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Emilia Romagna, made up of two geographical regions, Emilia and Romagna, crosses the Italian boot horizontally, extending between Lombardy, Veneto, Tuscany and Umbria.
At first, Emilia belonged to the Lombard Duchy and Romagna was part of the Byzantine territory; only later the two regions were seat of the Gallic settlement named Gallia Cisalpina, then they became a Roman Senatorial province until the end of the Lombard Kingdom.
In the ninth century Romagna passed under Papal rule and Emilia under Ducal rule; in the following two centuries these two territories were disputed during numerous battles between Guelphs (pro-Papal) and Ghibellines (pro-Ducal), until the unification of Italy.
From a physical point of view, the region is divided into two clearly distinct parts which are located north and south of the Via Emilia; the northern part is mainly flat (Padana Plain), while the southern part is hilly and mountainous (Tuscan-Emilian and Tuscan-Romagnolo Apennines). From Monte Cimone (2165 meters high) in the Modenese Apennines to the sandy Adriatic coasts, Emilia Romagna offers a wide range of landscapes that influence its climatic conditions.
The region is crossed by a dense hydrographic network, starting from the Po river and continuing with Reno, Panaro, Secchia and Trebbia, as well as many other smaller rivers.
The sub-continental climate with cold winters and particularly hot and humid summers changes near the coastal areas where the presence of the sea makes the seasons more temperate, even if the humidity rate remains always high.
The main climatic characteristic of the region is the clear difference between summer and winter, scarcely influenced by intermediate seasons.
What to eat in Emilia Romagna
The food and wine traditions of Emilia Romagna are famous all over the world, especially for some products, such as tortellini and cured meats (Parma ham, Bologna mortadella, Modena salami).
Wine production is equally important from an economic point of view. Not only Emilia, but also Romagna play a role of primary importance in the culinary field, in fact numerous products (such as the famous Romagna piadina) are exported everywhere. Bologna, called "la grassa" (the Fat), offers tourists the opportunity to taste exquisite recipes of the local tradition, often revisited in a modern way.
Tourism in Emilia Romagna focuses on two aspects: the first one is culture, with its immense artistic heritage and numerous theatrical and musical initiatives which represent an attractive pole of the highest level. The second one is the entertainment, one of the main customs phenomena of the Riviera Romagnola, not only in the summer.
Those who travel to this region have numerous opportunities to visit art cities, such as Bologna, Parma, Ravenna, Rimini and Modena, where cultural aspects are very numerous.
The capital of the region, Bologna, is one of the destinations not to be missed if you are travelling in Emilia Romagna. The city of Bologna is best known for the imposing Piazza Maggiore, the core of the city, where the famous fountain of Neptune is also situated. The historic centre of Bologna is full of monuments and attractions, such as the Asinelli Tower, the Basilica of San Petronio and the famous arcades.
In the city of Ravenna, the Basilica of San Vitale, dating back to the early Christian and Byzantine style, is a real must (it is included by UNESCO in the list of Italian World Heritage sites). Early Christian art is present everywhere in Ravenna, so do not miss a tour of the historic centre to discover the other basilicas and churches.
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Genealogical research services relies on various sources: church records (baptism, marriage, death), vital records (birth, death, marriage, divorce), census records, military and conscription records, court records, tombstones, cemetery records, obituaries.
In some cases archives (mostly church registers) can be searched online. Sometimes it can be necessary to conduct an in situ search of archives located in different towns. I cooperate with genealogists from various regions to keep the costs down.
Genealogical research can be very time consuming!
Austria-Hungary was a multi-ethnic empire where 13 officially recognized languages were spoken. Accordingly, geographical names are sometimes spelled differently. This also applies to given names. To overcome language and spelling challenges, I cooperate with genealogists across the various regions.
The majority of records is in old German handwriting (German script, Kurrent, Sütterlin). The older ones are in Latin.
It is first necessary to transcribe these records to make them readable by the lay person. Then, records can be interpreted and translated into plain English.
I am able to offer heir search services in the region of present-day Austria on an hourly basis.
During the last years I have assisted estate attorneys and several American probate research companies to locate missing heirs in Austria.
I have successfully performed searches for missing heirs, searches for unknown heirs, and searches for missing beneficiaries.


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Hollywood Industry Unions Laud Congress For Passage Of $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill
By David Robb
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UPDATED with WGA East: Entertainment industry union leaders are applauding Congress for today's passage of the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill, part of which expands key benefits for hundreds of thousands of industry workers who have lost jobs because of the coronavirus shutdown of film, TV and theater productions across the country.
The CARES Act, which President Donald Trump signed today, expands access to unemployment benefits for many of the industry's suddenly employed workers, and adds an extra $600 a week on top of their regular state unemployment benefits for four months, as well as $1,200 in direct payments to most taxpayers.
Here's how Hollywood organizations are reacting (keep refreshing for updates):
House Passes $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill; Guilds, Studios Say It Will Provide Lifeline For Industry
Actors' Equity Association
Mary McColl, executive director of the theater organization, whose members have been left suddenly unemployed by the closure of live theaters all across the country said: "We are grateful to all of the members of Congress who strove to include provisions to protect arts and entertainment workers. Thousands of our members will now qualify for unemployment insurance in cases where they had booked work, but not yet started it. In this unprecedented time, swift, decisive action is what will protect our workers nationwide. Furthermore, additional funding for the National Endowment for the Arts can be used to strengthen the institutions that give our members work, benefit local economies and enrich the lives of everyone who enjoys the arts.
"The fight to protect arts and entertainment workers has only begun. We still have tremendous uncertainty before us. But for now, many of our members will have a little more security about being able to pay their rent and feed their families in the meantime. We will continue to fight for more arts funding so the arts can contribute culturally and economically to their communities."
"We applaud our allies in the House and the Senate for including provisions that provide access to vital lifelines, including unemployment benefits and direct cash payments, for our members and hundreds of thousands of creative workers whose unique working situations were a barrier to such critical relief," said DGA president Thomas Schlamme. "Lawmakers have heeded our urgent calls to address the needs of our members and others, everyday working men and women, who were so hard hit by the coronavirus crisis as film and television production shut down, including aid for those whose future projects were canceled.
"We thank Congressional leadership and the lawmakers championing the critical work of our members whose films and television programs entertain billions of people around the world. This support will keep them protected and will allow them to come out strong on the other end when they're able to continue work again. We urge the President to approve these protections, which will soon put much needed money in the hands of our members and their families."
Department of Professional Employees
"We are thankful that this coronavirus aid bill ensures COVID-19 related economic relief applies to professionals in the arts, entertainment, and media industries," said Jennifer Dorning, president of the coalition of 24 unions, including all of the entertainment industry's guild and unions that have been advocating for expanded relief benefits. "By coming together and mobilizing their members, DPE affiliated arts and entertainment unions made sure lawmakers took into account the unique working situations of creative professionals and expanded access to economic support."
The union, whose members have lost more than 120,000 jobs because of the coronavirus shutdown, said that "Entertainment workers will now receive economic support to help make up for the income lost due to cancelled or postponed work, and that money will soon be in the hands of working families. "However, our work is not done – the crisis continues and so does the fight. The IATSE remains focused on ensuring that subsequent COVID-19 relief legislation includes pension relief, access to affordable healthcare, and economic support for the entertainment industry to put people back to work. We also stand in solidarity with our brothers, sisters, and kin on the front lines of this coronavirus pandemic and call for increased safety and protections as they seek to help others. We look forward to the day when entertainment workers can start helping the country heal, but we must first mitigate this public health crisis and ensure we sustain working people until they can safely return to work."
"The Motion Picture Association applauds Secretary Mnuchin and Congress on the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act," cairman and CEO Charles Rivkin said. "The ongoing COVID-19 crisis is a threat to the entire global economy, including creative industries. In the United States alone, the film, television, and streaming industry supports 2.5 million jobs and 93,000 small businesses – 87 percent of which employ fewer than 10 people. This bill provides critical relief for independent contractors, freelancers, and small businesses who are the backbone of the entertainment industry and among those whose livelihoods are hardest hit by the current public health crisis. Industry stakeholders, including unions, guilds, and theater owners, worked tirelessly to achieve this important relief.
"We look forward to continuing to work with Congress and the Administration in the coming weeks and months to build on this progress. As an industry, we stand ready to assist efforts to protect the health and safety of our employees, our customers, and the public. To date, our members and industry partners have contributed to public service announcements (PSAs) and the distribution of the most current news and information on COVID-19, offered free children's programming and educational resources for parents to support in-home learning, supplied personal protective equipment (PPE) to healthcare providers and first responders, and donated to relief efforts in local communities."
"I would like to thank members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives — including the many individual legislators who have advocated for us in Washington, D.C., this past week — for their support of this critical legislation," president Gabrielle Carteris said. "This emergency stimulus package contains some key elements that will apply to our members, including higher weekly unemployment benefits, extended weeks of unemployment benefits, a one-time check for every American and their children under a certain annual income, and a special Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program for those who are not eligible for unemployment currently, such as independent contractors.
"I would also like to thank my fellow SAG-AFTRA members, our sister entertainment industry unions, our industry employers and our industry trade associations for reaching out to their elected officials to ask for economic inclusion. Together, we sent the clear message that the arts and media sector is a vital part of the economy that cannot be left behind when considering relief for workers affected by COVID-19.
"While there is little cause for celebration in these uncertain times, these are real gains for our members who may be suffering, and we are grateful for the added government assistance. We will continue to fight for our members through legislation and other means in every way possible."
WGA West
"As the entertainment industry grapples with the devastating impact of COVID-19 and shutdown of production worldwide, the working professionals at its heart have found champions in Congress," the guild said. The Writers Guild of America West applauds our federal representatives for answering our collective pleas to allow our members access to federal emergency benefits. The CARES Act provides both direct funds and unemployment benefits for entertainment workers who, without this bill, were ineligible for most forms of relief because of the intermittent nature of our work.
"The content our members write, and that our industry brings to life, is keeping the nation informed and entertained as we stay home to curb the spread of COVID-19. We urge our federal leaders to continue to support us and provide needed economic stimulus, including relief for our pension plan and additional economic support for those most in need."
WGA East
"Everyone who loses work because of the public health crisis stands to benefit from this legislation, including regular 'staff' employees who might face layoff," WGA East president Beau Willimon and executive director Lowell Peterson told their members. "The Act improves unemployment benefits for everyone, and provides additional forms of relief.
"We want to thank the huge number of WGAE members who got active in this struggle in the last two weeks. About 1400 of you took the time to call or email their Representatives and Senators, urging them to make sure this fiscal stimulus legislation included gig/entertainment workers. Many thanks to staff and activists at the WGAE, and at our sister unions, and at the AFL CIO's Department of Professional Employees, for weeks of intensive work on this important project.
"WGAE staff continues to immerse itself in the details of the CARES Act, and how WGAE members can make use of it if they lose work opportunities because of the COVID 19 crisis."
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What electric car are you most excited to hear about from the LA auto show?
Eric C. Evarts November 27, 2018 Comment Now!
With the green-car oriented Los Angeles auto show ramping up into full swing today, it seemed a good day to ask our readers what models they're most excited to hear about from the show.
There are several electric cars debuting at the show, including the Rivian R1T electric pickup, which the startup company gave details about ahead of the show on Monday. It could be the first mainstream-half-ton electric pickup to make it to market if Tesla doesn't get its electric pickup into production first—and Tesla has not displayed a prototype.
CHECK OUT: 2018 LA auto show preview: 10 green-vehicle intros that matter
The Audi e-tron GT builds on the company's upcoming e-tron quattro electric SUV and is expected to be the first electric car on the market that can charge at 350 kilowatts. That should allow drivers to replenish up to 250 miles of charge in a little less than 10 minutes. As a GT, the car is expected to be more of a sports model than the e-tron quattro SUV.
The Byton K-Byte is a smaller sedan from the Chinese startup automaker, based on the M-Byte that Green Car Reports got to ride in at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show. The SUV had a living-room like interior with a curved LED dashboard screen that spanned the full width of the car. The company has reportedly started testing the M-Byte in China.
— Green Car Reports (@GreenCarReports) November 27, 2018
A new version of the Kia Soul, including its electric variant has been caught testing by spy photographers in Germany several times. While the upcoming Kia Niro EV is expected to have a 236-mile range, the new Soul EV may cover something more like 150 miles or more from its anticipated 39-kwh battery.
The Soul EV is likely to be both more affordable and when it goes on sale and to arrive sooner than these other electric concepts from LA. That may make it more of a natural fit for our practicality-minded readers. One thing we've learned never to count out, though, is the loyalty of pickup fans, and the demand for faster charging to alleviate range anxiety.
As always, our Twitter polls are not scientific, as we don't have a nationally representative sample size, and our respondents aren't chosen at random. Regardless, click over to the poll to let us know what you'd like to see more of, and let us know in the comments.
Electric Cars Green Los Angeles Auto Show News Polls
Electric Car: 2019 Nissan Leaf to cost $30,885, long-range battery... Kia Soul: Hyundai-Kia: eight electric cars by 2022, dedicated EV... Kia Niro EV: All-electric Kia Niro EV to come in 2018, says Kia... Electric SUV: Five things we didnt expect in the 2021 Ford Mustang... Green Car: Chevrolet Volt: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2016 Auto Show: VW Cargo Buzz, gas and diesel ban, plug-in hybrids...
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Who has difficulty choosing a vegetable side dish at meal time? Anyone? This is the hardest part of the meal for me. I'm good with picking out a protein and a starch but when it comes to a vegetable my choices are limited. I make salad, roasted vegetables, balsamic green beans, or stir fried vegetables.
I have a hard time thinking up recipes using vegetables that are flavor and delicious. Whenever I get my cooking magazines in the mail I scour them for vegetable recipes. I often don't find recipes I like because I'm a little bit picky when it comes to vegetables. There are several I can eat but I don't like much (I'm looking at you Brussels Sprouts and Asparagus) and they seem to be pretty popular.
I did find an unusual recipe in Bon Appetit magazine a few months ago. It was for cauliflower which is one of my favorite cooked vegetables. The recipe called for it to be roasted and tossed with pumpkin seeds, brown butter, and lime. Now I'm the type of girl who will eat just about anything with brown butter so I was game to try it even though I wasn't sure about the pairing of flavors.
The cauliflower is roasted in the oven. While it's roasted the butter and pumpkin seeds and cooked on the stove top. The pumpkin seeds turn brown and crisp as the butter browns which adds a nice salty flavor. Then lime juice and red pepper flakes are added in.
The cauliflower dish is really pretty when it's finished. The brown butter with pumpkin seeds is drizzled over top of the cauliflower and then cilantro is sprinkled on top. It's a lot of different flavors coming together but it's really tasty. The pumpkin seeds add a nice crunch while the lime adds a bit of zest to the dish.
Let your cauliflower be the star of dinner when it's paired with crispy pumpkin seeds, brown butter, and zesty lime juice.
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Pour 1 tablespoon olive oil on a baking dish. Place the cauliflower florets on the baking dish. Drizzle with the remaining olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake for 20-25 minutes, turning the cauliflower halfway through baking.
Meanwhile, melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add in the pumpkin seeds and cook, swirling pan occasionally, until the butter is browned. This will take 6-8 minutes.
Remove from heat and add the garlic, red pepper flakes, and lime juice and stir.
Arrange the cauliflower on a platter and drizzle with the brown butter and pumpkin seeds. Sprinkle with cilantro.


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A full time real estate professional, Andrew always upholds the highest moral and ethical standards. He will go the extra mile for you and ensure that you have the highest level of support throughout your transaction. Every client receives friendly, personal attention from him and his staff at all times. Andrew will work with or around your schedule. He will provide you with an in depth knowledge of neighborhood characteristics, keep you apprised of local real estate conditions and formulate a listing price based on realistic evaluation of the area sales, inventory, and effects of broader economic influences.
To give his clients the full benefit of his skill and experience, Andrew retains an expert team of transaction and marketing specialists all licensed realtors. Together, they work to ensure that each of his clients enjoys the smoothest possible buying or selling experience.


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The regions where most cilantro is grown (Baja, Mexico as well as Oxnard and Salinas, California), have been greatly affected by the hot and humid weather on the West Coast. The iced cilantro carton market is rising; yields are down and quality is fair to poor. Ready-Set-Serve Washed & Trimmed Cilantro is sporadic; packer label will be substituted as needed.


Whatever you wanted to do and haven't, take another look. With so much astral energy on a go-slow, this is your chance to take stock and hammer out a watertight plan of action. The summer sun is calling and being busy doing nothing is encouraged. Allowing yourself downtime melts away old habits and hurts leaving you to greet the second half of the year feeling like a new woman. Someone you thought of as full of contradictions can also prove an inspiration.
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Democrats condemn supreme court for failing to block Texas abortion law
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Critics denounce law as unconstitutional and a threat to women's health
Senator Mazie Hirono: 'They're hoping we don't notice.' Photograph: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock
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Top Democrats across the country are condemning the US supreme court over its silence on Texas's latest and most extreme abortion law to date after it came into effect on Wednesday.
The so-called "Heartbeat Act", which was signed into law by Greg Abbott, the state's Republican governor, in May, bans abortions at six weeks and does not make exceptions for incest and rape. Furthermore, it empowers private citizens to sue any abortion provider who violates the law.
Texas is the first state to ban abortion this early in pregnancy since Roe v Wade, and last-minute efforts to halt it through an appeal to the US supreme court by Tuesday did not succeed, as the Guardian reported.
Democrats including Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton have criticized the supreme court for not taking up an appeal that would have at least temporarily blocked the law. In a statement released on Wednesday, Biden criticized the law, saying that it "blatantly violates the constitutional right established under Roe v Wade and upheld as precedent for nearly half a century".
"The Texas law will significantly impair women's access to the healthcare they need … And outrageously, it deputizes private citizens to bring lawsuits against anyone who they believe has helped another person get an abortion."
Hillary Clinton also lambasted the court, saying on Twitter, "Under the cover of darkness, by choosing to do nothing, the supreme court allowed an unconstitutional abortion ban in Texas to go into effect last night.
"Their decision doesn't change the fact that reproductive rights are human rights. We'll fight for them," she added.
The New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who in February revealed that she is a survivor of sexual assault, responded to the law and the supreme court by tweeting a video clip of her speaking against Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the court in 2018 amid his denials of sexually assaulting Christine Blasey Ford, a California professor, when she was 15 years old and he was 17.
On Wednesday Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "Among many other warnings, survivors warned that sexual assault is about abuse of power, & a judge credibly accused of such shouldn't be trusted w the rights of the vulnerable.
"Now Roe is upended. But we're not going anywhere. This is a fight for our lives," she added.
Joaquín Castro, a congressman from Texas, said on Twitter, "The supreme court allowed the law to go into effect – effectively ending Roe v Wade protections in Texas." He urged Congress to act, emphasizing that all women have a constitutional right to complete healthcare.
In a statement, Carolyn Maloney, Democratic chair of the House oversight committee, said, "In refusing to intervene last night, the supreme court tipped the scales of justice in favor of one of the most draconian state abortion bans in history." Maloney accused the court of putting the health and safety of Texans, particularly those with lower income and people of color, in jeopardy.
Similarly, Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii tweeted: "The Court can end abortion rights tonight, without any arguments. They're hoping we don't notice." She added the hashtag "#BansOffOurBodies."
A preliminary injunction hearing was originally set for 30 August in federal court. However, the largely conservative fifth circuit court of appeals cancelled the hearing on Sunday afternoon and denied the plaintiffs' request to allow the district court to block the law. Providers then appealed to the US supreme court for emergency relief.
The court failed to act before the law took effect on Wednesday, allowing it to proceed.
As Democrats denounce the supreme court over its silence, the country's highest court is set to take on a Mississippi abortion ban in its next term, which begins in October. The Mississippi law bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
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Of course, it's been a while, so I hopped over to UncannyXMen.net to figure out what's been going on. They have a nice primer to help you figure out how all the various titles intersect, which is non-trivial to keep track of in the X-Universe.
This struck me: continuity. Readers loved the continuity of the story.
While it's easy to chalk this up as a function of good fiction, I don't think it's that easy. Putting aside issues of story, I'm struck by how much looking back and forth I tend to do in reading a comic. I'm scanning a bit ahead, and reflecting back on what I just read and saw, even while reading the current panel. I've got this constant sense of context; I have a continuity in which what I'm learning (about a comic book character, about a love interest, about an island that's about to be submerged by supersonic waves triggering earthquakes along fault lines, etc.) fits.
So why would we simply accept that in non-fiction–especially projects and products that purport to actually teach something–we can't have continuity?
In many ways, this is the genius of visual series like Head First, and to a lesser degree in this specific case, the Missing Manuals. I'd also argue that this visual format does wonders for the Twitter Book and our new Best iPhone Apps book and site. Without having to re-read a page or flip ahead, you have a sense of visual context. You have a continuity that can be absorbed in a glance, even if you're ready body text at the top of a right-hand page.
I could go on and on, but let's stop the exposition. Here's a simple question: in your reading, your writing, your speaking, your programming, what are you doing to create and absorb context and continuity? I believe there are ways to achieve this in almost every field, and I believe this is an important part of what sets the elite apart from the… well… non-elite, in terms of communication.


Time spent on Instagram, Snapchat, or Facebook probably isn't driving teenagers to depression, a new study contends.
In fact, Canadian researchers found the relationship worked in the opposite direction — teenage girls who were already depressed tended to spend more time on social media, to try to feel better.
But those studies only looked at adolescents' depression and social media use at one point in time, taking a single survey "snapshot" that couldn't assess which factor influences the other, explained Pamela Rutledge, director of the Media Psychology Research Center in Santa Barbara, California.
Beginning in 2017, researchers led by Taylor Heffer from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, surveyed nearly 600 sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders in Ontario once a year for two years. They also conducted annual surveys of more than 1,100 college students for six years, beginning in 2010.
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Claude Colombo (* 1. Oktober 1960 in Nizza, Frankreich) ist ein ehemaliger französischer Fußballschiedsrichter.

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"AHP decided to invest in Justika to actively resolve this issue," said Adji, in a statement to press.
The startup serves various types of legal issues, ranging from marriage, accounts payable, inheritance, business, business contracts, employment and others. It also helps get legal guidance and enlightenment from credible advocate partners, at measurable and transparent prices.
Established in 2001, AHP is currently one of the biggest law firms in Indonesia and has more than 140 fee-earners in its team. "It also recognises the importance of legal-tech's role in the future," said Adji. He believes that innovation in technology can become one of the solutions to increase access to legal services for the Indonesian public. According to him, this collaboration is in line with Justika's goal of becoming a trusted platform for the legal services community and advocates.
The adoption of legaltech is still at a nascent stage in Indonesia. According to Charya Rabindra Lukman, who is the chair of the Indonesian Regtech and Legaltech Association (IRLA), "LegalTech and RegTech are still in their initial stages in Indonesia, the hope is that these businesses will reap significant benefits for legal clients," he said so in a press statement.
Another leading tech firm that has recently raised funding is Kontrak Hukum. The digital platform provides legal services to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the country.
The company raised a strategic investment from KASKUS, a leading Indonesian content and e-commerce platform, which provides legal and educational support for content creators and small businesses on its platform.
The legaltech industry is slowly yet steadily gathering pace in Indonesia with top legal firms tapping the opportunities on the digital infrastructure. While the tech entrepreneurs are trying to make an easy access of legal services online, it's yet to see how the trend of law services online picks up in the southeastern country of Asia.


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The Shawmut Historic District, in Valley, Alabama, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The listing included 275 contributing buildings, a contributing structure, and a contributing site on . It is roughly bounded by 25th Boulevard, 29th Boulevard, 20th Ave., 35th St., and 38th Boulevard.

It includes work by the Lockwood, Greene & Company.

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Home › Poland in the Media › Current Issues › The New York Times vs. Polish history
The New York Times vs. Polish history
By admin on January 5, 2017
By Andrzej Nowak, professor of History at the Jagiellonian University and the Institute of History at the Polish Academy of Sciences, member of the National Development Council at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland.
Just before Christmas the New York Times published two commentaries on Poland: on December 21st an editorial titled "Poland's Tragic Turn"; and two days later a commentary entitled "Stalin's Lengthening Shadow" by Ms. Sylvie Kauffmann as a follow up. Both pieces refer to recent events in Poland.
Every sentence of the above-mentioned pieces should be extensively complemented in order to get closer to an informed and well-balanced overview of the current political and social situation in Poland. Especially when discussing relations between the Law and Justice Party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość – PiS), which gained a majority in parliament in last year's general elections and whose candidate had been elected President earlier in 2015, and part of the opposition.
So called "reforms"
To recall: The Polish Parliament (Sejm) is composed of, excluding PiS, the representatives of four parties, of which only two: the former ruling party, Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska – PO), and Modern Party (Nowoczesna – N.) systematically contest the democratic mandate and legitimacy of PiS to exercise its political rule. It should also be noted that PiS still enjoys, by far, the greatest support among the population, as expressed in all opinion polls. The editorial commentary of the NYT depicts PiS as a party driven by political revenge, whose sole purpose is to bring authoritarian rule. The commentary mentions "reforms" introduced by the Law & Justice Party, as aimed in that direction. One can ask, then, is this the reason why PiS enjoys the largest support among Polish citizens? Is it because Poles are a worse and unworthy kind of people, who prefer authoritarianism and political revenge? Or perhaps it is because there are other reforms introduced by the government that make it so popular? The authors of the NYT commentary write about Poland of the last 25 years as a "model of post-communist transition to democracy". They do not, however, mention the costs of this transition, of what has been lost, of neglect of previous governments in addressing growing social problems, including primarily demographic catastrophe and poverty. The Law and Justice government has introduced a fundamental reform in this respect: financial allowance for children, significantly reducing the level of poverty in Poland. One can either criticize or support this reform, but claiming that one understands the current situation in Poland, without mentioning it, is a far-fetched statement.
Constitutional Tribunal and public gathering
One can also discuss the attack of the current government on the Constitutional Tribunal, but it is worth remarking that the Tribunal had become a political tool in the hands of the previous ruling coalition, which appointed 15 out of 16 judges, including three in an indisputably illegal manner. It was this action that became a hotbed of controversy over the Constitutional Tribunal following the 2015 elections. It might be worthwhile to ask the NYT readers whether they would consider it to be a natural state of things, where 8 out of 9 Supreme Court judges were appointed by the Obama administration, including two in violation of the law. Would GOP, after winning Presidency, not try to change this state of affairs?
These are just examples of themes that are non-existent in the texts published in the New York Times. Obviously, a newspaper does not have to cover all stories. But when it decides to write about a topic, it should be done truthfully, in accordance with press standards of confronting opposing opinions and fact-checking. Unfortunately, it is not the case with these two commentaries. The editorial presents an interpretation of the amendment to the bill on public gatherings – an interpretation that is incompatible with the facts, but very much in accordance with the narrative presented by the radical part of the opposition in Poland. The editorial affirms that "the government has cracked down on public gatherings" and in protest "hundreds of thousands of Poles have taken to the streets". By far and large, it is certainly not the true scale of protests. Even the Polish media outlets supporting the radical opposition do not speak in these numbers. However, even if a couple of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets, then one may ask whether it has happened in accordance with the current law on public gatherings, or not? Does the government prohibit public gatherings? Of course it does not.
Latest protests and blocking the Parliament by the opposition
Furthermore, the authors describe, quite modestly, the form of political protest of two parties of the radical opposition (PO and N.) as an occupation of the Parliament chambers. It might be worth to clarify: an occupation of Parliament chambers in this particular case means seizing by force the place of the Chairman of the Sejm (lower chamber) and preventing the conduct of meetings of the parliamentary majority and those opposition parties that do not support the radical protest. Once again it is worthy to provide an analogy for NYT readers: it is as if after winning a majority in the House of Representatives, one party would purposely prevent the other from exercising their right to govern, to carry out debates in Congress, and occupy a place that belongs to the Speaker of the House for several weeks. In Poland, such an action has not met with any reaction from the Parliament's security personnel, nor the government. The seemingly "authoritarian" majority did not react, but moved the deliberations to another chamber in the Sejm. Let the readers of the NYT judge whether it is good or bad.
The authors of the editorial use certain means of persuasion in order to convince the readers of what the answer should be. They use the argument from the point of authority. The voice of two Poles people is juxtaposed with the "demonic" Jarosław Kaczyński, whom they oppose. These people are: the former President of the Constitutional Tribunal professor Rzepliński and Lech Wałęsa. Both are presented as "role-model" democrats, who inherited and live by the traditions of the Polish anti-communist movement of the 1980s. The picture is clear: on the one hand, an authoritarian government encapsulated in Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of PiS, and on the other hand, the heroes of the struggle for democracy.
Solidarity heroes on both sides
Two days later, Ms Sylvie Kauffmann raised this narration to another level. She equates Martial Law, introduced in December 1981 by General Jaruzelski in order to break the "Solidarity" movement, with the current political conflict in Poland. Using the argument from the point of authority, Kauffmann cites one of the heroes of Solidarność: professor Karol Modzelewski, who happens to be a strong supporter of the radical opposition against the ruling party. Praising the great changes that have taken place in Poland since 1989, he refers highly critically to the current situation: "the only thing which has not changed is the opposition. They are still the same people." As such, is it enough to confer that on the one side of the political dispute today are those, who were against their own nation in 1981 with general Jaruzelski, and on the other those, who heroically fought for freedom?
Well, it is a truly unpleasant statement that is far from the truth. Everyone who is at least a bit familiar with the last 40 years of the Polish history knows what role for the democratic opposition, for Solidarity, played such names as Antoni Macierewicz and Piotr Naimski (the last living founders of the first anti-communist democratic opposition organization, Workers' Defence Committee KOR which was a precursor and inspiration for efforts of the Solidarity movement a few years later), or Andrzej Gwiazda and Krzysztof Wyszkowski (founders of Free Trade Unions before 1980, later also joined by young Lech Walesa), Kornel Morawiecki (founder of Fighting Solidarity), Zofia Romaszewska, Bronisław Wildstein, Czesław Bielecki, Jan Olszewski… The list could go on, but what's important is that all these people are in favor or part of the current government in Poland. Their services to democracy, Solidarity movement and their battle with communistic enslavement are not less vital than those of Lech Walesa, Adam Michnik, Bogdan Borusewicz or Władysław Frasyniuk who support the current radical opposition. Today's divisions in Polish political dispute are not as Manichean as presented in Ms Sylvie Kauffmann's editorial. It is not a clash between a historical camp of the good and that of the evil. What it truly represents is a division within the camp of the people who used to be heroes of Solidarity.
What's most striking about Ms Kaufmann's commentary is the statement that among all former Communist states it is Poland that challenged the formula of democracy and free-market economy in the most spectacular way. Not only does such a statement equate current situation in Poland with Putin's Russia, but it also suggests that Stalin's shadow over Poland is now denser than anywhere else. Let's think about it. Russia is ruled by an elite comprised of former totalitarian political police members, KGB, under the aegis of its ex-lieutenant-colonel Vladimir Putin. During his time in the office, all free media institutions were closed (at least TV stations), hundreds of journalists were murdered, dozens of people seeking the truth about Stalin's crimes were imprisoned, and dozens of opposition activists such as Anna Politkovskaya, Boris Nemtsov or Alexander Litvinenko were killed.
In Poland, meanwhile, privately run TV stations with the largest share in the media market express sharpest criticism against the government. The Kaczyńskis brothers do not stem from KGB, but from the democratic opposition: Lech Kaczyński, a twin brother of the ruling party leader, Jarosław Kaczyński, was Lech Walesa's deputy in Solidarity. From 1976, Jarosław Kaczyński himself was a collaborator of the first Workers' Defense Committee, KOR. Within the last several years, there has been one victim of political murder indeed – but it was no one from the current opposition. On the contrary, it was Kaczyński's party co-worker shot dead in 2010 by a fanatic who under the influence of the media supporting the government back then (and today's radical opposition) decided to 'solve the problem' of hated Kaczyński.
Considering today's political division in Poland, it seems necessary to mention that the whole circle of people who used to work within the communist secret service structure, SB (Polish equivalent of KGB or Stasi) is against Kaczyński's party. The reason is simple: it is the current government that intends to deprive them of pension privileges that they were granted before 1989. The group of around 30 thousand ex-officers of the repressive apparatus who introduced Martial Law in Poland and suppressed freedom are now one of the most dangerous opponent of the current government in Poland and a slightly troublesome (but still valuable thanks to their organizational and mobilizations skills) ally of the radical opposition that was presented in a highly simplified way by Ms Kauffman. It is a pity that she did not mention it at all.
For hundreds or even hundreds of thousands (if we count in around 200 000 ruthlessly murdered Chechens) victims of Putin's system it is indecent to equate them, in fact their death, to the current opposition's situation in Poland. The opposition that occupies the Parliament in peaceful and comfortable conditions and the opposition that is supported by the strongest TV stations in Poland and the New York Times.
Such a comparison made by the authors of commentaries in question, may lead to more adverse consequences than a sole distortion of reality. The worst thing would be to convince the liberal part of the American public who values the opinion of the New York Times in particular – to appease Putin's regime. If Poles (and Hungarians or maybe other Eastern-European nations as well) had not met the New York Times' standards, maybe they should be left alone to Putin? He at least is powerful, so why should we argue about something which is not worth it? In our history there was a time when propagandist campaign tried to say that to American readers – it was when Yalta Conference in 1945 took place and when Stalin's shadow was indeed lengthening over the whole Eastern Europe – with the consent of Roosevelt's America.
The New York Times underlines how important it is these days for the media to stay independent. Their role is invaluable in all times. At the end of her commentary, Ms Kauffmann calls for standing up to the "assault on our values" which in her opinion is to be most brutally observed in Poland. My impression is that the most important of "our values", or at least the one we should always fight for, is media independence based on thoroughness in striving for truth. The source of thoroughness, let me underline that again, is confrontation of sources and collection of opinions of all sides participating in a political dispute. That's what apparently the commentaries in question lack the most.
The New York Times authors authoritatively stated that Jarosław Kaczyński does not meet foreign journalists. It is not true which is proved by the latest, lengthy interview for Reuters and Die Welt. Couldn't this one-sided picture of Poland presented in NYT commentaries have been confronted with the aforementioned ex-opposition activists who support the current government or those who have a perfect command of English and who know a wide circle of the government representatives such as for example President Andrzej Duda, or with deputy PM and minister of economy and development, Mateusz Morawiecki; or deputy PM and minister of culture, professor Piotr Gliński or at least the Polish Ambassador to the U.S., professor Piotr Wilczek? With their contribution, the picture of Poland might turn out to be more complicated than presented in the commentaries, but at the same surely closer to the truth.
Professor Nowak's comments:
[In response to untrue and prejudicial articles on current-day Poland published before Christmas by New York Times I bestowed it upon myself to send my polemic to the editor. I sent it in two versions, an extended article and a shortened version. Regrettably despite an immediate confirmation of my submission, NYT did not publish it during the next 6 days. Therefore I publish it here. I wanted to thank Mr. Stanislaw Peltz of the President's office for help with translation.]
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From car manufacturing to software engineering, there has always been an ongoing pursuit for teams to leverage their process of delivering value as a competitive advantage. In the quest for a more-perfect process, Continuous Delivery stands as the tantamount answer to the burning questions of how teams can be more agile, innovative, and adaptive to market feedback.
The process of developing quality iOS applications is no different. Our iOS apps not only need to be developed with clean code and architecture, but they also need to be vetted through a pipeline of rigorous tests: unit, integration, automation, etc… Having this automated pipeline that developers can leverage ensures that new features do not introduce regressions, for example, and that what is actually built matches the vision of how our apps are expected to work.
Lately, I have been fascinated with the idea of building this pipeline in mind, and have been exploring options for automation in iOS applications. I have played with everything from UI Automation, Appium, Frank, and KiF. I have had some fun working with all of them and learning how they work, and though I do believe that every framework has its advantages and quirks, I fell especially in love with KiF.
The following post outlines the things I found out about KiF that are not so obvious when I was first getting started. I will be going over the accessibility inspector, using KiF with UIWebViews, using the page object pattern, and using all this with preprocessor macros. I will be assuming that you already have your project set up with KiF. If not, I highly recommend using KiF with CocoaPods, or just head over to the getting started guide here: https://github.com/kif-framework/KIF.
The first step to starting out with KiF is to understand how it works by turning on iOS Simulator's "accessibility inspector". The underlying layer that KiF leverages to tap on elements of the view hierarchy is the built-in accessibility features of iOS. By turning on the accessibility inspector in the simulator, we can inspect our elements on screen, see what the labels of our elements are (if we have not assigned them in code), and view what kind of traits the UI element has.
To turn on the accessibility inspector, go to Settings > Accessibility > and toggle the "Accessibility Inspector" to the on position. Doing so will pop up a window that will inform you about elements you click with your mouse on the screen. To continue simulating tap gestures with this inspector on, just double tap on the same element. To quickly disable or enable the inspector, just click on the close button found on its pop-up window.
With KiF integrated and the accessibility inspector enabled, you will never have to guess what the name of the element you want your automation test to tap on is called. This tool will prove immensely useful in allowing you to write and debug your KiF tests much more efficiently because you essentially seeing what KiF "sees".
KiF can also be extended to interact with elements in a web view, allowing you to test parts of your app that might rely on the user navigating some sort of web resource, like an OAuth flow for example. All KiF needs are some accessibility elements that are written in the DOM, which can be implemented as "title=" attributes on your DOM elements that the Accessibility feature in iOS will automatically use as those elements' labels in the accessibility inspector.
Now you have a really great way to extend KiF's ability to work with DOM elements, which could definitely come in handy if you ever have to test web apps wrapped in frameworks like PhoneGap.
Similar to how we would organize our Selenium tests, we can also organize our KiF UI tests by using the Page Object pattern. For every test, import all of your page object classes, which will tell your actor how to interact with elements in your views.
For example, say we have a table view of tweet IDs that can be drilled down to another view to see the author and the tweet contents. If I were to write a UI test for this, I would first create two page object classes: one for my table view, and one for my detail view. The table view page object class would know how guide my test actor to find and tap on a row in the table, and perhaps how to tap the refresh button on the table view. My detail view page object might have a method that knows how to return to the last screen, for example.
The test class I would write would import both of these page objects, and in my test method I would instantiate a test actor object that would be passed to the page object methods. This way,t he page object classes guide the actor through the interaction of the app without the actor having to know how to inherently interact with all the views itself. As illustrated above, this can be a very powerful pattern that allows us to compartmentalize our tests away from the frameworks we are using as much as possible.
Sometimes I have had to run special code blocks in my view and view controller classes to properly get my KiF tests running. For example, I have written code blocks that clear all user data before any UI tests run so I can simulate a fresh build every single time. Obviously, we would never want this to run in our apps outside of our UI test target. The way that I have ensured that those code blocks only run in cases where I am running my UI test targets is by relying on preprocessor macros that I can switch on or off. I can then write conditions that test for if those macros are defined, thus ensuring that my UI test code never gets executed in a production environment. This ends up being a really clean way of integrating UI tests into my app without sacrificing readability of my code base.
While there is so much more to cover about KiF, I believe these tips will be ample to start iOS developers off who are looking for more than just a "getting started" guide. My hope is that through this article, an iOS developer out there would find value in building a test automation step into their pipeline.
Also on a higher intellectual level, It is intellectually stimulating to wrap my head around the idea that it is less about what you build and go to market with, and more with how you go about building your vision, how you work together in an organization, and how you adapt to market changes and trends that really determines success for your app. For iOS developers, leveraging an automation framework will prove invaluable to our ability to deliver features quickly while assuring quality. Hopefully this article gets more of us iOS developers out there a nice starting point to build that vision.


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3802856. Lord Henry Fitz Hugh & 3802857. Elizabeth Grey
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1363, Henry born in England, heir & s/o 7605712. Lord Henry Fitz Hugh & 7605713. Joan le Scrope.
1365, Elizabeth born in England, heir & d/o 7605714. Sir Robert de Grey & 7605715. Lora de Saint Quintin.
7/16/1377, Richard II, age 10, crowned king.
5/7/1382, Presentation … to the church of St. Rumbald, … king's gift … custody of the land and heir of Henry son of Henry, son of Hugh, knight, tenant in chief, … (S) CPRs.
1386, Henry age 23 when his father died.
1387, Elizabeth heir to her uncle, Sir John Marmion of West Tanfield, Yorkshire.
11/3/1388, Indenture between queen Anne and Henry Fitz Hugh, knight, … leased for 12 years … castles of Richemond and Bowes … yearly rent of 650 marks … (S) CPRs, 3/23/1391.
12/17/1387-9/1/1423, Henry summoned to parliament by writ. (S) The Historic Peerage of England, Nicolas, P194.
1391, Henry given licence to enclose 200 acres around the castle of Ravensworth. (S) Calendar of Patent Rolls.
10/13/1399, Henry IV became King.
1399, Henry gave assent in parliament to the secret imprisonment of Richard II.
1/1400, Henry put the manors of Beighton and Bothamsall in trust for his son William. (S) UKNA.
1401, Henry a legatee of his cousin Richard, Lord Scrope of Bolton.
7/22/1403, Commission to the king's brother Ralph, earl of Westmoreland, Henry fitz Hugh, … William Gascoigne … to assemble all men in the counties of York and Northumberland to go with the king to resist Henry, earl of Northumberland, and other traitors, who have risen in insurrection. (S) CPRs.
8/1403, Sir Henry Fitzhugh and Sir Ralph Eure sent by the king to treat for peace with Scotland. (S) The Reign of Henry IV Rebellion and Survival, Didd, 2008, P98.
1404, Ralph de Vere, Henry fitz Hugh, John Covyll, … (S) Calendar of the Fine Rolls.
4/7/1405, Sir Henry Gitzhugh and Sir William Gascoigne were dispatched to the north to investigate rumors of rebellion. (S) History of England Under Henry the Fourth.
8/9/1405, Grant to the king's knight Henry Fitz Hugh and Elizabeth his wife … which Thomas Bardolf had … on account of his forfeiture … (S) CPRs.
1406, Sir Henry, as a knight in the retinue of Philippa, d/o Henry IV who became Queen of Sweden, visited Vadstena, Sweden and informed the convent there the he wished to found a convent in England. [Henry was described by Sion Martiloge as the first to introduce this religion into England.] (S) House of Minoresses: Brigettines, A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely, V2, 1948. [Charter confirmed in England on 11/28/1406.]
1407, Henry accredited with an important commission to Denmark.
1408, Henry appointed as a Knight of the Garter.
4/9/1413, Henry the Constable of England at the coronation of King Henry V.
2/17/1414, Henry, the Chamberlain of King Henry V, a witness to the king's charter to the Burgesses of Preston. (S) UKNA.
7/4/1414, Grant for life to Henry Fitz Hugh, knight, 100£ yearly … (S) CPRs, 12/16/1422.
1415, Henry granted lands forfeited by Henry le Scrope of Masham.
10/25/1415, Henry at the battle of Agincourt.
11/6/1416, Sir Robert de Plompton made a feoffment of all his manor and reversions in Yorkshire to Henry Fitzhugh, lord of Ravenswath and Treasurer of England [and others.] (S) Plumpton Correspondence, Stapleton, 1839, P-XLV.
7/1417, Henry present at the siege of Rouen, France.
7/21/1417, Henry Lord Fitz-Hugh, named in the will of King Henry V. (S) Testamenta Vetusta, V1, 1826, P20.
10/7/1417, Power for Henry FitzHugh and John de Nevill to take possession of Norman towns and receive the fealty of the inhabitiants. (S) Syllabus (in English) of the Documents …, V2, Hardy, P600.
1418-9, "Muster rolls of Henry, lord Fitzhugh, William Stanley, and others at Falaise." (S) UKNA.
1422, Henry and executor of the will of King Henry V and appointed a guardian of his infant son.
1423, Many of the jewels of Henry V, valued at £40,000, were delivered to Henry at Ravensworth castle.
1422-5, "Henry [FitzHugh], Lord FitzHugh, knight, Lewis [Robessart], Lord Bourchier, knight, Walter Hungerford, knight, Walter Beauchamp, knight, William Porter, knight, Robert Bapthorp, knight, …, executors of Henry V." (S) UKNA.
8/31/1422, Henry VI, age 9 months, became king on the death of his father.
1/11/1425, Henry, Knight of the Garter. of Ravensworth in Richmondshire, Yorkshire, 3rd Lord Fitz Hugh, Protector of the Realm died at Ravensworth; buried at Jervaulx Abbey, Yorkshire.
1427, Elizabeth named son William a legatee and executor in her will.
12/1427, Elizabeth died; buried with Henry.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P340.
Family notes:
• Henry was left two "Richard Rolle" manuscripts in the will of Henry le Scrope. (S) Myrror to Devout People, Patterson, 2006, P28.
• Henry was granted the castle of L'Aigle and the donjon of Chambois in France by King Henry V. (S) Joan of Arc, Pernoud, 1999, P200.
Children of Henry and Elizabeth: [8 sons, 6 daughters]
i. William Fitz Hugh (1901428), born 1399 in England.


Australians are considering delaying plans to start a family as the cost of entering the property market rises.
A PRDnationwide survey of 2,000 Australians found 34 per cent of respondents were considering delaying having children as house prices increase.
PRDnationwide research director Aaron Maskrey says a significant number of couples are postponing starting families because they want to buy their own homes first.
"The long-term trend has seen prices for houses rising, however the recent softening of values in many areas are likely to tempt many potential purchasers into home ownership as these conditions will not hold in the long term," he says.
The latest REIA Housing Affordability Report shows it now costs an average Australian family about 35.3 per cent of their income to service the home loan.
This is up from 34.8 per cent in September 2010, but still down from the previous year by 4.6 per cent.
More than half (55 per cent) of respondents would not let the state of the property market prevent them from starting a family.
Maskrey says the remaining 10 per cent of respondents said the research was not applicable to their situation.
Last week the Reserve Bank of Australia left the cash rate unchanged at 4.75 per cent, as expected, and the post-meeting statement was almost identical to last month's.


The City of Katy Mayor Chuck Brawner came to speak to us today at our meeting. We were briefed on Katy's post Harvey relief plan and updated on commercial properties coming soon to our town. Great plans for the city of Katy!


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Anywhere But Here, Episode 90 – Games, Games, Games (@AntOnAnEGaming)
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On this gaming episode of the podcast Ant and Tom have a special guest; Ant from 'Ant on an E Gaming' to talk about (you guessed it) gaming!
Games commented on include Assassin's Creed, Kingdom Hearts, Halo, the Lego games, Final Fantasy, Destiny and many more.
The two Ants are the big gamers here, both have their own gamer channels on YouTube and keep up to date with the big releases, so Tom is largely quiet this episode. Listen to Tom get completely lost while Ant and Ant get in-depth about recording their games and also while explaining Destiny!
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Christine Chatman & Her Orchestra (With Mabel Smith aka Big Maybelle) - Decca 8660
Here we have Big Maybelle's debut recording.
Mabel Louise Smith (May 1, 1924 – January 23, 1972), known professionally as Big Maybelle, was an American R&B singer and pianist. Her 1956 hit single "Candy" received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.
Born in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, Big Maybelle sang gospel as a child and by her teens had switched to rhythm and blues. She began her professional career with Dave Clark's Memphis Band in 1936, and also toured with the all female International Sweethearts of Rhythm. She then joined Christine Chatman's Orchestra as pianist, and made her first recordings with Chatman in 1944, and with the Tiny Bradshaw's Orchestra from 1947 to 1950.
Her debut solo recordings, as Mabel Smith, came for King Records in 1947, backed by Oran "Hot Lips" Page, but she had little initial success. However, in 1952 she was signed by Okeh Records, whose record producer Fred Mendelsohn gave her the stage name Big Maybelle. Her first recording for Okeh, "Gabbin' Blues", was a number 3 hit on the Billboard R&B chart, and was followed up by both "Way Back Home" and "My Country Man" in 1953. In 1955 she recorded "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On", produced by Quincy Jones, two years before Jerry Lee Lewis's version. More hits followed throughout the 1950s, mainly for Savoy Records, including "Candy" (1956), one of her biggest sellers.
She made the stage of the Apollo Theater in New York City; the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival; and she appeared in Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960), filmed at the Newport Jazz Festival, along with Mahalia Jackson and Dinah Washington. After 1959 she recorded for a variety of labels but the hits largely dried up. She continued to perform in person into the early 1960s, when drug addiction and health problems took their toll on her. Her last hit single was in 1967 with a cover of "96 Tears" by Question Mark & the Mysterians.
Big Maybelle died in a diabetic coma in 1972, in Cleveland, Ohio. She was survived by her only child Barbara Smith and a host of grandchildren. Her final album, Last of Big Maybelle, was released posthumously in 1973.
Recorded on April 6, 1944.
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The Tennessee Tooters - Vocalion 15068 (1925)
Too Pooped To Pop
Hank Williams, Sr. Autograph? - MGM 10645 (1950)
Maple Leaf Rag / Terrible Blues ? (Edit: Lu Watters)
Diosa Costello With José Morand & His Orchestra - Decca Album-147 (1940)
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Welcome to my strand of the web. I am an amateur collector of 78 rpm records. I won't say that I'm obsessed with this hobby...
but my wife will.
It all started after watching the Glenn Miller movie "Orchestra Wives" with my Grandmother.
Spending a few hours combing through piles of shellac looking for Big Band 78's was my idea of fun.
Looking back on those early days, I wonder how many gems I overlooked while feverishly searching for swing discs.
Not much can compare with the rush of finding something rare and collectible in a stack of dusty, musty grooves etched with dormant sounds of eras gone by just begging for a spinning platter and a probing stylus to bring it back to life...
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Interview: Patrick Raaflaub
Open-access content Tuesday 6th November 2018 — updated 5.50pm, Wednesday 29th April 2020
Patrick Raaflaub talks to Paul Malloy about emerging risks – from automation and cyber risk to climate change.
The SONAR (Systematic Observation of Notions Associated with Risk) report is one of the most exciting pieces of research in the insurance and risk management arena.Each year, Swiss Re experts review emerging risks that the industry and society are facing. Following the 2018 edition's publication, I sat down with Dr Patrick Raaflaub, Swiss Re's group CRO, to learn more about this wide-ranging analysis.
The report covers all manner of emerging risks, from microplastics entering the food chain to global geopolitical situations. I began by asking how such a broad report is put together. "All the 10,000-plus employees of Swiss Re have an opportunity to contribute, and many do," says Raaflaub. "What we have is several layers of internal webs and connections, supported by technology that keeps people in a permanent dialogue. At the centre of this we have a small team in risk management called the emerging risk unit, which stimulates the discussions."
Raaflaub stresses that while the report has traditionally focused on new emerging risks, there has been a slight change in focus. "What we have started to do in parallel is monitor, what we call internally, the slow-burning risks. You could also call them the longer-term emerging risks."
Man vs machine
With such a wide range of topics covered, it can be hard to know where the real dangers are. Is there one risk that concerns Raaflaub the most? "What I find very intriguing is the human-machine interaction risk, and it comes up in three of the topics mentioned in the report."
The first of these topics is the fact that people are getting less sleep, primarily due to increasingly variable working schedules and longer commutes. High levels of fatigue could cause people to make serious errors, which subsequently may lead to higher property and casualty claims.
A second topic covers increased cost-cutting in the shipping industry, which could lead to higher collision risk. Fatigued crew members could well be a contributing factor to marine incidents.
The third and broader topic is our increased reliance on digital assistance systems. The SONAR report explains that such systems can make us "complacent, obedient and less skilled", leading to much greater systemic operational risks.
For Raaflaub, the risks "feel very different, but the common theme is this trend around the human-machine interface. Is automation making us feel safer than it should? Is it putting us into half-asleep mode, so that when we should react we are not able to do so fast and well enough?"
Cyber risk is currently getting plenty of attention in the reinsurance industry, and it is no surprise to see it mentioned in the report. For example, the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017 exploited the fact that so many organisations were using an unsupported version of Microsoft Windows operating system.
A widespread mantra in the reinsurance industry is: 'If we can price it, we can cover it'. Does Raaflaub believe cyber risks can be priced that accurately? "I think so," he says."I would add a second condition, though: 'if we can control accumulation, we can write it'. If you add the second condition to the cyber risk, you can already see the limits of cyber insurance."
Raaflaub won't be categorical on cyber risks. "Technological developments require new risk management. Insurance can help create transparency over basic risk management. Also, price creates transparency in the trade-offs between the residual risk and the cost to mitigate risks. I mean this in a very technical sense, not in a mathematical sense. If you think about fire hazards and the push, through insurance rates, for more fire safety improvements, you can imagine a similar process for cyber insurance."
At the same time, he flags some significant challenges: "Some cyber weaknesses are less visible, and not as easy to detect as weaknesses in physical infrastructures. We clearly have an accumulation issue because the networks are interconnected - not just physically, but also through widespread use of similar components of technology globally. This is different from other risk categories, where geographical distance creates diversification benefits."
One surprise to many may be the presence of asbestos exposure in this 'emerging risks' report. Raaflaub admits to initial surprise at finding it is still a topical issue, but goes on to explain that asbestos is highly prevalent in developed economies. "While we are processing the first wave of asbestos cases, which almost broke the back of the insurance industry, we still have asbestos being used." As the report notes, Lloyds was almost brought down in the 1990s because of long-tail asbestos claims. There remains considerable exposure to the substance - 4m metric tonnes were used in 2013 - and some European countries have not banned its use. "We seem to be addicted to this material."
What can we learn from the insurance industry's asbestos issues? "The main lesson we got from asbestos is that having an early warning system is essential," says Raaflaub. "But having a warning system and monitoring is not good enough. As soon as something becomes really threatening, you then also have to act on it. To me, that's probably the main lesson. I don't think we can assume that no other materials or technologies will turn out to be dangerous in the future. For sure, this will happen." He expands on this point: "It makes it that much more critical for the industry to follow these weak signals, to monitor trends and be willing to act as they become a little bit stronger."
One risk that isn't explicitly mentioned in the report is climate change. "I would ask: is climate change really an emerging risk?" Raaflaub counters. "It feels, at least to us, that it emerged a long time ago. If we look at our company or at other industry participants, we raised or identified climate change 30 years ago, so this business is fully emerged. The collective challenge of the century is how to deal with climate change, and it feels that it almost doesn't fit in this report." Some of the impacts of climate change are picked up on, though. "We have highlighted certain aspects that are in some way linked to the overarching theme of climate change, such as the water stress theme that we discussed in the 2017 SONAR report, or the energy demand theme."
Other risks mentioned include the price of ecosystem services; resource stress - including lack of clean water - which drives up production costs; and the loss of mangrove forests, which drives up hurricane losses as the forests provide a natural coastal defence against hurricanes.
Ecological legal frameworks are becoming more widespread. This is a good thing, but it could cause unexpected losses if insurers don't pay enough attention. So what concrete measures is Swiss Re taking in the face of climate change issues? Raaflaub lists a number of key operations: "Advancing sustainable energy solutions is a key area for the business, and we are at the forefront of supporting new types of technologies - for example solar, wind, geothermal, small-scale hydroelectric and biomass operations.
"In addition, we have taken proactive steps to limit our support for thermal coal on both the investment and underwriting side. However, I think it would be unrealistic to expect the insurance industry to be capable of dealing with these challenges alone."
Techrevolution
Coming to the end of the interview, I want to get Raaflaub's views on wider industry themes - in particular, how he sees the impact of new emerging insurance channels, often bundled under the name 'insurtech'. "I think of insurtech as more of an opportunity than a threat," he says. "There are new possibilities that significantly improve the insurance value chain of our own business."
Where does he feel that the impact of insurtech is most likely to be felt within the industry? "The technology can obviously be used in claims management or claims adjustment, but it also improves the risk profile through more intense, more connected and cheaper monitoring," says Raaflaub. "This facilitates the better management of risks and helps avoid incidents - so I think for the industry overall, it's an opportunity. I welcome change through technological development. It's almost a bit of a Darwinian process, but overall it is positive for society's progress.
"The industry should embrace the technological opportunities offered by insurtech and try to integrate them into processes and product delivery."
This article appeared in our November 2018 issue of The Actuary.


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Oh, the over indulgences of the weekend. New recipes tried and sampled a bit too much. Football season in full gear, so lounging more than we normally might, our comfies donned, windows snapped shut against chilly and unexpectedly damp breezes. Projects stalled while we stay indoors making like house potatoes.
Thank goodness for Monday morning and snapping back to a schedule. For thinking about all that might be accomplished in a week's time. Promising myself to get back to healthy eating.
Exercise?
Hmmm…maybe.
In the meantime, smoothies help. I've become addicted to them — especially the green ones.
So very, very good.
What ingredients do you like in your green smoothies?
1 apple, seeds and core discarded
1/2 bunch kale, chopped & stems removed
1/2 can sparkling orange beverage
2 handfuls of ice
1 T ground flaxseed
Place first four ingredients in a blender and puree.
Add the ice and blend until smooth.
Add the flaxseed to the mix and puree until ready to sip through a straw.
This green smoothie recipe was adapted from one that appears in the October 2011 issue of Eating Well and it's very tasty if you're someone who like a good dose of green.
Add 3 heaping tablespoons of plain non-fat yogurt to this green smoothie for a different texture and flavor. It's also good.
Add raspberries instead of or in addition to the apple. The color won't be the most beautiful thing on the planet, but the combo packs a tangy punch.
If you're not someone who has tried a green smoothie, try to get past the green. I know that's odd when something is as green as this smoothie is, but think about it. There's a whole apple and banana in it. One of the commercial brands I enjoyed for years had quite a bit of apple juice in it, so it was pretty sweet. This one isn't. It's sweet enough, light in texture, and very satisfying.
The original recipe calls for orange juice and water, but I love the San Pelligrino Aranciata because it's light and flavorful, and not filled with syrup like most carbonated beverages are. Half a can has 70 calories of orange juice, water, and sugar. It adds a nice tang. When I don't have this, I use sparkling water like Perrier.
What's all the fuss about kale? It's a power house full of vitamin K (good for our blood and bones), vitamin A (good for our immune system and vision), and vitamin C (good for our bones, skin, and blood). Its health benefits are actually magnified when it is lightly steamed, so if you're inclined, prepare the kale ahead of time by steaming for 5 minutes, then dividing it into quantities for smoothies or salads.
If you use whole flaxseed, its nutritional value will be wasted since digestion cannot break down the seed. In breads and other food that requires chewing, the whole seed adds a nice crunch, but is also chewed, so you get the the omega-3 fatty acids. Use the ground flaxseed for smoothies. Comprehensive information on flaxseed can be found at Medline Plus which is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health.
A great place to get all kinds of information about the nutritional value in food is Nutrition.gov. In particular the What's in Food section is very helpful.
Boston Butter Lettuce Salad with Avocado, Corn, & Tomatoes
Roasted Tomato Soup with Bacon, Cheese & Orzo


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Q: multiple segues in uitableview I have a uitableview with 2 custom cells (messages, and notifications). I want to apply a segue to another viewcontroller when user press the message cell, but do nothing when he press the notification cell. how to do this with didselectrowatindexpath method? some answers here suggested using indexpath.row for checking which cell is clicked but I get these dynamic cells from json so I don't know where their position is in the tableview or how many are they.
using swift and xcode 7.3

A: If the cells are different types, you can just determine the class type in didselectrowatindexpath
Or you can add a different tag to the cells. You can do this in the storyboard or programatically when you create the cell.
Then in didselectrowatindexpath check what the tag is for the selected row and you will know what type of cell it is.

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