After clearing up the path from Spital Station last week, this week we turned our attention to putting up our sign to let people know that the path leads into the park and nature reserve. Luckily we had a sign similar to those at other entrances already made and so putting it up it should be a doddle…. It actually took several volunteers all day to complete the task. (especially as Alan insisted on us getting it level!). Those not involved with the sign were all kept busy maintaining the pathways around the wild flower meadow near the Visitor Centre.
Tim,Ron & Mike spent the morning taking measurements for river monitoring and doing a brief but fruitful plant survey. The others spent the morning clearing the path from Spital Station car park into the Reserve. In the afternoon we worked nearer the Visitor Centre, walled garden and pond, mowing paths , spreading woodchip, clearing rubbish etc. It all seemed to keep us quite busy.
Winter came and went and the volunteers just kept on working, in all weathers – well we have actually had no snow at all this year, but we did get plenty of rain. Paths, fencing, coppicing, improvements in the Walled Garden, clearing the vista across to Babb's Meadow from the viewpoint etc. – all sorts with plenty to keep us busy.
The current major project is building a new Bodgers Shed (see details in the Projects section). This is very interesting and rewarding and I think we are all working very hard and enjoying doing it.
One job this week was the re-erection of a beautifully carved oak seat that was originally sited at Eastham Country Park. The seat was made by Bill Welch several years ago. Sadly Bill is no longer with us. There is more information about Bill and some more of his work still at Eastham. In its new home the seat looks great and brings a touch of real class the the garden.
What a nice Summer. Lots of sunshine and warmth. The plants have been growing well, despite a relatively dry period. The volunteers have been active throughout. A major development has been taking place in the walled garden to make it more visitor friendly with an outdoor classroom area and places to sample home grown organic vegetables from the 'incredible edibles' project run by Eastham Day Centre. The regular volunteer team have also been working on the wild flower meadow near the car park and continuing with the ongoing fight to eradicate the Himalayan Balsam and Japanese Knotweed populations.
We have also installed a second picnic bench, with wheelchair access, close to the car park. Work on the pond to protect a wildlife area and ongoing attempts to reduce the risk of algal bloom has also been carried out.
April and May have been busy months with a good deal of work being undertaken to complete the programme of railing construction and path improvements. The Team are starting to get quite proficient at driving in the posts and attaching the rails. Some of the rails are really very hard wood and driving the 4″ nails through can be very trying as they tend to crumple and bend under severe force! The weather has not been kind with rain and cold a regular feature – however on the bright side the Spring flowers have been super this year.
Other tasks have included clearing curly pond weed , which is a non-native invasive species, from the pond by Bodens Hey meadow. The overhanging rhododendron along the riverside path leading to St Patrick's Well has also been trimmed back. The roots of these bushes anchor the valley side so removing them entirely would probably lead to excessive erosion.
This week, under Alan's guidance, we undertook the installation of a fence across the NE corner of Woodslee pond to provide a protected area for wildlife and an area suitable for fish to use when spawning. Driving the fencing posts in whilst squatting in the tiny dingy looked most precarious – so well done to George and Alan for that!
The picnic table jointly funded by the Friends and North Wirral Rotary Club has been installed and is now being regularly used which is nice to see. If we get some sunshine I am sure it will be a great spot for a picnic.
Beautiful weather, sunshine, rain free and not too cold despite a hard frost over night. Most of the day was spent preparing the base for a new picnic table that is being installed on Friday( with the help of North Wirral Rotary Club members). However today we cleared an overhanging branch or two and then marked out the base area. This was then fitted with a low wooden revetment border and the surface turf removed to provide a suitable base for membrane and gravel to be laid. This will give a suitable all weather surface for the table and enable wheelchair access.
The handrail has been completed. On the 27th we had snow showers throughout the day but luckily none settled enough to interrupt the work. The following day was dry and considerably warmer. In addition one of our best patches of wild garlic was cleared of brash and twigs from a fallen tree. Several young trees were also given new supporting stakes. These stakes are set at an angle and quite low down – this is to provide support to stop the root ball rocking but at the same time allow the main stem to flex in the wind and so strengthen naturally.
The main morning task was to fill in pot holes in the car park and on the drive. A large fallen branch almost blocking a path was cleared and anti-squirrel baffles fitted to protect the bird feeders near the disabled parking area. In the afternoon work started on building the hand rail on the "39 Steps". Actually there are just a few more than 39 since they were renewed last year but the name stuck.
The team went to Royden Park to help with the clearance of cut trees that were being removed from heathland. If the trees are not removed they encroach on the heath and reduce the heather growth. In the afternoon we were joined by a delightful shire horse, called Dan, that worked at pulling the bundles of brash off the heath – making it look effortless. A very pleasant day.
Beautiful weather for a change. The handrail for Otters tunnel steps was completed and the preparation for the asphalt surfacing of the small car park was also finished. Everybody enjoyed the day.
Well it wasn't raining for a change, it was snowing instead. This inclement weather did not however put us off continuing the task of building a sturdy wooden railing beside the steps that run down to Otters Tunnel. The work included putting in the posts and rails, adding bracing posts (the diagonal ones shown in the photo) and making the hand rail more robust. We all got 'stuck in' and despite freezing wet fingers managed to get the majority of the work finished and were very glad to retire for a late lunch! Quite a bit of work has been done, by Alan and the other volunteers, on clearing the slope down to the river and this has opened up the view considerably. To make the most of this we have lowered the railing opposite the bench to give an unrestricted view down to the river and willow carr area. The following day the weather was beautiful and felt springlike. The Thursday crew did some sterling work on clearing paths and planting oak seedlings.
A nice day but with a distinct chill in the air. The main task for the day was preparing the small parking area near the Visitor Centre for tarmac to be laid and proper disabled parking bays to be marked out. This will complete the project to enable access for all to the Woodslee Pond area. Some new bird feeders were also installed close by so that those unable to reach the feeding area in the dell would hopefully be able to see some of our wildlife from the disabled car park. A very satisfying team effort enjoyed by all.
Late January 2013 After the Winter Warmer, which we all enjoyed, we spent our next session restoring the place to normality – but we left the decorations up until 12th Night. Since then a lot more rain has fallen and the paths are becoming increasingly muddy. We are busy clearing drains and making new ones to try and keep the mud at bay and also putting new surfacing material down to try and consolidate some paths. We have also been burning a lot of chopped rhododendron branches and stumps – and ended up smelling like a kipper! Last week we had some snow (only light compared to some) but we went out in it to thin a patch of ash seedlings, leaving a few healthy looking ones. We really hope we do not get the Ash dieback disease or our efforts will have been in vain.
5th December 2012 With the Winter Warmer event only three days away , all activity focused on preparations. These included ensuring the gas BBQ was working, building outdoor shelters for stalls and the BBQ itself. Tasks included making signs for the car parking and for route to the Visitor Centre as well as getting the decorations sorted and final preparations made for the setting up of stalls on Saturday morning. We also gave the hazel and holly bushes around the courtyard entrance a good tidy up . This kept all of us quite busy – but looking forward to a good fun event. The weather forecast for Saturday is not bad – so fingers crossed for a great day.
Despite the poor weather we have managed to get out and about during November. The work around the pond is now completed. The stock of fish in the pond was again checked by the Environment Agency and they removed several pike – to help rebalance the mix of large, medium and small fish. Other fish were then introduced including about 200 each of perch, tench and carp. Interesting to see – but not much work done by the watchers. The main thrust of the work this month has been coppicing in the area by Otters Tunnel. The hazel trees are cut back to almost ground level. This gives us some long, poles for use elsewhere in the park and also encourages the plants to grow again – ready to be harvested in about 7 to 10 years. It also lets light reach the woodland floor and so encourages/ enables low level woodland plants to grow. Watch out for the Wood Anemone and Lesser Celandine next Spring.
We have also done some work on path drainage – wellies no longer required to walk through the park – unless the river floods again of course!
As part of a Friends sponsored project new bird feeding station has been established. The dell near the rangers office has been cleared and a series of bird tables and feeders introduced. Special thanks go to the members of North Wirral Rotary Club who came along and helped set up the bird tables, installed a second bench and cleared away some of the encroaching laurel. A rota for feeding the birds is being established as it is important to ensure that the feed is provided regularly. A local company has kindly made a donation to enable us to purchase an adequate supply of birdseed. Many thanks. The local birds are already enjoying their generosity.
After an exceptional period of rain, which washed the shuttering off the bat tunnel, work resumed on the management of Woodslee Pond. The construction of the 'inclusive' fishing pegs is continuing apace. The picture shows Alison, Alan, Tim and David working on the first one several week ago. We are now on number eight. Last week we also transplanted* some shallow water vegetation, mostly bog-bean and flag iris, from a neighbouring pond to encourage and provide a refuge for some of the freshwater invertebrates that will help to keep the pond ecologically well balanced. * Prior to transplanting the vegetation the donor pond was carefully checked for any evidence of invasive species e.g. New Zeland Stonecrop and water fern, that are damaging some of our native ponds and rivers. All was clear!
The Summer holidays are over and it's back to work. Not that work stopped for that long in Dibby! We have had a busy time with two activity areas dominating the work, balsam and pond management.
First, the annual Himalayan balsam eradication programme which ,dare we say it, does seem to be having a significant effect. The amount of balsam this year is much less than last year but small pockets of it did still crop up. There were also occasional single plants appearing in flower with which we had to deal. Each plant can produce several hundred seeds so even a few that escaped our notice could mean a lot more next year…..
The second major area of work relates to the upgrading of the access and water quality in Woodslee Pond. This includes improving the access and fishing 'pegs' to enable wheelchair access for disabled fishermen (or women of course). The path surrounding the pond is being widened and each peg is being provided with a suitable safety rail and adequate flat area for wheelchairs. Today we have completed the work on the fourth peg.
The problems with blue/green algae have reoccurred and we initially places the recommended barley-straw 'sausages' in the water and these seemed to result in some improvement. The main cause of the problem is excess nutrients in the water. To address this the Environment Agency suggested the creation of floating islands with waterside plants which would effectively draw the excess nutrients out of the water. Two weeks ago they came equipped with all necessary materials and equipment to help us build three such floating islands. Constructing them, planting them up and launching them provided a full days enjoyment for us all. Last week we took the boat out to them to add some further plants.
Here we are in the middle of Summer, and what do we get? Rain and more rain and that brings on the mud. Several folks have managed to get a boot-full of mud and on at least one occasion a lost boot in the mud. Does this stop us – No! The volunteers continue to turn up and work …. they are either a load of nuts or a great bunch – I think the latter. Quite a bit of path work has been undertake recently both to keep back encroaching vegetation (brambles seem to love the warm rainy conditions and grow like mad) and also improve access to Woodslee Pond for wheelchairs. We hear that the jet stream is now moving North – we really hope so! Bring on the sunshine.
Himalayan Balsam bashing with some rain showers. (see Invasive species page) Contractors are on site tackling some of the main balsam sites using strimmers. However our volunteers, armed with brashing bars (they are like a bill hook on a stout 1.6m handle, quite heavy and quite effective), tackled the west river bank on the downstream side heading towards Spital dam in the morning. In the afternoon the dreaded weed growth in Patrick's wood was addressed until the rain made the terrain unsuitable for further work (it is quite steep and slippery).
A large Oak tree had fallen in the car park at Eastham Country Park (our sister site) and the team went along to help cut it up and clear it away. They also undertook some more work on the car park at Dibby to improve the drainage.
Today was Car Park day. The enthusiastic team set about giving the car park a facelift, under Alan's supervision. The area in front of the new notice board was levelled and given a gravel surface. A new sign showing the way to the Visitor Centre and Rangers Office was installed and the edges of the parking area were scraped back and the surrounding bund tidied and re-seeded. At the end of the day we all agreed that it looked much smarter.
Fencing along the drive is being replaced and this work has been progressing well. A display showing some of the friends activities and delights of Dibbinsdale was prepared. A lucky capture of wood mouse in a live trap enabled us to get some great pictures of the small mammal trapping process just in time for the display.
On Sunday, 6th May we took the display stand to the New Ferry Butterfly Park open day to help support this excellent Wirral Wildlife project. We had a good number of interested visitors and even managed to recruit a few new members. The Butterfly Park, located about two miles from Dibbinsdale, is actively managing a site that was formerly railway sidings and a brick making works to provide an environment for butterflies and other mini-beasts to find a home breed in an otherwise urban environment. Well worth supporting.
Hey its raining! Lets go and clear out the drains. So we did – well three significant ones at least. These are drains that run under the paths in the reserve – without them they can get very muddy. Somehow we all ended up very muddy (havn't I heard this before?) but the drains were running well. The wise ones decided to continue the fencing replacement. Pete prepared a set of wood samples to go on our stand at the New Ferry Butterfly Park Open Day (6th May). Despite rain and mud we achieved all planned tasks and felt that it had been an excellent day.
Morning walk around the site with Lyn Byrne the Invasive Species Officer from Cheshire Wildlife Trust. Looking primarily at the extent of the Japanese Knotweed and Himalayan Balsam we have in the valley. We also had an interesting discussion about the crayfish the live in Woodslea Pond – unfortunately not our native species but the american signal crayfish. In the afternoon work on the replacement fencing along the drive was undertaken.
Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud. You know those willows we felled on 28th… well today we were winching out the stumps and roots. It had been raining and the area was quite wet when we started, but after a few hours of tramping around we ended up with a wonderful mud wallow, about a dozen uprooted stumps, as well as some rather tired and muddy volunteers. The rain held off, it was sunny and all agreed that it had been really good day.
First apols for the absence of the diary for a few weeks – IT problems!!
Glorious sunshine today, just right for the work we were doing clearing some encroaching willow in Babb's Meadow and reinforcing the river bank with willow spiling – which should grow into a robust riverbank in due course. We also repaired some of the drainage gullies between the pools and the river. This is to encourage the growth of a healthy reed bed.
Another good day in the woods for our team. Today we did some final work on the rhododendron in babs meadow removing the last of the stumps and raking the brash. We also cut back some of the trees and branches infront of the owl box to encourage nesting owls. In the afternoon, we worked around the tunnel installing reflective discs to help guide people safely through the tunnel and repared the fence at the south end of the tunnel.
Work today centred around the courtyard and visitor centre again. The group split up into small teams looking at different tasks. One group made an owl box which we plan to put up in the reserve asap (next week would be good). A cutting list was made for materials needed to bring all the fishing pegs and paths around Woodslee pond up to Wheelchair standard. The materials for this project will be funded by the EA and the labour provided by our volunteers and local company environmental volunteer days. Work also continued on clearing unwanted cover along the driveway.
Today we had a collaborative work day with a group from the Association of Wirral Anglers, our own Wednesday volunteers and a small team from the Environment Agency Fisheries department. The task was to net the pond to see what fish were in there.
This was to ascertain the quality of the water and ensure a good balance of fish stock for anglers and future wildlife management in the pond. A large amount of small roach were removed as it was decided that the pond could not sustain them at the level present. We also made some plans to have some habitat maintenance task days on the pond with the EA in April.
Once again we focussed our activities on the Visitor Centre and surrounding area. New fencing was erected on the road to the Rangers Office. The Visitor Centre notice boards had a lick of paint and a thermometer was affixed to the wall by it centre door. On the following day the timber store was unloaded and stacking supports built. The video lead from the nest box camera was repaired – it had been nibbled through by mice! We also got to work and made up the nest box kits for use on Saturday. Overall a couple of quite busy days.
This week we focussed our activities on the Visitor Centre. The leaking roof has been fixed and it is now open to the public again. There are plans to make much more use of it this year for demonstrations, courses and meetings. A good deal of spring cleaning was undertaken and old clutter cleared out. We also started putting up the new signs directing folks from the Car Park to the Visitor Centre.
Cold, fresh and bright – a great day for some serious work outdoors! One of our special trees a Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) was becoming masked by undergrowth and an adjacent leaning cypress tree. The task for the day was to clear the undergrowth and remove the cypress. We also pruned off some low dead branches from an adjacent oak tree. The end result justified the team's efforts revealing the superb natural sculpture of this fascinating tree. This species of oak was originally from the Mediterranean area and unlike our native oaks it keeps its rather prickly leaves throughout the winter (as can be seen in the picture).
An interesting meeting and discussion about the development of countryside skills started the day. We then set about clearing the vegetation obscuring our largest Monkey Puzzle Tree – correctly called a Chile Pine (Araucaria araucana). These distinctive but rather short lived (100 years) trees were introduced into Britain in 1795. The tree is now easily spotted from the path leading to the Rangers Office.
1) Clearing out the Bodgers shed in the walled garden – the Friends are looking at making this available as an outdoor crafts facility available for a whole range of woodland based activities including using our pole-lathe.
2) Undergrowth clearance from around our Coast Redwood tree (Sequoia sempervirens) to give it space to grow and be visible from the path by the carpark. Now easily spotted as it is just about the tallest tree around and has rufous spongy bark.
3) Continued management of the laurels between the Visitor Centre and the wildflower meadow.
The rain never really got started and it was a satisfying day for all who came along.
An oak tree by St Patrick's Well had toppled over creating an unusual but unsafe arch across the path. This was quite a challenge to remove safely but with Alan's expertise with the chainsaw it was reduced to a series of short but hefty logs that were then used to extend the existing pathway edging.
Work was also undertaken to remove an unsafe Holm Oak near the Ranger's Office and the opportunity was also taken to coppice the trackside Hazel and prune the other, largely laurel bushes to open up the view to the flower meadow.
stakes to use for traditional hedging and other country crafts. The stakes can be up to 3 meters long and are relatively straight. The Hazel plants themselves are not destroyed and produce new shoots suitable for harvesting in a few years time. Here we see Alan, Pete, Gary and Phil hard at work! Dave,Tim and Ron were also doing their share out of camera.
The afternoon was spent winching more of the extensive rhododendron stumps from the ground. We managed to get about six uprooted and ready for removal. All in all a good day despite the indifferent weather.
The major task was once again clearing and burning the invasive rhododendron, in particular the gigantic specimen that dominated the area adjacent to Babb's Meadow. We have now removed about 75% of it but still need to work on the remaining stumps and roots. A heavyweight winch is used to literally pull them out of the ground – but it is still really hard work getting them to start 'lifting'.
Pictures of Alan and Tim preparing to winch out another stump and the fire with the pile of material to burn.
The enormous amount of removed vegetation is burned – getting the fire going well enough to cope with the dampish material is sometimes a bit of a challenge.
The major task for the day was the assembly and installation of a new outdoor bench overlooking the wildflower meadow.
The bench has been provided by the Friends of Dibbinsdale and will enable our park visitors to sit and take in the views across the meadow and later in the year enjoy the display of flowers. Special thanks to Phil and Gary who did the bulk of the work digging the rather deep holes that were required.
Later a party went litter picking and recovered a depressingly large amount of rubbish whilst a small ash sapling was felled and used to prepare Xmas decoration bases for the forthcoming event at Eastham Country Park (our sister site). We also had to help remove a large oak branch that passing jogger told us had fallen across a pathway.
Path clearing of fallen leaves. Wildflower meadow mowing and removal of material in preparation for next years seed planting. The removal of the cut material helps reduce the soil nutrients and so help the flowers compete with the grasses next year.
Path maintenance – removal of encroaching grass.
The leaves are really coming down now so further path clearing was also required later in the week.


The Vatican is highlighting its support for the nuclear deal with Iran, days before Pope Francis's historic visit to Washington and as opponents in Congress dig in their heels in an attempt to scuttle the accord.
In a statement presented before the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday, the Catholic Church's effective foreign minister offered his strongest support yet behind the agreement.
"In a region where there are already too many conflicts, to reach an agreement on a sensitive issue is an important step that will promote dialogue and cooperation on other issues," Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Holy See's secretary for relations with states, told the IAEA in Vienna.
"The Holy See welcomes the IAEA's participation in the verification and monitoring of Iran's nuclear-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action," Gallagher said, using the formal name for the nuclear pact.
The Vatican had previously said that it sees the Iran deal in "a positive light," but Gallagher's new comments shed additional light on the church's perspective.
They are also likely to preview remarks that Pope Francis will give when he delivers a landmark speech before a joint session of Congress next week.
That could put Republicans — all of whom have opposed the Iran deal — in an awkward position.
The pope has previously been expected to discuss the need to combat climate change and wealth inequality, which could mirror Democratic policy positions.
At the same time, the pope's visit comes amid an escalating fight over funding for Planned Parenthood, so remarks that oppose abortion rights could upset some Democrats.
Lawmakers have already pledged to avoid displays of partisanship during the pope's visit on Sept. 24, as part of a three-day visit to Washington during a tour of the East Coast.


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In their 2018 Targeted Charging Review (TCR), Ofgem outlined its plans to reform the residual element of transmission and distribution network charges, to create a level playing field for businesses. Following consultation, it was announced that for all non-domestic consumers except unmetered supplies, the charging structure will combine the transmission and distribution charge into four fixed charging bands.
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The changes for both DUOS and TUOS will kick in on 1st April 2022. At the moment, there are no plans to push this back any further due to Covid-19.
The new banding system is likely to be based on the 24-month period ending in 2020 to stop people "gaming the system".
Once a site has been allocated a band, it will remain in that band for a period of five years before it can be reassessed. However, a dispute process will be in place to appeal the allocation – though the appeal is only likely to succeed if there has been a substantial drop in usage.
Every MPAN's Line Loss Factor (LLF) will change to incorporate numbers that will indicate a site's charging band. This is likely to be decided in the next few months.
For more information, please download our TCR e-guide here.
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So far, there has been no direction on how suppliers should treat fixed price contracts with periods that extend beyond 1st April 2022. It's likely we will see a number of different approaches from suppliers from a 'fixed is fixed' approach, to reserving the right to amend rates in the terms and conditions.
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Sumara is a Jack Laurent Giles designed "Vertue Class" yacht. Jack Laurent Giles was one of Britain's greatest yacht designers and the Vertue was one of his renowned achievements. The first Vertue was designed in 1936. There have been around 200 Vertues made over the past 74 years.
To find out more about the Vertue Class the book "Vertue 35" by Humphrey Barton describes the first small yacht crossing of the Atlantic from east to west and their survival of a hurricane.


Venice exceeded all of my expectations! After spending many holidays on the beaches in South East Asia I instantly felt at home jumping on and off the boat network that ferries locals and tourists around the 100+ islands that make up Venice. When planning the trip I was apprehensive as to how user-friendly the Vaperto service would be. I need not be worried. It was a breeze. I stayed on an island called Guidecca. It was just a short hop across the water each morning and I was in San Marco Square, The home of Saint Mark's Basilica. I was more happy walking the empty streets then queuing with the hordes of tourists, to get inside the many churches and cathedrals on the island. I spent most of my day wandering and capturing anything that caught my attention. One of the highlights for me was not on the main island. It was the Isola di San Michele, an Italian cemetery where the famous Russian composer, Igor Stravinsky lies.


President Neil D. Theobald has appointed Vice President William Bergman, a 17-year veteran of the university, as a presidential special assistant.
"Bill's many years of service at Temple will make him an invaluable resource as we move Temple forward," said Theobald. "I'm pleased he has agreed to return to the Executive Office of President in this role."
Bergman came to Temple in 1996 to oversee the university's public safety operation after 27 years with the Philadelphia Police Department, where he served as chief inspector of the Detective Bureau, chief inspector of the Communications Bureau and deputy police commissioner. He rose through the university's senior management ranks and became vice president of operations and business services in 1999.
After that, Bergman served for two years as chief of staff to former President Ann Weaver Hart, and since late 2011 has been responsible for overseeing several university divisions, including Operations, Campus Safety Services, Business Services and Environmental Health and Safety.
"Temple has been an important part of my life," said Bergman. "I look forward to working with President Theobald to make sure that the university continues to be a vital part of this city and the commonwealth."


Berlin, a taxi trip from Berlin to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp costs around 66.00 € . Calculate the price of your taxi trip in Berlin.... Berlin - Sachsenhausen - Berlin The day begins in central Berlin. We'll take the train 25 minutes north of Berlin to the town of Oranienburg, where we will walk to the memorial site.
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Im visiting the camp and i understand i get the train to Oranienburg. My question is, is the camp a short walk from the station or what bus should i get.
The dead were originally sent to the crematories installed in nearby Berlin, located not far from Sachsenhausen. As the war progressed, the first crematory was built in Sachsenhausen in April 1940 . After the start of the war, the number of deaths in Sachsenhausen increased dramatically.


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Q: Video fill remaining space while keeping ratio with CSS Edit: Codepen with wireframe: https://codepen.io/djdmorrison/pen/RwNNpLb If I reduce the .container width, the video becomes smaller as expected but keeps aspect ratio. However, if I reduce the .container height, I want the video to become smaller (reduce width) to not overflow.
I've solved this with javascript but would rather a CSS solution.
I have the following wireframe:

This needs to be a single-page application - no scrolling. Header, chat sidebar, footer are all fixed sizes. The video description is a fixed height determined by its content. The video then takes up the remaining space, keeping a 16:9 aspect ratio. If the video height is small enough, then it 'sticks' to the bottom of the video and leaves any empty space below it. If the video height is large, then the video description should reach the bottom and the video should become smaller to fill the remaining space.
I've used the padding-top/bottom: 56.25% trick to keep the video aspect ratio. This works well when the window is thin and tall enough. However, when the window is wide and short the video takes up the full remaining width, causing the height to increase and push the video description off the window.
The solution here is to set the video width so that it's at a size where the video description touches the bottom without falling off the page.
Psuedo code used for this (where videoContainer is the space for the video and description)
video.width = (videoContainer.height - videoDescription.height) * (16/9) + 'px'

This works well with javascript but I'd rather a CSS solution so I don't have to rely on event listeners to resize.
Thanks!

A: If you wish to use a pure CSS solution, the object-fit property may do the job for you.
In pseudo-code: img {object-fit: fill}
fill is the default option and will fill the parent container.
What I think you want from your question is to maintain the aspect ratio of the video so you may wish to use something like img {object-fit: contain} so that the aspect ratio is maintained.
I know many people in this cohort would shiver when w3school is mentioned but here is a quick reference for you to lookup without making hours of reseach and doc reading.
You may want to look into the fit-content() CSS function as well if you wish to use pixels or relative values to determine the size of the video container. For example:
#container__video {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: fit-content(300px) fit-content(300px) 1fr;
  grid-gap: 5px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  height: 200px;
  width: 100%;
}

For a more authoritative reference about fit-content() see the Mozilla's Doc
Let me know if this is what you are after.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


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/*bootsrap设置*/
.alert-default { color: #333; background-color: #f0f0f0;   border-color: #E1E5E8;}

.modal-lg{ width:1000px; margin-top:120px;}
.form-control{ border-radius: 2px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; border:1px #d0d0d0 solid; box-shadow: none; -webkit-border-shadow:none;}

.modal.in .modal-dialog{ z-index: 10046;}
.modalUploadFile .modal-header{ padding:8px; border-bottom:1px #015BD5 solid; background:#028DE8 url(../images/bg_title.png) repeat-x; border-radius: 6px 6px 0 0; -webkit-border-radius: 6px 6px 0 0;}

.modalUploadFile .modal-title{ color:#fff; font-size:14px; font-weight: bold;}
.modalUploadFile .close{ opacity: 1;}
.modalUploadFile .modal-innerTitle{ text-align: center; padding-bottom:16px; border-bottom:1px #E1E5E8 solid; color:#3c3c3c; font-weight: bold; font-size:14px;}
.modal.fade.modalUploadFile .modal-dialog{ width:508px;}
.modalUploadFile .modal-body{ padding:15px 28px;}
.modalUploadFile .form-group{ padding-top:30px;}
.modalUploadFile .form-group .help-block{ color:#bfc6ca; padding-top:10px;}
.modalUploadFile .modal-footer{ text-align: center; border-top:none;}
.modalUploadFile .modal-footer .btn-primary{ width:110px; height: 36px; border:none; background:url(../images/btn_b.png) no-repeat; color:#0049A0; font-weight: bold;}
.modalUploadFile .modal-content{ border-radius: 6px; -webkit-border-radius: 6px;}

.modalBtn{ width: 110px;  height: 36px; border: none; background: url(../images/btn_b.png) no-repeat;  color: #0049A0;    font-weight: bold;}
.picon_modal_del { background: url(../images/icon/icon_modal_del.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;
    width: 18px;    height: 18px;}

.J_alert{ width:200px; height: 156px; position: fixed; top: 20%; left: 50%; margin-left:-100px;z-index:1199}
.J_alert .bg{ background-color:#000; opacity: .8; width:100%; height: 156px; border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px;}
.J_alert .alertInner{ width:100%; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; text-align: center; color: #fff;}
.J_alert .alertInner .alertIcon{ display: inline-block; width:80px; height: 80px; margin-top:10px;}
.J_alert .alertInner .name{ font-size:20px;}

.pic_alert{ background:url(../images/icon/alert.png) no-repeat;}
.pic_warn{ background:url(../images/icon/warn.png) no-repeat;}
.pic_error{ background:url(../images/icon/error.png) no-repeat;}

/*标准重设*/
body{ background:#F1F4F9; font-family: Microsoft Yahei;}
input,a,select{ -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; outline: transparent; cursor: pointer; }
i,em{font-style: normal;}
.fl{ float: left;}
.fr{ float: right;}
ul,li{ margin:0; padding: 0; list-style: none;}

.text-cut{overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis;}

.icon,[class^=icon_]{ display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width:18px; height: 18px; background:url(../images/icon_spring.png) no-repeat;}
.icon_nav{ background-position: 0 -1px; width:26px; height: 26px; }
.icon_userFace{ background-position: -2px -90px; width:30px; height: 30px;}
.icon_squre{ background-position: -30px -1px;}
.icon_pics{ background-position: -53px -1px;}
.icon_clip{ background-position: -77px -1px;}
.icon_support{ background-position: -100px -1px;}
.icon_need{ background-position: -124px -1px;}
.icon_add{ background-position: -147px -1px;}
.icon_arrowDown{ background-position: -171px -1px;}
.icon_editData{ background-position: -194px -1px;}
.icon_tab{ background-position: -218px -1px;}
.icon_edit{ background-position: -265px -1px;}
.icon_del{ background-position: -288px -1px;}
.icon_upload{ background-position:-310px -1px;}
.icon_text{ background-position: -1px -50px; width:20px; height: 20px;}
.icon_users{ background-position: -24px -50px; width:20px; height: 20px;}
.icon_file{ background-position: -333px -1px;}
.bg_form{ background:#fff;}

.buttnGroup{ padding:20px; text-align: center;}
.submit,
.mobtn{ display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; min-width: 100px; padding:8px 22px; text-align: center; border-radius: 2px; -webkit-border-radius:2px;}
.mobtnSm{ padding:0 4px; font-size: 12px; min-width: auto;}

.submit,.mobtn:hover{text-decoration:none;}
.submit{ border: 1px #298BDE solid; background:#3399ED; color: #fff;}
.primary_btn{border: 1px #298BDE solid; background:#3399ED; color: #fff;}
.second_btn{border: 1px #50A77C solid; background:#68B991; color: #fff;}
.default_btn{border: 1px #ddd solid; background:#f4f4f4; color: #666;}
.infos_btn{border: 1px #DEA234 solid; background:#F3BF59; color: #fff;}
.dangerous_btn{border: 1px #DE462C solid; background:#F45A40; color: #fff;}

.second_bg{ background:#DFF0D8; color: #3C763D;}

.submit:hover{ color: #fff; background:#298BDE;}
.primary_btn:hover{ color: #fff; background:#298BDE;}
.second_btn:hover{ color: #fff; background:#50A77C;}
.default_btn:hover{ color: #666; background:#eee;}
.infos_btn:hover{ color: #fff; background:#DEA234;}
.dangerous_btn:hover{ color: #fff; background:#DE462C;}
.primary_col{ color:#298BDE;}
.second_col{ color:#1FB76C;}
.default_col{ color:#eee;}
.infos_col{ color:#DEA234;}
.dangerous_col{ color:#DE462C;}

/*登录部分*/
.loginwrap{ width:100%; height: 100%; background:#028CE7 url(../images/login/login_bg2.jpg) center bottom no-repeat; overflow: hidden; font-family: "Microsoft Yahei";}
.loginBox{ width:1005px; height: 561px;  ;background:url(../images/login/login_login.png) no-repeat; margin:0 auto; margin-top:4%;
position: relative;
}
.loginInner{ width:495px; margin-left:245px; padding-top:264px;}
.inp_user{ background:url(../images/login/inp_user.png) no-repeat; width:495px; height: 61px; }
.inp_psw{ background:url(../images/login/inp_psw.png) no-repeat; width:495px; height: 61px; }
.inpUser,
.inpPsw{ width:406px; height:44px; line-height: 40px; font-size:18px; border:none;  margin:7px 0 0 78px;}
.inp_checkme{ width:162px; height: 48px; position: relative;}
.inpcheck{ width:162px; height: 48px; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; z-index: 10; opacity: 0;}
.check{display: block; width:162px; height: 48px; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;}
.inpcheck + a{background:url(../images/login/login_me.png) no-repeat;}
.inpcheck:checked + a{background:url(../images/login/login_me_check.png) no-repeat;}

.inp_user,
.inp_psw,
.inp_checkme{ margin-bottom: 24px;}
.loginLeftBtm{ width:502px; height: 364px; background: url(../images/login/login_bg.png) no-repeat; position: absolute; left: -60px; bottom:-280px;}
.inp_submit{ width:324px; height: 104px; position: absolute; left: 326px; bottom:14px; }
.btn_link_submit{ width:324px; height: 104px; display: block; background:url(../images/login/btn_login.png) no-repeat;}

.header,
.outwrap,
.footer{ width: 100%; }
/*.header{background:url(../images/bg_top.jpg) top center no-repeat;} 彩虹色*/
.header{background:url(../images/bg_top.jpg) repeat-x;}
.mainTop{height: 72px; border-bottom:1px #828282 solid;  position: relative;}
.logo{ width: 42px; height: 42px; background:url(../images/logo.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; }
.lglogo{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 24px; font-family: "Microsoft Yahei"; color:#fff; position: absolute; top: 10px; left: 5%;}

.nav{ width:70%; text-align: right; height: 52px; margin:0 auto; border-bottom:1px #fff dashed; padding-top:10px;}
.nav .navIteam,
.nav .navIteam a{ display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; color:#fff; font-weight: bold; font-size:16px; font-family: "Microsoft Yahei"; }
.nav .navIteam a{padding:6px 22px 12px 22px; text-decoration: none; position: relative;}
.nav .navIteam a .icon_nav{ display: none; position: absolute; bottom: -14px; left: 50%; margin-left:-13px;}
.nav .navIteam a:hover .icon_nav,
.nav .navIteam a.curr .icon_nav{ display: block; }

.userCenter{ position: absolute; right: 20px; top: 10px;}
.userCenter .btn-default{ line-height: 30px; font-weight: bold; color:#fff;}
.userCenter .btn-default.active,
.userCenter .btn-default:active,
.userCenter.open>.dropdown-toggle.btn-default{ color:#fff; background:none;}
.userCenter .btn-default,
.userCenter .btn-default:focus,
.userCenter .btn-default.focus,
.userCenter .btn-default:hover{ background:none; border:none;}

.subTop{ position:relative; background:#efefef;}
.subInner{ background:#fff;}
.subNav{ width: 1002px; height: 46px; margin:0 auto; background-color:#fff;}
.subNav .subNavIteam,
.subNav .subNavIteam a{ display: inline-block;vertical-align: top; color: #333; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Microsoft Yahei";}
.subNav .subNavIteam a{ padding:13px 10px; margin:0 12px; text-decoration: none;}
.subNav .subNavIteam a.curr,
.subNav .subNavIteam a:hover{ background:url(../images/tab_h.png) bottom center no-repeat;}
.subTop .dateTime{ position: absolute; top: 10px; right:5%;}
.subTop .subShaddow{ height:14px; background:url(../images/top_shaddow.png) top center no-repeat;}

.pageTitleWrap{ background:#efefef;}
.pageTitle{ width:90%; height: 34px; margin:0 auto; clear: both; overflow: hidden;}
.pageTitle .title{ float: left; font-weight: bold; font-size:18px;}
.pageTitle .title .icon_squre{ margin-top:3px;}
.pageTitle .positions{ float: right; }

.outwrap{ background:#F1F4F9; border-top:1px #DFDFDF solid;}
.innerwrap{ width:90%; margin:0 auto; padding-bottom:50px; }
.innerCotent{ padding:30px 80px; }

.welcomCon{ background:url(../images/welcom_bg.png) right bottom no-repeat; width: 826px; height: 550px; float: right;}
.welcomeTitle{ background:url(../images/welcome_title.png) no-repeat; width: 652px; height: 60px; margin-top: 60px;}

.formTitle{ height: 34px; line-height: 34px; border-bottom: 1px #ddd solid; font-weight: bold; font-size:14px; margin-bottom:20px;}
.formTitle .mobtn{ line-height:normal; margin-top:6px;}
.mytb{ width: 100%; border:1px #ddd solid;}
.mytb td{ padding:6px; border-bottom:1px #ddd solid;}
.mytb td .error{ font-size:12px; font-weight: normal; color:#f30;}

.mytb .tdName{ width:118px; text-align: center; background:#F4F2F3;}

.mytbText td{ padding:8px 4px;}
.mytbText .tdName{ width:15%}
.mytbText .tdCon{ width: 35%;}
.mytbText .replay{ background:#DFF0D8; color: #3C763D;}

.mytbText .tdCon .attaIteam{ display: block; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px; border-bottom:1px #ddd dashed; }
.mytbText .tdCon .attaIteam:last-child{border-bottom: none;}

.bg_lable{ background:#F4F2F3; }
.midTb{ width:80%; margin:0 auto;}
.midTb .tdName{ width: 10%;}

.listTop{ padding-top:20px;}
.searchBox{ border-top:2px #3399ED solid; background:#fff; margin-bottom:20px;}
a:hover,a:link,a:visited{text-decoration: none;}
.searchType{}
.typeIteam{ width:100%; height: 44px; margin:10px 0; border-bottom:1px #eee solid;}
.typeIteam .typeName{ float: left; width:90px; text-align: center; padding-top:6px;}
.typeIteam .typeCon{ margin-left:90px;}
.typeIteam .typeCon .iteam,
.typeIteam .typeCon .iteamShow{ display:inline-block; vertical-align:top; padding:6px 8px; margin-right:10px; color:#434343;}
.typeIteam .typeCon .iteam.curr{ background:#eee; text-decoration: none;  border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; }
.typeIteam .typeCon .iteam:hover{ text-decoration: none;  border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; }
.typeIteam .form-control,
.typeIteam .form-button,
.typeIteam .mobtn{ display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;}
.typeIteam .form-button .form-control[readonly]{background:#fff;}

.menuList{ width:!00%; }
.menuList .menu_parent{ width:200px; padding:8px 30px 8px 10px;  background:#fff; border-bottom: 1px #d0d0d0 dashed; position: relative; }
.menuList .menu_parent .iteam_parent{ display: block; padding:6px 10px; }
.menuList .menu_parent .glyphicon{ position: absolute; right: 10px; top:14px;}
.menuList .menu_parent .menu_children{ width:630px; position: absolute;/* right:-400px; top: 0;*/ z-index: 1500; background:#fff; display: none; border:2px #ddd solid; padding:20px;}
.menuList .menu_parent .menu_children .iteam_chd{ display:inline-block; padding:8px 10px; width:48%; background:url(../images/icon/icon_dot.png) center left no-repeat; padding-left: 24px;}
.menuList .menu_parent .menu_children .iteam_chd:hover{ background-color:#efefef;}
/*.menuList .menu_parent .iteam_parent:hover +.menu_children{ display: block;}*/

.menuList .menu_parent{ width:33%; display: inline-block;}
/*.menuList .menu_parentCurr .menu_children{ display: block;}*/
.menuList .menu_parent .menu_children { left: 0; top:34px;}

.controlBar{ width:100%; margin-bottom:20px; overflow: hidden;}
.controlBar .title{ width:120px; float: left; padding-top:7px;}
.controlBar .titleCon{ float: left; width:80%;}
.controlBar .titleCon .iteam{ display:inline-block; vertical-align:top; padding:6px 10px; border:1px #ddd solid; background:#fff; color:#333;  position: relative; padding-right:38px; margin-right:10px;}
.controlBar .titleCon .iteam span:after{ position: absolute; width:32px; height:32px; line-height: 28px; content: "x"; font-family: Arial; display: block; right: 0px; top: 0px; text-align: center; color:#333;}
.controlBar .titleCon .iteam:hover{ border-color: #f30;}
.controlBar .titleCon .iteam:hover span:after{  background:#f30; color:#fff; }

.controlBar .option{ float:right;}

.totalNum{ float: right; width:358px; height: 172px; background:url(../images/bg_search.png) no-repeat;}

.tableControl{ margin-bottom:20px;}
.tableControl .form-group{ margin-right:14px; }
.tableControl label{ padding-right:6px; color: #666;}
.tableControl .mobtn{ padding:1px 14px;}
.tableControl .form-control{ height: 26px; padding:2px 12px;}

.tableList{ width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background:#fff;}
.tableList th,
.tableList td{ border:1px #ddd solid; border-collapse: collapse; padding:6px;}
.tableList th{ background:url(../images/bg_column.jpg) repeat-x;}
.tableList .num{ text-align: center; width:50px;}       /*序号*/
.tableList .code{ text-align: center; width: 120px;}      /*编号*/
.tableList .username{ text-align: center;}  /*用户名*/
.tableList .phone{ text-align: center;}     /*电话号*/
.tableList .contact{ text-align: left; width:280px;}
.tableList .day{ text-align: center;}       /*日期*/
.tableList .daytime{ text-align: center; width:180px;}   /*日期+时间*/
.tableList .type{ text-align: center;}       /*状态*/
.tableList .userpic{ text-align: center; width:120px; }
.tableList .userpic .pic{ width: 40px; height: 40px; }
.tableList .op{ text-align: center; }                             /*操作*/
.tableList .op_2{ width:120px}
.tableList .op_3{ width:150px}
.tableList .op_4{ width:200px}
.tableList .op_5{ width:250px}

.tableData{ border:1px solid #98BADD;    width: 100%;    border-collapse: collapse; background:#fff;}
.firstTr { width: 100%; background:#DBECFC;}
.secondTr{width:100%;}

.tableData tr { text-align:center; height:26px;}
.tableData td {border:solid #98BADD; border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;}
.tableData th {border:solid #98BADD; border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px;font-weight:normal; text-align: center;}

.tableDataTop{ margin-bottom:20px; text-align: right;}
.tableDataTop a{ margin-left:20px; color:#444;}

.pageBtm{ text-align: center; background-color: #F2F3F7; border:1px #BFC9D5 solid;}
.pageBtm .pagination,
.pageBtm .form-inline{ display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;}
.pageBtm .form-inline{ margin: 4px 10px; color:#666;}
.pageBtm .pagination{ margin: 8px 10px;}
.pageBtm .form-inline .form-group{ width:90px;}
.pageBtm .form-control{padding: 0 10px; height: 24px; }
.pageBtm .input-group-addon{ padding: 0 6px;}
.pageBtm .pagination>li>a,
.pageBtm .pagination>li>span{ margin:0 8px; padding:2px 8px; font-size:12px;}

.endFoot { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; z-index: 1000;}
.footer{ text-align: center; color:#f0f0f0; background:#3399ED; border-top:1px #828282 solid; padding:4px 0; font-size: 12px;}
.footer span{ padding:10px;}

.inpBox{ clear: both; height: auto; margin-top:.625em; margin-bottom:.625em;}
.inpBox .imgBox .btnfile{
	position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; font-size: 80px;
	-webkit-appearance : none ;
	-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);
	-moz-tap-highlight-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);
	tap-highlight-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);
	opacity: 0;
}
.inpBox .btnAtta{ background-color: #f2f2f2; color:#444; width:40%; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; padding:12px 10px; cursor:pointer;
overflow: hidden;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
position: relative;}
.inpBox .btnAtta .btnfile{
	position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; font-size: 40px;
	-webkit-appearance : none ;
	-webkit-tap-highlight-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);
	-moz-tap-highlight-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);
	tap-highlight-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);
	opacity: 0;
}
.inpBox .btnAtta .ic_atta{ color:#444;
-webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
transform: rotate(45deg);
 }

.inpBox_atta{ width:100%; margin:0 auto;}
.inpBox_atta .attaIteam{ display: block; color:#444; background:#f8f8f8; padding:10px; margin-bottom:.625em;}
.inpBox_atta .attaIteam .icon_file{margin-right: 8px; color:#444;}
.inpBox_atta .attaIteam .icon_del{ color:#444;}

.clear{ clear: both;}

.contentTitle{background:#f0f0f0; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; padding:0 4px; margin-bottom: 8px; border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px;}

.content{width:100%; font-size:1em; color:#444;}
.content p{line-height:1.8; text-align:justify; text-justify:distribute-all-lines; margin-bottom:.8em;}
.content p img{/*margin-bottom:.2em;*/ display:block; margin:0 auto; max-width: 80%;}
.content p a{color:#2A95D9; padding:0 4px;}
.content iframe{ width: 450px; height: 350px; display: block; margin:0 auto; }

.content pre{
 white-space:pre-wrap; /* css-3 */
 white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; /* Mozilla, since 1999 */
 white-space:-pre-wrap; /* Opera 4-6 */
 white-space:-o-pre-wrap; /* Opera 7 */
 word-wrap: break-word; line-height:1.8; text-align:justify; text-justify:distribute-all-lines; margin-bottom:.8em;}

.contentContinue{ width: 100%;}
.contentContinue .conIteam{ position: relative; padding-left:70px;}
.contentContinue .conIteam .ask{ width: 50px; height: 22px;     line-height: 22px; color:#787878; font-size: 12px;  border-radius: 11px; -webkit-border-radius: 11px;  border: 1px solid #e8ecee; text-align: center;     background: #fff;  position: relative; position: absolute; left: 10px; top: 0; }
.contentContinue .conIteam .ask.replay{color:#35b558 ;}
.contentContinue .conIteam .ask.danger{ color: #f30;}
.contentContinue .conIteam .progressIteam{ border-bottom:1px #eee dashed;}

@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {
	.header,
	.outwrap,
	.footer,
	.container{ width:1024px; }
	.outwrap{ overflow-y: auto;}
	.subNav .subNavIteam a{ padding:13px 0;}

}

@media (max-width:1300px) {
	.header,
	.outwrap,
	.footer,
	.container{ width:100%; }
	.outwrap{ overflow-y: auto;}
	.lglogo{ left: 20px;}
	.subTop .dateTime{ right:20px;}
	.pageTitle,
	.innerwrap{ width: 100%;}
	.innerCotent{ padding:30px 50px; }

}

@media (max-width:1800px ) {
	.midNav{display: none;}
	.dropdown_midNav{ display: block;}
}

@media (min-width:1800px){
	.midNav{display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;}
	.dropdown_midNav{ display: none;}
}

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The Administration strongly supports House passage of H.R. 2885. The bill will enhance the confidential treatment of information provided to Federal statistical agencies and facilitate the sharing of information among those agencies for statistical purposes.


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ID: on Democratic Republic of the Congo - 53rd Meeting, 34th Regular Session Human Rights Council
22 Mar 2017 - Interactive dialogue with:
- The situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo A/HRC/34/43
Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building
Mr. Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (Introduction)
Mr. Maman Sambo Sidikou, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Introduction)
Member of LUCHA - the Struggle for Change, Mr. Fred Bauma
H.E. Ms. Marie Ange Mushobekwa, Minister of Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Concerned Country)
European Union Mr. Carl Hallergard
Tunisia (On Behalf of the African Group),	Mr. Yassine Salah
UNICEF,	Ms. Myriam Wischnewski
Czech Republic, Mr. Michal Dvorák
Germany, Ms. Antje Leenderste
France, Ms. Elisabeth Laurin
Switzerland, Ms. Corrina Morrissey
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mr.Belgium, Mr. Geert Muylle
Egypt, Ms. Chahinda Emadeldin Hussein Mohamed
Netherlands, Mr. Reinout Vos
Algeria, Mr. Chir Kamel
Sovereign Military Order OF Malta, Mr. Jean-François Kammer
United States of America, Ms. Jessica Carl
Botswana, Mr. Collen Diane
Sudan, Mr. Marwan A.M. Kair
Togo, Mr. Ousmane Afo Salifou
Ireland, Ms. Sarah Groarke
Central African Republic, Ms. M'bago Ophèlie
Mozambique, Ms. Francelina Romão
Congo, Mr. Luc-Joseph Okio
Chad, Ms. Sololta Marie Ngarmbatinan
World Evangelical Alliance	Mr. Michael Mutzner
Advocates for Human Rights, Mr. Petty Mark
Espace Afrique International, Mr. Wa Mukumadi Bilenga
Ensemble contre la Peine de Mort (Joint statement), Ms. Marie Salphati
International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, Ms. Sonia Tancic
Action internationale pour la paix et le développement dans la région des Grands Lacs, Ms. Katala Anne
Association Dunenyo, Mr. Kalombo Mbayi
Comité International pour le Respect et l'Application de la Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (CIRAC)	, Mr. Ntumba Kabamba Kahumbu
Mr. Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (Final Remarks)
Mr. Maman Sambo Sidikou, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Final Remarks)
H.E. Ms. Marie Ange Mushobekwa, Minister of Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Final Remark)
Mr. Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (Introduction) 00:01:38
Mr. Maman Sambo Sidikou, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of MONUSCO (Introduction) 00:14:03
Member of LUCHA - the Struggle for Change, Mr. Fred Bauma 00:23:25
H.E. Ms. Marie Ange Mushobekwa, Minister of Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Concerned Country) 00:33:00
European Union Mr. Carl Hallergard 00:39:35
Tunisia (On Behalf of the African Group), Mr. Yassine Salah 00:41:38
UNICEF,	Ms. Myriam Wischnewski 00:43:28
Czech Republic, Mr. Michal Dvorák 00:45:41
Germany, Ms. Antje LeendersteFrance, Ms. Elisabeth Laurin 00:47:52
France,	Ms. Elisabeth Laurin 00:49:53
Switzerland, Ms. Corrina Morrissey 00:51:51
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 00:54:03
Belgium, Mr. Geert Muylle 00:55:33
Egypt, Ms. Chahinda Emadeldin Hussein Mohamed 00:58:09
Netherlands, Mr. Reinout Vos 00:59:37
Algeria, Mr. Chir Kamel 01:01:51
Sovereign Military Order oF Malta, Mr. Jean-François Kammer 01:03:31
United States of America, Ms. Jessica Carl 01:04:59
Botswana, Mr. Collen Diane 01:07:27
Sudan, Mr. Marwan A.M. Kair 01:09:40
Togo, Mr. Ousmane Afo Salifou 01:10:56
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Ireland, Ms. Sarah Groarke 01:15:31
Central African Republic, Ms. M'bago Ophélie 01:17:21
Mozambique, Ms. Francelina Romão 01:18:38
Congo, Mr. Luc-Joseph Okio 01:20:27
Chad, Ms. Sololta Marie Ngarmbatinan 01:22:29
World Evangelical Alliance, Mr. Michael Mutzner 01:24:23
Advocates for Human Rights, Mr. Petty Mark 01:26:31
Espace Afrique International, Mr. Wa Mukumadi Bilenga 01:28:39
Ensemble contre la Peine de Mort (Joint statement), Ms. Marie Salphati 01:30:48
International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, Ms. Sonia Tancic 01:32:48
Action internationale pour la paix et le développement dans la région des Grands Lacs, Ms. Katala Anne 01:35:05
Association Dunenyo, Mr. Kalombo Mbayi 01:36:40
CIRAC, Mr. Ntumba Kabamba Kahumbu 01:38:46
Mr. Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (Final Remarks) 01:41:10
Mr. Maman Sambo Sidikou, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of MONUSCO (Final Remarks) 01:43:33
H.E. Ms. Marie Ange Mushobekwa, Minister of Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Final Remarks) 01:50:21
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Massive tour and dirty feet in the dark
BIG group on the Manchester Tunnel Tour last Sunday. Some sort of booking mess-up meant that I had fifty on the first trip.I must work on those booking efficiencies.
The group included a friend, Matthew Frost, who decided to pick up his friend Maria for the photo above.
He was feeling very pleased with himself. He'd made up a joke.
"I'm on a new keep fit regime," he was telling anybody who'd listen. "I'm running up rigging, climbing along masts and jumping off gangplanks."
Then came the punchline: "It's called pi-ra-tes," he'd say. He pronounced pirates, of course, with the same number of syllables and to rhyme with pilates. It made me laugh.
Amongst the throng there were also some fellas who'd had a few beers before coming on the tour. This meant they sprinted away at the end to find a toilet, any toilet. It's odd but sometimes people forget that two pints before an event makes the final moments of an eighty minute tour difficult.
Still they were well-behaved despite the alcohol.
One man, in this group and in his thirties, took off his shoes when I said the tunnels could be muddy, because, as he said "I'm too tight to get my new trainers dirty even though they weren't expensive."
Down in the tunnel, one guest, Phil Rawnsley, captured some excellent pictures. The one of the doll - a mysterious presence in the tunnel - is particularly spooky.
Worst foot forward after walking the tunnel barefoot


Probably like a fair percentage of other dietitians, I was looking for more information to understand my own struggles with my weight and how to heal my body with proper nutrition. I had a personal interest in the topic of nutrition and it grew into my professional passion.
I don't like the "typical" titles…Given that I am self-employed, I consider myself an Integrative Health Coach, but that title doesn't really do the work justice.
Every day is different, quite honestly. Some days are spent in front of the computer writing my blog and connecting with social media. Other days you may find me engaging in virtual health coaching. And I am full-time mom, so I try to balance my business and personal life as best I can.
After years of working as an outpatient dietitian, I wanted to gain more skill in the coaching aspect. I believe behavior change is the heart of all maintainable changes, with respect to diet and exercise as well as other health goals. Individuals need to be met where they are and education will only take an individual so far. One has to be able to connect goals to values and vision.
I believe I was born with the skill of listening and writing. I've always wanted to listen rather than talk, and I can much more easily express my thoughts in writing. I've also been organized and a bit of a perfectionist with tasks for as long as I can remember. I've learned how to interact with individuals more closely by tuning into their body language while coming out of my "shell." I have also had to learn to speak up to express my creative ideas and how to market myself in a world full of coaches and dietitians.
Live your passion…simple as that. Don't be willing to settle for a job that doesn't support who you are and what drives you.
Ah, I'm a foodie when it comes to Paleo, gluten-free, no added sugar products. Any company looking to market a new product could happily send some samples my way for feedback and my day would be made!


How often should I change my air conditioner filter? Sooner or later, everyone ends up asking that question. Some of them ask it right after they are presented with a large repair bill that could have been prevented with a few dollars and a few minutes of work.


"...we expectantly wait for a satisfying relationship with the Spirit...faith expressed in love." The Message Wow! This speaks to my heart right at this moment. For this is truly my desire. Not to be religious but to be in love and to pour out love. Holy Spirit, let us sit down together.


This delightful day-long excursion will enthrall young and old, as you discover the beautiful Corobici River on a gentle, family-friendly rafting adventure. Journey along the Pan American Highway to the breath-taking Guanacaste Province, named after Costa Rica's national tree. Arriving at the put-in point on the Rio Corobici, your experienced guide will provide you with a river orientation and safety briefing. You will then spend the next two hours floating and paddling down river as your guide points out the flora and fauna. There's a good chance that you will see a variety of birds including kingfishers, cormorants and boat-billed herons from the nearby Palo Verde National Park, plus otters, monkeys, anteaters, iguanas and lizards. After your float, savor a delicious traditional lunch at a local restaurant, then browse the gift shop for souvenirs before heading back to Puntarenas.
Minimum age is 8, Maximum weight 250 lbs.
Not recommended for pregnant women or guests with heart or back problems.


As a landlord, I use MilitaryByOwner.com (MBO) and AHRN to advertise my properties for rent. One of my tenants has just received orders, and I relisted the house today. My husband, who is clever, did a few searches to figure out how it would show up on the various listings in MBO. When he didn't see our advertisement in some places we expected to find it, I contacted MBO to get some answers. What I learned surprised me.
If you've not listed with MBO, you need to understand that the system allows you to designated up to three installations. The way it is worded, you are being asked to list the three installations closest to your home. However, the installations that you choose have a big impact on how your advertisement ranks within certain customer searches. Your advertisement shows up higher based upon the installations you've identified, regardless of other factors.
Therefore, it is in your benefit to chose which installations you list based upon their size, not their proximity to your property. For example, the closest installation to my house is Naval Support Activity Annapolis (called Annapolis Naval Station in MBO). However, NSA Annapolis is a teensy command that supports several other installations. Honestly, selecting NSA Annapolis would be dumb, because it would take one of my three slots and provide almost no potential tenants. On the other hand, Fort Meade is not technically one of the three closest installations to my house. However, it is MUCH larger than the closest three. Therefore, it makes sense to list Fort Meade, and I've even chosen to list it first.
Besides the installations list, there are a couple of other things you can do to improve your MBO listing. First, there is an option to upload floor plans. They're pretty easy to make, using Microsoft Excel (surprised me, too.) You can find YouTube videos that explain the process. Also, you can upload maps to the floorplans section.
Lastly, be sure to fill out every available field in the listing. This will make the renting process so much easier, because it will make your home more attractive while also screening out people for whom it is not suitable. Lots of phone calls is good, but wouldn't you rather have fewer calls but have them all be suitable? Showing lots of picture, room dimensions, and features will help weed out the people who aren't going to rent your home BEFORE you've spent time calling, emailing, and showing the house. Might as well make it easier on yourself.
MilitaryByOwner.com is a great website and I gladly pay the $79.95 for the best advertising package. However, there are definitely ways to maximize its usage. Happy Renting!


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Member Reviews - The PK Girl
Most Helpful First | Newest First
ADRIFT's Finest Moment, Fri 19th Aug 2011
By David Whyld - See all my reviews
The PK Girl, Hanadorobou's first game for Adrift, is a truly massive piece of interactive fiction. Weighing in at a hefty 1.5 MB including graphics and sound or around 270 KB without, it'd undoubtedly the biggest ever game written for Adrift. And, also undoubtedly, the best.
Most good games start impressively and The PK Girl is no exception. Though there is no real introduction as such, the game itself is not so much about the player (Garret) as it is about the events that occur shortly after his arrival at Majesty Mall. In such circumstances, a lack of background is entirely forgivable. The opening locations set the feel for the game, being lengthy and immensely detailed: every static item you can think of is described and the attention to the minor details that has gone into this game is impressive enough in its own right. Even without a brilliant storyline to back things up, it would be a decent enough game to just explore the set of locations at Majesty Mall.
Wander around the initial locations at Majesty Mall and you find a wide variety of things to do: buy (or steal in my case) some magazines, get an ice cream, browse through some software titles… None of these things make a decent game by themselves but it's refreshing playing a game that at least makes the effort to be realistic. Too often I've played games set partially in shopping malls and been unable to buy a single thing because it wasn't essential to the plot.
Once the game gets underway - with the kidnapping in the ice cream parlour - The PK Girl really opens up and you begin to appreciate just what a mammoth game it really is. The first set of locations (Majesty Mall) are in themselves quite a bit larger than most Adrift games but they're just a small part of a game which spans well over a hundred locations. Quite often in games that boast upwards of a hundred locations, the majority of the locations are fairly empty and lifeless and seem to be included in the game for no other reason than to give it size. Not so with The PK Girl. While not all the locations need to be visited, they add considerably to the depth and believability of the game and there are none of the "three word description" locations that often haunt such games.
As said before, the game includes graphics and sound. The graphics are Manga-style in appearance and amusing enough; the sound, alas, I found irritating more than anything else. Particularly in the opening locations, it distracts greatly from reading what's on the screen and after a while of vainly trying to ignoring it, I was forced to switch it off. Maybe if you enjoy listening to music at the time you play your games, you'll enjoy the music in The PK Girl but for me it was the game's one failing.
Despite its vast size, The PK Girl is not a difficult game to complete. As in Heal Butcher's The Wheels Must Turn, a large part of the storyline seems to happen independent of the actions of the player. Often typing "wait" can progress the game and there are a fair number of puzzles that are solved by simply doing nothing. But while finishing the game may be easy enough in its own right, reaching one of the game's eight "special" endings (involving one of the eight female characters in the game) is another matter entirely. And even though I've played the game quite ruthlessly I've yet to reach even one of these endings. In a way, this seems to be a game more interested with developing your relationship with the female characters than about the storyline itself; as said before, the game itself is easy enough to finish and, provided you don't do anything too ridiculous and have several hours to spare, you should have little trouble finishing it in a single session; the complications arise when trying to boost your score and reach a special ending.
Interaction with the characters you meet is a joy as rarely have characters in interactive fiction been rendered with such skill. The PK Girl, thankfully, uses a nice straightforward "talk to [character]" idea to handle the majority of the conversations although a fair number of these conversations are started with no input from the player and instead a set of dialogue options are displayed. Pick the correct one and you might get a score increase, pick the wrong one and your score plummets. There are eight separate sets of scores used here, one for each of the eight female characters, and depending on how well you handle the dialogue with them their score either increases or decreases. No doubt a high enough score leads to one of the special endings mentioned before although even with countless saving and loading it's often difficult to steer a conversation towards giving you the best score.
Replay is a major factor with The PK Girl as you strive to reach one of the eight special endings. Often how you handle your dialogue with one character affects your chances with another character, making the game a very difficult one at times.
All in all, this is a game I could not recommend more. Whether it wins the IFComp this year or not, it's certainly the best game that's been entered and the best text adventure I've played in a long, long time.
Logic: 9 out of 10
Things happen in a very logical manner and I doubt there's a single illogical moment anywhere to be found.
Problems: 8 out of 10 (10 = no problems)
I'm not too sure whether this is a problem or not or just me playing things through wrongly, but a couple of times when I arrived at Gammex Industrial, I was unable to enter. The doors would not open and I had to reload my last save and play things differently. This generally happened when I had spent time going to and from the mall trying to improve my score with Aileen.
Story: 9 out of 10
An enthralling story involving two sisters with psycho-kinetic powers (the PK Girl(s) of the game's title) that had me captured from the word go.
Characters: 10 out of 10
Fully believable characters who are light years away from the cardboard cut-outs that generally tend to populate such games. You actually find yourself caring about the characters and that, in a text adventure, is a rare thing indeed.
Writing: 9 out of 10
Excellent from start to finish.
Game: 10 out of 10
Undoubtedly the best game ever written for Adrift and perhaps one of the finest pieces of interactive fiction ever written, The PK Girl is just sheer brilliance from start to finish. If you play only game this year, make it this one.
Must be played with ADRIFT 4, Tue 27th Aug 2013
This is a game that well deserves its reputation as a classic, but I feel it's important to point out that (though it's not mentioned on the download page) it was written using an older version of ADRIFT, and attempting to play it in the newest one will have you running into the same problem the previous reviewer (kittykitty) did and more.
I repeat, the game --is not-- playable using the ADRIFT 5 runner, you need to download ADRIFT 4 to experience it properly.
Awesome Game, Mon 4th Feb 2008
By - See all my reviews
This was one of the first Adrift games I ever played. Comes with sound and artwork, and has multiple endings. Highly recommended.
East in error, Tue 23rd Jul 2013
Attempted to play game twice, both times I was unable to move east no matter what location I was at because it automatically moved me back to by the cafe, and was thus unable to continue the game.
Mon 31st Oct 2011
By Campbell - See all my reviews
Pretty pictures, but everything else is annoying, Mon 8th Aug 2011
I said it elsewhere, I've never understood the appeal of this game. Personally, I think "A Party to Murder," which came out in the same competition, was better. I say "I never understood the appeal" and not "this game sucks" because I know there are others out there who must have seen something in it-- thus its placing 6th in IFComp. And maybe I'm seeing it differently because the rifts of time blah blah blah and "you youngsters never appreciate" yadda yadda, but it seemed to me to be a slow-moving, misogynistic mess with a confused plot written (somewhat poorly) for middle schoolers. That said, I've also never finished it, but I didn't feel like I had a lot of incentive to do so.
**While my comments on the game's content stand, I have re-evaluated my star rating for The PK Girl based on two factors.
1) The Official ADRIFT rating system is different than my own, and I would still call this work "Good" rather than "Average" amongst ADRIFT games-- it definitely stands out.
2) Despite my thoughts on it, do I think this game deserves to be up there representing ADRIFT's capabilities? Yes, as few other games do all that this one does.


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Q: Why edit text width not decreasing? I want to place 3 edit text box in a row, the first one remains in Wrap_content and other 2 are decreasing to the specific size. Why this so, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in Advance here in my xml code
 <TableRow
            android:id="@+id/tableRow6"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

              <EditText
                  android:id="@+id/editText6"
                  android:layout_width="80dp"
                  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                  android:ems="10" />

              <EditText
                  android:id="@+id/editText7"
                  android:layout_width="0dp"
                  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                  android:layout_weight="1"
                  android:ems="10" />

               <EditText
                  android:id="@+id/editText8"
                  android:layout_width="80dp"
                  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                  android:ems="10" />

        </TableRow>

A: Edited
Try giving each EditText an equal weight and set width as 0dp.
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"

A:   <TableRow
        android:id="@+id/tableRow6"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

          <EditText
              android:id="@+id/editText6"
              android:layout_width="80dp"
              android:layout_weight="2"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:ems="10" />

          <EditText
              android:id="@+id/editText7"
              android:layout_width="0dp"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:layout_weight="1"
              android:ems="10" />

           <EditText
              android:id="@+id/editText8"
              android:layout_width="80dp"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:layout_weight="2"
              android:ems="10" />

    </TableRow>


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The Pharoahs - Awakening (1971)
"The Pharaohs were one of the forgotten treasures of '70s R&B, a freewheeling jazz-funk congregation heavily influenced by Chicago's jazz avant-garde as well as on-the-one funk and African motifs. Unfortunately, they recorded only one album before Earth, Wind & Fire frontman Maurice White (who played in an early version of the Pharaohs) hired several of its members to form the Phenix Horns, the justly celebrated horn section for Earth, Wind & Fire during the '70s.
The group was formed from several jazz bands active around Chicago's Affro Arts Theater, a community educational collective. One of the bands, the Jazzmen, was formed in the early '60s around trumpeter Charles Handy, trombone player Louis Satterfield, and alto Don Myrick (along with three who didn't survive later conglomerations: pianist Fred Humphrey, bassist Ernest McCarthy, and drummer Maurice White). The other main component of the Pharaohs was the Artistic Heritage Ensemble, who had already recorded one late-'60s LP with cornetist Philip Cohran, a veteran of Sun Ra's Arkestra and AACM. By the time of the Pharaohs' 1971 recording debut, Awakening, the group included Handy, Myrick, and Satterfield plus Big Willie Woods on trombone, Oye Bisi and Shango Njoko Adefumi on African drums, Yehudah Ben Israel on guitar and vocals, Alious Watkins on trap drums, Derf Reklaw-Raheem on percussion and flute, and Aaron Dodd on tuba. Though the album's astonishing fusion of funk, jazz, and Afro-beat earned them an assortment of die-hard fans and critics, the group's abstract inclinations hardly geared them for commercial success.
Back in the '60s, before the Pharaohs were formed, Handy, Satterfield, and Maurice White had often contributed to sessions at Chicago's Chess studios, so when White recorded a demo for a new band he wanted to form, both Handy and Satterfield appeared on it. After he signed to Warner Bros., they also began recording Earth, Wind & Fire material and eventually were officially hired by White as the Phenix Horns, with the addition of Pharaohs Yehudah Ben Israel and Rahm Lee, plus Michael Harris. The Pharaohs soldiered on until 1973, but called it quits without recording another studio album. Derf Reklaw became a respected world-jazz leader, while Woods and Dodd both appeared on many soul sessions around Chicago during the '70s. In 1996, the acid jazz label Luv 'N' Haight reissued Awakening and also released the 1972 live outing In the Basement.".
allmusic.com.
1. The Pharaohs - Damballa (8:03)
2. The Pharaohs - Ibo (3:50)
3. The Pharaohs - S Of My Tears (4:07)
4. The Pharaohs - Black Enuff (2:57)
5. The Pharaohs - Somebody's Been Sleeping (4:14)
6. The Pharaohs - Freedom Road (5:56)
7. The Pharaohs - Great House (13:31)
The Pharaohs - Black Enuff
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Minors exited the Championship with a 3-10 to 2-10 defeat by Longford Slashers last Friday. Mentors Kevin Mollaghan, Sean McGuire, Darragh Bennett , John Kiernan and all the panel have put in a huge commitment throughout the year.
Juveniles in a hard working display defeated Granard/ Ballymore in a close game and next meet Clonguish in the semi final in Emmett Park on Tuesday September 30th at 7.30pm.
U14's drew with Longford Slashers in the Championship final last Friday and the replay is next Saturday in Pearse Park at 2.30pm.
Best of luck to all involved. U12's put in a great display to defeat Granard by 6pts in the Shield in Emmett Park. U10 Blitz on Weds 24th in Monaduff at 7.00pm.
U13 Indoor Pella continues on Tues 30th in Edgeworthstown Sports Hall 6.30pm – 8.00pm.


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Q: wait of condition_variable in C++ will consume CPU resource? I ran the following snip of code in both Linux and Windows to check whether cv.wait() will occupy the CPU during the wait period.
#include <mutex>              // std::mutex, std::unique_lock
#include <condition_variable> // std::condition_variable, std::cv_status

std::condition_variable cv;

int main()
{
    std::mutex mtx;
    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lck(mtx);
    cv.wait_for(lck, std::chrono::milliseconds(100000), []() {return false; });
    return 0;
}

The result shows a big difference.

*

*In Linux, I check it with htop, the usage of this process is 100%.

*In Windows, I check it with task manager, the usage is prone to 0.

By the way, if I start a new thread and put the above code in that, the usage in Linux is almost 0.

It puzzles me a lot, my question are:

*

*whether the cv.wait will give up CPU resource which is similar with sleep?

*why it differs a lot in multi-thread in Linux?


No, Chessity follows a learning curve and is completely personalized. Chessity keeps track of where and at what level the user is. Accounts are therefore strictly personal.
What are the differences between a free account and a premium account?
With a free account, you can use Chessity without obligation. You can do twenty chess puzzles a day, you have access to five lessons per learning level and you can play fun chess games.
If you want more, you can upgrade to a premium account, so you can solve as many chess puzzles as you like and have access to all the lessons and games.
A coach account is recommended for chess teachers and chess trainers. Our powerful coaching tools are designed to make helping students easy. A coach account enabbles you to create a virtual classroom. A comprehensive student tracking system helps you to quickly spot your students' weaknesses and see which areas they are improving in.
What should I do if an email address is already in use?
If you're creating a new account and you receive an error message stating that the email address you entered is already in use, this means an account is already set up with the same email address. That means you have previously signed up for a Chessity account using this email address.
If you don't recall the username and password you created when you signed up, you can retrieve your login credentials through the Forgot username? and Forgot password? links on our login page.
If you're creating a new student account and you receive the message that the email address you entered is already in use, this means that an account is already set up with the same address.
Delete the existing account and create a new student account with the preferred email address. All user data will be deleted and cannot be recovered.
Change the email address in the existing account. You can now use the preferred email address for the new student account.
Create a student account without entering an email address. Email addresses are optional for student accounts. This option comes in handy with siblings.
Transfer the existing account to your student management system. Your student can continue using his/her account and you have full coach rights.
To change your email address, click My account (top right menu) and scroll down to your Account information. Enter the new email address and click Save.
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My subscription has expired. Does that mean all my results have been lost?
If a subscription expires, your account continues to exist. If you are no longer a paying member, you will only see the first 5 lessons. The rest is locked, but it is still there. As soon as you renew your paid subscription (premium account), all your earlier results become visible again.
Can I transfer an existing account to someone else?
Accounts are personal. Chessity is an adaptive program, which means that Chessity automatically adapts to the user's personal level. It also means that it is not possible to transfer an account to someone else.
Is it obligatory to fill in the date of birth?
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For individual users: on the log-in screen, click on Forgot your username or password?
Enter your e-mail address and click on Reset password. You will receive an e-mail with your username and instructions on how to reset your password.
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Enter your e-mail address and click on Reset password. You will receive an e-mail with your username and instructions on how to reset your password. If you do remember your password, there is no need to set a new password. You can just log in with your username and your password.
For users with a student account: ask your coach to look up your username in Manage student accounts.
If you don't think you'll use Chessity again, you can delete your account permanently. Please keep in mind that all results will be lost and cannot be recovered.
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I'm using a 2.3.1 Stratagus, 2.3 Wargus + Original Warcraft II files (not the BNE).
When using the map editor I get really odd behavior when placing tiles.
Say I'm placing human wall tiles and I put an extra one and I want to "clear" it by placing a grass tile over it - when I do that I get randomly anywhere from 3-12 grass tiles placed all over the "cleared" tile as well as over adjoining tiles. This makes it impossible to use the editor since every wrong placement equals about a dozen other wrong tiles that each follows the same random rules when I try to "clear" them.
Now I have not used the BNE version yet .
Has anyone encountered this problem or has any idea whats causing it or how it can be fixed?
Walls mess everything up. Best to save before placing them.


I just got back from AdTech New York and it was exhausting! My throat is still hoarse from chatting with so many new people, but I wouldn't trade my experience for anything, I had an absolute blast.
Here are some of the highlights of my time in the big apple.
One of the biggest highlights was meeting with the rest of the Acquisio crew, all of which work from separate offices. It was nice to bond with them at the booth and work together as a real team. We had a great dynamic and everyone's spirits were high. It was such a pleasure.
I also met with our Turkish partner, Mehmet Karaca, for the first time. It was great to sync with him and see where we could help him out in order to strengthen our partner and Acquisio's presence in Turkey.
Another highlight was that I completed my first ever prospect Demo at the show. It was really interesting to explain our product capabilities and its benefits to a potential client, usually I just talk about our platform with existing clients or the rest of the Acquisio team.
The best way to show the value of our product was to bring the marketer through a short demo and let them navigate the rest of the way. They got to see how they would feel using our product and the reaction was great.
One of the biggest challenges for marketers is managing multiple accounts across multiple publishers and they are struggling to scale their activities because of it. As soon as we show them the platform and let them walk through it, they were surprised how easy it is to navigate. They recognize similarities with AdWords and feel reassured that they won't have to learn a new platform completely from scratch.This experience inspired me to keep evolving our product and work towards consistently satisfy the needs and wants of our clients.
Mobile and video were the main focus this year at ad:tech. Many exhibitors and discussions were centered around mobile and video advertising. Maria, our display experts, was extremely confident talking about how the Acquisio Trading Desk can help agencies and advertisers with Mobile and video advertising and she discussed how to sector would continue to grow in the coming years. LIstening to her and the other experts at ad:tech was enlightening.
After 3 years talking to them, I was finally able to connect with trade show organizers. They were glad to see me attending their event and I was able to chat with them and share my expectation of the show and the coming opportunities.
Even just walking around the expo hall was really interesting to see the different booths. Each set up gave me some great inspiration for what Acquisio could do next year to really stand out.
The success of our t-shirts was incredible. I couldn't imagine see so many people going crazy over our shirts, we felt like celebrities handing them out!
Many people even elected the Acquisio t-shirts as the best swag of the entire expo hall, which felt great since our t-shirts has been a big part of the market scene since 2010.
Overall I learned a lot, and finally got to see all my hard work pay off in a new and exciting way.


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