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New Judgment: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v MM [2019] UKSC 34
Matrix Legal Support Service New Judgments
On appeal from: [2017] CSIH 57
This appeal considered, where a claim to personal independence payment under the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 is based on a person needing social support to be able to engage with other people, whether the social support needed must be contemporaneous with the engagement being supported. It also considered whether anything that constitutes needing "prompting" to be able to engage with other people also constitutes social support, subject to it being provided by a person trained or experienced in assisting people to engage in social situations.
The Supreme Court unanimously allowed the appeal insofar as interpreting the relevant legal provisions differently from the Inner House. As such the Supreme Court has returned the matter to the First Tier Tribunal for determination in accordance with this interpretation.
The Supreme Court held that a narrow and technical approach to the words 'social support' in descriptor 9c is unwarranted as it is inconsistent with the Government's objective of creating a benefit which is easier to understand and enabling those who need extra support to live independently. The Court considered that careful scrutiny of the facts is sometimes necessary to determine whether descriptor 9c applies, including probing the information provided by sensitive questions and, where support is already being provided by family/friends, exploring how they have come to know what to do.
The Supreme Court held that Secretary of State's insistence on it being necessary for the supporter to be present at the engagement would stand in the way of means of support which do not involve physical presence and would be likely to impede attempts to improve the claimant's abilities to handle matters in future with less support. The Court considered that, given that social support is likely to take many different forms, depending on the individual needs of the claimant, it is undesirable to attempt to prescribe in the abstract which other forms of support will be sufficient. The Court rejected the Inner House's acceptance that a 'temporal or causal link' was required between the help given and the activity.
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turbogears.widgets.grid is, iirc, defunct. It is also confusing matters as there is a widget in turbogears.fastdata.datawidgets called DataGrid.
Patch attached (although just deleting the file in SVN would probably be better).
remove-widgets-grid.patch (2.3 KB) - added by spleeman@… 13 years ago.


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The road to Vancouver 2010 runs straight through Beaver Creek. The countdown is underway for the only stop in the United States on the men's alpine World Cup circuit. The Audi Birds of Prey World Cup takes place in Beaver Creek Dec. 4-6, 2009 providing US fans with the best preview of Olympic contenders on their home turf. The race includes a Super Combined event on Friday, the premier event Men's Downhill on Saturday, followed by a Giant Slalom on Sunday. Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety leads the charge along with World Cup winners Marco Sullivan and Steve Nyman who have found success at Beaver Creek. Visit bcworldcup.com for the latest news and book your World Cup stay online at Beavercreek.com.
Known for its diverse and abundant family activities, Beaver Creek Resort is taking its tubing program to new heights. For the 2009-2010 season there will be a new, surface lift-served six lane tubing hill operating in the prime afternoon activity hours. The tubing lanes run 300 feet in length and will be located just below The Ranch, our on-mountain children's ski school center. Pricing for the new tubing activity will be announced in the fall. Nightly family activities will continue six of seven afternoons throughout the season including family snowshoe tours, ice skating, rail jams, and Thursday Night Lights. Kids also love the Rebound Trampoline, outdoor ice rink and après s'mores at the Park Hyatt. It's the perfect way to invest in quality family time and create lasting memories.
Mamie's Mountain Grill (pronounced \'MAy- Me's\) is a new outdoor dining option at Beaver Creek that will be located at the top of the Bachelor Gulch Express Lift overlooking scenic McCoy Park. The eatery is named after one of the early Bachelor Gulch settlers. Situated south-facing among a secluded aspen grove, its large sunny deck delivers panoramic views of the surrounding mountains. Mamie's unique menu will feature "grill your own" kabobs with Colorado lamb or chicken and burgers, homemade signature soups, Euro dogs, Panini's and a myriad of other options. Select domestic, imported and micro-brewed beers as well as warm Gluvine and non-alcoholic choices will be available. Open daily during ski season from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and providing picnic table seating for more than 100 skiers and snowboarders, Mamie's is sure to become a must-visit spot.
Families who ski Beaver Creek can take advantage of free kids' airfares when they book a vacation into the Eagle Airport thanks to American Airlines' Kids Fly Free program. For each paid adult fare (age 18 and above), American is offering one free child's ticket for ages 2-12 which may be booked now through Feb. 10, 2010. Families must travel to Beaver Creek between Sunday and Wednesday and from the resort between Tuesday and Friday. This offer is valid for travel Dec. 1-17, 2009 and Jan. 3 – Feb. 10, 2010 with no blackout dates; travel must be booked by Feb. 10, 2010. This offer also allows kids to ski and stay for free and Colorado Mountain Express transports kids for free as part of this package. Additional restrictions may apply. For information or to book contact Vail Beaver Creek Reservations at 866-668-8245.
Fly non-stop to Eagle Airport (EGE) Nov. 20, 2009 through April 11, 2010 and ski for free day of arrival at Beaver Creek with a valid boarding pass and Vail Valley lodging confirmation. Passengers on direct flights from Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas/ Ft. Worth and Denver will be able to take advantage of this program. Passengers must present the original or online printed boarding passes at lift ticket windows along with a valid Vail Valley lodging confirmation receipt and/or photocopy. Only one lift ticket per person, per boarding pass and lodging confirmation permitted. Valid photo ID required. Additional restrictions may apply. Visit www.beavercreek.com or call 800-503-8748.
The World's Best Cookie Competition is set for opening day at Beaver Creek Nov. 25, 2009. Five finalists will serve up 1,000 cookies each and skiers and snowboarders can indulge and vote on their favorite recipe to determine the resort's official Cookie Time recipe. Each day at 3 p.m. resort guests enjoy free warm chocolate chip cookies all season long. Cookie Competition recipe finalists are chosen in the fall from submissions all over the US. For details on entering your family's treasured recipe, visit Beavercreek.com or call 970-845-9090.
Beaver Creek's 13 mountain attractions offer fun family adventures for the young and young-at-heart. From Jack Rabbit Alley to Buckaroo Bowl and the Okee Dokee Korral, explore your child's favorite runs- they may not be on your trail map. New for 2009-2010 discover more gladed tree skiing trails in the attractions in Bachelor Gulch and other areas. Ripperoo, the Kids' Ski School mascot, will have a new ski-to cabin on the main mountain. Ripperoo's handler will share information about the daily ske-cology environmental message and safety tips. The Ranch, the state-of- the-art kids ski school facility at the top of the Buckaroo Express Gondola also will celebrate its second season. The center features healthy lunch options for kids' ski school participants and flat screens for constructive video playback while refueling. Its location sits among customized beginner terrain that's invaluable for teaching adults and kids. From the Ranch, kids can easily navigate their way to Buckaroo Bowl or the Okee Dokee Korral on the way down to the base area where mom and dad can see their progress.
Female skiers and snowboarders of all ages are invited to a winter revival in Beaver Creek Jan. 6-9, 2010. Professional snowboarders Megan Pischke Porcheron and Barrett Christy Cummins will be joined by pro skier Kasha Rigby, yoga instructor Amy Baker and life counselor/ coach Linda Kennoy to offer ReTreat Yourself, a getaway where women can connect with each other on the mountain and on their yoga mats while discovering peace within themselves. Days are action-packed with guided skiing and riding from the pros and Beaver Creek instructors followed by yoga sessions and life coaching. Home base is the Osprey at Beaver Creek, a RockResort which opened in December 2008 and is the closest hotel to a chairlift in North America. The Osprey is the perfect retreat getaway featuring sophisticated alpine-chic design, 46 luxury accommodations, a hot-spot social scene and posh-yet playful services and amenities. The three-day retreat includes a Boarding for Breast Cancer (B4BC) party with mini spa treatments, on snow coaching sessions, morning and restorative yoga, life coaching, daily breakfast and lunches, lift tickets and lodging for $1653.32. For details visit www.vbcrp.com or call 800-752-7920.
Beaver Creek Resort was recognized for a record fourth consecutive year with top honors for the National Ski Areas Association's Best Overall Guest Service Award. A world class experience exists behind the tagline "Not Exactly Roughing It". Guest Service Ambassadors throughout the resort are ready to anticipate guests' needs. Pamper yourself and let us show you the highest level of guest service in the industry and don't forget to treat yourself with a fresh chocolate chip cookie served daily. Share your memorable day on the slopes with friends; send them a Beaver Creek collector post card anywhere in the world, free of charge. Take note of new guest service initiatives implemented last season including distribution of new adaptive ski maps; embracing a new "hands free" award-winning radio frequency ski pass scan system; additions to free nightly family programming; creation of "BC/EX" flags to designate expert terrain openings visible from mid mountain; and new comprehensive resort signage to better identify groomed terrain and open areas.
Beavercreekextreme.com launched last winter and the new micro site highlights the mountain's vast variety of adventurous and most challenging terrain including "EX" designated extreme terrain in Stone Creek Chutes, steep tree runs in Royal Elk Glade, 13 black and double black diamond runs that encompass Talon's Challenge and the resort's top-to-bottom progressive terrain park system including The Rodeo, Beaver Creek's expert park. Be on the lookout for BC/EX flags that fly at the top of the Centennial Express Lift to let expert skiers and riders know when Stone Creek Chutes and Royal Elk Glade are open prior to reaching the gates. Explore "the other side of Beaver Creek"- areas that locals love.
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When heading to a vacation spot, insider's tips can enhance the experience. At Beaver Creek complimentary Mountain Welcome Tours are available daily in the heart of the season for intermediate to advanced skiers and snowboarders that want to explore and learn the mountain. At day's end more than 3,000 free chocolate chip cookies are served to guests as they step off of the slopes. Collector edition post cards are distributed daily and mailed free of charge around the globe. "Cocoa and Corduroy"; pick up a warm cup of cocoa and a grooming map to start your day of play. At Spruce Saddle Lodge, the "Greet and Seat" team will find you a spot to refuel with your family. Village Transportation/ on demand rides are at your service and will take you around the resort via a convenient pick up and drop off schedule. Thursday Night Lights welcomes skiers and boarders level 5 and above to join the glow stick ski down each week which includes fireworks after the ski down.
Safety on the slopes is top of mind for families and it's a top priority at Beaver Creek. The resort was awarded its second consecutive Best Overall Safety Award from the National Ski Areas Association last spring and it's the eighth safety award presented to Beaver Creek. Capturing not only locals through comprehensive in-school education programs with elementary schools, the Yellow Jacket Safety Team Safety By Numbers campaign targets guests from domestic and international locales. Each season the Safety Team ups the ante and develops new educational programs that meet the needs of current industry trends. Last winter with abundant snowfall and increasing back country popularity, the Beaver Creek Ski Patrol focused on offering free Back Country and Safety Awareness classes incorporating their veteran Avalanche Rescue Dogs, Blu and Dixie, to demonstrate proper planning and preparation and perform mock rescues. The visibility of Beaver Creek's Avalanche Rescue Dogs who can be seen working on the slopes daily, also raises general safety awareness and sparks valuable conversations with kids and adults.


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Reminiscences of the Nungate
NUNGATE, the suburb and Barony of Haddington, is a place of much historical and antiquarian interest connected with the churchmen and monks "of old." These worthies had a peculiarly good taste and discernment for placing their abbeys, churches, and religious establishments in pleasant and fertile localities, where the best fruits of the earth could be easily raised, and where produce afforded them the means of good and dainty living. No doubt the Tyne afforded them many a dish of good trout, and the adjacent fertile lands plenty of good grain, which their granges, mills, and breweries around converted into the best of meal, flour, and ale. As the old saying has it—
The Monks of Melrose supped good kail On Fridays, when they fasted;
They never wanted beef or ale
As long as their neighbours' lasted.
The numerous gardens and orchards in Nungate, which at present exist, were no doubt cultivated by the monks at a very old date, and in them are still found apple and pear trees of the finest old kinds, originally introduced by them. We cannot wonder, then, that they located themselves, so early as the twelfth century, on the fertile valley of the Tyne.
St Martin's Church, or Chapel, and Nunnery, at the Eastgate-End of Nungate, is said to have been founded in 1178 by Ada, Queen of William I. of Scotland, in connection with the Abbey of Haddington. It was built and endowed for the residence and use of the nuns of the Abbey—a numerous body in these times. From them the Nungate derived its name. St Martin, or, as Sir Walter Scott writes it in his novel of Quintin Durward' "Sancte Martine," was a well-known saint both at home and abroad. The Nunnery, or Chapel, was called after him. There is little architectural beauty about it, and it will not compare with the elegant and chaste work and proportions of the adjacent Collegiate Church of St Mary's. Still it is an interesting specimen of the secondary religious establishments of those days. It is said to have been connected also with the Nunnery of Nunraw, to which an old road at one time existed across the Sprotlands, up by Stabstane Loan, Shuite-her-tae Mill, and the Hags Muir, to Morham Loanhead, on to the Garvald road—all now filled up. There was also a road at one time from St Martin's by a bridge across the Tyne at the present north end of Amisfield Park wall, which led along Tyneside (the present foot road) to the Abbey of Haddington. St Martin's Chapel seems to have been built of stones from Quarrypits, Seggarsdean, or from a quarry in Amisfield grounds.
After the Reformation, we find that Mr James Carmichael, formerly one of the teachers in the Grammar School of Haddington, was minister of St Martin's from 1592 to 1602; after him, Mr George Grier, who appears to have had no successor, as the Parish Church served both congregations. The second minister of Haddington has always claimed the grass and pasturage. of St Martin s Churchyard as part of his glebe. The large burying-ground has always been used—several old tombstones still existing, while many more have been destroyed. In the time of the barracks, soldiers who died there were interred in the ground. Some years ago it was enclosed and put into decent order.
It has long been a "use and wont" custom for the Magistrates and Town Council of Haddington to elect a Nungate bailie to bear rule in the barony. In ancient times it was customary to proclaim his election, and that of the Haddington Magistracy, in the old church of St Martin's, upon a consecrated stone at the east end. This ceremony, which has fallen into desuetude, was performed in Provost Thomas Pringle's time, in 1819, and again in Provost Peter Dods's reign, in 1821. The Magistrates and Council marched to the ground preceded by their officers in old livery, with halberts, a piper, a drummer, a large number of school-boys and others swelling the cavalcade. Mr Alexander Donaldson, town-clerk, proclaimed the election of John Winton ("the Earl"), Baron Bailie of Nungate, and ordered all due obedience to his authority. Loud cheers and "God save the King" ended the pageant The procession returned by the Bullet Loan and the Nungate Toll.
Many old houses, which are thought to have been connected with the Nunnery, stood at the Eastgate-End, and a large one at the top of Gimmers Mills walk. Most of them have been taken down and rebuilt, and others have become quite dilapidated. One venerable relic, however, yet remains, viz., the house belonging to James Farmer, with its extensive garden. In this house may still be seen fine painted rooms and roofs, with emblematic mouldings of Scripture history, &c., an art which prevailed from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries.
Sir James Simpson, and other eminent archaeologists, some years ago visited this house, and were highly pleased and delighted to find in it so many fine specimens of antiquarian interest. The house had no doubt been the domicile of some of the dignitaries of the Romish Church.
Gimmers Mills belonged to the monks of Haddington, who thirled their tenants to grind their com at their mills. It is recorded that Gimmers Mills and adjacent lands were gifted to a family of the name of Forrest, who were choristers in St Mary's Church (the "Lamp of Lothian"), by the Bishop of St Andrews, in whose diocese the churches in Lothian were at that time placed. Gimmers Mills continued long in the Forrest family until 1795, when they were succeeded by Dr Alexander Maitland, their relative, who was of a branch of the Lauderdale family. We find that David Forrest, of Gimmers Mills, was provost of Haddington in 1710, 1714, and 1720, and Alexander Maitland in 1797. Dr George Forrest, of Gimmers Mills, was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of St Andrews in 1772, and died in 1795. He was the last Forrest of Gimmers Mills. The old respectable family of Maitland of Gimmers Mills is now represented by Mr Charles Maitland, brewer, Alloa. These mills were purchased by the late William Aitchison, baker, Haddington, in 1830, who was succeeded by his nephews, George and Alexander More, who made large additions and improvements, and added steam-power to the mills. George More was provost of Haddington from 1848 to 1854. A large flour and milling trade was always carried on at Gimmers Mills, which is now more extensively developed than ever by the enterprising and energetic owner, Mr Hogarth. The burying-piace of the Forrests was immediately behind where the pulpit in St Mary's Church now stands* but was encroached on when the renovation of the church took place in 1812. The family were all interred there. The Maitland burying-place is at the east end of the Lauderdale aisle, and part of it is above the vault where the old Lauder-dales repose in their lead coffins. The row of large saugh trees along the east side of the Tyne was planted by Dr Alexander Maitland in 1798.
The Nungate Bridge was no doubt built about the same time as St Mary's and St Martin's churches were erected, and it is therefore now " no chicken." It has stood many a heavy and fierce spate, and well proved its good workmanship and materials. Now, however, from its narrowness and steep ascent on both ends, it is much out of date. As the great thoroughfare from the east and south part of East Lothian, a new bridge, long talked of, is much needed. The Nungate Bridge has been the scene of many a "bicker" between the Haddington and Nungate boys, especially during the time of a snow-storm. The following war-cry used to be called out in days of yore at the commencement of a fray:—
Ye Nungate cuds, cock up your fuds,
An' let the Haddington's bye;
We'll drive ye east wi' bickering thuds,
Until ye're tired and dune glad lye.
From the bridge there is a fine view of the grand old collegiate church of Haddington, which has many a time attracted the notice of artists, and formed the subject of fine pictures. The Haddington coat of arms was at one time carved on the wall on the south-east pier, but it is now obliterated.
Willie Burn, a real worthy man, kept a flour and meal shop in the Nungate near the bridge. He was long tacksman of the town's old flour-mill. Modest and unassuming, he was a favourite among all who did business with him. He was in his way a kind of character. One day he was sitting on his doorstep reading the newspapers, when one of his acquaintances in passing asked him what were the news. "Naething particular," he replied, "except twa billies fechting with ane anither ower in Portingell. They ca' ane of them Donna Majewel, the aither Donna Pedero." " Donna Majewel " stuck to him all his days after. On another occasion a gentleman in Haddington had got some seed potatoes from him, and meeting him on the bridge, said to him, "Mr Burn, I have just been over paying Mrs Burn what I was owing you." Willie replied, "Mrs Burn! Whae's she?" "Oh, your wife, you know." "Oh, her! We never ca' her onything but Tibbie "
The Giffordgate, in Nungate, is celebrated as the birth-place of the great Scottish reformer, John Knox. The village of Gifford Hall, or Gifford, at one time claimed the honour, which was homologated by the elder Dr M'Crie in the first edition of his life of Knox. On further investigations, however, the younger Dr M'Crie has, in a note in the last edition, published in 1855, corrected his father's mistake, and stated that Haddington was the real place of Knox's birth. Our respected townsman, Mr John Richardson, writer, has very conclusively proved that John Knox was born in the Giffordgate of Nungate. His able paper on the subject was read before the Society of Antiquaries in January 1858, and completely exhausts the matter in dispute. There is an excellent woodcut of the house in which John Knox was born in the Bulwark of 1st June 1870.
Cossar's Well, in the Giffordgate, has existed from time immemorial. It is a spring of the purest cool water, and was never known to be dry during the driest seasons. No doubt, Knox, from its nearness to the house of his birth, has often drunk out of this well, and, perhaps, often drew an inference from it, in reference to its pureness and vitality, to the pureness and vitality of the Gospel reformation doctrine which he preached. How it was called Cossar's Well is unknown ; but as it was probably in existence during the time of the monks, it might have been called after some saint, perhaps "Saint Cossar!" We find numerous natural springs called after old saints, such as St Bernard's, St Anthony's, St Ronan's, &c. The monks probably put minnows and trouts in it, as the boys long ago did and still do.
The weaving and heckling trades were carried on in the Nungate at one time to some extent, but they are now extinct. There were families of the name of Lourie, Aitchison, Eager, Neillans, Hewits, Kirks, &c., connected with this trade in the barony.
The Nungate bailie, accompanied by the town-clerk, his colleagues, and town officers, held a court, when occasion required, in a public-house, to settle disputes and " redd " quarrels. Before commencing proceedings, and after the court was fenced, each party had to table 2s. 6d. or other sums for expenses. Both parties were frequently found wrong, and fined accordingly. A "jollification " ended the proceedings, and was paid out of the fines.
There were a number of curious characters in the Nungate long ago. Old John Wilson ("Hickory"), a staunch Tory voter in his day, was a cartwright, and had the reputation of making the best and most durable cart-wheels in the country, of Humbie or Coalston oak.
A row of houses at the south-east end of the bridge was long his property. James Hogarth had long a brewery in the Nungate, which was afterwards converted into a distillery by James Cumming, and after him, at different intervals, by Mr John Brodie and Mr George Dunlop. James sometimes was said to have made a little "sma'-still aqua." He was once found out, and brought before Justice Wilkie, and other magistrates, by the Excise. James Robertson of Garvald ("Old Bannety") was an unwilling witness in the case, and on being interrogated as to what he saw, did not answer very plainly. The Justice cautioned him that he was upon oath. James replied that the Justice had told him that before. All that the Excise got out of him was that he saw something like a still, and that it was working " gey bonnie," but he could not swear to it. It has been recorded of James Hogarth that he once made a brewing of beer, and forgot to put the malt into the mash tun. Some of his neighbours having heard of it, asked him what kind of drink he made. He replied that the drink was good enough, but he missed the draff for the swine. Sandie Howden, and his father before him, long carried on another brewery in the Nungate, afterwards taken up by Mr John Walker, but now given up.
A large building at the toll was built for and carried on as a steam flour-mill by Mr William Wilkie and others. It was believed to have been the first mill worked by steam in the country. A famous millwright in his day, Richard Catleuch, long occupied the premises below the steam mill, next the Tyne. His work was well known in almost every farm-steading in the county, and is still to be met with. A good story is told of a decent woman, who kept a public-house near Cossar's well in the Giffordgate. She sold whisky, baps, and yill. A worthy Haddington baker went over with a cronie or two to get his "nick-stick" cleared off. In ordering a gill of whisky to be brought in .for the guid of the house, he said—"Now, Mistress, see and dinna gie us ony watered whisky." "Oh, no, sir, I never water my whisky- I just sell it as I get it from Linton still." On her, however, pouring out the gill from her big bottle, a small minnow made its appearance. On this most positive evidence of being convicted of mixing water with her stronger drink, she exclaimed—" Oh, sir, I think I am getting baith blind and stupid. Til make any amends to you for my mistake." She consented to be fined a gill, to which "Lettie" and "Benjie" had no objections.
An old Seringapatam veteran, of the name of William Sutherland, lived long in the Nungate. The school-boys used to call him "Old Seringie," and "Willie Tittie." He was a little man, and he used to say that Tippoo Sahib's bullets flew over him. A great favourite with the schoolboys, he delighted to relate his adventures at the taking of Seringapatam in 1799, when Tippoo was killed. He was in the same regiment as John Lourie, of Hardgate Street. At pension time, when Willie got fou, he got very excited, and went through military exercises with his stick, crying out, "Gold and glory, my boys!" He was a great divert on these occasions.
Robert Mather, whose by-name was the "Lang Skate o' Gala Water," was a curious character in his day in the Nungate. He was a flesher and dealer in calves. A farmer in the neighbourhood had bought a calf from him, which died the day after he got it home. The farmer came to him and wanted the money back. Robert replied, "Oh, friend, bargain's—bargain," which came to be a by-word, and is still kept up by old people to this day in like cases, viz.—"Like Robert Mather's calf, bargain's—bargain." A painter had painted a sign for him with a calf on it, which was so unlike any of the species that a wag wrote across it—"This is Robert Mather's calf." His shop was at the east end of the bridge.
Nungate used long ago to be inhabited by a number of respectable families, many of them old farm-servants; but now it is in a great part an Irish colony, and very unlike the Nungate of former days.


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Passengers, Switch On Your Phones
Airbus says tests show mobile phones can safely be used in-flight. JPMorgan Chase cancels huge IBM outsourcing deal.... Toyota will start making Prius hybrids in China.... and more.
Airbus, the European aircraft maker, said it is making progress in plans to allow passengers to use mobile phones in flight by 2006.
Test equipment aboard an Airbus A320 plane demonstrated that mobile phones can be used without interfering with navigation systems, the company said. Mobile phones onboard were used to send and receive calls and text messages using mobile and fixed telephones on the ground and other mobiles onboard, Airbus said in a statement.
While falling fares drive simpler service on short flights, airlines competing on intercontinental routes are turning to innovations to distinguish their brands. Airbus rival Boeing, for example, has developed an onboard broadband internet service.
Insourced: JPMorgan Chase plans to undo a technology outsourcing deal with IBM, taking back about 4,000 employees and contractors from the computer giant.
The bank's technology operations, including data centers, help desks and telephone networks were fully outsourced to IBM in April 2003. The seven-year deal was valued at $5 billion when it was signed in December 2002, making it one of the largest outsourcing contracts ever.
IBM will continue to provide information technology services and products to many JPMorgan Chase businesses. The reintegration follows the merger earlier this year between JPMorgan Chase and Bank One. After a review, the merged firm concluded it had the resources to build its own technology services organization.
Green planet: Toyota will begin making its ecologically friendly hybrid car in China by the end of 2005, the first overseas assembly for the company's Prius.
The production, which will use components shipped from Japan, will be under an agreement with China FAW Group, with which Toyota (TM) has a production and sales agreement, Toyota said in a statement.
Toyota now sells the Prius in Japan, North America, Europe and Australia. In China, the Prius will be marketed through FAW Toyota Motor Sales, a joint venture set up last year.
Bright light: Anyone who has cursed when their flashlight goes dead may have something new to beam about -- a flashlight that accepts batteries of different sizes.
Energizer argues that its Quick Switch flashlight is a shining example of utility, with users able to raid batteries from such things as remote controls, toys or wall clocks and plunk them into the flashlight.
Launched nationally last week, two truckloads of the flashlights already have been hustled to Florida, where consumers bracing for the third recent hurricane to rake the state have been stocking up on batteries, in some cases depleting supplies.
Compiled by Laila Weir. AP and Reuters contributed to this report.
Quantum Startups' Stock Market Dreams Are Decohering
A shortcut to going public, called a SPAC, helped early-stage tech companies raise money. Now some are suffering slumps.
Tesla's Problems Go Way Beyond Elon Musk
The EV giant is alienating its customers, bringing in less revenue, and falling behind legacy carmakers.
The Earth Is Begging You to Accept Smaller EV Batteries
Electric vehicles are selling fast. But unless people change how they get around, the demand for battery materials threatens its own environmental disaster.
As Gig Economy Companies Flee Europe, Getir Is Taking Over
Rapid grocery delivery apps are leaving the continent, putting the Turkish startup on top. But, its reign is anything but stable.
Experts fear sales of the technology also export authoritarian ideas about biometric surveillance. The second largest exporter is the US.


Proven Data is proud to announce the 2019 Technology & Innovation Scholarship award! The focus of the award is to give financial assistance to a current or prospective student who shares a passion for technology, innovation and is actively seeking a career and pathway in these disciplines. Our team is committed to empowering and supporting the next generation of professionals who will one day lead the industry to a new pinnacle of success with exceptional leadership.
As more Americans are turning to online banking to handle their financial transactions and interact with the economy, we must look for better ways to improve our digital security and protect our important monetary activities.
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Proven Data is celebrating National Cyber Security Awareness Month during October! As a 2018 NCSAM Champion, we are dedicated to promoting and pursuing the next generation of education in Cybersecurity, encouraging our nation's youth to explore careers and paths to success! The Cybersecurity Jobs Report 2018-2021 predicts that there will be an estimated 3.5 million unfilled positions by 2021. As more businesses move into the digital economy with their operations, the needs of organizations will continue to grow.
What can small businesses do to improve their Cybersecurity strategy? As a small business owner, you may be asking yourself: How can I prevent cyber threats from attacking my business, and where do I get started?


I was just informed that a painting "Marshgrass II" that I had submitted for the Artist's Magazine 27th Annual Art Competition has been selected as a finalist in the Abstract/Experimental category. Although not a top winner, I was thrilled to just be recognized. The December issue will have a listing of all the winners from across the country.
In the studio, I'm working away on some smaller abstracted landscapes as I prepare for the Kohler Art Festival next weekend. As I'm working on these paintings I'm realizing truly that 'less is more' as I place layer upon layer of paint - thinly -is the trick, that is what create's all the subtleness of the layers. As I'm working on these pieces, all other matters are blocked from my mind and I'm 'in the moment' and very focused on the process. Such joy!
I'm taking a few days off to rest and restore my creative juices as well as do some more reading - art reading of course!


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New Daytona Sam's Club packs 'em in on opening day
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DAYTONA BEACH — Despite heavy rain, a steady stream of customers filled the new Daytona Beach Sam's Club at Tomoka Town Center on Thursday morning, the store's opening day.
"It's beautiful," said Sam's Club member Jose Leiva as he left the new store with a packed shopping cart along with his two children, Nathalia, 11, and Sebastian, 8.
"It's modern, it's more big and better organized," said Leiva, who runs the Citgo gas station/convenience store on Big Tree Road in South Daytona. "It's very nice."
[READ MORE: Sam's Club sets July 25 as opening day for new Daytona location]
The 140,000-square-foot store next to the Interstate 95/LPGA Boulevard interchange replaces the aging Sam's Club location on Beville Road that opened in 1990. It is the only new location to be built this year by the Bentonville, Arkansas-based membership warehouse club chain. Sam's Club is owned by Walmart Stores Inc.
"It's very, very busy," said Ryan Clark, the new store's fresh manager. "People were waiting in line this morning for us to open."
Clark said the new store is roughly 3,000 square feet bigger than the old location and offers a number of new features including a "Sushi Box" island where customers can watch sushi being made, a covered pickup service area where customers who order items online can drive up and receive their order without having to get out of their car, a scan-and-go service where customers can pay for items in the store via smart phone instead of waiting in a check-out line.
The store includes a bakery, deli, an on-site cafe, a pharmacy as well as other departments. It also has a separate liquor store as well as a members-only gas station with 16 fueling positions.
"We sell everything from kayaks to refrigerators, furniture and all your outdoor needs," said Clark. "We have a little bit of everything."
The store, led by manager Matthew Luevano, employs 175 workers, including Kenneth "Kenny" Muni, a charter associate who will mark the 30th anniversary of his hiring early next year.
Muni who oversees the produce department said the new store is "unbelievable. It's a whole different shopping experience and for us stockers, it makes our job a lot easier."
[READ: Grocery store wars heat up in Daytona area]
[READ: Daytona Sam's Club named chain's No. 1 store for region in 2015]


The leisure park is located in Brissac-Quincé, 20min far from Angers. Come to the leisure park de l'Etang for unforgettable family days out both for children and parents.
New for 2013: unique to Anjou: a vegetable maze of 2,5km! Solve the plan of the maze by answering the questions correctly.
You can bring your own picnic lunch and use sheltered park tables. The park also offers refreshments, drinks, ice cream, coffee, sweets and wines from the Domaine de l'Etang.
Come into the park !


Playlist for Monday, August 25th indie tunes galore!
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Piperoxan, also known as benodaine, was the first antihistamine to be discovered. This compound, derived from benzodioxan, was prepared in the early 1930s by Daniel Bovet and Ernest Fourneau at the Pasteur Institute in France. Formerly investigated by Fourneau as an α-adrenergic-blocking agent, they demonstrated that it also antagonized histamine-induced bronchospasm in guinea pigs, and published their findings in 1933. Bovet went on to win the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his contribution. One of Bovet and Fourneau's students, Anne-Marie Staub, published the first structure–activity relationship (SAR) study of antihistamines in 1939. Piperoxan and analogues themselves were not clinically useful due to the production of toxic effects in humans and were followed by phenbenzamine (Antergan) in the early 1940s, which was the first antihistamine to be marketed for medical use.

Synthesis

Condensation of catechol [120-80-9] (1) with epichlorohydrin in the presence of an aqueous base can be visualized as proceeding initially with the epoxide (2) Opening of the oxirane ring by the phenoxide anion then leads to 2-hydroxymethyl-1,4-benzodioxane [3663-82-9] (3). Halogenation with thionyl chloride gives 2-chloromethyl-1,4-benzodioxane [2164-33-2] (4). Displacement of the leaving group by piperidine completed the synthesis of piperoxan (5).

References

Abandoned drugs
Alpha blockers
Antihistamines
Benzodioxans
French inventions
1-Piperidinyl compounds

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module Entry
    ( Entry (..)
    , loadEntry
    ) where

import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as S
import Data.Time (Day)
import Data.Text (unpack, pack, Text)
import Data.Text.Encoding (decodeUtf8With)
import Data.Text.Encoding.Error (lenientDecode)
import Model (TopicFormat (..))

toString :: S.ByteString -> String
toString = unpack . decodeUtf8With lenientDecode

data EntryFormat = EFHtml String | EFMarkdown String
    deriving Show

loadEntry :: FilePath -> S.ByteString -> IO Entry
loadEntry file content = do
    putStrLn $ "Loading " ++ file
    let takeLine s =
            let (x, y) = S.break (== '\n') s
             in (toString $ S.takeWhile (/= '\r') x, S.drop 1 y)
    let (firstLine, content') = takeLine content
    (format, body) <-
        case firstLine of
            "!markdown" -> do
                let (title, body) = takeLine content'
                return (EFMarkdown title, body)
            '!':x -> error $ "Unknown first line: " ++ x
            _ -> return (EFHtml firstLine, content')
    let (date', body') = takeLine body
    date <- case reads date' of
                (d, _):_ -> return d
                _ -> error $ "Invalid date for " ++ file ++ ": " ++ date'
    let (format', title) =
            case format of
                EFHtml title' -> (TFHtml, title')
                EFMarkdown title' -> (TFMarkdown, title')
    return Entry
        { entryTitle = pack title
        , entryDay = date
        , entryContent = pack $ toString body'
        , entryFormat = format'
        }

data Entry = Entry
    { entryTitle :: Text
    , entryDay :: Day
    , entryContent :: Text
    , entryFormat :: TopicFormat
    }

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Bye bye Greenland. Well, a glacier anyway.
This entry was posted in Climate change, Press and tagged img on November 12, 2015 by Michael White.
Marine Zoologist specialising in endangered species and remote atoll research. I use modern science and Ethnozoology to provide culturally meaningful conservation projects, with a special focus on the sustainable use of natural resources and food sovereignty. "Tread gently on the Earth"
Yes, we are with the website. Now onto serious matters.
Hi Ating, I'm pleased to see that you are around. I will figure out how can I eliminate the necessity of approval comments from higher level members, like each of you. Interestingly the current framework does not always requires my approval when any of you send a new comment.
Anyway, for how long time will you be away? I'd like to hear something about the idea of BA from you. Do you like it? Do you consider to participate as a founder? What do you miss? ….?????


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DHS wrongly charges crime victim immigrants more than $4 million for free work permits
Migrants line up for a free meal at a makeshift camp of migrants at the border port of entry leading to the United States in in Tijuana, Mexico, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE** more >
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Monday, November 22, 2021
Homeland Security's legal immigration agency acknowledged Monday that it botched the rollout of new free work permits for crime victim immigrants and is now scrambling to refund money to more than 10,000 people who were "mistakenly" charged.
The agency owes the crime victims refunds totaling more than $4.1 million.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services also says it wrongly rejected about 1,500 work permit applications filed by others who — correctly — didn't submit the $410 fee. The agency is now asking those people to refile their applications to get approval.
The bungle affected U visas, which are set aside for crime victims, giving immigrants — including those here illegally — a chance to stay in the country for at least four years and potentially apply for citizenship. They are supposed to be assisting authorities in investigating or prosecuting perpetrators.
Only 10,000 U visas can be issued each year, but requests have soared, spawning a massive backlog.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in June announced USCIS would issue work permits to many of those in the backlog, giving them tentative legal status and access to some taxpayer benefits while they wait for a ruling on their U visas. The administration also said the usual fee for applying for a work permit would be waived.
But USCIS ended up charging people anyway.
The agency says nearly 10,500 applications were filed with payments and approved, even though the money should have been refunded. Roughly 1,500 other applicants who filed without paying the $410 — in other words, did it correctly — were rejected for lack of fees.
The blunder went on for months, from the June 14 policy announcement to Sept. 29, according to a notice from USCIS.
Robert Law, a former head of USCIS's Office of Policy in the Trump administration, said the Biden team rushed things.
"This is an example of an administration announcing a policy change without considering operational realities or impact," he said. "The Biden administration obviously failed to train people or ignored advice that the 'freebie' policy would be difficult to implement."
Mr. Law, who is now director of regulatory affairs and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, said it's another fiscal black eye for an agency whose budget is out of control.
USCIS is supposed to be funded by fees paid by applicants — would-be visitors and immigrants themselves. It's one of the few federal agencies whose funding doesn't come chiefly from taxpayers.
But an increasing amount of the agency's work is fee-free, meaning applicants for things like asylum don't have to pay. The costs are supposed to be covered by other applications, such as green cards or business visas.
Those lines of business just haven't kept up, particularly during the pandemic, leaving USCIS grasping for funding.
It's already had to beg Congress for money to handle the costs of processing the Afghan evacuees, and it has requested another infusion of taxpayer money in its regular 2022 budget.
Even with those challenges, the Biden administration has invited more fee-free applications, including with the U visa change.
More than 160,000 migrants claiming to be crime victims are waiting for the 10,000 spots a year. The Biden administration said they are supposed to be helping police, and the country owes them for it.
Speeding up the point in the process when they can get work permits is an expression of that appreciation, Homeland Security officials said.
Under the new rules, U visa applicants can be awarded work permits and deferred action, which is an official amnesty from deportation, once they have filed their petition, had their fingerprints taken and are deemed to have made a good-faith claim. The process is known as a Bona Fide Determination. Previously, they had to wait until their cases were further along in the process.
Family members of victims are also eligible for work permits under the new policy.
The agency said it discovered the payment problem during a "routine review of evidence submitted by applicants."
Those who paid should expect refunds by March, USCIS said.
"USCIS continues to advance policies and procedures that reduce barriers in the immigration system; increase access to eligible immigration benefits; and reassert America's humanitarian values," the agency said.


Caterpillar is growing its digital team as the company works to embed technology deeper into its operations and earth-moving equipment, and it's opened a new Chicago office for its tech talent.
Caterpillar is growing its digital team as the company works to embed technology deeper into its operations and earth-moving equipment, and it opened a new Chicago office to accommodate the expansion.
The Deerfield-based company moved its downtown digital team into the office in the West Loop Gate neighborhood in September, almost two years after opening its first downtown office in the city's de facto tech hub, the Merchandise Mart.
That first office, which fit about 45 employees and opened as an innovation-focused space, was meant to attract tech talent. The tactic worked and now, as Caterpillar focuses more on tech, it's critical to keep attracting that talent, said Ogi Redzic, vice president of Caterpillar's roughly 600-person Cat Digital division.
Roughly 90 employees work out of the new office, the majority of whom are digital team members. Redzic declined to share hiring plans, but said the office provides room to grow.
The heavy equipment-maker isn't alone in its quest to use a downtown outpost to lure highly sought-after data scientists and other tech workers. Companies in industries from fast food to insurance have opened offices in the heart of the city, where tech employees want to work. The hip office spaces have proved worth the extra cost for suburban companies, who often end up competing for talent with behemoths like Facebook or Google.
Companies that aren't traditionally thought of as being part of the tech industry can face an extra challenge winning over potential recruits that might not be aware of their digital work.
The types of digital talent on Redzic's team is vast, from software developers and data analysts to telecommunication experts and computer engineers.
They work on Caterpillar's e-commerce operations, through which customers buy parts for their machines. They develop apps for internal and external use. Last month, the company rolled out an app that lets equipment owners monitor their machines' maintenance schedules and operation times.
The team also gathers and analyzes data from Caterpillar machinery, in order to make the equipment more efficient for customers.


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Singer Equities, Inc. has acquired National Hose & Accessory headquartered in St. Louis, MO. The business was founded in 1928 and has been owned by Todd Sacco, Dale Schwartz and Rick Freedman since 2007. Todd Sacco, who has been active in the business, will remain as Sales and Marketing Manager and the business will continue operating under the National Hose & Accessory name.
National Hose & Accessory is a distributor and fabricator of industrial hose, metal hose, silicone hose, hydraulic hose, fittings and expansion joints. Foster serves a diverse customer base in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical and industrial manufacturing markets, primarily in the Midwest region.
"Todd Sacco and his team have built a profitable business through servicing a high-end customer base with exceptional customer service and quality products and services", stated Sam Petillo, President of Singer Equities. Adding, "We are very proud to welcome Foster to our team. This acquisition strengthens our core competence in industrial hose and expands our share in the food and beverage and chemical markets". Todd Sacco said, "Singer provides the best cultural fit for Foster's employees, customers and growth strategies. We will continue to market our products and services under the National Hose & Accessory name and will strengthen our hose business through collaboration with the other Singer companies."
Singer Equities, along with Bishop Lifting Products, are wholly owned subsidiaries of SBP Holdings, headquartered in Houston, TX and through its 60 locations provides industrial rubber, wire rope, rigging products and services to a broad range of industrial markets throughout North America. More information can be obtained at www.sbpholdings.com and www.singerequities.com.
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Not earmarked as conventionally beautiful by film producers, Bette Davis became every girls hero everywhere when she famously proclaimed, 'Hollywood wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.' Aside from being a feminist icon, Bette's style icon status lay in her signature blonde bob which she rocked in the '30s.
Another actress who defied the pressures of Hollywood was Marlene Dietrich who is famous (among other things) for saying: 'I dress for myself. Not for the image, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.' While also a fan of the humble ball gown, Marlene became the first famous woman in history to rock a tuxedo, with Angelina Jolie and co. taking suit (pun intended) all these years later. We applaud you, Marlene. 1930s fashion trends truly wouldn't have been the same with her.
Probably better known as the woman whom King Edward VIII abdicated for in 1936 (as seen in hit Netflix show The Crown), Wallis Simpson also became a style icon while under the public scrutiny – so much so that Roland Mouret is quoted as saying, 'Love her or hate her, the world is still obsessed by that woman.' Known as a bit of a fashion maverick, Wallis was infamously photographed by Cecil Beaton in 1937 wearing a Schiaparelli dress, designed in collaboration with Salvador Dali, depicting a lobster. The placement of the lobster was said to have had great sexual connotations that were seen as scandalous at the time.
Gone With the Wind starlet Vivien Leigh was breathtakingly beautiful and well dressed to match. A fan of Schiaparelli, Lanvin, Dior and Balmain, Vivien was not only known for her on-screen success – she won two Oscars for Best Actress – but also her off-screen wardrobe. One of Vivien's favourites, Dior would later redefine the way women dressed during the decade of 1950s fashion, known as the 'New Look'.
Few women have caused lasting influence on fashion as much as Katharine Hepburn. A champion of the menswear trend, Hepburn is perhaps one of the people to thank for the wide legged trousers and shirts which are still on trend today. In 1986, Hepburn's influence was recognised by the Council of Fashion Designers of America, who awarded her with a lifetime achievement award.
Another star of the screen who defied conventional perceptions of beauty of the time, Jean is remembered from her platinum blonde bob (which inspired thousands of copycats to get their barnets cut in a similar fashion), rosebud lips and arched eyebrows as well as her clothing and acting ability. A worthy endorsement if we ever heard one, Marilyn Monroe often referred to Jean as her idol – and therefore, we now do too.
Often the dancing partner of the dapper Fred Astaire in films, Ginger was known for her constantly changing hair. Straight, wavy, sleek bobs and classic up-dos; Ginger wore them all. She left her distinct mark on 1930s fashion with her super sleek gowns, which showed off her enviable figure as well as her dancing sills.
Coming into her own in the 1930s, Joan became one of MGM's biggest female stars, and was at one point one of the highest paid women in Hollywood. Her style was constantly changing ahead of the trends of the time. Joan's partnership with legendary costume designer Gilbert Adrian made her one of the most well dressed women both on and off screen. The over-starched and ruffled dress which Adrian designed for Joan's character in Letty Lynton was so popular that manufacturers across America started producing budget replicas, with Macy's department store selling 15,000 copies! It was probably one of the most iconic dresses ahead of Audrey Hepburn's Breakfast At Tiffany's look in the era of 1960s fashion – and that's saying something.
A life tragically cut short in a plane crash when she was just 33 years old, Lombard was known for her comedic timing, her romance with Clark Gable and of course, her timeless sense of style. As comfortable in smart separates as she was in full on gowns, Carole was known for both her on-screen glamour and off-duty sense of style.
A regular on the social circuit, an heiress and the Paris editor of American Harper's Bazaar, Daisy was also well known for her love of fine jewellery – as well as for a failed attempt to seduce Winston Churchill. Daisy's scandalous love affairs and her love of 1930s fashion designers and courtiers, such as Elsa Schiaparelli, prompted the aforementioned designer to create the colour 'shocking pink' for her. Meanwhile Cartier was Daisy's jeweller of choice, something we'd quite like to be able to say about ourselves, too.
You can't talk 1930s fashion icons without giving Mona a mention. Before Paris Hilton there was Mona von Bismark, an American socialite who was known for her choice in clothes and older men. Interred into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1958 and named the Best Dressed Woman in the World by Chanel, Molyneux, Vionnet, Lelong and Lanvin in 1933, Mona was a woman of many admirers. She is said to have not left her bed for three days after Cristóbal Balenciaga closed his atelier in 1968, because she was such a fan of his designs.
A 1930s fashion icon and the heiress of the Woolworth's fortune, Barbara was the latter day social scene Queen, travelling the world to attend lavish parties and dubbed the 'poor little rich girl' after hosting an expensive debutante ball amid the Great Depression. With an intense passion and fascination for jewellery, Barbara's collection rather than her wealth was what she left behind, with her vast collection spanning jade necklaces, Cartier pieces and a pearl necklace previously owned by Marie Antoinette. A collection any jewellery enthusiast would envy.


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Q: Hide Java application to System Tray I want to hide my Java application from the taskbar and for it to be visible only at the system tray. Here is a picture in case this is unclear.

I tried to implement it like this and the icon did appear in the system tray but it is still showing the application on the taskbar.
Here is part of the Frame class
public class Widget extends JFrame {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -197136854089859547L;
private JPanel mainPanel;
private WidgetProperties properties;
private Makedir mkdir;
private ArrayList<Item> items;
private Image icon;
private TrayIcon trayIcon;
private SystemTray tray;

public Widget() {
    super("");
    this.setTray();
    this.setUndecorated(true);
    this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}

public void setTray() {
    tray = SystemTray.getSystemTray();
    PopupMenu menu = new PopupMenu();
    MenuItem show = new MenuItem("Show");
    MenuItem exit = new MenuItem("Exit");
    show.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
            setState(Frame.NORMAL);
        }
    });
    exit.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
            close();
        }
    });
    menu.add(show);
    menu.addSeparator();
    menu.add(exit);
    trayIcon = new TrayIcon(icon, "EasyStart", menu);
    trayIcon.setImageAutoSize(true);
    try

    {
        tray.add(trayIcon);

    } catch (AWTException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

public void setup() {
    this.resize();
    this.setVisible(true);
}

public void resize() {
    this.setResizable(true);
    this.setShape(properties.getShape());
    this.setSize(properties.getSize());
    this.setResizable(false);
}

public void close() {
    System.exit(0);
}

}
I just need to find how to hide the application from the taskbar.

A: do this setVisible(false) then there will be nothing in the taskbar

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Le Congrès national (en paluan : Olbiil era Kelulau ; ) désigne le parlement bicaméral des Palaos.
Il est constitué :
 d'un chambre basse, la Chambre des délégués qui est composée de 16 membres, élus pour un mandat de 4 ans ;
et d'une chambre haute, le Sénat qui est lui composé de 11 membres, élus dans les mêmes conditions que les délégués.

Siège

Le Congrès siège au lieu-dit de Ngerulmud, situé à Melekeok dans l'État du même nom.

Il dispose d'une bibliothèque offrant une collection de  ouvrages. Elle a été fondée le . Deux bibliothécaires y sont employés, dont son président depuis 1996, Harry Besebes.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Politique aux Palaos
 Bicamérisme
 Liste des parlements actuels

Liens externes

Politique aux Palaos
Palaos


Right now, in Las Cruces, about one out of every four children is dropping out of high school, radically diminishing their opportunities for employment. We should invest in wrap-around services to ensure all children have the support they need to thrive in school and graduate.
The following strategy goals were developed at a convening on September 5, 2014:.
The following are a collective list of links that could help you motivate and engage students.
The SDP is the first reported school intervention program in which the test scores, behavior, and attendance of poor and/or socially marginalized students improved dramatically.
"The Bermuda triangle of education" Meyer discusses the background of middle school creation and some of the points brought up by various researchers and educators about the structure and efficacy of middle schools today.


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Q: MapView (android maps api v2) inside fragment layout doesnt show I am using viewpager to swipe between 2 action bar tabs (used eclipse wizard for this kind of navigation). I am using android maps v2 api.
I want to have mapview, button and textview inside one of my tabs (i guess having mapfragment is not possible).
I inflate layout for my fragment from xml like this:
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
            Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        // Inflate the layout for this fragment
        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.first_tab_fragment, container, false);
    }
}

My first_tab_fragment.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

  <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="match_parent" >

<com.google.android.gms.maps.MapView
    android:id="@+id/mapview"
    android:layout_width="100dip"
    android:layout_height="100dip"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:layout_alignRight="@+id/textView1"
    android:layout_marginRight="15dp" >
</com.google.android.gms.maps.MapView>

<Button
    android:id="@+id/button1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_above="@+id/textView1"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:text="Button" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_alignRight="@+id/button1"
    android:layout_marginBottom="133dp"
    android:text="TextView" />

MapView is not displayed, just textview and button. I also get no errors. Do i have to write some code  to initialize mapview?

A: I solved it by adding this code to onCreateView:
   // Gets the MapView from the XML layout and creates it
    mapView = (MapView) v.findViewById(R.id.mapview);

    mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    mapView.onResume(); //without this, map showed but was empty

    // Gets to GoogleMap from the MapView and does initialization stuff
    map = mapView.getMap();
    map.getUiSettings().setMyLocationButtonEnabled(false);
    map.setMyLocationEnabled(true);

    // Needs to call MapsInitializer before doing any CameraUpdateFactory calls
    try {
        MapsInitializer.initialize(this.getActivity());
    } catch (GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    // Updates the location and zoom of the MapView
    CameraUpdate cameraUpdate = CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(new LatLng(44.14, 14.2), 10);
    map.animateCamera(cameraUpdate);


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Healthcare Education + Library Commercial + Office Hospitality Community + Arts Residential + Senior Living Legacy
Firm Awards Sustainability
Our foundation is human-centered design.
We believe that a firm's philosophy should steer its attitudes, actions, and daily process.
These core principles guide us:
1. Listen First
Amazing things happen in architecture when open and ongoing communication takes place. And the best ideas—the creative, long-lasting, practical ones—come only after listening first. By closely partnering with our clients, we make sure that the people most impacted by the building are the ones who live and work in it.
2. Problems Have Solutions
Problems are simply disguised possibilities. We thrive on solving them with ingenuity, humility, and experience, aided by the tools of research, benchmarking, evidenced-based design, and expanding technology.
3. Look Forward
We're proud of our past, but our eye is on the future. With a holistic approach that celebrates both form and function, we create healthy spaces that improve the quality of life for those inside while protecting the world outside.
Step inside our new office space
Ten Facts About Us
Some details on who we are, what we do, and how we excel
Based on number of registered architects, The Nashville Business Journal ranks us as the largest architectural firm in Nashville. Our full-service interior design department collaborates closely with our architects to give clients responsive design solutions.
Our firm has received numerous industry and design-related awards of merit, from organizations like Behavioral Healthcare Design, Learning by Design, American Public Works Association, Soliant Health, and the American Society of Interior Designers. Our awards.
With architects registered in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, we have designed healthcare, senior living, hospitality, education, corporate office, and arts & community projects in 48 states and 16 countries.
In the early 2000s, we became one of the first to adopt Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology, a platform that transformed the quality of project delivery and client communication. Today we have won awards for leadership in BIM integration, with over 100 employees trained in all aspects of BIM.
We are committed to sustainability as a concept and in our designs. A member of the US Green Building Council, over 20% of our design professionals are LEED-accredited. Our newly designed office building achieved LEED CS - Gold certification and our office space is LEED CI - Platinum.
Client service is our number one priority. As our numbers and expertise have grown, we have intentionally maintained a single corporate office location to better communicate and collaborate. We are well equipped to travel and serve all of our clients, regardless of their location.
By practicing human-centered design, we create environments that shape lives. As one of only two founding members of the Planetree Visionary Design Network, we are passionate about promoting wellness in our design and our corporate culture.
We are consistently ranked among the top healthcare design firms in the country by Modern Healthcare . Our healthcare design experience includes new & expanded or renovated hospitals, medical centers, specialty facilities, and medical office buildings.
Our in-house Visualization Group utilizes cutting-edge digital rendering/animation technologies and model building techniques that help us provide clients a clear, precise vision of projects from initial concept to finished design.
We believe we can play an active role in shaping healthy communities, and that community outreach is an extension of that role. Of the many organizations we support, most align with our key market sectors: health & wellness, education, and the arts. Recently, we were named one of The BCA Ten: Best Companies Supporting Arts in America.
In 1960, Earl Swensson, a young designer at a nationally acclaimed architectural firm in Chicago made the bold decision to move his young family back to his hometown of Nashville. Within a year, he started his own firm with his wife Sue as his first employee. While the setting of Nashville was dramatically different architecturally from that of Chicago, Earl had a vision about what Nashville could be and wanted to be part of its future.
Earl Swensson, founder
The eager entrepreneur started his design portfolio based upon a knowledge of designing schools and a recently acquired skill for apartment design. He revolutionized the landscape with his design of state-of-the-art garden apartments throughout Middle Tennessee.
By the late '60s, Earl had surrounded himself with strong leadership. These three men became Earl's associates and vice presidents: Dick Miller, FAIA, Joe Crumpacker and Ray Pratt. Together, these four principals led the small 20-person firm in the early '70s to the largest architectural firm in the State of Tennessee, growing to nearly 200 employees today. With the retirement of Joe Crumpacker and the death of Ray Pratt in 2009, Principal Todd Robinson entered a leadership role.
Not only has the size of the firm grown over the years, but the areas of design have grown as well. Nashville landmark projects of Opryland Hotel in the mid-1970s and the AT&T Tower (formerly the BellSouth Tennessee Headquarters building) in 1994 helped launch growth into many markets. The most notable of these markets is healthcare, with the firm's experience in this market dating back to the late 1960s. Today, ESa is consistently ranked among the top national healthcare design firms by Modern Healthcare.
A base of over 80 percent of repeat clients can be attributed, in large part, to Earl's passion for design, a focus on relationships and ESa's reputation for attentive client service. A strong background in research, that continues today, has been responsible for some inroads in previously untested areas of design. These foundational elements have lead to steady growth in project types and geographic exposure for the firm.
In 1995, McGraw-Hill released New Directions in Hospital and Healthcare Facility Design, co-authored by Earl Swensson, FAIA, and Dick Miller, FAIA. In 2002, the revised edition of this book was released by WW. Norton as Hospital and Healthcare Facility Design. The third edition, which was also co-authored by Todd Robinson, AIA, was released by W.W. Norton in 2012.
ESa celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2011 by honoring its employees and thanking clients for making this milestone possible. And, going forward, the firm upholds Earl's legacy through the creation of environments that shape lives.
Our goal is to provide clients with a valuable built environment that positively impacts people for generations.
— Eddie Lewis


Prince William visited New Zealand in 2010 to open the new Supreme Court building in Wellington. While there, the casually dressed prince enjoyed a hangi with the Governor-General, Sir Anand Satyanand, at Government House on 17 January. The following day he joined Prime Minister John Key at a barbecue at Premier House.


The Physics course covers aspects of teaching and learning that are generic across the sciences such as how children learn, practical work, safety in the lab, How Science Works and science enquiry, as well as considering potential barriers to learning such as special educational needs and numeracy and literacy issues.
Trainees will be encouraged to become experts in teaching their subject specialism and challenged to recognise their needs in their non-specialist areas. This will be encouraged through activities including peer teaching, microteaching and leading a seminar for their peers. It is likely that they will be teaching all three sciences at KS3 and at least two sciences to KS4. The course is 11-18 so we ensure that there is the opportunity to teach your specialist subject at an Advanced level in at least one of the two placement schools.
This conceptual knowledge is related to the secondary education curriculum, before trainees undertake their first teaching experience at the main placement school in Maidenhead. Trainees will have the opportunity to teach all ability and all age ranges, from 11-18. Trainees later undertake a second placement at a secondary school in Maidenhead, before returning to complete their training at the main placement school. Towards the end of the course, trainees build on their own practice by initiating a curriculum development project. During their teaching practice experiences, trainees will have mentoring and support from school based tutors, and from experts at Reading University. Trainees also benefit from the University's lecture programme, featuring nationally and internationally renowned speakers who address contemporary issues in education.
It is expected that you will have studied two science subjects to A level and have a science degree. Applicants must possess or be likely to achieve preferably a 2:1 degree or better however applicants with a 2:2 will be considered. The degree must be in a cognate subject (e.g. Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mechanical and Chemical Engineering). It is expected that you will have studied two science subjects to A level (Physicists may have a single A level considered).
A variety of Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses are available in Physics and there is growing evidence to show that trainees who have successfully completed these courses are more successful on the PGCE course and easily secure employment despite studying 'non-traditional' science degree subjects.
We expect you to have observed science lessons in secondary schools before your interview. Applicants are very strongly encouraged to undertake up to a week's practical work experience in a school (preferably a Teach Maidenhead school), prior to interview.
Phase 1: An introductory visit to the main teaching practice school. Phase 2: A combination of Subject Method and Professional Studies sessions at Reading University and time spent at the main teaching practice school in Maidenhead mid-September to end October 2018.


Hello everyone! I hope you all had an amazing and relaxing weekend, mine sure was pretty much everything that I was looking for. Žiga and I decided to spend it at the seaside, away from technology, cell phones (okay I admit, I did snap a few Instagram photos, but I simply couldn't help myself, since it's so beautiful there) and almost away from blogging. Sure I didn't post at all during the weekend, but of course we couldn't resist taking photos at such beautiful location. Too bad my perfect weekend, was spoiled by a pretty bad cold that I caught a few days ago. When I already thought I will be able to completely hide it with make up, I realized half of my face was pretty much swollen, so I simply had to reject all of the photos where I look directly to the camera, although I really like how they turned out. Oh well, I better get back to my vitamins, so I won't be put it the same position with the upcoming shoots!
I love all the outfit but that coat it's perfect *.*!
Love your skirt! And I was sick recently too :( it's absolutely no fun.
Amazing, the all white is such an incredible look!
These photos are so cool, what an awesome location to do a blog shoot. Great outfit too!


A smaller ship, alternative dining options; exciting itineraries; top-flight shore excursions.
Only the observation lounge/nightclub has been significantly refurbished since Tahitian Princess left Renaissance, though the characteristic comfortably aristocratic feeling has largely retained.
The area most reminiscent of a classic ship is the purser's lounge area on Deck 4, featuring a grand staircase reminiscent of the Titanic. The lounges and bars are all comfortably inviting, with the Club Bar attracting most guests. There's a Polynesian nightclub (which old Renaissance passengers will be amused to recognize as the sports bar, lightly remodeled), an Internet cafe, and a remarkably popular self-service laundry with four washers and dryers, two ironing boards, and free soap. The library has a faux fireplace, overstuffed couches, and walls lined with cherry-finished bookshelves, even though it could use a few more books published after the ship changed hands.
The Internet room, do note, has only six workstations. And if you're accustomed to broadband at home, you'll find the connection maddeningly slow. Moreover, getting help from the staff isn't likely.
The various dining areas offer a wide variety, the breakfast and lunch buffets being especially varied. The alternative restaurants are terrific, but there's a surcharge.
The staff, from all over the globe, is helpful and attentive.
The 358-seat Cabaret Lounge presents shows performed by a team of singer/dancers, as well as performances by comedians and magicians. On some itineraries, there's a local folklore show. On cruises to French Polynesia cruises, such staple activities as bingo, bridge, and dance lessons are sharply curtailed because most of their potential participants are ashore. While you're docked in Raiatea, don't miss the musical extravaganza presented by several generations of locals.
The small casino has 30 slot machines and tables for blackjack and roulette. The Nightclub disco is a firm favorite of any insomniacs aboard.
Of 308 outside cabins, 73 percent have a balcony. There are 26 inside cabins, four of them wheelchair-accessible (if available, these are some of the most spacious "bang for your buck" cabins, though they are inside and dark, they are incredibly roomy. Pleasantly furnished in Wedgwood blue fabrics and carpeting, with yellow drapes over the floor-to-ceiling windows, the staterooms are pleasant enough, but the suites are worth the extra money for the extra breathing room they provide, especially in the bathrooms. Ample closet/drawer space, a (woefully substandard) hair dryer, a personal safe, and color TV on which you can watch CNN, MSNBC, and Princess' own onboard news channels are all standard amenities. The smaller cabins have a bathroom with shower, while suites and owner's suites have bathtubs too.
In private veranda cabins, don't be shocked to find Astroturf where you might reasonably have expected teak. Inside cabins are the smallest at 158 sq. feet. Outside staterooms, from 146 to 206 sq. feet, have either portholes or big picture windows. Outside cabins with private balcony are 216 sq. feet, including a 45 sq. ft. balcony. Mini-suites with private balconies are a roomy 322 sq. feet, including a 17' x 4.5' balcony with two chairs and a table. Veteran voyagers, especially those accustomed to other lines' suites, are likely to find the bathrooms almost satirically tiny, virtually without counter space.
Two forward suites facing the front of the ship are view-less. The Category A Owner's Suites, ranging from 786 to 962 sq. feet, are all located either completely forward or aft. Forward owner's suites numbers 6002, 6003, 7004, 7005) have direct sight lines of the rope deck on the front of the vessel. And if you're in a forward cabin on Deck 6, you'd better hope you like the orchestra that performs (and rehearses!) in the Cabaret Lounge, as you're right above it, and will be hearing a lot of them!
What we like most about the ship's balconies is that they're wrought iron, and insert no glass between you and the view.
The faintly exotic Lotus Spa, Salon, and Gym, operated, inevitably, by Steiner of London, offers a program of fitness and wellness. The fitness center, whose wall of windows makes it seem bigger than it really is, is well-equipped, with treadmills, bikes, and several weight machines. There are two steam rooms (for those who aren't hot enough in this part of the world to begin with!) and a walking/jogging track that circles the top of the ship. Instead of a 360-degree promenade, there are, on Deck 5, deck areas both port and starboard.
There's virtually never a wait for either of the two poolside Jacuzzi whirlpools, hardly surprising given how sweltering it can get in the South Pacific.
Considering that your destination is the South Pacific, you'll want to pack a hat, sandals, sun block and a bathing suit. Grass skirts and loud Hawaiian shirts are at your own discretion. Aboard cruises of 10 to 14 nights, expect two formal nights and five to 12 "smart casual" evenings. Resort casual is the rule by day.
One of the R-class small 30,000-ton former R-ships, destination focus, quiet nightlife.
Las Vegas style shows; glitzy chrome and glass megaliners; 24-hour activity; children's programs; large, busy casinos; lots of shops and organized onboard activities.
As is the tradition on all Princess ships (and bless them for it), there is food available 24 hours a day. On this small ship originally designed to have one main dining room, a buffet and two specialty restaurants, someone went to extraordinary trouble to make dining about as confusing as possible. That doesn't mean the food isn't good, though. The very traditional Club Dining Room offers open seating for breakfast and lunch, and two seatings for dinner, when passengers are assigned tables and tablemates, at 6 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. There are only a few tables for two.
One of the alternative restaurants has been kept as such, but changes its identity every other night, beginning as the traditional Princess favorite, Sabatini's Trattoria, for Italian multi-course dining, and then on the next night becoming the Sterling Steakhouse, the carnivore's delight. Both levy a fee, $15 for Sabatini's and $8 for the steakhouse. This venue stays open until 10 p.m, closes for an hour and then reopens as a bistro, and doesn't close until 4 a.m. The very casual Panorama Buffet serves up breakfast and lunch, including a pizzeria, BBQ, and an ice cream bar, and becomes the Panorama Pizzeria from 5:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., but serving nothing only pizza (which is to say, no salads or antipasti).
Room service is available, of course, around-the-clock. And a highly recommended late-night eating special event is the poolside Polynesian buffet.
Regardless of which dining plan you choose, you'll be charged $10 per person per day for dining and stateroom personnel, even if you're a child. Consult the purser, at the reception desk, about raising or lowering this amount. All beverage tabs automatically include 15-percent gratuity. Tip the spa, casino, and other staff as you deem fit.
Originally built in 1999 as the third of a series of eight ships for Renaissance Cruises, which ceased operations in 2001, the former R3 was acquired by Princess Cruises and launched as Pacific Princess in 2002. After refurbishment, the ship retained its original midsize ambience and boutique-hotel style.
At 30,277 tons, this ship appears positively tiny beside its megaship fleetmates. In reality, it is a medium-size ship that entered service for the now-defunct Renaissance Cruises. With its entry into the Princess lineup, real choice is available to Princess passengers—a true alternative for those who prefer the clubby atmosphere of a smaller boutique-style ship but with big-ship features galore.
Princess Cruises may be best known for introducing cruise travel to millions of viewers, when its flagship became the setting for The Love Boat television series in 1977. Since that heady time of small-screen stardom, the Princess fleet has grown both in the number and size of ships. Although most are large in scale, Princess vessels manage to create the illusion of intimacy through the use of color and decor in understated yet lovely public rooms graced by multimillion-dollar art collections.
Princess has also become more flexible; Personal Choice Cruising offers alternatives for open seating dining (when you wish and with whom you please) and entertainment options as diverse as those found in resorts ashore.
Lovely chapels or the wide-open decks are romantic settings for weddings at sea with the captain officiating.


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Меда () — муніципалітет в Італії, у регіоні Ломбардія,  провінція Монца і Бріанца.

Меда розташована на відстані близько 500 км на північний захід від Рима, 23 км на північ від Мілана, 13 км на північний захід від Монци.

Населення —   (2014).
Щорічний фестиваль відбувається 8 вересня. Покровитель — Santi Aimo e Vermondo.

Демографія

Сусідні муніципалітети

 Барлассіна
 Каб'яте
 Лентате-суль-Севезо
 Сереньо
 Севезо

Див. також
 Список муніципалітетів провінції Монца і Бріанца

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Volunteer for the Fall 2010 Half-Pint Resale!
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Of course, getting in to the sale early through the Volunteer Pre-Sale September 17, 2010 (10am-11am) is our end of the bargain. It's worth it (trust us).
There are a lot of shifts available (early, late, midday, mid-week, weekend…). We also have Data Entry shifts (you pick the time). New this year are "info shifts" where volunteers help people shop the sale. The volunteers will look for people needing bags or walking in and looking confused or apprehensive. Volunteer will also, and most importantly, help inform people about infant/baby/toddler products, cloth diapers, babywearing, gear, and more.
And of course, back by popular demand, are the beer and pizza shifts.
So sign up now so you get your first pick!