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namespace ml {

    //
    // TODO: really, the TriMeshf version should be the one that calls the TriMesh* version!!!
    //
    TriMeshf meshutil::createUnifiedMesh(const std::vector< std::pair<const TriMeshf*, mat4f> >& meshes) {
        std::vector< std::pair<TriMeshf, mat4f> > meshList;

        for (const auto &m : meshes)
        {
            meshList.push_back(std::make_pair(*m.first, m.second));
        }

        return createUnifiedMesh(meshList);
    }

TriMeshf meshutil::createUnifiedMesh(const std::vector< std::pair<TriMeshf, mat4f> >& meshes) {
  auto lambdaVertices = [](size_t total, const std::pair<TriMeshf, mat4f>& t) { return t.first.getVertices().size() + total; };
  const size_t totalPoints = std::accumulate(meshes.begin(), meshes.end(), static_cast<size_t>(0), lambdaVertices);
  auto lambdaIndices = [](size_t total, const std::pair<TriMeshf, mat4f>& t) { return t.first.getIndices().size() + total; };
  const size_t totalIndices = std::accumulate(meshes.begin(), meshes.end(), static_cast<size_t>(0), lambdaIndices);

  std::vector<TriMeshf::Vertexf> vertices(totalPoints);
  std::vector<vec3ui> indices(totalIndices);

  UINT vIndex = 0, iIndex = 0;
  for (const auto& m : meshes) {
    const UINT baseVertexIndex = vIndex;

    for (UINT vertexIndex = 0; vertexIndex < m.first.getVertices().size(); vertexIndex++) {
      TriMeshf::Vertexf& v = vertices[vIndex++];
      v = m.first.getVertices()[vertexIndex];
      v.position =  m.second * v.position;
    }
    for (UINT indexIndex = 0; indexIndex < m.first.getIndices().size(); indexIndex++) {
      indices[iIndex++] = m.first.getIndices()[indexIndex] + vec3ui(baseVertexIndex,baseVertexIndex,baseVertexIndex);
    }
  }

  return TriMeshf(vertices, indices);
}

TriMeshf meshutil::createUnifiedMesh(const std::vector<TriMeshf>& meshes) {
  auto lambdaVertices = [](size_t total, const TriMeshf& t) { return t.getVertices().size() + total; };
  const size_t totalPoints = std::accumulate(meshes.begin(), meshes.end(), static_cast<size_t>(0), lambdaVertices);
  auto lambdaIndices = [](size_t total, const TriMeshf& t) { return t.getIndices().size() + total; };
  const size_t totalIndices = std::accumulate(meshes.begin(), meshes.end(), static_cast<size_t>(0), lambdaIndices);

  std::vector<TriMeshf::Vertexf> vertices(totalPoints);
  std::vector<vec3ui> indices(totalIndices);

  UINT vIndex = 0, iIndex = 0;
  for (const auto& m : meshes) {
    const UINT baseVertexIndex = vIndex;

    for (UINT vertexIndex = 0; vertexIndex < m.getVertices().size(); vertexIndex++) {
      TriMeshf::Vertexf& v = vertices[vIndex++];
      v = m.getVertices()[vertexIndex];
    }
    for (UINT indexIndex = 0; indexIndex < m.getIndices().size(); indexIndex++) {
      indices[iIndex++] = m.getIndices()[indexIndex] + vec3ui(baseVertexIndex,baseVertexIndex,baseVertexIndex);
    }
  }

  return TriMeshf(vertices, indices, false, false, false, true);
}

TriMeshf meshutil::createPointCloudTemplate(const TriMeshf& templateMesh,
                                           const std::vector<vec3f>& points,
                                           const std::vector<vec4f>& colors) {
  const UINT64 pointCount = points.size();
  const UINT64 tVertices = templateMesh.getVertices().size();
  const UINT64 tIndices = templateMesh.getIndices().size();
  const vec4f defaultColor(1.f, 0.f, 0.f, 1.0f);

  std::vector<TriMeshf::Vertexf> vertices(pointCount * tVertices);
  std::vector<vec3ui> indices(pointCount * tIndices);

  for (UINT pointIndex = 0; pointIndex < points.size(); pointIndex++) {
    const vec3f& p = points[pointIndex];
    const vec4f& c = colors.empty() ? defaultColor : colors[pointIndex];
    const UINT64 baseVertexIndex = pointIndex * tVertices;

    for (UINT vertexIndex = 0; vertexIndex < tVertices; vertexIndex++) {
      TriMeshf::Vertexf& v = vertices[baseVertexIndex + vertexIndex];
      v = templateMesh.getVertices()[vertexIndex];
      v.position += p;
      v.color = c;
    }
    for (UINT indexIndex = 0; indexIndex < tIndices; indexIndex++) {
      indices[pointIndex * tIndices + indexIndex] = templateMesh.getIndices()[indexIndex] + vec3ui(pointIndex * (UINT)tVertices);
    }
  }

  return TriMeshf(vertices, indices);
}

}  // namespace ml

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Flambards Theme Park
About Poldark Mine
Unique Tin Mine tour plus displays and exhibitions
Wendron, Helston
Closest town: Helston
Places to stay near Poldark Mine:
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Enys Boathouse (Holiday Park) Helston (1.37 miles)
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Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos Follow
Solis, O Virgo, hymn in mode 5 lyrics
It's the rest of a stump, it's a little alone
It's a sliver of glass, it is life, it's the sun
It is night, it is death, it's a trap, it's a gun
The oak when it blooms, a fox in the brush
The knot of the wood, the song of the thrush
The wood of the wind, the cliff, a fall
A scratch, a lump, it is nothing at all
It's the wind blowing free, it's the end of the slope
It's a beam, it's a void, it's a hunch, it's a hope
And the river bank talks of the waters of March
It's the end of the strain, it's the joy in your heart
The foot, the ground, the flesh and the bone
The beat of the road, a slingshot's stone
A truckload of bricks in the soft morning light
The shot of the gun in the dead of the night
A mile, a must, a thrust, a bump
It's a girl, it's a rhyme, it's a cold, it's the mumps
The plan of the house, the body in bed
And the car that got stuck, it's the mud, it's the mud
A float, a drift, a flight, a wing
A cock, a quail, oh, the promise of spring
It's the promise of life, it's the joy in your heart
A point, a grain, a bee, a bite
A blink, a buzzard, a sudden stroke of night
A pin, a needle, a sting, a pain
A snail, a riddle, a wasp, a stain, hey
A snake, a stick, it is John, it is Joe
A fish, a flash, a silvery glow
The bed of the well, the end of the line
The dismay on the face, it's a loss, it's a find
A spear, a spike, a point, a nail
A drip, drip, drip, a drop, drop, drop, the end of the day
It's the promise of life in your heart, in your heart
The river bank talks of the waters of March
It's the promise of joy in your heart
The end of the road, a little alone
A sliver of glass, a life, the sun
A night, a death, the end of the run
The waters of March
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Tesla quarterly profit tops US$1 billion for 1st time
The fast-growing automaker led by Elon Musk delivered more than 200,000 vehicles in the period, also a record. PHOTO: REUTERS
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NEW YORK (AFP, REUTERS) - United States electric carmaker Tesla reported its first-ever quarterly profit above US$1 billion (S$1.36 billion) on Monday (July 26) as it reiterated its 2021 production targets despite supply chain upheaval.
Profit surged to US$1.1 billion in the quarter ending June 30, up from US$104 million in the year-ago period as revenues nearly doubled to US$12 billion.
The fast-growing carmaker led by billionaire Elon Musk delivered more than 200,000 vehicles in the period, also a record.
In reiterating its forecast for the year, the company said: "Over a multi-year horizon, we expect to achieve 50 per cent average annual growth in vehicle deliveries. In some years we may grow faster, which we expect to be the case in 2021."
The language is identical to that in the prior quarter, although Tesla alluded elsewhere in the press release to supply chain problems.
These include the global semiconductor shortage that has forced General Motors, Ford and other manufacturers to trim production.
"With global vehicle demand at record levels, component supply will have a strong influence on the rate of our delivery growth for the rest of this year," Tesla said.
Mr Musk in an earnings call said the global chip shortage that led to temporary factory shutdowns remains serious.
For the first time since late 2019, Tesla profits did not rely on sales of environmental credits to other automakers, a sign of increasing financial health for the manufacturing operation.
"Tesla impressed with its numbers, as most of its revenue came from vehicle sales," said Investing.com senior analyst Jesse Cohen.
Shares of the world's most valuable automaker rose as much as 3.2 per cent to US$678.40 in after-market trading on Monday.
In a call with investors and analysts, Tesla executives said that volume production growth for this year will depend on parts availability, as it aims to grow deliveries by more than 50 per cent.
Mr Musk said Tesla has "many calls at midnight, 1am, just with suppliers about resolving a lot of the shortages".
While some people had suggested Tesla build its own chip fab, he pointed to the long lead time. "That would take us, even moving like lightning, 12 to 18 months," he said.
Still, Mr Musk said Tesla expects to start limited production this year of the Model Y sport utility vehicle at factories under construction in Texas and Germany.
Tesla said it has delayed the launch of its Semi truck programme to next year to focus on starting factories and due to limited availability of battery cells and other parts this year.
Mr Musk did not give a timeframe for when Tesla will start mass production of its new-generation batteries and its much-anticipated Cybertruck.
"It is difficult to say when the last of the technical challenges will be solved," he said, referring to its 4680 battery cells.
He said Tesla has a backup plan of using its existing 2170 batteries, adding that its battery cell suppliers would double production next year.
The carmaker said revenue jumped to US$11.96 billion from US$6.04 billion a year earlier, when its California factory was shut down for more than six weeks due to local lockdown orders to fight the pandemic.
Analysts had expected revenue of about US$11.3 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
Excluding items, Tesla posted a profit of US$1.45 per share, easily topping analyst expectations for a profit of 98 US cents per share.
Tesla said operating income rose with volume growth and cost reduction, which offset higher supply chain costs, lower regulatory credit revenue and other items, including US$23 million in losses on investment in cryptocurrency Bitcoin.
In an aside, Mr Musk said he "most likely will not be on earnings calls" going forward to discuss financial results with investors and analysts. These calls have been a colourful quarterly ritual Mr Musk has used for discourses on Tesla technology, or to fire back at rivals or critics.
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The persimmon season has just started in the United States, with harvest of the early season varieties underway. This year, the US market will see some New Zealand Fuyu available for the next few weeks. California Fuyu is not due for another week or two, and New Zealand has decided to try and fill the gap before the California Fuyu season begins.
In the meantime, so-called 'Chocolate' Fuyu is now available alongside the New Zealand Fuyu. "Our persimmons have been available since September 7," said Cole Firman of Coosemans LA. "New Zealand Fuyu is already here to fill a small gap between California seasons. Currently, there are only Chocolate persimmons available out of California, so New Zealand took a chance to send their Fuyu variety. We just received word that California Fuyu will possibly arrive from next week."
Once the California Fuyu start however, Firman said it will be difficult for the New Zealand fruit to compete and they will then retreat to their traditional markets. "New Zealand has now cancelled future shipments to us because of the imminent arrival of the California crop. So once we sell out, New Zealand is done and they will then redirect fruit to the Asian market," he noted.
With the early season persimmons now available, the market has started on the higher side. Prices are expected to ease once the production of California Fuyu begins and more volume enters the market and demand picks up.
"California is expected to have a good persimmon crop this year," Firman observed. "It's typical for pricing to start higher but it should come down sometime in October when more volume starts to come in. With all the summer heat still around, consumers are still getting used to seeing fall crops in stores."
The Chocolate persimmons are a separate variety to the Fuyu and Hachiya. Firman explained that the term is more of a marketing label to make it easier for consumers to grasp the name. "The variety is called 'Tsuru Noko'," he said. "It's the first variety available and eats very much like a Fuyu. The term 'Chocolate' persimmon is used because the traditional name can be more difficult to understand. California-grown Chocolate persimmon will be available until next month."
For a fruit that is considered exotic, suppliers note that persimmon is quite well established and is a fruit that more US consumers are familiar with compared with other exotics. Apart from the Chocolate persimmon, the other two main varieties are the Fuyu and Hachiya, with the latter needing a little more time to ripen before eating.
"Fuyu you can eat either like an apple when it's firm and hard, or allow it to soften by allowing more time for ripening, much like an avocado," Firman shared. "Persimmon are a great eating fruit and it's a good sign of fall when you see them in stores. Sales are picking up when you compare year over year. Consumers like to try new flavors and persimmons are an exotic fruit that more people are familiar with."
With offshore supply complementing the California season, Coosemans has almost year round availability of persimmons. Tray packs are common, although bulk can be often seen once steady volume from California is established. "California Fuyu and Hachiya are available from October through February before a short gap in March," Firman said. "Then Chile picks up sometime in April and we have fruit from there until July. Most customers are looking to buy them in tray packs now but when prices go down, they typically switch over to bulk. Persimmons from New Zealand are packed in a tray with a plastic over-wrap in order to stop movement of fruit in transit."
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Q: AsyncTask has randomly stopped working I have an app which connects to XMPP. Every 5 minutes I disconnect and reconnect (don't ask, boss wanted it...) - Up until now I've had an AsyncTask to do this in the background and it's been running fine. Today, however, is a different story (bear in mind that the code hasn't changed for quite some time! And is SC'd via SVN, I've checked that no changes have happened since the last release).
Today it'll disconnect and start the connection after 5 minutes, but only after a reboot. Any subsequent attempts don't even bother to try.
The runnable that reconnects:
private final Runnable killConnection = new Runnable()
{
    @Override
    public void run()
    {
        synchronized(checkLock)
        {
            Log.d("BXC", "Killing connection and restarting");

            // Manually disconnect and restart the connection every 5 minutes
            destroyConnectionAndRestart();
            new LoginTask().execute();

            mHandler.postDelayed(this, mInterval5m);
        }
    }
};

And the AsynTask itself:
private class LoginTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void>
{
    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(Void... params)
    {
        android.os.Debug.waitForDebugger();

        String deviceUsername = Utility.getAndroidID(GaggleApplication.getInstance());
        try
        {
                //bConnecting = true;
                Log.d("BXC", "Beginning connection");
                synchronized(connectLock)
                {
                    // First ensure we've got a connection to work with first
                    if(Utility.hasActiveInternetConnection(getApplicationContext()) &&
                            ((!bConnecting) && (!Globals.backgroundXmppConnectorRunning)))
                    {
                        String randomResource = Utility.randomString();
                        setupConnection();

                        if(xConnection != null)
                        {
                            xConnection.connect();
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            bConnecting = false;
                            Globals.backgroundXmppConnectorRunning = false;
                            setupConnection();
                            xConnection.connect();
                        }

                        /*
                            I know, I know... Don't specify a resource, but more often than not, OpenFire, doesn't
                            specify a unique resource, so at least this way, if we disconnect and then reconnect,
                            we're at least promised a resource that isn't being used already and leave OpenFire to
                            remove it's own idle connections, after X minutes.
                         */
                        if(accountManager.supportsAccountCreation() && (!SystemProperties.getBoolean("accountCreated")))
                        {
                            Log.d("BXC", "Server supports registering custom user accounts");
                            accountManager.createAccount(deviceUsername, AppSettings.XMPP_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD);
                            SystemProperties.setBoolean("accountCreated", true);
                        }

                        xConnection.login(deviceUsername, AppSettings.XMPP_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD, randomResource);
                        ChatManager.getInstanceFor(xConnection).addChatListener(new ChatManagerListener(){
                            @Override
                            public void chatCreated(final Chat chat, boolean createdLocally)
                            {
                                if(!createdLocally)
                                {
                                    // add chat listener //
                                    chat.addMessageListener(new BackgroundMessageListener(BackgroundXmppConnector.this));
                                }
                            }
                        });

                        Presence p = new Presence(Presence.Type.subscribe);
                        p.setStatus("Out and About");
                        xConnection.sendPacket(p);

                        mBuilder.setSmallIcon(android.R.drawable.presence_online)
                        .setContentTitle("Connected")
                        .setContentText("Connected to XMPP server");

                        mNotificationManager.notify(mNotificationId, mBuilder.build());

                        Roster r = xConnection.getRoster();
                        r.setSubscriptionMode(SubscriptionMode.accept_all);
                        r.createEntry(AppSettings.BOT_NAME, "AbleBot", null);
                        r.addRosterListener(new RosterListener(){

                            @Override
                            public void entriesAdded(Collection<String> addresses)
                            {
                                for(String s : addresses)
                                {
                                    Log.d("BXC", "Entries Added: " + s);
                                }
                            }

                            @Override
                            public void entriesDeleted(Collection<String> addresses)
                            {
                                for(String s : addresses)
                                {
                                    Log.d("BXC", "Entries Deleted: " + s);
                                }
                            }

                            @Override
                            public void entriesUpdated(Collection<String> addresses)
                            {
                                for(String s : addresses)
                                {
                                    Log.d("BXC", "Entries updated: " + s);
                                }
                            }

                            @Override
                            public void presenceChanged(Presence presence)
                            {
                                Log.d("BXC", "PresenceChanged: " + presence.getFrom());
                            }
                        });
                    }
                    else{
                        Log.i("BXC", "Already connected or in process of connecting. ");
                    }
            }
        }
        catch(IllegalStateException ex)
        {
            Log.e("BXC", "IllegalStateException -->");
            if(ex.getMessage().contains("Already logged in to server"))
            {
                Globals.backgroundXmppConnectorRunning = true;
            }
            else
            {
                Globals.backgroundXmppConnectorRunning = false;
                Utility.writeExceptionToLog(getApplicationContext(), ex);

                ex.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        catch(XMPPException ex)
        {
            Log.e("BXC", "XMPPException -->");
            Globals.backgroundXmppConnectorRunning = false;
            Utility.writeExceptionToLog(getApplicationContext(), ex);
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch(NullPointerException ex)
        {
            Log.e("BXC", "NullPointerException -->");
            Globals.backgroundXmppConnectorRunning = false;
            Utility.writeExceptionToLog(getApplicationContext(), ex);
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch(Exception ex)
        {
            Log.e("BXC", "Exception -->");
            Globals.backgroundXmppConnectorRunning = false;
            Utility.writeToLog(getApplicationContext(), ex.toString());
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(Void ignored)
    {
        if(xConnection != null)
        {
            if(xConnection.isConnected() && (!xConnection.isSocketClosed()))
            {
                Log.i("BXC", "Logged in to XMPP Server");
                Globals.backgroundXmppConnectorRunning = true;

                ConnectionState cs = new ConnectionState(true);
                GaggleApplication.getBusInstance().post(cs);
                cs = null;

                // SEND A WHOAMI TO UPDATE DEVICE FRIENDLY NAME //
                WhoAmI wai = new WhoAmI();
                Intent intent = new Intent(GaggleApplication.getInstance(), BackgroundXmppConnector.class);
                intent.putExtra("MESSAGEDATA", new Gson().toJson(
                        Utility.makeTransaction(GaggleApplication.getInstance(), MessageType.Type.WHOAMI, wai)));
                sendMessage(intent);
                Log.i("MAIN", "Sent WHOAMI transaction");

                mHandler.postDelayed(checkConnection, mInterval1m);
            }
            else
            {
                Log.e("BXC", "Unable to log into XMPP Server.");
                Globals.backgroundXmppConnectorRunning = false;

                destroyConnectionAndRestart();
            }
        }
        else
        {
            Log.e("BXC", "Xmpp Connection object is null");
            Globals.backgroundXmppConnectorRunning = false;

            ConnectionState cs = new ConnectionState(false);
            GaggleApplication.getBusInstance().post(cs);
            cs = null;
        }
    }
}

I've tried debugging with the help of this SO post: How do I use the Eclipse debugger in an AsyncTask when developing for Android? - And as described above, any subsequent attempts don't fire the doInBackground - There is nothing of any relevance in LogCat either, I'm a little lost.
If anyone has experienced this before, any help is greatly appreciated?

A: Try this way, It's working for me.
public void createXMPPConn() {
        Log.i(TAG, "creating connection");
        if (!NetworkUtil.isNetworkAvailable(getApplicationContext())) {
            return;
        }

        Thread conn = new Thread(new Runnable() {

            private String mPwd;

            @Override
            public void run() {
                do {
                    Log.i(TAG, "Trying to create connection");
                    try {
                        ConnectionConfiguration config = new ConnectionConfiguration(URLConstants.XMPP_HOST,
                                URLConstants.XMPP_PORT);
                        config.setSASLAuthenticationEnabled(false);
                        config.setSecurityMode(SecurityMode.disabled);
                        mXMPPCon = new XMPPConnection(config);
                        mPwd = csp.getString(StringConstants.PASSWORD, "");

                        mXMPPCon.connect();
                        Log.i(TAG, "Connected ");
                        if (!mPwd.equals("") && !mXMPPCon.isAuthenticated()) {
                            mXMPPCon.login(csp.getString(StringConstants.PHONE_NUMBER, ""), mPwd);
                            initIncomingChat(getApplicationContext());
                            setStatus(getmXMPPCon(), true, "");
                            sendBroadCastAsLoginSuccess();
                        }

                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(5000);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                    // Rotate loop until app is not connected to XMPP and do
                    // login, if app is registered.

                } while (!mXMPPCon.isConnected() && !(mPwd.equals("") || mXMPPCon.isAuthenticated()));
            }

        });
        conn.start();

        }
public void login(final XMPPConnection xmppCon, final IAuthenticationListener iAuthenticationListener,
            final String username, final String password) {

        Log.i(TAG, "login() " + username + " " + password);

        Thread loginThread = new Thread(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                Looper.prepare();
                try {
                    xmppCon.login(username, password);
                    Log.i(TAG, "LOGIN SUCCESS");
                    sendLoginSuccess(iAuthenticationListener);

                } catch (XMPPException e) {
                    Log.i(TAG, e.getMessage());
                    if (e.getXMPPError() != null && e.getXMPPError().getCode() == ErrorConstants.ERROR_SERVERDOWN) {

                    } else if (e.getXMPPError() != null
                            && e.getXMPPError().getCode() == ErrorConstants.ERROR_NOTCONNECTED) {

                    } else {

                    }
                    Log.i(TAG, "LOGIN FAILURE");
                    sendLoginFailure(iAuthenticationListener);

                } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
                    if (xmppCon.isAuthenticated()) {
                        sendLoginSuccess(iAuthenticationListener);
                    } else {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                        sendLoginFailure(iAuthenticationListener);
                    }
                }
                Looper.loop();
                try {
                    Thread.currentThread().join();
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }

        });
        loginThread.start();

    }

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Decision Decision of October 25, 2007
Petitioner: Chittenden Corporation
Respondent: Board of Bank Incorporation
Decision relative to the application of Chittenden Corporation, Burlington, Vermont to acquire Community Bank & Trust Company, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
Chittenden Corporation, Burlington, Vermont ("Chittenden" or the "Petitioner") has petitioned the Board of Bank Incorporation (the "Board") pursuant to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws chapter 167A, sections 2 and 4 to acquire Community Bank & Trust Company, ("Community Bank") Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Community Bank is a New Hampshire chartered trust company. In the Commonwealth, Chittenden is the holding company for The Bank of Western Massachusetts, Springfield, Massachusetts and Flagship Bank and Trust Company, Worcester, Massachusetts. The Bank of Western Massachusetts and Flagship Bank and Trust Company are Massachusetts chartered commercial banks. The transaction structure will include the formation by Chittenden of a de novo New Hampshire trust company. The ownership of the trust company by Chittenden also requires the approval of the Board under chapter 167A, sections 2 and 4. However, the final step in this multi-step transaction resulting in Community Bank merging with and into Chittenden's subsidiary, Ocean Bank, Portsmouth, New Hampshire will not require the approval of either the Board or the Division of Banks.
Notice of the application was published and posted as directed by the Board, thereby affording opportunity for interested parties to submit comments. Other standard procedures informing the public of this matter before the Board were implemented. The Board held a public hearing on the petition on August 22, 2007. At the hearing, testimony was presented by a representative of Chittenden. The public comment period on the application ended August 30, 2007. The Board received no additional comments. However, the Board received supplemental filings to reflect that the de novo trust company will now be established under Chittenden and not Ocean Bank. At the public hearing, a representative of Petitioner made brief comments about Chittenden's proposed acquisition by People's United Financial Inc. An application for that transaction has been filed with the Board.
Petitioner is a Vermont bank holding company which controls six banks with banking offices in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts. In addition to The Bank of Western Massachusetts and Flagship Bank and Trust Company, the Petitioner controls Chittenden Trust Company, a Vermont chartered commercial bank with its principal office in Burlington, Vermont. Chittenden's other bank subsidiaries are Ocean Bank, a New Hampshire chartered trust company headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire which operates thirty-three banking offices in New Hampshire as well as eight banking offices in Maine; Maine Bank & Trust Company, a Maine-chartered bank headquartered in Portland, Maine which operates thirteen banking offices in southern Maine; and Merrill Merchants Bank, a Maine chartered commercial bank headquartered in Bangor, Maine which operates twelve banking offices. Petitioner had total consolidated assets of approximately $6.6 billion as of March 31, 2007. Through these subsidiaries, Petitioner offers a wide variety of banking and financial services.
Community Bank is a New Hampshire trust company founded in 1990. It engages in a wide range of commercial and personal banking activities, including accepting deposits, making secured and unsecured loans to businesses and consumers and originating commercial and residential mortgage loans. Community Bank is headquartered in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. It maintains six full service banking offices in Wolfeboro, Exeter, Plaistow, Hampton, Derry and Nashua, New Hampshire. As of March 31, 2007, Community Bank had total assets of approximately $426.3 million.
The Board has reviewed the application and oral testimony received at the public hearing. That review focused on the statutory and administrative criteria which include, among other things, whether competition among banking institutions will be unreasonably affected; whether public convenience and advantage would be promoted; and the record of performance under the Community Reinvestment Act ("CRA") of the subsidiary banks of the parties involved in the transaction. The additional statutory requirements set out in sections 2 and 4 of said chapter 167A were also significant factors in the Board's deliberations on the matter before it. All such requirements are specifically addressed in the record of this transaction.
One such statutory provision requires the Board to have received notice from the Massachusetts Housing Partnership Fund (the "MHPF") that satisfactory arrangements have been made by Chittenden consistent with statute and the MHPF's various affordable housing loan programs. The Board received notice from the MHPF that arrangements satisfactory to it had been made for this transaction in a letter dated August 3, 2007.
The Petitioner has submitted information to address the issue that competition among banks will not be unreasonably affected by the proposed transaction. It is the position of this Board to consider a transaction in light of its impact on the citizens, communities and banking structure in the Commonwealth on a community by community basis instead of by variously grouped markets. The Board's review recognizes that there is no overlap in the banking office networks of Flagship and The Bank of Western Massachusetts with Community Bank or the other existing operations of the Petitioner. The Board's review also recognizes that the transaction will occur outside of the Commonwealth. For that reason and other factors, the Board finds that competition among banking institutions will not be unreasonably affected.
The Board has also considered the record of this application to determine whether public convenience and advantage will be promoted by this transaction. The proposed acquisition, the Petitioner states, will permit it to continue to provide high quality community based banking services. According to the application, the transaction will permit the integration of various functional areas including, but not limited to, audit, legal compliance, loan review, investor relations, and insurance activities. This integration will generate cost savings that neither Chittenden nor Community Bank could realize individually, which will strengthen the financial standing of Chittenden's consolidated organization and augment Chittenden's ability to serve as a source of strength for its subsidiary banks, including its Massachusetts-based banks. The combined capital and other resources of Chittenden and Community Bank can be expected to provide Chittenden with more favorable access to the capital markets and, thus, provide a platform for future growth as well as enhanced ability to respond to changing market incentives.
In determining whether or not to approve a transaction under the statutory criteria the Board is also required to determine that the transaction will result in net new benefits. As set out herein that term includes a showing of initial capital investments, job creation plans, consumer and business services as well as commitments to maintain and open branch offices. In the Board's analysis net new benefits is a subset of the public convenience and advantage test. The Board's past consideration of these statutory criteria makes clear that such benefits may be immediate or prospective.
The proposed transaction is expected to generate certain operational advantages. For example, Petitioner cites that pursuant to certain provisions of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994, banks affiliated under a single holding company may act as agent for one another. Accordingly, Chittenden may provide its customers with the added convenience of being able to conduct certain transactions at all of the banking offices of the combined entity as well as at any of its affiliated banks in New England.
Chittenden anticipates limited branch closings as a result of the transaction. It is anticipated that one branch of Community Bank will consolidate with a branch office of Ocean Bank and one branch office of Ocean Bank will consolidate with a branch of Community Bank. Chittenden also anticipates that the products and services to be offered by Chittenden's existing subsidiary banks will be substantially similar to those it presently offers. The transaction will not have an impact from an employment perspective in Massachusetts. The Board has considered the application and testimony submitted by the Petitioner and finds that consideration of public convenience and advantage including net new benefits weighs in favor of approving the proposed transaction.
Related to the issue of public convenience and advantage is the record of performance under CRA by the banks which are parties to this transaction. Such review for a Massachusetts state-chartered bank includes examination by personnel of the Division of Banks as well as analysis of concerns received from the bank's community and its response to those concerns fairly raised. Bank of Western Massachusetts, Flagship Bank and Trust Company, as well as each of Chittenden's other subsidiary banks have received "Outstanding" ratings at their last examinations of performance under the CRA provisions with two exceptions. Ocean Bank has received a "Satisfactory" rating in its last examination of performance under the CRA provisions. Additionally, Merrill Merchants Bank which was acquired only a few months ago also has received a "Satisfactory" rating. The Board has noted that the institution to be acquired, Community Bank also received a "Satisfactory" CRA rating.
The financial aspects and tax consequences from the structure of the transaction were also considered by the Board. Management factors reviewed were also found supportive of approval. Additionally, all other requirements of statute relating to a bank holding company transaction have been met.
The application and testimony presented at the public hearing have established the record on this petition, which has been reviewed consistent with statutory provisions and the policies of the Board. Based on the record of this matter considered in light of all relevant statutory and administrative requirements, the Board finds that public convenience and advantage will be promoted and that competition among banking institutions will not be unreasonably affected and that the records of performance under CRA by the subsidiary banks involved in this transaction are consistent with its approval. Having considered the record established on this application, the Board has found that the applicable statutory and administrative criteria have been met.
In accordance with the findings expressed herein and pursuant to statute, the Board hereby approves the application and authorizes Chittenden to acquire Community Bank as well as the ownership and control of the de novo bank for the purpose of effecting the transaction provided that all such action is completed within one year of the date of this Decision.
Board of Bank
Henry Dormitzer
Commissioner of Revenue
Timothy P. Cahill
Treasurer and Receiver-General
Decision of October 12, 2007 relative to the merger of Martha's Vineyard Co-operative Bank, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts with and into Dukes County Savings Bank, Edgartown, Massachusetts
Decision of December 28, 2007 relative to the merger of Flagship Bank and Trust Company, Worcester, Massachusetts with and into Flagship Interim, FSB, Worcester, Massachusetts


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Today, Apple officially seeded the second public beta of iOS 12.2. With the new software, the company is adding a variety of new features. That includes support for Apple News in Canada, as well as support for "Hey Siri" with the unannounced AirPods 2. The second public beta introduced four new Animoji. It also features a myriad of smaller additions, some of which you can see listed below. iOS 12.2 also includes the standard bug fixes and performance enhancements.
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Deputy president of the army, chief of staff … "Respect the soldier as someone"
November 7, 2018 by korea
"From 1 to 10, control the freedom of the soldier" … A free speech
"The role is just different, but …" "Soldiers who don't communicate with knights are defeated"
Participating in army-led seminars including military officers, division heads including Kim Yong-woo
On the 7th, at the Army Hall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, one of the soldiers said the soldiers' opinions about the steps of military reform, which were notified by the National Defense Commission – Army Headquarters, Union
"I am a star member with stars, and I am a member of the same company, but the role is different."
At the seminar held on July 7 at the Yongsan Army Hall in Seoul with the theme & # 39; The story of the warriors to the general, & # 39; the soldiers responsible for announcing the theme urged the military and commanders to change their perceptions.
This is the first seminar on "The Stories of the Public-Knowing Fighters" whose soldiers led the announcement for the first time since Changgeun. The main commanders including Army Chief of Staff Kim Yong-woo, Major Officer from the Army Headquarters, Commander of the Field Army, Commander of the Army, and Army Commander attended the ceremony.
The army presenter speaks unexpectedly in front of the stars.
In the announcement of the theme, "We are fighters," the 28th Division gangs said "There are a lot of troops in the world, but I think that soldiers who control the freedom of soldiers from 1 to 10 like the ROK Army are now communist state soldiers or military states. "He said.
"The Army tells us to ask & # 39; why & # 39; when doing & # 39; Why Campaign & # 39 ;, but there is no atmosphere to do so, because it does not respect soldiers as humans."
Ahn said, "Officers, senior officers, cadres and soldiers, seniority and successors are all the same, with different roles and classes," and the army changed only when the soldiers 'gazes changed and the soldiers' authority changed. "When I accept it, I can respect the elders and other executives."
Division 5 commander Kim Seung-wook said in his presentation on the theme "Transition of Awareness of Soldiers", "At present, a warrior is a person who cannot judge and act alone." "The status of a warrior who is not permitted to act in his own name, this is similar to a guardianship system."
Kim said, "In the early twenties, soldiers were too young, and unlike the United States, Korea was a mandatory military state. We must overcome rooted stereotypes." When autonomy and military responsibility are given, we will resolve the military culture that we want with peace of mind. "
Lee Gil-hyeong, a member of the Gyeongdong University working group, pointed out that when soldiers applied to the Army headquarters intranet proposal square, there was no response from the announcement titled "Soldiers who do not communicate with soldiers must lose." Meanwhile, "We propose the idea of a 2.0 square idea that soldiers can participate."
This company, "15th Division, Kwon Bum-su, headquarters of the Army headquarters intranet," I think my mind can change the world makes me breathe "without anyone answering, but I stand firm with my ideas." Soldiers continue knock on the door of communication, "said the army, now is the time to open the door.
Next, Dr. Park Dong-ha, army flight school, proposed the implementation of & # 39; Soldier Resilience Services & # 39; and the 3rd Field Transportation Education Team, Park Ji-min, suggested building a soldier search, an army job search site. Park Ji-min said, "We will build a work site on the intranet so that talent can be placed efficiently in accordance with the principles of military demand and supply, such as the social labor market." For units that need talent in each sector, this is a plan to select unit soldiers and receive missions in the form of shipping, and return them to the unit when the mission is complete. "
"If we can mobilize the soldiers we need in the tasks needed by the military, we will improve our efficiency and job satisfaction with our services," he said.
The Army decided to make a policy proposal book from the announcement of these soldiers and distribute it and follow it up so that it could be structured by army policy.
Kim Yong-woo, the army general, said, "The most important assets for the army are people, and the mighty army is the biggest fighting force of the army, and the future and hope of the Republic of Korea." "Young soldiers are young soldiers. I will cultivate them." Union
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The doctor "Ambulance" published a painful note for their colleagues
Senior ruling party officials affirmed the draft policy on amending immigration laws during the term of office


Here's another broadcast from my car, and this time I'm driving to the local Post Office to deliver a DVD set of my English improving software – English Harmony System 2.0!
I'm planning to discontinue the DVD sets at some stage in the near future anyway, so this is the last drive of this kind. You see – at the moment I'm working on the System's update, and with a lot of new lessons added onto the software the DVD version becomes rather too expensive to manufacture and deliver.
Also, considering we're living in a digital era, it would make an awful lot of sense indeed to encourage my potential customers to contribute to the environment and go for a digital product instead.
As we all know, all physical goods have a related carbon footprint, so the less goods we buy and get delivered, the less damage we do to our planet! Of course, I'm not going to turn the whole world's environmental problems on their head, but then again – every little counts!
So basically when all my remaining DVD stock is sold out, I'll keep selling only the download version of the System which is actually the exact same product. No-one needs to worry they'll get anything less if not getting a DVD set!
Also, I'm rambling about my job in the video above, so if you're interested to find out specifics of Robby's 9 – 5 job – spend the next five minutes watching the video and you'll found out for yourself what it is that I do on a daily basis to put food on the table!


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The New Season of "Stranger Things" Shows the Limits of Kids Saving the World
Beneath the idyllic notion of a world in which teens have the agency, power, and drive to incite change is the reality of the fouled inheritance that has been dropped in their laps.
By Maya Phillips
June 10 & 17, 2019 Issue
"She takes out the fake I.D., glances at it for a moment, and then gives it to Javier. No fuss, as if she weren't handing him a new lease on life."
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"The fight was rigged and rotten, another gear in the machine that kept black folks down."
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"If only a twentysomething mega-celebrity/style icon/trailblazing entrepreneur/regular person just like us would weigh in about our country's current ideological crisis in a caption beneath a sexy yet tasteful selfie, then we would know how to feel about it all!"
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How to Grant Your Child an Inner Life
Anxious parenting is an optimization economy with no upper limit, which turns every second of a child's life, in and out of school, into a commodity.
By Jess Row
Taboo Dept.
February 18 & 25, 2019 Issue
The Oscar-Nominated Doc About a Pad Machine
A student group in North Hollywood sent a pad-making machine—and a documentary filmmaker—to an Indian village where menstruation carries a stigma.
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A Trump Biography for Teens Is a New Lens on the President's Totalizing Awfulness
The profundity of Trump's ascent and failure and horror requires a level of distance to absorb. Perhaps teen-agers have this distance; many adults do not.
By Katy Waldman
Rookie Brought the Inclusive Spirit of Zines to the Internet Era
The online magazine, which is folding after seven years, cultivated a rare space where young readers could examine what it means to be a person in their own small worlds and in the wider world around them.
By Paula Mejía
December 10, 2018 Issue
Cyndi Lauper's Mission to Help Homeless Teens
The pop star, who was briefly homeless during her teens, helped open two shelters for L.G.B.T. youth.
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A Secret Sexual Life, at Fifteen
I wasn't tricked or manipulated. I said yes, because I wanted something. I wanted sex—or whatever it was that happened between two men.
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Truth Like Oil
Digging to Indochina
Roses Take Practice
Bread and Salt
Wylie Steele, a high school senior, has dreams of escaping her alcoholic family and dying New England Mill town, but no apparent means of making the dream a reality. She gets a job at Ida's bakery where Sofie Schmidt, a seventy-year-old German immigrant, has worked for twenty years. Sofie's fifty-year-old, gay son, Martin, escaped Rivertown and his demanding mother years ago and rarely comes back to visit. Wylie and Sofie's relationship is full of tension and misunderstandings. Wylie, hopeful that the money she earns could be her ticket out of town, struggles to fit the job into a life already full of family responsibilities, her boyfriend, Danny, and school. Sofie teaches Wylie cake decorating which the girl uses to make strange and wonderful cakes. It becomes a form of self-expression. Their relationship grows as Sofie, cranky as she is, becomes attached to Wylie. Wylie, for the first time in her life, has someone giving her something. Martin is summoned home when Sofie breaks her hip. Wylie and he struggle over what role each of them is meant to play in her healing process and form their own tension filled relationship. Wylie's home life deteriorates until her mother, Lucy, is threatened with losing the kids at which point Lucy finally tries to quit drinking. After Sofie reinjures her hip, gives up hope and lets herself die, Wylie is left with Sofie's VW Beetle, her own developed cake decorating talents and the inspiration of Martin's life away from Rivertown. But what if her family can't function without her?
Reader Review
ROSES TAKE PRACTICE is Connie Biewald's warmest and most hopeful book yet. The main character, Wylie Steele, is a terrific blend of tough teenage girl, small-town innocent, and hard-working dreamer. She has a host of things going against her–a dead father, an alcoholic mother, a pyromaniacal brother, and a boyfriend who wants all the things she doesn't want–and if Connie Biewald were a less capable author, we would spend the entire 188 pages watching Wylie fall victim to her own missteps and misfortune.
Instead, the book opens with Wylie taking a chance. She applies for a job at the local bakery, sure that a) she is not going to get the job, and b) even if she does get it, she could never work with the elderly, overbearing, and demanding Sofie Schmidt. But Sofie does offer Wylie the job, and Wylie, despite her fears, accepts it.
From this little butterfly-wing of a moment, ROSES TAKE PRACTICES swirls and spins until both Wylie and Sofie are caught up in a whirlwind of changes–some good, some bad. The book does a brilliant job of exploring the relationship between love and change, how it's impossible to achieve one without risking the other. But it's the characters themselves who make the book so wonderful and memorable. In fact, once you finish ROSES TAKE PRACTICE, you won't just remember Wylie and Sofie. You'll miss them.
© 2020 Connie Biewald. All Rights Reserved


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Moving to the 'Rep-Less' Model For Medical Devices to Save Money and Reduce Risk
December 13, 2016Sri MandavaCath LabCost ReductionHospital FinanceHospital ManagementOperating RoomsRadiologyThe Business of Surgery
Moving to buying medical devices direct from manufacturers can yield huge financial benefits for hospitals. Loma Linda University Medical Center in California drastically eliminated reps in orthopedics after a long internal struggle to do so. They reported savings of about $1 million annually, or 50 percent on the cost of the devices, without affecting outcomes.
Making a move to a rep-less model for acquiring medical devices can definitely yield huge financial benefits. But investments must be made in the proper tools and processes to replace the medical device reps. Hospitals must invest in training for surgical techs to acquire the knowledge previously provided by the reps. They must also put in place systems to properly manage the devices that were previously consigned, or many of the financial benefits may never be realized.
This article found at Kaiser Health News by Sandra B. Goodman discusses the complications of having medical device reps involved in procedures and follows the path of Loma Linda as they moved to remove medical device reps from the equation.
"Two years ago, Gary Botimer, a joint replacement specialist who is chief of orthopedics at Loma Linda, undertook a radical experiment: He got rid of reps in joint replacement cases. Botimer negotiated a steep discount on the price of artificial joints bought in bulk from a well-known American manufacturer and sent hospital surgical techs to the technical training given to device salespeople.."
"After the program was launched in 2014, Botimer said, he and his staff tracked the outcomes of all 500 joint replacement cases for one year to see if the "rep-less model" was equivalent. No difference in outcomes was detected, he said, but the hospital saved $1 million each year. (While standard implants are used in about 90 percent of cases, Loma Linda surgeons are free to use other devices if they believe doing so is in the patient's best interest.)
The program has been so successful that it is being extended to other orthopedic surgeries, such as trauma and spine operations, he said. Botimer added that he is fielding inquiries from other hospital systems contemplating a similar move."
Read the entire article here: Medical Device Employees Are Often In The O.R., Raising Concerns About Influence
Moving to the rep-less model certainly seems like it has plenty of benefits if executed properly, as seen at Loma Linda. Hospitals must be prepared for the journey by having the right tools in place to replace the reps when gone.


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