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Major UC Laurel Heights Housing Proposal Contested
By Sunset Beacon on February 3, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )
By Thomas K. Pendergast
A 13-building development planned at the University of California's Laurel Heights
campus, a 10-acre site located at 3333 California St., has already drawn community
opposition, even as it is being reviewed by the SF Planning Department.
The University of California, San Francisco Laurel Heights campus has great
views of the downtown and beyond. Photo: Thomas K. Pendergast.
The proposal being developed by the Prado Group would: convert an existing office
building to residential use and divide a 68-foot-tall structure into two structures, with
vertical additions raising the height up to 92 feet; build 13 new buildings along the
perimeter of the lot, ranging in height from four to six stories; and demolish the surface
parking lots and annex building.
The contractor would partially excavate a part of the lot to enlarge an underground
parking structure to contain up to 895 off-street vehicle parking spaces, nine loading
spaces and 600 bicycle parking spaces. There would be two public open space corridors
along the north-tosouth and east-to-west axes of the site, according to the SF Planning
In its current form, the project would be composed of a total of 15 buildings,
containing 558 residential units, 49,999 square feet of office space, 54,117 square
feet of retail space and 14,690 square feet of space for a child care center.
Opponents of the plan say they are not against the development, per se, but the proposed
retail space is a problem. Because a change of zoning will be required from the SF Board
of Supervisors for the project, a showdown at City Hall could be looming.
At this point, however, both sides seem to be open to alternatives and are awaiting an
opinion from Planning Department staff.
Two neighborhood groups whose members are concerned about the plan are the
Laurel Heights Merchants' Association (LHMA) and the Laurel Heights Improvement
Association (LHIA).
Kathryn Devincenzi, vice president of LHIA, claims the group got more than 800
signatures in opposition to the project from locals, which were submitted to
SF Supervisor Mark Farrell's office. Voice-mail and e-mail messages left for Farrell and
his staff seeking comment were not returned as of press time.
"Retail is having difficulty surviving and some of the merchants over at Laurel
Village have told me that since Target opened on Geary Boulevard their business
has dropped off," said Devincenzi.
"So, one of the reasons that we oppose a change to retail is that we don't want to
compromise Laurel Village; it's a lovely little neighborhood shopping center and
serves many, many neighborhood people who stop on their way home from work.
It's very safe. We have the elderly walk there in safety and we have a couple of
grocery markets. They have quality goods and they take care of their workers, and
so we want to try to keep them in existence."
Senior vice president and director of development for the Prado Group, Don Bragg, is
lead manager for the project.
"Our approach has always been to add to and complement the existing retail uses at
Laurel Village, and we aim to work with the community and Laurel Village merchants to
accomplish this," the Prado Group said in an e-mail.
"The retail plan (presented in June) shows how we would like to divide the spaces on
California Street to accommodate smaller shops and a range of family-friendly
neighborhood retail that can add uses that do not currently serve t his neighborhood.
"We do not have any specific retailers for the project. When the time is right to
commence seeking tenants, we will work with the neighborhood and local merchants
to determine the ideal uses for the neighborhood," the Prado statement continued.
"Our goal will be to attract a mix of local-serving retail to complement the retail uses that
are already available in the neighborhood. All of our planned spaces are for small
businesses and average approximately 2,000 square feet, similar to Laurel Village. Our
largest space on California Street is approximately 6,600 square feet and is further
divisi ble. By comparison, Bryan's is approximately 8,000 square feet and Cal-Mart is
approximately 11,000 square feet."
But that is just one issue among several that Devincenzi says local residents are
worried about.
"We're concerned that the development will have adverse impacts on the
neighborhood in terms of traffic, parking overflow, noise, air quality, shadows and
other things. Also, (Prado) wants to add two to three stories onto the main building,"
Devincenzi said.
The Prado Group says it is doing everything according to current zoning at the site, but it
recognizes that a change in zoning could change development options.
"We have requested 895 parking spots. We have requested the city maximum allowable
under the zoning plus an additional 60 public parking spaces. These parking requests are
subject to city approval …. "With the changing transportation landscape in mind, the
project also has several designated pick-up/drop-off vehicle zones, which can
accommodate ride-sharing services (like Uber and Lyft) safely and efficiently. Our
current plan places all the retail delivery spaces, waste and recycling pick-up
underground, "the Prado statement said.
But Devincenzi urged the development of housing at the site.
"We need housing, not retail, especially at that location, which is right next to
Laurel Village," Devincenzi said.
According to state Resolution 4109, which has been around since 1953, the rezoning
of the property up from the basic residential would allow for a project with
up to 744 residential units.
"As part of the commercial rezoning, the resolution imposed certain conditions,
including limitations on the density of residential development along a portion of
the western and southern perimeters of the property," the Prado Group said.
"The design that was presented … proposed 558 homes, is consistent with the
number of homes allowed under the RM-1 zoning. As such, the proposed base
application does not take advantage of the increase in density allowed under a
Planned Unit Development (PUD) designation.
"However, an EIR alternate was requested by the City at the PUD density of
approximately 744 units. In response to the City, we developed a senior housing
variant for the environmental review that removes the 49,999 square feet of office
(space and replaces it with 186 senior housing units ."
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Hello community! Who knows how to decompile original levels from the game? Saw, as import whole levels of, for example - a Bozak Horde Level. Probably used a Decompiler .level files in .map for further use in the Developer Tools editor. But have not yet found the right information. If who in course, prompt where to dig further.
Hey Devs, Got a few good suggestions for a future updates Since I and many other players are max or high in survivor rank and complain about lack of weapon variety, please make all weapons available regardless of level and also make them less over powered since it isn't the funnest thing being able to one shot almost anything now. Even without modding and upgrading, it's still too easy. A weapon like a Katana should be the only one shot weapon since it is the sharpest thing logically available. Things like machetes and long swords can cut, but these are dull blades thus they would do more breaking than cutting anyways (As I own these weapons in reality and they do not cut for chupacabra). Also, when looting bodies, the one thing that bothers me is that loot isn't scaled to your level. I remember Dead Island gave you higher cash rewards if you were high level, but here regardless of level in Dying Light, you still get the same 17-38 dollars regardless. Everyone once in a while you find a couple hundred, but usually the money is minuscule in value that it doesn't help that much unless you are selling wanted items or just selling high valued items just to buy another. Lastly, the swim speed. This is probably the most aggravating thing of all time for me personally. I think it would be great to incorporate it into the first unlock for the 2nd and 3rd tier agility trees. Since we can perform better with these unlocks, I think being able to swim faster would be nice to since the current speed is ridiculously slow. Either speed it up universally to make it more reasonable or make it upgrade with standard agility. Also, maybe adding a mask and/or aqua lung into the game as a craftable item would be cool to avoid blurry screens when exiting water as well as increasing breathing times for underwater scavenging. These are simply suggestions that would be greatly appreciated. Also, if there is any word on a patch for the glitched Toygar quests, that would be cool too.
Okay, so, here's my problem: I'm an idiot. The thing is, I've been playing for days since I finished 100% of the game just to get to the maximum level of all three skills, so I won't receive any exp for anything I do. Until there it's all okay, I've already finished the game, but then, something hits my head like a baseball bat: DLCs. ''The Bozak Horde'' and ''Cuisine & Cargo'' are basically about exp, but I won't get any since I'm maxed out, thereafter I will only play them to do something with the Season Pass. So, what about an Idea for Techland? Add in Season Pass more levels, like, level 30 or something, just to players that already beat the game have some fun too.


How did I find a treatment that works?
In some cases, the affected skin was right over the local muscle sprain, for example the leg. In other situations, the injured back segment is closely related to the location of skin lesions. See the picture of energy lines below.
To confirm what I saw, I started to treat these back and muscle injuries with mobility supplements and homeopathy and I worked closely with chiropractors and physiotherapists. It was great to see that most patients recovered quickly and now my long-time patients very rarely have skin problems.


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Valicheru is a village in Atreyapuram Mandal, East Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

Geography
Valicheru is located at .

Demographics
 India census, Valicheru had a population of 4627, out of which 2378 were male and 2249 were female. The population of children below 6 years of age was 10%. The literacy rate of the village was 65%.

References

Villages in Atreyapuram mandal

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Equipped with a 15.6" display, the Latitude E6530 strikes the perfect balance of mobility, performance, and durability. Armored with a MIL-STD 810G tested Tri-Metal casing, anodized aluminum display back, magnesium alloy wrapped corners, steel hinges, and a powder-coated base, the Latitude E6530 can handle work's tough demands. The Dell Latitude E6530 delivers ultimate performance in a highly mobile package.


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Q: Implementing OnClickListener for dynamically created buttons in Android I dynamically created buttons through code rather than from XML.

The code is as below :
    dynamicview = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.llayout);
     LinearLayout.LayoutParams lprams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
             LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
             LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);

     for(int i=0;i<nob;i++){
         Button btn = new Button(this);
         btn.setId(i+1);
         btn.setText("Button"+(i+1));
         btn.setLayoutParams(lprams);
         dynamicview.addView(btn);
     }

I am not finding a way in which I can implement OnClickListener to each of these buttons so that I can perform action based on the reference I get.

Can anyone help me in sorting out this issue. ?

Thanks in Advance,

A:    for(int i=0;i<nob;i++){
         Button btn = new Button(this);
         btn.setId(i+1);
         btn.setText("Button"+(i+1));
         btn.setOnClickListener(btnclick); <<<<<<<set click
         btn.setLayoutParams(lprams);
         dynamicview.addView(btn);
     }

And add this listner outside the any method and inside class
 OnClickListener btnclick = new OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {

            switch(view.getId()){
              case 1:
               //first button click
              break;
               //Second button click
              case 2:
              break;
              case 3:
               //third button click
              break;
              case 4:
               //fourth button click
              break;
            .
            .
            .
             default:
              break;
              }

        }
    };

A: See the code below:
for(int i=0;i<nob;i++) {
    Button btn = new Button(this);
    btn.setId(i+1);
    btn.setText("Button"+(i+1));
    btn.setLayoutParams(lprams);
    final int index = i;
    btn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
        void onClick(View v) {
            Log.i("TAG", "The index is" + index);
        }
    });
    dynamicview.addView(btn);
}

My example is pretty simple, but demonstrates how you can get the button index into the OnClickListeber. You can access any final field in the declared anonymous classes (e..g the OnClickListener).

A: Use a List and add Buttons you create to that List
List<Button> list = new ArrayList<Button>();

Now add your button to that List
for(int i=0;i<nob;i++){
         Button btn = new Button(this);
         btn.setId(i+1);
         btn.setText("Button"+(i+1));
         btn.setLayoutParams(lprams);
         dynamicview.addView(btn);
         list.add(btn);
     }

Then use advanced for loop to iterate through the list and add click listener for each Button..
for(Button btn : list){
btn.setOnClickListener(this);
}

A: Maybe this will be helpful for somebody I wanted to use the one counter variable for group of dynamically created buttons:
I've created the array for counters:
int[] squatReps;

From preferences I've taken the quantity of elements:
squatReps = new int[squatSets];  // where squatSets is taken from preferences

And finally we create the buttons
for (int i = 0; i < squatSets; i++){
                squatReps[i] = Integer.parseInt(sharedPreferences.getString("squats_reps", "0"));
                final Button squat_b = new Button(this.getActivity());
                squat_b.setId(i);
                squat_b.setText("");
                squat_b.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
                final int index = i;
                squat_b.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(View v) {

                        squat_b.setText(Integer.toString(squatReps[index]--));
                        startTimer();
                    }
                });
                panel_1.addView(squat_b);

A: its the same thing...
for(int i=0;i<nob;i++){
         Button btn = new Button(this);
         btn.setId(i+1);
         btn.setText("Button"+(i+1));
         btn.setLayoutParams(lprams);
         btn.setOnCLickListsener(new listener());
         dynamicview.addView(btn);
     }

listener implemnets OnClickListenere{

public void onClick(View v){

}

}

A: for(int i=0;i<nob;i++){
         Button btn = new Button(this);
         btn.setId(i+1);
         btn.setText("Button"+(i+1));
         btn.setLayoutParams(lprams);
         btn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
               /////Do some job on button click
            }
        });
         dynamicview.addView(btn);
     }

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Q: Passing an array of ID's from Postman to Laravel API I'm studying API's and I'm facing a problem. In web apps we can easially pass an array of ID's, for eg categories ID's to the controller. But when we use API, how do we post this array?
Tipically we have a select input in html.
I've tried a form-data with categories[] and values [0 => 1, 1 => 5] but doesn't work.
Can someone explain this to me? Regards and thanks.
EDIT 1:
Do we need to add N categories[] field and we need to test as an array?

A: yes you need to add N categories[] in your postman request like so

and in your controller you will receive it as $request()->get('users') and it will be an array of users


Uzbek-Korean cooperation has been exemplary. This was suggested by South Korea's Ambassador Lee Wook-Heon, who is concluding his mission to Uzbekistan.
Summing up the results of his activities, the diplomat noted with satisfaction that "the cooperation that the Republic of Korea and Uzbekistan are carrying out today across many areas is exemplary." The ambassador said, singling out the key points of his work in Uzbekistan, that the most important events of the past three years, when he served as chief of the diplomatic mission, were mutual visits by heads of the two states in June 2014 and May 2015.
"They once again clearly demonstrated that, despite the passage of time, the relationship between the two countries continue to be very important to each other. In practice, a lot of mutually advantageous agreements have been reached between the governments and enterprises of bоth nations, and which are being successfully implemented. In particular, the successful construction of the Ustyurt Gas Chemical Complex is going to remain as a great stride in the history of bilateral relations. I personally had the privilege to witness the commencement ceremony of construction works at the Complex with the participation of Presidents of our two countries, back in August 2011. With support fr om the two governments, thanks to the efforts and assistance of respective companies, soon we will be able to observe the official ceremony of completion of the project. But our countries are not going to stop there. Close cooperation between Uzbekistan and the Republic of Korea will continue in areas such as energy resources, automotive and textile industries, finance and ICT sectors, e-government and many others. In Uzbekistan, there are 400 Korean companies developing mutually beneficial business by creating tens of thousands of jobs and spreading advanced technologies of management and know-how. I want to express my deep gratitude for the confidence displayed towards Korean entrepreneurs.
"Important project was that which set up a professional training center wh ere South Korea shares with Uzbek youths her experience and technologies garnered in the course of her development. My memory will forever have projects constituting symbols of cooperation and trust between the two countries: the project of computerization of the education sector, construction of children's hospital, as well as a new terminal of Tashkent International Airport, the launch of which is just around the corner. But what I will never forget is the amazing nature of Uzbekistan, its rich cultural heritage and, of course, hospitable and open people.


In the context of subtitling, 'pass-through channels' refer to channels that are received and re-transmitted either in real time or with a short delay. This configuration is used extensively by cable and satellite operators where channels from other broadcasters are combined onto their platform at a headend.
Where multiple services are received off satellite there is often a need to decode, re-code or re-time the subtitles and captions.


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Dimitrious Gargasoulas has pleaded not guilty over the Bourke Street deaths. Picture: Tony Gough
Brother of accused Bourke St driver speaks
by Debbie Schipp
THE brother of accused Bourke St driver Dimitrious Gargasoulas is worried about his brother's mental health in prison, revealing they have been writing each other letters.
Angelo Gargasoulas was in court on Monday to support his brother, 27, as he appeared before the Victorian Supreme Court via video link for a directions hearing.
The accused man last week waived his right to a pre-trial committal hearing and pleaded not guilty to 39 offences, including six counts of murder and 28 counts of attempted murder, over the Bourke St rampage on January 20.
Mental health experts who assessed Gargasoulas in custody believe his mental fitness to plead and stand trial was an issue.
Director of Public Prosecutions John Champion SC said they were awaiting another report before deciding how the case would proceed.
The report, by the state's criminal mental health service Forensicare, is not expected to be completed before March.
"I would hope Forensicare would give this matter urgent priority," Justice Lex Lasry said.
"This is one of those cases where there is some level of pressure."
Defence barrister Theo Alexander said Gargasoulas' current mental state was an issue.
"The primary inquiry is his current presentation," he told the court. Outside court, Angelo said he was worried about his older brother. "That's the only thing I'm more than concerned about, pretty much his mental health and how he's doing, pretty much," he told media.
"Family's family after all, at the end of the day." Angelo said he and his brother have been writing each other letters while he had been in prison.
Angelo said his brother had "most definitely" shown remorse for what happened.
"It's definitely showing," he said.
Dimitrious 'Jimmy' Gargasoulas has pleaded not guilty. Source: Facebook
2017: A year of heartache and mayhem
bourke street mall court mental health

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Q: iOS App Different Timezone treating Date Entries Different I have released my first app to the App Store 2 months ago and the success has been excellent thus far. I have recently however discovered an issue.
The premise of the app is to be able to keep track of money envelopes given and received. It's a simple app that allows you to add entries and then in the tab bar, it displays the chronological timeline, followed by filtering just by the Name, Event and Year in the other tabs. It works well around the world, except for when you change the timezone.
The app uses core data in the background including some NSPredicate checks to see "if this year that you're selecting already exists, I will return it and if it does not, I will create a new entry for the year". So if you have one entry with 2014 and one with 2013 as the years, in the Year tab, you will see one entry for 2014 and one for 2013. If you add another entry for 2014, you will not see two 2014 entries in the year tab, but still a single 2014 entry (with all of the transactions below).
The date is selected using a UIDatePicker to obtain the actual date.
The problem arises when you change timezones. If you do this, an entry with 2014 as the year no longer gets recognised as the same entry as a previous 2014 and so in the year tab, I'm ending up with multiple 2014 entries which of course makes no sense.
I figured out this was related to timing and below you can see I'm not using timezones, but rather using the NSGregorianCalendar functionality.
NSCalendar *yearCal = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
NSDateComponents *yearComponent = [yearCal components:NSYearCalendarUnit fromDate:self.datePicker.date];
NSDate *selectedYear = [yearCal dateFromComponents:yearComponent];

Without changing the functionality too much here of the app (I want it to work in the same way), how would I go about specifying a timezone of say GMT but because of daylight savings, etc, I'd want to keep it to something like 12pm GMT as a standard, so no matter where you are in the world, it'll focus on 12pm GMT for the time.
I hope this makes sense but any assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks,

A: Time zones are pretty tricky to deal with.. you always have to consider the semantics of your date property (e.g. if a value entered in 2014 in australia should show up as 'in 2014' or 'in 2013' because the 'home timezone' is in the US where it was 2013 and so on)
NSCalendar defaults to use the current local timezone, as does UIDatePicker (and NSTimeFormatter, which is used internally when you do po date in the debugger).
My first advice is to store the year as a separate field in the DB if you want to do filtering based on it..
But if you want to 'normalize' date values to a specific time zone you can set the UTC timezone on NSDateComponents to get the first moment of the year in UTC:
NSCalendar *yearCal = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
NSDateComponents *yearComponent = [yearCal components:NSYearCalendarUnit fromDate:self.datePicker.date];
[yearComponent setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"UTC"]]
NSDate *selectedYear = [yearCal dateFromComponents:yearComponent];

This overrides NSCalendar's own timeZone property (which should be the same as UIDatePicker's).


A huge thank you to Peter Pakula and Ivan Bennet for a great night at CCGFC HQ, Gosford Sailing club.
There are few people with both the reputation, experience and knowledge than these two.
Thankyou for sharing some of this with our members, i am sure we all learnt something new.


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Q: In MVC, where does code for background tasks belong? I'm using ASP.NET, but I'm sure this pertains to any (or most) MVC frameworks.
When a new web project is created, you get a basic folder/semantic structure for your code:

*

*Controllers (service requests from browsers)

*Models (store and manipulate data)

*Views (HTML pages)

*Content (static content

*Scripts (JavaScript)

*App_Data (database files)

That's fine, but what if I want to have code that runs separately of browser requests -- for example, maybe a request runs some code, but in another thread, and continues executing after the request is completed. Or if the code is just run periodically independent of a request altogether.
In my case, the code would work on data -- generating it, cleaning it up, etc -- which makes me think it should go in models. But it doesn't really "model" data, it just works on it in the background. Is there a semantic place for this kind of thing?

A: You could utilize queues here, such MSMQ, RabbitMQ and etc. Each request which needs to be off-loaded can be queued and an external service would pop items from the queue and start processing them one-by-one. The service itself could be a plain windows service, although you could probably use WCF here. You could even integrate workflow into it for more complex processing scenarios. I generally create a separate namespace called "services.servicename" for these types of projects.
EDIT:
You're probably looking at 2 parts here. For something like this to work, you'd need a service to take requests from your application and add them to the queue. And another service to actually processes the queue. You're likely looking at 3 different projects in your solution to accomplish this. Now, i've done this with WCF before, so my suggestions are based on WCF technology. Here is how your project structure would look.

*

*MyCompany.Services.QueueRequest - Takes requests from your application.

*MyCompany.Services.QueueRequestContract - Provides a contract (interface) which allows your application to interface with your QueueRequest service.

*MyCompany.Services.QueueProcessor - Background processor.

Your QueueRequest service will be implementing interface in the QueueRequestContract namespace instead of its own. We do that so that we can reuse that contract in your application layer to communicate with the service. So it kind of looks like this.
Your app --> QueueRequestContract (IMyService) --> QueueRequest service (implements IMyService).


A local cryptocurrency exchange in Chile has reportedly filed a lawsuit against six major banks in the country for abusing their power and quashing its crypto payment business. This lawsuit follows another one filed in Chile against ten banks by a different crypto exchange.
Chilean cryptocurrency exchange Orionx filed a lawsuit with the country's Court for the Defense of Free Competition (TDLC) against six major banks in the country last week, according to Diario Financiero. The six banks are Bancoestado, Banco de Chile, Banco Bice, Itaú Corpbanca, Santander, and Scotiabank.
The demand before the TDLC is based on the fact that the defendant banks, abusing a dominant position and with sufficient market power, excluded Orionx from the market of digital payments that was achieved through the refusal of sale and exclusive practices.
He noted that the six banks control 77.1% of Transbank, the main operator of digital payment systems in the South American country.
The lawsuit includes the financial entities that declined to sign a contract with the exchange or hindered the management of its new bank accounts. The company interprets these actions as an attempt to impede free competition.
In March, a number of banks in Chile closed the accounts of Orionx as well as two other crypto exchanges: Buda.com and Cryptomkt.
In closing Orionx's bank account, Bancoestado said it did "not wanting to get involved with transaction operators of cryptocurrencies, because there is no legal framework that regulates them," Criptonoticias detailed. The company then filed a request with the TDLC, "alleging that Bancoestado failed to comply with the terms established in the contract for this type of procedure," but it could not prevent the bank from closing its account.
"What we experienced these months was terrible, from one day to another, they cut us [off from] the income of the company, and we had only been operating for four months, we were very close to bankruptcy," CEO and co-founder Roberto Zibert shared.
According to the text of the lawsuit, banks argued that they closed the accounts of crypto exchanges because "it is a smoke screen, an appearance of legality, all to mask or disguise the true objective of their conduct," which "prevent, restrict or hinder free competition," the news outlet conveyed.
We believe that we have a solid case and that it differs from the rest just because we had an electronic means of payment with customers, called Orionx Pay, which [is] further evidence [of] direct competition in the relevant market.
Buda.com previously sued 10 banks after they closed its accounts. The TDLC then ordered three of them, Bancoestado, Itau, and Scotiabank, to reopen the accounts of the exchange and of Cryptomkt while the lawsuit is pending. Following an appeal by the banks which was rejected by the TDLC, Bancoestado agreed to reopen accounts of the two exchanges but the other two banks plan to further appeal.
What do you think of Orionx suing the six banks? Let us know in the comments section below.
Images courtesy of Shutterstock, Orionx, and Bancoestado.


Coziest pullover sweater featured in a chunky knit design with an oversized fit and plunging neckline.
Styling tip: pair it with your favourite jeans, grab a glass of wine and cozy up by your fireplace. Absolute perfection.


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Some javascript libraries need to be added to the global scope, and loaded as if
they were in a script tag. We can do this using the `apps[0].scripts` and
`apps[0].styles` properties of `angular-cli.json`.

As an example, to use [Bootstrap 4](http://v4-alpha.getbootstrap.com/) this is
what you need to do:

First install Bootstrap from `npm`:

```bash
npm install bootstrap@next
```

Then add the needed script files to `apps[0].scripts`:

```json
"scripts": [
  "../node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js",
  "../node_modules/tether/dist/js/tether.js",
  "../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js"
],
```

Finally add the Bootstrap CSS to the `apps[0].styles` array:
```json
"styles": [
  "../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css",
  "styles.css"
],
```

Restart `ng serve` if you're running it, and Bootstrap 4 should be working on
your app.

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Pan African University admissions, courses and fees ▷ Ghana news | Diaspora Community. Welcome Back Home!
Pan African University is a name often mentioned when talking about institutions of higher learning in Ghana. Pan African University Ghana is one of the best Educational institutes in the entire African continent. The university is a combination of initiatives from all over the continent to promote higher education and research in Africa.
Central Africa: PAU Institute for Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences (PAUGHSS) at the University of Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Eastern Africa: PAU Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI) at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya.
Western Africa: PAU Institute for Life and Earth Sciences (including Health and Agriculture) (PAULESI) at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Northern Africa: PAU Institute for Water and Energy Sciences (including Climate Change) (PAUWES) at the Abou Bekr Belkaid University of Tlemcen, Algeria.
The fifth hub of Pan African University will be established in South Africa and it will cater for Space Sciences.
The sixth Pan African University hub will be established in Cameroun. This institute will cater for e-learning programmes to a bigger number of students and researchers.
The schedule for fees payment at Pan African University is given upon receiving the admission letter. This applies to both local and international students. Nonetheless, information provided below might prove important when seeking admission to the university.
Applicants may be required to undergo a written/oral examination after pre-selection.
Applicants for the Master in Conference Interpreting and Translation programmes are required to have excellent knowledge of not less than two of the African Union's official languages (Arabic, English, French and Portuguese).
Pan African Christian University College Ghana is one of the best Christian faith-based universities in Ghana. It was established as an idea from Church of God world missions in Ghana. The College was established in October 2001 at Adenta, Accra Ghana with the vision of helping the students in Ghana and the entire world, in achieving their academic dreams in a holistic manner based on Biblical principles. The University has been a source of inspiration to most African students, as it has been affordable in the fulfillment of their dreams.
The mission of the University has been to be a sustainable source of leadership products all over the continent and to enhance higher education learning in Africa by offering affordable means. This has been possible through various partnership programmes with other Universities in Africa and other continents.
Applications should be filled online at pau-au.net/apply.
Closing date for receiving applications with all supporting documents is before the deadline for application.
For questions on academic matters/concerns, please write to them.
Pan African University has been very important to most African students as it has taken a leading role in ensuring that African students are in a position to achieve their dreams at an affordable cost. The University's mission of ensuring that they provide the continent with a resourceful workforce has been of great importance to the African countries economies.
African education system has been theory-based for a long time but the Pan African University has been in a leading position in transforming the system to a more practical-based system. The evidence is through the many products of leadership the University has produced all over the continent.


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A teletsunami (also called an ocean-wide tsunami, distant tsunami, distant-source tsunami, far-field tsunami, or trans-ocean tsunami) is a tsunami that originates from a distant source, defined as more than  away or three hours' travel from the area of interest, sometimes travelling across an ocean. All teletsunamis have been generated by major earthquakes such as the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, 1960 Valdivia earthquake, 1964 Alaska earthquake, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, and 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes.

Overview
Teletsunamis can be generated several different ways, the most common being earthquakes with magnitudes higher than 7.5. Vertical displacement on a thrust fault is more likely to produce a teletsunami than lateral displacement from strike-slip fault. Because of this, subduction zones, which occur when dense oceanic crust burrows underneath less-dense continental crust, are at greater risk of producing teletsunamis. The Pacific coast of North America is an example of a subduction zone: it includes the Cascadia subduction zone, which lies off the coasts of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Northern California. The regions around the Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska are also capable of producing large offshore earthquakes and thus large tsunamis.

Natural precursors that may indicate the approach of a teletsunami include a drawback, when the ocean water recedes well below low tide. While drawbacks may not always occur, their presence are considered a sign of impending danger.

Characteristics
The general characteristics of teletsunamis are similar to those of local tsunamis. The interval between waves can range from 5 to 60 minutes, although it usually falls between 10 and 30 minutes. The speed at which the teletsunami travels is dependent on the depth of the water, decreasing as the water becomes more shallow. On average, tsunamis in the Pacific Ocean travel at about ; however, due to the depth of the ocean, the height may only be a few feet. The low amplitude, along with the broad wavelength, which spans approximately , makes vessels in open water unaware of the passing tsunami. In shallow water, scuba divers caught in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were reportedly tossed around underwater, yet boats floating above were unaffected and failed to notice the wave as it passed by.

Teletsunamis generally consist of a series of waves rather than a single wave. The number of waves can vary, but data have shown that there are usually between two and ten. The first wave is typically not the largest one. During the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the second wave was the largest, and in the 1964 Alaska tsunami, it was the fourth. The retreat of the first wave may falsely imply that the tsunami has "finished", which can lead people to return to the beach out of curiosity, only to be swept away by the next incoming wave.

Coastal water usually recedes before the first tsunami strikes, and many witnesses have reported that the approaching teletsunami waves create a loud roaring sound similar to that of a train or a jet.

Tsunami watches and warnings

Although teletsunamis are usually generated by a large earthquake, many of the areas affected by the tsunami are too far from the earthquake's epicenter to feel it (hence the prefix tele-, or "distant", in "teletsunami"). Teletsunamis are also virtually undetectable to the human eye until they approach the shoreline. Several scientific organisations have been developed to establish tsunami warning system, which are to provide sufficient forewarning of an approaching teletsunami to initiate emergency preparations and evacuations.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Hawaii provides warnings for Pacific-based teletsunamis to almost every country around the Pacific, including island states.

The National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) in Palmer, Alaska, watches for teletsunamis approaching the West Coast of the United States and Canada. In order to prevent confusion, the PTWC does not issue watches or warnings for the west coast unless the NTWC fails to do so.

There are several guidelines set by the NTWC for issuing watches and warnings:
A watch is first issued if the arrival time for a potential teletsunami is more than 2 hours from the time of the warning. In this case, there would be enough time to verify the existence or nonexistence of a tsunami by way of NOAA buoys before a warning or cancellation message was issued.
Either a watch or warning is immediately issued if a magnitude 7.5 or greater earthquake occurs anywhere in the Pacific Rim, depending on circumstances.
A warning is issued if the potentially resulting tsunami would arrive onshore within 2 hours of the warning.

For example, if an 8.0 earthquake occurs in the Aleutian Islands, West Coast states such as Washington, Oregon, and California would receive a tsunami watch first; if the tsunami is verified, a warning would follow. If no wave is observed, a cancellation message would follow the watch instead. If an 8.0 earthquake were to occur off of the West Coast of the United States, a warning without verification of a tsunami would be issued, as there would not be enough time to first verify a wave and then conduct an evacuation of vulnerable areas.

Historical documentations
Destructive teletsunamis have been recorded as happening once or twice a century. One of the oldest teletsunamis reported was in November 1755, when a major earthquake known as the 1755 Lisbon earthquake (or the Great Lisbon earthquake) resulted in a teletsunami that ravaged Lisbon, Portugal. The teletsunami crossed the Atlantic and was noticed throughout the eastern Caribbean, from Barbados to Antigua and as far west as Cuba. The amplitude of the tsunami was maintained at about , and waves continued to arrive for many hours. No damage or casualties were reported. European sources also reported that the Azores fracture zone generated a second teletsunami in March 1761 (1761 Portugal earthquake), but no local confirmed observations were made in the Caribbean.

The most recent teletsunami resulting in mass casualties occurred in 2004 off the northern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Caused by an undersea megathrust earthquake, it led to nearly 300,000 deaths in several countries along the Indian Ocean.

A few destructive teletsunamis are generated each century by large earthquakes around the Pacific Rim. Such tsunamis can propagate across the entire Pacific in less than 24 hours, and cause widespread destruction along shorelines located thousands of miles from the source. The most recent of these was generated by the 2011 Japan earthquake, which crushed three dozen boats in Santa Cruz, California.

1700: Japan

A tsunami struck Japan occurred on January 26, 1700 and was not associated with an earthquake offshore of the country like most in Japanese historical records. This event has been linked now to a powerful earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone.

1868: Pacific Ocean

A tsunami triggered by the 1868 Arica earthquake caused significant damage in Hawaii and New Zealand where one fatality occurred, it was also recorded in Japan.

1946: Hawaii

In 1946, following a large earthquake in the Aleutian Islands, a teletsunami that originated in Alaska devastated Hilo, Hawaii. Waves  tall were observed in Hilo, and at least 170 people were killed. As there had been no warning issued, concerns led to the establishment of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii. The tsunami was also observed in California, but no casualties were reported and damage was slight – limited mostly  to personal vessels in the harbors.

1960: Pacific Ocean

In 1960, a teletsunami generated near the coast of Chile again devastated Hilo, resulting in 61 deaths. The earthquake responsible was the largest earthquake ever recorded, with a magnitude of 9.5 that caused waves  tall in Hilo. A warning was issued in Hilo beforehand that correctly predicted the tsunami's arrival time, though it did not provide sufficient time for the majority of residents to evacuate. The tsunami also struck Japan killing 138 and the Philippines killing 32.

1964: West Coast of North America

In 1964, a large tsunami originated as a result of the 9.2 earthquake from the Gulf of Alaska. As a result, California observed  waves and some regions sustained heavy damages from flooding, resulting in 11 deaths. Other regions such as Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii were also impacted by the teletsunami to varying degrees.

2004: Indian Ocean

The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami caused approximately 300,000 fatalities, the majority of which were in Indonesia. The teletsunami was generated by the 9.1 earthquake off the northern coast of Sumatra and also heavily impacted Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, and Somalia. It was the first teletsunami to have extensive video evidence.

See also
 Cumbre Vieja tsunami hazard
 Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART)
 List of tsunamis
 Megathrust earthquake
 Megatsunami
 Meteotsunami
 Submarine earthquake

References

Tsunami


Introduction: All members by default receive the club news via an e-mail address usually from a committee member or office bearer. For anyone without an e-mail address the news page on the website can be accessed either from within the members area, or the News TAB within the non-members area. Note that not all news sent out via e-mail will appear on the club news page, and for this reason we recommend that all riders become members of this club and get themselves an e-mail address on the internet.
2) If you are successful in logging on, the news page should appear as shown in figure 2..
1) From the non-members area, select the News menu item (As highlighted in Red) - see Figure 3. The news page will be displayed and is identical in content to the one shown in the members area.
See document 6.1 Not receiving the Club E-Mail for further information on troubleshooting and to set the option to receive the club e-mail on or off as required.


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Q: Rakan and Xayah recall channel duration Rakan and Xayah have the ability to recall together where one starts recall and the other can join in. Will the 2nd champ who joins in at the last second get recalled to base instantly, or does the recall refresh?

A: Instantly
From the Wiki:
(which is usually reliable)

Lover's Leap: If either Rakan or Xayah  is  recalling, the other may move nearby and activate their own recall to join them. Both reach base at the time of which the initiator's recall ends.


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White House Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert speaks during a briefing blaming North Korea for a ransomware attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide in May and crippled parts of Britain's National Health Service, at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
US short of options to punish NKorea for serious cyberattack
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration vowed Tuesday that North Korea would be held accountable for a May cyberattack that affected 150 countries, but it didn't say how, highlighting the difficulty of punishing a pariah nation already sanctioned to the hilt for its nuclear weapons program.
The WannaCry ransomware attack infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide and crippled parts of Britain's National Health Service. It was the highest-profile cyberattack North Korea has been blamed for since the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures after it produced "The Interview," a satirical movie imagining a CIA plot to kill leader Kim Jong Un.
While that destructive attack led to leaks of confidential data from the movie studio and emails that embarrassed Sony talent, the implications of the WannaCry intrusion were altogether more serious. Homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said it was "a reckless attack and it was meant to cause havoc and destruction." He said it put lives at risk in British hospitals.
Other experts say the attack was more likely an attempt by Kim's cash-strapped government to extract money. Last year, the same hacking group was suspected in a malware attack that penetrated the Bangladesh Central Bank's computer system, stealing $81 million.
Whatever the motivation, the public declaration of blame by Washington reflects growing concern over North Korea's cyber capabilities that appear all the more threatening because of Pyongyang's scant regard for international norms. North Korea is the only country to test nuclear weapons this century and is closing in on a missile that could strike anywhere on U.S. mainland.
"President Trump has used just about every lever you can use, short of starving the people of North Korea to death, to change their behavior," Bossert told reporters at the White House. "And so we don't have a lot of room left here to apply pressure to change their behavior."
In a sign of continuing malevolent online activity, Microsoft and Facebook said Tuesday that they worked together last week to help disable hackers tied to the same hacking group that was behind WannaCry.
Under Trump, the U.S. has piled on economic sanctions against North Korea, both on its own and with wide international support. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday that the pressure campaign "will be intensified as time goes by." Experts say North Korea's access to hard cash could be further hurt by more targeting of Chinese intermediary banks and companies, but U.S. options for punishing steps are limited.
"Sanctions on North Korea really aren't going to change its behavior," said James Lewis, a technology and intelligence expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who proposes not just targeting North Korea's revenue sources but also its government's own limited access to the internet. "Sending a carrier battle group off North Korea won't get them to stop hacking."
In January 2015, President Barack Obama responded to the Sony attack by imposing sanctions on North Korea's primary intelligence agency and a state corporation involved in ballistic missiles and arms trading, as well as on officials who worked for it. He also warned of further unidentified actions that would take place "at a time and manner of our choosing."
If any further action was taken, it was never made public.
While experts say North Korea lacks the elite capabilities of Russia or China, it has honed its cyber skills and has been accused of increasingly serious attacks.
South Korea, which said in 2015 that North Korea had a 6,000-member cyberarmy, says the North was suspected of hacking a South Korean military data center. Last year, the North was also accused of hacking the personal data of more than 10 million users of an online shopping site and dozens of email accounts used by government officials and journalists. It is also suspected of targeting South Korean banks and the operator of the nation's nuclear power plants.
"Their technical abilities are not the best out there, but they are plenty good enough to find a weak point and take advantage of it," said Benjamin Read, manager for cyberespionage analysis at online security provider FireEye.
FireEye says that in September it detected and stopped spear phishing emails sent to U.S. electric companies by a group affiliated with the North Korean government, though it did not observe the use of any method designed to compromise power supply. They also believe that North Korean hackers are targeting bitcoin exchanges to supplement the government's income.
Bossert said Microsoft and foreign governments, including the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Japan, confirmed the U.S. finding of responsibility for WannaCry. He said the U.S. seeks to partner with other nations and the private sector to prevent future attacks.
While WannaCry raised relatively little money for its perpetrators — few paid up after it proved that paying the ransom didn't unlock affected computers — its impact was vast. Government offices in Russia, Spain and other countries were disrupted, as were Asian universities, Germany's national railway and global companies such as automakers Nissan and Renault.
British hacker Marcus Hutchins disarmed the attack by identifying a "kill switch" in the code. In a twist, the FBI arrested Hutchins months later during a visit to the U.S.; he pleaded not guilty and awaits trial on charges he created unrelated forms of malware.
Associated Press writers Matt O'Brien in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, and Josh Lederman in Ottawa, Canada, contributed to this report.
Technology issues
Rocket and guided missile manufacturing
Weapons manufacturing
Aerospace and defense industry
Industrial products and services


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Q: How to create an HTML checkbox with a clickable label and clickable box without the clickable "whitespace" I was working through a W3 school tutorial and I can't figure out how to make the white space right of the text to not "check" the checkbox when clicked (for a similar program I am working on). I only want the checkbox to be activated when either the box or text is clicked on.
https://www.w3schools.com/howto/tryit.asp?filename=tryhow_css_custom_checkbox

A: change the css of .container. padding-left from 35px to 25 px. It will remove white space.
.container {
display: block;
position: relative;
padding-left: 25px;
margin-bottom: 12px;
cursor: pointer;
font-size: 22px;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;

}

A: Try using ul, li
Use li to display line by line
then have your labels wrapped inside.
Making label(.container) to display as "inline-block" will help to take auto width
.container {
    width: auto;
    display: inline-block;
}

Remove list styles on li's
li {
 list-style: none;
}

Refer: https://codepen.io/sprushika/pen/oqReEO

A: Just add a width: 25px; to the container's style. The width should be just large enough to cover every checkbox (see snippet below):

/* Stylesheet */
/* The container */

.container {
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  padding-left: 35px;
  width: 25px; /* this was added to fix the issue */
  margin-bottom: 12px;
  cursor: pointer;
  font-size: 22px;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -moz-user-select: none;
  -ms-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
}

/* Hide the browser's default checkbox */

.container input {
  position: absolute;
  opacity: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
}

/* Create a custom checkbox */

.checkmark {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  height: 25px;
  width: 25px;
  background-color: #eee;
}

/* On mouse-over, add a grey background color */

.container:hover input~.checkmark {
  background-color: #ccc;
}

/* When the checkbox is checked, add a blue background */

.container input:checked~.checkmark {
  background-color: #2196F3;
}

/* Create the checkmark/indicator (hidden when not checked) */

.checkmark:after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  display: none;
}

/* Show the checkmark when checked */

.container input:checked~.checkmark:after {
  display: block;
}

/* Style the checkmark/indicator */

.container .checkmark:after {
  left: 9px;
  top: 5px;
  width: 5px;
  height: 10px;
  border: solid white;
  border-width: 0 3px 3px 0;
  -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(45deg);
  transform: rotate(45deg);
}
<!DOCTYPE html>

Custom Checkboxes

  One
    <input type="checkbox" checked="checked">

  Two
    <input type="checkbox">

  Three
    <input type="checkbox">

After applying this fix, if you hover over each item with the mouse you will see that the hand icon changes to an arrow as soon as you leave the checkbox + text area.


At the United Nations, representatives from the world's 190 or so nations are meeting (in typical fashion) to prepare to meet. The preparatory meeting of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) began on May 4th and is to get ready for the Review Conference of the Treaty, which will happen next year.
Last week, Congress heard from its Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States. The Department of Energy released its budget for 2010 on May 8th – requesting $6.4 billion for nuclear weapons programs out of an overall budget of $26.4 billion.
In all of this nuclear attention, there is good, bad and mixed news, all of which is taking place against the background of President Barack Obama's historic Prague speech, in which he pledged to work for a world free of nuclear weapons. The president also identified immediate, concrete measures toward that goal, including negotiating a new treaty with Russia involving deep cuts in our respective nuclear arsenals; seeking ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT); accelerating spending designed to eliminate "loose nukes" and bomb-making materials (plutonium and enriched uranium) in Russia and beyond; and ending all new production of bomb-making materials worldwide.
Over the last eight years, the United States all but dropped out of the NPT process. The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty entered into force in 1970. It sets up a bargain between the nations that possessed nuclear weapons at the time – the United States, the Soviet Union, France, China, and the United Kingdom – and the rest of the world. While nuclear-haves work to dismantle their arsenals, the nuclear-have-nots won't pursue nuclear weapons programs. The carrot in the mix was the "peaceful atom:" allowing non-nuclear states access to nuclear technologies for energy.
The NPT regime has been under assault by the slow pace of nuclear disarmament and the spike in nuclear proliferation outside the treaty by Israel, India, North Korea, and Pakistan. Iran appears to be close behind, and the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission warns that as many as a dozen other nations have the ability to develop nuclear weapons capabilities within the next decade.
Given all of this, there was palpable relief following Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller's presentation at the 2009 preparatory meeting. The head of the U.S. delegation read a message from Obama in which he reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to the treaty and called for collaboration, saying, "we must define ourselves not by our differences, but by our readiness to pursue dialogue and hard work to ensure the NPT continues to make an enduring contribution to international peace and security." Gottemoeller then described U.S. support for the each of the three pillars of the Treaty: disarmament, nonproliferation, and nuclear energy. Perhaps most dramatically, she called on all countries to abide by the NPT, singling out India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea by name as nations not in compliance with the treaty, and calling the development of effective consequences for treaty violators a priority. Her statement and full participation in the meetings stands in marked contrast to the track record over the last eight years, and signals U.S. seriousness about international cooperation.
Congress gave a blue ribbon collection of strategic sages – former lawmakers and nuclear laboratory directors, retired Pentagon and Department of Energy officials, and representatives from research institutions like the National Institute for Public Policy – the task of examining the long-term strategic posture of the United States and making recommendations about what the future shape of that posture should be. Those recommendations were released last week in a 360-page report.
While nothing in the report purports to set policy for the Obama administration, the commission's recommendations will be taken into consideration as the administration begins work on its Nuclear Posture Review scheduled to be released late this year or early next year. Read with an eye towards the future of nuclear policy, against the backdrop of Obama's pledge to seek a world free of nuclear weapons, the report offers up a somewhat confused picture.
On the one hand, the commission acknowledges the "final abolition of nuclear weapons" as a goal and asserts that the use of nuclear weapons should be a "defensive last resort." It also observes that the "moment appears ripe for a renewal of arms control." The Bush administration's nuclear posture asserted the possibility of a first use of nuclear weapons, failed to mention abolition, and as a rule took a dim view of arms control regimes.
But on the other side of the ledger, the commission couldn't reach consensus on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty – seen by the rest of the world as a critical litmus test of the U.S. commitment to eventual nuclear disarmament. Just as alarming, within the context of promoting a "lead and hedge" policy, in which the United States simultaneously leads disarmament efforts and maintains a strategic hedge of nuclear weapons, the commission asserts the necessity of the nuclear laboratories' warhead "life extension program," calling on the laboratories to maintain the ability to design new nuclear weapons. This can be understood as a back door to new weapons designs because the nuclear labs have used "life extension" to introduce new design elements into at least two types of nuclear warheads. In the same vein, the commission's urging that the labs maintain their weapons design capabilities opens the door to billions of dollars in spending on a veritable wish-list of high-tech computer modeling, lasers, imaging systems, and new facilities.
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced his department's budget requests for fiscal year 2010. Amid a lot of fanfare about renewable resources and sustainability was a Bush-like $6.4 billion for the National Nuclear Security Administration's continued work on nuclear weapons technologies, facilities, and designs.
This request is in line with the NNSA's longer term plans for upgrading the nuclear weapons complex over the next two decades, an endeavor that could cost tens and tens of billions of dollars. Besides being expensive, the plan for so-called Complex Transformation was crafted during the Bush administration, and is obsolete now that the Obama administration has pledged to dramatically accelerate the reduction of the U.S. nuclear stockpile.
A $6 billion-plus budget for moving forward on nuclear weapons research and development while negotiating for nuclear nonproliferation and pledging a nuclear-weapons-free world sends mixed signals to allies, provides political cover to adversaries, and makes it more difficult to persuade Iran and North Korea to roll back their nuclear programs.
Obama cannot unilaterally get rid of all the United States nuclear weapons tomorrow – even if that's what he wanted to do.
But he can halt these expensive and short-sighted nuclear weapons plans with a stroke of his pen when the budget comes back to him in a few months. In that way, he can reconcile the U.S. nuclear weapons budget and U.S. nuclear weapons policy.
Foreign Policy in Focus columnist Frida Berrigan is a senior program associate at The New America Foundation's Arms and Security Initiative.
Nuclear Security Spending: Assessing Costs, Examining Priorities found that in fiscal year 2008, the United States spent over $52 billion on nuclear weapons and related programs, but only 10 percent of that went toward preventing a nuclear attack through slowing and reversing the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. http://tinyurl.com/qkr4d6.


Anolon is the leading brand of gourmet cookware designed for creativity in the kitchen. They approached us, wanting to take their culinary vision into the blogosphere, specifically targeting the social chef that wasn't afraid to take risks in the kitchen.
So we created Whisk Takers, an original content Tumblr that dares you to get creative in the kitchen. Using editorial concepts like Grains Explained, Mad Skillets, and Yes We Pan, we set to put a modern twist on the culinary status quo. We produced videos, posters, illustrations, photo sets, and GIFs to inspire and entertain your inner chef.


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Die RotorWay A600 Talon ist ein einmotoriger, zweisitziger Bausatz-Hubschrauber des US-amerikanischen Herstellers RotorWay International.

Geschichte
Die ersten Tests mit der A600 fanden im Januar 2007 statt, und am 23. Juli 2007 wurde der Talon auf der EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Oshkosh (Wisconsin) der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. Der Hubschrauber wird als Bausatz ausgeliefert, kann aber auch als Fertigprodukt erworben werden. Der Neupreis soll bei rund 150.000 USD liegen. Bei den Flugerprobungsflügen kam es am 15. März 2011 zu einem Zwischenfall mit einem Werkshubschrauber, bei dem die Maschine zerstört, aber niemand verletzt wurde.

Konstruktion

Die A600 verfügt über einen Zweiblatt-Hauptrotor mit asymmetrischen Rotorblättern und einen Zweiblatt-Heckrotor mit symmetrischem Rotorblattprofil. Im Gegensatz zum Exec wird der Heckrotor konventionell über eine Antriebswelle angetrieben. Diese Lösung ist zwar technisch aufwändiger und teurer, aber auch wesentlich ausfallsicherer als der häufig kritisierte Riementrieb des Exec.

Der wassergekühlte Vierzylinder-Boxermotor ist in zwei Varianten erhältlich, als RotorWay RI 600N mit 147 PS oder als RI 600S (Supercharged) mit 167 PS, wird bei RotorWay selbst gefertigt und verfügt über ein FADEC-System. Im Cockpit wird ein EFIS (MGL Stratomaster Enigma) anstelle herkömmlicher Analoganzeigen eingesetzt.

Als Landevorrichtung wird ein Landegestell eingesetzt, auch sind Schwimmer erhältlich.

Weblinks

 Website des Herstellers RotorWay International

Einzelnachweise

Hubschraubertyp
Selbstbauluftfahrzeug
Erstflug 2007


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Q: How to ensure a Java thread runs until completion without interruption? I have an interesting problem, it seems simple but I can seem to find any solutions to it online or on stackoverflow.
I have a program which generates threads to search down paths of a maze in order to find a way out. Upon reaching a dead end a thread returns to the junction it came from and marks the direction as dead so no other thread looks down that way. Similarly, upon reaching the way out the thread returns and marks the direction it came from as golden, if a thread finds a golden path it ignores everything else and follows the golden directions to the exit and terminates.
My problem is if a thread finds the exit I want it to return all the way to the beginning junction marking the golden directions on the way before being booted off the processor for using up it's share of processor time. Currently a thread which has found the exit can get halfway through marking the way out when it's quantum of time on the processor runs out and it gets kicked out of the processor for the time being, so some threads still exploring the earlier parts of the maze wander about wasting time when they could be on their way out.
How do I ensure that a thread 't' which has just found the exit, stays on the processor until it terminates itself.
Thanks in advance.

A: There's no way you can guarantee programmatically that your thread stays on the processor until it finished its work. Thread scheduling is an OS prerogative and it follows rules of fairness when distributes quanta of time between threads.
If we look deeper, the processor itself is allowed to decide on what thread could wait for a while (for instance, if it's asking for a memory part that is not cached yet and it will take long to deliver those data to the cache), but these  delays are minor.
Overall, your task looks like an overengineering. Unless your maze is immensely huge that marking the golden path takes so long time that it really matters (it usually takes microseconds at worst on modern computers to change the state of rather large chunks of memory, even in multithreaded environment), and you really count micro- and nanoseconds, all you need is to develop a good maze-walking algorithm, optimise it, find what number of threads works best for you and let the JVM, OS and CPU do the rest. They are good enough at doing their job even without so deep tuning.
If even after that you still want to do something about it (maybe just out of curiosity), you could use the following strategy: Create a special thread with the highest possible priority and keep it ready. When one of your working threads finds the golden path, delegate the task of marking it to that high-priority thread. Though it won't guarantee you that the thread cannot be got kicked out of the processor, the quanta of its time will be larger.
In Java, you can do it by means of ExecutorService:
private final ExecutorService executor =
        Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1, r -> {
            Thread thread = new Thread(r, "golden-path-marker");
            thread.setPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY);
            return thread;
        });
executor.prestartCoreThread();

And later, when you find the path:
executor.submit(() -> {
    // Mark the golden path here
});

But be aware that switching between threads is time consuming, so your maze must be really big and marking the path must be really time-consuming for you to gain something from this approach.


The revenue is used to maintain copiers and purchase supplies.
From criminal complaints to civil lawsuits, the public can easily access copies of court records in Wisconsin, but it's going to cost some money.
Specifically, it costs $1.25 per page, a charge set by state law. While the law is a subsection of civil action fees, the $1.25 charge is applied to copies of most court records.
The circuit clerk oversees record-keeping for criminal, civil, traffic, family and small claims proceedings.
Last year, the Outagamie County court clerk's office received $42,544 in copying fees. As of Oct. 31, the county received $34,308 this year, which puts them at a projected $41,170 by the end of 2014.
Winnebago County has seen a small increase each year since 2012, when it received $29,583 in copying fees. Last year, the fees generated $33,482. So far this year, the county has received $28,478 and is on track to make $34,174 by the end of 2014.
In an effort to help, Winnebago County cuts costs for residents in small ways, like not charging for the packet of forms needed to file for divorce. The courthouse also has a public copier where people can make copies themselves for 25 cents before documents are filed with the clerk.
Calumet County, which has fewer court cases than its Fox Valley counterparts, received $5,897 in copy fees in 2012, which dropped to $3,985 in 2013. This year, the county has made $2,966 in copying fees and is projected to receive $3,559 by the end of the year.
State law does allow for lower copying fees for public defenders, who are appointed to represent clients who can't afford a private attorney. Copy fees for public defenders are supposed to be limited to the "actual, necessary and direct costs of copying," which provides a glimpse into how much revenue clerk's offices receive from other parties.
Calumet County charges the public defender's office 25 cents per page for copies, while Outagamie County imposes a 15-cent fee per page. Outagamie County also charges probation and parole officials 20 cents per page, while other county departments are charged 5 cents, Bocik said.
In Calumet County, the revenue is returned to the general fund, unlike Outagamie County, where the money stays in the clerk's office. The revenue helps pay for copier maintenance, paper and ink, which "aren't cheap," she said.


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This philosophy began with the belief that through improving critical and refractive thinking, with logic and reasoning, each student can learn to discover their own personalized path, to search for their unique place and function within society. As I moved throughout my teaching career, I have added the component of leadership to this philosophy, where I believe in the power of one, and the ability of each person to change their corner of the world, changing the bigger world by default.
By using the Socratic method of constantly asking questions to challenge assumptions, bias, and perception as well as teaching by induction, the student learns to bend thought, to challenge themselves,as well as conventional wisdom, to learn about themselves through their pursuit of academic core principles and philosophies. It is here that students will transition and evolve from being co–dependent, to interdependent to becoming independent productive members of society. Students will learn that the search for truth begins internally with asking the right questions, which then leads to the most appropriate and effective answers.
The world is in desperate need of leaders who are willing to take risks, to blaze new trails, to question boundaries to take our society into the future. Sometimes this leadership is with a grand gesture; sometimes leadership simply comes softly. We need innovators, critical and refractive thinkers, and leaders to be audacious and bold; to question what we are doing and why, often asking why not. We need those willing to search for answers to questions not yet even asked.
I am that teacher that mentors them along this path.
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I'm subscribed to about 4 different monthly bookish boxes (and always in the process of looking for more/exchanging for new ones).
Unfortunately, even though there's a ton of subscription book boxes out there, and there are many lists that talk about them to help you choose, I very soon found out that no matter how many there are, none of them (at least as far as I could see, having searched online a few times) really match what I'd really want from a subscription book box.
Fantasy, sci-fi (maybe historical fiction, detectives, mysteries).
Preferably new releases, but not critical.
I don't really remember how did I first found out about book subscription boxes, but then very soon they flooded my instagram and I couldn't help but want to subscribe to more and more.
The thing is, most of subscription boxes, and certainly the most 'loud' ones, are all about YA. And to be honest, I don't think I would read a single YA book if not for them.
Not that I was too biased, since I never really knew about them to form an opinion other than 'it means they are for kids'. And I hardly ever read books for kids when I was one. Save for Harry Potter, but I don't think that really counts. That is also why I didn't really feel too cautious about YA when I ordered my first subscription box, because I simply decided that (after seeing on instagram that a lot of seemingly adult people were enjoying them) maybe I misunderstood the categorization, and people just called all new fantasy and sci-fi books YA (sort of like people in Japan call literary fiction 'literature' and most of genre fiction 'light novels').
It wasn't before I received my first few boxes that I felt like I seriously needed to look into something that wasn't so focused on YA. I can't even say what exactly it is about YA… Well, to be honest I still kind of unclear on what makes YA so YA, but the books, even where I could like the story itself, seemed… too shallow, too thinly connected… more like an overly simplified summary of a book that could happen, but didn't because someone either rushed it out or was told to make it more simple… And at first I thought that it was just those books and those authors, but after this year it seems to be the only thing that I can attribute to YA as a unifying factor. Along with tiny chapters and the feeling that it was made to resemble a movie more than a book, and to be read in few hours–take only slightly more time than it would take to watch a movie.
I can't say that I regret subscribing to YA boxes entirely… With my current mental and emotional state, light reads that I can be done with in few hours are sometimes actually exactly what I need. And some of the books I received were exactly that. But sometimes… There is also this another thing that bothers me about YA – it's the 'trendy themes' that too many of the books I receive seem to be focused on. I have mentioned some of them in reviews I've written: girls kept in captivity (or under someone else's authority in other way) and humiliated by sadistic/narcissistic people; people falling in love with their former captors or with equally narcissistic jerks; palace intrigues and spies… The overall normalization, or more likely romanticization, of humiliation and lying that are featured in 90% of YA books I received (or researched after receiving a bookish item based on).
I honestly hate it and don't even want to think about the underlying psychology of their popularity.


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2019 Women's March: When It's Happening, How to Get There, Where to Warm Up
Also: How the government shutdown will affect the march.
Written by Adia H. Robinson
| Photographed by Evy Mages
| Published on January 17, 2019
The 2017 march. Photograph by Evy Mages
For the first Women's March in 2017, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Washington and in cities around the world to protest President Donald Trump. Now they're gearing up to march for the third time, but between controversy over alleged anti-Semitic remarks from Women's March founders Tamika Mallory and Carmen Perez, a change of plans due to the government shutdown, and chilly temps in the forecast—the third Women's March is shaping up to be smaller than previous ones. If you're planning go, here's what you need to know.
Where and when is this thing happening?
The third annual Women's March on Washington is this Saturday, January 19. While the original plan was to gather and march on the National Mall, because of the government shutdown, people will now gather at 10 AM in Freedom Plaza (1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW). The march will kick off at 11 AM from the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th Street, NW, pass the Trump International Hotel, and return for a rally at Freedom Plaza, scheduled to start at 1:30 PM and end at 4 PM.
That's a long time to be outside. What's the weather going to be like?
As of this afternoon, the Capital Weather Gang's forecast says to expect rain and a wintery mix throughout the afternoon with temperatures in the low 30s and 40s. So bundle up!
So…where can I go warm up? Or use the bathroom?
Organizers will have heating vans stationed at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street, NW. There will be plenty of portable toilets, including ones accessible for marchers with disabilities, available around Freedom Plaza.
What's the best way to get there?
Freedom Plaza is between Federal Triangle and Metro Center stations and is a ten-minute walk from Gallery Place-Chinatown. If you're driving into the area, we'd recommend parking at a Metro lot, which are free on Saturdays.
I Attended the Women's March in 2017. Here's Why This Year's Feels Different.
Isn't the government shut down? How is this still happening?
Women's March organizers released a statement Wednesday saying that they were "required" to move the March from the National Mall to Freedom Plaza. "Thanks to Trump's government shutdown that has impacted the livelihood of 800,000 federal employees going on over three weeks now, the National Park Service and park police are technically not even allowed to speak with Women's March organizers even though we have a permit," says Rachel O'Leary Carmona, chief operations officer of the Women's March. She goes on to invite furloughed workers to join the march and adds that "the #WomensWave won't stop based on Trump's anti-immigrant whims. They can shut down the government but they can't stop the #WomensWave."
Who's gonna be there?
We're not sure! A spokesperson for the Women's March told Washingtonian that the speaker's list is not yet public and it's hard to estimate how many people will attend given the likelihood of bad weather. Their Facebook event page currently lists a little over six thousand people as going and their Artist Table lists 29 artists and performers, including America Ferrara, Talib Kweli, and Chrisette Michele, but it is unclear if they are scheduled to appear at this year's march.
Where can I get Women's March gear? What can I bring?
The official retailer of the Women's March is the Outrage on 14th Street. Bring small bags and backpacks, comfortable shoes and a warm raincoat. Leave anything that could be considered a weapon at home. As long is your sign or banner is less than 12 feet tall, it can be as big as you'd like.
Are there any other Women's March related events this weekend?
Yes! Here's a couple:
Women's March Lobby Day: the Women's March, the Center for Popular Democracy and other groups will lobby for Medicare for All at the Longworth House Office Building on Friday, January 18 from 11:30 AM until 4:30 PM.
DC Meet Up and Sign Making Party: UltraViolet invites anyone in town for the Women's March to a happy hour and sign making party from 5 to 7:30 PM on Friday, January 18 at the Busboys & Poets on 14th Street, Northwest.
Free Community Weekend at The National Museum of Women in the Arts: The museum will be free and open from 10 AM to 5 PM from Saturday, January 19, to Monday, January 21.
Women's March After Party: Republic Restoratives Distillery will host an after party on Saturday, from 2 PM to 7 PM. Enjoy snacks from Sporty Dog Creations and jams from DJ Tezrah.
A previous version of this article misstated the location of the Outrage. It is located on 14th Street, not in Adams Morgan.
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The largest pharmaceutical company based in the region is Boots, which retains their own archive.
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Ok, before i say anything this is my first FAQ!!!
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change it in any way and I must be given full credit.
If you have any questions about the game please email me.
I can improve it please email me.
Version 0.20   Origianal file section I, II and Coruscant walktrough!
version 0.26 Added to list of sites that can use this guide!
These are the controls of the game.
invincible as very little damage is taken.
Very large portions of health are taken when hit!
good for stealth moves esspecialy when in a disguise.
run out of ammo quickly!
ammo fast.  Overall a good weapon out of ten I would say 8!
which does make it more accurate!
just before the Rancor.  Also very useful on the last level kheevs lair!
Its accuracy is good but its not amazing so its easy to waste ammo.
he might not.  He might get tired from running I spose!
on its face. They're a silver metal colour.
pointing upwards with a blue strip down the middle!
notice and you can carry on.
happening regularly keep picking up ZEEO ENERGY BOOSTS!
all of the enemies to progress to the next part of the level.
Keep an eye on your psp battery level.
The level starts on a sort of path that leads into a square.
see a slight ramp to your right, run up that and jump over it.  Oh No!
It's a trap.  You will have to destroy the 2 turrets to get through!
small green light above it.  Slowly walk towards it to make it open.
that the crates reveal.  Take out the 2 smugglers with the blaster.
lasers and a gap.  Roll under the gap beneath all of the lasers.
the gap.  Now to you right there is a door.  Go through there.
take them out with the blaster or try some close combat skills.
2 turrets were opens.  Go through the door!  Concratulations!
You just completed the 1st level!!!
be taken!  You now see a black sun smuggler slowly walking.
Deafeat him with the blaster.  Oh no!  There is another smuggler.
room and on your right you will see a space where the door was.
Go through there.  Run to the end of that piece and then turn left.
right you can jump over it!  The 2nd laser is exactly the same.
droids  (like c3p0)  working at computers.  From where you are turn left.
Run to the end and you see a black sun smuggler facing away from you!
Sneak up behind him and using the Thorn of Ryloth stealth attack him.
You should now see 2 smugglers talking shoot 'em dead with the blaster!
After you destroy them it will tell you to destroy the generator.
of the hatch and go up to Rianna.  Watch the clip!  Now Zeeo can Boomerang!
Take ot the Smuggler with your blaster or use Zeeo's Boomerang attack!
Run up the corridoor and turn right.  Run down to the garage like door.
slice the dataport.  Oh No!  Air Turrets.  Protect Zeeo.  Use your blaster.
smuggler.  Walk along the platform and turn left.  Take out the smuggler.
the smugglers came from.  Well done!!  You completed the level!
hold down the x button!
attack to wipe them out.  Try out the new charge featue on your blaster.
watch out for hover cars.  If you get hit by one you fail the mission.
you will see a red ray shield but there is no dataport to slice!
see the dataport.  Go up to it and slice it using the triangle button.
behind where the ray shield was.  Go up and then accross the top.
You have completed the level!!!
the bridge.  Take out the Black sun smuggler.  There is also 1 Turret.
and slice it using Zeeo.  Go up the next slide and go up and accross.
the way you came and kill all the smugglers in the next room.
Hey presto You completed the level!!!
the left wall.  The pattern is Up, up, right then jump kill the smuggler.
door on the right.  Run down the steps through the door and turn right.
Walk up to the generator, watch the clip and Level complete!!!!!!!!!!!
Hmmmm does this remind you of anything.  Let me think.  Oh yeah!
This reminds me of Obi Wan holding onto that droid in episode II!
obstacles!  Stand up and avoid the obstacles.  Avoid more obstacles!  Yay!
this.  Mission Complete!  We are getting off Coruscant!
Right then lets do it!First watch the small clip!
simply use Zeeo to go up the wall by pressing O!  Now there is 1 laser.
platform!  Use Zeeo to do the wall thing yet again and land on the platform.
Watch out though there are lasers!You now the drill.Jump over the lasers!
out the bad dudes!  Go throught the door to your right and trough the coridoor.
the next door and anchoor up to the turret.  Use that to get rid of these guys!
door and wipe out the dudes Using your amazing skills (I said it yet again!).
Mwhahahahahahahaha! Go  through the door and level complete!
gunna try make it a little bit shorter!
laser stuff.  You need to be quick!  Right get to the top and incoming enemies!
right get to the turret and take them all out!  Hint: Look for a graple hook!
that genorator!  Once its destroyed you can go through the laser door thing.
up the crate and send Zeeo down the hole! find the red circle and activate it!
now go throgh the doorand Level complete!!!!!
the place blows up!  Once you hav done that.  Level Complete!
that opened after youv'e done that and its time for a boss fight!
make sure all 3 dataports are sliced.  Then attack him so he loses health!
were before.  If you go out a bit you can be underneath Slak Sagar!!!
will get trapped and there will be a funny shadow of Rianna and Zeeo!
Remember: To get out use Load Last Checkpoint!
I just wants to say thanks to gamefaqs for accepting this guide on their site.


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Mammograms Are Still The Top Breast Cancer Screening Tool
By Steven Sparkman
For years, studies questioned the effectiveness of screening mammograms. But doctors say they still offer the best chance of early detection.
When are mammograms worth it?
For years, we've been hearing stories about about false positives, studies showing mammograms might not save lives and reports on the amount of money spent on breast cancer over-diagnosis. (Video via ABC, CNN, RT)
But medical professionals still rely on mammograms.
"Mammography is still our best screening tool for breast cancer. ... They pick up all but maybe 10 percent of early breast cancers. We have always said that a lady should start getting them once a year when she turns age 40," Dr. Debra Koivunen of the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center said.
"We have made significant gains in reducing deaths from breast cancer ... and those gains, in no small part, are based on women starting at age 40 and getting screened every year," Dr. Leonard Lichtenfeld of the American Cancer Society told CBS.
In 2009, a government task force recommended waiting until age 50, not 40. The advice has been controversial.
The task force's guidelines are at odds with recommendations from the American Cancer Society, the Mayo Clinic and many more. (Video via ABC / 'The View')
"The decision as to when to start mammograms and how often to get them is really a personal decision between the patient herself and her personal healthcare provider," Koivunen said.
Vaccine Access For Kids In Rural America Is A Struggle


The chance to see a Neil Simon play isn't one to be missed. This genius of comedy and social commentary was the most prolific writer of our times…probably of any times in fact.
He's also the most decorated, receiving more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer.
The Big Oak Theatre's production of his play "Last of The Red Hot Lovers" is totally faithful to the spirit and hilarity of the original. Set in the 60s in New York, the hero, Barney Cashman, is a middle-aged, married fish restaurant owner who wants to join the sexual revolution before it's too late. A generally harmless, gentle soul with no experience in adultery, he fails miserably at each of his three attempts at an affair. Once with a man eater who pursues him at his own restaurant, once with an actress he met in the park who turned out to be mad as a hatter, and lastly and very ill advisedly, with his wife's best friend, who merely sought revenge against her own philandering husband.
It's all a delightful recipe for disaster. As the play unfolds and Barney becomes more and more desperate to consummate some kind of anything, we begin to understand his yearning for adventure, however misguided and delusional.
These brilliant and richly drawn characters would give any actor a dream of an excuse to flaunt their skills. Funny, paranoid, brutal, timid, sweaty, nervous, depressed and depraved are just some of the nuances of these roles and these particularly entertaining actors absolutely revel in them.
Everyone is brilliant. Each firmly placing their own stamp on these now iconic characters…bravo!
It's a laugh out loud play, Simon's words are of course brilliant and timeless, as are his situations, characters and story. Poor Barney….so completely unaware of the luck of his life, so oblivious to the misery of other people's. His journey is so well written and in this production so well cast and so well executed.
It's a lovely theatre, tucked away in the wilds of Chatsworth, up against the mountains in the delightful farmyard of Big Oak. In this quaint and charming setting sits this highly professional theatre and a superb company of actors supported by the brilliant Patrick Hart and his lovely wife Bonnie.
I highly recommend "Last of The Red Hot Lovers" at The Big Oak Theatre in Chatsworth. But don't dawdle!! The run is short, so get your tickets fast!
Thank you Samantha for a very engaging review. I hope everyone gets a chance to see this.
It was like a therapy session watching the four gifted Actors sort out the amusing, sad and exciting circumstances. And not only did Patrick Hart guide four brilliant performances, he built and created that nostalgic set!


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Sens. Tillis and Burr, Vulnerable GOP Reps. Voted for the Trump Tax, Selling Out NC Families
By Robert Howard
Raleigh – On Martin Luther King, Jr., weekend, North Carolina Democrats are joining with Democrats across the nation to remind voters that their GOP representatives supported the disastrous Trump tax plan. Sens. Burr and Tillis and vulnerable Reps. Holding, Hudson, Pittenger, and Budd are among those who voted for the plan, which steals from North Carolina middle-class families to enrich corporations and the top 1 percent; hurts our community; and could lead to devastating cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and other vital programs. Simply put, the Trump Tax makes life harder for North Carolinians.
"D.C. Republicans, including Senator Tillis, voted for the disastrous GOP tax scam, prioritizing millionaires and billionaires over every day North Carolinians who will end up footing the bill," said NCDP Executive Director Kimberly Reynolds. "This November, Reps. Holding, Hudson, Pittenger, and Budd will have to explain to their constituents, in newly drawn and more competitive districts, why they voted for a bill that will raise taxes on middle-class families, increase health insurance premiums, and add nearly $1.5 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. Meanwhile, Democrats will continue fighting to make North Carolina a state that works for everyone."
How the Trump Tax hurts North Carolinians:
The average North Carolinian making $106,000 or less will pay more thanks to the Trump Tax within a decade – but the richest 1% of North Carolinians will see a tax cut of roughly $5,000.
Instead of reauthorizing CHIP, which provides health care for 256,446 North Carolina kids, the GOP prioritized cutting the estate tax for the richest 110 families in North Carolina.
The Trump Tax won't create jobs or raise wages.
New York Times: "For most large companies, experts believe that the proceeds of the big tax cut will largely go toward paying for companies to repurchase their own shares, a tactic that tends to boost stock prices. […] Economists and analysts expect much less of the tax winnings to go to permanent pay increases for employees, who, as a whole, have endured stagnant wages over the past decade."
Washington Post: "Trump promised 'America First' would keep jobs here. But the tax plan might push them overseas."
The Trump Tax gives massive tax breaks to corporations and the wealthiest, while raising taxes on millions of middle-class families.
Washington Post's Wonkblog: "Republicans are paying for a permanent cut for corporations with an under-the-radar tax increase on individuals."
CBS News: "Most Americans would receive tax cuts initially. But the lower rates and a host of other benefits would expire after 2025. This effectively sets up an $83 billion tax hike for many millions of Americans in 2027."
The Trump Tax undermines funding for schools, firefighters, police officers, and other services that benefit you.
Washington Post: "The Republican tax bill will make it harder for states and cities to pay their bills."
Washington Post: "The proposal curtails the ability of taxpayers to deduct state and local taxes from their federal tax bill, limiting the deduction to $10,000. By increasing the federal tax burden on individuals, advocates worry that states, counties and school boards will have a tougher time raising money for schools, which get most of their resources from state and local tax revenues."
The Trump Tax could lead to deep and devastating cuts to the Medicare, Medicaid, and other services seniors, veterans and working families rely on.
AARP: "The large increase in the deficit will inevitably lead to calls for greater spending cuts, which are likely to include dramatic cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and other important programs serving older Americans."
Vox: "House Speaker Paul Ryan and other top Republican leaders, fresh off a tax bill that is estimated to add at least $1 trillion to the national debt, are already sounding the alarm about an out-of-control deficit problem. Their targets for closing the gap include Social Security, Medicare, and food stamps."
NCDP Statement Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Wilmington GOP Senators Silent on Senate's Refusal to Take Up GenX Bill