For this, we would need to understand how the document ID generation, assignment etc. happens. There is a comprehensive document on MSDN which provides there details. You can read about it here.
So basically, SharePoint uses event handlers to assign Document IDs at runtime (there are Timer Jobs also, but about them – some other day). There is 1 interesting paragraph in the article which catches my fancy.
When a new item is added, SharePoint Server 2010 first checks to see whether the item has a document ID. If the item has a document ID, the server checks to see whether the PreserveID attribute is set to True or False, and then sets it to False if it is currently set to True. If the item does not already have a document ID, the server gets a document ID for the item from the specified provider, writes it to metadata, and sets the PreserveID attribute to False.
This is saying that there is an attribute "PreserveID" which is checked before updating the document ID but is again set to False, effectively not retaining its value. But could not find any explanation for this anywhere on MSDN.
Time to dive into trusted .NET Reflector!
The code for the Document ID infrastructure is under Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement.dll, precisely in ItemChangedInternal method, where it checks for an internal property on a document "_dlc_DocIdPersistId" (called as PreserveID attribute) in the article. But every time code finds this attribute set to True, it just flips it back to False but skips assigning new document ID, which is exactly we need.
Now for that particular execution cycle, the document ID will not be changed, but next move it will be changed as PreserveID attribute has been set to False. This would work well when you are using custom code to add files to the library and you can use the code as given in a very good blog. But what if you are using OOTB features to move around the documents? How do you set the PreserveID attribute?
It turns out to be a simple trick of adding an ItemAdding event handler for the library and setting the property on every document being added.
This would execute every time a new document is being added to the library and it just says that I want to retain the document ID. ItemChangedInternal handler will check if a document ID exists, it will just skip assigning the new ID, otherwise just assign a new document ID.
Hope this helps out some of you out there.
Nice. Wish I had read this prior to export/importing a large document library to a new site collection (and contentdb). I would have liked to retain the old Document IDs even though I don't believe my users are relying on them.
Just a quick note to say there appears to be a fault introduced in the Sep 2015 CU for SP 2013 (not sure about SP 2010), whereby the _dlc_DocIdPersistId no longer works. When you set it to true in one of the "ing" event handlers, the persistence demand is ignored and the Document Id is over-written with a new one.
Microsoft Support have reproduced the fault using the code above in a simple event handler Visual Studio project: In the March 2015 CU it works fine, in the Sep 2015 CU the code fails to instigate the persistence expected. The event handler does fire, it's just the outcome isn't right. Using Reflector shows the code in the ItemChangedInternal method of Microsoft.Office.DocumentManagement.dll was indeed refactored between the two CU releases.
It's heading to MS Product Group for further investigation; fix TBA.
Anyone brighter than me (not a challenge) wishing to analyse and correct the MS code for the Product Group would probably get some brownie points, but I'm not sure who from.
So if you've relied on the excellent work above to deliver software using the "ing" event handlers that persists the Document Id for documents that exit SharePoint and re-enter later, or similar type application, don't apply the Sep 2015 CU or later until the issue is fixed.
Thanks for the update. It's been a while I have been away from SharePoint. Let me see what I can find out and will update here.
I didn't mean to drag you back to the beast, I just wanted to get the warning out there. Yours is the highest result on the search engines for anyone looking for _dlc_DocIdPersistId, so I thought it the best place to comment.
I'll report back on here what the MS Product Group says, if that's ok.
hahahaa… as they say, once you are a SharePoint guy… they can't take SharePoint out of you!
Surely, update here what PG says and if there are code changes required, will update the blog with latest changes.
"I've heard back from Product Group and this is currently By Design behavior. Any externally uploaded document should get a new id assigned as SharePoint isn't aware of this document.
DocId feature was developed to make sure SharePoint can track a document as it moves inside the farm using move to, drop off library etc. but once it leaves the farm – it is a brand new document for SharePoint.
_dlc_DocIdPersistId property is officially not documented, it is internal and it is not supposed to be used.
If someone set _dlc_DocIdPersistId, upload a document to the site where doc ids feature is not enabled. Because of properties demotion it will end up in document properties. Customer's keeps using this document as a template for other document.
Once doc id feature is activated – many documents will get same doc id assigned.
As a workaround you can create a column in doc libraries and generate the ids. Properties promotion/demotion will ensure that after document is downloaded from SharePoint it will get the same value in that column after it is uploaded back.
So it seems the usage of "_dlc_DocIdPersistId" should be internal to SP only, not available to us directly for development.
If you want to track documents that leave SP and return later, and compare their document id's to SP, you must either implement your own id column and supporting code (as described above), or use the CSOM to test the document id's before uploading. Problem is you have to open the documents you wish to upload in code using the Office app on the client, using VSTO or Office add-in model, whatever it's called these days, for each document you're uploading first, to get the returning document id. Or you could write an SP app to which the uploaded documents go first, which then opens them in code in the Office app model to get the document id, uses web services to check if the document id is already in use. Sort of like an Office server (but that's what SharePoint is supposed to be, isn't it? Well, yes, exactly …).
Well, that's a typical answer I was expecting from PG. The particular scenario that I was discussing in my blog was moving documents within the same SharePoint farm but different Site Collections like to an Archival site, which is a pretty common scenario and still breaks the DocID feature.
But writing all that code just to ensure that one scenario, it is equivalent of writing your own document id feature, then why would SP even have that. Just provide the guidance and let everyone write their own stuff or better let an ISV build it for MS!
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Toilet paper, 3 to 5 sheets, may also be used, but it doesn't work as well and doesn't make the cartridge look authentic. Optional items include: a pair of scissors, a needle and a choking string.... Few people believe this applies to the shotgun, but think again, .016 inch (4 sheets of newsprint paper) of misalignment at the muzzle of a shotgun will cause the center of your pattern to be off by six inches at 40 yards. And it is often times worse. If the gun fails to shoot to POI (center of target) the gun is faulty and needs to be corrected (adjusted).
Adam Cook writes: 'What truly makes Hitman 2, mind you, is the sheer amount of ways to take out your target.' how to make red beet root juice Toilet paper, 3 to 5 sheets, may also be used, but it doesn't work as well and doesn't make the cartridge look authentic. Optional items include: a pair of scissors, a needle and a choking string.
These days, I carefully ration my paper shells in all gauges, because they don�t make paper shells anymore. Except, they do. Except, they do. Federal Ammunition is making paper shotshells, and recently announced several new paper loads in their Gold Medal Grand line of shotgun ammo.
I'm sure you well aware of our sister PC gaming site Rock, Paper, Shotgun - it's been part of the Gamer Network family for years, and has just recently been fully acquired by the company.
In an interview with Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Ubisoft's worldwide director for online games Stephanie Perotti said that the company has been listening to gamers feedback and is ditching the DRM format that it has been following.


The purpose of Emergency Lighting Testing is to ensure that the integrity of the emergency lighting system is maintained.
Emergency lighting tests should be carried out quarterly, which involves switching in the emergency lighting and testing it for three half hour periods and one three hour period.
Seolta Management will set up a schedule for all your emergency lighting to be tested and repairs carried out as laid down in the code of practice for emergency lighting testing IS-3217.


This is a dish I've often had different versions of in a variety of different (mostly Italian) restaurants but before now never attempted to make myself. I can't think why not because it's a really simple and tasty starter. This is obviously ideal for vegetarian guests and light enough that it's not going to fill you up before your main. However, don't dismiss this as the 'just the veggie option' as with all the scrumptious oozing cheesiness I think you'd be hard pushed to find a meat eater that would turn this down.
Jam packed with the flavours of Italy I would happily munch my way through several of these as they are flavours I just can't get enough of. One of the best things about this dish is how simple it is to put together for the amount of flavour you get out of it. You could also adapt it to make different variations, perhaps by using roasted red peppers instead of tomatoes or swapping the cheese. I think taleggio or perhaps even a goats' cheese version would be really good. A couple of folded layers of parma ham in there could be incorporated for a meaty version.
2. Slice the aubergine, tomatoes and mozzarella into approximately 1cm thick slices.
3. In a little oil lightly fry the aubergine rounds for a few minutes on each side until slightly browned.
4. Starting with a slice of aubergine at the bottom stack your towers layering up the aubergine, tomato and mozzarella, finishing with cheese on the top. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper. Bake for 15 minutes or until the cheese has gone golden and bubbly on top.
5. Place a handful of rocket leaves on each plate, leaving a space in the middle. Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
6. Place your tower in the middle and serve.


Calangute beach is very popular beach, It is also known as queen of all beaches in Goa. The Calangute beach is usually crowded, but November to March is the season as many tourists visits. Calangute is Goa's busiest and most commercialized beach of the Goa. Calangute is the beach to which everyone heads for the moment they land in Goa. So it is natural that it is overcrowded in both in peak and off season. This huge seven-kilometre sweep of sand located 15 kms from Panaji.
Activities:parasailing, water skiing and wind surfing are common activities here. One witnesses people stating such water games each evening to feel wind that blows in particular direction. People spend good time to enjoy it until sun sets completely. Additional choices at Calangute beach are trips to spots with dolphin and crocodile presence besides visiting the islands for fishing.
How to Reach: You can either hire yourself some transport or use the public transport, theres lots of choices available. For taxis, motorbike taxis and autorickshaws you can nearly always find some available near and it's best to negotiate the price before you get in. The nearest Train station is Pernem or Tivim near Mapusa and the nearest Kadamba bus stand is in central Mapusa. To reach Calangute from Mapusa or Pernem you can continue by local bus or taxi. If you planning to just have a ride then either tke Taxi,Cab or rent a Bike. So you can view rest all nearest beaches and other attractions.


I know that one needs protein to build and maintain muscle. I do intense weight training 3 times a week and 40 - 50 min cardio 3 times a week on alternative days. Is there a specific time one should take protein to fuel muscle or would 2 - 3 portions of protein be sufficient any time during the day?
Thanx for all the advice. Realy appreciated.
There have been many studies to find out just how much protein you need. All the evidence seems to suggest that you need AT MOST 2 g per kilogram for males, 1.6 to 1.8 g per kilogram for females. So, for a woman weighing 70kg, you would need about 110 to 120 grams per day. You can pretty easily get this from normal diet, as long as you are eating meat. In vegetarians it can be a problem if they are not eating a well balanced vegetarian diet to compensate, but for most people it's unlikely that they will be deficient in protein from a normal diet. IN that regard then, I don't always see the need for protein milkshakes. There's probably no harm in taking the shake, even in addition to your normal diet, but just be aware that you are taking in extra energy and so if you are not careful, your weight will go up (think about what would happen if you ate a whole extra meal per day).


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FilmQuest Film Festival Review: TINGLE MONSTERS
Julieann Stipidis
The first-ever ASMR horror film, aptly titled TINGLE MONSTERS, is upon us— but this effective 10-minute short film from writer/director/star Alexandra Serio has much more on its mind than auditory relaxation triggers.
Any woman who has produced any source of content on the Internet (myself included) has had to face harassment and vitriol from toxic male readers/viewers/subscribers at one point or another. And no, not constructive criticism of the content at hand— instead, aggressive name-calling and misogynistic rhetoric that bleeds from the tech screens into real-life situations that can be tangibly and physically threatening, in worst-case scenarios.
In "screenlife" format (akin to last year's Searching and 2014's Unfriended) TINGLE MONSTERS takes place entirely on a computer screen, in which the camera is so purposely angled towards the backdrop of the protagonist's apartment. (Pay close attention to the doorframe in the background.) The lighting is fairly bright, with no trope-y darkness to hide behind— creating a sense of authenticity to how it feels when a woman thinks she is safe in the comfort of her own home.
We meet ASMR video creator Dee (Serio) who is live-streaming her first video in quite some time, as her subscribers comment frequently on. "Where you been, Dee??" She never explicitly reveals the details, but we're led to believe she has recently escaped an abusive (or, at least, very unsupportive) relationship and is moved into a new apartment, alone, attempting to get her life back to order. As the many comments start to roll on the right side of the screen, Dee ignores the inevitable few bad apples ("I've seen hotter girls at my local Dairy Queen") and reiterates her goal to create a "safe space" for her viewers to enjoy her content.
However, as anything on the Internet goes, things spiral out of control, as Dee gets up from her desk to shut her closet door and creepy comments from toxic, hetero males turn into "Would smash fo sho," and she has to block one particularly awful viewer. When you see this closet sequence unfold, and its lack of "monsters," you'll appreciate its use of foreshadowing for the events to come.
From this point forward, with the most blink-and-you-will-miss-it subtlety, panicked viewers note that they just saw something move in Dee's background. But Dee, who has decided to take a break from the chat, is blissfully unaware, as she continues with the video. Without giving anything away, I was startled by the blunt visual of what lurks behind her, and I praise Serio for not resorting to an unnecessarily cheap jump scare to do so. (Think of the shot in The Strangers in which the burlap-sacked man just lingers in the background.)
The all-viewing chatroom spurs into insanity, and sadly, some of the commenters actually begin to doubt the authenticity of the very real possibility of violence happening against this woman. "Cocktease slut deserves what she gets." Victim-blaming, accusing Dee of seeking attention— you name it, it occurs— just like so many of the comments that real-life women receive under their pictures, videos, articles, etc. on a constant basis. Serio doesn't hold your hand by giving you a completely hopeful conclusion either, with a typical final girl and a sense of strong optimism that one may expect. Instead, she begs you to ask the question that women who frequent the Internet have been wondering for years: When are we going to create a completely safe space for women to not feel threatened by toxic masculinity? I'll allow you the curiosity, but I'll leave you with part of Serio's statement about her film: "I firmly believe that through gender parity and telling women-driven narratives, we can begin to change the world. But we must start by taking a sobering look at where we currently are. TINGLE MONSTERS aims to do that."
You can (and should) watch TINGLE MONSTERS when it premieres on September 14 at the FilmQuest Film Festival, which runs from September 6-14 in Utah.
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Will Carl Icahn continue to bet against GameStop?
GameStop has rarely been out of the headlines since its notorious short squeeze last year. Now it's been revealed that Carl Icahn heavily bet against the stock. As the share price continues to fall, will the investor's strategy pay off?
- Carl Icahn holds on to his short bet as GameStop stock falls 70% this year.
- Overall, meme stocks have suffered in 2022, with the majority trading lower after the initial flurry of activity that drove their prices up.
- The Roundhill MEME ETF has crashed 55% year-to-date.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, founder of Icahn Enterprises [IEP], made a successful bet against GameStop [GME] and, according to reports that emerged last week, continues to hold a large short position. So how is the original meme stock holding up?
GameStop has lost 70% of its value since its January 2021 closing high of $86.88, when retail investors on Reddit forums famously bought into the stock, triggering a trading frenzy. The ensuing short squeeze led to hedge funds betting on the stock's decline to take huge hits.
It's believed Icahn began shorting the stock around its peak and still holds a large position in the struggling video game retailer, though its exact size has not been reported.
Currently, GameStop stock is down by 29.5% year-to-date, closing at $26.17 on 25 November. The S&P 500 is down 16.05% in the same period. Earlier in November, Icahn told CNBC's Closing Bell: Overtime slot: "We keep our portfolio hedged… I still think we are in a bear market."
The latest data suggests few short bets against GameStop are left to be made. According to S3 Partners, only 3 million shares are available to be sold short, with 95% of available stock borrows already being used to cover shorts. "The vast majority of GME short selling has already been done," S3's Ihor Dusaniwsky said in a note last week.
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Continuing losses, but GameStop's initiatives offer hope
At its Q2 2023 earnings release on 7 September, GameStop reported that its net sales were $1.136bn for the quarter, down 4% from $1.183bn year-over-year. Its loss per share rose $0.36 from $0.21, but this was a narrower loss than expected by the market; data from FactSet indicated an anticipated loss of $0.42 per share.
This was GameStop's sixth consecutive quarterly loss, noted Wedbush Analyst Michael Pachter, who concluded in a note seen by MarketWatch: "Fundamentally, GameStop remains a mess."
The company said its sales attributable to collectibles had risen to $223.2m from $177.2m, highlighting that this was a segment it intended to grow. It also said it ended the period with no significant debt, and cash or cash equivalents of $908.9m. Its share price rose by 20.6% in the days following the results announcement.
The company announced initiatives — including a partnership with crypto exchange FTX which had to be closed and customers refunded following FTX's bankruptcy filing. GameStop has also launched a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace with blockchain company ImmutableX, with its aim to make NFTs accessible to millions of US gamers.
Whether these moves are enough to reverse its real-world struggles remains to be seen. The company's Q3 earnings are due on 14 December. GameStop is currently rated a 'hold' by a consensus of 12 analysts at Yahoo Finance.
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GameStop is the best-known of the so-called meme stocks, whose rapidly changing fates have been driven by users on social media platforms jumping on the trading bandwagon. Some of these companies are businesses in real world decline, their rising value less to do with fundamentals and more reflections of passing investor interest; they are therefore regarded as risky prospects.
Adam Sarhan, CEO of 50 Park Investments, said in August that while large moves in stocks such as that seen with GameStop last year were outliers, they "happen time and time again. But most of the time, these exaggerated moves are short-lived, and the stocks tend to go back down."
High-profile meme stocks also include Bed Bath & Beyond [BBBY], which saw its share price skyrocket after online interest in August. Bed Bath & Beyond rallied by nearly 500% from the start of that month to reach $30 during trading on 17 August. However, the stock quickly crashed, and billionaire investor Ryan Cohen dumped his holdings. On 25 November, the stock closed at just $3.24, down from its August closing high of $23.08. Year-to-date, the stock has sunk nearly 79%.
AMC Entertainment [AMC] is another stock witnessing a plunge after a buying frenzy in January 2021. In November its stock tumbled after it reported another quarterly loss, its twelfth in a row. Year-to-date, it's seen a colossal 72% tumble.
Cybersecurity company and meme stock BlackBerry [BB] however, may have better prospects. In September it reported solid revenue growth for Q2, rising to $168m, with its Internet of Things division up to $51m, a 28% year-over-year increase. Nonetheless, the stock is down 48% this year.
Funds in focus: Roundhill MEME ETF
Roundhill Investment's meme stock-focused fund launched in December 2021 under the ticker MEME. Its holdings include BlackBerry at position number five, with a 4.14% weighting. The fund also holds AMC [AMC] stock, which has a 4.02% weighting, and GameStop shares, with a weighting of 3.86%, but it does not hold Bed Bath & Beyond stock.
The MEME ETF has tumbled by 55.6% so far in 2022, perhaps reflecting the uncertain fortunes of the meme stock.
The ETF with the largest allocation of GameStop shares however is the Defiance Digital Revolution ETF [NFTZ], where it has a weighting of 5.28% and is the seventh-largest holding in the portfolio. Year-to-date, the NFTZ ETF is down by 72.8%.
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Nothing beats a good old takeaway, and it's never been easier with Uber Eats and Deliveroo making app-based ordering extremely – some might say too – easy. But if you've ever been the victim of a ramen spillage or curry overflow in transit (trust me – it's a devastating experience, especially when hungover and hangry), you'll know that it pays to be tactical when it comes to ordering.
My current go-to is Darwin & Wallace's ingenious 'Cluck & Collect', available from No 11 Pimlico Road, No 32 The Old Town and No 29 Power Station West. I like to think of it as a posh version of Nando's: a lemon and tarragon marinated rotisserie chicken will set you back £11 (half) or £19.50 (whole), alongside sides such as fries and paprika aioli, crushed potato, garlic green beans and a wholesome house salad with warm quinoa, edamame, roast pumpkin, mushroom, beets, sesame wakame and miso dressing. You simply order online via 'cluck and collect' and select your timeslot to collect – making it possible to dash in last-minute when you've overslept and are expecting guests for a Sunday roast, then pass off the delicious cooking as your own (not that I've ever done this, of course). Just make sure you destroy the takeaway boxes as evidence before your guests arrive, and they'll know no better.
Sick of the long wait for a weekend brunch table at Farm Girl? Then don't bother. Get your coconut BLT sandwich and Farm Bowl delivered to your door instead and enjoy Aussie brunch classics in the comfort of your pyjamas – because who's judging? Their bowl dishes arrive looking just as pretty as they do served up in their restaurants. Our current favourite is the 'Winter Bear Bowl', a mix of kale, cabbage, beetroot & roasted heritage carrots topped with chickpea falafels, tahini mayo dressing, radish sprouts & mixed seeds. Don't forget to order a couple of Matilde's donuts to save for later either – you'll thank me later.
And finally, for those times that you fancy a blowout meal but are trying to be virtuous, nothing beats a classic burger or pesto meatball sub from by CHLOE. The former involves a tempeh-lentil-chia-walnut-patty with pickles, onion and special sauce, while their version of a hot dog features portobello mushroom and veggie meatballs in a marinara sauce, with sweet peppers, basil pesto, cashew mozzarella and almond parmesan. Sides of sweet potato-cashew cheese pasta and their famous air-baked fries are a must – make sure you double up on the beet ketchup. Finish with a raspberry tiramisu or Chlostess cupcake: the frosting alone has to be tasted to be believed. I never thought I'd see the day that hungover Big Macs were behind me, but the quinoa hash browns and cashew mac n cheese with shiitake bacon can satisfy even the most vicious of carb cravings. Now that we've taken care of vegan comfort food, can we find a way to make hangovers cruelty-free too?
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In November 2013 the State Archives of Minsk Region released the next book of published documents in the series "Minsk Region in Documents and Materials" founded in 2007. The present edition is dedicated to the history of Minsk Region in the tragic period of the German Occupation 1941-1944. The book includes 94 documents from the archive's holdings, all of which have been published for the first time.
The book illustrates the main activities of the Occupation administration in Minsk Region, the daily life of the civilian population in the unhuman conditions under the Occupation and a large scale of the Partisan movement. The edition is illustrated with the photographs of archival documents, has a geographical index and a preface. This is intended for historians, regional specialists, history students and readers interested in the history of the Great Patriotic War (World War Two).
On 14 November 2013 the State Archives of Minsk Region with the support of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee Main Justice Administration held a republic-level scholarly conference History and Archives: 20th and 21st Century Documentary Heritage of Belarus, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of this Archive.
The event took place at the Pushkin Regional Library in Minsk and brought together faculty members and postgraduates from different institutions in Belarus. Participants at the plenary meeting heard 20 reports. From the State Archives of Minsk Region the reports were made on the topics:
"Records of the State Archives of Minsk Region relating to the activity of the state security service and interior bodies in the Belarusian SSR and the USSR during the Great Patriotic War and in the post-war period" (by the head of the records use and publication department Vasily M. Matokh)
"Records of the State Archives of Minsk Region as a source into the history of rendering medical aid to the Partisans during the occupation of Belarus in 1941-1944" (by the archivist at the records use and publication department Yulia V. Milevskaya).
During the conference the participants discussed a number of issues on the history and practices of archive business in Belarus and the most topical issues and perspectives of development in the regional archives of the Republic of Belarus.
The conference papers will be published as a separate book.
The conference was concluded with a friendly dinner and a tour to the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War.
On 12 November 2013 the Museum of Military History at Vienna hosted a presentation of the book, Military Burials of World War One in Belarus prepared by the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus, Austria's Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on War Consequences and the Academy of the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Belarus with the support of the Austrian Black Cross and the People's Union of Germany for the Care of War Graves.
The event was attended by the Ambassador of Belarus to the Austrian Republic Valery Voronetsky, President of the Austrian Black Cross Peter Rieser, General Secretary of the German People's Union Reiner Ruff, director of the Boltzmann Institute Stefan Karner, the book's authors Anatoly Sharkhov and Viacheslav Selemenev, and representatives from Austria's Interior Ministry, Ukrainian and Austrian embassies, scholarly and social institutions.
The Fourth Conference of Archives in the Slavic Countries was held on 18-19 October 2013 in the Slovene town of Lipica. The Conference was attended by the representatives of archives from Belarus, Macedonia, the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro.
Eight reports were delivered as part of the conference on the topic of "Archives and Present Day Requirements". Following the tradition, the reports were presented in national languages. From the Belarusian side, the director of the Belarusian Research Institute of Records Management and Archival Studies (BelNIIDAD) Mr A.E. Rybakov delivered a presentation report on the "Archives in Belarus in Conditions of Contemporary Requirements".
The analysis of the reports and the following discussion made it possible to the four main issues which are presently of the most importance for archives in the Slavic countries:
Organisation of the system of administrative bodies in charge of archive business and state archival institutions;
Building of an efficient system for their relationship with the bodies of state power and government;
Records preservation in the context of the provision of required buildings and facilities for archives, preservation of electronic records;
Financing of state archives;
Professional training of archivists, provision of personnel for state archives, perspectives of development in archival science.
One of the conference events was a meeting with the director of the Forum of Slavic Cultures, Andreja Rihter. The participants summed the results of the exhibition "The History of the Capitals of Slavic Countries in the Light of Archival Records" opened in May 2012 in the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. This project, initiated at the Second Conference of Archives in the Slavic Countries in 2011, covered 13 Slavic countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Macedonia, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, Czechia, Montenegro and Ukraine.
As part of the conference, Mr. Rybakov held a working meeting with the director at the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia Bojan Cvelfar and the senior advisor at this Archive Natalia Glashar. The Slovenian side showed interest in the possibility of organising a joint Belarusian-Slovenian archival project relating to the life and work of Gabriel Gruber. In 1769 Gabriel Gruber began lecturing at the Higher School of Engineering at Ljubljana; Gruber Palace (now the building of the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia) was built according to his project, in 1784 he arrived in Belarus and until 1799 taught architecture and physics at the Jesuit College at Polotsk. Thanks to his efforts, the Polotsk College expanded its scholarly basis and turned into a large technical centre. Presently, the National Historical Archives of Belarus holds a collection of the Polotsk Jesuit College and they now have to the availability of the documents relating to Gabriel Gruber in their collection.
On 21-22 October 2013 the 23rd Conference of International Archival Day took place in Trieste (Italy), which was organised by the International Institute for Archival Science of Trieste and Maribore (IIAS). The conference opened with the greeting of Charles Kesckemeti, a honoured member of this institute, General Secretary of the International Council on Archives from 1962 to 1988, who celebrated his 80th anniversary this year.
In all, the conference was attended by 100 people from Austria, Barbados, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, India, Spain, Italy, Macedonia, Malaysia, Poland, Russia, Rumania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, USA, Turkey, Ukraine, France, Croatia, Montenegro, Czechia, Chili, Estonia and the Republic of South Africa.
The conference covered the two main topics: "History of archives and archival science from the 1950s to the present day" and "Communications of archives with the young generation and institutions in the area of cultural heritage".
The bulk of the reports on the first topic was dedicated to the history of archives in different countries, while the greater interest was aroused by the reports on the problematic issues in the development of archives and international cooperation in archive business. The General Secretary of ICA, David Leitch (Scotland) informed the participants on the key directions in the ICA activities. In his words, the priority importance for archives now lies in the necessity to solve the issues of documentation and records managements and the development of relevant norms, regulations, recommendations and their adoption in the international standards. The ICA put a special focus on this issue in conditions of the adoption of modern information technologies.
BelNIIDAD's director A. Rybakov delivered a presentation report formation and development of archival science in the Republic of Belarus" (in English).
The conference papers and reports have been published in the ATLANTI journal.
Following the completion of the conference, the IIAS 7th Autumn Archival School was opened on 23 October 2013 and the 29th Assembly of IIAS members. The assembly participants heard the report on the Institute's activities in 2012-2013, discussed the acceptance of new members and the topics for the next conference of International Archival Day. The two main topics were adopted for the next conference: "The First World War" and "Archives, Political Power and Society (in context of access, data security and advocacy)".
On 30 October 2013 the National Library of Belarus hosted the presentation of Viktor Korbut's book Minsk. The Best View of the City, which includes photographic documents from the holdings of the Belarusian State Archives of Films, Photographs and Sound Recordings demonstrating the views of streets, parks, gardens and squares in Minsk and the individual events for the period of 1917-1995.
The book has been issued by the Publishing House Zviazda and provides the author's research into the history of Minsk from the 11th to the early 21st centuries. The author investigates the puzzle of the town's origin and discusses a question of the reconstruction of its historical centre both from the viewpoint of the architectural objects and through the fates of the people associated with this town. Many facts in the book have been pronounced for the first time and can be of interest to students, tourists, regional specialists and academic scholars.
The Belarusian Research Institute of Records Management and Archival Studies (BelNIIDAD) issued a book of papers, The Historical Heritage of Belarus: Identification, Preservation and Research: Papers of International Scholarly Conference on the 90th anniversary of the State Archive Service of the Republic of Belarus, the 85th anniversary of the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus and the 20th anniversary of the source study faculty at the Belarusian State University (Minsk, 17-18 May 2012. In two parts. Part 1 (247 p.), Part 2 (380 p.) and the Methodical Recommendations for work with documents in the Institutions of the Republic of Belarus introducing the ISO 9000 series international standards for Quality Management Systems.
The book includes reports and articles by participants at the International Scholarly Conference "The Historical Heritage of Belarus: Identification, Preservation and Research: Papers of the International Scholarly Conference on the 90th anniversary of the State Archive Service of the Republic of Belarus, the 85th anniversary of the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus and the 20th anniversary of the source study faculty at the Belarusian State University held in Minsk on 17-18 May 2012.
The edition is designed for archivists, historians, regional specialists, researchers into special historical disciplines.
The Methodical Recommendations for work with documents in the institutions of the Republic of Belarus introducing the ISO 9000 series international standards "Quality Management Systems" explain the items of the ISO 9000 international standards and the state standards of the Republic of Belarus, adopted on their basis, in the part concerning the organization of work with documents based on the legislation on archives and records management in the Republic of Belarus.
This procedural guidance deals with various aspects of records management practices in implementing the ISO 9000 international standards, in particular the terminological aspects of their application, the relations between the quality management documentation and other document systems, including the organizational and administrative documents. In addition, the guidance discusses the issues of most common violations in the legislation on archives and records management in the Republic of Belarus that may appear when introducing the ISO 9000 standards into practice in the institutions.
On 18 October 2013 the Belarusian State Archives-Museum of Literature and Art held a meeting to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the birth of Barys Viktaravich Platonau, the prominent actor at the Belarusian Yanka Kupala Drama Theater, the People's Artist of the USSR. The meeting was opened by the archive's director Hanna Zapartyka. Among the guests who spoke at the meeting were the artist's nephew Aliaksei Platonau, the People's Artist of the BSSR Zinaida Zubkova, actress Ala Dougaya, and the curator of the Kupala Theatre's archives Klara Mizgail, who shared their reminiscences about the master of the Belarusian stage.
On 15 October 2013 the State Archives of Public Organisations in Gomel Region held a regional workshop for the representatives of public organisations and political parties who are the sources of records acquisition at this Archives.
The workshop organisers are the main justice administration of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee and the State Archives of Public Organisations in Gomel Region.
Participants at the workshop included representatives of the main justice administration of the Gomel Regional Executive Committee and the public organizations, the Belarusian Peace Foundation, the Phoenix Gomel City Centre for the Ethical Treatment of Nature, the Belarusian Society of Invalids, the Hope for Children Foundation etc.
The work of the workshop was covered by radio and television broadcasts.
During the workshop the participants visited an exhibition of archival records.
The representatives of public organisations acquainted with the specially valuable documents, in particular those dated 1879 ("Political review of the Cherikov and Klimovichi districts, reports from the police administration of Mogilev, Bykhov, Orsha and Senno districts for 1879-1880"), documents from the fonds of the Historical-Party Division at the Gomel Province Committee of the Russian Communist Party of Bolsheviks.
The workshop included a trip to the archive's storage facilities, during which the participants acquainted with the conditions of records storage. They had an opportunity to watch in practice the procedure for the issue of files from the archive's repository. In addition, they visited repository № 4, in which the most valuable documents are held.
The archive's high skilled specialists delivered informative lectures. During the studies the participants discussed issues of legislation observance in the field of archives and records management in the Republic of Belarus, the establishment of records retention schedules, preservation, appraisal, file classification plans etc. The archive's laboratory staff carried out a practical study in the technical processing of records.
Additionally, the workshop included a round table which discussed the issues of further effective cooperation.
On 2 October 2013 the National Press Centre of the Republic of Belarus held a press conference on the topic of the Development of Archive Business in the Republic of Belarus dedicated to the Day of Archivist.
Attendees at the press conference included the director of the Department for Archives and Records Management of the Justice Ministry V.I. Adamushko, the acting director of the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus N.K. Rudakovsky and director at the Belarusian State Archives of Photographs, Films and Sound Recordings V.V. Balandin.
The participants reported on the issues of the general condition of archive business in Belarus, told of the composition and contents of records held at the state archives, touched upon different aspects of the creation and preservation of digital copies for documents included in the National Archival Holdings of the Republic of Belarus. A special attention was paid to the introduction of modern information technologies into the activities of the state archive institutions in our country.
The mass media representatives were interested in the issues of search tools for individual archive records, the procedure of creating personal fonds at the state archives, access to records and other issues in the area of archives in the Republic of Belarus.
The official website of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee Main Justice Administration offers a virtual exhibition of records dedicated to the 75 Years of the State Archives of Minsk Region.
The exhibits on display illuminate the history of this Archives. These are documents available from the State Archives of Minsk Region and documentary photographs from the Belarusian State Archives of Photographs, Films and Sound Recordings.
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California Begins Confiscating Legally-Purchased Guns….
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By Travis Melvin on August 23, 2013
It is not surprising that the first police raids to take legally-purchased firearms from citizens are in California. Until recently, the state had the strictest gun control laws and the liberal run state government has always looked unfavorably on the Second Amendment.
Earlier this year, the state legislature expanded the list of what they call "prohibited persons" – people who have legally registered a firearm but, for various reasons, are no longer allowed their Second Amendment rights. These reasons were expanded to include people who are behind on state taxes, did not pay toll fees in a "timely" manner and a wide range of other minor misdemeanors or reported mental health concerns.
In preparation for the crackdown, the state authorized $24 million to hire additional officers to track down 20,000 people on the list. One person on this list was Joe Mendez.
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A police officer came to the door and lured Mendez out of his house with a story of a hit and run report. Once outside, he had M16s pointed within inches of his face, was taken into custody and had all weapons removed from his house.
It is important to remember that these were legally- purchased and registered firearms. That gets to the other issue about this initiative.
This case demonstrates what registration lists really are. They are tools to allow police to confiscate weapons. And, all they have to do in California is come up with a reason you should be on the prohibited persons list; a list that is continuously expanding in its scope and definition.
California gun owners beware: your firearms and rights are being confiscated by your liberal politicians.


Traditionally stone and brick buildings were built and repointed using lime mortar. The soft and permeable qualities of lime mortar allow for any movement in the structure and ensure moisture in the walls can freely evaporate. As lime mortar is generally softer than stone, occasional repointing is necessary at both low level (due to salt attack) and at higher levels like copings, string and weathering's (due to water erosion). Lime mortar, especially putty lime mortars can become soft and friable with age but this does not necessarily mean they are not functioning.
Unfortunately, over the last 150 years or more, Portland cement based mortars have commonly been used for repointing joints that were previously filled with lime mortar. Strong cement mortars are invariably too hard for limestone, they can cause damage and being grey are drab and unsightly. Wherever possible they should be removed and replaced with lime mortar which allows the wall to 'breathe'. The typical cream, buff, pale brown, pink and white lime mortars which reflect the local sand colour, are much more in keeping with the colours and textures of stone and brick.


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/* eslint-env jquery */
/* globals Config, PG, VS */

/**
 * @module material
 */

import { colorDefault, closeDialog } from "./helpers.js"
import { Notes } from "./notes.js"
import { SelectLanguage, SelectPassage, SelectResultPage } from "./select.js"
import { Message } from "./message.js"
import { MaterialContent } from "./materialcontent.js"
import { MaterialSettings } from "./materialsettings.js"
import { FeatureSettings } from "./featuresettings.js"

/**
 * Controls the main area of the page.
 *
 * @see [M:MATERIAL][materials.MATERIAL]
 * @see page elements:
 * *    [∈ book][elem-book],
 * *    [∈ chapter][elem-chapter],
 * *    [∈ page][elem-page],
 * *    [∈ goto-chapter][elem-goto-chapter],
 */
export class Material {
  constructor() {
    this.name = "material"
    this.hid = `#${this.name}`
    this.selectLanguage = new SelectLanguage()
    this.selectPassage = new SelectPassage()
    this.selectResultPage = new SelectResultPage()
    this.message = new Message()
    this.content = new MaterialContent()
    this.materialSettings = new MaterialSettings(this.content)
    this.featureSettings = new FeatureSettings()
    this.message.msg("choose a passage or a query or a word")
  }

  adapt() {
    this.fetch()
  }

  apply() {
    /* apply ViewSettings to current material
     */
    const { bookLangs, bookTrans } = Config
    PG.version = VS.version()
    PG.mr = VS.mr()
    PG.qw = VS.qw()
    PG.iid = VS.iid()
    if (
      PG.mr != PG.prev["mr"] ||
      PG.qw != PG.prev["qw"] ||
      PG.version != PG.prev["version"] ||
      (PG.mr == "m" &&
        (VS.book() != PG.prev["book"] ||
          VS.chapter() != PG.prev["chapter"] ||
          VS.verse() != PG.prev["verse"])) ||
      (PG.mr == "r" && (PG.iid != PG.prev["iid"] || VS.page() != PG.prev["page"]))
    ) {
      PG.materialStatusReset()
      const mrPrev = PG.prev["mr"]
      const qwPrev = PG.prev["qw"]
      const iidPrev = PG.prev["iid"]
      if (mrPrev == "r" && PG.mr == "m") {
        const vals = {}
        if (qwPrev != "n") {
          vals[iidPrev] =
            VS.colorMap(qwPrev)[iidPrev] || colorDefault(qwPrev == "q", iidPrev)
          VS.setColor(qwPrev, vals)
        }
      }
    }
    this.selectLanguage.apply()
    this.selectPassage.apply()
    this.selectResultPage.apply()
    this.materialSettings.apply()
    const book = VS.book()
    const chapter = VS.chapter()
    const page = VS.page()
    $("#thelang").html(bookLangs[VS.lang()][1])
    $("#thebook").html(book != "x" ? bookTrans[VS.lang()][book] : "book")
    $("#thechapter").html(chapter > 0 ? chapter : "chapter")
    $("#thepage").html(page > 0 ? `${page}` : "")
    for (const x in VS.getMaterial()) {
      PG.prev[x] = VS.getMaterial()[x]
    }
  }

  /**
   * get the material by AJAX if needed, and process the material afterward
   *
   * @see Triggers [C:hebrew.material][controllers.hebrew.material]
   */
  fetch() {
    const { pageMaterialUrl } = Config
    const { materialFetched, materialKind } = PG

    let vars =
      `?version=${PG.version}&mr=${PG.mr}&tp=${VS.tp()}&tr=${VS.tr()}` +
      `&qw=${PG.qw}&lang=${VS.lang()}`
    let doFetch = false
    if (PG.mr == "m") {
      vars += `&book=${VS.book()}&chapter=${VS.chapter()}`
      doFetch = VS.book() != "x" && VS.chapter() > 0
    } else {
      vars += `&iid=${PG.iid}&page=${VS.page()}`
      doFetch = PG.qw == "q" ? PG.iid >= 0 : PG.iid != "-1"
    }
    const tp = VS.tp()
    const tr = VS.tr()
    if (
      doFetch &&
      (!materialFetched[tp] || !(tp in materialKind) || materialKind[tp] != tr)
    ) {
      this.message.msg("fetching data ... ")
      PG.sidebars.afterMaterialFetch()
      $.get(
        `${pageMaterialUrl}${vars}`,
        html => {
          const response = $(html)
          this.selectResultPage.add(response)
          this.message.add(response)
          this.content.add(response)
          materialFetched[tp] = true
          materialKind[tp] = tr
          this.process()
          this.gotoVerse()
        },
        "html"
      )
    } else {
      PG.highlight2({ code: "5", qw: "w" })
      PG.highlight2({ code: "5", qw: "q" })
      this.featureSettings.apply()
      this.gotoVerse()
    }
  }
  gotoVerse() {
    /* go to the selected verse
     */
    $(".versehighlight").removeClass("versehighlight")
    const xxx = PG.mr == "r" ? "div[tvid]" : `div[tvid="${VS.verse()}"]`
    const verseTarget = $(`#material_${VS.tp()}>${xxx}`).filter(":first")
    if (verseTarget != undefined && verseTarget[0] != undefined) {
      verseTarget[0].scrollIntoView()
      $("#navbar")[0].scrollIntoView()
      verseTarget.addClass("versehighlight")
    }
  }
  process() {
    /* process new material obtained by an AJAX call
     */
    const { materialFetched, materialKind } = PG

    let mf = 0
    const tp = VS.tp()
    const tr = VS.tr()
    for (const isFetched of Object.values(materialFetched)) {
      if (isFetched) {
        mf += 1
      }
    }
    /* count how many versions of this material already have been fetched
     */
    if (materialKind[tp] != "" && materialKind != tr) {
      /* and also whether the material has already been fetched
       * in another transcription
       */
      mf += 1
    }
    const contentNew = $(`#material_${tp}`)
    const textContent = $(".txtp,.txt1,.txt2,.txt3")
    const tTextContent = $(".t1_txt,.lv2")
    if (VS.tr() == "hb") {
      textContent.removeClass("pho")
      textContent.removeClass("phox")
      tTextContent.removeClass("pho")
      textContent.addClass("heb")
      textContent.addClass("hebx")
      tTextContent.addClass("heb")
    } else if (VS.tr() == "ph") {
      textContent.removeClass("heb")
      textContent.removeClass("hebx")
      tTextContent.removeClass("heb")
      textContent.addClass("pho")
      textContent.addClass("phox")
      tTextContent.addClass("pho")
    }
    /* because some processes like highlighting and assignment of verse number clicks
     * must be suppressed on first time or on subsequent times
     */
    if (PG.mr == "r") {
      this.selectResultPage.apply()
      if (PG.qw != "n") {
        PG.picker1[PG.qw].adapt(PG.iid, true)
      }
      $("a.cref").off("click").click(e => {
        e.preventDefault()
        const elem = $(e.delegateTarget)
        VS.setMaterial({
          book: elem.attr("book"),
          chapter: elem.attr("chapter"),
          verse: elem.attr("verse"),
          mr: "m",
        })
        VS.addHist()
        PG.go()
      })
    } else {
      this.addWordActions(contentNew, mf)
    }
    this.addVerseRefs(contentNew, mf)
    if (VS.tp() == "txtd") {
      this.featureSettings.apply()
    } else if (VS.tp() == "txt1") {
      this.addNoteActions(contentNew)
    }
  }

  addNoteActions(contentNew) {
    /* add actions for the tab1 view
     */
    this.notes = new Notes(contentNew)
  }

  /**
   * add a click event to the verse number by which
   * linguistic features for the words in that verse
   * can be retrieved from the server.
   *
   * @see Triggers [C:hebrew.verse][controllers.hebrew.verse].
   *
   * @see [∈ show-verse-data][elem-show-verse-data]
  */
  addVerseRefs(contentNew, mf) {
    const { verseFeaturesUrl } = Config

    const verseRefs = contentNew.find(".vradio")
    verseRefs.each((i, el) => {
      const elem = $(el)
      elem.attr("title", "interlinear data")
    })
    verseRefs.off("click").click(e => {
      e.preventDefault()
      const elem = $(e.delegateTarget)
      const bk = elem.attr("b")
      const ch = elem.attr("c")
      const vs = elem.attr("v")
      const baseTp = VS.tp()
      const dataDest = $(`#${baseTp}_txtd_${bk}_${ch}_${vs}`)
      const textDest = $(`#${baseTp}_${bk}_${ch}_${vs}`)
      const legend = $("#datalegend")
      const legendCtl = $("#datalegend_control")
      if (elem.hasClass("ison")) {
        elem.removeClass("ison")
        elem.attr("title", "interlinear data")
        legend.hide()
        closeDialog(legend)
        legendCtl.hide()
        dataDest.hide()
        textDest.show()
      } else {
        elem.addClass("ison")
        elem.attr("title", "text/tab")
        legendCtl.show()
        dataDest.show()
        textDest.hide()
        if (dataDest.attr("lf") == "x") {
          dataDest.html(`fetching data for ${bk} ${ch}:${vs} ...`)
          dataDest.load(
            `${verseFeaturesUrl}?version=${PG.version}&book=${bk}&chapter=${ch}&verse=${vs}`,
            () => {
              dataDest.attr("lf", "v")
              this.featureSettings.apply()
              if (PG.mr == "r") {
                if (PG.qw != "n") {
                  PG.picker1[PG.qw].adapt(PG.iid, true)
                }
              } else {
                PG.highlight2({ code: "5", qw: "w" })
                PG.highlight2({ code: "5", qw: "q" })
                this.addWordActions(dataDest, mf)
              }
            },
            "html"
          )
        }
      }
    })
  }

  addWordActions(contentNew, mf) {
    /* Make words clickable, so that they show up in the sidebar
     */
    contentNew.find("span[l]").off("click").click(e => {
      e.preventDefault()
      const elem = $(e.delegateTarget)
      const iid = elem.attr("l")
      const qw = "w"
      const all = $(`#${qw}${iid}`)
      if (VS.isColor(qw, iid)) {
        VS.delColor(qw, iid)
        all.hide()
      } else {
        const vals = {}
        vals[iid] = colorDefault(false, iid)
        VS.setColor(qw, vals)
        all.show()
      }
      const active = VS.active(qw)
      if (active != "hlcustom" && active != "hlmany") {
        VS.setHighlight(qw, { active: "hlcustom" })
      }
      if (VS.get("w") == "v") {
        if (iid in PG.picker1List["w"]) {
          /* should not happen but it happens when changing data versions
           */
          PG.picker1List["w"][iid].apply(false)
        }
      }
      PG.highlight2({ code: "4", qw })
      VS.addHist()
    })
    if (mf > 1) {
      /* Initially, material gets highlighted once the sidebars have been loaded.
       * But when we load a different representation of material (data, tab),
       * the sidebars are still there,
       * and after loading the material, highlighs have to be applied.
       */
      PG.highlight2({ code: "5", qw: "q" })
      PG.highlight2({ code: "5", qw: "w" })
    }
  }
}

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An Aston University Professor who has 'changed the world of enterprise research, policy and practice' has received the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion 2014.
Mark Hart, Professor of Small Business and Entrepreneurship at Aston Business School has dedicated over 35 years to researching and teaching in the area of SMEs and entrepreneurship.
The Queen's Award recognises those individuals who have played an important role in promoting enterprise skills and supporting entrepreneurs. The winners are decided by Her Majesty the Queen following recommendations from the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee and Award Judging Panel.
Professor Hart, a highly respected international scholar, has held the Chair in Small Business and Entrepreneurship at Aston University since 2008. He is also currently the Programme Director and Academic Lead on the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme in the Midlands and is Deputy Director of the national Enterprise Research Centre, which has as its mission to understand the drivers of small business growth.
His exceptional academic and research work in the field of entrepreneurship and small businesses, including high-growth firms, has been utilised to inform Government business support policies and to shape policy discussions – particularly where there are barriers to enterprise. In 2013, he was invited by Lord Young to chair the Executive Group leading the development of a Small Business Charter which was launched in 2014, and provided key inputs into the business support component of the private sector work stream for Lord Heseltine's Greater Birmingham Project.
In 2012, Mark produced two major reports for RBS on youth entrepreneurship and women's enterprise that have been influential in shaping the policy of the banks in supporting and funding enterprise amongst young people and women. He jointly manages the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK project - GEM is the largest survey-based study of entrepreneurship in the world involving over 70 countries.
In addition to his academic work, Prof Hart, continues to offer advice to new businesses through voluntary activities, examples of which include: PRIME (Prince's Initiative for Mature Enterprise) focusing on how to promote enterprise in the over 50s and Tsu-Chu Biz which runs enterprise and leadership skills courses engaging disillusioned young people in some of the UK's most deprived neighbourhoods. Over 1,000 teenagers have participated in the Tsu-Chu Biz course, which culminates in the creation of a ready-to-go small business based on their own ideas and interests.
Winners of the Queen's Award for Enterprise receive an engraved crystal chalice and ceremonial Grant of Appointment, and are invited to a reception at Buckingham Palace, this summer.


The purpose of the project is to support the Cornwall Sediment Strategy (CSS), which was developed to prevent the disturbance of contaminated sediment deposits along the Cornwall waterfront. The project involves sampling and analysis of sediments to fill in data gaps for sites close to shore where docks and other projects may be desired. These data gaps were identified from previous mapping and sediment analyses by the River Institute and by government agencies. The work aims to characterize selected hotspot areas within the nearshore using sonar, underwater video and core sampling. The data will contribute to more precise mapping of the sediment concentrations and inform a current review of the CSS program.


After the huge success of our first TV commercial featuring Clive Tyldesley, we're excited to extend the world of our heroes, Julie and Dan. Our second TV advert launches nationally on 22nd April and we're very excited about new and existing TotallyMoney customers seeing it – we think they'll love it.
This time it's Julie whose coffee break is interrupted by none other than superstar daytime TV legend Anthea Turner. Anthea appears as if transported out of the TV to interview Julie about how she's improved her credit score with TotallyMoney.
Every customer we help to improve furthers our mission: we want to improve the UK's credit score, and help everyone get better credit. It's why we've been judged Best Credit Report Provider by Moneynet.2 And it's why we're the top rated credit report provider on TrustPilot.
Towards the end of our advert we see Dan walk in to find Anthea and Julie having a chat over a slice of Battenberg. The camera then pulls back to reveal a whole film crew in their kitchen! Blink and you'll miss it! Hang on… some of the camera crew look familiar.


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How was the tea bag invented?
Legend says that brewing tea dates back to around 2737 BC, when tea leaves fell into water being boiled for Emperor Shennong of China. There does not appear to be any hard evidence of tea being discovered this way, but evidence we do have suggests that brewing tea did indeed likely start in China, first as part of a medicinal elixir. The first documented reference to this is found during the Shang Dynasty (1600 BC to 1046 BC). By the Qin Dynasty in the third century BC, it had become a relatively popular drink using just the tea (camellia sinensis), rather than mixed with other things as seems to have been common when used medicinally. From the beginning until the early 20th century, very little innovation came about in terms of the common method of brewing tea. This all changed in 1901.
Contrary to popular belief (and what every single tea manufacturer I could find said on their websites, and many-a-tea history book and paper consulted also stated), it was not tea merchant Thomas Sullivan who invented the tea bag in 1908. While he did (probably independently, given his reported design was quite inferior to the original) invent a tea bag that year, he was beat out by about seven years by Roberta C. Lawson and Mary Molaren of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
On August 26, 1901, the two intrepid women filed a patent (US723287) for a rather unique (at the time) "Tea-Leaf Holder" that is remarkably similar to the modern tea bag.
They had identified an issue with the way tea had been commonly brewed for thousands of years. In their own words, the traditional method of having to brew a whole pot at a time,
involves the use of a considerable quantity of tea-leaves to prepare the desired supply of tea, and the tea, if not used directly, soon becomes stale or wanting in freshness, and therefore unsatisfactory, and frequently a large portion of the tea thus prepared and not used directly has to be thrown away, thus involving much waste and corresponding expense.
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Thus, they invented an open-meshed woven cotton bag, "folded over upon itself and stitched along its side edges, forming a pocket-like construction having a flap at its open end… with the flap at the upper end folded down over the top end of the pocket and inclosed…"
A small portion of tea was then contained inside the enclosed cotton-mesh bag and allowed the preparer to place it "in a cup and have water poured thereon to produce only a cup of tea fresh for immediate use. By this means only so much of tea-leaves is used as is required for the single cup of tea, and thereby a cup of fresh. fragrant tea is prepared…"
About two years after the ladies filed their patent, it was granted on March 24, 1903. However, seemingly they were unsuccessful at bringing this to market, at least on any widespread scale that would have registered in documented history.
This brings us to Thomas Sullivan. Sullivan worked as a tea importer in New York when he (supposedly) accidentally invented tea bags in 1908. The story goes that Sullivan began sending small silk bags containing samples of the various forms of tea he sold to his customers as a way of encouraging sales.
The "accident" part is that a number of those people who he sent the bags of tea to decided to use the bag as something of a tea infuser, rather than opening the bags up and brewing the tea normally. As with Lawson and Molaren's aforementioned invention, this allowed a person to make a single cup of tea, rather than an entire pot, and made for much more convenient clean up- when done, simply toss the bag. No need to clean out all the tea leaves from the pot and strainer or infuser.
The little marketing campaign worked and orders started rolling in, which Sullivan initially filled via standard containers of loose-leaf tea. Customers who had used the bags as infusers complained and Sullivan soon began offering his tea once again in bags.
However, silk bags weren't ideal for steeping standard loose-leaf tea, due to being a little too fine and expensive for single serve. He, thus, replaced the silk of the original sample bags with gauze and then further tweaked things for better steeping by filling the tea bags with fannings, the broken tea stalks, and tea dust leftover from processing the tea. Sullivan then began heavily marketing his little innovation and the tea bag was on its way to becoming a household staple.
How much of this story is true is difficult to discern. While it does appear there was a tea merchant named Thomas Sullivan who helped popularize selling tea in single-serve bags (as well as in larger tea bags for brewing whole pots), there seems to be little in the way of documented evidence backing up the individual bits of the oft-repeated story.
Whatever the case, we do know that commercial tea bags in the early days were not, on the whole, as good as Roberta Lawson and Mary Molaren's original design, other than perhaps the later addition of a string to pull the bags out of the hot water when steeping was complete. You see, early bags often used glue to seal the tea in, rather than a folded, sewn bag. This glue then steeped along with the tea, greatly affecting the flavor. Various early fabrics used also often negatively impacted the taste.
However, despite many companies early designs being less than ideal at producing the desired taste, convenience won out, and, partially thanks to WWI with certain countries' soldiers being given tea bags as part of their rations, the tea bag began to rise in popularity significantly by, and then during, the 1920s.
However, while Americans relatively quickly embraced the tea bag, the British viewed the invention with skepticism and a bit of upturned noses. Shortages of the materials used to make tea bags during World War II also helped keep the tea bag unpopular in the UK, despite the convenience factor and that by this time the tea bag was mostly perfected in terms of limiting its influence on the taste of the tea.
However, when the 1950s hit, when products making common household tasks easier began becoming all the rage, the tea bag saw a huge surge in popularity, and for the first time started gaining traction in the UK.
By the late 1950s, the tea bag had gone from virtually unavailable in the UK to controlling about 3% of the market, beginning its slow and steady climb. As of 2008, tea bags made up 96% of the tea market in the UK, a total surprisingly more than in the United States around that same time, where tea bags only held about a 90% share vs. loose-leaf tea.
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Interesting reads:
https://www.tea.co.uk/the-history-of-the-tea-bag
https://time.com/3996712/a-brief-history-of-the-tea-bag/
https://gizmodo.com/how-the-tea-bag-was-invented-1700351584
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ever-wonder-who-invented-tea-bag-180961469/
https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-is-a-tea-bag-765118
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Yesterday's Air Force Energy 101 Media Roundtable hammered home one main point about military sustainable energy policy as it relates to U.S. air power. In the words of Dr. Kevin Geiss, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Air Force for Energy, it comes down to this: "Fly, fight, and win…That's what we're here for. That's our mission." However, in the course of a wide-ranging discussion Dr. Geiss also made it clear that a new, sustainable approach to energy is going to be a key element in supporting "a stronger energy security posture" for the U.S. Air Force mission into the future.
CleanTechnica has covered military sustainability numerous times over the past couple of years, and one pattern that is emerging is the willingness of Department of Defense officials to take their message of sustainable energy to the public. They dropped a huge hint two years ago ago, during congressional testimony that focused on the high cost of transporting fuel to bases in Afghanistan. Since then the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines have been reaching out to the media to publicize a wide range of renewable energy projects including the use of renewable energy in combat zones and an ambitious net-zero energy goal for Army bases. The Air Force in particular has been bringing the message home with demonstrations of high-performance biofuel for fighter jets, including air shows by its legendary Thunderbirds team.
During the roundtable, Dr. Geiss described the operational complexities of fueling up the U.S. Air Force. Aside from combat, surveillance, training and other operational missions, the Air Force logs an average of 900 flights daily for "mobility," to move supplies, equipment and personnel around, including medical evacuations, disaster response and humanitarian relief. That sounds like a pretty tall order but on the other hand, the Air Force is rapidly progressing with the testing and certification of its fleet to run on drop-in biofuel replacements for conventional fuel. Whenever the biofuel industry ramps up its production, "we are ready to consume," said Dr. Geiss.
Aside from biofuels, Dr. Geiss also made some interesting points about the limitations of a narrow focus on energy efficiency. The Air Force also looks at "energy productivity" in terms of how many tons it can move per gallon of gas, rather than simply how much mileage or air time it can rack up per gallon. As a result of various tweaks including routing and scheduling, in the past years the Air Force has moved about 25 percent more cargo while increasing mobility consumption only 3 percent.
As described by Dr. Geiss, the Air Force will be ready to go full on biofuels whenever the private sector can get its production act together, which means that the industry is going to need some serious stimulation in the form of a national biofuel policy. That illustrates the same link between new green jobs, clean energy and national defense that in turn ties President Obama's ambitious new American Jobs Act proposal to the green jobs and infrastructure successes of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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Tactical RPG SOLASTA: CROWN OF THE MAGISTER Announced For Steam Release
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French independent developer Tactical Adventures announced today its latest project, tactical role-playing game Solasta: Crown of the Magister, is coming to Steam. Solasta: Crown of the Magister embraces the ruleset of the world's greatest role-playing game where a player's choice dynamically changes the adventure. The journey begins with creating a team of four explorers, selecting their race, class, background story, abilities and roll for abilities and personal stats. Players will journey through the mystical realms of Solasta, unravelling a story that spans multiple worlds.
The dynamic and mysterious world of Solasta features brand new elements of verticality, allowing players to use their surroundings as an element of strategy. Position ranged characters on high vantage points or send your thief down into shafts and caverns to scope out what's ahead. Utilize light as a tool to explore the depths and hollows of dungeons or use it as a weapon against the creatures of the dark. Solasta is a unique team-based adventure where each character plays a critical role in the campaign and can be a hero. Players must take advantage of each character's strengths and weaknesses if they are to succeed.
Players will have the opportunity to get in on the adventure before it even starts when Tactical Adventures launches its Kickstarter campaign at the end of summer. Players will be able to back Solasta: Crown of the Magister on Kickstarter and link arms with the developers, joining the Solasta community and being rewarded for doing so!
"Tactical Adventures is a small team comprised of Tabletop gamers, many of whom have been playing pen and paper games as well as D&D videogames for over 30 years," says Mathieu Girard, founder of Tactical Adventures and Creative Director of the game. "We have always dreamed of creating our own game, so we set out to create Solasta, taking the best elements of our favourite games and enhancing and building upon them. Additionally, we have added new features such as light, verticality, team-based adventure, dice rolls, etc. We are using the actual rulesets from Tabletop games to finally bridge the gap between Pen and Paper and videogames."
Solasta: Crown of the Magister Features:
Verticality: Solasta is a three-dimensional world rather than a series of flat maps. Locations can be explored by climbing walls, flying, teleporting, crawling through tunnels, finding secret passages, or falling through unstable ground, and allow the player to use the environment to take on encounters in multiple different ways.
Team Based Adventure: Players will have many options to choose races, classes, backgrounds, and can even roll for stats as they create their party. All members are essential – together you will adventure through Solasta as a group, where you must work together in pursuit of your quest.
Tactical CRPG: Each encounter can be handled in multiple ways. Will you use the high ground to strike your enemies from above as a Darkweaver Rogue, or shove your enemies into deep chasms as a Mountaineer Fighter? Your choices alone will determine the destiny of your party.
Light: Light will not only help to see your surroundings as you explore deep underground or in a dungeon. It can also be used as a weapon against dragons and creatures you encounter along your journey. Careful, though – light can also give away your position.
Created by Tabletop Players: Tactical Adventures is a team of highly experienced Tabletop players and veteran game developers who are passionate about the genre, striving to create the best Tactical RPG videogame.
Kickstarter: Tactical Adventures is giving players the opportunity to be heard by joining the community and backing Solasta on Kickstarter. The campaign will feature an amazing tiered reward system and the team is already working on a demo of the game.
Solasta: Crown of the Magister will be available to support and back on Kickstarter soon.
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Andrus, MacKinnon hot from outside as Vikes move to 4-0 with win over Bobcats
VICTORIA – Senior guard Zac Andrus of Vashon Island, Wa., shot five-for-eight from the floor and seven-for-eight from the line to finish with 19 points to guide the UVic Vikes to an 87-76 win over the Brandon Bobcats at McKinnon Gymnasium on Saturday night in front of 843 fans.
With the win, the No. 9 nationally ranked Vikes improve to 4-0 on the season, top in the Canada West. Brandon falls to 1-3.
Ryan MacKinnon of Comox, B.C., led the Vikes with a game-high 22 points, and two other UVic players were in double-digit scoring – Michael Acheampong of Toronto had 16 points and five defensive rebounds, while Mike Berg of Burnaby, B.C., added 14 on the scoreboard along with five boards.
Kyle Vince of Winnipeg and Donovan Gayle of Scarborough, Ont., had 18 points each to lead the Bobcats.
"They made some tough runs at the end (of the second quarter), we didn't execute our press break very effectively," Andrus said of a 23-10 run by Brandon. "We just mentally stuck with what we're good at and made some big stops where we could to get back in the game."
"We're trying hard not to drop any at home, anytime you can do that, we'll take it."
UVic led from start to finish, leading by as much as 18 points. They opened up with a 20-15 first quarter advantage but Brandon kept nipping at their heels, pulling within one point several times. UVic led 39-36 at the half.
In the third quarter, the Bobcats pulled within one point at 43-42, thanks in large part to the strong play of Michael Smith and Gayle off the bench, but a 16-2 run that featured two three-pointers from MacKinnon and one from Reese Pribilsky of Victoria helped the Vikes to put the game out of reach.
After a brief Brandon run, Mike Berg scored twice in the paint within 45 seconds to re-establish a 17-point UVic lead.
Brandon's bench kept them in the game with a 36-point effort.
Andrus earned Applebee's Player of the Game honours for his efforts.
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Bad News About the College of Your Choice
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"The people have gotten dumber"
Retiring Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY)
John Howard is truly the Dean of American education, a calling which he has faithfully served for over sixty years. He has dedicated his life to the defense of moral education and its vital role in the survival and flourishing of a free society. Because he recognizes the critical role of the home as the child's first classroom, Dr. Howard anticipated early on the damage that the sexual revolution and the breakdown of the family would wreak on the culture, not only in the United States, but throughout our increasingly uncivilized world. With that in mind, he founded first the Rockford Institute, then the Howard Center, which today sponsors the World Congress of Families, a unique gathering that has had a significant and salutary international impact.
One of the most critical decisions facing families – and one of the most costly – is where their children should go to college. The question often arouses tension, even turmoil, in the later high-school years. In response, an entire "guidance" profession has arisen, along with highly-touted "guides" purporting to identify the "best" colleges. With this indispensable book, Dr. Howard, longtime educator and lifelong lover of truth and defender of liberty, comes to the rescue. Countless families will consider this book a treasured gift in their efforts to rear their children.
This book represents Dr. Howard's insights gained from his decades of experience in higher education as seen from the inside. It is a godsend for prospective college students – and their parents. Here you have the unique insights of an educator who became a college president sixty years ago, and watched firsthand as countless American "institutions of higher learning" that had been built on the solid rock of faith and morals slowly drifted onto the sands of radicalism and collapse. And what is left of them? "America's Best Colleges." Really?
Before investing (or borrowing) tens of thousands of dollars for a college education, perhaps families should "look under the hood." In this groundbreaking work, Dr. John Howard provides the roadmap, explaining how and why most of what passes for "education" these days is simply headed in the wrong direction.
Begin At The Beginning
That which contributes most to the permanence of constitutions
is the adaption of education to the form of government.
Aristotle, Politics [1310a12]
America's liberty has a long pedigree, and Dr. Howard brings it to life. Perhaps the most well-known of the many gems he uncovers comes in George Washington's Farewell Address: "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who labors to subvert those great pillars of human happiness."
Long ago, before the dark dawn of the "Age of Diversity," character played a central role in education. After all, the work preceding Aristotle's Politics is the Ethics – and ethike is the Greek term for "habits." Dr. Howard introduces us to Columbia University professor Douglas Sloan, who wrote in 1979:
Throughout most of the 19th Century the most important course in the college curriculum was moral philosophy, taught usually by the college president and required of all senior students….The full significance and centrality of moral philosophy in the 19th Century college curriculum can only be understood in the light of the assumption held by American leaders and most ordinary citizens that no nation could survive, let alone prosper, without some common moral and social values…
During the late nineteenth century, however, the notion of "specialization" entered the university system, and slowly spread into philanthropy and government. And why would government be interested in university education? Simple: power lust. Dr. Howard has unearthed a most interesting observation from the famous Nicholas Murray Butler, longtime president of Columbia University, who told his trustees in 1921 that "[o]ne of the most noteworthy of recent developments in American life is the zeal with which machinery is designed and built ostensibly to serve various public interests and undertakings, but in reality to control them. Perhaps in no other way is the decline of faith in liberty so clearly marked."
Dr. Howard matriculated at Princeton University when my mentor, Gerhart Niemeyer, was teaching there. Dr. Niemeyer once reminisced that, in those days, Princeton still fostered the notion of character, of true comity even among colleagues who were not close friends – "real gentlemen," he said. "When I entered Princeton in 1939," Dr. Howard writes, "President Harold Dodds wrote to my parents: 'We will do our utmost to guide him so that he will emerge a useful, responsible member of society. We count on your assistance, believing that the influence of the home should not end at the college door.'"
That was then. Howard was a junior on December 7, 1941. He and his classmates went off to war. Afterwards, millions of American servicemen, including U. S Army Tank Commander John Howard, came home, finished school, got married, and had children. When those "children of the baby boom" started going to college in the 1960s, all Hell broke loose.
Enter the Radicals
Richard Weaver
Bad ideas have bad consequences. Dr. Howard, president of Rockford College at the time, saw firsthand the perversion of character, morals, and truth, and the disaster that it caused. Here are firsthand accounts of the radical professors – Carl Rogers, Obama confrere Bill Ayers, Herbert Marcuse, and the Queen of the Counterculture Hop, Angela Davis. This gang led a coterie of very effective and very radical revolutionaries who spearheaded the transformation of American university life two generations ago. Alas, their progeny run most universities today.
Dr. Howard digs into the cultural record to limn the intellectual flowchart of the radical movement — how it intermingled intellectual anarchy with the sexual revolution and the drug culture. There were parallels elsewhere: Catholic schools were wracked by hijackers flying the banner of "The Spirit of Vatican II," and America's public schools were seized by a newly radicalized generation of union teachers whose first priority was no longer the children or the family, but politics. Both collapsed. And while scholars like Thomas Sowell and William Kirk Kilpatrick have documented the decline and ruin of America's teachers colleges, many Catholic institutions to this day require their teachers and administrators to obtain those sullied secular credentials.
The result? Today's colleges and universities cost more and teach less. Grade inflation is rampant – the average undergraduate grade at Harvard is an A-. "The kids are bright," one "best college" professor friend tells me, "but they don't know very much." A Pulitzer Prize winner tells me that he too has succumbed – "but I still hold out for the real A." And sex isn't revolutionary any more: it's "like shaking hands," as Benjamin put it in The Graduate (1968). Fully half of college grads can't find jobs, but their average debt hovers around the $27,000 mark.
Despite all this, the "college guides" fairly slobber over the "best" schools. One by one, like a pathologist, Dr. Howard examines the ideas they have embraced, and their deadly consequences. But he offers a prescription, one embraced by a few valiant institutions today: "worthy academic institutions," he concludes, "will need to redirect their scholarship away from the pedestrian studies of modernism and mine the rich annals of the great thinkers of bygone centuries."
Buy the book: Dr. John A. Howard, America's Best Colleges – Really? (2012: Cross Books, $15.99)
Christopher Manion is the director of the Campaign For Humanae Vitae™. Write him at cm@bellarmineforum.org. Column provided courtesy of The Bellarmine Forum. ©2012, Christopher Manion. All Rights Reserved.
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