieurs clubs professionnels pour intégrer leur centre de formation. Son choix s'oriente sur l'AS Monaco, seul projet lui proposant de poursuivre parallèlement ses études scientifiques.

Sous les ordres de Pierre Tournier et Paul Piétri, lors de la saison 1992/1993, il joue en moins de 17 ans nationaux puis intègre rapidement l'équipe réserve et l'équipe de France juniors de Jean-François Jodar.

Il est lancé en pro par Arsène Wenger avec l'AS Monaco à Caen le  en .

Il est même nommé capitaine de l'équipe de France espoirs sous la houlette de Roger Lemerre (finaliste du Tournoi de Toulon) puis de Raymond Domenech.

En club, il remporte deux titres de champion de France avec l'AS Monaco, en 1997 (avec Jean Tigana) et 2000 (avec Claude Puel) ainsi que le Trophée des champions en 2000 face au FC Nantes. Il participe aux différentes campagnes européennes de Monaco, notamment en 1997-1998 lorsque le club atteint les demi-finales de la Ligue des champions.

À la suite d'une blessure à un genou, il met un terme à sa carrière de joueur à la fin de l'été 2003.

Début de carrière d'entraîneur (2003-2016)

Bruno Irles commence sa carrière d'entraîneur au centre de formation de l'AS Monaco. Il supervise d'abord les adversaires pour le staff de Didier Deschamps la saison de la finale de la Ligue des champions 2004.

Entre 2005 et septembre 2011, il entraîne l'équipe U17 du club. En septembre 2011, il prend les rênes de l'équipe réserve monégasque en CFA ainsi que la direction du centre de formation.

De nombreux jeunes joueurs monégasques nés entre 1989 et 1999 passent entre ses mains. Certains jouent aujourd'hui dans les plus grands clubs européens : Yannick Ferreira Carrasco, Layvin Kurzawa, Dennis Appiah, Almamy Touré, Abdou Diallo, Valentin Eysseric, Valère Germain ou encore Kylian Mbappé.

Sa gestion du talentueux Mbappé, alors âgé de quinze ans, est mal supportée par le joueur et sa famille. En effet, Bruno Irles l'écarte régulièrement de l'équipe première des moins de , lui reprochant son manque d'implication défensive.

AC Arles-Avignon

En juin 2014, dans le cadre d'un partenariat amorcé entre l'AS Monaco et l'AC Arles-Avignon, Bruno Irles est nommé entraîneur de l'équipe qui évolue en  avant de devenir adjoint en octobre.

Sheriff Tiraspol

Après l'obtention de son brevet d'entraîneur professionnel en 2016, il devient entraîneur principal au Sheriff Tiraspol en Moldavie. Il remporte la Supercoupe de Moldavie en août 2016 et dispute le  de qualification de la Ligue des Champions. Au soir d'une défaite à l'extérieur fin septembre 2016, il est démis de ses fonctions de façon surprenante alors que son équipe est en tête du championnat moldave avec six victoires en huit matches et est la meilleure attaque de celui-ci .

Période de consultant TV (2017-2022)

En janvier 2017, alors sans club, il devient consultant sur les chaînes du groupe Canal+. Il démarre à Infosport+ puis intègre l'équipe du Late Football Club sur Canal+Sport à son lancement en août 2017. Chaque semaine, il tient dans l'émission une rubrique Tableau Noir où il analyse en palette une question précise, le jeu d'une équipe ou d'un joueur. Il continue d'intervenir sur le plateau comme consultant en parallèle de sa carrière d'entraîneur jusqu'à sa signature à l'ESTAC Troyes en janvier 2022.

Reprise du parcours d'entraîneur (2019-)

Pau FC

Le , il est nommé entraîneur du Pau FC, qui lutte alors pour le maintien en National. Il démarre par trois victoires consécutives et parvient à maintenir le club en National en terminant à la  avec le deuxième meilleur bilan sur cette période.

La saison 2019-2020 démarre encore mieux. Le Pau FC se retrouve pour la première fois de son histoire en tête du championnat de National et termine même la phase aller à la première place. Le , un an jour pour jour après son arrivée, il réalise un exploit en  de la Coupe de France en éliminant Bordeaux (3-2 ap.). Il qualifie le Pau FC pour son premier  de Coupe de France depuis 1998.

Son équipe est 1ère de National quand le championnat est arrêté en mars 2020 à cause de la pandémie de Covid-19. Il permet au Pau FC d'être promu pour la 1ère fois de son histoire en . En fin de contrat, il annonce le  qu'il n'entraînera pas les Palois la saison suivante en dépit de la montée en .

US Quevilly-Rouen

Le , il rejoint Quevilly Rouen Métropole en National. Malgré un grand renouvellement d'effectif lors du mercato estival, il parvient rapidement à trouver la bonne alchimie, l'équipe jouant de suite le haut de tableau. Porté par les performances d'Andrew Jung (, ) et Ottman Dadoune (, ), le club valide son accession en  le , au terme de la .

En , malgré le 19e budget du championnat, il conclut la phase aller à la . Il conduit également le club en 16es de finale de la Coupe de France, éliminé par l'AS Monaco. Bien que son départ ne s'inscrivait pas dans les projets du club, la direction de QRM ne s'y oppose pas afin qu'il puisse saisir l'opportunité qui lui est donnée d'exercer en .

ESTAC Troyes
Le , il devient l'entraîneur de l'ESTAC Troyes, où il succède à Laurent Batlles.

Il réalise l'exploit de maintenir Troyes en Ligue 1 pour la 1ère fois depuis 16 ans en terminant 15e grâce notamment à des victoires contre Montpellier, Bordeaux, Nantes, Reims et Lille, et un match nul marquant (2-2) au Parc des Princes contre le champion de France le Paris Saint-Germain.

La saison 2022/2023 démarre par 3 défaites, mais Troyes redresse vite la barre et s'installe confortablement en milieu de tableau avec la 5e meilleure attaque du championnat. Il participe également à l'éclosion de jeunes joueurs comme Wilson Odobert (17 ans) et Thierno Baldé (20 ans).

Le 8 novembre 2022, moins d'un an après son arrivée, il est démis de ses fonctions alors que Troyes est 13e de Ligue 1. Claude Robin assure l'intérim.

Statistiques

Joueur

Entraîneur

Dernière mise à jour :

Palmarès

Joueur
 Champion de France en 1997 et 2000 avec l'AS Monaco
 Vainqueur du Trophée des champions 1997 et 2000 avec l'AS Monaco
 Vainqueur de la Coupe de la Ligue en 2003.

Entraîneur
 Vainqueur de la Supercoupe de Moldavie en 2016 avec le FC Sheriff Tiraspol.
 Montée en Ligue 2 en 2020 avec le Pau FC et en 2021 avec Quevilly Rouen Métropole.

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Naissance en août 1975
Naissance à Rochefort (Charente-Maritime)
Footballeur français
Joueur de l'AS Monaco
Entraîneur français de football
Entraîneur du Sheriff Tiraspol
Entraîneur de l'AC Arles
Entraîneur du Pau FC
Entraîneur de l'US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole
Entraîneur de l'ES Troyes AC


This example LabVIEW Project shows an implementation of the Snake Game.
1. Field is based on the array of color boxes of different colors (green for snake, red for apple).
The size of the snake and speed increases once apple is eaten.
It is possible to go through walls.
Game is over once a head of the snake hits a body.
Press right or down arrow to start the game.
This looks like a really cool game. Do you think that this can be implemented using an 8x8 LED Matrix with MAX7219 as well as a pair of buttons as it's controller?


Researchers of a new study have revealed the world's oceans will change color by the end of the century as a result of climate change.
Study researcher Stephanie Dutkiewicz, from MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, and colleagues said the ocean will not have the same color in the future as global warming causes significant changes to the phytoplankton in the world's seas.
In a study published in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers developed a global model that simulates the growth and interaction of different phytoplankton species and how the mix of these species in various locations will change amid rising temperatures worldwide.
They also simulated the way these microscopic organisms absorb and reflect light, and how the color of the ocean will change as climate change affects the make up of phytoplankton communities.
Dutkiewicz and colleagues ran the model through the end of the 21st century and found that by the year 2100, more than half of the world's oceans will change in color because of climate change.
The research suggests blue regions, such as those in the subtropics, will become bluer by the end of the century as the waters reflect less phytoplankton and marine life. Regions that are greener today such as those near the poles may also turn deeper green as warming temperatures brew up larger blooms of more diverse phytoplankton.
The color of the ocean depends on the interaction of sunlight with whatever is in the water. Water molecules do not absorb the blue spectrum of sunlight so it is reflected back. This explains why barren ocean regions appear deep blue in space.
Organisms in the ocean absorb and reflect different wavelengths of light. Phytoplankton, for instance, contain chlorophyll, which absorbs mostly blue parts of the light. They absorb the green part of the spectrum less so this is reflected back out of the oceans. Thus, algae-rich regions tend to have a greenish hue.
"Phytoplankton community structure, which strongly affects ocean optics, is likely to show one of the clearest and most rapid signatures of changes to the base of the marine ecosystem," the researchers wrote in their study.
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here are several ways to remotely control a Raspberry Pi. Remote maintenance or remote service is generally possible via command line (SSH) or desktop sharing (VNC, RDP). Which solution to choose depends on your own requirements.
All solutions have in common that one does not sit directly on Raspberry Pi with a screen, keyboard, and mouse, but operates from a remote computer. You can do that with a desktop PC, notebook, tablet or smartphone.
Remote maintenance and remote service are common names for applications and services that enable the remote operation of computers and software.
Remote Desktop and Desktop Sharing are terms for providing a desktop or graphical user interface to a remote user. While Remote Desktop simply offers a graphical user interface, Desktop Sharing refers to sharing the current view of the screen with a remote user. Only with desktop sharing you can see what's happening on the current screen. You can practically look over the shoulder of a remote user. Mostly this is used for user support.
Which remote desktop solution is the best?
Remote desktop solutions include VNC, X11VNC, X-Forwarding and RDP. Which one is the best? If you come from the Windows world, then it is fastest with RDP. But you have to do without the presentation of the current desktop. Outside the Windows world, the alternatives are VNC and X-forwarding.
But when it comes to desktop sharing the current desktop, then you can not get around to X11VNC and RealVNC. However, you have to differentiate here. X11VNC is a universal solution that works on all Linux systems. RealVNC is recommended on Raspberry Pi with Raspbian because it is optimized for use with limited hardware.
For remote maintenance via command line, an SSH server can be activated in the Linux distribution Raspbian. In order to establish a connection to a Raspberry Pi via SSH, all you need is an SSH client and the host name or IP address of Raspberry Pi. For computer systems with macOS and Linux, an SSH client is already integrated on the command line. Here you only have to call a terminal program. With Windows you can install "PuTTY" later.
If you do not like the use of the command line, then you can also connect via SSH with a graphical user interface of Raspberry Pi. However, you do not get the current desktop, but your own.
VNC is a way to use virtual desktops provided by VNC servers. In other words, you connect to a VNC server with a VNC client and get a desktop from this system that you can use to work like in your own system.
In the Linux environment, there are some VNC servers. Many tutorials and tutorials use TightVNCServer. He is extremely slim and can be set up quickly.
VNC transmits the data basically unencrypted. Also the VNC password. This is less of a problem within a local network. It is negligent if you build the transmission over the Internet. For security reasons, you should run a VNC session over an SSH tunnel.
All previous solutions have the disadvantage that they provide a virtual session and not the current desktop on Raspberry Pi. But if you want to see and control the current desktop, because you want to see a person sitting on Raspberry Pi from a distance over the shoulder ( Remote support), you need another VNC server. For this X11VNC is better suited. He has the peculiarity that he not only virtual desktops, but also the current desktop can transfer.


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Chinese President to visit Europe
2014-03-18 08:21 Xinhua Web Editor: Mo Hong'e
President Xi Jinping will make his first trip to Europe since taking office from March 22 to April 1.
Xi will pay state visits to the Netherlands, France, Germany and Belgium from March 22 to April 1. He will visit the headquarters of the European Union from March 31 to April 1.
"China-Europe relations are facing new opportunities as both are at the tipping point of reform and development. President Xi's visit to Europe, instilling new vitality to a long-term stable and healthy relations, will be a milestone for both sides," Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Chao told a news briefing on Monday.
China-Europe relations are flourishing and Europe has been China's largest trade partner for a decade. Last year, bilateral trade reached almost 560 billion U.S. dollars.
The Netherlands is the first stop on Xi's visit. He is the first Chinese president to visit the Netherlands since the two states established diplomatic relations in 1972 and will meet King Willem-Alexander and parliamentary leaders, before holding talks with Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Both sides will sign cooperation agreements on agriculture, energy, finance and culture.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of China-France diplomatic ties and the 10th anniversary of the comprehensive strategic partnership. Leaders of the two sides will draw on successful experiences from the past 50 years to plan for the future. During the visit, Xi will hold talks with French President Francois Hollande and together they will attend celebrations of the 50th anniversary of China-France diplomatic ties. He will aslo meet with Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and parliament leaders.
Both sides will exchange views on strategic mutual trust, mutual cooperation and partnership in international affairs, stressing China-France relations take the lead in China-Europe ties, Wang said. During the visit, the two sides are expected to sign agreements on education, science and technology, energy, aviation, urbanization and agriculture.
Germany is China's biggest trade and technology partner in the EU. China and Germany have expanded cooperation in culture, science and technology, education and the military. Xi's is the first state visit to Germany by a Chinese president in eight years. The two sides will map out the relations for the coming 5 to 10 years from a strategic and long-term perspective. Xi will meet with President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel, deliver a key note speech, attend a banquet with business leaders and meet with entrepreneurs from both countries. The two sides will sign cooperation agreements on industry, aviation, science and technology, education, culture and agriculture.
Xi's visit to Belgium will be the first for a Chinese head of state in 27 years. He is scheduled to meet King Philippe and have talks with Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo. Cooperation documents are expected to be signed, ranging from economy and trade, science and technology to telecommunication and education.
Xi will be the first Chinese head of state to visit the headquarters of EU since the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and EU in 1975. He will hold talks with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and meet EU Parliament President Martin Schulz and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
China attaches importance to Europe, supports European integration and is committed to deepening China-EU relations, Wang said.
China and Europe have a strategic plan for China-EU cooperation until 2020, which came out of the China-EU summit in Beijing in 2013.
Xi slated to sign flurry of deals in Europe
Xi prepares for W Europe visit


Education News Colorado gives you the latest on sweeping reforms slated for schools in Far Northeast Denver.
"The 4-3 vote came after another two hours of board debate that centered around a string of eight amendments, most from dissenting board members Arturo Jimenez, Jeanne Kaplan and Andrea Merida.
Board President Nate Easley, who represents Far Northeast Denver, said he was voting for approval of the plan despite being threatened this week with a voter recall if he did so.
The Colorado Association of School Executives has named John L. Barry the 2011 Colorado Superintendent of the Year.
The Denver Post reports on the latest Colorado school free speech flap.
Kate, 17, had worn the shirt Nov. 2, Election Day, at the El Paso County school to make a political statement in support of the right of gays and lesbians to marry.
Education News Colorado gives you the latest information on the contentious voucher debate unfolding in Douglas County.
"It was a civil, if feisty, crowd.
More than 40 speakers and others packed a school board meeting room in Castle Rock on Tuesday for the public's first chance to comment on Douglas County's voucher proposal.
Most of the speakers – 26 of the 42 – spoke against the draft plan, citing concerns about public dollars flowing to private schools and the potential exodus of district students. Some criticized the board's decision to spend more than $13,000 on the attorney who wrote the proposal.
The Daily Camera reports on a mini-scandal at Monarch High School.
"A faculty adviser to the Monarch High School student council has stepped down from his post, showing his displeasure with a recent Boulder Valley school board decision to reinstate a student who had been removed from the council.
Quick is the son of a local district attorney.
DSST Public Schools announced it has received a five-year, $3 million grant from the Daniels Fund to help fund expansion of its network of public charter schools.
DSST Public Schools (DSST) operates open-enrollment STEM charter schools and is part of the Denver Public Schools system. DSST currently serves over 1,000 students with three schools on two campuses. DSST has been approved to open three additional secondary school campuses (grades 6-12) in 2011, 2012 and 2013. At full enrollment, DSST Public Schools will serve over 4,200 students, and will double the number of four year college-ready DPS graduates by 2020.
The Los Angeles Times takes a look at the growing number of schools launched – and run – by teachers.
The Atlantic takes a closer look at the quality of American schools.
A national panel composed of education experts and critics today called for teacher education to be "turned upside down" by revamping programs to place clinical practice at the center of teacher preparation, not unlike the medical profession.
Those and other sweeping recommendations are being released by a Blue Ribbon Panel on Clinical Preparation and Partnerships for Improved Student Learning, convened by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
The panel is co-chaired by Colorado Commissioner of Education Dwight D. Jones and Nancy Zimpher, chancellor of the State University of New York.
The Daily Camera reports on new efforts in Boulder Valley to meet the needs of gifted students.
Last school year, Boulder Valley held community meetings on the district's gifted programs to gather feedback on both program strengths and the need for changes. People asked for more support for the emotional needs, intentional grouping of gifted students for instruction, more teacher training and gifted "focus" or magnet schools.
The Colorado State Library announced this week that 35 Colorado public library sites in 25 library systems have been awarded an early literacy collection of 24 picture books. The collections contain picture books based on research on what works with young children to inspire learning.
The storytime collection was funded through federal funds designed to promote early literacy. Library sites were selected based on a demonstrated commitment to serving children, success in implementing literacy programs for children and interest in early literacy development in the community. All 35 library sites serve populations under 25,000 and are located across Colorado.


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U.S. Government Flip-Flops On Civil Liberties, Privacy
by Matt October 20, 2014, 3:30 pm 1.1k Views 2 Comments
Recent criticism by law enforcement of Apple's plan to encrypt user data reveals the government is less concerned about privacy and civil liberties.
For almost a decade, the United States government surreptitiously collected the phone and Internet data of millions of people around the world under the secret authority of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court. As part of two separate programs, the National Security Agency collected the phone records of every American telephone subscriber and the contents of online communications from targets thought to be based overseas (some of which communicated with individuals in the United States) under the guise of thwarting terrorist attacks against the United States and American interests elsewhere.
For years, these programs and others were conducted without the knowledge of the American people, and often without Congressional oversight. The secrecy that surrounded the NSA's data collection efforts afforded agents who misappropriated the information with a shield of immunity — and that shield even extended to the NSA itself when it was charged by the FISA court with exceeding its collection authorization on multiple occasions.
It wasn't until last year when Edward Snowden, a former government contractor with NSA clearances, leaked thousands of classified documents to journalists that the American people were given an opportunity to opine and debate on the clandestine surveillance programs that were done in their name and without their knowledge. Though some scorned Snowden for his decision to blow the whistle on the NSA programs, nearly every politician questioned about them took it as an opportunity to encourage a healthy and robust discussion about protecting the privacy of the American citizens.
At a press conference last December, President Obama doubled-down on the assertion that the federal government was committed to striking the appropriate balance between homeland security and constitutionally protected civil liberties. "I'm taking this very seriously," Obama told reporters, "because I think, as I've said before, this is debate that needed to be had."
But in the months that followed the first disclosures of questionable NSA surveillance operations, government officials equally charged that restricting the spy programs would have a detrimental effect on homeland security. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the programs were crucial to thwarting terrorist attacks and did not count as "surveillance." Michael Hayden, the former Director of National Intelligence, claimed American perception of secret spy programs would shift in the government's favor following another terrorist attack. Even President Obama has defended the programs, assuring they are "transparent" and praising the intelligence community as "patriots."
For American tech companies, many of whom were implicated early on for colluding with the intelligence community, the apparent double-talk from government officials has proven to be troublesome. Unconvinced that the government will see through surveillance reform, many have taken it upon themselves to ensure their customers are protected from the eavesdropping eyes and ears (and machines) of opaque government agencies.
Most recently, California-based Apple, Inc. announced that the newest release of its mobile operating system, which it makes freely available to its customers, would automatically encrypt text messages, photographs and other user data stored on its popular iPhone and iPad products. Apple's chief competitor in the mobile phone industry, Google, announced a forthcoming release of its Android operating system would do the same (most phones running Android already have this ability, but few are thought to have taken advantage of encryption; going forward, the company says encryption will be automatic for every user). Unlike previous operating systems, both companies say they will not be able to remotely access data once it is encrypted — meaning neither company will be able to comply with law enforcement requests for user data.
This has made many government officials upset. Law enforcement agencies from across the country have criticized Google and Apple, saying the move to encrypt user data without providing police with a skeleton key into people's phones and tablets could severely impact investigations into abductions, child pornography and — you guessed it — terrorism.
Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder expressed such sentiment during his remarks at a recent cybercrime conference in Washington, D.C. "We would hope that technology companies would be willing to work with us to ensure that law enforcement retains the ability, with court-authorization, to lawfully obtain information in the course of an investigation, such as catching kidnappers and sexual predators," Holder said. "It is worrisome to see companies thwarting our ability to do so."
FBI Director James Comey took his criticism one step further, blasting Apple and Google for "marketing something expressly to allow people to place themselves beyond the law" and assuring that if the tech companies were not willing to collude with law enforcement agencies for remote access to user data, "Congress might have to force this on companies."
But Comey also sought to appear fair-minded, calling on tech companies and the American public to afford the government "careful thought and debate" with respect to automatic data encryption. Which seems reasonable — until one considers that law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community have, for years, shrouded their surveillance programs under a veil of secrecy that was shielded from any public knowledge or debate.
Through its criticism of Apple and Google, the government has shown its hand: There is no interest in striking a balance between civil liberties and national security if such balance interferes with the government's ability to collect any data it wants for any reason at any time. And unless a company does something that runs contrary to the government's mission of "collecting it all," the topic is not up for discussion.
Matthew Keys is a contributing journalist for TheBlot Magazine.
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use domain::crypto::did::{Did, TheirDid};
use domain::pairwise::{Pairwise, PairwiseInfo};
use errors::prelude::*;
use services::wallet::{RecordOptions, WalletService};
use std::collections::HashMap;
use std::rc::Rc;
use std::str;
use api::WalletHandle;

pub enum PairwiseCommand {
    PairwiseExists(
        WalletHandle,
        String, // their_did
        Box<Fn(IndyResult<bool>) + Send>),
    CreatePairwise(
        WalletHandle,
        String, // their_did
        String, // my_did
        Option<String>, // metadata
        Box<Fn(IndyResult<()>) + Send>),
    ListPairwise(
        WalletHandle,
        Box<Fn(IndyResult<String>) + Send>),
    GetPairwise(
        WalletHandle,
        String, // their_did
        Box<Fn(IndyResult<String>) + Send>),
    SetPairwiseMetadata(
        WalletHandle,
        String, // their_did
        Option<String>, // metadata
        Box<Fn(IndyResult<()>) + Send>)
}

pub struct PairwiseCommandExecutor {
    wallet_service: Rc<WalletService>
}

impl PairwiseCommandExecutor {
    pub fn new(wallet_service: Rc<WalletService>) -> PairwiseCommandExecutor {
        PairwiseCommandExecutor {
            wallet_service
        }
    }

    pub fn execute(&self, command: PairwiseCommand) {
        match command {
            PairwiseCommand::PairwiseExists(wallet_handle, their_did, cb) => {
                info!(target: "pairwise_command_executor", "PairwiseExists command received");
                cb(self.pairwise_exists(wallet_handle, &their_did));
            }
            PairwiseCommand::CreatePairwise(wallet_handle, their_did, my_did, metadata, cb) => {
                info!(target: "pairwise_command_executor", "CreatePairwise command received");
                cb(self.create_pairwise(wallet_handle, &their_did, &my_did, metadata.as_ref().map(String::as_str)));
            }
            PairwiseCommand::ListPairwise(wallet_handle, cb) => {
                info!(target: "pairwise_command_executor", "ListPairwise command received");
                cb(self.list_pairwise(wallet_handle));
            }
            PairwiseCommand::GetPairwise(wallet_handle, their_did, cb) => {
                info!(target: "pairwise_command_executor", "GetPairwise command received");
                cb(self.get_pairwise(wallet_handle, &their_did));
            }
            PairwiseCommand::SetPairwiseMetadata(wallet_handle, their_did, metadata, cb) => {
                info!(target: "pairwise_command_executor", "SetPairwiseMetadata command received");
                cb(self.set_pairwise_metadata(wallet_handle, &their_did, metadata.as_ref().map(String::as_str)));
            }
        };
    }

    fn pairwise_exists(&self,
                       wallet_handle: WalletHandle,
                       their_did: &str) -> IndyResult<bool> {
        debug!("pairwise_exists >>> wallet_handle: {:?}, their_did: {:?}", wallet_handle, their_did);

        let res = self.wallet_service.record_exists::<Pairwise>(wallet_handle, their_did)?;

        debug!("pairwise_exists <<< res: {:?}", res);

        Ok(res)
    }

    fn create_pairwise(&self,
                       wallet_handle: WalletHandle,
                       their_did: &str,
                       my_did: &str,
                       metadata: Option<&str>) -> IndyResult<()> {
        debug!("create_pairwise >>> wallet_handle: {:?}, their_did: {:?}, my_did: {:?}, metadata: {:?}", wallet_handle, their_did, my_did, metadata);

        self.wallet_service.get_indy_record::<Did>(wallet_handle, &my_did, &RecordOptions::id())?;
        self.wallet_service.get_indy_record::<TheirDid>(wallet_handle, &their_did, &RecordOptions::id())?;

        let pairwise = Pairwise {
            my_did: my_did.to_string(),
            their_did: their_did.to_string(),
            metadata: metadata.map(str::to_string)
        };

        self.wallet_service.add_indy_object(wallet_handle, &their_did, &pairwise, &HashMap::new())?;

        debug!("create_pairwise <<<");

        Ok(())
    }

    fn list_pairwise(&self,
                     wallet_handle: WalletHandle) -> IndyResult<String> {
        debug!("list_pairwise >>> wallet_handle: {:?}", wallet_handle);

        let mut pairwise_search =
            self.wallet_service.search_indy_records::<Pairwise>(wallet_handle, "{}", &RecordOptions::id_value())?;

        let mut list_pairwise: Vec<String> = Vec::new();

        while let Some(pairwise_record) = pairwise_search.fetch_next_record()? {
            let pairwise_id = pairwise_record.get_id();

            let pairwise_value = pairwise_record.get_value()
                .ok_or(err_msg(IndyErrorKind::InvalidStructure, format!("Pairwise not found for id: {}", pairwise_id)))?.to_string();

            list_pairwise.push(pairwise_value);
        }

        let res = serde_json::to_string(&list_pairwise)
            .to_indy(IndyErrorKind::InvalidState, "Can't serialize pairwise list")?;

        debug!("list_pairwise <<< res: {:?}", res);

        Ok(res)
    }

    fn get_pairwise(&self,
                    wallet_handle: WalletHandle,
                    their_did: &str) -> IndyResult<String> {
        debug!("get_pairwise >>> wallet_handle: {:?}, their_did: {:?}", wallet_handle, their_did);

        let pairwise_info =
            PairwiseInfo::from(
                self.wallet_service.get_indy_object::<Pairwise>(wallet_handle, &their_did, &RecordOptions::id_value())?);

        let res = serde_json::to_string(&pairwise_info)
            .to_indy(IndyErrorKind::InvalidState, "Can't serialize PairwiseInfo")?;

        debug!("get_pairwise <<< res: {:?}", res);

        Ok(res)
    }

    fn set_pairwise_metadata(&self,
                             wallet_handle: WalletHandle,
                             their_did: &str,
                             metadata: Option<&str>) -> IndyResult<()> {
        debug!("set_pairwise_metadata >>> wallet_handle: {:?}, their_did: {:?}, metadata: {:?}", wallet_handle, their_did, metadata);

        let mut pairwise: Pairwise =
            self.wallet_service.get_indy_object(wallet_handle, &their_did, &RecordOptions::id_value())?;

        pairwise.metadata = metadata.map(str::to_string);

        self.wallet_service.update_indy_object(wallet_handle, &their_did, &pairwise)?;

        debug!("set_pairwise_metadata <<<");

        Ok(())
    }
}

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An Engineer's Critique of Global Warming "Science"
I seem to have missed that memo. Wikipedia still mentions CFCs as a cause.
The details of polar ozone hole formation differ from that of mid-latitude thinning, but the most important process in both is catalytic destruction of ozone by atomic halogens. The main source of these halogen atoms in the stratosphere is photodissociation of man-made halocarbon refrigerants (CFCs, freons, halons). These compounds are transported into the stratosphere after being emitted at the surface. Both types of ozone depletion were observed to increase as emissions of halo-carbons increased.
Is there any credible backing for Mr. Rutan's offhand claim?
When I first read the Rutan comments I though he had simply gone nuts in his general skeptical approach to scares (on Skeptics.se we should applaud his skeptical approach unless his evidence is nonsense), but then I uncovered some recent science that might give some grounds for his claim (though not the degree of certainty he expresses).
If the measurements are correct we can basically no longer say we understand how ozone holes come into being.
His comments are interesting as they suggest we reached consensus on the ozone hole a little quickly and, once the bandwagon was established a lot of poor science was done (which, despite being a believer in the consensus of global warming he also thinks is happening there).
More significantly his comments have been widely reported in climate-related blogs and might be read as arguing that CFCs didn't cause the hole. A more careful reading would be that though most experts think they did, we are no longer clear how.
Yes, it is indeed. The ozone hole is still there, and will not recover for another 40 years. Meanwhile, CFCs and other ozone depletion substances (ODS) are banned by the Montreal Protocol.
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer seeks worldwide phaseout of the production and consumption of ODS. Scientists confirmed that the protocol is working and that the ozone layer is on its way to recovery around the year 2050.
The Ozone Hole web site provides reporting on the ozone layer hole, and as you can see, it's still there in 2011.
Then, there is the UN-backed "International Day for the Presevation of the Ozone Layer", to keep the attention up. In reality, HCFCs are hundreds of different substances that need to be phased out. We are gradually getting there.
alas ... since oxygen-2 is diamagnetic it will be attracted to the poles. the more oxygen-2 up there the larger the area or volume of the oxygen-2. when oxygen-3 breaks down into oxygen-2 the -2 heads to the poles and forces the -3 away from the poles forming a 'hole' for lack of better terms.
oxygen-3 (Ozone) breaks down for many reasons. CFCs are just one. but the problem is the chlorine is a catalyst and can cause a geometrically larger increase for contribution than say CME coronal mass ejections. the shift to FCs has helped return the o-2/0-3 to the natural state.


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> Bentley licence extension and development financing update
Bentley licence extension and development financing update
Xcite Energy is pleased to announce that following discussions with the Oil & Gas Authority ("OGA"), the Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change has extended the P.1078 licence containing the Bentley field until 30 June 2017.
This licence extension is expected to assist Xcite Energy Resources plc's ("XER", the Company's wholly owned subsidiary) current process to secure the financing required for the approval of its Bentley Field Development Plan and to repay its outstanding senior secured bonds, which are due for repayment by 30 June 2016.
XER has received indicative proposals for development funding, which remain subject to agreement of commercial structuring and finalisation of due diligence, and is currently in detailed discussions to progress these proposals which, if successful, management believes would enable a fully funded first phase development plan to be submitted to the OGA in 2016. There is no assurance that any of these funding proposals currently being considered and negotiated will result in funding being secured by XER or, if funding is secured, the terms or timing of such funding.
XER has successfully completed a technical review of the first phase of the Bentley field development with the OGA to ensure that the aspects of the plan meet OGA's policy objectives to maximise the economic benefit to the UK of its oil and gas resources, taking into account the impact of the hydrocarbon development and the need to ensure secure, diverse and sustainable supplies of energy to UK businesses and consumers at competitive prices.
In view of current industry conditions, Xcite Energy continues to work with all key stakeholders in the Bentley project and has recently completed a cost review of the development plan. This has included revised quotes from contractors and suppliers of material services, equipment and drilling programmes, which it will incorporate into its next reserves report, expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2016. As a result of this cost review, the Company expects the unescalated development costs to be materially reduced to approximately $30 / barrel. This continues to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of the Bentley field development concept and the focus on maximising economic recovery from the field.
Rupert Cole, Xcite Energy CEO, commented:
"We are continuing to make progress and we remain focused on delivering a funded first phase field development plan, including repayment of the outstanding bonds. We still have a lot of work to do, but our objectives of reducing execution risk, working collaboratively and developing a fit-for-purpose, economic and efficient development concept has been critical to generate the support we need for our financing process."
For more information, please visit: www.xcite-energy.com
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Established and successful tyre centre in fast-growing Queensland Coastal City.New Listing.
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Established and successful tyre centre in fast-growing Queensland Coastal City
Successfully trading for more than thirty years in a large Queensland coastal city, this tyre business has doubled in the past 13 years to turn over almost $1 million annually. The current owner purchased the business in 2000 and has grown the business through solid business practices and by capitalising on the exponential growth of this coastal city of 60,000 and the large region it serves.
With a small, capable staff of two, much of the success of this concern can be attributed to streamlining costs and maximising margins.
When the current owner purchased the business,it was turning over a maximum of $34,000 per month. With stable overheads, today the business turns over a minimum of $60,000 and up to $92,000 per month.
From a customer perspective, this long established business is highly regarded in the region for excellent, personalised service. Selling and fitting tyres is the core of this business, representing approximately 70% of revenue with the remaining income derived from related mechanical services such as suspension, brakes and steering.
Approximately 75% of the business is cash accounts, with the remainder trade accounts. A healthy 65% of all business is repeat customers and there is regular, proven advertising that has kept the longstanding name 'out there' in the community. The concern could grow further by promoting to the lucrative government and commercial sectors, by optimising the online presence of the business and by further promoting the mechanical services.
The business includes all workshop fit outs, the hoists, the wheel alignment machine and balancer, fitting machinery, tools, a service truck, plus the computer system. The lease expires in early 2014; however the landlord is motivated to continue the current arrangement.
This successful, established business will provide an easy, low-pressure lifestyle in an idyllic, coastal city. The city's airport connects daily to Australia's capital cities and Brisbane is less than four hours' drive away.
This laidback coastal city boasts a wide choice of shopping, services and quality educational facilities in a location that enjoys a year-round temperate climate and some of Australia's most beautiful beaches and surrounds.
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Asking price:$300,000 + SAV
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Location: Capricorn Coast, Queensland, Australia


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Realme Watch 2 Gold color silently launched in India
Earlier this year, Realme unveiled the Watch 2 smartwatch in the Indian market. The smartwatch comes with a 1.4-inch display and up to 90 different sports modes. At the time of the launch, the company launched in a single Black color variant with another color touted to launch by the end of this year. Now, after a look at the Realme India website, we learned that the smartwatch is already listed in the new Gold color.
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The Realme Watch 2 Gold comes at a price of ₹3,499 which is roughly $47. However, it can be picked up for ₹100 off from the official website of Realme.
Realme Watch 2 Gold Color Features
The Realme Watch 2 sports a 1.4-inch color display with a resolution of 320 x 320. It is an IPS LCD panel that has a brightness of 600 nits. It has 100 different watch faces to choose from and features 90 sports modes.
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I am here to testify to the glory of God for what He is done in my life and for what is doing and about to do. I found my bone of bone in this church, I thank the church for providing a queen like my wife and we have been married for a month now. I also want to thank the Pastor, choir and the church for their love and support during our wedding.
I want to give testimony to the goodness of God in my life and my family. In March we travelled to Nigeria and stayed for about a month and the journey was rough from the start. Our flight was delayed and on our arrival in Nigeria, the children were all sick. We had an interview in Lagos and we had to travel from Ibadan to Lagos but due to the sickness of the children we forgot to take the required document to the interview. On our way to Lagos, I was praying for favour in the car to the point that my husband was talking to me and all I was saying was favour.
I want to thank God for the life of my sister. My sister was here on holiday with her children and one of the children had a dream. I told pastor Abi about the dream and took my niece to narrate the dream to both Pastor Chris and Pastor Abi. Both Pastors were praying some serious prayer points that I didn't understand the reason for them but I later had the understanding of the prayer points before the end of the prayer session.


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A fourth stimulus check? Don't count on it
BYAnne Sraders and Lance Lambert
March 26, 2021, 7:29 PM UTC
Roughly $1.9 trillion in fresh stimulus money is currently making its way through the system and to most Americans. But as the economic damage from the pandemic is still being repaired, could Congress send more stimulus checks?
Put simply, it's unlikely. The consensus among economists points to this crisis soon nearing its conclusion, while the passage of the latest relief package and the vaccine rollout could even result in strong economic growth. That's what Goldman Sachs is seeing, forecasting a staggering 8% GDP gain in 2021—what could be one of the highest years on record for the U.S., according to the Word Bank. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also argues the country could reach "full employment" by 2022, and there is even a slight chance the U.S. economy could outgrow China this year.
Meanwhile, economists who spoke with Fortune see the potential for more big spending packages—but they likely wouldn't include any more direct payments.
For one, Moody's chief economist Mark Zandi expects the Biden Administration to "propose another two fiscal packages later this year, the first being a large infrastructure program and the second expanding a range of social benefits including healthcare, housing, education, child and elder care," he told Fortune via email. "These packages will be designed to address long-term economic problems such as infrastructure, climate change and the skewed income and wealth distribution," he says, but "I wouldn't consider these packages as fiscal stimulus, designed to support the economy in the short-term."
In that sense, "I don't think there will be a fourth round of stimulus checks," argues Zandi.
To date Congress has sent three stimulus checks to most Americans: a $1,200 check in April 2020, $600 in December, and is in the process of delivering $1,400 payments. Now, President Joe Biden is preparing other massive spending proposals, this time focusing on infrastructure and human development projects, expected to cost around $3 trillion when all is said and done.
Still, at present unemployment remains very high, at 6.2% for February (some economists argue it's even higher when adjusted for the loss of labor force participation), while poverty in the U.S. is also still elevated.
Those like Brett Ryan, Deutsche Bank's senior U.S. economist, note the new spending may include elements like job retraining and education that should provide some support as the labor force is recovering, as "there's going to be some permanent changes" to the market, he suggests.
"I would say that this is definitely going to be less about direct income support—which the latest $1.9 trillion plan kind of gets you through this transition period where the economy's reopening—and more about, as Biden said, building back better," Ryan tells Fortune. The latest $1.9 trillion aid bill is "gonna be the last on that front," he argues. "No more checks."
As far as Democratic leadership goes, an aide for Sen. Ron Wyden, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, told Fortune the senator supports "additional relief checks tied to economic conditions." Wyden signed a letter along with 10 Democratic colleagues back in early March calling for future "recurring direct payments" to be tied to the state of the economy. That suggests if the recovery falls short of expectations, Democrats could push for another round of direct payments.


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Every so often I'll come across an individual who clearly has no idea what he/she is talking about, and emphasizes this by using a Phrase That Makes No Sense.
In order to bring peace and harmony to the world, I have included a small sampling of said phrases in the post that follows. I warn you: these are not all of the Phrases That Make No Sense, and there are more being added every day, but it should give you a taste of what to look for.
Chris: Hi, I'm afraid I've just busted the engine of my dad's car to the tune of four thousand dollars2, and could use some moral support.
Woman: I could care less.
People. That makes no sense. You're trying to express how little it matters to you. You're trying to shaft someone. Have you ever taken a millisecond to think about what you're saying? You're admitting you CARE to some degree. This is no zing. This phrase just says you are contractually lazy. That is, use the contraction: I couldn't care less.
Chris: Hey, I just posted a new article on The Complete Guide to Everything!
Really? Seriously? Are you so bereft of imagination and/or creativity that you can't complain about one single thing? I live a paradisiacal existence in the heart of a romantic foreign city and I complain ALL THE TIME. You can't complain at all? Yes, you can. Hop off your little prideful humblewagon. Stop being so intellectually lazy and find something to be miserable about.3 Sheesh. You're not fooling anybody with your false declarations of perpetual bliss.
Translation: "I think you're the lousiest piece of vile misery who has ever walked the face of this wretched planet."
With all due respect, we all know what you mean when you say it, so just get it out.
Jack. Please. Since you seem so nice, let me say this in the nicest way possible: did you not have a mother? Was it not completely obvious to you the seventieth time she said maybe that she meant no? Did she say you could 'maybe' see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when it came out on video and then never got it for you? Did she say you could 'maybe' have that king-sized Snickers bar and then cruelly feed it to the man-eating scouts that very day?
It makes zero sense that you consider this phrase some sort of revelation.
Never say never/Anything is possible!
There is a large swath of impossible things. It is impossible, for instance, to transverse London at a rate greater than six meters per hour. It is impossible to have a conference call without it sounding like a short-wave radio broadcast from FDR. I will never experience marriage as a 27 year old. My brother, given his bad eyesight, will never be an astronaut.
If you miss when shooting for the moon, it doesn't mean you land among the stars. It means you're two hundred thousand miles away from earth in a vacuum deathtrap, begging Houston to go wake up Gary Sinise to get you home.
1. That's Phrase That Makes No Sense number one. I made it myself.
2. Do not ever ask me about that day.
3. Not an hour ago I had a woman telling me how much she hoped for rain while camping so that everyone could be miserable. "The more they complain, the happier I am."
5. Pasty: the second best thing that starts with a 'p' and rhymes with tasty.
6. Er, in truth, it's sort of a stretch to denote this as a Phrase That Makes No Sense, but I'm much too lazy to think up another category right this second. And there was no other easy way to integrate my great pasty line (see previous footnote).
What is the #1 thing that starts with a p and rhymes with tasty?
errr, I was going for pastry, but I'm not sure the direction you're thinking (nor am I sure that actually rhymes).
Woman: I couldn't care less"
I would never use this phrase, clearly.
"Did she never say you could 'maybe' hold hands next week? Or that you could 'maybe' kiss her on the veranda?"
I "maybe" would tell you the above, minus the "maybe" of course.
Haha, you set yourself up too easily for that response CP.
Hey, you shouldn't rub it in when people want to be astronauts and then, on the very day they find out they must wear glasses, their dad tells them astronauts must have 20/20 vision and crushes their one childhood hope and dream. It can leave emotional scars for life.
THANK YOU! i've been trying to correct that horrid #1 phrase for YEARS. Hopefully, now that you have spread the gospel online, I won't be the sole missionary of preventing nonsensicality from people who claim intelligence.
blake and i hate it when someone says "give 110%!"
With all due respect, this is your weakest posting yet. You know what your problem is? This thing is really just a sounding board for your personal problems, a desperate plea for adulation from the masses to repair your frail self-image, but I could care less about saving you money on therapy bills.
Maybe stick with essays on hand dryers--I can't complain about your pithy insights on bathroom fixtures. They're in your wheelhouse.
So get the quality up, Perry, and maaaaaybee I'll keep you in my blogroll. Heck, anything is possible.


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The Late, Great Graham Chapman sadly passed away 4 October 1989 Born 8th January 1939. He started out in the 1960's writing professionally for the BBC alongside John Cleese, initially for David Frost, but also for Marty Feldman. Chapman also contributed sketches to the BBC radio series I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again and television programmes such as The Illustrated Weekly Hudd (starring Roy Hudd), Cilla Black, This is Petula Clark, and This Is Tom Jones. Chapman, Cleese, and Tim Brooke-Taylor later joined Feldman in the television comedy series At Last the 1948 Show. There, Chapman displayed a gift for deadpan comedy (particularly evident in the sketch "The Minister Who Falls to Pieces") and for imitating various British dialects. Chapman and Cleese also wrote for the long-running television comedy series Doctor in the House. Chapman also co-wrote several episodes with Bernard McKenna and David Sherlock.
Chapman joined British sketch comedy series Monty Python alongside Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, which was first aired on BBC One on the 5th October 1969. The shows were composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines. It also featured Terry Gilliam's wonderful and imaginatively bizarre animations, often sequenced or merged with live action. Broadcast by the BBC. with 45 episodes airing over four series from 1969 to 1974, The show often targets the idiosyncrasies of British life, especially that of professionals, and is at times politically charged, and over the years many of the sketches have attained classic status including The Lumberjack Song, Ministry of Silly Walks, Upper class twit of the Year,Spam song, The Dead Parrot Sketch and Bicycle Repair Man.
The members of Monty Python were all highly educated. Terry Jones and Michael Palin are Oxford University graduates; Eric Idle, John Cleese, and Graham Chapman attended Cambridge University; and American-born member Terry Gilliam is an Occidental College graduate. Chapman also played the lead roles in two of the Python's Films – Monty Python and The Holy Grail, and the Life of Brian. After reuniting with the other Pythons in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Chapman began a lengthy series of American college tours where he would tell the audience anecdotes about Monty Python, the Dangerous Sports Club, Keith Moon, and other subjects. In 1988, he appeared in the Iron Maiden video Can I Play with Madness.
Chapman also secured funding for his much cherished pirate project Yellowbeard in 1982. Once again, Chapman collaborated with writer Bernard McKenna and for the first time with Peter Cook. The film, which starred Chapman as the eponymous pirate, also featured appearances from Peter Cook, Marty Feldman, Cleese, Idle, Spike Milligan, and Cheech & Chong. It marks the last appearance of Feldman, who suffered a fatal heart attack during shooting. It was released in 1983 to mixed reviews. His final project was to have been a TV series called Jake's Journey. Although the pilot episode was made, there were difficulties selling the project. Chapman was also to have played a guest role as a television presenter in the Red Dwarf episode "Timeslides", but died before filming was to have started.
Dutch painter and etcher Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn sadly passed away on 4th October 1669. He was born 15 July 1606. His contributions to art came during a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age which was very different to the Baroque style that dominated Europe, he was extremely prolific and innovative. As a boy he attended Latin school and was enrolled at the University of Leiden, although according to a contemporary he had a greater inclination towards painting and was soon apprenticed to a Leiden history painter, Jacob van Swanenburgh, with whom he spent three years. After a brief but important apprenticeship of six months with the famous painter Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam, Rembrandt opened a studio in Leiden in 1624 or 1625, which he shared with friend and colleague Jan Lievens. In 1627, Rembrandt began to accept students, among them Gerrit Dou. In 1629, Rembrandt was discovered by the statesman Constantijn Huygens, the father of Dutch mathematician and physicist Christiaan Huygens, who procured commissions from the court of The Hague. As a result of this connection, Prince Frederik Hendrik continued to purchase paintings from Rembrandt until 1646.
However these graphic works of natural drama eventually made way for quiet Dutch rural scenes and by the 1650s, Rembrandt's style changed again. Colors became richer and brush strokes more pronounced. With these changes, Rembrandt distanced himself from earlier work and current fashion, which increasingly inclined toward fine, detailed works. In later years biblical themes were still depicted often, but emphasis shifted from dramatic group scenes to intimate portrait-like figures (James the Apostle, 1661). In his last years, Rembrandt painted his most deeply reflective self-portraits, and several moving images of both men and women in love, in life, and before God.Although he achieved youthful success as a portrait painter, Rembrandt's later years were marked by personal tragedy and financial hardships. Yet his etchings and paintings were popular throughout his lifetime, his reputation as an artist remained high, and for twenty years he taught many important Dutch painters.
Since then Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 50 million records worldwide, and are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by The Guinness Book of Records.Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1985 they have achieved 42 Top 30 singles and 22 Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, including four UK number ones: "West End Girls" (also number one on the US Billboard Hot 100), "It's a Sin", a remake of Wayne Carson's "Always on My Mind" and "Heart". Other hit songs include a remake of The Village People's "Go West", "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" (satire of Thatcherism which exemplified them as ironists) and "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (with Dusty Springfield). At the 2009 Brit Awards, Pet Shop Boys received an award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. The band's eleventh studio album, titled Elysium was released in September 2012 andThe twelfth album, entitled Electric, was released in 2013. The album was the biggest-selling record among the UK's independent record shops during the week of its release, and went straight to the number 1 position on the Official Record Store Chart.The album was produced by Stuart Price and was supported by the 'Electric World Tour' which included Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Colombia, Asia (the duo will perform in the Philippines, Indonesia, China and Thailand for the first time), Lebanon, Israel, Turkey, Europe and North America.
Aside from Pet Shop Boys, Chris Lowe also wrote and produced the track "Do the Right Thing" for the footballer Ian Wright (Lowe is a die-hard Arsenal F.C. fan). The song featured backing vocals by the long-time Pet Shop Boys' backing singer, Sylvia Mason-James, and the single featured remixes by Rollo and In 1995, he had a cameo in the Australian soap opera Neighbours and In 1997, his flat was the subject of an in-depth feature in Elle Decoration magazine. Pet Shop Boys latest albums include Nightlife:Further listening 1996-2000, Release: further listening 2001-2008. Yes: further listening 2008-2010 and Elysium: further listening 2011-2017 were both released in 2017.
Sadly though Keaton died of lung cancer on February 1, 1966, aged 70, in Woodland Hills, California.Despite being diagnosed with cancer in January 1966, he was never told that he was terminally ill or that he had cancer; Keaton thought that he was recovering from bronchitis. Confined to a hospital during his final days, Keaton was restless and paced the room endlessly, desiring to return home. In a British television documentary about his career, his widow Eleanor told producers of Thames Television that Keaton was up out of bed and moving around, and even played cards with friends who came to visit at their house the day before he died. His Speak Easily costar, Hedda Hopper, died the same day. Eleanor Keaton died in 1998, from emphysema and lung cancer, aged 80.years.
This years National Poetry Day takes place on 4 October. The purpose of National Poetry Day is to promote poetry, including public performances. National Poetry Day was founded in 1994 by William Sieghart. Since its inception, it has engaged millions of people across the country with live events, classroom activities and broadcasts. National Poetry Day is coordinated by the charity Forward Arts Foundation, whose mission is to celebrate excellence in poetry and increase its audience. Its other projects include the Forward Prizes for Poetry. The day is run in collaboration with partners including Arts Council England, Literature Wales, Poet in the City, Southbank Centre, The Poetry Book Society, The Poetry Society, The Scottish Poetry Library, Poetry By Heart and The Poetry School. Prince Charles performed in the 2016 National Poetry Day, reading Seamus Heaney' The Shipping Forecast. On 2015 National Poetry Day poems were included on Blackpool Illuminations. National Poetry Day 2018 is on 4th October. Events, readings and performances will take place across the UK celebrating this year's theme of Change.
The Belfast Newsletter reported, "National Poetry Day swept Ulster yesterday, transforming ordinary citizens into part-time bards or budding Heaneys or Wordsworths." The Daily Telegraph reported that in London at Waterloo station, "The announcement boards were given over to poems about trains by T S Eliot and Auden." Chris Meade, then director of the Poetry Society stated that, "Readers are finding a place for poetry in their lives again. You can read one between stations on the Northern Line. It fits well into the modern experience." The East Anglian Daily Times reported, "National Poetry Day was the cue for a stanza bonanza, with railway stations, classrooms, theatres and supermarkets bursting with verse and echoing to epics".