American bison gallop over open ground in a golden haze. A curving line of horse-drawn wagons kick up dust in an Oklahoma land rush at Cherokee Outlet. At a glance the two scenes look alike, with the movement of large animals, the land stretching away for miles and the almost smokey light in the air. But the stories behind them come from far ends of a wide range.
"On September 16, more than 100,000 settlers … participated in the largest-ever government-sponsored land run — 6,361,000 acres," said the caption of the National Geographic photograph by Thomas Croft and P.A. Miller.
A land rush was a literal race to claim land, said Maria Mingalone, director of curatorial affairs and collections at the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Mass. At the sound of a starting gun, settlers streamed into what would become a new state, and the first comers could stake out 160-acre lots. But they were not claiming uninhabited wilderness. People of the Creek, Seminole, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Arapaho and other nations lived there.
Riders race through the Cherokee Strip.
Cherokee Outlet, Oklahoma, undated. Photo by Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, National Geographic Stock. Part of the exhibition National Geographic Greatest Photographs of the American West.
Jim Brandenburg photographed the bison in South Dakota in 1950. Where an estimated 60 million bison once lived, 500,000 live today, said the text beside the photograph, and only 4 percent of those are wild.
Both photographs appear in the National Geographic Society's traveling show, "American West" at the Berkshire Museum, bringing together work from more than 50 photographers across more than 120 years. The images are beautiful, funny and probing, sometimes all at once. With the Berkshire Museum's companion show, "Go West," they celebrate the landscapes, the people and the history of the region from the prairie to the Pacific, and they challenge myths and misperceptions about it that still go on.
In a long exposure, stars circle the night sky above kiva Casa Rinconada, an Anasazi observatory in Chaco Canyon. Across the room, Acosia Red Elk, winner of an American Indian Beauty Pageant in 1997, sits casually on a horse before a parade at the Pendleton Round-up in Oregon. In one of the oldest images, loggers in California stand beside a felled 1,341-year-old sequoia. In Texas a cowgirl ground-ties her pony by an El Paso parking meter.
At the Pendleton Round-Up in Oregon, Acosia Red Elk, American Indian Beauty Pageant winner, waits for a parade in 1997. Photo by William Albert Allard/ National Geographic . Part of 'Greatest Photographs of the American West'.
To round out the photographs, Berkshire Museum exhibitions manager Jason Verchot has curated a companion show, "Go West," inviting a close look at real life in the West and the vision of it that Hollywood, television and fashion have made popular.
"We think of the cowboy as an iconic figure," Mingalone said.
In fact, the era of riders on the open range lasted only a short time, she said, from the 1860s to the 1890s. After the Civil War, a growing market for beef led to cattle drives, bringing free-range steers from Texas to Kansas, where the railway lines ran, to send meat to markets in the East.
Those drives took time and hard work, she said, and at the end the cow hands would hold informal and rowdy competitions that later evolved into the professional rodeos of today. Early rodeos included boxing along with the roping, bronco riding and barrel racing, and they started the tradition of giving belt buckles as prizes. She showed a display of trophy buckles from women's competitions.
But cowboys on the trail rarely wore belts. Most of the time, these outdoor men and women wore tough and simple clothing, she said. Cowboys wore working clothes: suspenders and derby or bowler hats, or the hats they had worn in other professions in the East or to the South, top hats and sombreros. As cow hands wore their hats, slept on them, dented the tops and bent the rims, they began to look like the "cowboy hats" that people now imagine.
In fact, most of the common images of what cowboys wore and what they did come from films, fashion and celebrities. Nudie Cohn, a Ukrainian-Born tailor in New York, gets credit for sleek suits with rhinestones and embroidery, Mingalone said. He became a costumer for stars like John Wayne, Gene Autry and Elton John. And Marge Riley's cowgirl fashion shop in Los Angeles in the 1940s introduced fringe and leggings.
"Fiction led fashion," Mingalone said.
Rodeo riders and performers have adopted Western styles, she said. Ranchers lived an active, outdoor life, and they still do. For a more practical perspective, visitors to the show can sit on a roping saddle, peer through glass at a live gila monster and examine the skeleton of a bison. They can take a photo in a covered wagon and imagine the challenges of surviving a prairie winter, or take in the earthy humor of cowgirl poet Georgie Sicking and short clips from "Cowgirls are Forever," a documentary in progress by Berkshire film-maker Barbara Newman.
The youngest woman in Newman's film, working on her family's ranch and looking after the horses in all weathers, explains how much she loves that life — caring for the animals and the place and feeling useful.
This story first ran in the Arts & Entertainment section of the Berkshire Eagle on Oct. 23, 2015. Many thanks for A&E editor Jeffrey Borak. In the feature photo at the top, a starry night gleams above Owachomo Bridge at Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah, 2008. Photo by Jim Richardson/ National Geographic Stock. Part of the exhibition National Geographic Greatest Photographs of the American West.
Thank you. I thought of you both often as I walked through the exhibit — I thought of all you have told me about the American Indian nations of the plains, and restoration of the prairie, and the different ways bison and cattle graze … and all dad has told me about the Civil War decimating farming in the East so that the Texas longhorns became one of the largest sources of beef in the country … and the Comanche becoming the best light cavalry in the world until illness and the repeating rifle took their toll, and the doctors who tried to bring small pox vaccines to the plains. I think you would both find these photographs powerful too.


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Hannah Mae, artiestennaam van Hannah Schoonbeek, (Emmen, 16 november 1998) is een Nederlandse singer-songwriter. Ze bereikte in 2019 de nummer 1-positie van de Tipparade met Back to You. Op 3 november 2020 was Mae te gast bij Jan-Willem start op om daar haar nieuwe single Little Things te zingen.

Door de corona-lockdown trekt Hannah pas in 2021 langs de Nederlandse poppodia met haar 'Little Things Tour'.

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A Responsible State Budget Starts with Reducing Spending
By Senate Republican Leader John McKinney (R-Fairfield)
& House Republican Leader Lawrence F. Cafero (R-Norwalk)
As published in the Hartford Courant, April 12, 2009
In order to achieve a responsible budget resolution for the state, political leaders need to put aside partisan differences, forget all of the name calling and posturing that has characterized the first three months of this General Assembly session, accept the facts as we find them, and get down to work in an open and bipartisan way.
The facts as we find them are as follows: In February, Gov. M. Jodi Rell presented a balanced budget proposal that made difficult choices without tax increases and without any cuts to education or municipal aid. Since then, our economy has worsened and our deficit has grown. Now, with less than two months remaining in the regular session, the legislature has failed to balance the budget deficit for the fiscal year ending June 30, and has made little progress on the two-year budget from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2011. Meanwhile, as Connecticut residents wait for a resolution, municipalities and businesses have been forced to cut costs and layoff workers; more than 50,000 Connecticut residents have lost their jobs in the past year; and families all across our state are being forced to do more with less.
Last week, after three months behind closed doors, Democrats unveiled their budget proposal, which includes the largest tax increase in Connecticut history — $3.3 billion. What it did not include were any meaningful reductions in government spending. In fact, working to close an $8.7 billion deficit, Democrats rejected $500 million of the governor's proposed spending reductions and offered only $100 million in new reductions of their own.
The proposed tax hikes would significantly hurt middle class taxpayers and small businesses. It includes a phase-out of the $500 property tax credit and the elimination of several sales tax exemptions, including those for child car seats and college text books. It increases income taxes on individuals earning more than $14,125 and married couples earning more than $25,125. It also raises the highest income tax rate by 59 percent to 7.95 percent, and establishes a 30 percent surcharge on the tax liability of every profitable Connecticut-based company.
What is even more alarming than the tax hikes, is the admission by the senate president that he never intends to bring his proposal up for a vote — a not so subtle admission that his proposal was nothing more than a political document.
We feel that the only responsible way to address our budget crisis is to look first at the spending side of government. Over the past six years, state government has grown 36 percent from a budget of $13.6 billion in 2003 to $18.5 billion this year. At the same time, state auditors and independent news outlets are uncovering examples of government waste and inefficiency everyday. When the state Department of Social Services auditors report, as they recently did, that the state has been sending benefits checks to deceased people, the residents of Connecticut have a right to expect their government to get its own fiscal house in order before reaching into the pockets of taxpayers for a bailout.
Another example of government inefficiency is Riverview Psychiatric Hospital. Riverview is the only state-run hospital in New England and it is simply too expensive to operate. According to the state child advocate, it costs $862,000 per child, per year to treat patients at Riverview, largely due to the generous state-benefits packages paid to employees. The child advocate found that Riverview's patients could be treated for about half the cost at one of several private hospitals that offer the same quality care. These hospitals include the Institute of Living in Hartford, Natchaug Hospital in Mansfield and Yale-New Haven Hospital. Why aren't we using these resources?
There are examples like this throughout state government and that's why we need to look first for ways to cut costs, consolidate agencies and programs, and eliminate waste and inefficiency. To date, the legislature has not demonstrated the political stomach for this difficult, but necessary work. That must change, and fast.
We need to exhaust all responsible options for streamlining state government. Most importantly, this needs to happen in a completely open and bipartisan way. Connecticut is at its best when all parties are at the table contributing solutions on behalf of the people we represent. That's how we reached a bipartisan resolution on the "No Tax Increase Budget" in the last biennium, and it needs to be the way we reach a bipartisan resolution on the budget for the next biennium.

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Kevin Allen Culpepper, Male, born __ 1973 in Harris Co., Texas, child of Larry Leon Culpepper and Judy Ann Taylor.
+ William L. Miller, 53162872, 1883 - 19 Feb 1969.
Find A Grave Memorial# 69973181.
there is an Andrew Williar involved, possibly Emma Williar's Father? Mother and Dad were 5th cousins and he was the connecting link.
From Susanne Bisoly Borum, 12 Aug 2018: I live in the family house that James Thomas Borum built in 1867 in Olde Towne, Portsmouth, Va.
Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, ricketts Family Tree, William Ricketts.
Father* John Pettis Culpepper III, M.D.
Post-graduate scholarship winner and Academic All-American in 1962.
" . . . I couldn't be more delighted that Pat has written a book about his senior year at Texas, and I'm frank to admit I learned from it. A player's perspective is different than a coach's . . . Longhorn fans over 35 will relive the tension leading up to and feel the collisions in the Texas-Arkansas game so closely contested that Smokey the Cannon boomed for first downs on the final, 20-play drive. Unlike most books about football, this one shows a star player's entire environment -- classes, dating, dorm life and the camaraderie and humor away from the stadium as well as in it. As seen through the eyes of one of our team leaders, the reader is treated to the teaching techniques of the outstanding assistant coaches at Texas and watches my own growth before and after the tragic death of Reggie Grob. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to Orangebloods of any era."
Pat Culpepper stood only 5 8-1/2 and weighed 189 pounds, but he was one of the most intense and hard-hitting linebackers in Longhorn history. He won the hearts of fans and sports writers alike and earned a spot as a "Wild Card" on the 1961 All-SWC team. In his junior and senior years, 1961-62, Culpepper's Longhorns posted a record of 19-2-1. No ordinary "jock," Culpepper majored in history, made All-America and All-SWC academic teams, collected an Earl Blaik academic scholarship and was named winner of the Swede Nelson Sportsmanship Award by the Greater Boston Gridiron Club. In this book, Co-Captain Culpepper recaptures the flavor of a bygone era on the Forty Acres and shows from the inside what it was like to play for Darrell Royal in his early years at UT. One feels the sweat under the shoulder pads at halftime as coaches rivet attention to a blackboard. But Culpepper, who has coached several top Texas high school teams, also remembers the special magic of falling in love in college days. Above all, this book celebrates pride and paying the price for excellence.
Many fans remember the remarkable photograph taken by a Fort Worth Star-Telegram photographer from behind the Texas end zone in the fourth quarter of Culpepper, All-American LB Johnny Treadwell and DL Marvin Kubin blasting Arkansas FB Danny Brabham, 6-4, 220, just outside the goal line, Culpepper's helmet knocking the ball loose. Arkansas led 3-0 at the time, and a 10-0 score would have doomed Longhorn chances. Texas recovered in the end zone and later finished the game with the 20-play, 90-yard drive.
Constance Dell Culpepper, Female, born __ 1969 in McLennan Co., Texas, child of John Patrick Culpepper and Martha Edith Commagere.
John Patrick Culpepper, III, Male, born __ 1972 in McLennan Co., Texas, child of John Patrick Culpepper, II and Martha Edith Commagere.
William "Will" Culpepper, Linebacker, Texas Tech, 1997-2000.
Father* Hilton Francis Culpepper Jr.
Sedki & Russ is a structural engineering firm that provides structural analysis and design for all types of buildings, including industrial, commercial, parking, institutional, public, civic, and military facilities.
E-mail written Nov 2008 to Culpepper Connections from Natalie Anne Reed Culpepper (#59656), e-mail address.
Obituary of Willanelle Weatherly Culpeppe, published 3 Mar 2005.
Reginald Gregory Culpepper and Dorothy Ann Simmons on 17 Mar 1961 in Bibb Co., GA, Book BB-105.
Jones County News, Gray, Georgia.
Obituary for Dorothy A. Culpepper, published 15 Sep 2005.
Obituary* 30 Mar 2012� CADWELL - Brenda Culpepper Woodard, 70, of Highway 126, died Monday, March 26, 2012, at a local hospice facility. Funeral services will be private.
Mrs. Woodard was born July 6, 1941, in Cochran and had lived in Cadwell for the past ten years. She was the daughter of the late Curtis Culpepper and Willanell Weatherly Culpepper. Mrs. Woodard was a retired accountant for Bradley, Shannon, Smith and Sheets Accounting and is survived by her son, Rodney Woodard.
Woodrow B. Culpepper, "Bo Bo", 8 Nov 1912 - ____.


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Q: Need Solution for Private Peering Express Route in azure issues I have Hub Spoke VNet Architecture and and express route attached to my hub VNet. I want to understand following points and see if there's something that can be done to solutionize this ?

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*Since Express Route is private peering and attached to hub VNet all my VNets are published over express route, Is there's a way i can restrict what needs to be published and what not over express route from azure.

*I want to publish Public IP over express route and NAT Inbound connection to private IP. For this i tried setting up some network but i Guess its getting dropped. Can you please suggest what is wrong with this .
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A: If you don't want a specific vNet to route traffic over the express route then you need to override the Express Route routes with a more specific route table. In the vNet you can do this by attaching an Azure Route Table with a default route going out to the internet, for your on-premises resources you would need to configure this using whatever network stack you are using.
Your second issue is likely down to asymmetric routing. Traffic is coming in your public IP, but out your Express Route. You would need to configure routing for that vNet to send the appropriate traffic directly out to the internet.

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JOHN Quinn's stable star Signora Cabello could head to America for the Breeders' Cup later this year – despite her winning run coming to an end in France on Sunday.
The two-year-old filly had won four races on the bounce, including the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot and Prix Robert Papin at Maisons-Laffitte, before being narrowly denied Michael Bell's 1000 Guineas favourite Pretty Pollyanna in the Prix Morny.
I'm pleased but disappointed, they are two top-class fillies who pulled right away from the colts. They were a long way in front. If you take the winner out, she's won by a wide margin so you can't say she didn't stay.
"She's come out of the race absolutely fine," said Quinn, who is based near Malton and is regarded as one of the country's top dual-purpose trainers.
"I'm pleased but disappointed, they are two top-class fillies who pulled right away from the colts. They were a long way in front.
"If you take the winner out, she's won by a wide margin so you can't say she didn't stay.
"She's in the Cheveley Park (Newmarket, September 29) and I would say I don't think she'll run before then.
"We're also considering the Breeders' Cup after that, as that's over five-and-a-half furlongs (Juvenile Turf Sprint).
Mark Johnston drew a blank at Leicester as he continued his quest to become Britain's winning-most trainer.
Currently the joint record-holder with Richard Hannon Snr on the 4,193 winner mark, Middleham-based Johnston is due to saddle runners at Hamilton and Yarmouth today.
Expert Eye is one of 12 confirmations for the Celebration Mile at Goodwood on Saturday.
Sir Michael Stoute's Royal Ascot-winning colt finished second to Lightning Spear in the Sussex Stakes over course and distance and would be a leading contender for Group Two honours.


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Q: zip functionality in python behaving weird >>> l1 = ['A', 'B', 'C']
>>> l2 = ['G', 'F', 'K', 'J']
>>> for (i, j) in zip(l1, l2):
      print(i, j)
      l1.pop(0)
      print(l1)
      print(l2)

output is :
'A'
A G
['B', 'C']
['G', 'F', 'K', 'J']
'B'
C F
['C']
['G', 'F', 'K', 'J']
Expected :
'A'
A G      # line 2
['B', 'C']
['G', 'F', 'K', 'J']
'B'
C F        # line 3
['C']
['G', 'F', 'K', 'J']
l2 still has ['C']. Why ? Also, at line 2 how come A is there, when A is already popped.
If it means, that i took the value already before popping, then why line 3 has C F. It should be B F.
Please explain. I am totally confused here.

A: I don't see a problem because you are popping A after the zip function is executed. So even if you remove all elements in l1 and l2 in the first iteration, the loop executes the same because the zip() function had already returned the values before first iteration. range(), zip() or whatever function you provide on the for in , it will execute first, then it will iterate, modifying the original values won't change anything, because it is already returned as a separate value.


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Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted on Sunday that the electric carmarker will resume allowing bitcoin transactions when miners who verify transactions use more renewable energy.
"When there's confirmation of reasonable (~50%) clean energy usage by miners with positive future trend, Tesla will resume allowing Bitcoin transactions," he said in a tweet.
Bitcoin rose 5.1% to $37,360.63 at 1810 GMT (2:10 p.m. ET) on Sunday, adding $1,817.87 to its previous close, after Musk's tweet.
Musk also said that Tesla sold about 10% of holdings to confirm bitcoin could be liquidated easily without moving market.
He announced in May that Tesla would no longer accept bitcoin for car purchases, citing long-brewing environmental concerns for a swift reversal in the company's position on the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin fell more than 10% after his tweet.
The billionaire said that he believed cryptocurrency has a promising future, but it cannot be at great cost to the environment.
In February, Tesla revealed it had bought $1.5 billion of bitcoin and would accept it as a form of payment for cars.
Shell weighs blockbuster sale of Texas shale assets


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New York City's Municipal Staffing Shortage Won't Solve Itself
In a Nov. 21 letter, New York City Budget Director Jacques Jiha wrote that the city is exploring a "variety of retention and recruitment policies that will help agencies maintain a stable workforce and raise morale." Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
By Annie McDonough
A new report from city Comptroller Brad Lander offers recommendations to address hiring and retention issues, including appointing a chief talent officer.
This article was first published by Route Fifty partner publication City & State New York.
New York City's municipal staffing shortage won't go away on its own, a new report from city Comptroller Brad Lander warns. The city has said that it's exploring new recruitment and retention policies to tackle its staffing shortages, but nearly a year into his tenure, New York City Mayor Eric Adams' office is still somewhat vague about what those tactics are.
Lander's report found a citywide vacancy rate of nearly 8% as of October – up from a roughly 2% pre-pandemic rate – along with particularly high vacancy rates in areas including the Department of Social Services' Child Support Services division (46.5%) and the Office of Technology and Innovation's Cyber Command (36%), according to agency spending data. The report builds on earlier briefs on municipal vacancies by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, as well as findings in the fiscal year 2022 Mayor's Management Report that staffing shortages have contributed to delays in producing affordable housing and getting incarcerated New Yorkers to health clinic visits, for example.
"Despite ongoing nationwide hiring challenges affecting the public and private sectors, the city continues to take aggressive steps to recruit and retain top talent across city agencies, and we have not experienced operational impacts to city services as a result of vacancies," City Hall spokesperson Jonah Allon said in a statement. "We will continue to monitor vacancies and take a smart, fiscally-disciplined approach to ensuring that city agencies are well-staffed so we can deliver quality services to New Yorkers and continue to 'Get Stuff Done.'" The mayor's office declined to provide more details about what those aggressive steps are yet.
In a Nov. 21 letter to agency heads that directed agencies to reduce most existing vacancies by half – exempting uniformed and pedagogical roles – New York City Budget Director Jacques Jiha wrote that the city is exploring a "variety of retention and recruitment policies that will help agencies maintain a stable workforce and raise morale." Asked about that again on Tuesday, the mayor's office declined to provide information about those policies.
In that letter, Jiha did outline one step that the city is taking to speed up hiring – eliminating a so-called 2 for 1 rule that largely restricted departments to hiring one position for every two that are vacated. And earlier in November, Adams announced a new Legal Fellows Program that aims to address the shortage of lawyers at city agencies by borrowing attorneys from private firms to serve short Peace Corps-like stints with the city. At the time, Adams said this program was just one example of how the city is making itself a more competitive hirer. "We have a long-term plan (for) how do we really recruit in city government," Adams said on Nov. 2, but he didn't elaborate on what that plan involved.
Lander said he hasn't heard anything yet about what other hiring and retention strategies the city plans to implement, though he was happy to see the letter from Jiha mention exploring such strategies. "It's an indication they know it's necessary," Lander said. "We hope there will be some of the recommendations that we laid out in this report and of course we're open to others. We're eager to hear, and the only folks more eager to hear are city agency commissioners."
The new report from Lander, which was first covered by Gothamist, raised the concern that the 50% reduction of existing vacancies at city agencies could result in eliminating unfilled positions that are not in fact disposable but badly needed to deliver essential city services.
Lander's report included nine recommendations for the city to attract and retain workers while right-sizing the workforce to meet budget needs. Recommendations included sharing talent between agencies during short-term staff shortages, examining barriers to promotions and raises in the city's hard-to-recruit/retain positions and implementing a hybrid work policy for positions that are able to work remotely some of the time. Lander noted that his own office operates on a hybrid schedule, though Adams has previously pointed to a relatively high vacancy rate at the comptroller's office itself – roughly 14%.
Asked which recommendations the city should act on immediately, Lander pointed to two – allowing agencies to hire at above the minimum pay for given positions and granting agencies direct hiring authority for critical positions, side-stepping some of the bureaucratic approvals usually needed to move forward with a potential hire.
Lander has also suggested appointing a chief talent officer – an idea he credits in part to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who appointed a chief people officer in her own city. Lander compared the appointment of such a role to the newly announced "rat czar" position the city is hiring. "What you draw attention to really matters," said Lander, who happens to be excited to see the rat czar position filled. "If we believe that recruiting talented people to do critical work for New York City matters, then let's hire somebody visible whose job it is to cut through the red tape and help our agencies fill critical positions."
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Lamont 'Jack Dappa' Pearley, founder of the Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation, is a Folklorist and Bluesman who also produces mutli-media content. Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation's mission is to celebrate our heritage and preserve Blues Music through a Multi Media platform, producing projects that raise cultural/ethnic awareness about the traditional music and it's relation to African American Traditions.
The Jack Dappa Blues Radio show which broadcasts on WFDU HD2 from 5pm-10pm gives you a weekly dose of Blues Music, heritage, culture and traditions, with the shows coin phrase, "You Gone Learn Dem Blues This Evenin"


Fountain Gate Residential Development - Centura Development Co.
The project was a 10 acre planned development. Centura capitalized the development by syndicating $200,000 in investments among four professors at the University of Oklahoma and obtaining a development loan Security Bank & Trust of Oklahoma. The project was a lot development, with the individual lots sold to various builders.


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What is West Nile Virus?
West Nile virus (WNV) is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental United States. It is most commonly spread to people by the bite of an infected mosquito. Cases of WNV occur during mosquito season, which starts in the summer and continues through fall. There are no vaccines to prevent or medications to treat WNV in people. Fortunately, most people infected with WNV do not feel sick. About 1 in 5 people who are infected develop a fever and other symptoms. About 1 out of 150 infected people develop a serious, sometimes fatal, illness. You can reduce your risk of WNV by using insect repellent and wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants to prevent mosquito bites.
Information gathered from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage: https://www.cdc.gov/westnile/index.html
Prevention Opportunities for Glenn Heights Residents
The City of Glenn Heights has acquired a supply of mosquito dunks larvae control tablets to stop mosquitos from breeding in standing water. The tablet can simply be dropped into standing water, and as it slowly dissolves, it will release a bacterium that is toxic to all species of mosquito larvae and harmless to other living things.
You may request a tablet by emailing the City's Animal Control Officer at monica.salmeron@glennheightstx.gov.
To Learn more about West Nile Virus, visit
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) resources
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With the state budget looming, interest in the state investment in public education is higher than ever. While Governor Wolf and the PA legislature have increased education funding over the past several budget cycles, more continued investments —like the governor's proposed additional $50 million for high quality Pre-K programs—are sorely needed. Pennsylvania still ranks 18th of 30 states investing in high-quality pre-K, and children around the state are left without a high-quality public pre-K option. More than 700 eligible children in Pittsburgh are not being served. We must do more to provide access to these children.
It's a matter of justice. As studies have shown, Pittsburgh has a racial equity problem. Our Black students disproportionately face suspensions, and it's been proven that the city schools have a persistent racial gap in student achievement. While Pittsburgh City Schools aims to eliminate racial disparity in achievement levels of African American students by increasing proficiency in literacy and math, it is a slow-moving target.
A new study, "Pre-K works for Pittsburgh," prepared by the Economy League, shows that high-quality pre-K programs are an important tool to further remedy the racial disparities in the city's public education system. The study looked at the more than 3,200 eligible 3- and 4 year-olds who live in the City of Pittsburgh who are enrolled in public high quality pre-K, and found that investments in pre-K have contributed to a narrowing of the persistent racial achievement gap in literacy and math in the Kindergarten year.
Specifically, the study found a one-percent or smaller difference between White and African American children's school readiness. Narrowing the racial gap in a city where 30 percent of children live in poverty is a huge achievement towards racial equity in Pittsburgh. With Pittsburgh Public Schools and community-based providers working closely together, they have improved the quality of early learning programs, allowing for smoother transitions into the K-12 system. Additionally, under the guidelines of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), there is renewed attention to the role all school districts must play to ensure alignment and collaboration with educators in the birth through third grade continuum.
In a city where these racial disparities are difficult to eradicate, any program that puts all of our children on equal footing from the start should be supported and encouraged.


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where enum is defined like:
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Now, when calling DoSomething:
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The intellisense on the parameters in the call to DoSomething, shows: SomeEnum? val = 0 :

I was hoping to see instead: SomeEnum? val = SomeEnum.A  , which would be more helpful.
e.g. if DoSomething was changed to make val not nullable:
    private void DoSomething(SomeEnum val = SomeEnum.A)
    {
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    }

then the intellisense would be:

Might there be any workarounds to make the intellisense show SomeEnum? val = SomeEnum.A   when val is nullable ?


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Young auto racers from Pewaukee, Mukwonago taking every opportunity to shine
Brandon Lemke climbed into his Honda Civic after a day at Mukwonago High School on Jan. 27, then drove with his father through the night 12 hours to South Carolina. Just for the chance to drive some more.
Young auto racers from Pewaukee, Mukwonago taking every opportunity to shine Brandon Lemke climbed into his Honda Civic after a day at Mukwonago High School on Jan. 27, then drove with his father through the night 12 hours to South Carolina. Just for the chance to drive some more. Check out this story on jsonline.com: http://www.lakecountrynow.com/story/sports/blogs/preps-alcove/2017/02/01/young-auto-racers-pewaukee-mukwonago-taking-every-opportunity-shine/97362584/
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JR Radcliffe, jr.radcliffe@jrn.com Published 3:58 p.m. CT Feb. 1, 2017 | Updated 11:25 a.m. CT Feb. 2, 2017
Brandon Lemke of Mukwonago has already amassed a decorated career in go-kart racing. Now, he's dipping his toes in the water of bigger circuits. (Photo: Submitted)
"It's really small but gets really good gas mileage," Lemke said of his ride. "To fill the gas tank only costs 20 bucks."
Lemke, 16, is chasing his dreams of big-time auto racing, and sometimes that necessitates these long voyages. In South Carolina, he was able to test a limited late-model car on an oval track. The experience went well, and he was invited to return to compete in the Southeast Limited Late Model series race in mid-February.
"It was a lot better than I thought it was going to be," Lemke said. "I thought it was going to be really uncomfortable because I'm not used to oval track racing, but it was actually really fun. The car had a lot of power; it was really easy to get used to. It's definitely something I could see myself doing in the future."
Racing toward a dream
Lemke may well be the future of auto racing, but it's a difficult dream to pin down. An experienced go-kart racer, Lemke and his family were among those featured during the single-season run of "KartLife" in 2015 on TruTV, but the reality show did not get a second season.
"I really don't like hearing my own voice, and we never really get videotaped that much, especially on national TV," Lemke said. "It was a little weird thinking, 'Anyone can see this right now.' They didn't make us look bad at all; if anything, they made us look good. I had a lot of fun and met a lot of cool people."
Like many drivers, Lemke is constantly in search of exposure and sponsorship dollars.
"We've gotten a lot of tips, people who know marketing that tell us 'you've just got to keep bugging them,'" Lemke said. "The squeaky wheel gets the grease."
Lemke has an agent and a track record of success to sell. He was ranked No. 1 out of 300 drivers in ekarngnews.com for the 2016 Tag Senior Driver Rankings in go-kart racing. He qualified fourth at the 2015 IAME X30 World Challenge in LeMans, France, and was chosen by the Chip Ganassi Racing Team's Generation Ganassi Driver Identification Program in 2016 as one of the "Ones to Watch."
He still plans to race karts over the next year, with plenty of additional racing mixed in.
"I know for sure in the summer, I'll do some more Kart races, but if they overlap in the same weekend, I'm pretty sure we're going to do the car races instead," he said. "If I could go to Slinger (Super Speedway), that would be awesome; we just don't have the money to do it."
Grant Griesbach, 15, of Pewaukee has had the chance to race extensively at Slinger, even in the elite super late models division, but he also knows the limitations of the industry when it comes to sponsorship dollars. The past two years, he's also raced in Florida, but he won't be making the trip in 2017.
Grant Griesbach (left) chats with Waukesha's Conrad Morgan at Slinger Super Speedway. (Photo: Grant Griesbach)
"We spent a lot of money last year and didn't get to race much because we wrecked on the second night," Griesbach said. "A lot of people have backup cars down there, and we don't really have that. It's not worth it to spend all that money to go down there and just wreck the car."
Closer to home, Griesbach has had no trouble making a name for himself. Competing in the limited late model division of the Big 8 traveling series around the Midwest, Griesbach was recently honored at the circuit's banquet as the Rookie of the Year.
"I like the traveling series, and we sold our limited (late model car) and will be moving up to super next year," Griesbach said. "They're both a lot of fun. Slinger, I love the place, but traveling you get to go everywhere and see different tracks and face good competition."
He considers the recent plaudit a top-shelf accomplishment thus far.
"I'm really proud of it; there were probably five competitors competing for this award," he said. "To finish sixth in the point standings, 4 points out of the top five, is a really great season."
The Pewaukee High School freshman also won Rookie of the Year two years ago in the US Legends division at Madison International Speedway. He's been tearing up tracks long before he could legally drive on the highways of America.
"Once I turned 14, I was able to run just about anywhere locally," he said. "Some tracks, I couldn't run when I was 13 or under. Slinger has always allowed me since I was 9 or 10 years old to race there. A lot of people don't trust a kid driving at their race track. It depends who you ask. There are some people that are great and think that I've got talent and I can do it just as well as they do, but there are some people who still think I don't belong out there, that I'm too young."
Mentored by longtime Waukesha driver Conrad Morgan, Griesbach has been able to learn the ropes at a rapid rate. It's rare to see drivers competing at this age, perhaps because the sport doesn't capture a young audience the way it once did.
Grant Griesbach (No. 17 car) was named Rookie of the Year in the Big 8 Series last year. This year, he won his first Super Late Models race. (Photo: Submitted photo by Grant Griesbach)
"Racing is kind of dying down because my generation, there aren't a lot of people interested in it," Griesbach said. "I couldn't get my friends to help me if I needed it; they don't have an interest in it. You can kind of see how the sport is dying. NASCAR ratings are going down.
"I want to make it to NASCAR. Will it happen? I don't know. We're there to have fun and do as best as we can, and if opportunities open up for us to move up, we'll take them."
Lemke, who finds himself a lot more open to the idea of stock car racing after his test in South Carolina, takes a similar approach.
"I know I want to race, for sure, professionally," Lemke said. "I just don't know what car. There are a ton of different cars and different countries to choose from. It's endless. I have to do my research. I think my ultimate goal, if I had millions of dollars, would be Formula 1 racing, but that's huge, and they race all over the world. Indy Car wouldn't be terrible, NASCAR is just fine.
"Anything with four wheels that goes fast; that's all I care about."
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(APN) DEKALB COUNTY — State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Dekalb County) hosted a town hall meeting on Monday, May 06, 2013, at the Clairmont Hills Baptist Church to discuss a variety of cityhood proposals involving DeKalb County.
Numerous legislators from the Dekalb County Delegation attended including State Sens. Jason Carter (D) and Fran Millar (R), as well as State Reps. Dee Hawkins-Daigler (D), Michele Henson (D), Scott Holcomb (D), Howard Mosby (D), Pam Stephenson (D), and Tom Taylor (R).
Only one member of the Board of Commissioners, Jeff Rader (District 2), whose district is impacted by most of the proposals, attended.
In general, most of the speakers seemed to indicate that they, and the people they knew, were generally satisfied with the services they were receiving from DeKalb County; however, they had some concerns involving zoning and land use decisions made by the Commission that went against local will.
While not enumerated at the town hall, these decisions include the land use decision regarding a proposed Wal-Mart in Decatur, and some recent zoning decisions regarding Clairmont Road.
"It seems we're being overruled in land use by people outside our area," Bruce MacGregor, President of the Druid Hills Civic Association, said.
"If everyone to the north of us becomes a city, that orphans us," MacGregor said, referring to the Cities of Brookhaven and Dunwoody, which have both been created in DeKalb County within the past few years.
Brookhaven and Dunwoody are two of the new cities that have been created since the Metro Atlanta incorporation trend began with the creation of Sandy Springs in Fulton County 2005. Other new cities have included Chattahoochee Hills, Johns Creek, and Milton in Fulton County; and Peachtree Corners in Gwinnett County.
Rep. Oliver said there were "other legal vehicles," besides starting one or more cities, available to address zoning concerns.
"My neighborhood is not that unhappy. They don't want to have to deal with this," Jim Smith, a Clairmont Heights resident, said.
Smith said residents are concerned about the recent scandal involving DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis, who is under investigation related to bribery, and whose home and office were searched by investigators in January 2013.
"But start a new city? I'd rather stay unincorporated DeKalb. I'd rather see people get involved and change the government," Smith said, drawing the most applause of any speaker of the evening.
There are six placeholder bills introduced by various state legislators, which begin the two-year process for each that could culminate in a new city in DeKalb County. Legislators emphasized that the maps for each are not final and are subject to change.
State Rep. Oliver's bill, HB 665, would create a new city to be called Briarcliff or Druid Hills.
Rep. Billy Mitchell has introduced HB 677, to create a new city of Tucker in the DeKalb County portion, or western half, of the historical area known as Tucker. Such a bill would split west Tucker from the eastern half, which is in Gwinnett County.
However, the residents of Tucker were even more alarmed at being included in the proposed City of Lakeside.
"Lakeside… dropped, then the maps began surfacing. People in Tucker were very, very unhappy. They said, we consider that Tucker. The only way they could be part of it was to drop a bill on their behalf," Rep. Henson said, speaking on behalf of Rep. Mitchell.
Rep. Stephenson has introduced HB 692, to create a new City of DeKalb, which would include all parts of DeKalb County that are currently unincorporated.
Sen. Millar has introduced SB 270 to create a new City of Lakeside, which at one point stretched from the Briarcliff area to Northlake Mall in Tucker. However, the currently proposed map covers a smaller area, and no longer includes any part of Tucker.
Bernard Knight of the Lakeside City Alliance made a presentation, and answered questions, regarding the City of Lakeside proposal. He said the group had raised 15,000 dollars towards its goal of the 30,000 which is necessary to conduct a legally required feasibility study regarding the proposed new city.
Sen. Carter has introduced SB 275 to create a new City of LaVista Hills.
And Sen. Ron Ramsey has introduced a bill to create a new City of Stonecrest, in southeast DeKalb.
In addition, an annexation bill has passed the legislature this year and was signed by the governor to allow a second voter referendum on annexing a part of DeKalb County–that is currently bordered with Brookhaven to the west and Chamblee to the north–into the City of Chamblee.
Last year, the area, which includes Clairmont Road from 85 to Buford Highway, voted on annexation and the proposal was narrowly rejected.
The residents here did not want to be part of Brookhaven or the proposed new City of Lakeside, according to Pat Thomas, an advocate of annexation.
Thomas blamed advertising by late night establishments for last year's annexation defeat. "Late night establishments tried to smear Chamblee." The businesses preferred to be subject to regulation by DeKalb County, than by the City of Chamblee, Thomas said.
This November 2013 there will be a second referendum on Chamblee annexation.
Commissioner Rader, as well as Tom Gail of the Georgia Municipal Association, noted that counties under Georgia law are only required to provide certain constitutionally mandated services, which include courts, jails, animal control, and certain public health functions.
Since 1972, after Metro Atlanta began to include more and more people living in the suburbs–which at the time, and to some extent still today, consisted of unincorporated parts of counties–the General Assembly has allowed counties to provide what are generally considered municipal functions. This was especially the case for Fulton, DeKalb, and Gwinnett Counties.
Now, as new cities are being created in unincorporated areas, these cities are taking back some of the municipal functions that had previously been performed by the counties.
In order to become a city, the new city government must take over at least three functions that were previously performed by the county, and the city can choose which three. For example, they can choose zoning, parks, and police, as the LCA is proposing for Lakeside.
Andrea Arnold, the Assistant City Manager for the City of Decatur, said that the city believed there were opportunities and potential benefits for some unincorporated DeKalb residents to annex into the City of Decatur.
"We see some advantages to look at existing cities and to expand. We spent a few years studying our boundaries. We do have a plan for annexation. It's something we're interested in pursuing," Arnold said.
"There are economies of scale. Small cities are not necessarily efficient," Arnold said.
Earlier in the evening, Sen. Millar described the experience of Dunwoody residents in incorporating. He said that Dunwoody is 60 percent residential, 40 percent commercial. This high percentage of commercial activity provides the city with a highly desirable tax base.
"We [Decatur] are currently 80 percent residential, 20 percent commercial. 60/40 sounds like a dream," Arnold said.
Meanwhile, though there are clearly some portions of the proposed cities of Lakeside and Briarcliff that could be annexed by the City of Atlanta, the City of Atlanta sent no representative to advocate for such a possibility.
Rep. Oliver said she knows of constituents, however, who have expressed a desire to annex into the City of Atlanta.
Many of the new cities, including Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, Milton, Chattahoochee Hills, Dunwoody, and now Brookhaven, upon incorporation, began by embracing a massive privatization of city services, relying on companies like CH2M Hill to provide just about every city service with the exception of police and fire.
Sen. Millar said Dunwoody, for example, only has four or five city employees, and all other city functions–ranging from customer service, to information technology, to accounting, to parks and recreation, to public works–are outsourced to private companies.
"What kills you in the long run are pension benefits, and new cities have stayed away from that," Millar said.
He said the millage rate in Dunwoody has not gone up as a result of incorporation.
Atlanta Progressive News asked Millar via a question submitted in writing during the town hall, whether it was possible to incorporate and not raise taxes without privatizing.
Millar said he believed it was possible to incorporate without privatizing, but did not say whether it was possible to do so without raising taxes. As he described his perceived benefits to outsourcing, several audience members said "tsk tsk" in disapproval.
Unlike the previous areas of Metro Atlanta that have incorporated, the current areas are not majority Republican, and may be less likely to support privatization.
Meanwhile, Chattahoochee Hills, Johns Creek, and Milton largely ended their experiments with privatization in 2009 and 2010, going back to the traditional model of city employees providing city services. They found the privatization model to be too expensive.
Sandy Springs, the pioneer of the model, has kept its privatization model in place, but in 2011, underwent a process of bidding out contracts for different departments to different companies, instead of just CH2M Hill.
This has raised a number of problems from morale issues for the non-city city employees; to numerous companies having to interface with each other; to the need for a new layer of bureaucracy to manage the companies; to all the usual problems of oversight and accountability that accompany privatization of public services.


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Richard Immink, plant scientist at Wageningen University & Research, has received a grant of one and half million euros from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), for his research into the way in which plants pick up signals from nature to start processes such as flowering. This knowledge will increase food safety across the globe, just as the climate is changing.
The personal Vici grant is specially assigned to advanced researchers who are able to use this funding to develop their own innovative line of research and create a research group. The grant funds research for the next five years.
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Prof. Richard Immink wants to discover how plants integrate temperature in their reproduction strategy. Plants are able to adjust to environmental factors and measure these signals to determine when the right moment for flowering has arrived. Immink's team will explore the ways in which plants use temperature to direct and optimise reproduction. This research will contribute to increasing food security in a changing climate.
NWO awarded Vici grants of 1.5 million euros each, to 35 researchers in the Netherlands. 233 scientists submitted a request for their own research project.
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Challenge to China
How Taiwan Abolished Its Version of Re-Education Through Labor
Challenge to China draws attention to an underappreciated aspect of legal reforms in Taiwan, and asks how Taiwan's experience might be relevant to its giant neighbor across the Taiwan Strait.
Book by Jerome A. Cohen and Margaret K. Lewis
Publisher – US-Asia Law Institute Books
Release Date – Oct 2013
Pages – 228
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Foreign policy analyses written by CFR fellows and published by the trade presses, academic presses, or the Council on Foreign Relations Press.
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The Chinese leadership has for years claimed that it would soon abolish the infamous labor camps for its police-dominated system of "re-education through labor" (RETL) but so far has not taken steps to do so. Although the country's new leadership has signaled that it may finally reform, or perhaps even eliminate, RETL, it is still a reality in China. Having abolished its own similar system of labor camps for liumang--very loosely translated as "hooliganism"--in 2009, Taiwan's success in curbing arbitrary police power stands as a challenge to its neighbor across the strait to outlaw, at last, its analogous system. Taiwan's success in curbing arbitrary police power stands as a challenge to China to follow through on years of false starts on reining in the most egregious exercises of unfettered police power.
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In this important book, Professors Cohen and Lewis, leading China scholars of different generations, have drawn on the repeal of the Liumang [hooliganism] Act in 2009, as well as Taiwan's broader achievements in legal reform, to call upon China, under its new leadership, to learn from Taiwan's experience. Challenge to China is not only a scholarly tour-de-force; it is a beacon for the reform that is essential if the citizens of the People's Republic are to receive the rights they deserve and their government is to command the respect that is due a great power.
Judge John M. Walker Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Taiwan has successfully made the transition from authoritarianism to democratic governance and correspondingly from a police-centric to a court-centric legal system. Through a meticulous case study of the abolition of the offense of liumang [hooliganism], Challenge to Chinaprovides a fresh and insightful perspective on the rise and fall of that notorious penal institution in Taiwan and the interaction between political liberalization and police accountability. . . . Taiwan's experience says to China that a robust legal reform not only strengthens democracy, it may also catalyze it.
Professor Fu Hualing, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
Elections alone do not make a democracy. To be fully democratic, states must give up the convenience of arbitrary power and place themselves under the law. In this gem of a book, Jerome Cohen and Margaret Lewis show how the Taiwanese state did just that. Whether ransoming racing pigeons or 'eating the same fish twice,' the authors weave together legal detail with juicy interview data and charming case studies to create a narrative that is persuasive, informative, and engaging. This short, readable book explains Taiwan's legal system, details its legal reforms, and offers guidance (and hope) to reformers everywhere--including those in the People's Republic of China--who are working to rein in police power and secure the rule of law.
Shelley Rigger, senior fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute, and Brown professor of East Asian politics, Davidson College
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Chipmaker is reportedly seeking a buyer for its connected home division
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According to sources familiar with the matter, Intel is reportedly looking for buyers for its connected home division which produces chips used in home internet access gear.
The chipmaker has even gone as far as to hire a financial adviser to help with the deal as the firm looks to sell off the unit responsible for bringing in annual sales of around $450m.
Intel's connected home business manufacturers the semiconductors required to provide wireless connections in home routers and gateways. The division offers a range of chips that allow consumers to manage data traffic and connect to WiFi but it has struggled to compete against its larger rivals, Broadcom and Qualcomm.
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Intel's CEO Bob Swan has been taking a closer look at the company's operations and has said that he will explore options for areas that are not competitive.
For instance, the chipmaker sold off its smartphone modem business to Apple for $1bn back in July and Swan has indicated that its memory business is another area where he may look for a partnership.
As smart devices became more ubiquitous, Intel created its connected home initiative to ensure that its computing chips found their way into this new range of devices. Throughout its history, the company has often created new units as a way to help further its CPU business.
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February 2017 - Weather Wrap-up
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The Bureau of Meteorology reported this month that Brisbane had its warmest February on record in terms of mean temperature. Brisbane also had its highest February mean maximum temperature on record and second-warmest February mean minimum temperature on record. Rainfall was well below average at all Brisbane locations.
Persistent heat throughout the month; record warmth
Brisbane had its warmest February on record, with a mean temperature of 27.6 °C (+2.3 °C above average), beating the previous record of 27.3 °C set in 2004
Brisbane also had its hottest February days on record, with 32.5 °C (+3.5 °C above average); also its second-warmest mean minimum temperature on record with 22.7 °C, and only 0.2 °C below the record set in 1981
Brisbane had a record run of 26 consecutive days above 30 °C (1st to 26th), beating the previous record of 16 days set in 2016 by a long margin
The peak of the heat occurred between the 10th and the 13th, and the hottest day on the 12th at most sites; Amberley had its hottest February day on record
A mostly stagnant weather pattern over the southeast during the month resulted in all sites recording mean maximum temperatures more than more than 2 °C above the long-term average, and most metropolitan locations having their warmest February days on record
Overnight temperatures were well above average, and some locations sites had their warmest February nights or equal highest on record
It was extremely hot on the 12th: Thargomindah (47.2 °C), Birdsville (47.1 °C), Ballera (47.0 °C), St George (46.8 °C) and Bollon (46.5 °C) all equalled or exceeded the previous Queensland record for the hottest February day (was 46.5 °C at Ballera on 6 February, 2006)
Well below average rainfall totals
Overall, rainfall was below to well below average at all Brisbane metropolitan locations
All sites recorded less than 30% of their average February rainfall and reported monthly totals between 20 mm and 40 mm
Showers brought light falls to the southeast on the 8th and 9th; thunderstorms on the 13th produced falls up to 20 mm across the metropolitan area
Overnight thunderstorms on the 18th, and continuing showers across the southeast coast resulted in falls of 10 mm to 15 mm at most locations
Most of the State had below to well below February rainfall; pockets along the southern border and in the southeast had their driest February on record or in several decades
Much of the southwest and southeastern districts of Queensland recorded less than 20% of the average February rainfall
Severe Thunderstorms
A line of severe thunderstorms formed over the southeast coast on the 13th, and affected parts of the greater Brisbane area with very strong wind gusts of up to 115 km/h recorded at the Inner Reciprocal Marker in Moreton Bay
Tropical cyclone Alfred
Alfred was first identified as a tropical low near Borroloola (in the Northern Territory) on the 15th, and remained slow-moving near the southern Gulf of Carpentaria coast for a number of days
Tropical cyclone Alfred was named early on the 20th, and remained a category 1 system for almost 24 hours, before weakening and eventually crossing the coast as a tropical low in the early afternoon of the 21st
Sweers Island recorded a rainfall total of 1159 mm from the 14th to the 23rd
Special Climate Statement 61—exceptional heat in southeast Australia in early 2017
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Islington South and Finsbury is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Emily Thornberry of the Labour party.
The Islington South and Finsbury constituency has a total population of 105,822, of which 88,519 are eligible (18+) to vote (83.6%).
Islington South and Finsbury ranks 631th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 144th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.
Emily Thornberry
Emily Anne Thornberry (born 27 July 1960) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington South and Finsbury since 2005.
Thornberry served as Shadow Attorney General from 2011 until her resignation on 20 November 2014.
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Thornberry
Address Emily Thornberry MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Email Address emily@islingtonlabour.org.uk
Constituency Islington South and Finsbury
Election turnout for the Islington South And Finsbury constituency in 2015 was 65.00%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.
Charlie Kiss Green Male 21 July 1965 (54) - http://islington.greenparty.org.uk/elections/
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Labour Thornberry, Emily
Liberal Democrat Fox, Bridget
Green Humphreys, James
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Election turnout for the Islington South And Finsbury constituency in 2010 was 64.4%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.
This graph shows the results from 63 people in the Islington South and Finsbury constituency who have taken our quiz, displaying which party best matches their opinions of the series of questions we ask.


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MCA Orders (2013 ~ 2022)
List of Orders issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) during 2013 to 2022, for making amendments in provisions of Companies Act, Companies Rules, etc.:
List of MCA Orders 2013 ~ 2022 (No./ Date/ Particulars)
MCA Order dt. 17/12/2020 : MCA has further deferred applicability of the Companies Auditors's Report Order (CARO) 2020 from FY 2019-20/ 2020-21 to 2021-22, i.e. CARO 2020 shall be applicable in respect of financial years beginning with 01/04/2021 onwards. Read More…
MCA Order dt. 24/03/2020 : MCA has deferred applicability of the Companies Auditors's Report Order (CARO) 2020 from FY 2019-20 to 2020-21, as part of special measures/ relaxations due to COVID-19 outbreak. Read More…
MCA Order dt. 25/02/2020 : MCA notifies the Companies Auditor's Report Order (CARO), 2020 to amend/ supersede the reporting requirements envisaged in CARO, 2016 and to prescribe certain new reporting requirements. CARO 2020 is notified as applicable from Financial Year 2019-20, however, MCA has subsequently deferred applicability thereof to FY 2020-21 vide Order dt. 24/03/2020. Read More…
MCA Order dt. 29/03/2016 : MCA notifies 'Companies Auditor's Report Order (CARO), 2016' to amend/ supersede the reporting requirements envisaged in CARO, 2015.
MCA Order dt. 19/04/2015: MCA notifies 'Companies Auditor's Report Order (CARO), 2015' to amend/ supersede the reporting requirements envisaged in CARO, 2003.
MCA Updates (Company Law)
Company Law General Circulars, Notifications, Orders, etc. issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), in different years:
MCA General Circulars: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
MCA Notifications: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
MCA Orders: 2013 to 2022
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