Local Professionals. Industry Best Practice.
Our leaders are utility/engineering sector experts challenging and adding value well beyond simply delivering services.
Comdain is a collaborative contractor and its senior management and executive have significant direct experience successfully overseeing programs of work and in providing governance leadership.
Bringing the ideal combination of local knowledge, experienced leadership, international best practice and attitude, they lead and support teams to deliver the best solutions for our clients and their customers.
Peter is the driving force behind excellence across all business units and leads commercial and corporate development opportunities for the Comdain Group. He is responsible for the growth and success of the group delivering many of Australia's world-class utility assets. With over 25 years' experience within the civil engineering and building industry, Peter drives a culture of zero harm at all levels of the organisation and shapes Comdain's corporate governance and company values that underpin this obligation.
Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).
Jim has 25 years' senior executive experience in the planning, construction, operation and maintenance of infrastructure across Australia, Asia and the US. His areas of strength are in team leadership and governance; business strategy and change management; and operational and financial management. A strong and consistent leader with the capacity to operate between the boardroom and shop floor, Jim is experienced in the management of self-perform workforces having overseen a 4,000 strong team as Executive General Manager of Infrastructure at Broadspectrum.
A Chartered Accountant, Glenn has over 20 years' experience in the finance sector in senior leadership roles across a diverse range of businesses including KPMG, Pitcher Partners, The Myer Family Company and Slade Pharmacy Services. He combines strong commercial acumen with a terrific people focus to build productive and loyal relationships. Glenn's extensive skills in management reporting, financial analysis, budgeting, financial structuring, loan funding proposals, cost reduction and the development of strategic operating plans ensures exceptional contract performance compliant with contractual requirements.
A performance-driven professional with a wealth of experience in driving strategic human resource initiatives, Eva has led a number of companies through successful transformations, promoting positive cultural and business outcomes in Australia and abroad. Working across several sectors including government, mining, insurance and professional services, she has a unique understanding of what drives employee engagement, talent development, people strategy and successful performance management. Eva provides leadership and develops innovative human resource strategies and activities to foster growth in our people to increase organisational effectiveness.
Kerry brings over 20 years of legal and commercial advisory experience and ten years working in a regulated utility infrastructure sector. His strengths are in contracting, commercial frameworks, negotiations and dispute resolution. Kerry brings a collaborative and pragmatic approach to problem-solving. His mixture of legal and operational experience allows him to uniquely assess optimal commercial outcomes for differing types of project and commercial frameworks. Prior to joining Comdain, Kerry was a Director for Regulation and Policy at PwC providing advice to the energy and utility industry sector in the Asia Pacific region and worked in various roles as a lawyer for SP AusNet.
Kevin is a dedicated health, safety, environmental and quality professional with over 20 years' diverse industry experience including civil construction, utilities, mining, manufacturing, education and consulting, both at a strategic and operational level. He is passionate about safety and the legacy the right culture creates. With a well-developed ability to provide HSEQ leadership aligned to a project's key objectives and deliverables both at a corporate and functional level, he provides HSEQ leadership management, vision, governance/compliance and encourages excellence across the entire Comdain business.
A Civil Engineer in the utilities sector for over 20 years, Andrew has outstanding leadership and team management experience in the delivery of safe, reliable and efficient engineering services and utility asset management. He has proven experience delivering both maintenance and capital works programs across treatment and network assets. Driving safety excellence and cultural change to create strong, lean and efficient program delivery teams, his priority is working collaboratively with clients to create a continuous improvement environment enabling ongoing innovation incremental improvements and win-win outcomes.
Gary has over 30 years' experience as a practical strategist leading change across a range of sectors. He is a highly successful results driven executive with extensive international operations and large capital portfolio delivery experience gained in both service provider and asset owner environments across a number of government and public entities. As the Victorian State Manager, Gary focuses on ensuring Comdain delivers on commitments, as well as growth of scalable and repeatable services for the water and gas maintenance and construction markets across Victoria.
Simon has worked in the water, irrigation and gas networks sector for over 25 years. A long-term leader of Comdain who has played an integral role to their strategic growth, he brings exceptional skills in civil construction, procurement, program coordination, scheduling, operations management and contract management. He also has a history of providing pragmatic, insightful and early constructability advice based on his many years of successful project and program delivery.
Phil is a strong leader with a wealth of experience developed in a range of sectors including water, roads, rail, gas and renewables. With knowledge across business development, pre-contracts, planning and programming, Phil is passionate about growing the business and delivering quality projects and programs safely.
Alex has over 25 years' experience in regional development with key skills in rural water management, particularly modernisation project management and irrigation environment management. He has a unique understanding of the interactions between civil, mechanical and production environments and a proven track record in delivering exceptional outcomes across a multitude of regional projects in Victoria and New South Wales.


This 2-day child welfare training focuses specifically on reuniting children and youth in foster care with their birth families when that option is in the best interest of the children and youth. The training builds on the Casey Family Services' Lifelong Families training and its Replication Manual training, with emphasis on the specific skill areas essential to best practice standards and quality reunification practice: assessment, service planning and intervention. The training manual includes a 2-day agenda, assignments, handouts, recommended readings, session plans and follow-up materials to teach these vital skills.
Why reunification is the preferred permanency option for children and youth in foster care.
How resource families can provide the supports parents, children and youth need as they work toward and achieve safe reunification.
How to develop and use the service plan to support, guide and hold the birth parent/s, as well as other team members, accountable.
The role of the team in developing and implementing the service plan.
The critical importance of visitation and its use as both an intervention and an ongoing assessment tool.
How to implement the post-reunification services that families often need after case closing.
How to engage in assessment, service planning and provision of interventions as applied to a specific case example.
The majority of children and youth who enter foster care do so because of neglect.
When uniting a child back into the home, it is important to provide the reunification services in the family's home whenever possible so the skills and learning they acquire are transferred to their own world.
In 2011, 47% of kids in a foster family home were placed with a non-relative.
63% of Casey Family Services alums reported contact with their birth mothers following their exit from foster care.
In sum, children in the Casey Family Reunification Program fare better than their counterparts in achieving permanence in both the comparison group and among children in out-of-home care nationwide.
The Casey programs reduced the number of placements experienced by children and reduced the time to permanency outcomes. Casey concluded that these favorable results were due to the best practice approaches used in the reunification programs.
The families served faced many personal and societal issues that compromised their ability to provide a safe and nurturing environment for their families. The complexity of their problems required a multifaceted response grounded in best practice.
As a field, we know that we need to provide clear information about expectations from beginning to end, what needs to change, how well they are doing. None of the expectations should be a surprise.
Over and over again, even when children could not be safely returned to a birth parent's care those same birth parents were able to engage in thoughtful and loving planning and decision making on behalf of their child.


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Happy Ageing – Another Ageing is possible
Presentation of Fringe Meeting in Barcelona at the 12th EGP-Council – 21th March 2010
The paper today is the first part in our campaign of another aging is possible. Today we are looking at the Happy Aging indicators, which show us whether the countries are on a right track or on a wrong path. The second part of our White paper is not yet ready. It will collect and present good practices – with your collaboration – that we already have in many countries and of which other countries can learn. The third part will consist of our political agenda, which we can take up at European level or in individual countries. I am proposing some action points here but there are more at the end of the paper. You may have some others. In any case, these too we need to work out together.
Based on our 10 happy aging indicator compass (covering healthy life expectancy, poverty, suicides and political aspects) we can conclude the following.
We are blamed being tax and budget burdens, only expected to grow with our increasing numbers. We must challenge this. Aging is a biological process. Talk about budget burdens is talk against life! It is this age discrimination, which costs our governments millions of euros. It is not aging that costs. But HOW we age. And how we age is not just determined by biology. It is a political issue. Because how we age is also determined by whether we feel valued or we succumb to depression, whether we have healthy or unhealthy food, whether we have access to preventive and curative health care, whether we have sufficient or insufficient incomes and whether we enjoy dignity and rights of full citizenship or we are belittled as second-class citizens. Bad aging is an economic, social and deeply political issue. In order to be happy – feeling valued, content and curious, socially and economically safe and relatively healthy – we need to change all these bad things. However, do we have a voice for it? Are there institutions for our participation and influence?
From our analysis, we can see that what matters is not the length of expected life. Rather, what matters for us and also for social budgets is how healthy these years are. When we look at the statistics of healthy life after 65 years of age, we can see huge gaps between countries. Countries vary from 6.2 years with men in Finland to 10.5 years in Sweden and Malta. With women, the variation is from 5.9 in Germany to 11.1 in UK and Malta. Best performers in Europe – those not in our statistics – are doing even better. In Denmark, women can expect to be healthy 14.1 and men 13.1 years.
Men who normally live shorter life have also shorter healthy life expectancy. Good news is that their situation has started to improve. Women who normally live longer; also tend to stay longer healthy than men except in Austria, Germany, Luxembourg and Spain. But the situation is worsening in many countries and the healthy years of many women have started to worsen in Netherlands (statistically by 3 years), Ireland (2) and Finland (1.2). This should send a political signal to these governments! It is important to know what we do right and where we go wrong.
Best performers, Netherlands and Sweden also have highest budget contributions to long-term care and old age care. So has Denmark, also when it comes to highest public expenditure. This is probably one of the causes behind the good healthy life expectancy. But budget increases need to be significant (or combined with other factors) in order to increase healthy life.
We also know from other studies that social class matters and that differences between poor and wealthy and with less educated and more educated people, are larger than just gender differences. I have had no access to such comparable figures. But I have collected comparable statistics on poverty.
In 2008 in Europe, 19 % of elderly population risked being poor. Women are most at risk. In 2006, poverty was particularly high among women above 65 in Ireland (45 %), Spain (32 %) and UK (27 %). It was particularly low in Netherlands (6%), Luxemburg (6 %) and Czech Republic (6 %). Nevertheless, after the age 75 the situation deteriorates. Most drastic increase was in Ireland (63%) and in UK (36%). Good news is that in 2008, poverty of age group 75+ started to reduce for both men and women, except in Finland and Netherlands, where poverty for women continued to increase. Decrease may be explained by some improvements in pension systems. But because of economic crisis, pension systems may be reduced and bring poverty figures up again. The lesson is that we must see that we have sustainable pension systems that do trap those over 75 into poverty.
Poverty haunts women, but men are haunted by suicides. Suicide situation of elderly people is not a well-known topic. According to the EU statistics in 2005, 33 % of suicides were committed by those over 65. This is three times higher than suicide rate of those between 15-24 years. Suicide risk for men is 3.3 times higher than that of women. Particularly men over 75 have a high risk to suicides.
So problems are more for people over 75. Although we need to attend all old age risks, particular attention must be given to this age group. Unfortunately, this same age group is poorly represented in decision making. This we can see from the age structure in European parliaments. Those over 70 have none or at best 1-2 members in the Parliament. We also lack political institutions that represent elderly and give voice to them. Our recognition must start from national constitution where explicit reference needs to be made to full citizenship rights of the elderly.
We need to have people of all ages, participating in social, economic and political decision-making. Instead of seeing our elderly as some kind of marginal people, we belong to the centre of life. Pressure must also come from the people. For this reason, we need to empower elderly people and change the attitudes, which they too have adopted from the age-unfriendly society. Our age-hostile societies lack concept and role models of positive aging, let alone happy aging.
We cannot be represented by younger generations who do not know about our stage of life with its problems and happiness. I would like to apply here the same principle of political participation that the disabled people's leader Kalle Könkkölä has said about the participation of disables people. He says "nothing about us, without us" So we cannot just be objects of welfare. Nor can our interests be taken care just by the welfare organisations and care personnel. We need to be active, have our own leaders and be well represented in political decision-making. When it comes to citizenship and democratic voice, there is no "retirement age"! Society and politics belong to all. Future does not just belong to the young but to all of us. In future societies there will always be infants, young, adults, middle-agenda and elderly.
All this is an opportunity to the Green Party. When we activate and empower the seniors, we also wake them up as voters. The greens can grow with our large numbers. We have experience and also new ideas. We will also pursue political agendas with other age groups. Together with all greens, we want to change the present unsustainable economic model that creates problems but scapegoats them to people. The unsustainable consumption model drives growth, and treats nature and human beings with contempt. Consumption culture treats everything as quickly consumed and discardable things. This attitude is also applied to people. They want to discard people after certain age or after disability.
Two speakers of Green Seniors at the Green Economic Institute 13. December 2020

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How Many Kids Does Mayweather Have?
Floyd Mayweather, an American professional boxer and a former five-division world champion, had six children with three different women. They are named: Floyd Jr., Zion "Zion" Ortiz (born on December 4, 1999), Koraun "Koraun Esai Morales (born on March 15, 2002) the recently deceased Iyanna Lee Ortiz (born January 29, 2005), Jahmier Leander Mayweather aka Jazzy Frazier Jr. born July 20th 2006 to his first wife Shantel Jackson who he divorced in 2007; Ebony Morónaka Ebroji born September 27 to his second wife Jennifer Lopez also known as «Gigli» which was released during that year; Kaya Marie Lozano who is now 5 years old and their youngest child Damaris Belen Román or Dolly whom they adopted from South Korea in 2016
What did Floyd Mayweather daughter do?
Floyd Mayweather Jr. had a daughter named Koraun Mayweather who is an actress and singer. She has appeared on the show The Game and in the movie Ride Along 2.
Who has the biggest wedding ring in the world?
The largest wedding ring in the world is currently owned by a man named Rajesh Kumar who has a size of 2.5 meters wide and weighs approximately 10 kilograms.
How old is Youngboy NBA?
The NBA is a professional basketball league in North America. It was founded in 1946 by 11 teams, and today has 30 teams. The average age of an NBA player is 26 years old.
How many wives does Mayweather have?
Mayweather has been married twice. His first wife was called Josie Harris and they had three children together. He then married his second wife, who is named as Sharmell Tyson. They have two children together.
Who Is Lance Armstrong Married To?
Michael Jordan Owns What Team?


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Q: Get Subgraph from Boost with a specific pattern I am looking to extract a chaining pattern from boost graph library. Something like, if i have a graph with the following edges and vertices
Vertices : 0,1,2,3
Edges :
 add_edge (0, 1, g);
 add_edge (0, 3, g);
 add_edge (1, 2, g);
 add_edge (2, 3, g);

I am looking to populate a sub-graph which contains entries which have the pattern A->B->C so that i can extract the properties from A->B and B->C , something like
i)  0->1->2
ii) 1->2->3

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

A: I think you want subgraph isomorphism: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_63_0/libs/graph/doc/vf2_sub_graph_iso.html
There's a sample application too
//=======================================================================
// Copyright (C) 2012 Flavio De Lorenzi (fdlorenzi@gmail.com)
//
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
// accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//=======================================================================

#include <boost/graph/adjacency_list.hpp>
#include <boost/graph/vf2_sub_graph_iso.hpp>
using namespace boost;

int main() {
  typedef property<edge_name_t, char> edge_property;
  typedef property<vertex_name_t, char, property<vertex_index_t, int> > vertex_property;

  // Using a vecS graphs => the index maps are implicit.
  typedef adjacency_list<vecS, vecS, bidirectionalS, vertex_property, edge_property> graph_type;

  // Build graph1
  graph_type graph1;

  add_vertex(vertex_property('a'), graph1);
  add_vertex(vertex_property('a'), graph1);
  add_vertex(vertex_property('a'), graph1);

  add_edge(0, 1, edge_property('b'), graph1);
  add_edge(0, 1, edge_property('b'), graph1);
  add_edge(0, 1, edge_property('d'), graph1);

  add_edge(1, 2, edge_property('s'), graph1);

  add_edge(2, 2, edge_property('l'), graph1);
  add_edge(2, 2, edge_property('l'), graph1);

  // Build graph2
  graph_type graph2;

  add_vertex(vertex_property('a'), graph2);
  add_vertex(vertex_property('a'), graph2);
  add_vertex(vertex_property('a'), graph2);
  add_vertex(vertex_property('a'), graph2);
  add_vertex(vertex_property('a'), graph2);
  add_vertex(vertex_property('a'), graph2);

  add_edge(0, 1, edge_property('a'), graph2);
  add_edge(0, 1, edge_property('a'), graph2);
  add_edge(0, 1, edge_property('b'), graph2);

  add_edge(1, 2, edge_property('s'), graph2);

  add_edge(2, 3, edge_property('b'), graph2);
  add_edge(2, 3, edge_property('d'), graph2);
  add_edge(2, 3, edge_property('b'), graph2);

  add_edge(3, 4, edge_property('s'), graph2);

  add_edge(4, 4, edge_property('l'), graph2);
  add_edge(4, 4, edge_property('l'), graph2);

  add_edge(4, 5, edge_property('c'), graph2);
  add_edge(4, 5, edge_property('c'), graph2);
  add_edge(4, 5, edge_property('c'), graph2);

  add_edge(5, 0, edge_property('s'), graph2);

  // create predicates
  typedef property_map<graph_type, vertex_name_t>::type vertex_name_map_t;
  typedef property_map_equivalent<vertex_name_map_t, vertex_name_map_t> vertex_comp_t;
  vertex_comp_t vertex_comp =
    make_property_map_equivalent(get(vertex_name, graph1), get(vertex_name, graph2));

  typedef property_map<graph_type, edge_name_t>::type edge_name_map_t;
  typedef property_map_equivalent<edge_name_map_t, edge_name_map_t> edge_comp_t;
  edge_comp_t edge_comp =
    make_property_map_equivalent(get(edge_name, graph1), get(edge_name, graph2));

  // Create callback
  vf2_print_callback<graph_type, graph_type> callback(graph1, graph2);

  // Print out all subgraph isomorphism mappings between graph1 and graph2.
  // Function vertex_order_by_mult is used to compute the order of
  // vertices of graph1. This is the order in which the vertices are examined
  // during the matching process.
  vf2_subgraph_iso(graph1, graph2, callback, vertex_order_by_mult(graph1),
                   edges_equivalent(edge_comp).vertices_equivalent(vertex_comp));

  return 0;
}

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VV WIK is een Nederlandse amateurvoetbalclub uit Den Haag, opgericht in 1919. Het eerste elftal speelt in de Vijfde klasse zaterdag (2022/23).

WIK speelt in het 2de gedeelde van het Zuiderpark in het Haagse stadsdeel Escamp.

De voetbalclub heeft 8 reguliere zondagsteams, 3 veteranenteams op de zondag, 3 zaterdag seniorenteam, 1 zaterdag meisjesteam, 9 zaterdag jeugdteams en 2 zaalvoetbalteams.

Competitieresultaten 1931–2019

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Externe link
 Officiële website
 WIK op dehaagsevoetbalhistorie.nl

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Hope all is well! Firstly, thankyou to everyone who came to October's gig, we had well in excess of seventy people.. Top show..
Ben Briggs, David Rees-Jones, Billy Rubin, Broady, Lou Chawner, Johnny Sorrow & Roger Swift.
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The Flagfin Angelfish, also referred to as the Threespot Angelfish, is a brilliant yellow with blue lips, a dark blue-black dorsal spot where the head joins the body, and a light tan spot behind the eye.
Provide plenty of other hiding places in a 125 gallon tank or larger as the Flagfin Angelfish is quite shy early on and should be the only angel in the tank. Not a good reef dweller, the Flagfin Angelfish is prone to nip at sessile invertebrates (soft and stony corals) and clam mantles.
This is a difficult angelfish to keep due to its dietary requirement of sponges and its poor ability to adapt to other foods. Expert aquarists may have success by providing a mixed fare of sponge-containing frozen angelfish rations, vitamin-enriched brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, a plethora of plant material, and live rock for grazing and hiding.


I was checking everyone post for today and saw that I was nominated by Anna over at Crunchy Creamy Sweet for my 1st blog award! How exciting! I could run around the house like a little kid right now jumping for joy and screaming yippee! This is such an honor! Thank you so much Crunchy Creamy Sweet! Please stop by and say hi to Anna and check out her blog it is amazing! I love her cake stand collection she recently posted and her marshmallow crispy brownie bars look to die for!
I get to tell you seven random things about myself and pass on the award to seven other great blogger's.
-Award seven other awesome and inspiring blogger's.
I love all of you! I feel such a connection to all my fellow bloggers out there and friends who read my blog, even if I was unable to add you I still love checking out your posts and hearing your comments!
I was raised by my Granny until I was 10 years old and she is my inspiration for my blog! She was an amazing women!
When ever I blog both dogs ( our beagle and sheltie) feel a need to either sleep on my feet or stare at me! Weirdo dogs!
I am continually thanking God for everything in my life, it is a true blessing! I wouldn't be who I am without his power, strength, mercy and grace pulling me through! Sometimes when I think things aren't going to work out and I worry, he seems to pick me up and carry me through!
I am a total Mexican foodaholic! There I said it, glad to get that off my chest!
We try to be as kind to the environment in our house as possible with in a tight budget and while eating well! I've been having organic local produce delivered weekly along with eggs and coffee.
Cook.Sew.Grow - She was one of my first followers. I love her sewing and craft skills, also she has some great recipes she shares!
Cooking Healthy For Me - I love her pictures of food and who doesn't like a truly healthy recipe!
Wanna Be A Country Clever - All I can say is yum! Also I love the fact she's in the midst of planning a wedding! It is so fun to hear her stories!
Sunday's Kitchen - She hasn't posted in awhile but I love all her Italian food idea's. She also was another blogger that added me early on!
Desperate House Wife In Holland - Her blog is so cute and she draws little pictures with her post! Love it! Plus she also has yummy recipes!
The New Mrs. P- Another yummy food blog! I love her post's!
Pinay In Texas Cooking Corner - Last but defiantly not least! Tina has amazing bento box's she been making lately for her kids! I have to make sure my kids aren't in the room when I am browsing or I'm sure they will come to expect them daily! She also has some truly amazing recipes!
Please stop by and say Hi, to all my friends I follow! They all have amazing blogs! I defiantly could keep going but 7 was the number!
I hope everyone has a great weekend of food and fun!
...and many thanks for passing along such an honor to me!
Congratulations for the award. And thank you for the award. It is funny to read how others describe me. I think the photo of your daughter sleeping with a book adorable. I have to say I enjoy reading your blog, it is very sincere.


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Natcore Technology Included in List of "Game Changers" in Lux Research Report
Posted by : natcoreadmin On : September 27, 2012
Red Bank, NJ – (September 27, 2012) – A new research report from Lux Research, an independent research and advisory company, has identified Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; NTCXF.PK) as an innovator with "next-generation technologies that will drive down cost per watt and restore profit margins to low double digits" for solar module manufacturers.
In a Lux news release announcing the report, Natcore was singled out as "the leader in [antireflective and light-trapping coatings] with likely commercialization this year."
In the study titled "Searching for Game Changers in Photovoltaic Materials Innovations: Next-Generation Technologies that Drive Down [Cost/Watt]," Lux Research has created a "Disruptive PV Technology Grid" that quantitatively evaluates new PV technologies for their cost reduction potential and time to market. Using the Grid, Lux Research analysts evaluated technologies on the horizon in order to assess which will be game changers and which will likely never be commercialized.
New innovations that improve existing technologies will lead to reduced costs and higher margins, the report says, noting solar companies that have failed (like Solyndra and Evergreen) did so because they were trying to break the mold instead of improving it. The Lux Research analyst says:
"To avoid future Evergreens and Solyndras, tomorrow's PV winners will focus on innovative PV technologies, addressing $/W [cost/watt] as the single most important metric. One of the key reasons for Solyndra's demise was its high ~$3.5/W. Moreover, Solyndra's technology was hard to scale, wherein [its technology] proved too ambitious for current capabilities.
"Learning from history, next- generation PV technologies that offer both low $/W and are easy to scale using substantially existing PV infrastructure will be the likely winners in the midst of an equally large array of corpses."
"Halve the cost, double the efficiency: That's our mantra," says Chuck Provini, Natcore's president and CEO. "We have been working for years to dramatically lower the cost of solar energy through techniques such as our 'absolute black' silicon, and commercialization is finally within our grasp. We are elated by the validation that this report is giving our scientific and technical staff for the work they have done. We are gratified that our technology has been recognized by another highly respected observer of the solar industry. We look forward to commercializing our disruptive technology."
Statements in this press release other than purely historical factual information, including statements relating to revenues or profits, or Natcore's future plans and objectives, or expected sales, cash flows, and capital expenditures constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions and are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties inherent in Natcore's business, including risks inherent in the technology history. There can be no assurance that such forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on such statements. Except in accordance with applicable securities laws, Natcore expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements or forward-looking statements that are incorporated by reference herein.
David Levy Joins Natcore Technology As Director of Research & Technology
Natcore's Black Silicon Highlighted at Bright Lights Conference
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New report provides a data driven description of the forest sector's many contributions to the realization of the SDGs
Geneva, 9 December 2020 – Today twelve leading member companies from the Forest Solutions Group (FSG) of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) have issued the first Implementation Report of the Forest Sector SDG Roadmap (SDG Roadmap) released in July 2019. The report provides evidence of FSG members' commitment to implementing the actions in the SDG Roadmap, takes stock of the status of implementation of the different actions among FSG members, and sets a baseline against which to track progress over time.
With this first Implementation Report, FSG members are holding themselves accountable to driving progress on the commitments made in the SDG Roadmap. For that, the joint vision of the SDG Roadmap was translated into meaningful actions within eight impact areas, such as Working forests, Climate, the Bioeconomy or Communities. These actions are tied to key performance indicators, allowing to assess the status of implementation and reveal the sectors areas of strength and weakness. For example, the report describes how the forest sector is in a key position to scale-up positive impacts in areas such as climate change mitigation through carbon storage in forests and products, as well as biodiversity and ecosystems conservation within the 10 million hectares of forests that FSG members cumulatively own, manage or lease. Other areas, such as water management, call for diligent risk management approaches to minimize or eliminate negative impacts at local and catchment levels.
This is the first of two reports that FSG will publish at regular intervals to track progress on the implementation of the Roadmap, as part of the journey to 2030. In addition, FSG will continue to track and disclose progress annually through key performance indicators.
Companies involved in the work include Aditya Birla Group, Campbell Global, CMPC, Hancock Natural Resource Group, International Paper Company, Mondi Group, New Forests, PMI, Smurfit Kappa Group, Stora Enso, Sumitomo Forestry and The Navigator Company.
Andrew King, CEO Mondi Group and Co-Chair of FSG highlighted that "The ambitions of the SDGs rely on cross-sector partnerships to scale positive contributions. The implementation report provides a holistic and data-driven assessment of the forest sector's connections with global development issues such as climate change, water scarcity, biodiversity loss, and social inequality. By highlighting strategic impact opportunities, we can enable more targeted action across the full forest sector value chain."
Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, CEO of CMPC added that "Just over a year from the release of the Forest Sector SDG Roadmap, FSG members are again demonstrating leadership in driving sustainable development in the forest sector. In the Implementation report FSG has translated the shared vision of the Roadmap into meaningful and measurable action. By providing full transparency on the methodology FSG hopes to enable others across the forest sector value chain to follow suit."
Filippo Veglio, Managing Director & Senior Management Team, WBCSD highlighted that: "The coming decade represents a critical window of opportunity to drive the actions and solutions that will be needed to realize the transformative ambitions of the SDGs. FSG has displayed important leadership on this front, not only in developing a roadmap that plots a series of tangible pathways towards maximizing SDG impact, but also now with this Implementation Report, a bold exercise in transparency and accountability that underlines the sector's ongoing commitment to contributing to the SDGs."
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MegaCon, short for Mega Convention, is a rather large convention that includes many genres, ranging from sci-fi and comic books to anime and fantasy. It happens annually between late February and early March at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. There are over 150,000 square feet of exhibitors and merchandise. Events include Indy Film Festival, annual cosplay/costume contest, all genre costume contest, panels, and rave dances. MegaCon guests have included June Lockhart (Lost in Space), Lou Ferrigno (The Hulk), Ray Park (Star Wars), and Kevin Sorbo (Hercules).
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The news is good, but not for the reason we've been told
Fabulous news on the economy this week. The recession that never was, didn't happen. Phew. That's a relief.
After going backwards by 0.5 per cent in the September quarter of last year, we learnt from the Bureau of Statistics' national accounts that the economy rebounded by 1.1 per cent in the December quarter - meaning, according to the overexcited children of economic reporting, that we've escaped "technical" recession.
Actually, anyone with sense knew three months ago we would. The detail of the national accounts showed the contraction was no more than a pothole on the economic road, the product of an unusual accumulation of negative one-offs.
But even if this week's figures had shown a second consecutive quarter of "negative growth", the recession the excitables would be shouting about would be technical rather than real.
Why? Because you can't have a real recession without falling employment and rising unemployment, and we've had neither. Oh. No one told me.
But back to reality. Just as the economy didn't really contract in the September quarter so, however, the economy didn't really take off like a rocket in the December quarter.
There's a lot of largely inexplicable "noise" in the initial estimates of the quarter-to-quarter change in real gross domestic product. That's why adult economists never take the figures too literally.
It's common for a literally unbelievably bad quarterly figure to be followed by an unbelievably good one.
That's partly because of catch-up – work that couldn't be done in the first quarter because of, say, bad weather, is caught up with in the second.
But also because of the laws of arithmetic. If we compare the December quarter with the weak September quarter, we get an increase of 1.1 per cent. But compare it with the quarter before that and the increase is only 0.6 per cent.
The rate of real GDP growth over the year to December – 2.4 per cent – is closer to the rate at which we're likely to actually be travelling, but even that may be on the light side.
One suspiciously strong aspect of the accounts in the December quarter was growth in consumer spending of 0.9 per cent.
With the rise in wages so small, and only modest growth in employment, household disposable (that is, after-tax) income grew by only 0.2 per cent in nominal terms.
So how could consumer spending have grown so strongly? Since, by definition, income equals consumption plus saving, the statisticians assume households must have reduced their rate of saving.
The national accounts show the household saving ratio peaking at almost 10 per cent of household disposable income at the end of 2011, then falling almost continuously since then, taking a big drop in the December quarter to reach a little over 5 per cent.
If that's really happened and isn't just the product of some misestimate of income or consumption (or both), it's probably explained by a "wealth effect" – people in Melbourne and Sydney, seeing the value of their homes shooting up, feel wealthier and so decide they don't need to save as much and can spend more.
The next bit of apparent good news is that new business investment spending grew by almost 2 per cent. This, believe it or not, included an increase in mining investment, plus a stronger-than-usual increase in non-mining investment.
The former is likely to be just a blip as mining investment continues to fall back to normal, post-boom levels; the latter is an encouraging sign that the rest of business is getting on with the rest of their lives.
The last bit of good news in the accounts is that our terms of trade – the prices we receive for our exports compared with the prices we pay for our imports – improved by 9 per cent during the quarter, taking the improvement for the year to almost 16 per cent.
This is mainly because, after falling sharply since their peak 2011, coal and iron ore prices rose over most of last year.
This is important for several reasons. An improvement in our terms of trade increases our real income – since the same quantity of our exports now buys an increased quantity of imports.
"Real net national disposable income per person" – a better measure of living standards than real GDP per person – increased 2.5 per cent in the quarter to be 5.3 per cent higher over the year.
Many people noticed that company profits (the profits share of GDP) leapt by 16.5 per cent in nominal terms during the quarter, whereas the nation's wages bill (the wages share of GDP) fell by a nominal 0.5 per cent.
Why the disparity? Mainly because of the huge boost to mining company profits from the jump in export prices.
Not to worry. If the economy works the way the textbook says, this gain to miners should flow through the economy, causing higher wages and higher tax payments.
This latter likelihood is shown in the fact that nominal (as opposed to real) GDP grew 3 per cent in the quarter to be 6.1 per cent higher through the year.
This is great news for the Treasurer because we pay taxes (and everything else) in nominal dollars, not real dollars.
Last word goes to Dr Shane Oliver, of AMP Capital, who says there are seven reasons to be upbeat about the outlook for the economy.
"Thanks to a more flexible economy, Australia is on track to take out the Netherlands for the longest period without a recession. South-east Australia is continuing to perform well.
"The great mining investment unwind is near the bottom. The surge in resource export volumes has more to go.
"National income is rising again. Public investment is strong and there are signs of life in non-mining investment. Growth is on track to return to near 3 per cent this year," Oliver concludes.
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The 51st Carnival of Family Life is alive and kicking over at DigitalRichDaily. Hey, that must mean that the Carnival of Family Life's first birthday must be coming up pretty soon. They grow up so fast.
I have a post in this week's Carnival, but then again, who doesn't. If you are the first to find my post that is entered in the Carnival and mention it in the comments below, I'll mention you and your site in the next post I do about the Carnival.
I skipped last week, but Brian from On The Fly found my post from two weeks ago. You should stop by and congratulate him. He just got a writing job that is pretty excited about. Plus one of his daughters had a birthday party the other day and he has pictures.


USD/JPY: price going to test "Window"
There's a bearish "Engulfing" on the 21 Moving Average, so the price is likely going to test the last low and the nearest "Window". If a pullback from this level happens, there'll be time for a local upward correction.
The 89 Moving Average has acted as resistance, so we've got an "Engulfing" pattern, which has been confirmed. Also, there isn't any bullish pattern so far, which means the market is likely going to continue moving down during the day.


On behalf of the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Planning committee, we'd like to give a big shout out to everyone who participated in last night's important workshop!
We had a very spirited crowd of about 50 neighbors and a few business owners, who came together to contribute their unique perspective to creating the vision for our neighborhood and what issues need our attention to attain that vision! It was an incredibly valuable and inspiring evening, and we hope even more neighbors will plan on participating in the follow-up workshop on Thursday, November 14.
Our youngest planner in action!
We left the night with a healthy amount of data reflecting areas of the neighborhood in need of attention, and a strong voice to what our priorities should be as we move ahead with planning.
Beautification of North Monroe was a common theme, as was better support for alternative modes of transportation (including bus shelters and bike routes), incentives for desirable businesses to occupy currently vacant buildings, more neighborhood events and improved methods of crime prevention (such as better lighting, more organized Neighborhood Watch, and awareness training).
In collaboration with our planning firm, AHBL, and the City of Spokane, your planning committee will be hard at work organizing this data and preparing for our next workshop, which will focus on brainstorming and prioritizing solutions to the issues that were identified last night.
Please, plan on joining us and help us create a plan that is as representative of your voice and the voice of our neighborhood as possible!


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and fishing, so there's absolutely no way to get bored. Tanis Mesa South - Tongass National Forest is enormously popular with folks in Ketchikan.
you like boating you are in luck, boating is wonderful here at Tanis Mesa South - Tongass National Forest. Going camping here in Alaska is something you ought to do. Hey, it's time for camping, don't you agree? Tanis Mesa South - Tongass National Forest in Alaska is exactly what you need.
A lot of folks choose Tanis Mesa South - Tongass National Forest in order to be in close proximity to Black Sand Beach. Quite a lot of amusing stuff to do in the neighborhood of Tanis Mesa South - Tongass National Forest, and it is a very great campground.
The positive surroundings and the loads of amusing stuff to do attract people from near and far.
Outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Ketchikan, Alaska, the metro area neareast to Tanis Mesa South - Tongass National Forest. Find info on campgrounds, marinas, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater, golf courses and more.


I've always loved putting together collections of Virago cover art, and I thought it was time to put together another.
There really are so many lovely artworks to see.
The covers are lovely, but the paintings come alive when they are released from their green frames. I've learned that often images have had to be cropped, and that sometimes that have been re-coloured, or altered a little in some other way to fit that frame. That may be the best way to make a good cover for a book, but it shouldn't be the only way we see the work of these artists.
This time around I thought that I should have a theme, and so I have chosen art that I think matches the season.
'Showing A Preference' by John Calcott Horsley.
That's the last painting in this little exhibition, but I'm already dusting off more for an autumn show.
Do let me know if you have any particular favourite cover paintings, or any suggestions for future exhibitions.
You're very welcome. It's become clear to me as I've looked at the credits of the back of old books that Virago used to go to a great deal of trouble to match books and covers, and that many of the paintings must have come from private collections and personal collections.
Oxford University Press still do this with the World's Classics series, with carefully selected details from beautiful paintings. It does make a difference to how I enjoy a book if it has a nice cover.
A wonderful selection as ever, Jane. I love that last one, particularly as it seems to convey a sense of the woman's personality.
I like them all for different reasons, but that one is a particular favourite for just that reason.
They were indeed – you express that very well.
Fabulous selection, of all those books I have only read The Rector and the Doctor's family. I am kicking myself though because I saw an old battered hardback of that Joanna Godden a few days ago at a National trust second hand bookshop at Buckland Abbey. I have been buying so many books I put it back on the shelf. Wish I hadn't now.
Joanna Godden is public domain, so you not have too many regrets. Sheila Kaye-Smith was influenced by Hardy and, though her books are a bit of a mixed bag, I think you would like Joanna.
That's wonderful – I have a lovely time putting these 'art collection' posts together.
What a lovely, thought through collection Jane! Simply marvelous! I loved the paintings and added some more books to my TBR. Thank you for this lovely treat!
I'm so glad you liked it, and I hope you will enjoy the books too.
These are beautiful. And, what a story "Showing A Preference" tells! Is the girl in the sunshine better off in the long run, despite her disappointed face? One of those pictures I can mull over for quite awhile. And I was delighted to find "Joanna" is available for free online, so I've added her to my TBR for later. Thanks!
What gorgeous images and what a lovely post. I always love it when you do a collection of Virago cover images, Jane, but it always leaves me regretting the fact that VMCs no longer have these wonderful stunning covers. Thank you for this!
Gorgeous Jane! Thanks for such a joyous post.
Such delight! Thank you for these, Jane.
William Orpen's work keeps popping up this summer; it's beautiful. The Way Things Are by Delafield was my first Virago purchase. I had just started immersing myself in twentieth century literature and found out about Persephone Books. So you can imagine the grin…in my possession was a green Virago, a Delafield, and the introduction was by Nicola Beauman. Lovely post, Jane!


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Q: Discretize continuous target variable using sklearn I have to discretize into at least 5 bins a continuous target variable in order to lower the complexity of a classification model using the sklearn library
In order to do this, I've used the KBinsDiscretizer but I don't know how can I split in balanced parts the dataset now that I've discretized the target variable.
This is my code:
X = df.copy()
y = X.pop('shares')

# scaling the dataset so all data in the same range
scaler = preprocessing.MinMaxScaler()
X = scaler.fit_transform(X)

discretizer = preprocessing.KBinsDiscretizer(n_bins=5,  encode='ordinal', strategy='uniform')
y_discretized = discretizer.fit_transform(y.values.reshape(-1, 1))

# is this correct?
X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(X, y, test_size=0.33, shuffle=True, stratify=y_discretized)

For completeness, I'm trying to recreate a less complex model than the one showed in: [1] K. Fernandes, P. Vinagre and P. Cortez. A Proactive Intelligent Decision Support System for Predicting the Popularity of Online News. Proceedings of the 17th EPIA 2015 - Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, September, Coimbra, Portugal

A: Your y_train and y_test are parts of y, which has (it seems) the original continuous values.  So you're ending up fitting multiclass classification models, with probably lots of different classes, which likely causes the crashes.
I assume what you wanted is
X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(X, y_discretized, test_size=0.33, shuffle=True, stratify=y_discretized)

Whether discretizing a continuous target to turn a regression into a classification is a topic for another site, see e.g. https://datascience.stackexchange.com/q/90297/55122


WHEREAS, according to the U.S. Bureau of Statistics, only 12% of Hispanics in the United States have 4 or more years of college, a number significantly lower than other ethnic groups.
BE IT RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be directed to the United States Congress, the President, the Secretary of the US Department of Education, Arne Duncan, and to all members of NALEO through that organization's national communications network.
THIS RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED BY NHCSL AND RATIFIED AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING HELD IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS NOVEMBER 13TH, 2010.


Any future calls to this procedure will just return without exploring an already explored part of the graph. There is no error in this case because the procedure's identity has already been output (it and its dependencies have all been taken care of and are effectively removed from the graph).
Observe that there are no if statements in the code! None are needed because, when the program is loaded, all the procedures are "wired" up so that only the procedure invocations dictate control flow and the structure of procedure calls is a product of the define-syntax expansion.
Incidentally identifiers h?? are used instead of city names because they are short - we could have used just the city names if we had wanted to.


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Good Manners and form (Al-Adab)
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Who is more entitled to be treated with the best companionship by me?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." The man said. "Who is next?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." The man further said, "Who is next?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." The man asked for the fourth time, "Who is next?" The Prophet said, "Your father.
[Sahaih Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 73, Number 2]
Dutifulness towards Parents after their death
35. Abu Usayd said, "We were with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when a man asked, 'Messenger of Allah, is there any act of dutifulness which I can do for my parents after their death?' He replied, 'Yes. There are four things: Supplication for them, asking forgiveness for them, fulfilling their pledges, and being generous to friends of theirs. You only have ties of kinship through your parents."
36.Abu Huraira said, "The dead person can be raised a degree after his death. He said, 'My Lord, how is this?' He was told, 'Your child can ask for forgiveness for you."
[Chapter Name: Parents, From Al Adab Al Mufrad Al Bukhari By Imam Bukhari]
Ramadan, Durood Sharif and Parents
Kaab bin Ujra relates, Rasulullah (Sallallu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "Come near to the mimbar". And we came near to the mimbar.
When he ascended the First step of the mimbar he said "Aameen". When he ascended the second step of the mimbar he said, "Aameen". When he ascended the third step he said, "Aameen".
When he descended we said, "0 Rasul of Allah, we have heard from you today something which we never heard before". He said, When I ascended the first step) Jibra-eel A.S. appeared before me and said, "Woe to him who found the blessed month of Ramadan and let it pass by without gaining forgiveness", Upon that I said, "Aameen". When I ascended the second step, he said "Woe to him before whom thy name is mentioned and then does not read Durood (salaat alan Nabi) on you". I replied "Aameen". When I ascended the third step he said, "Woe unto the person in whose presence both parents or one of them attain old age, and (through failure to serve them) is not allowed to enter Jannah" I said "Aameen".
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The team formed by the UPV/EHU, the Repsol Foundation and BC3 guarantees the optimum balance between scientific research, knowledge-sharing, and societal application through climate policies.
UPV-EHU is a multisector, multidisciplinary research institution that provides educational services through teaching, research, scientific and technological development and university outreach. It's goal is to stimulate critical thinking and to spread information in order to contribute to the advancement of knowledge and social development through research and sharing the results with society.
UPV-EHU with its Euskampus project, was rated as a campus of excellence in the 2010 campus of excellence competition, and in the 2009 competition was rated excellent in I+D+I and knowledge transfer in the environmental quality and natural resources category. This program promotes adding so that by sharing a common campus, they can develop a shared strategic project to create an academic, scientific, entrepreneurial and innovative environment, aimed at achieving high visibility in order to strengthen the University-Society-Territory relationship.
This environment is the framework for the partnership agreement and specifically the environmental economy unit of the UPV/EHU's public economics institute, which is one of the priority areas of the Euskampus project "Sustainable Ecosystems and Environmental Technologies" whose mission is to strengthen scientific and technical capacities by integrating environmental, economic and social goals as related to renewable energy, territorial cohesion and sustainable resource management.
The BC3 is a Basque Excellence Research Centre (BERC) established in 2008 under the impulse of the Basque Government and the University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea to contribute to knowledge about the causes and impacts of climate change and encourage progress in high-level research on the subject.
This center was created, on the one hand, from the Basque government's strong commitment to promoting research and science as well as due to the Basque system's attraction of prestigious international researchers.
This commitment is reflected in the Science, Technology and Innovation (PCTI) 2010 which assures a commitment to situate the Basque Country as a benchmark in innovation and science in Europe. The center was created as a reflection of the importance that both the Basque Environmental Strategy for Sustainable Development 2002-2020 (and its last update, the Environmental Framework Programme 2011-2014), and the Basque Plan to Combat Climate Change 2008-2012 attribute to the generation of knowledge as a strategy to promote both improving quality of life and preserving the environment and its resources; or rather, Sustainable Development.
Led by one of the most recognized scientists in the field—professor Anil Markandya—the BC3 aims to contribute from the Basque Country in order to face this great challenge; to join forces with other world centers to collaborate towards this ambitious goal. The center was therefore created with the job of becoming an international reference point for research, recognized for its contribution to scientific knowledge and its capacity to attract first-rate researchers to the Basque research and science system.
BC3's research project centers on four major research areas: studying ways to adapt to the impact of climate change, policy knowledge about how to mitigate global warming gas emissions, understanding the international dimension of climate policy, and supporting research that complements and informs climate policy.
Repsol Foundation's purpose is to "be REPSOL group's expression of corporate commitment to social responsibility, and specifically its commitment to the the sustainable improvement of the societies where REPSOL has industrial and business operations". With this aim, the Foundation pursues common-interest social, cultural and environmental goals, as well as scientific/educational goals and the promotion of research, through action plans or programs.
The Repsol Foundation understands that programs in the public economics institute of the UPV/EHU, the Euskampus Project and the BC3 are in line with its goals and objectives.
The Repsol Foundation carries out projects and studies in the energy and environmental fields that aim to improve the sustainability of energy sources, sustainable resource management, and to reduce environmental impact.
In this sense, the Foundation promotes energy efficiency improvements by pushing for a better understanding of the current situation and analyzing a possible path for improvement through technical actions. Therefore, the Foundation is both present at and follows the development of both national and international discussion forums, and promotes forums and conferences on the aforementioned topics related to energy production and use.
The Repsol Foundation wants to contribute to the debate in Spain about climate change, its implications on energy supply, and the economic and social costs of policies adopted to mitigate its effects.
To do this, it is essential to conduct independent scientific and economic studies on the impact of possible policies to be implemented and to make them known to the public. With this goal, the Foundation forms a part of leading international scietific and research institutions, such as the Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) whose Joint Program on Science and Policy of Global Change is considered to be the most complete on climate change.
Aims to place the Basque Country in a position of global leadership as regards education, research activities and its capacity for innovation and knowledge transfer. Promoting and carrying out research of excellence as an instrument to improve the Basque System of Science, Technology and Innovation, becoming a driving force for social well-being.
At the same time, the CEI Euskampus is a project committed to its surroundings, seeking to link the UPV/EHU to companies, to the different social agents and the cities of the Basque Country, thus carrying out a prominent role in the process of social and economic transformation and regional development.
To promote and carry out research of excellence as an instrument to improve the Basque System of Science, Technology and Innovation, becoming a driving force for social well-being.
This committee evaluates the research conducted within the department framework and advises on the research agenda proposed by the Steering Committee. It is chaired by Professor A. Markandya, BC3's scientific director, and brings together prestigious researchers from the international scientific community.
This committee comprises representatives of the founding members and is chaired by the Programme Coordinator (Dr. A. Ansuategi). It is responsible for drafting the research agenda and other activities, as well as implementing these activities in close collaboration with the Scientific Committee.


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Q: Is there a way to disable chrome AUTOFILL and AUTOCOMPLETE for angular form? i want to disable autofill and autocomplete google chrome option
i tried variant solution like :

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*set *autocomplete="off" OR autocomplete="nope"

*set input type="search"

*an unknown value in the autocomplete like autocomplete="someThingUnknown"
is there any solution ?

A: I found a solution :
1 - set input type="text" to readonly :
<input type="text" [readonly]="inputText" />

2 -  set input type password to type text and change css to looks like a password input :
html :
<input type="text" [readonly]="inputPassword" class="pw-field"/>

css :
.pw-field{
        -webkit-text-security: disc;
 }

3- Add a focusEvent to both inputs:
html:
<input type="text" [readonly]="inputText" (focus)='focusFunction("text")' />

<input type="text" [readonly]="inputPassword" class="pw-field" (focus)='focusFunction("pw")' />

ts:
focusFunction(type){
  if(type == "text"){
        this.inputText = false;
        this.inputPassword = true;
    }else if(type == "pw"){
        this.inputText = false;
        this.inputPassword = true;
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Marc Anthony Thompson Net Worth 2021, Age, Height, Weight, Biography, Wiki and Career Details Net Worth, Biography, Age, Birthday, Family, Partner & Wiki
Real Name/Full Name Marc Anthony Thompson
Nick Name/Celebrated Name: Marc Anthony Thompson
Birth Place: Panama
Date Of Birth/Birthday: 16 September 1968
Parents Name: Father – Bobby Ramos
Nationality: Panamanian American
Marital Status: In a relationship
Girlfriend: Kate Sterlin
Wife/Spouse Name: N/A
Kids/Children Name: Zsela Thompson, Tessa Thompson
Profession: Musician
Marc Anthony Thompson is a singer and songwriter by profession based in the United States of America. He is also particularly famous as the founder of the musical collective named The Chocolate Genius. Also, He receives appreciation for his talent of mixing the genres Jazz, Folk, and R&B with his songs in a very urban way.
Well, how well do you know about Marc Anthony Thompson? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Marc Anthony Thompson's net worth in 2021, his age, height, weight, wife, kids, biography and complete details about his life. Well, if you're all set, here is what we know about Marc Anthony Thompson to date.
Thompson was born on 16th September of the year 1968 making him 52 years old currently in Panama. He is the son of a famous actor and performer named Bobby Ramos. Any information regarding Marc's mother or siblings is not available on the internet as he never disclosed much about them. He was born in Panama, but later his family moved to Los Angeles to provide him a better opportunity for his future.
So, how old is Marc Anthony Thompson in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Marc Anthony Thompson's age is 52 years old as of today's date 8th August 2021 having been born on 16 September 1968. Though, he is 5′ 4″ in feet and inches and 163 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 110 lbs in Pound and 50 kg in Kilograms.
Thompson was born on 16th September of the year 1968 making him 52 years old currently in Panama. He is the son of a famous actor and performer named Bobby Ramos. Unfortunately, any information regarding Marc's mother or siblings is not available on the internet as he never disclosed much about them. He was born in Panama, but later his family moved to Los Angeles to provide him a better opportunity for his future.
Marc's personal life story is a little confusing to the media because he prefers a secretive way of living. He does not like to disclose much about his family or his private matter to the press, so not a lot of information is available about the same on the internet. Yet, the media has managed to retrieve information about Marc's marital status.
He is currently not married to anyone, but he had been married twice before. His first wife's whereabouts are not entirely known. The only available information about his second marriage is that he has two kids, a daughter, and a son with whom nothing is known, including even their names.
Currently, Marc is in a relationship with Kate Sterlin, who is already popular among his audience as his photographer. He and Kate have two children together named Tessa Thompson and Zsela Thompson. Both of his children are talented as Zsela is a well-known craftsman and lyricist by profession, and Tessa is popular for her work as an entertainer.
Is Marc Thompson Gay?
Assuming from Marc's relationship history of being involved in two marriages before his current committed relationship, which is also to a woman and having his children with her, he is not gay. Marc once revealed that he identifies himself as a straight person, making it safe to conclude that he is very much straight and is not gay.
Marc was born in Panama, but his family moved to New York for a better scope of his future, and luck is known to have favored him greatly as he did not require a lot of time to gain popularity in the music industry. He released his first two solo albums named Marc Anthony Thompson in 1984 and Watts & Paris in 1989 and later founded the famous Chocolate Genius Inc, a musical collective.
He then released two more top-selling albums like Black Music and Godmusic, and in these two albums, he made use of very instrumental artists, which garnered quite the attention. Some of his other popular releases are the music albums named Black Yankee Rock and Truth vs. Beauty. He has also collaborated and worked with various famous music artists like Oren Bloedow, Marc Ribot, Yuka Honda, and David Stone.
There is no record of Marc's achievements available on the internet, but it is known for sure that the appreciation and love he received from his audience must have overwhelmed him and means more than any materialistic awards.
Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Marc Thompson in 2021
Marc Thompson's net worth is estimated to be around $600 thousand estimated as the current year 2021. Most of this is generated from his successful career as a musician. He is a famous songwriter and even a singer himself who has delivered quite a great deal of music to the industry, which brought him attention, appreciation, and wealth.
Marc is also very famous on various social media platforms, where he updates his life regularly. His social media handles have quite a handsome number of followers.
Marc Anthony Thompson is a talented songwriter and singer who has managed to build his career at such a young age due to his immense hard work and dedication towards his work. Not to forget that he is also a talented artist as well which has contributed to his success. He is doing pretty well in his profession in recent years.


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LSU snaps Arkansas's two-game winning streak (0:44)
Derrius Guice runs for 147 yards and three touchdowns in LSU's 33-10 victory over Arkansas. (0:44)
Chark burns Arkansas for 68-yard TD (1:15)
LSU's D.J. Chark shows why he is nicknamed "Flash" with a 68-yard catch and run for his second score of the day as LSU jumps to a 26-10 lead over Arkansas. (1:15)
Guice slashes Razorbacks defense for 33-yard score (0:32)
LSU's Derrius Guice finds a hole and outruns the Arkansas defense for his second score of the second half. (0:32)
Guice gets going in second half for LSU (0:42)
Derrius Guice runs like a battering ram through the Arkansas defense for the 6-yard score to take a 13-7 lead. (0:42)
Razorbacks' up-tempo offense punches ball in (0:24)
Arkansas' Devwah Whaley takes the hand-off and plunges into the end zone to tie LSU at 7-7 just before halftime. (0:24)
Chark gets behind Arkansas secondary for TD (0:40)
LSU's Danny Etling launches a 45-yard pass downfield to D.J. Chark who beats a Razorback defender for the game's first score. (0:40)
Guice taking over game with third score (0:33)
LSU's Derrius Guice's third score comes on a powerful one-yard run through the Razorbacks defensive line to put the Tigers up 33-10. (0:33)
Razorbacks move down field with TE screen (0:39)
Arkansas' Austin Allen uses a play-action-fake to set up a screen to Will Gragg for 33 yards to set up a Razorbacks field goal. (0:39)
Etling rifles pass for LSU first down (0:34)
On third down, Tigers' quarterback Danny Etling fits a pass in tight window to Dee Anderson for the first down. (0:34)
Razorbacks stunt to sack Etling (0:30)
T.J. Smith stunts to the left behind his teammates to sack LSU quarterback Danny Etling and force a punt. (0:30)
Orgeron: 'It means a lot' to win his second Golden Boot (1:03)
LSU head coach Ed Orgeron explains his pride in LSU's win over Arkansas and the decisions QB Danny Etling made in the second half. (1:03)
Orgeron hopes run game opens up in second half (0:27)
LSU's head coach Ed Orgeron says that the Razorbacks did a good job stopping the Tigers' rushing attack in the first half, but hopes to spread out the Arkansas defense to find holes in the second half. (0:27)
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