text:
import mock

from taskflow import task
from taskflow import test
from taskflow.utils import reflection

class MyTask(task.Task):
    def execute(self, context, spam, eggs):
        pass

class KwargsTask(task.Task):
    def execute(self, spam, **kwargs):
        pass

class DefaultArgTask(task.Task):
    def execute(self, spam, eggs=()):
        pass

class DefaultProvidesTask(task.Task):
    default_provides = 'def'

    def execute(self):
        return None

class ProgressTask(task.Task):
    def execute(self, values, **kwargs):
        for value in values:
            self.update_progress(value)

class TaskTest(test.TestCase):

    def test_passed_name(self):
        my_task = MyTask(name='my name')
        self.assertEqual(my_task.name, 'my name')

    def test_generated_name(self):
        my_task = MyTask()
        self.assertEqual(my_task.name,
                         '%s.%s' % (__name__, 'MyTask'))

    def test_no_provides(self):
        my_task = MyTask()
        self.assertEqual(my_task.save_as, {})

    def test_provides(self):
        my_task = MyTask(provides='food')
        self.assertEqual(my_task.save_as, {'food': None})

    def test_multi_provides(self):
        my_task = MyTask(provides=('food', 'water'))
        self.assertEqual(my_task.save_as, {'food': 0, 'water': 1})

    def test_unpack(self):
        my_task = MyTask(provides=('food',))
        self.assertEqual(my_task.save_as, {'food': 0})

    def test_bad_provides(self):
        self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, '^Task provides',
                                MyTask, provides=object())

    def test_requires_by_default(self):
        my_task = MyTask()
        self.assertEqual(my_task.rebind, {
            'spam': 'spam',
            'eggs': 'eggs',
            'context': 'context'
        })

    def test_requires_amended(self):
        my_task = MyTask(requires=('spam', 'eggs'))
        self.assertEqual(my_task.rebind, {
            'spam': 'spam',
            'eggs': 'eggs',
            'context': 'context'
        })

    def test_requires_explicit(self):
        my_task = MyTask(auto_extract=False,
                         requires=('spam', 'eggs', 'context'))
        self.assertEqual(my_task.rebind, {
            'spam': 'spam',
            'eggs': 'eggs',
            'context': 'context'
        })

    def test_requires_explicit_not_enough(self):
        self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, '^Missing arguments',
                                MyTask,
                                auto_extract=False, requires=('spam', 'eggs'))

    def test_requires_ignores_optional(self):
        my_task = DefaultArgTask()
        self.assertEqual(my_task.requires, set(['spam']))

    def test_requires_allows_optional(self):
        my_task = DefaultArgTask(requires=('spam', 'eggs'))
        self.assertEqual(my_task.requires, set(['spam', 'eggs']))

    def test_rebind_all_args(self):
        my_task = MyTask(rebind={'spam': 'a', 'eggs': 'b', 'context': 'c'})
        self.assertEqual(my_task.rebind, {
            'spam': 'a',
            'eggs': 'b',
            'context': 'c'
        })

    def test_rebind_partial(self):
        my_task = MyTask(rebind={'spam': 'a', 'eggs': 'b'})
        self.assertEqual(my_task.rebind, {
            'spam': 'a',
            'eggs': 'b',
            'context': 'context'
        })

    def test_rebind_unknown(self):
        self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, '^Extra arguments',
                                MyTask, rebind={'foo': 'bar'})

    def test_rebind_unknown_kwargs(self):
        task = KwargsTask(rebind={'foo': 'bar'})
        self.assertEqual(task.rebind, {
            'foo': 'bar',
            'spam': 'spam'
        })

    def test_rebind_list_all(self):
        my_task = MyTask(rebind=('a', 'b', 'c'))
        self.assertEqual(my_task.rebind, {
            'context': 'a',
            'spam': 'b',
            'eggs': 'c'
        })

    def test_rebind_list_partial(self):
        my_task = MyTask(rebind=('a', 'b'))
        self.assertEqual(my_task.rebind, {
            'context': 'a',
            'spam': 'b',
            'eggs': 'eggs'
        })

    def test_rebind_list_more(self):
        self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, '^Extra arguments',
                                MyTask, rebind=('a', 'b', 'c', 'd'))

    def test_rebind_list_more_kwargs(self):
        task = KwargsTask(rebind=('a', 'b', 'c'))
        self.assertEqual(task.rebind, {
            'spam': 'a',
            'b': 'b',
            'c': 'c'
        })

    def test_rebind_list_bad_value(self):
        self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, '^Invalid rebind value:',
                                MyTask, rebind=object())

    def test_default_provides(self):
        task = DefaultProvidesTask()
        self.assertEqual(task.provides, set(['def']))
        self.assertEqual(task.save_as, {'def': None})

    def test_default_provides_can_be_overridden(self):
        task = DefaultProvidesTask(provides=('spam', 'eggs'))
        self.assertEqual(task.provides, set(['spam', 'eggs']))
        self.assertEqual(task.save_as, {'spam': 0, 'eggs': 1})

    def test_update_progress_within_bounds(self):
        values = [0.0, 0.5, 1.0]
        result = []

        def progress_callback(task, event_data, progress):
            result.append(progress)

        task = ProgressTask()
        with task.autobind('update_progress', progress_callback):
            task.execute(values)
        self.assertEqual(result, values)

    @mock.patch.object(task.LOG, 'warn')
    def test_update_progress_lower_bound(self, mocked_warn):
        result = []

        def progress_callback(task, event_data, progress):
            result.append(progress)

        task = ProgressTask()
        with task.autobind('update_progress', progress_callback):
            task.execute([-1.0, -0.5, 0.0])
        self.assertEqual(result, [0.0, 0.0, 0.0])
        self.assertEqual(mocked_warn.call_count, 2)

    @mock.patch.object(task.LOG, 'warn')
    def test_update_progress_upper_bound(self, mocked_warn):
        result = []

        def progress_callback(task, event_data, progress):
            result.append(progress)

        task = ProgressTask()
        with task.autobind('update_progress', progress_callback):
            task.execute([1.0, 1.5, 2.0])
        self.assertEqual(result, [1.0, 1.0, 1.0])
        self.assertEqual(mocked_warn.call_count, 2)

    @mock.patch.object(task.LOG, 'exception')
    def test_update_progress_handler_failure(self, mocked_exception):
        def progress_callback(*args, **kwargs):
            raise Exception('Woot!')

        task = ProgressTask()
        with task.autobind('update_progress', progress_callback):
            task.execute([0.5])
        mocked_exception.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, reflection.get_callable_name(progress_callback),
            'update_progress')

    @mock.patch.object(task.LOG, 'exception')
    def test_autobind_non_existent_event(self, mocked_exception):
        event = 'test-event'
        handler = lambda: None
        task = MyTask()
        with task.autobind(event, handler):
            self.assertEqual(len(task._events_listeners), 0)
            mocked_exception.assert_called_once_with(
                mock.ANY, handler, event, task)

    def test_autobind_handler_is_none(self):
        task = MyTask()
        with task.autobind('update_progress', None):
            self.assertEqual(len(task._events_listeners), 0)

    def test_unbind_any_handler(self):
        task = MyTask()
        self.assertEqual(len(task._events_listeners), 0)
        task.bind('update_progress', lambda: None)
        self.assertEqual(len(task._events_listeners), 1)
        self.assertTrue(task.unbind('update_progress'))
        self.assertEqual(len(task._events_listeners), 0)

    def test_unbind_any_handler_empty_listeners(self):
        task = MyTask()
        self.assertEqual(len(task._events_listeners), 0)
        self.assertFalse(task.unbind('update_progress'))
        self.assertEqual(len(task._events_listeners), 0)

    def test_unbind_non_existent_listener(self):
        handler1 = lambda: None
        handler2 = lambda: None
        task = MyTask()
        task.bind('update_progress', handler1)
        self.assertEqual(len(task._events_listeners), 1)
        self.assertFalse(task.unbind('update_progress', handler2))
        self.assertEqual(len(task._events_listeners), 1)

class FunctorTaskTest(test.TestCase):

    def test_creation_with_version(self):
        version = (2, 0)
        f_task = task.FunctorTask(lambda: None, version=version)
        self.assertEqual(f_task.version, version)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Lev 11:2 "Speak to the people of Israel, and this is what you should say, these are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the land.
Lev 11:3 Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.
Lev 11:4 Nevertheless, among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you will not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is contaminated to you.
Lev 11:5 And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is contaminated to you.
Lev 11:6 And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is contaminated to you.
Lev 11:7 And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is contaminated to you.
Lev 11:8 You will not eat any of their meat, and you will not touch their carcasses; they are contaminated to you.
My first response upon reading a passage like this is to wonder why God decided to make some foods taboo for the Israelites, and not others. These choices seem a bit arbitrary to me. They do not seem to be based on the healthiness of the food. Perhaps some of these contaminated foods were deemed fit sacrifices for other religions? I do not know. But I do not need to know, and neither did the Israelites. They only needed to know what God preference was. Following his commands indicated that they had submitted to his lordship.
There is a great deal about the new covenant that believers in Christ cannot fully explain. There are seeming paradoxes and mysteries throughout the New Testament. But we are not responsible as believers to understand and explain it all. We are responsible to believe and trust, even those things that we cannot explain.
LORD, we surrender to your preference. For those mysteries in your word that we cannot solve, we yield to your omniscience.
This entry was posted in Bible, dependence upon God, discernment and tagged Leviticus 11. Bookmark the permalink.


text:
CMC | DONATE
Institute Contract Projects
Rose Award for Excellence in Public Service
Browse Initiatives
All Approved Initiatives by State
Listing of Individual States
Types of Initiatives
Post Election Challenges
Background on the Initiative Process
How to Use the Initiative Database
SoCal Almanac
Cities (A-F)
Cities (G-K)
Cities (L-P)
Cities (Q-U)
Cities (V-Z)
Redistricting Conference (Sept 17, 2020)
Key Court Cases
Redistricting by State
Webinars: 2020 Census and the New Redistricting Cycle
Video Voter Series
Inland Empire Outlook
Rose Review
COVID-19, the CARES Act and State and Local Government
Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey
California: A 2010 Congressional Battleground?
Posted on November 2, 2009 by Rose Institute
Much of the recent work at the Rose Institute has focused on California redistricting in 2011 and how it may significantly change—even eliminate—certain districts, thereby forcing out several term incumbents in 2012. However, it is also important to consider which incumbents may not make it to 2012 because they lose in 2010. Several seats could potentially be in play in California in 2010; this post will examine these potentially competitive races by assessing the current financial health of each campaign (both incumbents and their challengers).
The post will look at eight potential 2010 battleground districts. While none are yet clear takeover opportunities for either party, some of them could develop into very competitive races. The races were deemed potentially competitive based on three factors. (1) the race was competitive in 2008, (2) the incumbent won the last election by a narrow margin, or (3) either the Democrats or Republicans have targeted the race. A race is deemed to be targeted if a candidate has been identified as part of (a) the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)'s Frontline Program (vulnerable Democratic incumbents), (b) the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)'s Patriot Program (vulnerable Republican incumbents), or (c) the NRCC's Young Guns Program (exciting Republican challengers).
Before looking at individual races, it is important to consider briefly the overall environment in California going into 2010. In 2008, Barack Obama did very well in California, even in traditionally Republican districts. Having Obama at the top of the ticket clearly helped Democrats further down the ballot and made some Republican incumbents do worse than they otherwise would have done. In 2010, Obama will not be at the top of the ballot. Instead, it will feature the Governor's race and the U.S. Senate race. With Gavin Newsom dropping out of the race last week, 71 year old Jerry Brown will likely be the Democrat's gubernatorial nominee, and incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer will be the nominee for Senate. While both Brown and Boxer may run strong campaigns, neither one will create the excitement that Obama created in 2008 that helped Democrat congressional candidates down the ballot. Republican incumbents who had close elections in 2008 because of Obama will likely face a more favorable climate in 2010.
CA-03 Dan Lungren (R)
Eight term incumbent Dan Lungren won in 2008 by 5%, but Obama carried his district in the presidential election. After the 2008 elections, Lungren challenged John Boehner for Minority Leader, but he did not gain significant traction. Lungren has been placed on the NRCC's Patriot Program signaling that he may be targeted in 2010. He raised $192,700 in the third quarter and spent around 39% of it ($74,700) which netted him $118,000 for the quarter. He has $443,700 cash on hand. Lungren clearly realizes that he needs to raise money as his financial documents reveal tens of thousands spent on fundraising consultants. However, one of his challengers, physician Ameriash Bera, raised an impressive $335,400 in the third quarter while only spending $36,700 which netted him $298,700 for the quarter. He has $585,700 cash on hand. Lungren's other challenger, businessman Bill Slaton, raised only $78,400 and burned through all of it and more ($79,300) yet still has $398,500 cash on hand—he made a $175,000 self-loan to the campaign. Lungren has comparatively limited cash on hand, and he will need to raise significantly more in the next few quarters as he faces two candidates with money close to or exceeding his (especially if Slaton continues to use his own money). However, if Bera and Slaton have an extremely competitive primary battle requiring them to use most of their money against each other, it would certainly benefit Lungren.
CA-04 Tom McClintock (R)
Tom McClintock just barely beat his 2008 opponent Air Force Lt. Col. Charlie Brown by less than 2,000 votes (after a recount). Yet, McCain beat Obama in the district by close to ten points. McClintock is not a member of the NRCC's Patriot Program, and there have yet to be signals that Democrats will target him heavily in 2010. His close 2008 election could potentially make him an attractive target at some point, especially considering his low fundraising numbers. McClintock raised only $200,000 in the third quarter and spent $221,200, meaning he raised a net of $-21,200 for the third quarter. He only has $228,100 cash on hand. McClintock has a very robust campaign; he is spending on fundraising, ads, staff salaries, polling, and webdesign. His greatest advantage currently is that he does not have a strong opponent. His former opponent, Charlie Brown only raised $20 last quarter and only has $985 cash on hand suggesting he will not run again. Yet Brown has updated his website since last November, so perhaps he still has some thoughts about running again. McClintock would strengthen his position and discourage potential challengers if he had a strong fourth quarter.
CA-11 Jerry McNerney (D)
Republicans really want this seat back. Jerry McNerney won the seat from Richard Pombo in 2006 after Pombo had several problems including ties to Jack Abramhoff. Republicans thought they had a good chance at the seat in 2008 because Bush had won it in 2004, but Republican nominee Dean Andal lost by 10% when Obama carried the district. The DCCC realizes that McNerney will likely be a target again in 2010 as he was placed on the Frontline Program. McNerney only raised $247,700 in the third quarter while spending $90,600, meaning he netted $157,100 for the third quarter. He ended the quarter with $675,800 cash on hand. Currently McNerney is lucky as Republicans have yet to unite around one candidate (there are more than five candidates currently). Brad Goehring touts some local endorsements on his website, and he has $423,100 cash on hand. However, $400,000 of that is a self-loan, and he only raised $68,500 last quarter. Two more Republicans have entered the race in the last week. If a strong candidate can emerge from this field, Republicans have a chance to flip the seat, but they will need to avoid a competitive primary.
CA-26 David Dreier (R)
As the Ranking Member on the Rules Committee, David Dreier is one of the most important Republicans in the House. He won in 2008 over businessman Russ Warner by over 10%; however, Obama won his district and the DCCC did view his seat as a target in 2008. Dreier only raised $87,100 in the third quarter, but he has $940,600 cash on hand.   Warner, his 2008 opponent, has announced he will run again but only raised $40,500 in the third quarter leaving him with $95,200 cash on hand. Unless Warner picks up his fundraising (or someone else enters the race) Dreier is likely safe.
CA-44 Ken Calvert (R)
Ken Calvert was viewed as safe in 2008 (Bush had won by a significant margin in 2004 and Calvert had won comfortably before), but he only won by 2% (Obama won the District) against public school teacher Bill Hedrick who barely raised any money in 2008. The NRCC has placed Calvert on the Patriot Program to prevent that result from happening again. Calvert raised $226,700 in the third quarter and has $511,300 cash on hand. Hedrick only raised $43,700 and burned through around 80% of it ($34,900) leaving him with $74,400 cash on hand. Hedrick's unimpressive sum would suggest that Calvert is safe, but Hedrick proved in 2008 that he can do well without money. Additionally, several newspapers have recently claimed that Calvert is involved with an FBI investigation. However, if Calvert capitalizes off Hedrick's inability to raise money and uses his money to discredit Hedrick early in the cycle (unlike being surprised by him in 2008), Calvert will likely run a strong campaign.
CA-45 Mary Bono Mack (R)
Mary Bono Mack won in 2008 by 16%, but Obama won her District (Bush had won it decisively in 2004) which landed her a credible challenger in Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet. Bono Mack can make a credible argument that she is bipartisan because she was one of the only House Republicans to vote for the Cap and Trade bill this summer. Yet, the NRCC has placed her in the Patriot Program because she will likely face a strong challenge from Pougnet. Bono Mack raised $343,300 in the third quarter which gives her $716,000 cash on hand. Pougnet raised $200,800 and has $347,200 cash on hand. Bono Mack should have a strong campaign, but if Pougnet can come close to her fundraising numbers (or outraise her) he will make it a close race.
CA-47 Loretta Sanchez (D)
Loretta Sanchez won in 2008 with close to 70% of the vote, and Obama decisively won her District. However, at least initially, the NRCC was very excited about Assemblyman Van Tran's campaign because the NRCC thought he could be the ideal candidate for the District, so he was placed in the Young Guns Program. Sanchez only raised $134,800 in the third quarter but has $769,000 cash on hand. Tran only raised $85,900 and has $282,500 cash on hand. The NRCC recently released its latest list for the Young Guns Program and did not move Tran up to the next level of "Contender." Tran may be an exciting candidate, but he will need to have stronger fundraising quarters if he is going to compete with Sanchez.
CA-50 Brian Bilbray (R)
Brian Bilbray won in 2008 by 5%, but Obama won his District, and he already has several Democratic opponents. He has been put in the NRCC's Patriot Program. Bilbray raised $113,400 in the third quarter but burned through about 65% of it ($74,400) leaving him with $434,700 cash on hand. He spent significant money on fundraising and consultants during the quarter. His 2006 opponent Francine Busby raised $62,600 and spent $58,000 which left her with $144,800 cash on hand. Attorney Tracy Emblem only raised $30,000 and spent $27,600 of it leaving her with only $24,600 cash on hand. Solana Beach Councilman and Mayor Dave Roberts, probably the strongest challenger, raised more than Bilbray ($153,300) and has $122,900 cash on hand. If Roberts continues to outraise Bilbray, he could be a very strong challenger. However, if either the Busby or Emblem fundraising picks up, there could be a competitive primary which would help Bilbray.
*Financial data comes from each campaign's third quarter Federal Election Commission online filing. For simplicity, the numbers were rounded down to the nearest hundred. The electoral data on each District in 2008 and 2004 comes from The National Journal's 2010 The Almanac of American Politics.
← Rose Institute Redistricting Study Mentioned in Sacramento Bee Article
Florida Advances Redistricting Reforms →
Kravis Center, Fourth Floor
850 Columbia Ave
Claremont, CA 91711
Copyright 2019 The Rose Institute

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
My San Diego Comic-Con schedule
My San Diego Comic-Con schedule I'm on my way to the Polaris convention in Toronto right now (the schedule for that is here, with one correction: the Details, Filler, and Plot panel is now Saturday at 11 and the Ethics and the Wheel of Time panel is Sunday at noon). But since Comic-Con starts earlier…
My Toronto Convention Schedule
My Toronto Convention Schedule It's been listed on my events calendar for months, but in case you live near Toronto and weren't aware, I will be there this weekend for Polaris 25. My schedule is below. Address: Sheraton Parkway Toronto North 600 Highway 7 East Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada L4B 1B2 FRIDAY 06:00 p.m., York…
Updates + Sanderson's Second Law in The Leading Edge
Updates + Sanderson's Second Law in The Leading Edge Fantasy Faction did a video interview of me while I was in Europe. The result is over 30 minutes long, and covers topics such as the Way of the Kings, the Alloy of Law, Mistborn as a series, my writing process, The Wheel of Time, and…
THE WAY OF KINGS Wins the David Gemmell Legend Award
THE WAY OF KINGS Wins the David Gemmell Legend Award I've put up a new WARBREAKER annotation about chapter 55. Plus there's also a new Writing Excuses episode up on professional organizations. As our cohost Mary Robinette Kowal is also the vice president of SFWA, she has many useful things to say on the topic.…
France Schedule + Mary Robinette Kowal Joins Writing Excuses
France Schedule + Mary Robinette Kowal Joins Writing Excuses The rest of my France schedule is below. But first a couple of updates. Writing Excuses enters its sixth season with an exciting announcement: Mary Robinette Kowal joins Howard Tayler, Dan Wells, and me as our fourth full-time cast member. For the first episode of the…
Signing in Oslo Tomorrow
Signing in Oslo Tomorrow Today my flight out of Strasbourg was delayed, so I missed my connecting flight to Oslo in Amsterdam. The result of that was an eight-hour wait in Amsterdam before the next flight, so I got to hang out with some of the local readers while eating pancakes and fries. If you're…
I'm going to France, Norway, the UK, and France again
I'm going to France, Norway, the UK, and France again This morning my plane took off for the first leg of my European tour. The flight was delayed, but I have a long layover in Cincinnati, so I'll still get there in time for my connection. Anyway, here is my schedule of events. Les Imaginales,…
Updates + Hugo Voter Packet
Updates + Hugo Voter Packet We've got a few more parts of the website working. The percentage bars on the left column are now functional again, and my assistant was able to put up another Twitter posts collection. New annotations and library items will have to wait for later though. There are two new Writing…
Gemmell Award Nominations + Updates
Gemmell Award Nominations + Updates The short list of six nominees for the David Gemmell Legend Award is out, and for the second year in a row I have two books on the list. Towers of Midnight and The Way of Kings join Brent Weeks's The Black Prism, Pierre Pevel's The Alchemist in the Shadows,…
More of "I Hate Dragons"
More of "I Hate Dragons" Thank you all for helping me out with the Delta situation (and for helping my brother win his goofy contest). I wanted to do something nice, so I dredged up the chapters I wrote of "I Hate Dragons" as a writing exercise a few months back. I had originally written…


Treatments and finishes returns – the fairground held every two years at Mecspe exhibition, focused on surface treatments and finishes: metal, plastic, wood.
Thanks to the concomitance of the synergic salons of MECSPE, it can count on the presence of more than 53,000 visitors: decision-makers, business owners, purchasing managers and production managers.
The industry is constantly evolving: the evolving industry is the one that is willing to face new challenges through new technologies. Nowadays, big challenges concern materials and ecology. Nanotechnologies offer concrete responses to these challenges by providing users with coatings and treatments that are suitable to meet current production requirements by bringing innovation and competitiveness to industrial products.
Information note pursuant to European Regulation for the Protection of Data No. 2016/679 - GDPR. Your name, e-mail address, postal address and Company Name are used for the dispatch of messages for this service. The data processing controller is: SENAF srl via Eritrea n. 21/A - 20157 Milan – Gruppo Tecniche Nuove. You have been contacted because your data is present in the public data banks of the Techniche Nuove Group that SENAF srl. is also a part of. Your data will be processed manually and electronically. Your data may be communicated to companies that are commissioned by us and may be used for statistical, information and commercial purposes. The legal basis of the processing is the consent issued when registering with the Techniche Nuove Group and the period of conservation is defined on the criteria of the cancellation request. Pursuant to articles 15 -22 of the GDPR, you have the right to request the modification or the cancellation of your data in our possession by writing to Senaf srl via Eritrea 21/A – 20157 Milan or via the e-mail: privacy@senaf.it. For further information on the use of your data please refer to: http://www.senaf.it/it/privacy/.


The editorial strikes me as rather peculiar. Why advocate spreading participation in combat by the more peaceful and gentle segment of humanity?Adolf Schoepe, Anaheim, Calif. Letters are welcome. Only a selection can be published, subject to condensation, and none acknowledged. Please address them to "Readers Write," One Norway St., Boston, MA 02115.


I plan to visit Liverpool Albert Dock C&R moorings this summer. I have looked on their website and note the moorings start at number 7 and end number 22.
Does anyone have a layout / photo of the moorings they can post?
Does number 7 and 22 have a open water side when you are moored up?
My reason for asking is we like to moor with our bedroom window on the water side with the view of less noise in the morning.
Surely they start at 1. Our allocated mooring for June is S4.
Edited to say I see you are talking about Albert Dock. Ard you sure there are visitor moorings there?
Hi Pearley, yes you are correct. I have just spoken to C&R who have confirmed moorings are 1 to 46.
I am booked in for 28th June, mooring 22 if anyone wants to say hi.
I think you'll find the moorings are in Salthouse Dock, 'behind' Albert Dock.
I thought you wanted to be on the outside? Wouldn't you have been better in 2, 9 or 11?
They offered me 7 or 22 at the time of booking. Happy with what I have at present. 😁 looking forwards to it, lets hope we have a summer like 2018.
lets hope we have a summer like 2018.
I certainly don't. I spent the summer traversing the L&L faster than I would have liked, pursued by drought restrictions and closures.
Narrowboats definitely moor in Salthouse Dock, the Albert Dock is used for yachts and other small boats.
I see you are talking about Albert Dock. Ard you sure there are visitor moorings there?
For clarity, Albert Dock has permanent moorings, the visitor moorings you get allocated when you book into Liverpool are all in Salthouse Dock on the North and East walls. The moorings in the South-West corner are permanent moorings.
There a currently a couple of narrowboats in the Albert Dock, but they are on long term mooring contracts.
And it's quite nice white water in Salthouse at the moment - 60+ mph winds and the water is getting lumpy!
Are you a long term moorer in the docks?
Have you stayed on the visitor moorings in Salthouse Dock if so do you know if boaters can hear the noise of the city at night?
We are on the visitor moorings at the moment, and can't hear anything except wind noise and creaking jetties!
More helpfully, city noise isn't much of a problem in Salthouse on either side of the visitor moorings - the boats are usually around 10 feet below the road, so you don't hear it much. Obviously if an ambulance goes past running a siren you will hear that as the road runs along the dockside.


text:
Logo Non-Compliance
Informed-Choice Launches New Website
LGC's global quality assurance programme Informed-Choice is pleased to announce the launch of its new and fully-featured website www.informed-choice.org. The new site has enhanced search features and extensive content that will serve as a vital resource for athletes and consumers.
Informed-Choice's new website is designed to assist athletes, exercise enthusiasts and armed forces members in selecting sports supplements that have been screened for substances banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
A new responsive design provides an optimal online experience for users browsing the site on desktop computers, tablets and mobile phones. Enhanced search functionality allows users to search for products by brand name, batch ID or product type. Printable lists of registered products and tested batches are also available on the new site.
Informed-Choice's Director of Business Development, Terence O'Rorke, recognises the new website as a necessary step to improving the customer experience. "Informed-Choice has grown significantly in the last few years and we're excited to launch our new website for a program that now has more than 400 registered products.
"As more athletes and consumers visit Informed-Choice.org, it's essential we deliver a high-quality experience over a variety of devices and easy-to-use search features so they can easily confirm if the sports nutrition products they use have been tested."
In addition to the new search features and mobile responsive design, Informed-Choice's new website also features a variety of educational materials that explain the testing processes for products, manufacturers and raw materials suppliers.
Informed-Choice was established in 2008 with the support of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) and is recognised by some of the leading National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs) across the world. Since 2008 LGC has analyzed more than 50,000 samples.
www.informed-choice.org


text:
Tiger cubs are on the ...
Suitable tiger found for translocated ...
Tiger cubs are on the mend from bone disease
RARE tiger cubs in Torbay are on the road to recovery, but it may be several weeks before they return to public view.
Animal experts at Paignton Zoo are treading carefully with their injured Sumatran tiger cubs, Surya and Aryo, which are being treated after they broke leg bones earlier in the year.
They were diagnosed with osteoporosis and vets had to pin and plaster their limbs.
The cubs were born in February. In July female cub Kemala was seriously injured in a fall and vets had no choice but to put her down.
A zoo spokesman said: "The pair are now well on the road to recovery and have had the pins taken out and casts removed."
They were in adjacent pens at the zoo vet centre during the early stages of treatment, but have now been put together as the first step towards moving back into the public enclosure with mother Banda and brother Bintang.
Head vet Ghislaine Sayers said: "The two cubs have been mixed and after some very positive greeting noises they were soon playing together and grooming each other."
It is likely to be several more weeks before the cubs are moved back to the tiger pen for contact with their mother.
Curator of mammals Neil Bemment said: "The last thing we want is to do anything too quickly and risk more breaks."
All the cubs, now eight months old, have been given mineral supplements and meat on the bone to strengthen their bones.
Mr Bemment said: "We may mix these two with the third cub before they all go in with mother Banda, assuming she is happy to be separated from him for a short time. We know a lot of visitors and supporters are really keen to see the cubs together again, but this is not a job to be rushed."
http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Tiger-cubs-mend-bone-disease/article-1403008-detail/article.html
https://bigcatrescue.org
Suitable tiger found for translocated tigresses: Negi
Rockaway eyes tigers
Zoo prepares for new tiger, other arrivals
Zoo prepares for new tiger, other arrivals Posted: Wednesday, Jul 8th, 2009BY: Paula McCambridge ...
Five Year Old Mauled by Captive Pay to Play Tiger
Five Year Old Mauled by Captive Pay to Play Tiger A five year-old boy ...
BCR August 22, 2011
Bobcat Prison Break
MONROE, Wash. (AP) — An animal that appears to be a bobcat has found ...


text:
October 09-10, 2023 Zurich, Switzerland
Advancing in science and improving care to prevent the Infectious Diseases
Submit Abstract Register Now Sessions & Tracks Program Schedule Reader Base Market Analysis
Rubén Bueno Marí
Medical and Veterniary Entomologist Laboratoriomica
Rubén Bueno-Marí finished his Ph.D. in 2010 in the University of Valencia (Spain) and obtained the Special Doctorate Award in the field of Natural Sciences two years later. He is an active member of several scientific associations at national and international level, highlighting his role as current President Elect of the European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA). He is an expert advisor of the Iberoamerican Society of Scientific Information (SIIC) and has published more than 60 scientific publications in journals related with the fields of medical and veterinary entomology, applied zoology, parasitology and public health. He currently cooperates with several universities and other academic institution in superior teaching issues related with his field of expertise (medical entomology, vector control and vector-borne diseases) and is the head of the Department of Research and Development (R+D) of a leading company in environmental health called Laboratories Lokímica.
Vector-Borne Diseases, Arbovirus, Zoonoses, Medical Entomology
Journal of Infectious Diseases & Therapy Journal of Air and Water Borne Diseases Journal of Bacteriology and Parasitology
Biodiesel 2023, Canada
Magnetic Materials 2023, Canada
Mech Aero 2023, Canada
Plastic Surgery-2023, Singapore
Tuberculosis 2023, Singapore
CVDT 2023, UAE
Biopharma 2023, Singapore
[email protected]renceseries.com


Reduce risk of losses through fraud, theft and sub-optimal decision making. The controls also create an environment which discourages corruption, and enable frauds and thefts to be detected and quantified.
Routine controls are the detailed internal controls which are embedded within the operations of the company. They consist of prevention and detection / monitoring controls. Prevention controls restrict an unintended activity from occurring. Detection controls aim to identify activities that have occurred but were not planned.
Controls can also be considered as organisational, physical and personnel based. Organisation controls, set the structure of the entity and ensure adequate segregation of duties to minimise fraud and collusion. Physical controls ensure the safeguarding of assets, transactions are authorised and approved and arithmetic accounting controls. Personnel controls include ensuring that the recruitment of suitably qualified personal, adequate supervision and management oversight.
In recognition of the fact that systems and processes are most effective when implemented by highly qualified, well trained people, UNDP has supported training of finance and non-financial staff working within health programmes. In Afghanistan, UNDP facilitated a workshop for implementing partners to enhance their knowledge of donor requirements, systems and routine controls. Under a Regional Caribbean Grant, UNDP co-facilitated a workshop to strengthen knowledge of civil society finance and non-finance professionals of internal controls.
UNDP has assisted health programmes to improve monitoring and routine controls in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.
Segregation of duties should ensure that no single individual has sole responsibility for any single transaction from authorisation to completion and review.
UNDP Fighting Corruption in the Health Sector: Methods, Tools and Good Practices This study presents methods, tools and good practices to map corruption risks, develop strategies and sustain partnerships to address challenges and tackle corruption in the health sector.
Self-assessment of Internal Control Health Sector, USAID, 2013 The purpose of this tookit is to provide guidance and checklists to facilitate the selfassessment of internal control systems and practices in the health sector.


text:
Thesis statement about the great wall of china
Lighting up the kindle
An analysis of the elements of parody in agatha christies play the mouse trap
Home professional essay writer The cryptic declaration of independence of the american founding fathers
The cryptic declaration of independence of the american founding fathers
Continental Army from through Artist Canvas for paintings.
Images of the Declaration Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Engraving of the Declaration of Independence Declaration of Independence: Primary Documents of American History The opening of the original printing of the Declaration, printed on July 4, under Jefferson's supervision.
The engrossed copy was made later shown at The Declaration of Independence.
Constitution of the U. Declaration of Independence original-declaration-of-independence - American Revolution Continental Congress The Declaration of Independence.
Latino Rebels The Declaration of Independence: The Full Text in The Full Text in English…. Declaration of Independence American Revolution for Kids: America's Founding Documents National Archives.
History of religion in the United States
The signing of the Declaration of Independence. Click for a digitally enhanced px x px enlargement of the Engrossed Version Newsela Primary Sources: Why did the Declaration of Independence have a major influence on A potential error in the official transcript of the Declaration of Independence may have led to a misunderstanding of the Founding Fathers' intent.
Declaration of Independence Architect of the Capitol United Click on the image above to Was the Declaration of Independence Written on Hemp? Declaration of Independence - Foundation for Economic Education Was it too big?.
HugeHancock declaration-of-independence Catholic Lane.US Declaration of Independence American Independence American Presidents American History Founding fathers American Revolutionary War Supreme Court Justices Family Trees Constitution Forward Supreme court justice Samuel Chase impeached for allegedly letting his partisan leanings affect his court decisions.
An inauguration is not an emergency The word "emergency" is not in the Constitution, partly because the founders of this country intentionally designed a system that reacts slowly to passing fads.
The Spanish Inquisition and the Expulsion from Spain in , were some of the most pivotal events in modern times.
See a Problem?
Jewish converts penetrated to Christianity, where they could exact their revenge. Jewish Kabbalists became Christian Kabbalists. When they entered Italy, they fostered the Renaissance, and in Amsterdam, the Northern .
I just wanted to add something to your post did you know the stars and stripes where hoisted above a Sussex town, and declaration of independence read! they declared themselves the 24th state of the Union, and it took 7 years for the crown inquisition to reclaim the land for the crown.
Dec 04, · These ideals were then enshrined in the American Declaration of Independence, the United States Bill of Rights and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
As a cryptic clue to their true origin, the Declaration of Human Rights adopted in France after the Revolution features several prominent occult symbols. The Pawn Stars look to buy an American off-roading motorcycle classic - a Rokon Trailbreaker - but will the deal get stuck in the mud?
Then, Rick is hesitant when a man brings in a rare mint condition Escudo Spanish Gold Coin.
A look into mary louise pratts art of the contact zone
Calvin reformation
Room 101 script essay
Write a memoir essay
Ryamond kraft essay
Inevitablity of the reformation
Persuasive essay about the importance of education
How workers in the us were affected during the industrialization
The benefits of smoking cigarettes
9 things you didn't know about Freemasonry - CBS News


Turkey's Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Thursday he had told his US counterpart, Jim Mattis, that the Syrian Kurdish YPG should be removed from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Washington is backing the militia in Syria in the fight against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). Canikli held a briefing to reporters in Brussels after meeting with the US defense secretary. The Turkish minister also said he disputed Mattis' characterization of the SDF as dominated by Arabs, saying the militia was completely controlled by the YPG, Reuters reports. Canikli's comments were broadcast live on television in Turkey.


Quality psychological care for the citizens of Vermont and New Hampshire.
From Interstate 91: Take Exit 8 off I-91 and proceed east on Route 131/Route 12 toward New Hampshire. Follow this road for approximately 4 miles. You will cross the bridge into New Hampshire after about a half mile. At the blinking yellow light, turn left onto North Street (Lambert Supply will be on your right after you turn). At the first set of lights (Jiffy Mart), turn left on Elm Street. Valley Regional Hospital will be on your right. Turn right onto Dunning St. and then take your first right into the Valley Regional Hospital Parking lot where the "Old Entrance" is to Valley Regional Hospital. As you face the "Old Entrance" to Valley Regional Hospital (which is now an "Employees Only Entrance") on your right will be an old brick building which is where we are located on the first floor. Valley Regional Orthopedics is to our immediate right.


text:
Биби Андершон (, ) е шведска актриса.

Биография
Родена е на 11 ноември 1935 година в Стокхолм в семейство от средната класа. Завършва школата на Кралския драматичен театър в Стокхолм, след което работи там в продължение на три десетилетия. Придобива международна известност с ролите си в киното, най-вече във филми на Ингмар Бергман, като "Седмият печат" ("Det sjunde inseglet", 1957), "Поляната с дивите ягоди" ("Smultronstället", 1957), "Персона" ("Persona", 1966).

Избрана филмография

Източници

Външни препратки

Шведски актьори и актриси
Родени в Стокхолм
Починали в Стокхолм

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


My work is about a precise language of mark making combined with a perception of nature that celebrates random patterns. The relationship between the random and the geometric plays out across the canvas as a language of our contemporary tension with nature—It's automatic drawing meets sacred geometry.
I live and practice in Fort Worth but was raised in Midland at the heart of the Texas oil business. I have a five-year professional degree in Architecture from Texas Tech University and I'm represented by Joseph Gierek Fine Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma and CAMIBAart in Austin, Texas.


text:
Home Research > Constituencies > 1690-1715 > Buckinghamshire
Chipping Wycombe
Great Marlow
See Buckinghamshire in
2,645 in Jan. 1701, 4,519 in 17051
19 Feb. 1690 Hon. Thomas Wharton
Richard Hampden I
30 Oct. 1695 Hon. Thomas Wharton
Sir Richard Atkins, Bt.
24 Feb. 1696 Hon. William Cheyne vice Wharton, called to the Upper House 896
Henry Neale 264
Sir Roger Hill 942
31 Dec. 1696 Henry Neale vice Sir Richard Atkins, deceased 863
Sir John Verney, Bt. 263
Sir John Wittewronge, Bt. 633
27 July 16984 Hon. Goodwin Wharton 944 944
William Cheyne, Visct. Newhaven [S] 1546 1544
Sir John Verney, Bt. 939 946
Henry Neale 787	 787
Sir Roger Hill 4205 4116
8 Jan. 1701 Hon. Goodwin Wharton 1604 1616
Robert Dormer 1209	 12297
Sir John Verney, Bt. 7058
10 Dec. 1701 Hon. Goodwin Wharton 2133 2125 2033
Robert Dormer 1898 1905 1839
William Cheyne, Visct. Newhaven [S] 17289 170610 178811
22 July 1702 Hon. Goodwin Wharton 2146
William Cheyne, Visct. Newhaven [S] 1980
Robert Dormer 1899
Sir Denys Hampson, Bt. 7412
8 Nov. 1704 Sir Richard Temple, Bt. vice Wharton, deceased 1678 1620
Francis Duncombe 144713 137114
24 May 1705 Robert Dormer 2630 2630
Sir Richard Temple, Bt. 2433 2473
William Cheyne, Visct. Newhaven [S] 213715 213716
27 Feb. 1706 Hon. William Egerton vice Dormer, made a judge
19 May 1708 Sir Edmund Denton, Bt.
Richard Hampden II
4 Oct. 1710 John Verney, Visct. Fermanagh [I] 2161
Sir Edmund Denton, Bt. 2157
Richard Hampden II 2148
Sir Henry Seymour 209917
2 Sept. 1713 John Verney, Visct. Fermanagh [I] 2018
John Fleetwood 2061
Sir Edmund Denton, Bt. 190718
Buckinghamshire was frequently contested in the first age of party. The sequence of contests began with two by-elections in 1696, and from 1698 seven of the next eight general elections went to a poll (the exception being 1708), as did the by-election in 1704. Such an outcome would have seemed surprising from a viewpoint in the early 1690s, when the Whig hegemony of the Whartons and Hampdens established in 1679 seemed secure, particularly as it upheld the tradition whereby one knight hailed from the Chilterns and the other from the 'Vale'. The Whartons and Hampdens also enjoyed the support of the strong Nonconformist vote in the county, and many of the most important families. In February 1690, observers expected no challenge to the Hon. Thomas Wharton and Richard Hampden I, who were duly returned unopposed, at very little charge. Wharton was again returned in 1695, this time with Sir Richard Atkins, 2nd Bt., a former Tory, whom Wharton had won over to the Whig side. Hampden was clearly too ill to contemplate standing and the only possible challenge came from Sir Roger Hill*, who appears to have embarked on a late appeal for support, but may not have stood a poll.19
The death of Wharton's aged father in February 1696 brought his own elevation to the peerage. In the ensuing by-election Wharton backed his friend, Hon. William Cheyne, who also received support from the Whig lord lieutenant, the Earl of Bridgwater (John Egerton†) and the veteran Tory, the Earl of Carnarvon. Several other candidates were reported to be standing, all of them Whigs. John Hampden†, son of Richard Hampden I, laboured under Wharton's displeasure for saving his own skin by giving evidence of the Rye House Plot and for virulent attacks upon the Court party of which Wharton was a prominent member. Hampden did not pursue his candidature to a poll, although several commentators later thought he might well have carried the day had he done so. Hill, an extreme Whig, but one who was on poor terms with Wharton, came bottom of the poll. The distant runner-up was Henry Neale – a man whose main interest appeared to be outside the county.20
The death of Atkins in November 1696 precipitated a second by-election within the year. One observer named seven possible candidates, plus several unnamed contenders. In total at least 11 men were mentioned for the vacancy. However, Lord Wharton held the key, being described as having 'the greatest interest of any man in Buckinghamshire'. During Atkins' illness he had been preparing the ground for Thomas Pigott of Doddershall, a deputy-lieutenant and a man he knew to be in the interest of the present government. When Pigott declined the honour, Wharton alighted upon Henry Neale, who had sold 'his house and some land belonging to it to Mr Beke [Richard*]'. With his family name retaining 'a very great vogue in this country', Hampden again made an interest, thereby raising the possibility of a split in the Whig vote, especially as his criticisms of the Court struck a chord, given the financial difficulties attendant on the recoinage. However, on 7 Dec., in the middle of the campaign, Hampden slit his own throat and died on the 10th. This fact alone may have encouraged Sir John Wittewronge, 2nd Bt. (d. 1697), and Hill to continue in the race. The most important candidature for the future was that of the Tory Sir John Verney, who had only recently taken up residence in the county following his father's death, after a long career as a merchant in London. In 1696, the basic Country outlook of both Hill and Verney led to confusion between the two as to which of them should challenge Neale and in any case Verney's naivety and late start ensured defeat. Neale triumphed by a large margin. Wittewronge finished at the bottom of the poll, with second place a close run thing between Hill and Verney. Hill told Verney he thought the 'late election was managed by indirect methods', and Anne Nicholas advised him to 'look into the poll', for ''tis a great affront put upon the country to be so imposed on by a company of knaves and Dissenters'. However, plans to petition were aborted when Verney's lawyer could not 'so fit the evidence as to make it fit for your petition' in the time available for presenting the case.21
By 1698 the political situation in the county had changed. Cheyne's relationship with Wharton had cooled to such an extent that they were no longer allies. By late April Wharton had set up his brother, Goodwin (who had recently suffered a stroke), to partner Neale. Cheyne also entered the campaign early, treating the freeholders engaged with the militia in May and promising people in the Chilterns that he would stand 'single'. Verney did not campaign at this point, later excusing his inaction with reference to the sudden dissolution and the absence of a gentry meeting to which he could apply for endorsement as a candidate. As late as 13 July Hill was sounding out Verney about the need for a candidate so that Cheyne's second votes would not be wasted, offering to stand himself if Verney did not. Verney declined, but on 21 July he changed his mind after meeting Lords Carnarvon and Abingdon at the Aylesbury election and being persuaded to enter the campaign to 'serve my Lord Cheyne, my kinsman and friend'. Almost simultaneously Hill announced he would also stand. Cheyne decided to remain neutral, promising to settle any last-minute alliances on election day. Cheyne's tactics paid handsome dividends as he topped the poll, the predominant cries being 'No courtier. No pensioner. No Judas!' Verney very nearly defeated Wharton for the second seat, despite only four days' campaigning. However, he performed poorly in the Chilterns where Hill made his strongest showing. Neale came in 4th and Hill a distant last. Again Verney's campaign was ill-organized, late in starting and lacking in self-belief. As Cheyne put it, 'I am heartily sorry you should miscarry by the fault of your own friends'. On 17 Aug. Hill wrote offering to 'do you right as to our late election' by inspecting a copy of the poll to 'find out the frauds therein'. Cheyne duly produced a copy arranged 'in such a method viz every man placed in his respective parish and every parish in its respective hundred, so that anything for your service may be easily found out and the suspected parishes inquired after'. However, Hill failed to discover sufficient irregularities and by October Verney had to acknowledge that no petition could be sent to the Commons challenging the election.22
In the summer of 1699 Wharton and Cheyne fought a duel, partly owing to a perceived slight felt by the latter at the previous county election (see Cheyne, Hon. William). The autumn of 1699 witnessed a high degree of electoral preparation in case of a general election (or by-election if Goodwin Wharton were to die). Verney declared his candidature to Cheyne in August 1699, but Cheyne remained wary of a joint declaration for fear it would damage his interest in the Chesham area. In November 1700 Cheyne alerted Verney to the prospect of a dissolution and promised to support him as much as he could without joining openly with him. Their opponents were Goodwin Wharton and Robert Dormer, the latter a recent convert to Whiggery, who were candidates in the same interest 'tho' an independency is pretended'. Another drawback to the Verney campaign was the rumours that ill-health would preclude his candidacy, Dormer even applying for his vote on those grounds. Again, the Verney interest did not campaign very effectively, with many letters not going out until mid December and Verney himself seeming besieged by the agents of his opponents even in his neighbourhood. Wharton topped the poll, but Cheyne defeated Dormer; Verney trailed badly, 500 votes adrift.23
In the summer of 1701 Buckinghamshire became the focus of the Whigs' attempts to persuade the King that it was safe to call a new Parliament. Thus, an address was sent detailing support for war and a new election. When Parliament was dissolved Verney, in response to his defeat in January, stood aloof from the second election. Although urged to stand in order to 'put a stop to the Presbyterians for they are very uppish', others were glad he did not enter the contest 'since all parties disobliged you'. To Cheyne's request for his interest he replied: 'I stir not for anybody, I bid all free-holders that ask me vote for whom they please. I intermeddle not with it'. He reinforced this upon receiving an application from Lord Wharton on Goodwin's behalf, 'which was no way disagreeable to me, so I shall let my neighbours know as opportunity of discourse offers, and I further assure you that directly and indirectly I have not made one voice against him, for truly I meddle not any ways about this election'. Cheyne, having failed to deliver votes for Verney, now found himself standing single against Wharton and Dormer combined. Wharton topped the poll, with Dormer defeating Cheyne by 170 votes in a three-way contest. A paper of instructions was presented to the victors exhorting the new Members, among other things, to grant supplies, restore public credit, support the King's alliances and the Protestant succession.24
Cheyne later wrote to Verney that 'if you had exerted your interest in my behalf . . . I should not have been the sufferer'. In the 1702 election, although the same candidates took the field, on this occasion it was Lord Cheyne who joined Goodwin Wharton in the Commons, with Dormer defeated. A fourth candidate, Sir Denys Hampson, 3rd Bt.†, polled only 74 votes. The Tories had sought to boost Cheyne by having him declared custos during the brief period of the new Earl of Bridgwater's minority, while Dormer's friends gave out that their man would have been lord keeper if the King had lived, a fact not necessarily in his favour. Verney, too, seems to have been a little more favourable towards Cheyne. There then followed a battle over the clerkship of the peace with Cheyne trying to displace Wharton's nominee, Francis Neale.25
The long anticipated death of Goodwin Wharton on 25 Oct. 1704 precipitated a by-election just as the parliamentary battle over the Tack was beginning. The Tories were off the mark quickly, Francis Duncombe* declaring his candidature three days later. Backed by Lord Cheyne and the young Earl of Bridgwater, he was able to announce 'a very great meeting in my behalf' to discuss when the election would be held. The Whigs were at a disadvantage because their candidate, Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt., was abroad on military service. In the event Temple left Flanders immediately upon being alerted of the vacancy, and by 3 Nov. an interest was being organized for him. Duncombe arranged for those fearful of the smallpox outbreak in Aylesbury to be polled in a booth outside the town, but was hopeful that a strong early appearance 'may prevent a poll'. In the event Temple defeated Duncombe by over 200 votes.26
Lord Wharton, looking back on the by-election and forward to the next general election, wrote on 1 Dec. 1704 to Richard Hampden II:
it is absolutely necessary that a speedy resolution be taken as to the next elections . . . particularly for the county, which cannot be done (since the death of my brother) without a meeting of all the gentlemen of our friends, and which cannot possibly be delayed long least we fall into the same mischiefs, which very lately we had like to have done for that very reason.
The Whigs decided to couple Temple with Dormer (the defeated candidate in 1702) and were challenged by Lord Cheyne. Initially, it was hoped to partner Cheyne with the Earl of Bridgwater's brother, Hon. William Egerton, but 'upon a strict inquiry into his age he wants a few months of 21 years so incapable of being elected'. Thus, by mid-January Cheyne was forced to ask for single votes, reminding his supporters that casting a second vote would 'make their friendship to me of none effect'. At the start of February Robert Harley* noted that Cheyne was in danger of defeat and his assessment proved accurate. Although Cheyne obtained 1,852 plumpers, including 80 out of 107 clergymen, he came bottom of the poll. Interestingly, the Quakers voted against Lord Cheyne, and Whig voters outnumbered Cheyne's plumpers and the splitters combined, prompting Lord Fermanagh (as Verney had become) to remark, 'our country being mostly of the 41 stamp'.27
Dormer's promotion to the judicial bench in 1706 allowed the county to unite around the choice of William Egerton, now of age, to the vacancy. In 1708, the Tory challenge suffered not only from the unfavourable political climate, but also the ineligibility of Lord Cheyne, who as a Scottish peer could not offer himself for election. Egerton, too, was under pressure. For Cheyne, still the power behind the Tory interest, the likelihood that Wharton would oppose Egerton provided an opportunity to make 'him [Egerton] and our lord lieutenant [Bridgwater] our own'. Unfortunately, Bridgwater was not disposed to set up his brother despite canvassing for him during the summer of 1707, and this left Cheyne to lament his own impotence and 'a melancholy story but a true one that now the Lord Wharton names both the knights of our county'. With Temple also standing down, Richard Hampden II and (Sir) Edmund Denton, (1st Bt.) another protégé of Wharton, were chosen 'unanimously', accepting instructions from the freeholders to prosecute the war with France and refuse any peace 'till the Protestant succession be out of danger of being disturbed, and the whole Spanish monarchy be returned to the House of Austria'.28
In the crucial run up to the dissolution in 1710, Lord Wharton was absent in Ireland, thereby weakening the organization of the Whig interest. As Dyer observed on the presentation of a 'very loyal' address from the Buckinghamshire grand jury in August, 'it's believed this address would hardly have been obtained if my Lord Wharton had been in England, his Lordship bearing so great a sway in that county'. When Lord Cheyne wrote to Harley on 12 Aug. to thank him for his reception from the Queen upon presenting this address he evinced confidence that Buckinghamshire could be converted to Toryism with judicious use of appointments and informed Harley that: 'we meet on Saturday next at Aylesbury to pitch on a person from the Vale to join with Sir Henry Seymour [1st Bt.*] . . . to oppose Mr Hampden and Sir Edmund Denton in the county. We shall give them a good deal of disturbance if we carry not our point.' With the Tories choosing Fermanagh to join with Seymour, canvassing began in earnest. Interestingly, the Tories bought up many debts relating to a local turnpike, Fermanagh specifying that only the debts of freeholders should be bought and the money not paid until 'the time of petitioning about elections be over, because these very men who sell their debts may be brought to be witnesses against us'. In the event of electoral defeat it was only reasonable that they should have their money after the poll had been checked to see how they had voted. A note in Fermanagh's papers suggests that £185 9s. 6d. was paid out for £293 1s. 4d. worth of debt. The Tory candidates proclaimed themselves 'both genuine sons of the Church of England, of undoubted loyalty and affection to her Majesty's person and government, and entirely in the interest of the Hanover succession'. However, the Whigs played up Fermanagh's Irish connexion (even though he had never set foot in Ireland) and 'Frenchified' Seymour. In the event the poll was extremely close, only 62 votes separating the four candidates, with Fermanagh and Denton claiming the two seats. Out of the 8,560 votes cast there were a mere 164 split votes. Hampden's defeat was later blamed by Richard Steele* on 'a blunder in some of the agents on that side', possibly a reference to the 23 freeholders who returned home thinking that the poll had closed. Certainly, there were reports that Hampden had considered himself safe a few days before the poll.29
By May 1711 Cheyne was being touted as lord lieutenant and custos of Buckinghamshire and seems to have been in firm control of the government's patronage in the county. In the summer of 1712 there was a purge of justices and in 1713 Cheyne played a key role in another close county contest. In February 1713, with Seymour having declined another Buckinghamshire campaign, Fermanagh announced to Cheyne his intentions to desist. Cheyne had first to dissuade Fermanagh from this course of action and then find a partner acceptable to him. Eventually, at the start of May, Cheyne persuaded his cousin, John Fleetwood, to join with Fermanagh, although most of the cost appears to have been borne by Cheyne. The Whig candidates were again Hampden and Denton, and they made great play with topical issues in their campaign, appealing in the press for votes 'being gentlemen zealously affected to the true Protestant interest, for the encouragement of all the woollen manufactures of the kingdom and for the trade of Great Britain in all its branches'. On election day,
The Whigs there put wool in their hats, saying 'twas all going into France, and they resolved to keep some on't, before 'twas all gone. Lord Wharton, Lord Bridgwater, Lord Portland and Lord Essex were at the head of them with wool in their hats; and Lady Wharton with her own fair hands made up several cockades for the country fellows. The Tories had oaken boughs in their hats, and these jokes in their mouth against their adversaries that their wits were gone a wool-gathering, and that they look't very sheepish.
The Tories proclaimed that the oaken boughs they wore were not only to celebrate the miraculous escape of Charles ii after the battle of Worcester, but also to show
that with hearts of oak at the bottom, they will stand fast to the old English constitution both in church and state, in opposition to the miscellaneous tribe of atheists, deists, republicans and Irish sheep-shearers, who triumph in their stolen wool.
The Tories had the support of 'all the parochial clergy of the county except about 12'. Surviving acounts pay testimony to Cheyne's financial role; in the end he appears to have spent almost £650, the joint expenditure of the campaign totalling over £780.30
With the change of dynasty in 1714, the 1715 election saw the party leadership on both sides opt for a compromise, whereby John Fleetwood and Richard Grenville† would take the seats. This agreement was wrecked by Hampden, who threatened to stand, thereby awakening fears among the Tories of Whig duplicity. Efforts were even made to entice James Herbert II* to join with Fleetwood, but in the event a compromise was worked out whereby Hampden joined with Fleetwood, Grenville being accommodated at Wendover. Normal party conflict resumed in 1722 and the next uncontested general election took place in 1741.31
Authors: Eveline Cruickshanks / Stuart Handley
1. Bull. IHR xlviii. 71.
2. Bean's notebks.
4. Aug. in OR, but it was held in July.
5. Bodl. Willis 8, f. 151.
6. Huntington Lib. Ellesmere mss EL 35/c/20, 1701 pollbk. giving 1698 figures; EL 8629a (Horwitz trans.) breakdown by hundreds gives Hill 413.
7. Ellesmere mss EL 8629a, breakdown of poll by hundreds; Bull. IHR, 71. Some figures give Dormer 1309, but the breakdown total is 1209. Likewise Wharton has been given 1604.
8. Bull. IHR, 71.
9. Post Man, 11–13 Dec. 1701.
10. Bull. IHR, 71.
11. Willis 8, f. 154.
12. Ibid. but the breakdown by hundreds gives Wharton 2144 and Cheyne 2032.
13. Post Man, 9–11 Nov. 1704.
14. Willis mss 8, f. 154.
15. Verney Letters 18th Cent. i. 227.
16. Daily Courant, 26 May 1705.
17. Flying Post, 10–12 Oct. 1710.
18. Ellesmere mss EL 10741, 1713 poll.
19. Huntington Lib. Stowe mss STT 479, W[illiam] C[haplin] to Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bt.*, 11 Feb. 1689[–90]; BL, Verney mss mic. 636/44, Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Bt.†, to Edmund Verney, 15, 21 Feb. 1689[–90]; 636/48, Hill to Sir Ralph Verney, 12 Oct. 1695.
20. HMC Hastings, ii. 255; Verney mss 636/49, Daniel Baker to Sir John Verney, 5 Dec. 1696, Carey Stewkeley to Sir Ralph Verney, 2, 9 Feb., 1 Mar. 1695–6.
21. Verney mss 636/49, Carey Stewkeley to Sir John Verney, n.d., Anne Nicholas to same, 30 Nov. 1696 (2 letters), Dan. Baker to same, 5 Dec. 1696, William Busby to same, 12, 19 Dec., 12 Jan. 1696[–7], Hill to same, 5 Jan. 1696[–7]; Northants. RO, Montagu (Boughton) mss 46/36, James Vernon I* to Duke of Shrewsbury, 12 Dec. 1696; Bull. IHR, lvi. 197.
22. Verney mss 636/50, Verney to Ld. Lichfield, 21 July 1698; same to Coleman, 17 May 1698, same to Cheyne, n.d. [c. 23 July 1698], same to Hill, 17 July, 15 Oct. 1698, same to Dr Woodhouse, 23 July 1698, Cheyne to Verney, 25, 30 July, 14 Sept. 1698, Hill to same, 13 July, 17 Aug. 1698, Alexander Denton I* to same, 23 July 1698; Verney Letters 18th Cent. 154–6; Ellesmere mss EL 8629a, poll by hundreds; Bull. IHR lvi. 197–8.
23. Verney mss 636/51, Verney to Cheyne, 23 Aug. 1699, 19 Dec. 1700, same to Sir Henry Seymour, 17 Dec. 1700, Cheyne to Verney, 23 Aug. 1699, 19 Nov. 1700; Verney Letters 18th Cent. 162–3; Ellesmere mss EL 8629a, poll by hundreds; Bull. IHR, lvi. 198–9.
24. Verney mss 636/51, Verney to Cheyne, 18 Nov. 1701; Verney Letters, i. 165; Bull. IHR, xlviii. 71; lvi. 199; Horwitz, Parl. and Pol. Wm. III, 298.
25. Bull. IHR, xlviii. 71; Northants. RO, Finch-Hatton mss 275, Ld. Nottingham (Daniel Finch†) to Ld. Keeper Wright, 4 June 1702; Verney mss 636/51, Lady Gardiner to Verney, 31 Mar. 1702 Verney Letters 18th Cent. 166; Willis 18, f. 154; Bucks. Sess. Recs. ii. 359–61, 378.
26. Verney mss 636/52, Duncombe to Fermanagh, 28 Oct. 1704; Add. 61307, f. 173; Stowe mss STT 2568, Wittewronge to Henry Andrews, 3 Nov. 1704; Willis mss 18, f. 154; Verney Letters 18th Cent. 168.
27. E. Suss. RO, Glynde mss 795, Wharton to Hampden, 1 Dec. 1704; Verney mss 636/52, Dormer to Fermanagh, 20 Jan. 1704[–5], Cheyne to same, 16 Jan. 1704[–5], Fermanagh to Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd Bt.*, 27 May 1705; Bodl. Ballard 10, f. 120; Add. 70335, Harley's notes, 1 Feb. 1704–5; Bull. IHR, xlviii. 71–72; lvi. 199; W. A. Speck, Tory and Whig, 24; Bodl. Rawl. D. 863, ff. 89–90; Verney letters 18th Cent. 227.
28. Verney Letters 18th Cent. 169; Ballard 10, ff. 152, 155; Verney mss 636/53, Denton to Fermanagh, 9 Dec. 1707; Boyer, Anne Annals, vii. 48–49.
29. Add. 70421, newsletter, 3 Aug. 1710; 70217, Cheyne to Harley, 12 Aug. 1710; Verney Letters 18th Cent. 301; Verney mss 636/54, 'highway bills 1710'; Post Boy, 30 Sept.-3 Oct. 1710; Ballard 21, f. 123; Bull. IHR, xlviii. 72–73; Steele, Wharton Mems. 86; Flying Post, 10–12 Oct. 1710.
30. HMC Portland, iv. 694; L. K. J. Glassey, Appt. JPs, 216; Verney mss 636/55, Fermanagh to Cheyne, 22 Feb. 1712–13, same to Ralph Verney†, 6 May 1713, Cheyne to Lady Fermanagh, 5 May 1713; Daily Courant, 31 Aug. 1713; Post Boy, 5–8, 8–10 Sept. 1713; Wentworth Pprs. 351; Ellesmere mss EL 10734, election accts.
31. Verney Letters 18th Cent. 315–20; Speck, Tory and Whig, 115–17; Verney mss 636/55, Cheyne to Fermanagh, 28 Dec. 1714.


Courtesy Of Brandon Aarts Of RE/MAX Vision Realty.
Very well kept home in the quiet community of Cynthia! This mobile boasts almost 1500sqft of living space with the 12x20 addition. It features a nice open concept layout with vaulted ceilings in the kitchen and living room, wide hallways, and 3 large bedrooms. The master can easily accommodate a king sized bed and comes with a 4 piece ensuite and walk-in closet. Over the years there has been plenty of upgrades including paint throughout almost the entire house, appliances, bamboo flooring, eaves trough, kitchen taps, and living room ceiling fan. The kitchen provides plenty of counter and cabinetry space for the family cook and as mentioned before comes with newer appliances. Outside you'll find the large covered deck to enjoy all year round and the yard that is fully fenced. Don't miss out on this very affordable property, you own the lot so there's no lot rent! Cheaper than rent!


text:
Who south east asia region
WHO South-East Asia region launches regional forum for primary healthcare-oriented health system
The WHO stressed that the importance of PHC-oriented health systems was introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic challenges. The WHO called on member states to make policy and strengthen efforts towards quality, accessible and affordable primary health care for universal health coverage, health security, and Health for All.
WHO calls for Medication Without Harm on World Patient Safety day
Unsafe medication practices and medication errors cost an estimated US$ 42 million across the world annually. As for low- and middle-income countries – including in the WHO South-East Asia Region – patient harm due to unsafe care contributes to an estimated 134 million adverse events annually, resulting in around 2.6 million deaths, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia informed.
Prioritize investments in primary healthcare for UHC: WHO
Countries with strong PHC systems were able to respond faster and more efficiently to the challenges posed by the pandemic, indicated WHO.
Omicron variant has a large number of mutations, some of which are concerning: Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh
A comprehensive and tailored public health and social measures by governments, and strict adherence to preventive and precautionary measures by individuals, is a must to combat Omicron the new coronavirus variant .
South East Asian health ministers commit to speed up efforts to end TB
The ministers agreed to increase budgetary and human resource allocations including upfront investments required to catch-up on lost ground during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is estimated that $3 billion may be needed annually to implement comprehensive set of interventions required to end TB in the Region.
Dr Harsh Vardhan elected as WHO's Executive Board chairman
WHO is already providing leadership to the entire world in the sphere of public health, engaging with partners for joint actions, shaping the research agenda and stimulating the dissemination of valuable knowledge. The need is to catalyze further change, he said.
Achieve gender equality in this generation: Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh
On this year's International Women's Day, which marks 25 years since the path-breaking Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, we must redouble our efforts and accelerate progress towards gender equality in this generation.
Accelerate efforts to end rabies: WHO to India, South East Asian countries
The WHO said that rabies causes 59,000 agonising and painful deaths globally every year, translating to one person every nine minute, mostly children and the poor.
Ensure equity with lifesaving vaccines
1 in 5 children, an estimated 21.8 million infants worldwide still miss out on basic vaccines.


text:
Santa Clara Unified School District's Solar Energy Program Is a Money Saver
Cynthia Cheng Posted on POSTED 12:00 AM, December 19, 2012
What do Millikin Basics+ Elementary School, Buchser Middle School, the Wilson Education Options campus and Peterson Middle School have in common? Solar shade structures have recently been installed at these school sites. This month, workers will start building these structures at the Santa Clara Unified School District office, and both Santa Clara High School and Wilcox High School will have them by the end of next summer.
"The shade structures are steel canopies," says Larry Adams, director of school bond projects for the Santa Clara Unified School District. "In most cases, they're covering parking lots. They look like a car port, and the solar panels are on top. They convert into direct current electricity. That electricity is fed into the electric company's grid."
According to Adams, the program to implement solar shade structures on various sites will save the school district more than $20 million over 25 years.
"A portion of the power that we buy from the utilities supplier is generated by burning fossil fuels," Adams explains. "The more power we generate by ourselves using solar power, the less power we'll need that comes from burning fossil fuels. The fossil fuels come from coal, oil, or natural gas. The electric bill is based on the difference between the electricity we generate and the electricity we consume. So the more solar energy we can generate, the less money [in utilities fees] we'd have to pay."
Adams and his team at the school district have been working on projects to increase energy efficiency for the last two years. First, the group conducted research to see which sites could benefit the most from having reduced electrical bills. Then, members of the district developed specifications for the product requirements and various companies responded. Borrego Solar Systems, Inc. was the design-build vendor eventually awarded the contract.
"We had to get the building permits from the division of estate architects," Adams says. "But the biggest challenge was incorporating the shade structures into the campuses so that we didn't interfere with traffic or playgrounds or student activities. It takes about four months to build each shade structure."
The voter approval of Measure H back in November 2010 has provided funding for a new school site in North San Jose, the reopening of closed school sites for enrollment growth, the implementation of health and safety provisions, and finally, the move to increase energy efficiency in the district. The district's total budget for the funds allocated from the bond for all energy efficiency projects is $15 million dollars. Adams adds that the current solar energy project is estimated to cost about $12.5 million and the remainder of the bond funds for the energy efficiency projects will go towards other site improvements.
"I want to thank the voters for approving the bond to do this," Adams says. "It has been gratifying to finally be able to do a project like this in our district. We have really worked hard on getting the best return on investment for that $15 million dollars. Every dollar we save can go back to the schools towards student instruction. And it's also a great thing for the environment."
Wilcox High School Junior Chosen to Study Climate Change in Bangladesh
Education Desk: Dec. 26, 2012
Principal Susan Harris is Named SCUSD's Administrator of the Year
Author Cynthia ChengPosted on June 24, 2015
In spite of challenges Susan Harris faced in the recent school year, the resilient principal of Peterson Middle School has continued to embrace her...
Mission College Student Engagement Center Opens with Fanfare
Author Diane AndrewsPosted on January 31, 2018
Jan. 24 was a blue ribbon day for Mission College in Santa Clara. The community college, established in 1975 and now serving 8,000 diverse...
FINS Creates New Opportunity for Often Forgotten Segment of the Community
Author Erika TownePosted on February 20, 2020
It's a labor of love that was born out of necessity. In 2011, the state was cutting funding across the board and Santa Clara...


For eight years, Bret Ford exchanged his chef's hat for gardening equipment, but he recently had the desire to get back into the cooking world. The former chef at Ambrosia, among other restaurants throughout Oregon, wasn't looking to go back to the same environment, however. More than 20 years after his wife's grandfather suggested running a restaurant on wheels, he and his wife took it to heart. And that's how Bacon Nation began — a place that serves much more than what its name suggests.
Upon finding "George," a 30-foot-long 1985 Chevrolet P30 step van, everything else fell into place. Ford's work at Ambrosia, an overall love for food and an experimental mentality influenced how he orchestrated his own restaurant and created its menu.
"You eat with your eyes first," he says. "Though I'm not classically trained in the CIA, the Culinary Institute of America, I learned from the 'school of hard knocks.' I just inserted myself into the best restaurants in the area when I moved here in '89 that I could find." Ford settled on naming the business after bacon because of its aroma. "Everyone has a memory of bacon cooking for breakfast or camping," he says.
In addition to his restaurant experience, the knowledge he acquires from eating out, watching the Food Network and midnight brainstorm sessions is exemplary in what the Omaha, Neb., native serves. As he says, it's "not just a cheeseburger with some bacon on it." There are sandwiches featuring everything from pork loin to smoked chicken to, yes, bacon-wrapped hot dogs, with sauces such as bacon pesto aioli and their BBQ sauce that is done "the real Kansas City BBQ way," without ketchup, and takes an entire day to make.
After diving into a unique and eclectic entrée, it's time for some chocolate bacon. If it sounds weird, that's because it is, but that doesn't mean it isn't delicious or popular.
Ford occasionally gets his chocolate from Euphoria, ingredients for entrées from Cash and Carry, cheese from Central Point, pork from Carlton Farms and chicken from Draper Farms. The result: gourmet, mouth-watering and flavorful dishes clearly made by someone who knows what he's doing.
A lot goes into running his mobile restaurant, but he is as invested in continued success as he is in quality of food.
Bacon Nation frequents breweries and vineyards around Eugene, including Ninkasi, Viking Braggot Company and LaVelle Vineyards, and it is located at Tom's Market on E. 19th and Agate twice a week. For more information, visit: baconnation.co/Home.html.
Pictured above: Bret Ford sporting bacon, Golden Brown Deliciousness, 'GBD'. Photos by Trask Bedortha and Todd Cooper.


A WARM WHITE LED HEADBOARD READING LIGHT IS HOUSED WITHIN A RECTANGULAR HEAD THAT SWIVELS 90° LEFT, RIGHT OR FORWARD AND 'DOCKS' INTO A SEMI RECESSED BACKPLATE WHICH HOUSES AN INTEGRAL DOCKING SWITCH. CAN BE VERTICALLY OR HORIZONTALLY MOUNTED. FOR THE USA MARKET, THE PRODUCT CAN BE HARDWIRED OR SUPPLIED WITH CABLE AND PLUG.