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The 2016 Society of Pension Professionals' Annual Conference was a resounding success
Over 130 delegates attended the event and they said:
"This is possibly the most interesting conference I have attended"
"Excellent topics – good and entertaining speakers"
"Unusually, my attention never wandered!"
Highlights from the conference included:
An address from Lesley Titcomb, the Pensions Regulator, on the challenges of pensions regulation, in which she called for a debate about the type of pensions regulation that we want in the UK and how this should be resourced, as well as the need for trustees to take seriously the issue of cyber security
A summary of recent events involving BHS, Halcrow and British Steel from Neil Bowden of Allen & Overy, in which he concluded that the Pensions Regulator has sufficient powers to regulate UK pension schemes effectively but that changes may need to be made to the process for exercising those powers and to ensure that the Regulator is adequately resourced
A panel on the key challenges for pension regulation in which Darren Philp, the People's Pension, called on the Government to develop a coherent narrative to underpin pensions policy
A comparison of the pension systems in the UK and Australia from Jeremy Cooper, Challenger Ltd, Australia, in which he highlighted the fact that in Australia the focus is on moving away from seeing pensions as a means of wealth creation to using them to provide a retirement income
A tour de force from Tim Jones, former CEO of NEST, who said that 35 to 55 year olds risked being the lost generation for pensions who will be unusually dependant on the state pension, and
A panel on the future of retirement savings chaired by Nigel Waterson, NOW: Pensions, in which Greg McClymont, Aberdeen Asset Management, highlighted the tension between increasing the savings rate and economic growth, Michael Johnson, Centre for Policy Studies, called for the creation of Workplace ISAs and Minh Tran, Willis Towers Watson, said that Lifetime ISAs would have appeal because ISAs are simple and popular.
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West Coast Fever have joined forces with the City of Perth to bring free Netball clinics to Cathedral Square in Perth these school holidays.
Starting today, the clinics are run by Community Coaches and West Coast Fever Players and run for the next couple of weeks.
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Q: How to listen to events from bootstrap-vue modal? I have two modals in my page and I need a way to listen to 'ok' event when pressing ok button on first modal and respond by opening the another modal.
There are no examples in the documentation:
https://bootstrap-vue.js.org/docs/components/modal/
I wanted to use this listener but nothing is explained and I couldn't find out what is what here.
export default {
  mounted() {
    this.$root.$on('bv::modal::show', (bvEvent, modalId) => {
      console.log('Modal is about to be shown', bvEvent, modalId)
    })
  }
}

This is the relevant part of my code:

        <add-post></add-post>

        <add-content></add-content>

and add-post component code is
<template>
    <form>

                   Title

                <input type="text"
                       class="form-control"
                       id="title"
                       placeholder="Title">

                   Topic

                <select id="chooseTopic" class="form-control">
                    <option selected>Leadership</option>
                    <option>HR</option>
                    <option>Sales</option>
                    <option>Marketing</option>
                </select>

        <fieldset class="form-group">

                <legend class="col-form-label col-sm-2 pt-0"> Type</legend>

                               <input class="form-check-input"
                                      type="radio" name="video"
                                      id="video"
                                      v-model="postingType"
                                      value="video" checked>

                            Video

                               <input class="form-check-input"
                                      type="radio"
                                      name="ebook"
                                      id="ebook"
                                      v-model="postingType"
                                      value="ebook">

                              Ebook

                            <input class="form-check-input " type="radio"
                                   name="article" id="article"
                                   v-model="postingType"  value="article" >

                            Article

        </fieldset>

    </form>
</template>

So when I click on ok (next) in add-post component I want the second modal to pop up.

A: it's right on the bottom of the documentation under Events
basicly use
@ok="yourOkFn"

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Cheoljong av Korea, född 1831, död 1864, var en koreansk monark. Han var kung av Korea 1849–1864.

Han var son till Jeongye Daewongun och Yongseong. Hans far var son till prins Euneon, sonson till kronprins Sado och sonsonsson till kung Yeongjo. Han valdes år 1849 ut till att efterträdde sin barnlösa släkting kung Heonjong genom att adopteras av dennes farmor, änkedrottningregenten Sunwon, som var hans regent till 1852.

Han efterträddes av sin mycket avlägsna släkting Gojong.

Familj
Han var gift med Cheorin. Han hade sju bihustrur. Han hade elva barn, men inget av dem uppnådde vuxen ålder.

Referenser

Män
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Avlidna 1864
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Personer i Korea under 1800-talet

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Mohawk Sustainability VP Bandy Opens Greenbuild Plenary
.@MohawkGroup #Sustainability VP Bandy Opens #Greenbuild2017 Plenary http://bit.ly/2AHLJj0 @MohawkFlooring #CSR
NEWSROOM: Mohawk Industries
CALHOUN, Ga., November 14, 2017 /3BL Media/ — George Bandy, vice president of sustainability for Mohawk Industries, heralded in the Greenbuild Plenary last week as the special session's opening speaker. Bandy brought energy and inspiration to the main stage of the Boston Convention & Exposition Center, as he offered words on the compelling and unifying nature of the green building movement and talked about Mohawk's own strides in sustainability.
"When we are here we are 'all in.' We celebrate together, learn together, commiserate over common challenges and congratulate each other on individual victories," Bandy said in his speech. "We are a family and bound by a common interest in using the built environment to shape a more sustainable future for everyone."
Bandy joined a lineup of who's who in green building which included Mahesh Ramanujam, president and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC); Rick Fedrizzi, chairman and CEO of the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) and former CEO and founding chair of the USGBC; and the evening's keynote, former President Bill Clinton.
In talking about the speakers that would follow, Bandy shared insight into their common thread: "[They know] the value of welcoming new perspectives into the fold. They understand the importance of innovation and the power of personal connection."
Presented by USGBC, Greenbuild is the world's largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. The conference attracts more than 20,000 attendees and 600 exhibitors annually from across the green building sector, spanning commercial and residential professionals, architects, building owners and operators, students, advocates and educators. This year's theme was "All In."
"We know that sustainability is a multi-dimensional pursuit," continued Bandy. "There is no one, right way to approach creating a more prosperous, healthy and sustainable tomorrow. Every perspective matters and every voice is important in this worldwide conversation. We are 'all in' this together – one race – the human race."
This year at Greenbuild was a first for Mohawk Industries at the event, where both residential and commercial divisions shared the spotlight to demonstrate how Mohawk is "All In" when it comes to sustainable flooring. During the three-day expo, Mohawk showcased Air.o, a new residential soft floorcovering with unified backing, engineered with just one material making it the only 100% recyclable flooring available to the marketplace. Mohawk's commercial division, Mohawk Group, highlighted the Lichen carpet plank collection, designed by Living Product Challenge founder Jason F. McLennan as the first floorcovering to achieve Living Product Challenge Petal Certification.
"[At Mohawk] we know from experience that in order to last in an ever-changing business environment, innovation is the key," said Bandy. "Being inventive and re-inventive is crucially important for the long-term viability of any company and, on a grander scale, for any movement. Mohawk is pleased and proud to be among the voices sharing in the leadership of this movement – because believing in better is good for everyone."
Bandy concluded his speech with a heartfelt thank you to fellow Greenbuild attendees, leaders, colleagues, groundbreakers and innovators in 12 different languages.
"It's an amazing thing that happens when powerful, committed people begin to come 'all in,' and make commitments to do what's right for our future," he said. "I believe in better, I believe in you, and I believe in being 'all in.'"
For more information on Greenbuild and the green building movement, visit GreenbuildExpo.com. To learn more about Mohawk's commitment to sustainability in the built environment, visit MohawkSustainability.com.
Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Mohawk's vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution processes provide competitive advantages in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, hardwood, stone and vinyl flooring. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include Mohawk, American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, Karastan, Marazzi, Pergo, Unilin and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world's largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia and the United States.
Luke Chaffin
luke_chaffin@mohawkind.com
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Glendenning v. Saul
United States District Court, D. Montana
SHARYL L. GLENDENNING, Plaintiff,
ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant.
TIMOTHY J. CAVAN, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
On February 26, 2018, Plaintiff Sharyl L. Glendenning ("Plaintiff") filed a Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) of the Social Security Act, requesting judicial review of the final administrative decision of the Commissioner of Social Security ("Commissioner") regarding the denial of her claim for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 416 and 423. (Doc. 1.) On June 29, 2018, the Commissioner filed the Administrative Record ("A.R."). (Doc. 6.)
Presently before the Court is Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, seeking remand or reversal of Defendant's denial and an award of disability benefits. (Doc. 11.) The motion is fully briefed and ripe for the Court's review. (Docs. 12, 13.)
For the reasons set forth herein, and after careful consideration of the record and applicable law, the Court finds the ALJ's decision should be REMANDED for further administrative proceedings.
I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Plaintiff filed an application for disability benefits on December 29, 2014.[1](A.R. 323-326.) Plaintiff alleges she has been unable to work since April 25, 2013 due to her disabling conditions. (A.R. 323.) According to the record, Plaintiff was last insured for disability benefits on December 31, 2014. Therefore, she must establish disability on or before that date to qualify for disability benefits.
The Social Security Administration denied Plaintiff's application initially on March 13, 2015, and upon reconsideration on July 29, 2015. (A.R. 234-239.)
On August 7, 2015, Plaintiff requested a hearing on the Social Security Administration's determination. (A.R. 240.) Administrative Law Judge Michele Kelley (the "ALJ") held a hearing on October 18, 2016. (A.R. 39-73.) On November 9, 2016, the ALJ issued a written decision finding Plaintiff not disabled. (A.R. 19-38.)
Plaintiff requested review of the decision by the Appeals Council. (A.R. 10.) On January 6, 2018, the Council denied Plaintiff's request for review. (A.R. 1-6.) Thereafter, Plaintiff filed the instant action.
II. LEGAL STANDARDS
A. Scope of Review
The Social Security Act allows unsuccessful claimants to seek judicial review of the Commissioner's final agency decision. 42 U.S.C. §§ 405(g), 1383(c)(3). The scope of judicial review is limited. The Court must affirm the Commissioner's decision unless it "is not supported by substantial evidence or it is based upon legal error." Tidwell v. Apfel, 161 F.3d 599, 601 (9th Cir. 1999). See also Bayliss v. Barnhart, 427 F.3d 1211, 1214 n.1 (9th Cir. 2005) ("We may reverse the ALJ's decision to deny benefits only if it is based upon legal error or is not supported by substantial evidence."); Flaten v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., 44 F.3d 1453, 1457 (9th Cir. 1995).
"Substantial evidence is more than a mere scintilla but less than a preponderance." Tidwell, 161 F.3d at 601 (citing Jamerson v. Chater, 112 F.3d 1064, 1066 (9th Cir. 1997)). "Substantial evidence is relevant evidence which, considering the record as a whole, a reasonable person might accept as adequate to support a conclusion." Flaten, 44 F.3d at 1457. In considering the record as a whole, the Court must weigh both the evidence that supports and detracts from the ALJ's conclusions. Jones v. Heckler, 760 F.2d 993, 995 (9th Cir. 1985); Day v. Weinberger, 522 F.2d 1154, 1156 (9th Cir. 1975)). The Court must uphold the denial of benefits if the evidence is susceptible to more than one rational interpretation, one of which supports the ALJ's decision. Burch v. Barnhart, 400 F.3d 676, 679 (9th Cir. 2005) ("Where evidence is susceptible to more than one rational interpretation, it is the ALJ's conclusion that must be upheld."); Flaten, 44 F.3d at 1457 ("If the evidence can reasonably support either affirming or reversing the Secretary's conclusion, the court may not substitute its judgment for that of the Secretary."). However, even if the Court finds that substantial evidence supports the ALJ's conclusions, the Court must set aside the decision if the ALJ failed to apply the proper legal standards in weighing the evidence and reaching a conclusion. Benitez v. Califano, 573 F.2d 653, 655 (9th Cir. 1978) (quoting Flake v. Gardner, 399 F.2d 532, 540 (9th Cir. 1968)).
B. Determination of Disability
To qualify for disability benefits under the Social Security Act, a claimant must show two things: (1) she suffers from a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to last for a continuous period of twelve months or more, or would result in death; and (2) the impairment renders the claimant incapable of performing the work she previously performed, or any other substantial gainful employment which exists in the national economy. 42 U.S.C. §§ 423(d)(1)(A), 423(d)(2)(A). A claimant must meet both requirements to be classified as disabled. Id.
The Commissioner makes the assessment of disability through a five-step sequential evaluation process. If an applicant is found to be "disabled" or "not disabled" at any step, there is no need to proceed further. Ukolov v. Barnhart, 420 F.3d 1002, 1003 (9th Cir. 2005) (quoting Schneider v. Comm'r of the Soc. Sec. Admin., 223 F.3d 968, 974 (9th Cir. 2000)). The five steps are:
1. Is claimant presently working in a substantially gainful activity? If so, then the claimant is not disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act. If not, proceed to step two. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(b), 416.920(b).
2. Is the claimant's impairment severe? If so, proceed to step three. If not, then the claimant is not disabled. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(c), 416.920(c).
3. Does the impairment "meet or equal" one of a list of specific impairments described in 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1? If so, then the claimant is disabled. If not, proceed to step four. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d), 416.920(d).
4. Is the claimant able to do any work that he or she has done in the past? If so, then the claimant is not disabled. If not, proceed to step five. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e)-(f), 416.920(e)-(f).
5. Is the claimant able to do any other work? If so, then the claimant is not disabled. If not, then the claimant is disabled. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(g), 416.920(g).
Bustamante v. Massanari, 262 F.3d 949, 954 (9th Cir. 2001).
Although the ALJ must assist the claimant in developing the record, the claimant bears the burden of proof during the first four steps, while the Commissioner bears the burden of proof at the fifth step. Tackett v. Apfel, 180 F.3d 1094, 1098, n.3 (citing 20 C.F.R. § 404.1512(d)). At step five, the Commissioner must "show that the claimant can perform some other work that exists in 'significant numbers' in the national economy, taking into consideration the claimant's residual functional capacity, age, education, and work experience." Id. at 1100 (quoting 20 C.F.R. § 404.1560(b)(3)).
III. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
A. The Hearing
Plaintiff's hearing was held before the ALJ in Billings, Montana on October 18, 2016. (A.R. 39-73.) Plaintiff testified that she was unable to work because of bilateral tarsal tunnel syndrome with significant scarring, meniscal tear of the left knee, degenerative arthritis in both knees, and degenerative disc disease in the lumbar spine. (A.R. 46.) Plaintiff explained that her ailments prevent her from performing even sedentary work. Id.
Regarding her physical limitations, Plaintiff testified that she has swelling and pain in her feet. She explained that has she had multiple surgeries on her feet to alleviate her problems. (A.R. 50-51.) Plaintiff stated the pain in her left foot returned after the surgeries, leaving her unable to stand at her job, which required her to miss work. (A.R. 51.) Her last surgery was in July 2010. Id.
Plaintiff also discussed how her foot problems have restricted her mobility. She testified she is only able to walk for fifteen minutes, and she can only stand for five to ten minutes. (A.R. 53.) After walking or standing she must take a break because of the pain, swelling, and imbalance associated with her leg and foot problems. Id. She also testified that she can sit in a chair without elevating her legs for only five minutes before sitting becomes painful. (A.R. 54.) Plaintiff explained that her left leg becomes swollen more often, and is more problematic, than her right leg. Id. Nevertheless, she does have problems with her right knee as well. Id.
Plaintiff testified that at home she elevates her legs on her ottoman "all the time" – "at least 75 percent of the day." (A.R. 55-56.) If she for some reason cannot elevate her legs, she "just deal[s] with it" by moving and stretching them. (A.R. 57.) She explained the pain she experiences is severe at times and interferes with her ability to focus. Id.
Plaintiff also testified that she began experiencing anxiety when her foot problems started. (A.R. 51.) She explained that when the anxiety occurs, she becomes hot, sweaty, shaky, and loses focus with her eyes. (A.R. 52.) The episodes last about fifteen minutes, and it takes her two to three hours to recover from each episode because she is so ...


Homemade croutons taste so much better than store bought and are very easy to make. They keep pretty well in the fridge too, so make a batch and keep then in the fridge for a few days to add to salads and soups. Once you know how to make croutons, you will never buy them again!
To make your croutons first preheat the oven to 375F. Toss together the bread, olive oil, salt and pepper and place on a rack on a cookie sheet. Put in the oven. Watch your croutons carefully or they will burn, they should only bake for 5-10 minutes or until nice and lightly browned. Remove from the oven and let cool.


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Oh, hi there. Welcome to Teach Me Tiger Podcast, a semi-educational comedy chatcast that's gritty, honest, irreverent and often very silly.
Meet Melody and some of her closest friends (and rotating cohosts Liz, Sarah, Chris and Nikki.) Teach Me Tiger explores new topics in conversation with these old pals and their smartest, most experty and/or enthusiastic friends. TMT airs here and on all major podcasting platforms every second Thursday.
Melody Starkweather is a portrait artist and mom of two. She moved back out to the Ottawa Valley after a decade in Toronto, ON, where she studied visual art. She spent many a late night painting and listening to podcasts and thus began her podcast obsession. She co-created, co-hosts and produces the show.
Liz Cooper is a photographer, wannabe artist, and animal lover. She moved back to her hometown of Kingston, ON, after studying photography in Toronto (where Mel and Liz met). A massive extrovert, Liz started listening to podcasts so that she would always have company, no matter what. She also loves to learn new things, so podcasts are her favourite.
Sarah Wright co-created the show with Melody. Sarah's a queer tattoo artist, living in the bush with their husband and 4 children. Our good buddy appears in TMT episodes from the first year or so, and occasionally makes an appearance as guest co-host.*
Nikki Rochon Kaiser is a badass mama living in Toronto, ON. She loves Indonesian subculture, sportsing and vintage treasures. Nikki and Melody were roommates, coworkers, and spent every minute together for an entire wild summer in Toronto, so they're basically the same person.
Chris Chambers is Melody's husband and he likes "to sit quietly and stare at invertebrates while trading pretend money on the internet."**
*Check out Melody, Liz and Sarah's visual art at melodystarkweather.ca, www.lizzography.com and instagram.com/justthetiphandpoketattoos respectively.
**Chris Chambers, Episode 32 'Buttcoin!'


Some years ago Jaques' Station left its orbit around the moon of Topaz. Its mission? To discover new beverages, explore distant stars, and bravely go where no starport had been before. When the starport left on its journey the station was being captained by the toughest barman in all of occupied space, a part-Cyborg known only by the moniker of Jaques.
Jaques' transformation from man to machine began during the time he served as a member of the Quinentis Fourteens, a Federal black ops strike team. His unit was captured by enemy forces during the Battle of Hell's Gate.
The intrepid ex-soldier spent close to the next 200 years improving his cybernetic implants and saving up to buy the station in order to head off and explore the stars in style, and he is happy for people to join him. Stay tuned to GalNet to find out all the latest developments as they occur.


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Top: Arts: Music: Bands_and_Artists: B: Black_Sabbath:
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Fan Pages (6)
Gillan, Ian@ (2)
Hughes, Glenn@ (5)
Iommi, Tony (5)
Osbourne, Ozzy@ (31)
Powell, Cozy@ (1)
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Tablature (3)
Tribute Bands (15)
Ward, Bill (3)
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Joe Siegler's Black Sabbath Fan Site
- Includes news, discography, lyrics, reviews, FAQ, and mailing list.
- http://www.black-sabbath.com/
Black Sabbath News: Topix
- News about Black Sabbath continually updated from around the net.
- http://www.topix.com/who/black-sabbath
Artist Direct: Black Sabbath
- MP3 audio, lyrics, pictures, and videos.
- http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,404698,00.html
Rockdetector: Black Sabbath
- Features biography and Discography
- http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,1113.sm
MTV.com: Black Sabbath
- Site contains news, multimedia, bio, and discography.
- http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/black_sabbath/artist.jhtml
Hip Online: Black Sabbath
- Contains biography, links, reviews and discussion.
- http://www.hiponline.com/artist/music/b/black_sabbath/index.php5
Rollingstone.com: Black Sabbath
- Includes a biography, discography, photos, articles, links and message board.
- http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/blacksabbath
FindMIDIs.com: Black Sabbath
- Features free MIDI files and lyrics of songs by Black Sabbath.
- http://www.findmidis.com/index.go/B/Black_Sabbath
Black Sabbath Complete Discography
- A list of both official and unofficial Black Sabbath collectable items in various recordable formats.
- http://www.sabbath.se
Black Sabbath Live Project
- A comprehensive accounting of Black Sabbath's live performance history, which also includes links and news regarding all things Sabbath!
- http://www.sabbathlive.com
How Black was our Sabbath
- A book about the early days of Black Sabbath, which covers the period when Ozzy Osbourne was singer with the band. By David Tangye and Graham Wright. Includes previously unpublished photos.
- http://www.blacksabbath.co.uk
All Music Guide: Black Sabbath
- Detailed biography of the band, past and present members, credits, awards and discography.
- http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=CASS70306050322&sql=Bi1uw6j4h71t0~C
Epic Records: Black Sabbath - Reunion
- News, tour dates, audio and video files with a photo gallery. Site requires flash.
- http://www.epiccenter.com/epiccenter/custom/1045/
Darryl's Sabbath Scrapbook
- Features reviews of concerts in Calgary 1995 and Vancouver's Ozzfest 1999. Also contains pictures.
- http://www.stallionsoftware.com/sabbath.htm
Rocknworld.com: Black Sabbath
- Biography, discography, fan board, links, lyrics, tablatures, audio, video and MP3s.
- http://www.rocknworld.com/res/artist/03_1999/black/
Black Sabbath Fan Club Deutschland
- Includes news, archives, discography, lyrics, and annotated links.
- http://www.black-sabbath.de/
Rockmagic.net: Black Sabbath
- Song lyrics indexed by album and alphabetically.
- http://lyrics.rockmagic.net/lyrics/black_sabbath/


When can a dog be legally shot by farmers?
A fifth of farmers believe shooting dogs is the best way to protect their livestock.
Reports of canines worrying and injuring sheep and other livestock are widespread, with the law over farmers' rights to defend their animals unclear.
Last year, two sheep were killed, one was injured and three others went missing after a dog attack on Dartmoor.
Police warn dog walkers to keep their pets under control when around livestock, and could be prosecuted if they fail to do so.
A police spokesman said: "Dog walkers are asked to keep them under control when around livestock. The person in charge of the dog at the time will be guilty of an offence if the dog worries livestock and would be liable to prosecution under Protection of Livestock Act 1953."
The word 'worrying' legally covers attacking, chasing in a way that could cause injury, suffering, abortion or loss of produce, or simply being 'at large', that is not on a lead or otherwise under close control, in a field or enclosure containing sheep.
According to the Animals Act 1971, a person killing or causing injury to a dog shall be deemed to act for the protection of any livestock if, and only if, the dog is worrying or is about to worry the livestock and there are no other reasonable means of ending or preventing the worrying, or the dog has been worrying livestock, has not left the vicinity and is not under the control of any person and there are no practicable means of ascertaining to whom it belongs.
In short, the farmer is entitled to shoot to protect livestock if it is the absolute last resort.


Q. How many days has this vehicle been overtime parked? Please provide the make, model, color and license plate of vehicle. Please take a picture or give an address.
The van is still there with a flat tire!!!!! Anything going to happen with this????
Just because the car moves across the street doesnt make it right....still has flat tire!!!!!


Thousands of students sit their A Levels every year, giving the media a huge choice when it comes to covering results day. So how do you persuade three major broadcasters to visit a college in East Lancashire three years in a row?
Working with Blackburn College to provide their press office function meant we knew the college inside out – and the student stories of achievement that would appeal to national and regional media alike.
Viva put together a list of potential case studies featuring students from across East Lancashire with a variety of skill sets and achievements in order to highlight the diversity of Blackburn College and its reputation for being a progressive centre.
In advance of results day we contacted forward planning desks at regional and national radio and TV news with individually tailored packages, offering the opportunity to feature students opening their results live on air, live or pre-recorded student and staff interviews and access to the hall where results would be collected. Working together with the college and broadcast producers to balance the needs of each, we have successfully secured coverage on three national news programmes.
The media coverage Viva have secured for us has been outstanding – including GMTV, Radio One and BBC Northwest Tonight at A level results day. They've delivered fantastic national and regional coverage, reaching around 12.5 million of our target audience. The marketing team really like Viva because they are great account managers, they are always on hand and talk in a language that staff across the whole of college understand.


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As the U.S. draws down its footprint in Iraq, its presence in and focus on Afghanistan increases regardless of a definitive decision by the commander in chief on troop numbers and how forces are used.
Afghanistan, then, is not an "in or out" question, but rather a "how much." It's a complex challenge made doubly vexing by the murky Afghan presidential election and by our yet-to-be finished business in Iraq. Or, as Army Brig. Gen. Mark Bowman recently put it, "moving stuff out while you are prosecuting a war is tough business."
In this month's cover special, Pete Brookes, Dan Green, Cmdr. Mike Hallett and Henry Nuzum join me in analyzing the very tough business that is Afghanistan.
Air Force Col. JJ Jinnette, an F-15E squadron commander who has led close-air support missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, gives a pilot's-eye view of what UAVs can do in his place — and what they aren't yet ready for.
Cmdr. James Kraska and Capt. Brian Wilson look at all the new networked navigational toys that are available to modern navies in their quest for — buzzphrase warning — maritime domain awareness. They warn that the very same tools that we use to know where we are (and where we are in relation to other ships) can be used by pirates to know where to find the next ransom bounty.
And Scott Hamilton does a survey of industry activity in the new "hot" area of cybersecurity and learns that former SecDef Donald Rumsfeld knew a lot more about the subject than even he knew.


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When you click on the button, width of the filler changes to 100%.
I've tried to add transition to the .filler, but it does not work.
How can I animate it?

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Ryan Giggs on Manchester United's top-four hopes, Paul Pogba and more
Posted by Steven Tan | Source from Ryan Giggs, Sky Sports
United dropped eight points adrift of the final Champions League spot with a 2-2 draw with Arsenal on Tuesday, after failing to beat Southampton at St Mary's last weekend.
Paul Pogba was benched for the visit of the Gunners, and as well as giving his thoughts on how United can get the best out of the Frenchman, he gives his thoughts on Chelsea's recent struggles as well as Wales' Euro 2020 qualifying draw, and the latest at Salford.
United could still reach top four
The top four at the moment looks a long way away, but there's a long way to go in the season and that's the plus.
They've got to start winning if they have any ambitions of finishing in the top four and they are stuttering at the moment results-wise.
Jose Mourinho says Manchester United showed a 'mad-dog' mentality against Arsenal, but points are what they need
It would be good to beat Fulham at home because we've seen that in the bigger games, okay we got beat by Tottenham, who played pretty well, and against City too, but at Chelsea we played really well, so we are going to be up for the big games. It's just these sides outside the top six where we've stuttered.
It is not going to be easy against Fulham because Claudio Ranieri's just taken over there, but they are bottom and if you have any top four aspirations you've got to win these games.
United's improvement
I really enjoyed the Arsenal game. I've been to a lot of games this year that I've not really enjoyed, the last one being Young Boys which was poor.
I am not saying there were massive bits of quality from United but they worked hard, fought for each other and twice came back from a goal down.
Manchester United's Jesse Lingard celebrates after scoring his team's second goal
There's a lot of positives, Diogo Dalot making his first Premier League appearance at Old Trafford, Eric Bailly playing seeing as it was his first appearance for a long time - and he kept Aubameyang quiet.
They've got to follow it up in games they have really struggled with in the last few weeks like Palace at home, plus Newcastle if we're going back further, they ended up winning but struggled - and Wolves at home too.
So Fulham on Saturday is not a forgone conclusion, but I think they can take a lot of positives after the game in midweek.
Surprise at Lukaku snub, Pogba understandable
Lukaku scored at Southampton, and usually when a centre-forward scores they want to play next game so I was a bit surprised he was on the bench.
Jose went with the speed of Anthony Martial, Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford, which you can understand as well.
Pogba just didn't play well at Southampton so I can understand that one. He could come back in quite easily and make an impact on Saturday.
He needs to really because he's taking a lot of criticism, which I think comes because of what he is capable of. Especially as a midfielder at United, you need to be consistently good and he has just shown glimpses really.
We all know what he's capable of because we've seen it, he just has to do it regularly.
It does help with the players around you, of course, but Jose has tried him in different positions, in that deeper role, just off the front and off the left. For me, he's better a little bit further up in an attacking midfield role with a three in midfield, but you need the players around him also.
It's down to Paul - every United fan was excited when we signed him because of what he is capable of and what he achieved at Juventus and with France, but he's just not done it on that consistent basis and you can see why Jose left him out.
Can Chelsea upset Manchester City?
It's an interesting one, Chelsea have just started to get a bit of stick - possibly harshly - but this is a game all the players will be up for, without a shadow of a doubt.
It's definitely a tough test for City, who were amazing in the first half against Watford, but in the end they were hanging on and could take a lesson from that.
It's a brilliant fixture, exciting, over the years City at Stamford Bridge have been exciting games, last year was really good. It will be tough for City and at the moment you can't see them getting beat.
Maurizio Sarri's side have lost two of their last three
City will be looking over their shoulders. For Liverpool, it's a case of staying close to them until they meet in January. Klopp and Liverpool against City, they have got one over them over the last few years, so that's the job for Liverpool, to stay on the shoulder before that game at the Etihad.
It's exciting at the top, you don't want City running away with it - the biggest nightmare for United fans with those two - but you don't want it being over in February that's for sure.
Busy Christmas for Salford
The unbeaten run goes on and there's confidence in the team, we look in a really good place at the moment and we need to be, going into that Christmas period when we've got Wrexham twice and Leyton Orient in January.
Graham Alexander has led Salford to second in the National League
I'm really happy with the way things are going, there were some really good goals last week and if we get through this week, we will be happy because we've then got the FA Trophy.
The manager has then got a chance to give players who have played all the games a rest and maybe chop and change for players who have not been involved. We just need to get through this weekend first.
Pleasing Euro 2020 qualifying draw for Wales
I said at the time it could have been easier, could have been harder. Croatia will be the favourites after what they've done over the last couple of years. Slovakia, on their day, are decent.
Ryan Giggs was at the Euro 2020 draw qualifying last weekend
Overall, I am pleased, if we play to what we are capable of then we have a good chance of going through. You can never take anything for granted though. We are excited to be playing and that March game will come around quickly.
Harry Wilson on the up
Harry has had an interesting career. He shot into the limelight early on in his career, playing for Wales when he was 16, then went a bit quiet. He's at a big club in Liverpool and last year going away on loan to Hull really helped him get into a rhythm, growing up and getting stronger. He's done really well at Derby, they suit him and play really good football under Frank Lampard. He's got an amazing left foot.
Wilson has scored eight times in 18 appearances for Derby this season.
You've seen it with his free-kick goals, the one at Old Trafford stands out and for us against Ireland, which ended up being the winner. He's a really good lad as well, wants to improve and better himself so I am really pleased he is doing so well this year.
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Tag: best buy
DigitalOutbox Episode 99
In this episode the team say Goodbye to Flash Mobile and Best Buy UK and hello to a little bit of Fenton.
2:31 – Best Buy UK No More
– In a joint venture with CPW launched last year, Best Buy opened 11 giant outlets in the UK, employing some 1,100 staff, all of which will be shuttered.
– The battered retail sector forced Best Buy to freeze store expansion plans as losses for the joint venture tripled in the last full financial year. The JV is expected to be £35m in the red when half-year figures are released this week.
– "After conducting a thorough strategic review of our operations, we believe that our capital investment and 'connectivity' strategy should be prioritised within our Carphone Warehouse stores as they offer a higher and proven rate of return," said Andrew Harrison, CEO of Best Buy Europe.
– Comet sold for £2 and lots of conditions around debt and pensions – a real struggle for electrical retailers right now
5:47 – Google + Brands
– Anyone can create a page
– Not necessary to authorise – easy to create duplicates – I did
– Can verify by adding code to your site and/or the Google+ button
– No shared admin but allegedly coming soon
– Feels pretty rushed – in fact it's a mess
12:01 – Adobe kills development on Flash Mobile
– After many promises and many a key bullet point for Android devices, Adobe have announced that they will no longer produce/focus on Flash for Mobile browsers
– Steve Jobs wins? I think we all do – focus is on HTML5 and hopefully puts to an end the battery and CPU hog that is Flash on mobiles
– Most have said that mobile is the future of t'internet – does this mean an exit from Flash on the desktop too? 2-3 years left?
– Silverlight looks to be on the way out too – next release will be last release worked on by MS
16:04 – COD Modern Warfare 3 Sales Record
– Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has set a new record for the biggest ever entertainment launch. The game's publisher, Activision Blizzard, has claimed that in the US and UK alone, the military shooter sold over 6.5m units within 24 hours of its launch on Tuesday, raising $400m in sales revenues.
– The figures are based on data from Charttrack as well as customer sell-through information. It is a third consecutive sales record for the Call of Duty series. 2009's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sold 4.7m copies in 24 hours earning $310m in revenue, while last year's Call of Duty: Black Op hit 5.6m copies in its first day.
18:22 – 4G trial coming to London
– London will begin to switch on 4G high-speed mobile internet with the launch of the first large-scale public trial in Britain.
– Initiated by O2, Britain's second largest operator with 22 million customers, the trial involves more than 25 masts covering 15 square miles in Canary Wharf, Soho, Westminster, South Bank and King's Cross. It will run for nine months, and the equipment installed will eventually become part of O2's first commercial 4G network.
– The technology is 10 times faster at navigating the internet than the current 3G networks, which often frustrate smartphone users because they are significantly slower than the average home broadbandconnection. The 25 masts in London will be able to carry more data than O2's entire national 3G network.
– Britain's 4G or long-term evolution (LTE) upgrade, expected to begin in earnest in 2013 after a much delayed spectrum auction, will make mobile networks powerful enough to handle video calls, high definition TV and live multi-player gaming. About 1,000 users will be invited to join the London trial, including staff at John Lewis department stores, O2 customers and selected small businesses.
21:00 – Virtual rush hour slows down broadband
– There is a virtual rush hour after the real one, and it slows down people who want to get things done there, too.
– New research has found that broadband download speeds in the UK drop by an average of 35% during the evening as millions of technology users go online and find themselves competing for the same bandwidth on phone lines in their area.
– The study by uSwitch.com analysed data from 2m broadband speed tests across Britain, and revealed a huge fluctuation in surfing speeds during peak and off-peak times.
– Those who navigate the web during the morning hours of 2am and 3am get the quickest download times, with a fastest average download speed of 9.6Mbps, analysts found.
– By contrast those who surf the web between 7pm and 9pm – the peak period when most people get home and go online – face the slowest times, with average speeds dropping by a third to 6.2Mbps.
23:11 – While in America
– Kindle Fire launches – ok to good reviews, some disappointed with software but that can be fixed
– iTunes match launches – generally positive, initially overwhelmed
– Google Music
Google Search for iPad
– Brings Chrome to iPad – almost
– Also enjoying Engadget Distro and Editions from AOL
Tiny Tower,Groove,W.E.L.D.E.R, Bought The Poke app as it brings much enjoyment through twitter…
Posted on November 24, 2011 Author ianCategories PodcastTags 4g, Adobe, best buy, broadband, call of duty, Flash, google, itunes, itunes match, kindle, kindle fire
In this episode the team discuss iPad, politics, paywalls and the 3DS.
1:50 – Google Shuts Down Chinese Search
– Chinese search shutdown, redirected to Google Hong Kong
– Users are being redirected for Google web, news and image search to the Hong Kong site, which sits outside of the Chinese firewall.
– Users are also being presented with simplified Chinese in addition to traditional Chinese and English results.
– Dashboard showing status – http://www.google.com/prc/report.html#hl=en
– China then blocks certain searches/results, so back to square one – Google is still censored as it was before, no?
– Gmail has that email attachment thingy! I.e. write "attached" in a document and don't attach a file and it will warn you!
– It will also now warn you if it thinks you've been hacked. Bases this on if your account has been accessed in two different countries over a short time-period.
8:39 – Times and Sunday Times to charge from June online
– The Times and Sunday Times newspapers will start charging to access their websites in June,
– Users will pay £1 for a day's access and £2 for a week's subscription.
– Both titles will launch new websites in early May, separating their digital presence for the first time and replacing the existing, combined site, Times Online.
– The two new sites will be available for a free trial period to registered customers. And payment will give customers access to both sites.
– James Harding, editor of The Times, agreed that NI's paywall strategy was a risk. "But it's less of a risk than just throwing away our journalism and giving it away from free," he told the BBC.
– Rebekah Brooks said the decision to charge came "at a defining moment for journalism… We are proud of our journalism and unashamed to say that we believe it has value".
– Sun and News of the World next
– Privately they acknowledge they will lose 1000's of regular readers and millions of casual readers but hope the cost is small enough to entice many
15:22 – Best Buy coming to UK
– Best Buy opens its first UK outlet, a superstore with with a 50,000 sqft shop floor, in Lakeside in May
– June for Southamption and Merry Hill, West Midlands, and later this year for Aintree, near Liverpool, and Croydon.
– 80 stores in UK over next 5 years
17:53 – iPad
– WSJ – $17.99 a month
– WSJ print is $29 a month
– But what about flash
– http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/29/brightcove_converts_time_nyt_flash_video_to_html5_for_ipad.html
– Brightcove's partnerships with The New York Times and Time magazine will allow HTML5 to seamlessly replace Adobe Flash video content on the publications' Web sites for compatibility with Apple's iPad
– Brightcove Experience for HTML5, a framework for publishing and delivering interactive and advertising-supported Web video. The platform is available free to the more than 1,000 Brightcove customers in 42 countries.
– Monday's announcement means it's possible that video in the Adobe Flash format could be converted to HTML5 automatically for high-profile Web sites, perhaps as soon as the device's April 3 U.S. launch. The company said its clients can now use the tool to build iPad-ready Web sites, and in the next year the platform will be expanded to support customization and branding of the player environment, advertising, analytics, social sharing and other capabilities.
– Magazines – same price as print version or cheaper – non add version of esquire for $2.99, $2 less than paper version
– http://www.macrumors.com/2010/03/26/ipad-app-store-reveals-launch-apps-top-seller-lists-app-details/
– iPad App Store shows many titles with 'HD' added or 'for iPad'
– Also shows increased price point for many app's – will that be an issue? $50 for omnigraffle for example
– http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/29/first-look-kobo-for-ipad/ – nice book app for iPad
– http://www.apple.com/ipad/guided-tours/
– iTunes 9.1 this week?
– Just got 10.6.3 on Mac's – support for iPads?
37:44 – BBC iPhone Apps Delayed
-BBC Trust asks for delay on BBC iPhone app after industry representation
– industry think it abuses BBC's dominant position in news.
39:33 – Gifting iPhone Apps
– You can now gift app's in iTunes
– Can only gift to people in same country but apart from that, same as gifting music
40:49 – A night at the Opera
– A lot of talk this week about whether Opera will get their browser approved into the App Store
– I would call the majority saying "No way".
– Opera seem weirdly optimistic though.
– My call? Rejected – duplication of core functionality.
– We may well know by he time of the next cast!
43:47 – Nintendo 3DS
– New handheld system from Nintendo
– we know the system will use two screens, will have some sort of 3D, won't require any sort of special glasses, and will be backwards compatible with current DS and DSi games.
– rumours are that the 3d will use camera's to tracks your eyes position in relation to screen angle – very clever
– Maybe 720p screens, accelerometer for tile controls, possible 3g chip
– Released between now and March 2011
47:24 – Microsoft Game Room
– Now launched on Live for Xbox and PC
– Free download
– Design arcade rooms
– 30 games available now that cost – 260 points for game on one platform, 500 for game on pc and xbox
– Friends can visit your arcade
– Time warp facility to rewind back a game
– No better than mame really
48:48 – PS3 No More Linux
– April 1st update will remove 'Install Other OS' option form older PS3's
– Newer slims can't do this anyway, but will disappoint Linux fans surely…
– Security concerns is the reason, but it is optional…
– The consumer electronics giant said that the update will be optionally, but it cautioned that failure to upgrade will lock users out of the PlayStation Network. They will also be prevented from playing DRM-encumbered videos stored on a media server, and from viewing any Blu-ray Discs or PS3 games that require firmware 3.21.
– The best app for writing books or long form material
– Great research options
– Track content via outliner, index cards
– Mac only
Auto Smiley
– A computer vision application that runs in the background while you work.
– The software analyzes your face while you are working and if it detects a smile it sends the the ascii smiley face letters ": )" as keyboard presses to the front most application.
– Auto Smiley has many uses from just straight up convenience to enforcing honesty in your online communication 🙂
Posted on March 30, 2010 Author ianCategories PodcastTags 3ds, bbc, best buy, china, google, ipad, iphone, nintendo, opera, ps3, times


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Senate panel OKs Stamas bill to designate part of U.S. 23 as 'Peter A. Pettalia Memorial Highway'
Posted on May 15, 2018 by misenategopsyndicator
Sen. Jim Stamas
LANSING, Mich. — The Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday approved Sen. Jim Stamas' legislation to permanently honor former Rep. Peter Pettalia, who died in 2016 in an accident while traveling down to the Capitol for session.
"Pete was a good friend and a commonsense public servant who did his best to improve the lives of the people in Northern Michigan," said Stamas, R-Midland. "He loved his family, his friends, the local community and the entire state. Pete was passionate about life and enjoyed traveling throughout the Sunrise Side and along Heritage Route 23.
"Naming part of that route through Pete's home county would be a fitting tribute to a life well lived and the tremendous impact he had in his community. Although he is missed by those who knew him, he will never be forgotten."
Senate Bill 622 would designate the portion of U.S. 23 in Presque Isle County between Maple Drive and Misiak Highway as the "Peter A. Pettalia Memorial Highway."
Pettalia served three terms in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2011 until his untimely death in September 2016. He previously served as Presque Isle Township supervisor for 16 years and as a volunteer firefighter for the East Grand Lake Fire Department for 15 years. Pettalia was a member of several Presque Isle and Alpena area organizations and enjoyed spending time with his wife Karen, two children and two granddaughters.
The bill would have no fiscal impact on the state or local government. Under state law, the Michigan Department of Transportation can place markers indicating the name of a memorial highway only "when sufficient private contributions are received to completely cover the cost of erecting and maintaining those markers."
Rep. Sue Allor, R-Wolverine, has introduced similar legislation in the House of Representatives.
Pettalia memorial highway bill nearly law
Bills would designate part of US-23 as 'Peter A. Pettalia Memorial Highway'
Senate approves Pettalia memorial highway bill


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Don Bradman's "Barabri": Sarfaraz Khan shares an Instagram story about his comparisons to Australian legend following India's defeat
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By Anushka On Jan 18, 2023
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Sarfaraz had posted a cryptic message on Instagram. After being left out of the India squad for the upcoming Test series against Australia.
The message highlighted his numbers in first-class cricket, where he has an average of 80.47 and is second only to the legendary Don Bradman among batters who have played at least 50 innings.
In the Ranji Trophy match on Tuesday, Mumbai cricketer Sarfaraz Khan scored 125 runs off 155 balls to defeat Delhi and score a century.
He is currently the ninth-highest run scorer in the current Ranji Trophy season. Scoring 556 runs in six matches at an average of 111.20, including three hundred and one half-centuries.
He was the leading run-getter earlier in the Ranji Trophy 2021-22 (previous season) with 982 runs in six matches at an incredible average of 122.75, including four tons and two half-centuries.
However, despite his outstanding performances, the 25-year-old was not selected for the Indian team's Test series against Australia in India.
Prior to Sarfaraz, the BCCI had announced the team for the first two Tests against the visitors. Which featured star batter, Suryakumar Yadav.
In response to the rejection, Sarfaraz posted a cryptic message on Instagram highlighting his first-class cricket statistics, in which he averages 80.47 and ranks second only to the legendary Don Bradman among batters who have played at least 50 innings.
On Tuesday, during an interview with Sports Tak. Sarfaraz was questioned about his excellent statistics and his proximity to Bradman's record.
"I am very content. Sir (Don Bradman): Barabri to Kabhi koi nahi sakta. But main unke aas pass tha record me Mujhe pata chala, the record is here… Kabhi banta, Kabhi toot-ta, kabhi average accha rahta.
Sarfaraz Khan explains 'Don Bradman' Instagram stories after India non-selectionhttps://t.co/yeUOmipAO3
— HT Sports (@HTSportsNews) January 18, 2023
Kabhi ek na ek din wo bhi niche is here. Mai bus yahi attempt kar raha hu ki jabtak accha performance karta rahu. There is no such thing as a Don Bradman. But the fact that I am close to his record makes me very happy.
I learned about it. Records are set and broken, with an average that fluctuates between high and low at different times. Sarfaraz stated, "I have been trying to continue my good performance for as long as I can."
He went on to say, "I don't have any goals in life. My goal is to score runs in every match and do what I practice on the ground."
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Q: Writing string to empty dataframe not working, but works in other dataframes, how to fix? I have created a dataframe on my local machine like so:
df1 = pd.DataFrame()

Next, I have added to columns to dataframe plus I want to assign a string to only one column. I am attempting to do this like so:
df1['DF_Name'] = 'test'
df1['DF_Date'] = ''

The columns get added successfully, but the string 'test' does not. When I apply this to other dataframe it works perfectly fine. What am I doing wrong?
I am also trying to append dates into the same dataframe except using logic, and that is also not working. Logic is as so:
if max_created > max_updated:
    df1['DF_Date'] = max_created
else:
    df1['DF_Date'] = max_updated

Not sure what I am doing wrong.
Thank you in advance.

A: You need to add brackets, like:
df1 = pd.DataFrame()
df1['DF_Name'] = ['test']
df1['DF_Date'] = ['']
df1

you can't assign a single value to a pd.Series. With the brackets, it's a list instead.


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package com.minkov.demos.mvp;

import android.app.Activity;

import com.minkov.demos.mvp.base.BaseActivity;
import com.minkov.demos.mvp.base.CurrentActivityProvider;
import com.minkov.demos.mvp.dagger.AppComponent;
import com.minkov.demos.mvp.dagger.DaggerAppComponent;
import com.minkov.demos.mvp.models.DaoMaster;
import com.minkov.demos.mvp.models.DaoSession;

import org.greenrobot.greendao.database.Database;
//import org.greenrobot.greendao.database.Da

import dagger.android.AndroidInjector;
import dagger.android.DaggerApplication;

/**
 * Created by minkov on 9/27/17.
 */

public class PersonsApplication extends DaggerApplication
        implements CurrentActivityProvider {
    /**
     * A flag to show how easily you can switch from standard SQLite to the encrypted SQLCipher.
     */
    public static final boolean ENCRYPTED = true;

    private DaoSession mDaoSession;
    private BaseActivity mCurrentActivity;

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();

        DaoMaster.DevOpenHelper helper = new DaoMaster.DevOpenHelper(this, "notes-db");
        Database db = helper.getWritableDb();
        mDaoSession = new DaoMaster(db).newSession();
    }

    public DaoSession getDaoSession() {
        return mDaoSession;
    }

    @Override
    protected AndroidInjector<? extends DaggerApplication> applicationInjector() {
        AppComponent appComponent = DaggerAppComponent.builder().application(this).build();
        appComponent.inject(this);
        return appComponent;
    }

    public void setCurrentActivity(BaseActivity activity) {
        mCurrentActivity = activity;
    }

    public BaseActivity getCurrentActivity() {
        return mCurrentActivity;
    }
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No really. Is this shoddy 'Unapologetic' bonus track demo actually meant to be a single?
Listen: Bitch Better Have My Money is available now.
(sorry there's no official video yet)
Passion Pit – Lifted Up (1985)
The video to this new Passion Pit track sees lead singer Michael Angelakos alone on the dance floor surrounded by dizzying euphoria. Besides that this is typical Passion Pit – jangling synths, falsetto vocals and happy-sad lyrics. What's not to love?
Listen: Lifted Up (1985) will feature on new album 'Kindred' due on 20th April.
Everything Everything – Distant Past
Is guitar music really dying?
Why are indie bands ramping up the electro influences?
Does anyone care when the chorus to this new track is so rave-tastic, even with the typically weird and wonderful verse style?
And how are their eyes SO blue?
Listen: Distant Past is available now.
FKA Twigs – Glass and Patron
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Listen: Glass and Patron is released as part of the YouTube Music Awards.
Muse – Dead Inside
Muse have released a couple of new tracks recently, of which Dead Inside is undoubtedly the best. It's somewhere between the heavy screeching of their early work and the more pop-orientated experiments of their last album and stomps like all the best rock tracks do, proving there's plenty of life left in the band.
Listen: Dead Inside will feature on forthcoming album 'Drones' released on 8th June.
Brandon Flowers – Can't Deny My Love
If there's one thing music lovers can't deny, it's that The Killers never lived up to their brilliant debut album and lead singer Brandon Flowers' solo material fared even worse. So it comes as a welcome surprise that this latest solo track is a great kitchen-sink jam: 80s production, anthemic melodies, moody atmospherics, incendiary guitars, funky rhythms, Latin percussion, piano solos, gospel choir backing, and a dramatic structure full of peaks and troughs. This is everything The Killers could, and should, have been.
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Listen: Lean On will feature on forthcoming album 'Peace Is The Mission' released in June.
Grimes – REALiTi
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Listen: REALiTi is available now.
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Gorillas: The new WeWork?
What does the future hold for on-demand grocery startup Gorillas?
By Miriam Partington and Freya Pratty 2 August 2021
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When Laura* joined the on-demand grocery delivery startup Gorillas in 2019, it had less than 20 employees. The Berlin startup was full of the "young, energetic" type from good universities who would work long hours, she says. Like Gorillas' early investors, they were excited about the prospect of entirely reshaping how people buy food, putting supermarkets out of business for good and building what Gorillas has since told investors is "one of the fastest-growing companies of all time."
But even by the standards of super high-growth startups, the working culture was a shock. "For (CEO and founder Kağan Sümer), it was make or break. If we had five delayed orders, he'd send videos of himself swearing and screaming to a WhatsApp group we had back in the day. It was very intense," says Laura, who left the company this year.
Things haven't changed much since, according to more than a dozen current and former employees at the company interviewed by Sifted. While Gorillas has grown to 10,000 employees, including riders, raised over €300m in VC funding from some of the world's most notable investors, including Coatue, Tencent and DST Global, and hit a billion-dollar valuation in a record-breaking nine months from launch, the fierce culture remains the same.
The problems don't stop at screaming and shouting either. Sifted has spoken to nine people who have accused the company of arbitrary firings, exploitation of riders and warehouse workers, as well as a hostile environment at the HQ. Others have raised questions about the cash-burning business model.
Some of these HR issues have led to sustained protests from riders in Berlin and a string of negative headlines in Germany and across Europe. On top of that, Gorillas is now facing an uphill battle to raise more capital. Its biggest competitors, Getir and Flink, raised a combined $800m in June; Gorillas will need more ammunition soon too if is to meet its lofty target of growing from $34m in projected annual revenue in January to $2.6bn by the end of the year.
Back in June, three people with knowledge of Gorillas' plans told Sifted that the company was looking to raise $1bn in fresh investment and aiming for a $6bn valuation. Sources have since indicated that Gorillas struggled to find investors to lead the round. One said the company is now seeking a $600m raise instead, at a reduced valuation of significantly less than $6bn.
Gorillas says it does not comment on fundraising rumours. The company also declined to comment on the allegation of Sümer screaming in a Whatsapp group.
But it did respond promptly to many of the detailed questions sent by Sifted about the culture, business and HR practices at Gorillas detailed in this piece, broadly saying that the company has a culture of inclusion, employee care and dialogue.
However, many of the employees Sifted has spoken to paint a picture of a business that is growing faster than it can handle — potentially impacting the livelihoods and mental health of hundreds of employees and putting hundreds of millions of euros of investors' capital at risk.
A protest sign against Gorillas in Berlin.
The new WeWork?
"It's like the new WeWork story," says Ben*, who joined Gorillas' operations team last summer in Berlin.
The comparison to coworking company WeWork is a brutal one. From humble origins in 2011, WeWork became a darling of Silicon Valley, winning billions in investment for investors including SoftBank. But a failed IPO in 2019 highlighted the scale of the losses at the company and the eccentricities of the founder Adam Neumann. WeWork continues to post losses.
Ben's "new WeWork" jibe partly reflects the belief of many that all these new 10-minute delivery companies that have sprung up over the past two years are going to struggle to turn a profit. The grocery sector has razor-thin margins, and critics say that the huge cost of 10-minute delivery means it will be nigh on impossible for the economics to work.
"Gorillas is just a PR balloon."
"Gorillas is just a PR balloon," says Ben, hammering home this view. "There's no disruptive technology, no real new business model and we are burning money just to open more and more locations".
This view is debated by the companies themselves and the VCs investing billions into them, of course. They argue that huge scale and the efficiencies of dark stores and new tech solutions can make it all work in the end, adding that people will pay a premium for convenience. Getir, for example, says it is profitable in its home market of Turkey where it has been since 2015.
But the "new WeWork" critique is also a dig at the company's culture. While it's clearly too early to say if Gorillas might share the same rocky journey as WeWork as a business (WeWork spent years as an investor favourite before it all unravelled), some see other similarities between WeWork and Gorillas, not least a messianic and controversial founder.
The charismatic founder
It's easy to see why investors are so taken with Sümer. Apart from anything else, he has a big, big vision.
"If you go to the fucking moon, you shouldn't go to the supermarket. We have the technology to go to space and we're still going to the supermarket? This is counterintuitive," Sümer said in a podcast in June.
"We really very much bet on the founder and his passion."
"We really very much bet on the founder and his passion," Gorillas' earliest VC investor, Atlantic Food Labs' Christophe Maire, told Sifted. "It wasn't totally obvious that this was going to work out in Germany… but [Sümer] is an extraordinary guy with amazing drive and big ambition. If someone is so passionate, we shouldn't be the one to slow them down."
And slow him down investors have not. Gorillas is now operating in eight markets: Spain, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Belgium and the US.
Kağan Sümer, founder and CEO of Gorillas.
At the same time, some employees sing the praises of Sümer as an energetic and visionary leader. One told Sifted he is a "very, very nice dude" who is always walking around the office in a t-shirt talking to people: "He really speaks to everyone regardless of the level."
The same person said Sümer is a 'visionary.' Not only is he "very good at motivating people and conveying this energy and spirit" he also understands company operations well and "knows everything that is going on in the business."
But several others talked to Sifted about a man who operated through a culture of fear. "The culture of the company hasn't been conducive to people questioning the direction the company is heading in, and also for those who question Kağan," says Jacob*, who works in the company's HQ in Berlin.
Workers uprising
The feeling by some employees that Gorillas, in its bid for hyper-growth, has created a toxic work culture and is sacrificing employee wellbeing, is not just the regular employee gripes that affect a large number of very fast-growing companies. It's becoming a material concern, as delivery employees have recently started campaigning for better conditions.
Gorillas' fleet of thousands of riders deliver orders stuffed into bulky backpacks on Swapfiets bikes come rain or shine. In Germany, most are paid €10.50 an hour, a euro above minimum wage, while some — who were among the company's first 100 riders — get paid €12 an hour.
For many immigrants to Germany and the UK, working as a Gorillas rider is an attractive proposition. The job is easy to hold down while working a second job or studying, and doesn't require special qualifications.
But rumblings of discontent among riders have been brewing since the company first launched last year — and they reached a head in February. Berlin had heavy snowfall: temperatures dropped to -10ºC and the ground was thick with ice. Despite these conditions, Gorillas failed to provide riders with equipment to protect them during their shifts, three riders told Sifted.
Gorillas didn't specifically respond to employee allegations when asked by Sifted but said that: "Especially, during extreme weather conditions we will always put the safety of our riders first and pause operations if required."
In October last year, 10-15 Gorillas riders came together to form The Gorillas Workers' Collective "to inform each other of our rights and come together when we're exploited," Sylvan*, a Berlin-based rider told Sifted at a recent protest in Prenzlauer Berg.
In June of this year, the workers' collective held an official meeting to elect an electoral board, which is the first step towards becoming a worker's council in Germany. Approximately 300 employees turned up to vote.
Credit: Gorillas
Another complaint among riders is the heavy delivery bags that sometimes weigh over the 10kg limit put in place by the company. According to several members of the workers' council, many employees suffer from "chronic back pain" and other related problems.
"Doctors have told us that it's not just the weight of the packages that is causing this; we're actually absorbing a lot of shocks from the products, like champagne and beer," says Sylvan. He claims that Gorillas has repeatedly denied riders' requests for bike baskets.
"They're using our backs as cheap shock absorbers."
Following the protests which began on June 9 and lasted three days, Gorillas has since implemented measures to meet the demands of riders, a company spokesperson told Sifted.
These include a computer system to calculate in advance whether a delivery is too heavy and split it between riders if its over 10 kg, smaller backpacks and a doubling of the size of the rider support team to deal with questions and handle rider requests quicker.
Gorillas says that it provides all riders with "state-of-the-art equipment including power-saving e-bikes, helmets, all legally required safety equipment and functional clothing including rain gear free of charge" and that it carries out "regular checks of this equipment in our warehouses."
Lack of job security
The ease with which the company can fire riders and warehouse workers with no warning has been the underlying theme of many recent protests in Berlin. On June 10, strikes broke out due to a supposedly unfair dismissal of a rider known as Santi.
Similarly, on July 8, the Gorillas Workers' Collective blockaded a warehouse at Checkpoint Charlie, after Berlin employees were "unlawfully" fired after their six month probation, a member of the collective told Sifted.
Two members of Gorillas Workers Collective hold a banner with a list of demands at a protest in Prenzlauer Berg.
Some, now ex-employees, believe they were fired arbitrarily within their probation periods — which is legal in Germany.
Gorillas said in response to questions from Sifted that it cannot comment on individual relationships with specific employees and that the company always acts "in accordance with the country-specific law."
Lado*, a working student, joined a warehouse in Nuremberg as a picker — someone who fulfils orders in the warehouses — on May 1. She was fired only one month and seven days later, ostensibly for "not working hard enough" — and documented her experience on Twitter.
Office workers have also told Sifted they had been fired with little warning. Tomas Cusicanqui, who left a "good job" at Google to join Gorillas as a demand planner covering the Benelux region in Amsterdam says he was dismissed "completely unexpectedly" on April 20 — just three weeks into his job. Gorillas promised to help Cusicanqui find another job when his employment was terminated, but hasn't delivered, he says. The company also paid him for the three weeks that he worked – but no additional severance package.
"I'm now busy fast-tracking my circular food business, but running low on cash," says Cusicanqui, adding that his request for unemployment benefit from the UWV (Dutch unemployment agency) has been rejected.
It's not uncommon or illegal for people at any job to be fired during a probation period, but these firings matter because they appear to be an increasing source of tension in the company. Sudden dismissals can be problematic for employees without permanent residency as it often ends in visa termination, says Pascal Croset, a lawyer specialising in German labour law.
"The law for protection against dismissal (Kündigungsschutzgesetz) becomes effective after six months (Wartezeit). So during the first six months, there is no protection [against firing] for employees" says Croset.
The company said: "We have developed the Gorillas code of conduct, which all employees are required to follow. In cases of violations against this internal guideline, employees receive warnings. Repeated violations can ultimately lead to the termination of employment. However, be assured that we examine each case individually. A termination of an employment relationship is always the last possible step."
One employee in Berlin HQ, who previously referred to Sümer as a "cool dude", said that people losing their jobs in their probation period at Gorillas happens like in any company, but they are a minority.
He added that employee satisfaction is generally high, and the retention of its riders in particular is so good it's "insane."
Trouble at HQ
The repeated protests by riders have not gone unnoticed among staff in the headquarters, some of whom said that it has made them worry about how management is treating people and sapping morale.
"I'm in contact with some of those riders and I know that people feel there's intimidation. The people that are organising everything have been coerced into dampening things down," says Jacob.
Members of the Gorillas Workers' Collective blockade the entrance to a warehouse, in solidarity with their fired colleague, Santi.
"You have a few people that are organising the strikes and putting them together and a lot of pressure has been put on them to cease and desist," he says. "It doesn't feel like a regular tech company. It's normally more democratic and laid back, whereas here it seems more tyrannical."
Asked by Sifted, Gorillas denied that there was any coercion of riders.
"It doesn't feel like a regular tech company… here it seems more tyrannical."
This concern for the riders is added to a broader fear by some workers of challenging Sümer, even when they think he is making strategic or operational mistakes, according to some.
For Ben, an operations executive, working in the HQ has been difficult. "There was a story told in the recruitment process and in-house it's completely different. The atmosphere and lack of clear strategy mean it's not a pleasant place to come into in the morning."
"People are afraid to show up to meetings if [Sümer] is in them," he adds.
Jacob adds: "If you do question him [Kağan], it wouldn't be that you were fired but you would be put in a position where they almost ostracise you, and where you feel you're the odd-man-out or the odd-woman-out and you don't have the best interests of the company in mind."
"Eventually you'd be pushed out. That's happened to a number of senior staff; we've had a revolving door recently, it's been quite chaotic in general."
Gorillas' cofounder, Jörg Kattner, left in February and the COO, Felix Chrobog, in May. Ben says that wasn't a surprise to staff, after it had become evident that there were tensions between them and Sümer.
A company spokesperson said that Chrobog "had reached the point where he felt ready to take a personal break to devote more time to his family".
Aside from Sümer's attitude, there are worries among the staff about the growth strategy, Ben says, and whether it lacks focus.
"He has no track record at all and zero-percent ability to present a long term vision. Every week things change in a 180 degree move; there's a lot of shouting."
"Kağan is concerned mainly with burning investor money to show we have what it takes to scale up the company."
"Kağan is concerned mainly with burning investor money to show we have what it takes to scale up the company, that's his main concern: opening main locations, mainly in the US in the next year. The end game is, of course, an IPO," says Ben.
In a presentation prepared for investors in April seen by Sifted, Gorillas focused on the "crazy growth" it has seen this year, predicting annual recurring revenue of $2.6bn by the end of 2021. In April, its annual recurring revenue was $196m, up from $34m in January, according to the presentation. Gorillas says that it doesn't comment on growth-relevant figures.
"It's a toxic culture but there's also a lack of transparency — you never know what's going on. He's very erratic. It's not a good way to be when you're growing a company this fast," says Jacob.
"The business model we have is one that only works if we grow as quickly as possible," he explains. "We are growing at a rapid pace and the issue is that whenever there's growth, you have to deal with the issues you have, whatever they may be. You deal with the issues and then you carry on growing."
An employee from HQ denied that the company was chaotic internally, stating that Gorillas has a "clear" goal-setting framework and "set in stone" objectives that are reviewed on a quarterly basis.
He adds: "If people haven't come [to Gorillas] from a fast-paced environment — or have come from a corporate company — they might feel that there is not the level of process that they're used to, which is normal for a company that is only one year old."
Some employees told Sifted that working at Gorillas is like being part of a community.
The company denied that there was any culture of oppressing opposing views from riders or about the business: "Let us clarify that we do not tolerate any kind of intimidation or other kind of discrimination towards our employees from neither party, and particularly not when they are being open and speaking their mind. Quite to the contrary, we encourage that."
Gorillas added: "As a company we actively support our employees' right to voice their feedback and opinions and actively promote multiple channels for employees to do so like feedback boxes, standing Q&A and our rider support. We will continue to focus on constructive dialogue with all our employees."
"It's only a matter of time before we have another leak."
One issue that concerned those within the HQ in particular, Ben says, was the data breach in May this year. German IT collective Zerforschung discovered that the names, phone numbers, email and home addresses of 200k customers had been compromised online. Gorillas has since said that the security lapse has been remedied.
Sifted has seen evidence of an internal review of Gorillas' app security from just after the leak in May this year, where a number of security issues were flagged internally as "high severity."
Gorillas says that: "Following that incident we collaborated with external experts to help us to resolve the highest priority issues, as well as further investigate and test our systems. Since then we've been working with a renowned digital security organisation to advise us on our security and support us in ongoing system tests. With their assistance, we are constantly working on strengthening our systems."
"The security flags we found were basically rookie mistakes that shows Gorillas doesn't seem to care about data protection — of its riders or its customers — at least not to the degree that they would need to," says Karl, a founding member of Zerforschung, who declined to give his last name.
Gorillas' app is based on a white-labelled application bought from a company in Lebanon, Eddress. While this is common for startups, Jacob says that this added to the security vulnerability.
"Our platform wasn't made specifically for the company," he says. "It was purchased from outside of the company, and it's been around since the beginning, so there have been a lot of add-ons and patches and that makes for a very vulnerable system."
Gorillas says that it did use Eddress's technology "to bootstrap its operations" but that it has built its own infrastructure "in parallel."
"Our codebase is now fully disconnected from the solution Eddress offers today. The Gorillas technical infrastructure is fully owned and operated only by Gorillas and based in Germany with all cloud storage for data based in the EU", says the company.
The company also said it's brought an "external partner" on board to help "investigate and test" at the time the data vulnerability was discovered and that all "high-priority issues" were fixed.
"Since then we've been working with a renowned digital security organisation to advise us on our security and support us in ongoing system tests. With their assistance, we are constantly working on strengthening our systems," a spokesperson said.
"The hustling culture"
Laura, the early employee who has now left the company, says that the tough environment at Gorillas is well known in the startup world and among investors, but they just don't care. "It's because of the hustling culture," she says. "What they care about is how much we're selling, the revenue and the annual run rate."
And hustling culture was something Sümer was good at creating at HQ, Laura says. He favoured employees who did unpaid overtime work focused on damage control, she says, and his goal was to always have every product available.
"The main KPI that is looked at by the manager positions is product availability. So that means if you go on the app, and you see that one product is sold out, Kağan would literally be like, 'Go buy bananas now', because there are no bananas. So I literally had to go to the store to buy bananas."
"I literally had to go to the store to buy bananas."
"If there's something that we don't have, you go to the kiosk or the supermarket and get it and get it to the customer. If you need to take an Uber, you take an Uber, it doesn't even matter if you go on the bike or not, but you just want to execute the order at all costs," she says.
"The culture he spreads is, you make that stock available at all costs. So if you have to be up until 6am placing the orders, that's what you're gonna have to do. The initial company success came at the expense of employee's health and safety. This trade-off enabled the revenue numbers which attracted the investors."
A company spokesperson said that employees do "an organised 'out of stock' run to ensure that customers get their full orders" when certain items run low during peak delivery hours. "Employees that support us in these moments are equipped with company credit cards or have the money refunded via the expense policy," they said.
Others think Gorillas' initial investment frenzy is simply emblematic of this moment in time. On-demand grocery startups in Europe have raised over €1.5bn and launched in dozens of European markets.
"It just seems to me that, because of what we went through with Covid, this industry has grown exponentially, with people purchasing so much more online, and [the investors] are determined to put money into companies like Gorillas so they can get on board as quickly as possible and make as much money as possible," says Jacob.
That's not to say it's a problem with the wider industry: Jacob says there are competitors that are doing things a lot better.
"A company like Getir had six or seven years to iron out their issues in Turkey before they expanded out of Turkey," says Jacob. (Getir, which landed a $7.5bn valuation at its latest fundraise, told Sifted that it could have been "very profitable" in Turkey last year had it not prioritised growth.) "We haven't been able to do that: within a year and a bit we're expanding all over the world."
Gorillas says it doesn't comment on growth figures.
Wild promises
Laura says early employees were promised shares that never materialised; and Jacob says they were promised a bonus once Gorillas hit unicorn status that, likewise, never came.
A company spokesperson would not comment on these specifics but said that Gorillas distributed $1m across all riders and warehouse workers as a one-time payment after its Series B raise, with the amount paid to individuals based on tenure.
Laura left the company last year without her shares, and Ben says he'll leave soon. "Once I finish my vesting term I'll run as fast as I can."
"[Sümer] is not a guy who could lead the company to be a sustainable, profitable company," Ben says.
For Jacob, the morality of asking investors for money, and for customers to put their data into the app, has troubled him the most.
"My biggest fear is that the whole thing will implode," he says, "and that's one of my moral issues with the company — that we're leading people on."
Time will tell if Gorillas is here to stay. Other companies in the 10-minute grocery delivery fray have started acquisition talks. But unhappy employees have not been enough to fell some of Europe's biggest private tech companies like Revolut, which is now the UK's most valuable private company. And WeWork is still around; one person told Sifted they are working on a partnership with Gorillas to be announced soon.
*Names have been changed to protect the identities of those involved.
Freya Pratty is Sifted's news reporter. She tweets from @fpratty.
Miriam Partington is Sifted's Germany correspondent. She tweets from @mparts_.
Amy Lewin, Sifted's deputy editor, and Isabella Pojuner both assisted with reporting.
This article has been amended to clarify that Tomas Cusicanqui received no severance package from Gorillas.
Gorillas eyes $1bn round with $6bn valuation, including a secondary share sale
By Miriam Partington and Freya Pratty
10-minute grocery startup Dija is in acquisition talks with US competitor Gopuff
Can Getir deliver on its $7.5bn Series D valuation?
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store keeper, C. H. Hill, aud many others.
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16 North Front S:reet Portland.
sale by M'CRAKEN, MERRIia-4 CO.
tract or pa ct-1 ot lund, to-wit : The N E qr.
with the appurtenances thereto belonging.
Milwaukie, .Monday. October 2!th, 1868.
Rock Crei k, Tuesday, October 3oth.
Spring Water, Friday, November 2d.
Beaver (jreek. Monday, November 5th.
Upper Mollala, Tuesday, November 6th.
Lower Molalla, Thursday, November th.
Tualatin, Monday, November 1 Jth.
Pleasant Hill, Tuesday, November 13th.
Linn City, VVednesd y, November 14th.
A DM IN IS RA I IKX'S NOTICE.
TO ISOM LAWSON BEVERLY R.
the S. E. qr. of sec. 8 : the N. W. a-, of N. E.
try thereof will be reported for cancellation.
Land Office, Oregon Citv, Oregon, Oct.
27, 1866. Owen- Wade, Register.