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Posted by Mainstream Coalition 305.60sc on September 25, 2019
While there has been a great deal said about the enthusiasm among the country's electorate for 2020, we continue to hear doubts about the commitment of young voters to get out next year. Two events have started to change that narrative, and MainStream, with your help, is doing what it can to increase youth engagement in Kansas.
The tragedy in Parkland, Florida in 2018 drove a new level of visibility and engagement by youth around the issue of gun safety and school shootings, with the March For Our Lives and increased advocacy across the country. This year, with growing awareness of the climate crisis lead by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg's advocacy, word of the renewed activism of our youth is spreading. In Kansas City last Friday, a Climate Strike rally and march brought an estimated 900 people to the Plaza. Speakers, most of them under thirty, spoke to the crowd about direct action and engagement. The ensuing march through the shopping district was enthusiastic and peaceful.
Here is what we think is most important about these events leading into the November elections in a month (vote on November 5th!), and next year's full-bore election season.
First, it still takes work
In 2020, eligible voters born after 1981 (Millenials and younger) will be as numerous as the Baby Boomers and older. They are the rising American electorate, and they will have their say. Eventually. A Pew Research study showed that "Even though Boomers and older generations accounted for 43% of eligible voters, they cast 49% of the ballots." That means we cannot sit back and "let the children lead." Driving engagement—making lasting change—has never worked that way. The organizers of the rally at the Plaza had to work, and hard, to pull that event off, as every organizer does for every successful event. Polls show, even with the events this year, this week, even today, youth remain difficult to turn out. A Harvard poll released in April found 43% of youth said they were likely to vote, up from 36% last year. That's still less than half.
Second, look to the leaders
Youth engagement is being driven by the visible activism of youth leaders. Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, and others from Parkland inspired youth across the country to action. Greta Thunberg has sparked a worldwide movement, with hundreds of thousands marking their protest last week. If you want to ignite a movement among the young people in this country, look to their leaders, and help them.
Continue to support the causes you care about, but support the youth you see there. Respect their passion, and listen to them through a different lens than the one you train on our current leaders. Here are some events and programs you can support.
David Hogg will be speaking at the Lied Center in Lawrence on November 8. Go, but more importantly, support the youth you know who want to go, or the ones you see there.
Get involved with Voter to Voter, our non-partisan get out the vote program. We have a youth engagement specialist on staff there dedicated to bringing on youth as team leaders and voting ambassadors.
Help a youth activist attend our Stand Up, Speak Out event on October 29. They will be able to meet elected officials, candidates, advocates and activists and further their own engagement in the causes dear to them. Choose to "Sponsor a Youth Ambassador" when you purchase tickets. Even if you can't attend, consider giving them a chance.
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Earl of Pembroke
Series: The League of Rogues®, Book 7
ASIN: B078HQWKWG
She's a servant masquerading as a lady...
Gillian Beaumont never had a fairytale life: the illegitimate daughter of an earl, she was left penniless after her father's death, forcing her into service as a lady's maid. Luckily, her mistress is more adventurous than most ladies and soon Gillian is aiding her espionage. One such spy mission forces Gillian to masquerade as a high-born lady to infiltrate a Hellfire Club. But when she falls into the club's trap, she's rescued by gentleman rogue, the Earl of Pembroke. His heated kisses make her long for a different life, but she has a secret that could destroy everything…
He's a gentleman on the outside, but a rogue on the inside...
James Fordyce, Earl of Pembroke, tries to be a well-behaved man—for the most part. A member of the Wicked Earls' Club, he has his fair share of notoriety, but he's longing for the day when he might settle down. A chance encounter with a mysterious beauty leaves him feeling full of hope. When she vanishes without a trace and danger seems to be following her, he knows he must find her and rescue the woman he is determined to make the future Countess of Pembroke. Tracking her down to the seedy halls of a Hellfire Club, he knows he'll have to fight against all odds to save her before it's too late…
Warning: This book contains a woman dreaming of a life she can never have, a hero who's convinced he'll never find the one woman destined to be his and a love so powerful nothing can stop it.
Steamy and adventurous, fans of Julia Quinn and Johanna Lindsey won't want to miss out on this upstairs/downstairs romance!
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Other Books in "The League of Rogues®"
Wicked Designs
His Wicked Seduction
Her Wicked Proposal
Wicked Rivals
Her Wicked Longing
His Wicked Embrace
His Wicked Secret
The Last Wicked Rogue
Never Kiss A Scot
Earl of Kent
Never Tempt a Scot
The Wicked Beginning: A Prequel
Earl of Morrey
Lost with a Scot

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How can you normalize an ontology how you would normalize a relational database?
I understand how to normalize a relational database. You will find methods for dealing with a fifth normal form. I realize why you might want to back away to 4th normal or else.
What's the equivalent way of an ontology which describes a graph?
or take a look at some papers, e.g., concerning the M3O (http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1772775), Event Model F or by Aldo Gangemi, among many more. Ontology design designs also provide you with certain qualities, however they mainly rely on the designs you utilize, and which of them work is dependent around the modeling taks you attempt to attain.
Both design designs and database normalization attempt to achieve certain qualities. I suppose the main difference is, that design designs are less strict. The accomplished qualities are frequently with respect to the designs you utilize, the domain, the reason etc. So, they aren't really as generic because the normal forms.
Custom Aggregate Functions in MS SQL Server?
How you can merge multiple datatables into one?
Exactly what do databases stand out at?


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Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce addresses economic future amid labor shortage
The Chamber hopes to keep people from leaving and attract new people with revitalization to the city
By Ben Helwig
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - As the country deals with labor shortages, the challenges are no different in the Greater Wausau area. Businesses are struggling to fill open positions, prompting the Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce to respond.
In a new series of YouTube videos called "Two-Minute Drill", the Chamber examines the "why" of some of the things they're attempting to do in the Wausau area.
"We all live in a fast-paced world," said Chamber President and CEO Dave Eckmann. "Our goal is to get our message out in a short format that is informative for them and outlining things that the Greater Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce is doing."
In the first video of the series, Eckmann addresses the issue of talent and labor shortages plaguing the Wausau area. Eckmann points to four reasons there is such a labor shortage in the area.
First, the population in the area is not having as many kids as they once did. Second, many workforce baby boomers are retiring, something that has potentially sped up due to the pandemic. Third, many are opting to work from home in their preferred area of the country. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, there's limited laborshed, meaning there aren't enough people to work in the smaller metro area of Wausau.
As a result of all these things, the chamber is turning to place-making in an effort to get people to stay in the area.
"The Greater Wausau Region has to create a place that's going to retain the kids or the people that live here now and also attract the next generation of talent to retain them here and bring them here to enjoy this community to its full extent," said Eckmann.
Eckmann points to many younger people leaving the Wausau area for college or work and never returning. He says they end up getting sucked into an area like Milwaukee or Madison, which in reality, are Wausau's competition for talent.
"Other companies throughout the country are going to those institutions and plucking them out and giving them a big bonus package and taking them to a vibrant community in which we're competing against," said Eckmann.
In an effort to get those people to stay, the concept of place-making has already been enacted. Projects like tearing down the Wausau Center Mall to create a newly revitalized downtown is a focal point. Future expansion at the popular tourist destination Granite Peak is another area of potential attractiveness. Continuing to grow the riverwalk area is also an area of emphasis.
Local business-people, like Ben Reif, President and CEO of Wausau Coated Products, know making Wausau a more attractive place to live is good for Wausau's businesses.
"We've got to work hard to make this an attractive place to move to, to come back to, to stay in," said Reif. "If we're successful in doing that, we're going to continue to grow as a community and those businesses are going to make that happen."
Reif understands the importance of bringing in new people as well, as he's dealt with labor shortages even before the pandemic.
"Our business is successful," said Reif. "It's growing. In order to serve our customers, we've got to add to our team, so when you can't do that, it's extremely frustrating."
As the chamber enacts its plans, Eckmann said it's urgently important to connect with the young people of Wausau at an early age to get them to appreciate the area they're growing up in.
"We need to make sure we are engaging those young people, at an early age, and getting them tied to our economy," said Eckmann.
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Smile Identity Closes $7 Million Series A Round To Build KYC And Identity Verification Tools For Africa
An estimated one billion people worldwide face the challenge of proving who they are, according to a World Bank Group report which states that 81% of this number live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia without official proof of identity.
It's no news that Africans spend an inordinate amount of time trying to prove or verify their identities to gain access to address proofs, financial accounts, loans, SIM cards, and social services. Per reports, an estimated 500 million Africans have no formal identification at all.
Smile Identity is one of such. The company provides ID verification and KYC compliance for African faces and identities. Today, the company is announcing that it has closed a $7 million Series A funding.
Costanoa Ventures co-led the investment with pan-African venture firm CRE Venture Capital. Other investors that participated include VCs like LocalGlobe, Intercept Ventures, Future Africa, and unnamed angel investors. Existing investors, including Khosla Impact, ValueStream Ventures, Beta Ventures, 500 Startups, and Story Ventures, also participated.
Smile Identity is currently present across six markets in Africa: Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Rwanda, and Uganda. It also enables 15 different ID types and covers more than 250 million identities, performing over one million identity checks every month.
Its software is used in banking, fintech, ride-sharing, worker verification, public social welfare programs, and telecommunications. Smile Identity says it has about 80 customers who are charged on a per-query basis. Some include payments companies like Paystack, Paga, and Chipper Cash; neo-banks like Kuda and Umba; traditional banks like Stanbic IBTC; cryptocurrency exchanges like Binance, Luno, and Paxful; and supply-chain businesses like Twiga.
In 2019, Smile Identity secured a $4 million seed round. With this Series A, the company has raised a total of $11 million. Smile Identity plans to use the new investment to improve its services, expand across more markets, add support for more ID types, and hire more engineers and support staff across Africa.
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Q: How can I convert STRING to CHAR in an ABAP CDS view? I have a STRING field (standard /AIF/ALERTS-KEYFIELDSTRING), but I need it as CHAR in an ABAP CDS view (no table function) for further functions. I am aware it will cut off anything after a set number of characters, but I am fine with that.
Neither of these work:
cast(KEYFIELDSTRING as abap.char(100)) as c_keyfieldstring

substring(KEYFIELDSTRING, 1, 100) as c_keyfieldstring

A: This definitely works:
define view Z02_CAST
as select from Z02_CUSTOMER as c
{
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Need to see the table field definition perhaps.
What error are you getting. Maybe its working but 100 characters is too long to show up easily?

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In any sort of business, consumer experience has played a pivotal role in making or breaking a business. Since digital marketing is a fast-paced marketing approach, the importance of consumer experience has significantly increased. Experts from a digital marketing agency in Indore suggest that businesses should give more and more focus on providing pleasurable consumer experience to their clients.
A report from the year 2016 shows that 75% of businesses have prioritized offering positive CX for better business earnings.
So, let's understand in deep why digital media marketing companies are so concerned about CX.
On a normal, a brand with high CX creates 17% of income development in 5 years while the individuals who have poor CX convey just 3%. However, other than this, how CX helps a business? We should discover here.
By and large brands and organizations around the world have a 86 percent consumer loyalty rate. Enhancing client encounter implies going far beyond the desires for your clients. To accomplish this, guarantee you give the administrations you have guaranteed to convey. According to reports, a completely fulfilled client produces multiple times more income than a disappointed client. Promoting advisors in computerized advertising organization Virginia Beach propose keeping up predictable CX all through all touch focuses.
The essential goal of making a CX is to awe clients and make them come back to you over and over. For any business, positive client encounter turns into a significant resource that can be an impetus to its further development. Keeping up the client is less expensive than making another one, yet on the off chance that one puts in enough bears to make a prevalent client encounter, it can satisfy well later on.
With endless brands publicizing on the internet and social media, the market has turned out to be generally strong for brands to build up an individual associated with their clients. Making customized content has turned into a key to frame an individual association between a brand and its clients. Building up a rapid correspondence technique makes clients feel special and build up an uplifting frame of mind towards the brand. Better CX implies an enduring client mark relationship.
Word of mouth always ponders in producing more leads and convert potential clients into deals. Regardless of the amount you deny this reality, however, 84 % of buyers have no trust in promotions any longer. Clients incline toward their-gathering to approve while making on the web buys.
Since the market is brimming with brands offering similar items, the race has gone stringent. The accessibility of web-based promoting devices has roughened the game further. Here, having the edge of higher CX can make a business stand separated from others. Numerous business head honchos and advertisers have anticipated that after cost and administrations, CX will be the following item differentiator. Clients, later on, won't just assess an item by expense and administrations yet in addition by client encounter.
Any business owner would agree that the growth of a business lies in the ability to compete with its business rivals. With online marketplace becoming increasingly competitive, a business' capability to dominate on the competition can determine its long-term growth. As per seasoned professionals from a digital marketing agency in Virginia Beach to conquer the online marketplace, it is essential to understand the consumers' behavior and offer them the right content to feed on before formulating the digital marketing strategy.
In order to align a business's online marketing efforts with the goals and aspirations of the company, Digital marketing agencies suggest undertaking the task of online competitor research. So, let's understand how a digital marketing consultant performs analytical online competitor research.
The first step is to find out that ranks highest for the primary search keywords that are associated with your business. Most often a brand's SEO competitor can be different from its actual competitor. The SEO competitor could even be from different industry.
To start with your SEO competitor research, make a list of all the leading search words and phrases that are associated with your brand, products, and services. Then check what all businesses and brands show up for the terms. If the same brand appears for multiple searches, consider that brand to be your competitor. But one thing businesses should keep in mind that buyers behavior changes over time. Use words and phrases in organic languages.
The next step after analyzing the SEO competitors is checking the backlink profile. Analyzing the backlink profile is essential as strong links improve a site domain authority. On the other hand, if the sites have low-quality backlinks, the search engine can mark the website as spam. It ultimately drops the ranking of the site. A healthy backlink should be from websites that have a high domain authority, instill trust and have followed tag.
Even with many other social media tools, blogging remains an essential digital marketing strategy component. The first thing to analyze in a competitor's blog is its quality. Determine whether the blog posts are a mere piece of writing overfilled with keywords or an insightful piece of information. With the advancement in the field of voice searches, contents that are focused on addressing the key concerns of the consumers in the language they understand best not only helps the website rank higher but also converts well. The purpose of a blog is not limited only to increase a brand's SEO ranking. With high-quality blog posts, a brand can quickly grow and convert a potential visitor into a customer.
Identify the social media competitors.
To achieve your business goal, it is essential to determine your brand's social media competitors. Through social media, brands can significantly grow their followers, reach out to as many people as they want and leverage the easy hacks to ensure they are present across social media. Several tools in the market can help you determine who your social media competitors are. By using platforms like Hootsuite, you can keep a tack on their online activities.


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Deal names property appraiser as replacement for suspended Brunswick Commissioner James Brooks
Mike Morrison
BRUNSWICK | Emmitt Nolan will be sworn into the City Commission and begin campaigning for his next term almost simultaneously.
The 37-year-old property appraiser for Glynn County was appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal Wednesday to fill the unexpired term of James Brooks. Brooks, who faces racketeering charges in Camden County based on accusations he peddled his influence as a Brunswick city commission, was suspended by Deal on April 29. Brooks' term expires Dec. 31.
Qualifying for the fall election begins in August. Nolan said he will be sworn into office no later than the commission's meeting on August 7.
"The governor's office is trying to work it out with a judge to get me sworn in before the meeting," he said.
He could be facing Brooks, who said previously that he would run in the fall re-election for the South Ward seat. If he is convicted, however, he would not be able to run and his temporary suspension would become permanent.
Nolan said he's excited about launching his political career.
"I'm just really honored that the governor put his faith and trust in me," he said. "I look forward to working with the mayor and other commissioners and continuing the good work that they've been doing. I think the city is headed in the right direction."
After an interview with Deal Monday, Nolan was picked over nine other applicants.
Mayor Bryan Thompson said he is a good choice.
"Emmitt has been active and involved in our greater community for a number of years," Thompson said. "I am very confident that he will well represent the citizens of Brunswick and this commission over the next several months."
When Nolan comes on board, the city will be paying double for the seat he fills. Brooks was suspended with pay pending the resolution of the charges against him or the end of his term. Commissioners receive $1,200 a month.


Humans have only been transmitting radio signals for around 80 years, and already we are phasing out analogue transmission systems such as AM and FM in favour of digital signals. These are much easier to detect – but only if you know the encoding system. Without this key piece of information, any transmission from an alien civilisation would just sound like background static.
In 1974, the Arecibo telescope broadcast a 23 x 73 pixel image at the M13 star cluster. Although it contains details of our counting system, DNA structure and place in the Solar System, it's so cryptic that even other humans probably wouldn't be able to decipher it. An alien message might have such an abstract set of priorities and assumptions that we would never understand what they were trying to tell us.
Even if we received and understood a message, its senders would probably be long gone. A 2018 study at the University of California, Santa Cruz, found that if civilisations last fewer than 100,000 years, the odds of detecting a signal while the transmitting civilisation still exists are almost nil. So there's not much hope of sending (or receiving) a reply.
Would alien life need to have DNA?
What are the odds that aliens are humanoid?
Could we seed life on another planet?
Beyond Earth, what's the most likely site of life?


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NOLA Notes: Everyone's an art critic
Light blogging from me this week. Hey, stop cheering. Here's a story that's funny only because nobody got hurt, but they didn't so it is:
A man was arrested Sunday after firing shots into artwork being sold on Jackson Square, according to New Orleans police. No one was injured by the bullets.
Eric Wilson, 41, of Hiram, Ga., was arrested in the French Quarter after firing five shots into paintings that were being sold on the Decatur Street side of Jackson Square. NOPD said he has been charged with five counts of aggravated criminal damage, illegal discharge of a firearm and illegal carrying of a firearm.
According to officer Garry Flot, Wilson shot the paintings with a Taurus revolver around 5 p.m., then walked on Decatur Street.
Artist Alan Minor told our news partners at FOX 8 that Wilson had been sitting next to him for about an hour when he suddenly got up and started firing.
"When he got in front of my artwork, he took five shots at it," Minor told FOX 8. "It was a complete random act. I wasn't expecting it at all."
The bullets shattered some of Minor's paintings, which are done on plank boards. Minor says after the shooting, the man calmly walked down the street. Minor says he didn't see any police officers around.
"There was a gentleman that was on a bicycle that followed him but he didn't know he was being followed and I guess as he got further down Decatur, he signaled the cops that this was the person that was firing the gun," Minor told FOX 8.
Wilson was arrested in the 700 block of Barracks Street without incident. Police said officers found the handgun when they searched Wilson, along with five spent shell casings.
Police said Wilson's motive is unclear.
My former business was located at Jackson Square. I could tell tales that could curl your hair. In fact, I have already done so in a post entitled Mrs. Fagin and the Urchins. I have, however, never, ever shot a painting. Seems a bit extreme to me.
February 17, 2014 Peter Adrastos Athas
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Adrastos,
the summer before the Federal Flood I was privileged to visit New Orleans.
There was a shop — narrow, deep, two-stories high along the street — filled with breathtaking artwork.
Mostly about cats; masques, paintings, watercolors, oils, all gorgeous.
Did it survive, d'you know? I can't remember the name!
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Where did Jennifer Smestad go to high school?
Chandler High School
In her junior year at Chandler High School, Smestad had what she calls a huge turning point. "I wanted to be in Student Council for my senior year," she says. "And in order to do that, you had to give a speech in front of your entire graduating class, which was, like, 800 people.
Who won Mrs Arizona 2021?
Amber Barto
2021 Amber Barto Scottsdale
2020 No national competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Jacqueline Thomas Phoenix
2018 Isabel Ticlo Chandler
Who was Miss Arizona 2013?
Jennifer Smestad
After the Crown – Jennifer Smestad, Miss Arizona 2013.
Who won Miss Arizona?
Miss Arizona USA History
Titleholder
2020 Yesenia Vidales Islas Phoenix
2019 Savannah Wix Also Miss Arizona Teen USA 2014 Paradise Valley
2018 Nicole Smith Phoenix
2017 Tommy Lynn Calhoun Tucson
Is there still a Mrs America pageant?
The pageant continues to be held in Las Vegas yearly. During the 2014 pageant, Mrs. America 2020 Pageant was held on August 24, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The current titleholder is Natalie Winslow of Nevada.
How do you compete in Miss America?
Be between the ages of 17 and 25.
Be a United States citizen.
Meet residency requirements for competing in a certain city or state.
Meet character criteria as set forth by the Miss America Organization.
Be in reasonably good health to meet the job requirements.
Was there a Miss America contest this year?
The Miss America 2022 competition will be held on December 16th 2021. Miss America 2020, Camille Schrier of Virginia will crown her successor at the end of the event. …
What is Miss USA salary?
In this case, contestants from each state do not receive any type of compensation, whereas the winner receives quite the prize! In addition to holding the title of Miss USA, the winner is put up in a luxury New York City apartment, rent-free, for the duration of her reign.


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Paul Dean Crow (born August 21, 1972) is former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Crow played for the Detroit Tigers in .

Career
Crow attended Stratford High School in Houston, Texas, and played collegiate baseball at the University of Miami. He was a 10th round selection of the Seattle Mariners in the 1993 MLB Draft.

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// Register into the object factory, to enable run-time dynamic creation and persistence
CH_FACTORY_REGISTER(ChLoadContainer)

ChLoadContainer::ChLoadContainer(const ChLoadContainer& other) : ChPhysicsItem(other) {
    loadlist = other.loadlist;
}

void ChLoadContainer::Add(std::shared_ptr<ChLoadBase> newload) {
    //TODO Radu: I don't think find can be used on a container of shared pointers which does not support the == operator.
    //TODO Radu: check if this is still true, now that we switched to std::shared_ptr

    //assert(std::find<std::vector<std::shared_ptr<ChLoadBase>>::iterator>(loadlist.begin(), loadlist.end(), newload)
    ///== loadlist.end());
    loadlist.push_back(newload);
}

void ChLoadContainer::Update(double mytime, bool update_assets) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < loadlist.size(); ++i) {
        loadlist[i]->Update(mytime);
    }
    // Overloading of base class:
    ChPhysicsItem::Update(mytime, update_assets);
}

void ChLoadContainer::IntLoadResidual_F(const unsigned int off,  // offset in R residual
                                        ChVectorDynamic<>& R,    // result: the R residual, R += c*F
                                        const double c           // a scaling factor
                                        ) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < loadlist.size(); ++i) {
        loadlist[i]->LoadIntLoadResidual_F(R, c);
    }
}

void ChLoadContainer::IntLoadResidual_Mv(const unsigned int off,      ///< offset in R residual
                                   ChVectorDynamic<>& R,        ///< result: the R residual, R += c*M*v
                                   const ChVectorDynamic<>& w,  ///< the w vector
                                   const double c               ///< a scaling factor
                                   ) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < loadlist.size(); ++i) {
        loadlist[i]->LoadIntLoadResidual_Mv(R, w, c);
    }
}

void ChLoadContainer::InjectKRMmatrices(ChSystemDescriptor& mdescriptor) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < loadlist.size(); ++i) {
        loadlist[i]->InjectKRMmatrices(mdescriptor);
    }
}

void ChLoadContainer::KRMmatricesLoad(double Kfactor, double Rfactor, double Mfactor) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < loadlist.size(); ++i) {
        loadlist[i]->KRMmatricesLoad(Kfactor, Rfactor, Mfactor);
    }
}

void ChLoadContainer::ArchiveOUT(ChArchiveOut& marchive) {
    //***TODO***
}

void ChLoadContainer::ArchiveIN(ChArchiveIn& marchive) {
    //***TODO***
}

}  // end namespace chrono

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Gbajabiamila congratulates New Chief of Staff to Buhari
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has congratulated Prof Ibrahim Gambari on his appointment as the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Gbajabiamila, in a statement by his spokesman, Lanre Lasisi, said he believes Gambari is a round peg in a round hole, considering his experience over the years.
He said as a foremost diplomat and an outstanding academic, Gambari would bring his experience of decades to bear in his new national assignment.
"I want to congratulate the new Chief of Staff to the President on his appointment. I know with his vast experience and international connections, Gambari will use all of that for the betterment of Nigeria.
"I wish him a successful period in office as he takes the onerous task of being the Chief of Staff to the President," Gbajabiamila said.
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Mirzamukhamedov vs Kane
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Zhasur Mirzamukhamedov vs Oumar Kane preview
When is Mirzamukhamedov vs Kane?
Zhasur Mirzamukhamedov could potentially square off against Oumar Kane, in Early 2023.
The fight would take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which means there would be no weight limit.
Mirzamukhamedov vs Kane stats
Zhasur Mirzamukhamedov would step into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.
Oumar Kane would make his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 4 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggest Kane would have a massive power advantage over Mirzamukhamedov, boosting at 80% knock out percentage over Mirzamukhamedov's 17%.
If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Mirzamukhamedov would have a massive advantage over Kane, boasting at 50% submission rate over Kane's 0%.
Zhasur Mirzamukhamedov is the older man by 7 years, at 37 years old.
Mirzamukhamedov has a height advantage of 2 inches over Kane.
Mirzamukhamedov is currently the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 2 years and 4 months earlier than Kane, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He has fought 6 more professional rounds, 17 to Kane's 11.
Mirzamukhamedov's last 2 fights have come over a period of 7 months and 25 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 3 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 3 rounds on average.
Kane's last 3 fights have come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 30 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 8 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2 rounds on average.
What are the odds on Mirzamukhamedov vs Kane?
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Valentina Shevchenko vs. Alexa Grasso booked for flyweight title fight at UFC 285
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UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak
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Tybura
Ivanov
Jamahal Hill (12-1-0)
Jiri Prochazka (29-3-1)
Magomed Ankalaev (17-1-0)
Jan Blachowicz (29-9-0)
Aleksandar Rakic (14-3-0)
Glover Teixeira (33-9-0)
Anthony Smith (36-17-0)
Nikita Krylov (29-9-0)
Johnny Walker (20-7-0)
Volkan Oezdemir (18-7-0)
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Belarus – A Color Revolution of a Different Shade?
Geopolitics: A Buffer Zone between Russia and NATO
By Peter Koenig
Region: Europe, Russia and FSU, USA
Theme: History, US NATO War Agenda
Belarus in turmoil, after an election where the incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko – 25 years already in power (in office since 1994) – has won with 80% of the popular vote. That's what the official stats and media say. True or false? Does it matter? – The margin is large enough that it cannot be contested or questioned by "recounters". So, people take to the streets. First police reaction against protesters is violent.
Washington reprimands Belarus – to calm the police violence – at the surface protecting the protesters. Overall western reaction towards the election is negative. Unilaterally they say "elections were unfair and rigged". This may be true – or not.
The west has been critical for years about Lukashenko's human rights records. Isn't it kind of ironic, every time the west has a criticism for which they don't have a real foundation, they claim "human rights abuses". That flies just about with everybody. Russia, China and all those associated with these two evil countries have horrible human rights records. Hardly a substance the west brings forward, or if it does, because pressed, they invent the "substance". China is a case in point.
Just on a sideline – did anybody ever question or even criticize western Human Rights records? Let's just think of all the western initiated wars and 'sanctions' in the Middle East – Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Palestine via proxy Israel, Somalia; aggressions against Iran, Lebanon; depriving Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea of vital and essential medication, food – and spare parts that could keep their economy running – let alone the smearing and sanctions and aggressions on China and Russia. No one in the west dares say beep. The Anglo-American controlled media are silent. – Where are the real human rights abusers, in giant proportions more severe than those in Russia, China and the rest of the world combined? – Food for thought.
Let's stay with Belarus. Belarus is also an 'ally' of Russia. Or let's put it another way: Belarus is a buffer zone between Russia and NATO. So, Belarus's alliance with Russia is important. It is also important for the west to break it. To get a step closer to the Kremlin's doorstep.
And that's precisely what's happening. The fact is that Pompeo went to visit Lukashenko at the beginning of 2020 shaking hands and smiling and pledging friendship – and "democratic assistance". Despite the Human Rights critique, most western sanctions have been lifted on Belarus, because Lukashenko has freed some political prisoners. Pompeo's discourse is that Washington supports Belarus's independence, while they are aware of Minsk's close links to Russia.
Pompeo said (a Reuters quote): "There's a long history with Russia. It's not about picking us between the two. We want to be here." How wise. The "picking" will be done by Washington's arm-twisting, or worse, if necessary.
Just coincidentally, when Russia and Belarus had a disagreement over oil deliveries and contract extension in late 2019 and early 2020, Washington immediately offered alternative supplies. Pompeo again:
"The United States wants to help Belarus build its own sovereign country. Our energy producers stand ready to deliver 100% of the oil you need at competitive prices." – And, "Your nation should not be forced to be dependent on any one partner for your prosperity or for your security."
But an oil contract agreement was reached with Moscow, and deliveries resumed on January 4, 2020.
In anticipation of Pompeo's visit to Minsk earlier this year, the Trump Administration intimated,
"this [Belarus] is an era of great power competition and an opportunity to compete for influence."
There you have it. Elections are often strategic moments to hit a country when you want to dominate it. Who knows whether the US were behind the election results, directly or by proxy – manipulating them, knowing quite well, that Lukashenko's popularity has shrunk to a low. Lukashenko has run his country like a police state. Another Lukashenko win could (and should – wished by the west) cause civil unrest – that like in other places of the universe – like Hong Kong, to mention just an ongoing one – can be provoked by Washington and its minions and extended as long as it takes to bring about regime change – which is what Washington dreams of in Belarus.
Belarus without natural resources to speak off, except its strategic location – buffer zone for Russia – depends economically on Russia. Russia has not failed her support to Belarus. It is very unlikely that Russia would interfere in Belarus's election, despite what Washington says about political and election interference by Russia, it's not Russia's style, but it clearly is Washington's style to interfere in elections around the world. There has been not one "free" election – "free" meaning, without interference, directly or indirectly, of the United Sates, in the last few decades. Not one.
Contrary to the Ukraine, in Belarus there is no visible EU / IMF interference at this point. Just the US at the fringes, by Pompeo's visit to Minsk on February 1, 2020. But we don't really know what went on behind closed doors, what agreements were signed "verbally".
However, whatever secrets the Pompeo visit may have entailed, this looks like a new kind of Color Revolution in the making. One, where the instigators are not visibly Washington and / or their NATO-controlled allies, the European Union. But rather a "third party" close ally of the US, one whose survival depends on the United States, like Ukraine. It is possible that Ukraine, directed by Washington, infiltrated their secret service people and other trouble-makers (possibly with Russian passports) into Belarus, mainly Minsk, before the elections, to orchestrate Lukashenko's landslide win, as well as the subsequent civil unrest – which as of this day has not abated.
It may not be coincidence that Lukashenko's only real opponent, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (who got only 10% of the vote) fled to Lithuania, where she was "safe", as Lithuanians Foreign Minister said.
Though, the US officially condemns Lukashenko's police brutality, but in secret, they want Lukashenko to remain in power, until the appropriate moment, when the control is sufficiently advanced, as was the case with Ukraine. In the meantime, they may groom Svetlana to eventually take over from Lukashenko – when the time is ripe for another "Maidan" – Belarus style.
No doubt, President Putin is aware of this – and probably of other likely scenarios. Learning from the Ukraine experience, he may opt to 'replace' Lukashenko before it's too late. Because if Belarus falls – and with Ukraine at the southern doorstep, Moscow would be in real danger.
Peter Koenig is an economist and geopolitical analyst. He is also a water resources and environmental specialist. He worked for over 30 years with the World Bank and the World Health Organization around the world in the fields of environment and water. He lectures at universities in the US, Europe and South America. He writes regularly for Global Research; ICH; New Eastern Outlook (NEO); RT; Countercurrents, Sputnik; PressTV; The 21st Century; Greanville Post; Defend Democracy Press; The Saker Blog, the and other internet sites. He is the author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War, Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed – fiction based on facts and on 30 years of World Bank experience around the globe. He is also a co-author of The World Order and Revolution! – Essays from the Resistance. He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization.
Copyright © Peter Koenig, Global Research, 2020
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Has anyone found a fix for this? All I know is to add btmpl=mobile to the authentication query during the OAuth process, and apparently that's not enough. The login (authentication) page shows up fine, mobile-style, on both old and new emulators and devices; it's just the authorization page that's a problem.

A: I don't believe it. It just started working. Not when using signpost, but with my own OAuth code the authorization page shows up fine:
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Climate Adaptation: Conclusions
Making a case to leverage existing and historic buildings for zero net carbon
First, a word of caution as we bring heritage structures into the decarbonizing fold: Damage can be caused to the cultural heritage values of the built environment, the fabric and performance of individual buildings, and the health and well-being of their occupants by inappropriate upgrading works carried out in the name of climate action. Such maladaptation, however well-intentioned, is wasteful and destructive and must be avoided in order to provide effective and durable solutions.14
Heritage-conservation professionals have strong insights to contribute to the planning, testing, and implementation of decarbonization, mitigation and adaptation that are needed to address climate-change disruption.
Experience in collaborative solutions and community planning, rationale development and vetting, envisioning of creative alternatives, logic sequencing of potential outcomes, and other skills developed by conservation architects and other professionals in their design and change-management practices for existing and historic properties—all will provide valuable foundational expertise for vulnerability assessment and the required complex matrix of decarbonizing and adaptation solutions.
Conservation professionals have developed advanced relevant skillsets of questioning further, delving deeper into root causes, and probing wider to gain a clearer understanding of building renewal projects and work with interventions to existing buildings – the single largest contributor to carbonization and Climate Chaos.
The conservation community can take a leadership role in the "Race to Net Zero," using its members' expertise in "managing change to existing buildings while retaining value". This work must address the required dramatic acceleration of context-sensitive rehabilitation of the massive stock of existing, abandoned and heritage properties.
A large task will be the sustainable rehabilitation of heritage buildings from the modern era, which collectively, mainly due to their abundance, are the greatest greenhouse-gas "culprits". The recent improvements in the understanding of embodied carbon in existing buildings underscores the necessity of "recycling" buildings rather than building new.
Life-cycle assessments help us better understand how the choices of materials and decisions to reuse and rehabilitate can dramatically decrease our carbon footprint. Interestingly, "mainstream" architecture and green-building construction have just recently started to embrace the fact that to "slay the carbon dragon," we need to be mostly focused on "deep green" rehabilitation of existing buildings, not new green buildings.
Let's conclude with a quote from the Climate Heritage Network's statement on the Architecture 2030 Communique, being developed for COP 26:
"Worldwide, built heritage is being lost to climate change at an alarming rate. Along with cherished structures and places, the legacy of its creators is also lost. Cultural and social bonds are being weakened at a time when greater strength and resilience is needed most. The most vulnerable are being impacted disproportionately. The loss of built heritage is not limited to the destruction of iconic structures, far from it. It also means the loss of everyday buildings that continue to serve essential human purposes, the very fabric of our cities and towns.
Even more alarming than the rate of building loss to climate change is the wanton destruction of millions of useful buildings in the name of progress – even in the name of climate action. The climate crisis demands that every source of carbon pollution be zeroed out quickly. The world cannot afford to waste viable buildings. The first step in decarbonizing the building sector is to keep and use every building.
In 2030, 85% of existing buildings will still be standing and still be viable for use. This is a tremendous resource that requires global attention.
The quickest and surest path to a zero-carbon building sector is to conserve and appropriately adapt existing buildings. The principles and practices of heritage building conservation are of tremendous importance and usefulness as the world confronts climate change. They are the fundamental skill sets required to extend the low-carbon or zero-carbon service life of all existing buildings, not only heritage structures."
The Climate Heritage Network serves as a clearinghouse for a wealth of resources on stewardship and climate adaptation, including:
project case studies for climate retrofits of heritage and existing buildings;
retrofit guidelines based on building science;
easy-to-use life-cycle carbon calculators factoring both operational and embodied emissions;
policy models for protecting existing resources and building decarbonization.
Founded in 2019, the Climate Heritage Network is a voluntary, mutual support network of arts, culture and heritage organizations committed to aiding their communities in tackling climate change and achieving the ambitions of the Paris Agreement.
Additional reading by Mark Thompson Brandt can be found here: Buildings and stories: mindset, climate change and mid-century modern, Journal of Architectural Conservation 2017
[14] Jacqui Donnelly, Senior Architect, Built Heritage Policy, Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage, Government of Ireland.
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Individual artists, art monographs
Stelarc
A user's guide to Stelarc, the international performance artist whose extreme performances explore the borderland between bodies and machines. Stelarc is the most celebrated artist in the world working within technology and the visual arts. He is both an artist and a phenomenon, using his body as medium and exhibition space. Working in the interface between the body and the machine, employing virtual reality, robotics, medical instruments, prosthetics, and the Internet, Stelarc's art includes physical acts that don't always look survivable-or, as science fiction novelist William Gibson puts it in his foreword, "sometimes seem to include the possibility of terminality." Stelarc's projects include Third Hand, a grasping and wrist rotating mechanism with a rudimentary sense of touch that is attached to the artist and activated by EMG from other body areas; Amplified Body, in which the artist performs acoustically with his brainwaves, muscles, pulse, and blood flow signals; and the Stomach Sculpture, a device-or "aesthetic adornment"-placed in the artist's stomach and presented through video. Works in progress include the Extra Ear Project, a soft prosthesis of skin and cartilage to be constructed on the artist's arm. Stelarc's work both reflects and determines new directions in performance art and body art. Although there have been hundreds of articles written about Stelarc since he began performing in the late 1960s, Stelarc: The Monograph is the first comprehensive study of Stelarc's work practice in over thirty years. Gathering a range of writers who approach the work from a variety of perspectives, it includes William Gibson's account of his meetings with Stelarc, Arthur and Marilouise Kroker's emphatic "WE ARE ALL STELARCS NOW," and Stelarc himself in conversation with Marquard Smith. Taken together, these writers give us a multiplicity of ways to think about Stelarc.
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Publisher: MIT Press
Patterns in the Landscape: The Notebooks of Philip Hughes
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Gearhead Outfitters Acquires Rock/Creek Outfitters, Uncle Dan's Outdoor Store
22 Aug Gearhead Outfitters Acquires Rock/Creek Outfitters, Uncle Dan's Outdoor Store
Posted at 12:08h in Latest News by Andy Polk
Gearhead Outfitters, an Arkansas-based outdoor specialty retailer, has announced the acquisition of Rock/Creek Outfitters in Tennessee and Uncle Dan's Outdoor Store in Illinois from Camping World Holdings Inc. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
Camping World had acquired Uncle Dan's in 2017, and then bought Rock/Creek Outfitters last April, which it operated under the Uncle Dan's subsidiary.
Gearhead Outfitters currently operates 10 brick-and-mortar retail locations across the Mid-South.
"We are passionate about brick-and-mortar retail, the outdoor industry, our communities and our mission," said Ted Herget, owner and founder of Gearhead Outfitters. "The opportunity to acquire Rock/Creek and Uncle Dan's has provided a unique opportunity for all three brands to align under those values as a family of outdoor specialty retailers. Our highest priority is to maintain the integrity of these companies, the brands we carry, and to expand the influence of the outdoor industry."
The acquisition by Gearhead Outfitters will include Rock/Creek's seven retail locations in Tennessee, along with six Uncle Dan's locations—five in the Chicagoland area; Lincoln Square, Bannockburn, Evanston, Highland Park and Lakeview, and one Wisconsin location, Glendale. Also included is the e-commerce presence of both companies.
"We are very excited to transition to the Gearhead family," said Olivia Beaty, e-commerce director for Uncle Dan's. "This move will enable us to better serve our customers to get outside and do what they love. We're looking forward to where this partnership will take us, and to be able to build something on the web as special as we have in brick-and-mortar."
With more than a century of specialty retail experience among them, the three outfitters share remarkably similar core values, and are committed to being a resource for customers seeking quality equipment, authentic advice and a dedicated community partner. To that end, Gearhead, Rock/Creek and Uncle Dan's have each spent decades using brick and mortar and online retail as a platform to support local nonprofits, improve outdoor access and positively impact their communities.
"Rock/Creek has served the Southeast for over 30 years," said Rock/Creek president Chad Wykle. "We're incredibly proud of the impact we've made in our community with our local partners to improve outdoor access and protect our beautiful greenspaces. Gearhead has been doing the same good work for the Mid-South for many years. Together, we will continue to strengthen and develop outdoor specialty retail. We know our heritage will continue with this acquisition, and are confident our customers will welcome the return to a privately owned brand."


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Rudolf de Bruyn Ouboter (Hulst, 7 juli 1894 – Den Haag, 31 december 1983) was een Nederlandse kunstschilder en aquarellist.

Levensloop
Rudolf de Bruyn Ouboter groeide op in Groningen. Na zijn gymnasiumopleiding kreeg hij zijn eerste teken- en schildersopleiding vanaf 1915 in Den Haag, bij Bernard Schregel. Hij volgde er tevens de tekenopleiding van Bik en Vaandrager en bezocht er de modelavonden in Pulchri Studio. Van 1922 tot 1924 werkte hij in het atelier van Walter Thor in München. Hij deelde er een kamer met de latere hoogleraar muziekwetenschappen aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam, Karel Philippus Bernet Kempers. Na zijn huwelijk met Margot Mazel in augustus 1924 vestigde hij zich met haar in Parijs. Hij zette er zijn opleiding voort aan de Académie La Grande Chaumère. Met de Nederlandse schilder Hans Royaards, die daar eveneens studeerde, zou hij zijn leven lang bevriend blijven.

Het jaar daarop vertrok De Bruyn Ouboter naar Italië, waar hij ook de schrijver Arthur van Schendel leerde kennen. Het echtpaar nam er zijn intrek in de Villa sul monte Muscoli van de Larense schilder Henri van de Velde te Fiesole. De Bruyn Ouboter legde zich steeds meer toe op het aquarelleren, waartoe vooral het heldere Italiaanse licht hem inspireerde. Na terugkeer in Nederland volgde hij nog lessen bij Henk Meijer aan de Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in Den Haag. Behoudens de laatste levensjaren in Huize Rust en Vreugd te Wassenaar is hij in Den Haag blijven wonen.

Vanaf 1931 was hij lid van het Schilderkunstige Genootschap Pulchri Studio in Den Haag. Zijn eerste tentoonstelling, in mei 1932, samen met de schilder en etser Alfred Löb in Kunstzaal Kleykamp aan de Scheveningseweg, werd zeer lovend besproken. Het zijn vooral zijn aquarellen die de aandacht trekken. Een recensent noemt hem 'de ongekroonde vorst der waterverfkunst'. Ook aan de jaarlijkse tentoonstellingen van Pulchrileden neemt hij regelmatig deel. Tijdens het bombardement van Rotterdam in de meidagen van 1940 ging tijdens een tentoonstelling aldaar een aantal van zijn schilderijen verloren. Bij de door de schilders Otto B.de Kat en Kees Verwey direct na de oorlog opgerichte Hollandse Aquarellistenkring, sloot ook De Bruyn Ouboter zich aan.

Ter gelegenheid van zijn vijftigste verjaardag (4 juli 1944) werd, behalve een clandestiene tentoonstelling ten huize van mevrouw Miep Eijffinger, eigenares van de Haagse kunsthandel Liernur, ook een tentoonstelling georganiseerd in gijzelaarskamp Beekvliet te Sint Michielsgestel, op initiatief van de daar geïnterneerde directeur van het Haagse Gemeentemuseum, dr. G. Knuttel. Een grote overzichtstentoonstelling in dat museum markeert vijfentwintig jaar later zijn vijfenzeventigste verjaardag.

Werk
Het werk van De Bruyn Ouboter bestaat, naast enkele, meest vroege tekeningen en olieverfschilderijen, vrijwel uitsluitend uit aquarellen, voornamelijk stillevens, die veelal in particulier bezit zijn.

Externe bronnen

 Website Stichting Rudolf de Bruyn Ouboter

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Provincial housing bill means higher taxes city says
New housing rules will mean the city will need to raise taxes to pay for growth.
Well, that was not an ideal way for Canada to end its run at the World Cup. It was a fun run, and the team had the chance to move on, but that's the way it goes sometimes. If nothing else, it's given me a reason to work from my couch, which all the pets have taken a liking to.
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WEEKLY LOOKOUT
City council: The first meeting of the new council and mayor will take place today at 10 am for a special session about the city's ongoing lawsuit against the private consortium that operates the LRT. The meeting is expected to be in camera, meaning not open to the public.
LRT Inquiry: The final report of the hearings into the various O Train failures will be released Wednesday. The commissioner said he believes they've identified the maintenance and construction problems that have plagued the system. [CBC]
New rules mean property tax hikes
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What happened: As the province's enormous housing bill approaches its final vote, City of Ottawa staff warned in a memo it could cost the city $60 million per year. Today, MPPs are expected to vote whether to end debate on the legislation and move ahead with the final vote, which is expected in the two weeks before the holiday break.
The problem: The bill strips out the ability for cities to impose development charges on many new constructions. Typically, those charges pay for infrastructure like water and sewers, libraries, community centres, and so on. To build that, the money needs to come from somewhere:
"The only readily identifiable source to make up the significant funding shortfall are existing taxpayers, who would be required to fund the studies and capital investments necessary to deliver services, amenities and infrastructure needed to support growth," city staff said. "Meaning conclusively that growth will not pay for growth."
It's not just the city raising the alarm. The Regional Planning Commissioners of Ontario told CBC the fiscal implications for cities will be widespread. "Development charges are the backbone of how you get complete communities," commission chair Thom Hunt said.
Late changes: Last week, the government made some changes to the bill. Among the big shifts, according to The Narwhal were reinstating certain rights:
Cities will once again be able to set some environmental standards on new buildings, mostly restricted to green roofs and landscaping;
Third parties like environmental groups or citizens will be able to file appeals;
Regulations speeding up the mining of aggregate — gravel, sand, and other materials — have been removed.
🛶 $9.8 million: The amount of money tourist spots in the region received from the federal government. [OBJ]
🚔 2%: The number of calls to police for service from July to September decreased this much, compared to the same period last year. [CityNews]
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In a quintessentially Canadian manner, Uber and UFCW Canada have come together to find common ground for a better future for over 100,000 app-based drivers and delivery people.
Uber listened to what drivers and delivery people had to say. For app-based workers, that path to better means:
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Beyond the platform, Uber and UFCW Canada have also agreed to press provincial governments for industry-wide standards like a minimum earning standard, a benefits fund, and access to workers' rights.
Better is possible, when everyone works together.
Mooney's Bay sledding hill ruled too dangerous
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What happened: After a fatal accident last year, the city decided the hill in Mooney's Bay Park is too dangerous to allow tobogganing. The city will put up fencing in the winter to deter people from using it for sledding, a city memo said.
Last year an 11-year-old girl died when the sled she was on spun around and collided with a metal fence post at the bottom. Abi Assal died of her injuries.
Closed: The city officially removed the hill as an approved sledding hill in 2017 after several injuries, but it was still used by residents. Last summer, before the accident, the city had done a safety review of the hill and determined there was no way to substantially improve the safety of the hill, and it should be closed to sledding, CBC reported.
Coun. Riley Brockington, who represents the area, said he was "very disappointed" the city released its memo without first consulting with him, CTV reported. He said he would like to see the city keep the hill open, and find a way to make it safe.
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🍹 Made with Love Regional Finals, tonight: A cocktail competition between the city's best bartenders at Savanna Lounge, 145 Besserer St. The theme is to draw inspiration from a bar that has marked their imagination. Tickets $70.
🎄 Trees of Hope silent auction, tonight: Come out to see the lighting of the Trees of Hope at the Chateau Laurier. It starts with a silent auction Nov. 28 with hundreds of local products, services, and experiences up for grabs, all to raise money for CHEO. Free admission.
🩰 The Nutcracker, Dec. 1-4: The quintessential holiday ballet comes to the NAC this week. See the return of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens after a 16-year absence from the city. Tickets start at $29.
💻 Ten years of the Impact Hub Ottawa, Nov. 30: Co-working space the Impact Hub is celebrating its first decade of existence at 123 Slater St. A dress-code free night of networking with food and wine courtesy of the Hub. Admission is free.
NEW LOCAL JOBS
Check out the new open positions in Ottawa.
Communications manager at the First Nations Financial Management Board
Cloud architect at MSi Corp.
Assistant project manager at ElisDon
Manager of sales and marketing at Envari
Technical officer of electronics at the National Research Council
💊 While shipments of children's medication have arrived, pharmacists warn parents that supplies are still limited. [CTV]
🐶 A puppy was saved after falling into the St. Lawrence near Brockville by a local dive master who was nearby after the dog fell in. [Ottawa Citizen]
🚨 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he invoked the Emergencies Act because what he'd seen of police plans to clear downtown "wasn't a plan at all." [CBC]
🚛 The inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act during the expulsion of the convoy is expected to cost about $19 million. [CBC]
📕 The French-language Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est has instituted a new dress code after students staged a walkout last year over a dress code "blitz" they said was inappropriate. [CTV]
Instead of paying parking tickets with cash, in Kingston you pay your tickets in toys. [CTV]
(Members only) One of the city's best spots for Vietnamese sandwiches Banh Mi Yes will open a new location downtown.
Santa Claus parades returned to three communities across the valley this weekend. [CTV]
This spring, the Harlem Globetrotters will come to the Canadian Tire Centre to take on the lowly Washington Generals. [CityNews]
Despite the loss, fans were thrilled by Canada's World Cup performance at viewing parties around Ottawa. [Ottawa Citizen]
You have to try the smoked rice at Moe's BBQ, a restaurant that's about more than just the meat.
The new Orange Turtle Bakery has opened up with limited hours on St. Patrick Street with plenty of sweets to fill your cravings. [Reddit]
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It seems this weekend was a great one for sunrises, as this photo of the sun coming up over the Carp River by Reddit user Raskel_61 shows.
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OTTAWA QUIZ
Congrats to everyone who got last week's Ottawa Wordle. The answer was WIDER, as in the city wants to make the Airport Parkway wider.
Onto this week's quiz. The public testimony part of the convoy inquiry is now over and done with. How many weeks was downtown occupied by trucks last winter? The first five people to write in with the correct answer will get their names mentioned in the next issue.
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Rugby Challenge 2: The Lions Tour feels like an improved version of its predecessor, but are its tweaks and upgrades worth paying full price for?
We want to love Rugby Challenge 2. We want to unguardedly praise it to the heavens and heartily recommend fans of this sport splurge on a copy forthwith. The reason for this is entirely selfish: we like rugby and feel that it's under-represented in video games.
Every year FIFA, Madden and Tiger Woods games swagger into the market, but rugby sims are thinner on the ground. Unless Rugby Challenge 2 The Lions Tour sells well, it may be a while before we see its like again.
Still, we can only really suggest punters pick up a copy of Rugby Challenge 2 if they're either enraged Australians who want to virtually set the world to rights after the recent Lions tour, or if they never played the first Rugby Challenge game. The reason for the latter is simple: much of Rugby Challenge 2 is standing on the shoulders of its predecessor.
That's both good and bad, mind. Unlike the incredibly patchy official World Cup Rugby tie-in video game of 2011, the original Rugby Challenge offered a very decent gaming experience. Its controls were superb, its on-pitch action was almost as layered as its real-world counterpart and although it lacked a lot of official team licenses, its career and tournament modes with both deep and rewarding.
Developer Sidhe has kept a lot of Rugby Challenge's controls and mechanics in place here, and implemented some rather necessary changes.
Players can now, for example, get a bit feistier in a ruck, although if they hammer the button to contest the ball, the ref will blow them up for it. Scrumming feels more organic – you can no longer shove your opponent's pack off the field with some nimble thumbstick flicking – and box kicks and chip shots have been vastly improved (ie you now have some chance of catching them).
Sidhe have also implemented to option of using in-game back-line strategies, although the exhaustive tutorials don't really explain how to use them very well. Kicking hasn't been touched much, which is both a blessing and a curse in a player-to-player game as finding touch and place kicking are both quite laughably easy.
Other faults from the first Rugby Challenge persist as well. The character models still look sub-par and the soundtrack is still awful; crowd noises are still generic and convey no sense of match atmosphere and the commentary is lousy.
The game's biggest problem, though, remains its lack of licensing, which is a shame, because it's clear that in it's the game's career and tournament modes where its true longevity lies.
Rugby Challenge 2 offers a couple of tweaks and upgrades on its predecessor's template, but doesn't exactly evolve the series in the way, say, FIFA manages with every iteration. It's not a terrible game – indeed it's the most solid rugby experience you're likely to get on a console – but it doesn't really feel like it's moved on substantially from its predecessor.
Here's hoping the next-generation of consoles delivers the much-needed jolt the series needs to take it to the next level.


PARIS, Feb 13 ― The Europa League might not be top of Chelsea's priorities this season, but in the current circumstances tomorrow's last 32, first leg away to Malmo in Sweden takes on extra importance for Maurizio Sarri's side.
But Sarri is still there for now as the London club continue a gruelling run of fixtures ― the two legs of the tie against Malmo come either side of the FA Cup fifth round clash with Manchester United. Another meeting with City in the League Cup final follows.
"It's difficult to accept such a heavy defeat, but we have a lot of matches coming up to lift our heads and give us hope for good results at the end of this season," France midfielder N'Golo Kante told Chelseafc.com after Sunday's game.
With this being the close season in Sweden, Malmo ― coached by the German former Manchester City striker Uwe Roesler ― have not played a competitive game since the end of the group stage in December.
For Chelsea and their London rivals Arsenal, the resurgence of Manchester United in recent weeks increases the need to keep going in the Europa League ― a victory in the final in Baku in May could still be their best hope of making it to next season's Champions League.
"That's the understanding of the game. You're playing against good teams. Valencia have only lost four times all season in one of the biggest leagues in Europe," Rodgers told the club's official website.
Other standout ties include Sevilla ― Europa League winners three years running between 2014 and 2016 ― against Lazio, Rennes against Betis and Galatasaray up against Benfica.


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