* A version of this article was published in the Australian Financial Review on 17 July 2018.
Telstra's latest predicament exemplifies what is Australia's problem of failing customer stewardship in infrastructure.
Like a world cup own goal, team Telstra is scrambling to make up lost time by seeking to fix stubborn old problems. The quest to simplify Telstra in one fell swoop is a sign that long-term, steady and consistent customer stewardship of our big institutions is becoming very difficult, but not impossible.
Telstra typifies all the challenges of infrastructure. It has huge upfront investments, big focus on engineering and technology that defines its long term legacies yet these characteristics also make it hard to respond to customers and bring about change when needed – hence stewardship by customers.
The good news is that some Australian infrastructure firms are making the change in mindset and practice to get better at customer stewardship – rich in data, technology and innovation: driven by responsible people accountable for their actions.
These firms have gone beyond the basic compliance mentality of 'ticking the box' evident in so many annual reports where the reader can only be hopeful but not assured the right thing is being done.
Customer stewardship is an opportunity for infrastructure investors, owners, operators and policymakers to expand their toolkit of solutions for the nation's problems from a pretty obvious starting place, the customer.
That means a determination to deliver good long-term outcomes, based on substantive relationships, where reciprocity strengthens performance and participation with stakeholders comes first.
This reflects a realisation among CEOs that not all our economic and social challenges can be addressed through reducing costs, lifting prices or through more funding.
Examples of customer stewardship are not abundant, but there is a growing cohort of spirited exemplars making their mark. Like Port of Brisbane with its storm water treatment in Lockyer Valley is helping redress silt build up down stream and avoiding expensive and disruptive dredging of channels. This is benefiting a multitude of stakeholders, including its private owners.
Unfortunately the social licence to own and operate infrastructure by the private sector is drifting into troubled water and must be corrected. Already there have been calls to renationalise Telstra. While that may seem absurd, nationalisation of broadband assets is exactly what has happened with NBN and UK is in the midst of maelstrom on similar issues.
A lack of connectedness of decision makers in Telstra to the anguish customers often face in dealing with their service provider has persisted across the decade.
While transparency is usually an enabler of managerial accountability to long-term outcomes, in the case of Telstra the sheer complexity and effort to understand the labyrinth by managers inside and outside has aided and abetted half hearted remedies to customer service and corporate misadventure.
Telstra appears to have finally self-medicated with a new business model splitting off its legacy physical assets into InfraCo. This reflects what customers have understood for a long time, that Telstra has reached a tipping point where benefits of size and scope of operations no longer justify the cost of underperformance.
Institutional investors can help buttress an enduring customer led, market based stewardship for infrastructure. That is where responsible owners are active in managing their assets to the shifting needs of customers, and are front footed in reimaging infrastructure to adapt and perform to higher standards of service and innovation over the long term.
While many investors are attracted to the infrastructure asset class because it is typically a safe haven from volatility and with inflation adjusted returns, it is important that they closely engage customers and community to ensure services are timely, scaled and feasible.
A plethora of challenges confront investors, owners and operators of infrastructure. On the one hand, pressure to payout dividends especially to retired security holders dependant on their investment to meet living costs has never been more acute, and on the other immense pressure to reinvest in assets and networks in response to climate, technology and social change. Public trust is delicately balanced as to how investors navigate these challenges.
Australia needs a stronger ambition to an infrastructure future where customers, asset owners and operators exchange information, understand needs and preferences and are motivated to meet them in a way that lifts the entire system. This simple process of stewardship underpinned by respect and humility to the customer and the community from which they come has been lost, as infrastructure gets bigger and more complex.
Customer stewardship is a means to a very important end, rebuilding trust. Integrity demonstrated through consistent behaviour towards the customer (and community) will be a big step forward. Too often communication with customers is not targeted, timely, clear or helpful and dressed with over-promise served on a platter of poor delivery.
Telstra along with the whole infrastructure sector must commit to being a beacon for exemplary customer stewardship. Its time to bring the customer and community in from the cold, and when they do not only will shareholders and customers be better off, so will Australia.
Turnbull's 2018 Budget is accelerating the shift to 'equity' as its preferred spending weapon in its war on infrastructure inadequacy. Securing a commercial rate of return on investments like Melbourne's Rail Link, Snowy 2.0 enables government to spend up big without exacerbating budget deficits. But this magic pudding of political ambition and public accounting rules has its limits.
Lessons about big infrastructure projects like NBN are commonplace, aggressive spending followed by weak outcomes. Prospects of commerciality and off budget financing delivering good long-term outcomes do seem fanciful. Bad service, irrelevant products and gold plating are just a few of the modern trip-wires that can cause projects to be uncommercial causing debt and deficit blow ups for future budgets.
Being a monopoly was once a fail-safe inoculation against unhappy customers and competition. New technologies like 5G mobile telephony, batteries for energy storage and autonomous vehicles are creating alternatives to legacy infrastructure. They all point to a future where customers are no longer hostages to poor government decisions because they have other options.
The likelihood of stranded assets in infrastructure is much higher than ever before, so taxpayers need to be vigilant that off budget financing of infrastructure projects is prudent. Transparency is key along with ensuring these projects tap the enterprise and dynamism of private capital to do more heavy lifting in resolving the nations infrastructure challenges.
Too many projects in the Budget are all funded and orchestrated by government which sits oddly with the fact that superannuation funds have significant capacity to invest in infrastructure here and abroad.
This situation demands urgent redress so that the many sources of private capital can be put to work as equity and debt partners. Private capital should be given more of a chance to invest in areas that can earn commercial returns rather than blindly relying on taxpayers to fund infrastructure. Substituting private for public capital will free up government funds for budget repair and targeting community and social infrastructure in areas where commercial outcomes are less likely, but with high impact on liveability.
What is missing in Australia is a much richer and more authentic collaboration model for infrastructure where risk, innovation and customer outcomes are rewarded without the need for big capital spending. OFWAT, the UK utilities regulator no longer rules on capex and opex in respect of water, but leaves it up to the utility and customer to find the right mix. Gold plating is now a relic of history. In its place is a mindset to use capital effectively in the interest of customer and community outcomes.
Australia has lost its edge with world infrastructure leaders. To get back on track the nation needs to incentivise and reward more innovation solutions that are less capital intensive and deliver sooner big customer and community outcomes.
To do that, governments must step back from pulling the big dollar spending trigger and focus on governance reform enabling dynamic and innovative leadership of private capital and community sectors.
For example, there is no doubt the $400m Port Botany rail duplication project is critical but why does the taxpayer have to fund this? The problem is not the private operators, but the willingness of government to step in when other private capital options are possible with the right regulatory settings.
Major airports and now maritime ports that are mostly privately owned or leased along east coast need to increasingly look beyond their front gate and take responsibility and stewardship for the connectedness of their business to the broader economy. No doubt this is hard, especially with urban encroachment, a lack of long term planning make 24-hour operations difficult. But this is exactly the sort of innovation and enterprise challenge private owners and operators should embrace, and be rewarded when they succeed.
The scope for improvement in infrastructure governance is enormous. Creation last year of the Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency is a step in the right direction provided it is an instrument for collaborating with the many sources of private capital available for infrastructure. Equity financing by government can be legitimate provided there is plenty of room for private capital to play a big role in being accountable to customers to flex and adjust over the entire economic life of infrastructure.
Australia is much more likely to get back on the best practice frontier when it heeds the lessons of past reforms. Infrastructure businesses have proven to be far superior to that of projects. Fiduciary boards, light handed regulation and active private investors operating transparently and in concert with customers is what will make every dollar and every talent count towards securing prosperity and well being for all.
President Trump's infrastructure plan last week is pitched in the language of the can do. Not only does it aim to unleash over a trillion dollars of investment, it promises a major project bonanza that will have Prime Minster Turnbull's business delegation salivating at the prospect of getting a cut of 'Making America Great Again'.
Massive tax cuts, surging military spending and now an unfunded infrastructure plan is a potent Manhattan cocktail for US economy to digest.
Despite a decade of best endeavours from the US Federal Reserve, President Trump has managed to do what quantitative easing never did, rekindle inflationary and animal spirits.
Observers of the Australian delegation visit must see through diplomatic pleasantries, and recognise the unique opportunities from the heightened interest of the US in Australian infrastructure. Deep superannuation pockets and policy experience can assure the nation a place at the President's table, but we must be open that the lessons are two way.
The US outperforms Australia on innovation, productivity and finding better use for existing infrastructure. It has achieved this because of many reasons including the harsh reality that money for public infrastructure has been very scarce.
'Necessity is the mother of invention' simply rings true when it comes to US infrastructure. But there is no doubt the US has sweated its infrastructure to within an inch of its life. The time for renewal is overdue. Australia on the other hand is the mirror image of the US, where availability of big dollars has breed a cavalier build first mindset.
It will not be a day too soon, when strong investment and robust economic growth is the reason that Australia can jettison its low inflation, low bond yield economy. We must be sober to the reality that a decade of cheap money has not resolved any fundamental infrastructure challenges.
The hollowness of big project proponents that over promise and under deliver has contributed to higher costs and lower service quality. Meanwhile, declining liveability in cities and regional centres reflect the neglect of community infrastructure that is in a permanent state of disrepair.
Inflation heightens investor sensitivity to the time value of money especially when it is locked up for decades in big infrastructure projects. Higher inflationary risks will be critical in reawakening institutional investors to greater diligence in the scrutiny of investments so they are well placed for the long term.
Australia continues to choose projects that are not accretive to long-term economic growth or improved liveability, despite independent infrastructure agencies giving assurances the problem is fixed.
Government led NBN is an unfolding case study about what is wrong in Australia, while inland rail, Snowy 2.0 and Western Sydney Airport might be well intentioned projects but rightly trigger taxpayer anxiety.
Getting the global economy back on track to economic normality with moderate inflation and presence of future inflationary risk will help discipline infrastructure decision-making and invite stronger long-term stewardship.
That is where asset owners and operators continuously lift their game, develop new services, and secure revenues through better services with less reliance on automatic CPI plus increases in prices.
Owners and operators must be better incentivised to innovate, work towards earning customer loyalty and trust that lowers risks of operation, opens new investment opportunities and strengthens financial performance for investors. Governments can do more in ensuring project concession deeds and regulation enable operators to innovate and meet long-term customer needs.
While the promised benefits of President Trump's infrastructure plan may dazzle some, Australia needs to play the long game in US where exemplarily customer led infrastructure is what distinguishes us, not just deep superannuation pockets.
If infrastructure investors and owners in US and Australia fail this 21st century balancing act between debt obligations, equity returns and keeping customers happy then the alternative is readily apparent. Jeremy Corbyn's agenda to renationalise large chunks of UK infrastructure is a timely reminder of what is at stake.
*Published in the Australian Financial Review 21 February, 2018.
Politicians are feverishly driving quick fixes for an ailing energy sector. But heavy-handed government interventions risk more road kill, of an endangered species called market led microeconomic reform.
Energy markets in Australia have devolved into a sandpit for political adventurism rather than bringing together customers and efficient suppliers. An unpalatable energy status quo is now the result, set in concrete by an absence of good policy design and a fake commitment to markets.
When Australia floated the $A in 1983 there was no fiddling at the edges of the foreign exchange market. Quality institutional structures were put in place and not meddled with; political interference with interest rates and exchange rate targeting was cast aside permanently.
If only energy markets were given the same rock solid foundations.
Markets demand consistency with rules and protocols that govern them. Governments can play a pivotal role in their setting and ongoing integrity towards achieving reliable, responsible and efficient energy.
It's not too late for change. State and Federal governments must adhere hard earned lessons from past reforms. First, is to get out of the kitchen and back into the boardroom.
Setting good market design is key. Microeconomic reform from 1980s to early 2000 was a gift that keeps on giving. Corporatisation, privatisation and market reform continues to underpin today's high living standards.
It swept away layers of absurd bureaucratic intervention. Many would recall not so long ago taxpayers paid teams of inspectors to studiously spot-check Ansett and TAA; their job was to ensure meals served on domestic airlines were precisely equivalent in quality and quantity. Competition was outlawed.
Going back to this would be intolerable. But when governments intervene over the top of markets as we have witnessed in energy, then the door is open to this bureaucratic slippery slope.
Setting clear objectives and then prescribing the consequences to market actors if they are not met is where Government can do their best; this is the language of performance, success and partnership with private sector.
The new holy trinity for energy security appears to be a combination of gas, batteries and renewables. There might be merit in this formula but we should be circumspect and so should Dr Finkel in his forthcoming review.
Periods of rapid technical change quickly reveal stranded assets and flawed argument. In the late 1700s, sophisticated conversation at many gentlemen clubs around London seriously contemplated how the world could possibly grow enough grass to feed all the horses required to power an industrialised Britain.
Nobody in the energy debate wants to be the modern equivalent of a well meaning but entirely irrelevant and flawed reasoning of the gentlemen club.
That is why governments must change. If they try and micromanage the transformation of energy it will almost certainly deny the nation its innovation, productivity and wealth generation potential for at least a generation.
Business as a protagonist for microeconomic reform has lost its edge. Cosy and profitable relationships appear to have usurped a previous zeal for challenging the nation for better long-term outcomes. Social licence matters and business can and should be powerful voices for reform, restless with the status quo not its silent guardian.
The transformation of energy is going to be breathtaking. It will have equivalence to other upheavals like the advent of passenger motor vehicles, and the impact of refrigeration that changed food production and distribution. Improved storage and reduced perishability of food opened up new trading platforms including the Chicago Futures Exchange.
Energy production and dispatch is changing. The consequences of storage through batteries at multiple levels of the value chain will be profound. Individuals and corporates alike will be able to aggregate and make their surplus energy substitutable and tradeable in both time and geography.
Energy is on the cusp of having its Uber and Kodak moment all in one.
As a result current institutional arrangements and many legacy assets will be stranded. In fact structures and trading mechanisms for new energy markets do not exist yet.
How the energy sector will arrange itself is a big question; where profit will be created an even bigger one. But that is where fortunes will be made and lost.
Energy in Australia need not be a slow motion accident that we passively watch happen. Markets are a key part of the solution, and so is redressing dire straits of public policy capacity and reform appetite that has dissolved since the hey days of Hawke, Keating and Howard.
Politicians that shift the blame for Australia's energy woes onto markets and previous microeconomic reform is a new normal we must reject because left unchallenged will only diminish the nation's future.
* A version of this article appeared in the Australian Financial Review on 23 March 2017.
Superannuation plays an important role in intermediating national savings for financing and funding infrastructure. But the public policy settings that enable this to happen must be soundly based.
As has been widely reported, the Australian Federal Government is seeking to define and legislate an objective for superannuation. This is important, because in the absence of clear objectives, governments enjoy more latitude to tinker with short-term priorities without accountability to the risks of inferior long-term outcomes.
It is an indictment on public policy that super has been without any legislated objective since it began in 1992: but it is hardly a one-off.
Infrastructure is in a similar situation but curiously, Infrastructure Australia (IA) doesn't seem to mind.
Billions of taxpayers' dollars spent on building roads, for example, is not anchored to a consistent and enduring objective. Could this be a reason why so little benefit is translating to the community from more than a decade of big-dollar transport spending?
Despite the plethora of recommendations from the IA latest audit, the nation's independent adviser appears hamstrung by a focus on its favourite project list. In part this is courtesy of poorly conceived terms of reference. Australia benefited enormously when objectives of monetary policy were clarified and good institutional arrangements followed, including Reserve Bank independence.
The nation must heed lessons from its past: good governance begets great long-term outcomes.
There is still time for IA to sharpen the national infrastructure pencil through championing good governance.
It can do this by helping develop a clear strategic objective that government can legislate into law. For example, one that takes account of roads within the broader transport system and how service outcomes adapt over time to a rapidly changing world.
Surely this is an appropriate starting point, along with erecting a much-needed scaffolding to reinforce good public policy outcomes like performance reporting, disseminating cost data and rigorous case studies on project and policy success and failure.
Transparency is key and it should govern every moment of IA's existence. It will help sanitise poor decision-making and even poorer project performance and cost overruns that undermine the nation's future.
In the case of road pricing reform, IA's agenda must shift the mindset of all stakeholders to a new standard; it is not just about finding another funding pot.
IA appears blind sided by the evaporating revenues from fuel excise and what that means for funding new infrastructure, without deeper consideration to the long-term outcomes the community expects of their roads.
The roads sector has had a carte blanche operational model for the best part of two centuries, where political will has prevailed without the discipline of balance sheet management, commitment to service standards and rate of return on assets.
A recent Newgate survey commissioned by the Better Infrastructure Initiative points to both tolled and regular arterial roads as holding the "wooden spoon" of infrastructure when it comes to customer perceptions.
Clearly change is needed, where service quality outcomes with roads is the main game, not more bitumen. Whatever are the final reforms for roads pricing, it will be intolerable for the community to be lumbered with another new tax or user charges uncoupled from service quality.
Recognising the uncanny resemblance between infrastructure and superannuation and to act in unison fixing both is a good starting point for 2017.
That means for example, all legislation that commits funds for land transport has clear and actionable objectives enshrined in law.
Australia was a world leader in infrastructure, and we can do it again starting with land transport. Rigorous reform through corporatisation and privatisation from the late 1980s and 1990s is still reaping dividends but is badly in need of the next tranche.
New South Wales and Victoria are channelling this golden era of infrastructure to good effect, but the social licence to sell assets is fragile, and needs ongoing stewardship.
Unfortunately, IA with its project list and appetite for big spending is falling short of challenging the nation to innovate through doing more with less. There is much to be gained for IA to pursue deep infrastructure governance reform, starting with establishing strong objectives to help ensure great long-term outcomes.
* Garry Bowditch is Executive Director, Better Infrastructure Initiative, John Grill Centre for Project Leadership, University of Sydney. This article appeared in the Australian Financial Review on 5 December 2016.
President elect Trump has promoted a big infrastructure program to revitalise the American economy. So, Australia and the US have a lot in common for now.
Unlike Australia, the US has been a miserly spender when it comes to public infrastructure. As a result rusty and decaying infrastructure is on display across US cities and its vast regional areas.
The scarcity of money ensured the 'buff and shine' of US infrastructure was long ago substituted with something far more potent – innovation and inventiveness.
Necessity is the mother of invention and the US stands as a good example of pursuing high net benefit interventions like decongesting and debottlenecking existing infrastructure.
New York's Fulton Rail Interchange is a case in point, along with innovation around big data, ride and asset sharing such as Uber and using analytics to sharpen and identify how to make US cities work better.
These are all important and beneficial characteristics for President Trump towards unlocking even more potential from cities and the infrastructure system.
Sweating assets in business and infrastructure is a prerequisite for lifting productivity and getting the most for every dollar invested. But the US is rapidly approaching a tipping point where the net economic gains of austerity are nearly depleted.
It is both timely and laudable that Mr. Trump considers fixing inner cities and rebuilding highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals as a priority.
The US has room to move on this but not in the traditional way. Its infrastructure stock to GDP ratio sits at about 64 per cent, compared to 70 per cent for other major economies. However US Federal Budget with endless deficits and growing public indebtedness will require a different approach if a new infrastructure era is to be activated.
Australia and the US can work together to help make the Trump infrastructure agenda happen. Its infrastructure reform of the 1980s and 1990s is a worthy benchmark for US to adopt.
Reforming the US government balance sheet should easily connect with the Trump business mindset much like NSW asset recycling has unlocked previously closed doors with a skeptical public. It has the potential to do the same in US too.
We think a new stakeholder led US Infrastructure Bank could generate and allocate the money through corporatisation and privatisation of government assets and businesses much more efficiently than bureaucratic processes.
Despite local successes the social license to privatise is tenuous. Australia has threated the privatisation needle many times, and the lesson for the US is pretty simple; focus on long term efficiency not short-term stimulus.
Australia can share with the US our strong private sector infrastructure empowerment with full accountability to balance sheet reporting. We can work with our American cousins on our lessons where regulation has been kept to a minimum and where government sought to get out of the way to enable private sector to interact with their customers.
This is a winning formula in Australia, and same for the US.
But before that can happen the US must resolve a persistently stubborn contradiction. How can the world's pin-up capitalist economy be so ambivalent to private ownership of public infrastructure?
Australia can and should seek to help the Trump Administration navigate an overdue national mind shift in favour of privately owned customer led infrastructure. It is an enormous market waiting for long term superannuation capital and expertise from Down Under.
On the other side of the coin there is plenty we can learn about how US cities are introducing smart city transport and local water and energy decentralisation and activating partnerships between universities. We can learn how to unleash new entrepenuership innovation districts that are building new jobs and revitalising large and small communities.
Both nations stand at the forfront of a new urban infrastructure enhanced future that can re-shape opportunities for people and places where both nations become leaders for the world.
*Garry Bowditch, Executive Director, Better Infrastructure Initiative, John Grill Centre, University of Sydney; Edward J Blakely is Chair of the Future City Collaborative and professor and dean at several US Univerities as well an OECD urban expert.
This article was published in the Australian Financial Review on 17 November 2016.


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What is causing brown patches to show up in my zoysia lawn? It was doing really well a few months ago!
Although rare, common causes for brown patches to form in an otherwise healthy lawn are a thatch buildup, fungus, disease or an insect problem. All of these problems can be solved with a little effort.
A thatch build up can cause the grass to start dying, turning brown in color, allowing other weeds, fungus and grasses to invade your zoysia lawn. To correct the build up you would need to use a dethatching machine or vigorously rake the thatch out. Only do this when the grass is actively growing. For an easier solution a product such as our "Liquid Thatch Remover" can be sprayed on the lawn to rid and prevent a thatch build up.
There are many different types of fungus and disease that can affect the grass. If you suspect any of these it is very important to treat the area right away. Most fungus and disease are caused by thatch buildup, over fertilizing, hot humid temperatures, poor drainage and circulation. Correcting these conditions and if necessary the application of a fungicide can eliminate most fungus and disease. We do carry an organic fungicide, NPP Broad Spectrum Fungicide. If you are not sure you have a fungus or disease in your lawn it would be best to take a sample to your local garden center.
Some insects that live in the soil will eat the roots of lawn grasses. These insects are grubs, chinch bugs, nematodes and mole crickets. An infestation of these insects will cause the grass to die and turn brown. The use of an insecticide would need to be applied. Be sure to check the label and verify that what you are using will kill these types of insects not all insecticides will.
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The head of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign relations Kamal Kharrazi has criticized the delay in launching a special mechanism promised by Europe to facilitate trade with Iran, in the wake of U.S. sanctions reimposition.
To help preserve the 2015 nuclear deal after the U.S. withdrawal in May 2018, Europe came up with the idea of establishing a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to help Iran trade with the continent despite U.S. sanctions affecting trade, investments and banking.
According to ISNA, Kharrazi said on January 19 that "repeated delays by EU" in launching the SPV "is not acceptable".
Iran's economy is facing a deep crisis as sanctions have reportedly halved Iran's oil exports and the government and the people face a cash crunch. Multiple protests in 2018 have created the ever-present danger of mass unrest.
European officials had expressed hope that the SPV could become operational by the end of 2018, but recently Europe has been reluctant to make any clear pledges.
Reuters reported January 18 that European countries are becoming increasingly upset with Iran's continued missile tests and evidence of Iranian undercover operations to assassinate opponents on European soil.
After the U.S. pullout from the nuclear agreement Iran said that if it loses all economic gain from agreeing to deal, it will not have an incentive to continue abiding by its provisions.
U.S. has urged Europe not to make concessions to Iran, which would weaken the impact of the sanctions.


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It was another successful week for Bowie powerlifting teams as both boys and girls won their respective meets.
The Jackrabbit team hosted a league meet on Feb. 7 against four other schools from the same region and division. Thanks to 10 lifters placing in the top three of their weight classes, including three gold medals, Bowie outpointed Alvord by seven points to win the overall team title.
Top finishers included Dalton Davis winning the 148 pound division with a 1,035 pound total, Zack Otto winning the 220 pound division with a 1,290 total and Bryan Arellano winning the 242 pound division with a 1,260 total.
Other lifters who placed included: Raiden Brezina earning second in the 114 division, Roman Rivas and Ethan Meyers earning second and third in the 132 division, Joey Crawford earning second in the 165 division, Jacob Skinner and Victor Tran placing second and third in the 181 division, Tyson Herron earning third in the super heavy weight division.
Based on totals, Skinner and Tran have the second and third highest totals in the region in the 181 pound class. Rivas and Otto also are both listed third in the region in their weight classes according to their highest totals.
The girls traveled to Perrin-Whitt on Feb. 9 to compete against 10 other schools, including some from division one and two. Despite the competition, the Lady Rabbits dominated as they won the overall meet by more than 20 points as 11 lifters contributed point totals, including six gold medals.
Top finishers include: Jessie Henry winning the 97 pound weight class, Sierra Skinner winning the 104 pound weight class, Emma Skinner winning the 114 pound weight class; Kerstin Kindsfather winning the 148 pound weight class, Carrington Davis winning the 198 pound weight class and Chelsea Price winning the 220 pound weight class.
Other lifters who contributed to the point total included Jenna Rogers earning second in the 148 division, Ashley Aguirre earning third in the 123 division, Maddie Baker earning third in the 132 division, Harley Lowe earning fourth in the 220 division and Breanne Masingale earning fifth in the 148 division.
Emma Skinner and Davis each won lifter of the meet, Skinner among the light weight classes and Davis among the heavy weight classes. Both of them set PRs with their total weight as Skinner's 640 was a 70 pound jump. Davis broke the 1,000 pound total for the first time, a feat Coach Quentin Berend said he has never seen a girl he has coached do before.
Davis and Henry both have the highest weight total in their weight classes in the region. Davis has the distinction of having the highest weight total in both the 181 and 198 weight classes.
Sierra and Emma Skinner as well as Price all have the second highest total in the region for their weight classes.
To see results for every Bowie lifter, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.


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The IT Professionals Association (ITPA), a broad-based independent industry association for people working in IT, has awarded its first Certified Practising Member (CPM) status just weeks after launching the sanctioned skills verification system.
Late in 2016, Jonathan Crust, a 42-year-old Telecommunications Support Officer for the Loddon Mallee Rural Health Alliance in Bendigo, Victoria became the first ITPA member to be awarded CPM status under its new program.
Launched in November 2016 after a restructure and rebranding of the previous SAGE-AU professional association for systems administrators, ITPA has prioritised the formation of this professional development program modelled on similar certification in accounting and trades.
ITPA President, Robert Hudson said that financial members need to earn a minimum number of credit points through accredited training programmes and courses each year to obtain and retain their CPM status.
"We wanted to implement a professional development program that allowed our members to demonstrate to employers that they have made the effort to ensure that their professional skills are current," Hudson said.
"Our industry is constantly changing and we feel it is an important member service to provide a certification system that reflects the evolving demands of industry and the new technologies, systems and solutions being adopted.
ITPA members need to earn 20 credit points each year to retain their CPM status including courses that are being organised by the association using highly experienced members as tutors in a distance-learning online environment.
Crust completed the ITPA-sponsored VMware v6.0 Master Class short course and utilised Business Analysis and Digital Forensics units he had completed in 2016 as part of a Charles Sturt University IT Masters degree he is undertaking to qualify as the association's first CPM.
Hudson said that ITPA is focused on growing the clear opportunities there are for IT professionals to develop skills that are relevant to the current and future demands of industry.
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Q: How to know which operating system is suitable for my PC between 32/64-bit? I'm using 32-bit operating system since I've my laptop. I've never used the 64-bit operating system so I'm much curious about this that if I upgrade to 64-bit still my pc will give me the same performance. However I've checked about my hardware from this question. I don't know about those result that what they are saying? So I'm here for little help to know that is there any performance issue after upgrading or not?

A: In common usage, the reason to go 64-bit is to make use of more RAM (memory) in your system.
In Windows, 32-bit is limited to a little over 2GB of RAM available to programs, while 64-bit is virtually limitless. To benefit from it, your processor must support 64-bit. The D.E.P. and virtualization are not related to performance in common desktop usage.
So, since Windows 32-bit already supports a little over 3GB of RAM:

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*If you have 3GB of RAM or less, stay with 32-bit.

*If you have 4GB or more, go with 64-bit.

A: It is unlikely that you'll notice any difference in performance when moving from 32 to 64bit.
The note about no hardware virtualization can be ignored. If you didn't miss this feature while using your 32bit operating system, you won't miss it with 64bit either.

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For unbelievers and Israelites, submission is a difficult matter because they are not related to other unbelievers and Israelites in life. We, however, are related in life. Therefore, it is not a difficult matter to submit, for within we are all one, sharing the same life and the same Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit directs all things. Mutual submission brings in a happy state and a lifetime of rest for us. If we take all burdens upon ourselves, it will be a tiring job. If they are distributed among the members, it will be a relaxing matter. If we are willing to be restricted by the Lord, we will have true rest. Hence, to submit to the authority of the members is a great release. Otherwise, we stand in the position of others, while causing ourselves to be under great strain. For us, submission is spontaneous, and disobedience is awkward. Why do we have to devour one another? Why do we have to criticize one another? For us these should be awkward things.
The Lord has taught us not only to learn submission in the family and in the world, but also in the Body, in the church. If we learn submission well in the Body, we will learn it well everywhere else. This is the only place to start. Hence, the church is the place of testing. It is also the place of perfection. If we do not learn well here, anything done elsewhere will not be successful. If the lesson is learned well in the church, the problem of the kingdom is solved, the problems in the world will be solved, and the problems in the universe will be solved.
In the past authority has been too objective to many, and submission also has been objective. We have tried to apply outward submission to a subjective body. Today authority has become a matter of life. In other words, it has become an inward matter. In the Body of Christ, authority and submission meet in one Body, and both have become subjective, living, and united. This is the highest expression of God's authority. Authority and submission are in one Body, and they are being brought to the highest peak. Let us be perfected here. Otherwise, there will be no way for us to go on. The place to meet authority is in the Body. The Head as the source of authority is in the church. The members who operate according to the measure of each one part, with a mutual supply between those who represent authority and those who submit to it, are also in the church. If we do not meet authority here, there is no hope for us elsewhere.


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Shut down in the early Seventies, the Mercat del Born has had many false starts on its way to a new life; as a result, for many years, it went slowly into decline while its interior became a magnet for urban explorers. Ten years ago, plans were formed to turn it into the Provincial Library of Barcelona only for these to then grind to a halt with the discovery on the site of ruins from the 18th-century La Ribera neighbourhood. It had been razed to make room for Felipe V's much hated citadel, built in 1715 to keep Barcelona in line after the brutal War of Succession. Not that the find was much of a surprise given that in La Ribera car park on Passeig del Born, ruins from the same area were found years ago; they were subsequently destroyed to make room for parking spaces.
So, the market plans changed again and a project was developed to create a new cultural centre for the neighbourhood as well as a subterranean museum of the ruins similar to that in the Museu d'Història de la Ciutat de Barcelona in Plaça del Rei. While the inauguration date is set for September 11th (starting a year of events commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Fall of Barcelona), for some months now, the construction process has been slowly winding down, with the semi-permanent brick wall around the market yielding to a temporary fence and the sounds of jackhammers diminishing. Locals can now do something they've haven't been able to for decades: touch the market walls.
The plans have called for a cessation of all through traffic and parking on the streets of Fusina, Comerç, La Ribera and Comercial, which will become full-width, pedestrian-only thoroughfares. Sewage is being improved. Trees are being planted. But, given that many perceive the general approach to development of Barcelona's centre as tourists first and residents second, those living around the market are eyeing these changes cautiously. This was echoed in a recent tour of the market for residents when one attendee asked, "Are these new rooms in the market just going to be cafés for guiris?" The representative of the new cultural centre, Gemma Noguera, gave a definitive "no", but transparency on the project has been wanting, both for residents and businesses.
Short of a paper posted on his building notifying residents that Comerç would soon be cut to through traffic and about the aforementioned market tours, Jaume Rovira has had little other outreach from those running the project. Similarly, he and others had been told that there would be no new terraces allowed in the area, but it now appears this won't be the case.
For certain non-food enterprises in the area such as Sofia Gidlööf's eponymous Scandinavian furniture shop, the construction has been viewed as a necessary evil. "Other than finding my street being torn up in front of the shop one day, there hasn't been much in the way of disruption from it," said Gidlööf. She's looking to the future and seeing the larger picture of a grand pedestrian boulevard from Santa Maria del Mar that will run past her shop and out to Parc de la Ciutadella. She sees it becoming a 'new' part of the centre for locals rather than tourists, something which Donald Myerston (whose front of house staff speak Catalan, a not so common thing in restaurants in the area) agrees with.
For the more traditional businesses here, such as granel shop Casa Perris (which sells pulses and dried fruit in bulk), employee Claudia Ventura says that all of this has had little effect on them. "People come to our shop for the same reasons that they have for decades, to buy flour, beans, nuts, etc." Beyond the annoyance of having their street pulled up, they haven't seen any changes in business. With the completion of the work, though, they anticipate an increase in their dried fruit sales as they believe there will undoubtedly be a lot more tourist foot traffic in the area.
The fully exposed ruins, some of which are thought to date back to the 14th century, form a fascinating snapshot of life in Barcelona prior to their destruction. Two metres below the surface there are over 50 old homes, several taverns, butchers, countless wells and even a large pit in which they made wine. Crisscrossing all of this are the old streets that still exist in the modern neighbourhood, although in slightly different orientations. And then there is the most dominant element, the old Rec Comtal. This is a hydraulic system that, for many centuries, fed water to this side of old Barcelona.
To visit the ruins, according to the communication department of the city's Institut de Cultura, people will need to go online to book an appointment with a guide. However, the cost for this has not yet been determined. There will also be a museum of artefacts found during the excavation but what will be contained here is still also undecided. The rooms inside the market will be for neighbourhood use but, again, the communication staff is quite vague about exactly what this will entail.
The Born market is just a few weeks from reopening and local restaurants are waiting to hear about terraces and completion of the work. Despite having been given tours of the market's interior in February and March, residents don't receive much information and what they do hear is often conflicting. Possibly it's a result of there never having been a fully clear vision for what to do with this market. Or perhaps it has something to do with the fact that the original project architect, Rafael de Cáceres, publicly resigned in 2011, protesting the reduction in cultural space among other unfavourable changes to the plans.
Whatever the reason, one thing has remained constant: the concept of 'more'. The businesses all foresee there being more foot traffic. Residents see this as well and fear having to pay more for their rent in the not-too-distant future. September 11th is getting closer and while that day will mark the official reopening of the market, there is little doubt that more regarding this story will unfold afterwards.
Just after this had gone to press, there was a neighbors' meeting which as a resident, I attended. It quickly devolved in to a complaint session by residents given that the plans shown now are completely different from those presented last September. The focus over the last 10 months has indeed been to make it more tourist friendly and less resident enjoyable. Visitors will love the addition of even more terrace space, but it's just going to become an extension of Passeig del Born at night.
I have to disagree on the new pavings. While the concept of having old stones interspersed to represent the old streets that lie below is a great concept, the rectangular granite stones are garbage. They're already filthy and look horrid despite only being in place for a couple of months and they have a bland, generic look that loses all the flair of Panots de Flor that define the unique feel of this city and look like a bland shopping mall in anywhere in the United States.
that I inadvertently renamed the street Passeig de Gracia, rather then Passeig del Born. Sorry!
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Just being in The Joule (1530 Main St.) feels like being in a swanky, miniature art gallery. Usually, you just wander the Taschen library and buy a coffee at Weekend (the only thing that you can afford), but now you can enjoy a fantastic cultural experience in this gorgeous setting. At The Joule's First Thursdays, you can browse the knick-knacks and aesthetically-pleasing, well-curated selection of goods (some at great markdowns) while listening to JT Donaldson spin tunes and enjoying a killer happy hour. Ms. Patty Cake will also be on hand doing nail art, so you can get a tiny little masterpiece that you can see every time you look down on your hands — even if you don't buy anything else. More at thejouledallas.com.


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Q: How to replace backslashs in URL in htaccess I have an URL that looks like:
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And I need this to redirect to:
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So far I have:
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RewriteRule ^([^\s%20]+)(?:\s|%20)+([^\s%20]+)((?:\s|%20)+.*)$ $1$2+$3 [N,DPI]
RewriteRule ^([^\s%20]+)(?:\s|%20)+(.*)$ /$1+$2 [L,R=301,DPI]

This allows me to replace the %20 for a plus (+) symbol, but I tried a lot of different rules for the \' replacement with no success.

A: RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}:%{SERVER_PORT}s ^(.*):(443(s)|\d+s)$
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Russian warships loaded with tanks have been spotted leaving Turkish waters headed for Syria.
It comes as the world awaits Vladimir Putin's response to airstrikes on Assad's chemical weapons programme carried out by the US, UK and France.
Putin is expected to order 'payback' in the form of a cyber warfare in the West. But images posted online suggest Russia will also step up its military efforts in the Syrian region.
Orsk, Russia's amphibious transport ship, was seen leaving the Bosphorus strait on Sunday.
Naval observer Yoruk Isik said it was headed for Tartus, Russia's coastal base in Syria, for the fourth time. It was loaded up with appeared to be tanks, lorries and military hardware.
Mr Isik highlighted that a Pelena-6 communications jammer looks to have been installed on the chassis of one of the tanks.
A second ship, the yellow tanker RoRo Alexandr Tkachenko was also pictured carrying trucks and materials for bridge construction.
It comes as Theresa May faces a backlash for snubbing MPs before joining the US-led assault. It's claimed hackers could release embarrassing information about politicians as part of a two-pronged "dirty war" in retaliation for the bombing of Syria.
Spy chiefs also fear the Russian President is plotting a series of cyber attacks that could potentially cripple infrastructure – including the NHS, transport and power networks.
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The US, Britain and France hit three sites in Syria in response to a suspected deadly chlorine attack that killed up to 75 in former rebel stronghold Douma.
Last night Russian president Putin branded the missile strikes on his ally an "act of aggression" and warned further attacks would "have a destructive effect" on world peace.
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Nancy Pelosi has confidently and perhaps preemptively declared herself the next Speaker of the House. She'd be the first speaker in six decades to regain the top House job with the larger office, paycheck and driver.
Of course, as our colleague Allahpundit has pointed out, it's not true that she's already won. The caucus vote isn't until the end of the month. And enough Democrats have publicly said they want someone else. There's plenty of time for them to change their mind, say, if she offers some treats to younger caucus members agitating for party leaders not born before Pearl Harbor.
Oh, and by the way, a recent survey Gallup found most Americans don't want her back either. But they don't matter.
The problem with this nascent rebel Dem caucus is that Pelosi has been a prodigious fundraiser for many members and the rebels had no alternative candidate.
Ohio Democrat Marcia Fudge says she's been overwhelmed by colleagues' promised support as a Pelosi challenger. That doesn't mean she will. Pelosi may buy her off with something. But someone like Fudge makes sense. She's not young (66). But she's younger than Pelosi, who turns 79 in March. Fudge is a woman and black, so who could argue against the first black female Speaker?
Fudge is also from Ohio in the Heartland, where Democrats lost big-time in 2016 with only coastal leaders in Congress.
But, wait. There's more. The late November caucus vote doesn't make Pelosi Speaker. It makes her head of the Democratic caucus. She only becomes Speaker if she gets at least 218 full House votes in January.
You may have noticed since 2016 that Democrats are sore losers. There's no way they can lose in a fair vote. They must somehow be victims of evil outside forces, like Russian collusion or voter suppression or something. If the rebel caucus loses the November member vote, a number of them could deny her the Speaker's gavel by wasting or withholding their vote in January.
And that means — wait for it — Pelosi would need some Republican help, either in votes, which might be painful back home, or in enough GOP members voting "Present" to lower the majority from 218 to whatever Pelosi can muster.
Now, New York Republican Tom Reed says he and some other GOP members are committed to backing Pelosi for Speaker if she agrees to enact a package of rules reforms. He says they're rounding up others.
Well, after all, this week's D.C. catchword is bipartisanship.
Do you remember the caucus chaos and forced Speaker change among Republicans by the small but feisty Tea Party group in 2015? Yes, yes, it's called the Freedom Caucus today. But now it appears to be Democrats' turn to endure internal turmoil. Get some popcorn and sit back.


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Q: Why is it not applying scrollIntoView to the selected element in vuejs? I am currently trying to get it to scroll to a section of the view
as follows:
mounted: function() {
    const el = this.$el.getElementsByClassName('outstandingStandarItems')[0];
    if(el){
        el.scrollIntoView({behavior: 'smooth'});
        console.log(el);
    }
  }

On the console it prints it like this:

But this does not apply: el.scrollIntoView({behavior: 'smooth'});
The section I should go to is this:
<el-card shadow="never" class="box-card outstandingStandarItems" v-if="isOutstanding">
</el-card>

I need it to apply scrollIntoView when the view is loaded, that's why I have it in the mounted. If I add it in a method and then add a button to go to that method, then it does apply it correctly.
<el-button @click="gotoOutStanding()">GOT OUT</el-button>

gotoOutStanding(){
  this.$refs.outstandingItems.$el.scrollIntoView({behavior: 'smooth'});
},

But I need that to happen automatically when the view loads.

A: i think the problem is in:
const el = this.$el.getElementsByClassName('outstandingStandarItems')[0];

you should try with $refs:
<el-card shadow="never" ref="items" class="box-card outstandingStandarItems" v-if="isOutstanding">
</el-card>

and then:
const el = this.$ref.item;

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Michael (empowerg) wrote a few Py scripts for velocity and randomizing notes in the drum editor and piano roll(I think as I don't use).
They've stopped working. I've contacted Michael on FB and he said it could be a version thing of the Python.
This is the error I'm getting. I'm using Arch64.
I am certain it is just a matter of installing the right modules.
I'm not that fluent in Arch packaging, as Tim says it could be a missing package, search for more pyqt packages?
It could be a python version issue too, as Michael suggests. If you have several python versions installed maybe not all of them have PyQt installed.
Michael tried a few things when I mentioned it to him on FB and he came to the conclusion it was PyQt4 thing.
Hopefully, They get ported to qt5. It's perplexing how a complete qt5 port would still rely on qt4.
Ported the script at hand to PyQt5, please find it attached.
I'd propose creating the scripts folder here $HOME/.config/MusE/scripts/ and putting the file there. MusE will find it and display it in the menu.
The file needs to have the executable bit set.
You of course need PyQt5 (for python3) installed to get it working.
I'll go through the rest and update them in the repository in a bit.
spamatica wrote: Ported the script at hand to PyQt5, please find it attached.
yep that works. thanx. will you be doing that for the other scripts?
funkmuscle wrote: yep that works. thanx. will you be doing that for the other scripts?
Yes that was my plan.
So, there. I've gone through all the midi scripts and updated them to PyQt5 where applicable. Added to git in the main/master branch.
spamatica wrote: So, there. I've gone through all the midi scripts and updated them to PyQt5 where applicable. Added to git in the main/master branch.
thanx man! before I update, the version setup by milk for Arch, do you know if that's different?


Dr. Elizabeth Koby is a board-certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist who treats patients of all ages with a wide variety of mental health challenges. Warm and empathetic, she uses her innate sense of humor to make patients comfortable and relates especially well to children. With decades of clinical experience, Dr. Koby is able to quickly gain an understanding of each patient's situation and develop an individualized treatment plan that will be most effective. She is an advocate of psychotherapy and provides medication management when necessary. She believes that combining therapy with medication can produce long lasting results, but is responsive to individual biases regarding medication. As a parent herself, Dr. Koby is sensitive to the feelings that come up in bringing a child to treatment, and provides compassionate guidance so parents can best support their child.
As a psychiatrist, Dr. Koby evaluates and treats patients with a variety of mental health conditions including anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and ADHD. In addition to working with children and adolescents, she has a special interest in weight management, wellness, and eating disorders. She gains an understanding of each person's unique habits and develops a program of exercise and diet that doesn't leave them feeling deprived. She focuses on body image and coping strategies that can have an impact on eating patterns and overall sense of self. Dr. Koby regularly helps women successfully overcome depression and anxiety, both through individual treatment and in group therapy. She also has expertise in treating children with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Dr. Koby completed her psychiatric residency and child psychiatry fellowship at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center and Harvard Medical School. She completed additional training at the National Institute of Mental Health, where she conducted research on childhood OCD.


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[ARCHIVED] Bond Denied for Two Men Charged in Wheaton T-Mobile Store Armed Robbery
DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin and Wheaton Chief of Police William Murphy announced today that bond has been denied for the second of two men accused of robbing at gunpoint a Wheaton T-Mobile store. Imari Paxton, 24 (d.o.b. 12/14/1997) of the 7400 block of S. Colfax, Chicago, appeared at a bond hearing this morning where Judge Margaret O'Connell granted the State's motion to deny bond.
On Oct. 19, 2022, Judge O'Connell granted the State's motion to deny bond for Paxton's alleged accomplice, Marcus Melton, 28 (d.o.b. 2/25/1994) of the 0-100 block of Ironwood Court, Lafayette, Indiana. Both men have been charged with seven counts of Armed Robbery (Class X Felony), three counts of Aggravated Kidnapping (Class X Felony), three counts of Unlawful Restraint (Class 3 Felony) and three counts of Intimidation (Class 3 Felony). Paxton has also been charged with three counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon (Class 3 Felony) while Melton has been charged with four counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon (Class 3 Felony).
On May 30, 2020, at approximately 10 a.m., three employees at the Wheaton T-Mobile store located on Butterfield Road had just opened the store when one of the suspects allegedly entered the store, approached two of the employees behind the counter and then pulled out a handgun, put it to the back of one of the employees and demanded merchandise. It is alleged that two other suspects then entered the store and the three suspects led the employees to the back of the store. It is further alleged that the suspects ordered the employees at gunpoint to open three safes containing merchandise and cash. It is alleged that the suspects stole merchandise including approximately 20 cellular telephones, 15 Apple watches, one tablet and approximately $500 in cash. It is further alleged that prior to fleeing, the suspects restrained all three employees of the store with zip ties.
"It is alleged that these two men and two accomplices violently robbed at gunpoint a T-Mobile store in broad daylight while three female employees were just trying to make an honest living," Berlin said. "In DuPage County, we will not allow violent crimes, as is alleged in this case, to take over our communities, and anyone suspected of such actions will be aggressively prosecuted. Thankfully, none of the women were physically injured. I thank the Wheaton Police Department for their outstanding work on this case. I also thank Assistant State's Attorneys Alyssa Rabulinski, Grace Barsanti and Helen Kapas for their efforts in securing a strong prosecution against these two defendants."
"I'm very proud of the investigation conducted by our officers and detectives," Murphy said. "They understood how traumatizing this was for the employees, and they worked tirelessly to bring the offenders to justice. I cannot state strongly enough how important DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin's willingness to prosecute violent offenders is to the police department's role in maintaining the safety of our community."
An investigation into the matter continues. Anyone with pertinent information is asked to call Lieutenant Brian Gabryel with the Wheaton Police Department at 630-260-2063.
The next scheduled court appearance for Imari is scheduled for Dec. 20, 2022, while the next scheduled appearance for Melton is scheduled for Oct. 28, 2022. The cases for both defendants will be heard in front of Judge O'Connell. If convicted, Paxton faces a penalty of between 21 and 45 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, while Melton faces a penalty of between 21 and 60 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Members of the public are reminded that this complaint contains only charges and is not proof of the defendants' guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent and are entitled to a fair trial in which it is the government's burden to prove their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Imari Paxton
Marcus Melton


Home News Reforma Fiscal (Tax Reform) Now Law!
It didn't take days to publish the Reforma Fiscal (Tax Reform) passed in second and final debate late Monday afternoon and signed by President Carlos Alvarado less than a couple of hours later, in the official government newsletter, La Gaceta.
Typically, it can take up to five business days for publication. But in the case of the Ley de Fortalecimiento de las Finanzas Públicas – the official name of the tax reform – it was published Tuesday morning, December 4, 2018, in circular 202. Click here to view the full document in PDF.
Known as Ley 9365 is now in full force.
However, we may not see the effect of the law right away. While some items are immediate, others will take weeks and months for the government to organize, set out regulations and apply them. Other sections of the Ley 9365 won't be in effect until June 2019.
To know how the new law affects you, it is recommended to consult a professional accountant and/or tax lawyer.
On the pages of the Q, over the coming months, we will be publishing the articles of the law and their explanation as they go into effect. We will be using the hashtag #TAXREFORM to group all of the articles for easy reference.


LAS VEGAS (January 9, 2018) – The Kwikset® brand of Spectrum Brands, Inc. – Hardware & Home Improvement Division cemented itself as a leader in door hardware innovation more than 70 years ago, decades before introducing a category of Bluetooth-enabled smart locks and securing its leadership position as one of the longest-running smart lock exhibitors at CES. The company has been committed to delivering smart and secure door hardware solutions to its consumers since its inception.
In 1946, innovation meant pioneering the first tubular lock, named "Kwikset" to underscore the quick installation. Fifty years later, Kwikset introduced its first remote keyless entry deadbolt and handleset, setting the industry benchmark for a new category of convenience-oriented security products. Fast forward to 2018, Kwikset has significant leadership in the space, with more than 130 smart locks and smart lock solutions available to consumers at a variety of price points.
While manufacturer sales of connected home and security hardware totaled $7.6 billion in 2016, propelled by growth exceeding 20 percent in 2014 and 2015 (Mintel, Smart Homes US 2017), there is still room to grow. In fact, smart home hardware composes only about two percent of total household expenditures (Mintel, Smart Homes US 2017). Kwikset is committed to capturing mass market share to ensure homeowners and renters across the country have access to door hardware solutions that are secure, innovative, durable and stylish.
Security: As a legacy security company, Kwikset is committed to delivering unmatched security features to homeowners and renters, and puts its customers' safety above all else. The brand continuously improves the security features in its products to meet or exceed industry standards. Kwikset regularly consults with the nation's best security experts, government and independent white hat groups, and locksmiths to refine and enhance its products. Kwikset is the only lock manufacturer that delivers SmartKey Security™, which uniquely protects against lock picking and bumping, two of the more common forms of lock break-ins. In addition, SmartKey Security provides homeowners the ability to easily re-key the lock themselves to render lost or unreturned keys useless. SmartKey Security comes standard in all keyed entry Kwikset electronic and smart locks. Kwikset is also the only lock manufacturer to offer patented SecureScreen™ technology to consumers in all touchscreen electronic deadbolts. SecureScreen helps prevent against unwanted entry commonly associated with other touchscreen products as users are prompted to touch two random numbers before entering their access code to encourage fingerprints across the screen.
Innovation: Kwikset is dedicated to putting countless hours of research and development into simplifying the lives of its customers. The technology that the brand creates doesn't just change the way locks work and communicates with other household electronics, it provides convenient features that change the way people live. One such innovation is a unique Touch-to-Open™ feature found in the company's Kevo™ smart locks. Touch-to-Open technology, which was developed in partnership with UniKey, allows the homeowner to lock or unlock the door with the touch of a finger to the smart lock when an authorized device is within Bluetooth range, eliminating the need to fumble for keys. Kwikset was the first to introduce this technology in 2013 and has since incorporated it into several generations and style expansions of the product.
Durable: With every turn, Kwikset locks must prove to be strong, secure and reliable. All Kwikset products undergo rigorous third-party testing and environmental testing, including UV exposure, temperature cycling and humidity testing, to ensure that they can withstand whatever life throws at it, and its electronic smart lock collection is no different. Kwikset electronic locks also meet or exceed ANSI/BHMA standards, which are tested in the company's certified in-house test facility. Through a single-minded focus on quality, Kwikset has been able to ensure maximum performance under real-life conditions and its collection of electronic smart locks continue this tradition.
Stylish: Kwikset products are designed so that its customers never have to sacrifice security for style. The door hardware products are designed to welcome people in and set a home apart. Kwikset's Obsidian™ electronic deadbolt and smart lock are the latest style innovations from the brand. Obsidian is the first Kwikset electronic deadbolt to forego traditional keys in favor of a low-profile design, offering homeowners who love modern design and technology a stylish and secure option for their doors. The lock projects less than an inch off the door and features a crisp white LED display designed for both day and night lighting.
Kwikset will be showcasing its latest smart door lock solutions at its booth in the Smart Home Marketplace, CES Tech West (#41018). Featured products at the booth will include Obsidian electronic deadbolt and smart lock with the latest Z-Wave 500 chipset, and the brand's Kevo portfolio of Touch-to-Open smart locks and smart lock conversion kits. Kwikset will also feature a new smart home experience for attendees to view and explore product innovations with leading partners.
For additional information about Kwikset, please visit www.kwikset.com. For media inquiries, including access to images, media materials and request for product, please visit KwiksetPressKit.com.
Kwikset is the leading residential lock manufacturer, making homeowners feel safe since 1946. Kwikset works hard to understand the world you live in, so that we can do everything we can to protect it. The company's unwavering commitment to meeting homeowners' needs has inspired its innovative lock portfolio that includes patented SmartKey Security™ deadbolts, keyless entry combination locks, connected home technology, first-to-market electronic lock, Kevo™, door hardware with Microban® antimicrobial product protection and a wide variety of styles and finishes. Our interior and exterior door products provide customers with the quality, technology, durability and style they want while guaranteeing the highest level of security. Headquartered in Orange County, Calif., Kwikset is part of the Hardware & Home Improvement (HHI) division of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPB). Kwikset products are sold online and through retailers and distributors throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australia. Visit us at www.kwikset.com and KwiksetPressKit.com.


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Q: Kartik DateRangePicker with two attributes cause invalidDateFormat and NaN on range date selection I've a question about the Kartik DateRangePicker Widget that i use in my gridview for filter some results.
in my SearchModel i've created two attributes
    public $date_start;
    public $date_end;

i use these for filter a field in database 'insert_date'.
In my view, as grid configuration, i've set these options
[
            'attribute' => 'insert_date',
            'options' => ['class' => 'gridview-date-column'],
            'filter' => DateRangePicker::widget([
                'model' => $searchModel,
                'name' => 'insert_date',
                'attribute' => 'insert_date',
                'startAttribute' => 'date_start',
                'endAttribute' => 'date_end',
                'convertFormat'=>true,
                'pluginOptions' => [
                    'opens'=>'right',
                    'locale' => [
                        'cancelLabel' => 'Clear',
                        'format' => 'd-m-Y',
                    ],
                ]
            ]),
            'format' => ['date', Yii::$app->formatter->datetimeFormat],
            'contentOptions'=>['style'=>'min-width: 200px;']
        ],

By default $date_start and $date_end haven't a value, so , when i enter in my view and try to filter this field i get an 'invalidDate' error and a series of NaN on the calendars.
This is fixed if i set a value for these two fields or if remove them from the configuration ( so i can only use insert_date attribute as string with these two ranges for filtering ).
Looking in the plugin repository i've found the same case and as response of the author

This problem occurs because you have an invalid date format for the data that does not match the plugin's format.

But as empty these fields can never have a correct data format.
Someone had the same problem?
Thanks in advance for all the responses.

A: I've got the solution:
In Kartik plugin there's a Behavior Model that i can include in my searchModel:
use kartik\daterange\DateRangeBehavior;

Then i can instantiate it overriding behaviors() method:
public $date_start;
public $date_end;

public function behaviors() {
    return [
        [
            'class' => DateRangeBehavior::className(),
            'attribute' => 'insert_date',
            'dateStartAttribute' => 'date_start',
            'dateEndAttribute' => 'date_end',
            'dateStartFormat' => 'd-m-Y',
            'dateEndFormat' => 'd-m-Y',

        ]
    ];
}

and in the search() method:
public function search($params)
{
   // Some other filters
   if($this->date_start && $this->date_end) {
      // filtered query
   }
}

Hope this can help someone else.