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Light Tunnel, Dan Shorten. Guildhall Live Events. Supported by Silverwood Cars. Lumiere Durham 2019, produced by Artichoke Image: Matthew Andrews
Helen Marriage on immersing Durham in light-based installations at Lumiere festival
STIR in conversation with Helen Marriage, Director of Artichoke, the producers of Lumiere 2019, UK's largest light festival that illuminated the city of Durham with its artworks.
by Sukanya GargPublished on : Nov 25, 2019
Lumiere returned to Durham, United Kingdom, with a special 10th anniversary programme, and transformed the streets of the city with its spectacular, dazzling artworks. The festival took place from November 14-17, 2019. Organised by Artichoke, one of the country's leading creative companies that is funded by the Arts Council England, the festival featured 37 light-based works in outdoor settings by artists from across the world. The highlights of the Lumiere festival included a magical fogscape, super-sized slinky, and innovative projection onto a tree canopy exploring the connection between geometry and nature.
Here, STIR speaks with Helen Marriage, Director of Artichoke, the producers of Lumiere; and Artistic Director of Lumiere, UK's largest light festival, who takes us over the festival's concept, highlights, popularity, and challenges in organising it.
Fogscape #03238, Fujiko Nakaya and Simon Corder. Supported by the Japan Foundation. Lumiere Durham 2019, produced by Artichoke Image Credit: Graeme Peacock
Sukanya Garg (SG): Could you talk about the kind of impact Lumiere Durham festival has had in the community of Durham? How has the turnout been? How did viewers react?
Helen Marriage (HM): Lumiere started off as a one-off event 10 years ago. We never intended for it to become a permanent fixture. However, it really struck a chord with local residents and the response towards the festival was overwhelmingly positive. With each edition of the festival our audience has grown; in 2009, the first Lumiere festival in Durham attracted 75,000 visitors over four nights and at the last edition in 2017, it was estimated that 240,000 visitors attended.
I Love Durham, Jacques Rival. Supported by CBRE. Lumiere Durham 2019, produced by Artichoke Image Credit: Matthew Andrews
SG: How is this edition of the Lumiere Durham different from the previous ones?
HM: 2019 is the tenth anniversary of Lumiere in Durham, and our sixth edition. In celebration of this, we decided to bring back some of the favourite works from previous editions, as well as many new commissions. Some of the returning works have toured in the intervening year. Others, like Jacques Rival's very popular I Love Durham have been in storage, so it's great to be able to share these again with audiences in Durham in 2019.
Geometrical Traces, Javier Riera. Installation view 1, Supported by Spain arts culture and Embassy of Spain, London. Lumiere Durham 2019, produced by Artichoke Image Credit: Matthew Andrews
SG: Could you talk about some of the highlights this year?
HM: There are 37 artworks in total, making this the largest Durham Lumiere ever. Highlights include Javier Riera's mesmerising Geometrical Traces, a projection onto trees on the banks of the River Wear based on the Fibonacci sequence, which explores the connection between geometry and nature.
Wave-Field Variation H, CS Design and L4 Studio. Lumiere Durham 2019, produced by Artichoke Image Credit: Matthew Andrews
Another is Wave-Field Variation H, a series of glowing seesaws the audience can have a go on, and Wave - an immersive experience which uses 500 motion sensing lights and 500 voices, created by Squidsoup, who have previously designed work for Burning Man festival and DJ Four Tet.
Keys of Light, Mr. Beam. Supported by believe housing and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, hosted by Durham University. Lumiere Durham 2019, produced by Artichoke Image Credit: Matthew Andrews
SG: Could you talk about some of the interactive light-based works with examples? How did they involve people? What was the concept behind them? What kind of technology was used in their creation?
HM: Keys of Light by Dutch collective Mr Beam involved an open call for pianists of all ages and abilities. Each note played on the grand piano generates a projection on the facade of Rushford Court, transforming the building into a spectacle of shape-shifting patterns responding to the tone, speed, volume of the live music. 160 participants aged from 10 to 84 have signed up to play their favourite pieces on the piano.
Stones, Tigrelab Art. Installation View 1, Lumiere Durham 2019, produced by Artichoke Image Credit: Graeme Peacock
Another of our interactive installations this year is Stones, created by the French-Spanish company Tigrelab. It's a shape-shifting video-mapped projection onto the facade of Durham Cathedral, which is a UNESCO world heritage site. Audience members can influence the projection by manipulating four stone controllers, incidentally made from the same stone as the Cathedral itself, and the more the stones are touched the more intricate the projection becomes.
SG: What is the most challenging aspect of organising a festival like this?
HM: The festival is in the planning for around two years. We work closely with our commissioner Durham County Council and local institutions such as Durham University and Durham Cathedral, and fundraise from around 80 sponsors. There are so many aspects to bring together, from thinking about which artworks might work where, to inviting artists over for site visits, and building and installing the artworks. Javier Riera's Geometrical Traces is probably the most technically challenging piece this year. Our production values are very high – we want the installations to appear completely seamless, as if they have been conjured by magic out of Durham's darkness.
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Under New Bill, America's Transpo Loan Program Ignores National Goals
In the highly polarized and antagonistic transportation bill negotiations, dragged out over the course of almost a year, there was one thing that Democrats and Republicans could agree on: vastly expanding the TIFIA loan program. The Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program has, since 1998, provided federal credit assistance at favorable interest rates to surface transportation projects of national and regional significance.
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Under the new bill, however, it appears any old highway plan will do.
MAP-21, the transportation bill that is now on its way to the president for his signature, turned TIFIA from a $122 million program to a $1 billion program – and at the same time, made it completely useless as an instrument to reward and enable innovation.
The bill eliminated all project selection criteria from the TIFIA program. It's now first-come-first-served.
"By removing those selection criteria, they've basically turned the federal government into a bank," said Sarah Kline, director of policy for Reconnecting America, "instead of an entity with national policy in mind."
TIFIA used to employ the following criteria to evaluate potential loan recipients:
national or regional significance (including livability, economic competitiveness, and safety) — 20 percent
private participation — 20 percent
environmental sustainability and state of good repair — 20 percent
whether the loan would help accelerate project delivery — 12.5 percent
creditworthiness — 12.5 percent
use of technology — 5 percent
consumption of budget authority — 5 percent
whether the loan would reduce the need for federal grants — 5 percent
Under the new bill, creditworthiness now accounts for pretty much the full 100 percent.
Projects will still need to be approved by the U.S. DOT credit council. "They're not rubberstamping things that come through," said Kerry O'Hare, vice president of Building America's Future and a former FHWA administrator. "There's a real financial analysis that's done. People don't just willy-nilly say, 'We're going to sign off on this.'"
But the credit council is looking only at the ability to repay loans. Not sustainability, not significance, not economic competitiveness.
"The federal government essentially has no control over what kind of projects get built," Kline said. "As long as you come in with an application that is technically eligible and meets the credit-worthiness, it's not clear to me that the federal government can say, 'No, this is not the kind of project we want to fund; we're looking for things that are innovative; this is not innovative.'"
The change to TIFIA is consistent with other elements in the transportation bill that the House insisted on. The removal of Congressional earmarks toughened the Republicans' resolve to eliminate "administration earmarks," as they call discretionary programs. They considered any subjective criteria — like innovation — too much leeway for the executive branch.
Now that TIFIA has a billion dollars to work with, watchdogs think some projects in the pipeline might not even meet the creditworthiness standard. The Bipartisan Policy Center last year suggested expanding TIFIA to a more modest $450 million instead of $1 billion, after looking at the pool of applicants and their creditworthiness. Erich Zimmerman of Taxpayers for Common Sense told reporters last week that there's never been a default on a TIFIA loan, but with an expansion this large, it's likely to happen.
And even if the projects are determined not to pose an undue financial risk to taxpayers, casting such a wide net could too easily pull in projects that just don't make for good transportation policy.
Besides, a complex and detailed application like TIFIA's may not be well-suited to a first-come-first-served system, which essentially becomes a race. The premium on the speed with which an agency can put together an application can handicap transit, especially for small agecies that may not have specialized staff who can easily whip the application together.
"The consequence is that you may see a lot of straightforward road projects in places like North Carolina and Indiana get funded from this program," said Steven Higashide, federal advocate at the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. "Those are simple projects, so it'll be easy to complete those applications. They'll be first in line. Transit projects and sustainable projects might miss out because of that."
A project needs to cost at least $50 million total to be eligible for a TIFIA loan in most cases, with a lower bar only for technology-based projects. This high total cost requirement can also present a barrier to transit systems, especially small ones.
"It seems like it makes it easier to build sprawl roads or 'roads to nowhere' as long as you can pay the federal agency back," Higashide said. "There's not really any judgment on what's a wise project or one that a state or region needs."
One change to the TIFIA program could help transit agencies, however. U.S. DOT will now allow TIFIA loans to be subordinated to pre-existing debt in some cases. That means other creditors would get paid back first in the case of bankruptcy. This exposes the federal government – and the taxpayer — to more risk. But it makes it easier to attract private capital for the matching dollars, a change which could help transit agencies compete.
Another change is the increase in the federal share from 33 to 49 percent, meaning applicants have less work to do to find the rest of the money. "If the federal government is taking on more of a share of the burden, then this really might not be right time to get be getting rid of those evaluation criteria," said Robert Puentes of the Brookings Institution. "If this bill was really about the economy, you would have kept those in."
However, Puentes questions how much the other criteria were ever a serious factor in choosing TIFIA loan recipients. The list of TIFIA awardees never looked like a list of TIGER winners – it's always been more slanted toward road projects.
"The projects that are approved through the [TIFIA] program do not specifically have to address livability or sustainability goals, unlike TIGER projects," said Yonah Freemark of The Transport Politic in an interview about TIFIA several months ago. "In fact, many of the projects approved for TIFIA have been very highway-oriented, in a way that TIGER projects have not."
Filed Under: Federal Funding, Federal Highway Administration, House of Representatives, Reauthorization, Transit, U.S. Senate
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Phineas Baxandall is a senior analyst at the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. Last week, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood touted his department's $545.9 million TIFIA loan to construct Los Angeles' 8.5-mile light rail transit line along the Crenshaw corridor as "just one example of how DOT's TIFIA credit assistance program extends the value of America's transportation dollar." But will […]
Expanded, Simplified TIFIA Still Greasing the Gears of Highway Expansion
By Angie Schmitt	| Jul 8, 2013
A federal loan awarded to a California highway illustrates how TIFIA, the "innovative" transportation financing program that was expanded as part of MAP-21, is still funding business-as-usual highway projects. U.S. DOT announced last week that it would back California's SR 91 highway expansion in suburban Los Angeles with $421 million in low-interest loans. The project […]
Why Create an Infrastructure Bank When We Could Just Expand TIFIA?
There's been a lot of adulation heaped upon the TIFIA loan program lately. Both houses of Congress are ready to increase funding for the program nine times over, from $100 million to $1 billion a year – despite warnings from outside groups that there may not be enough eligible projects to use up all that […]
New Bill Would Make Bike/Ped Projects Eligible for TIFIA Loans
The day after President Obama's State of the Union plea to improve economic opportunity for struggling Americans, New Jersey Democrat Albio Sires introduced a bill that he says will help meet that goal. His bill [PDF] would build on the TIFIA loan program, which is so beloved by Congress its funding was expanded by a […]
House GOP Won't Let Transit-Oriented Development Get Federal TIFIA Loans
By Angie Schmitt	| Oct 22, 2015
House Republicans introduced a six-year transportation bill this week, and while it's not the utter disaster that past GOP proposals have been, advocates for smarter federal transportation policy are playing defense. Today, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee marked up the new bill. About 150 amendments were introduced, according to Transportation for America. All but a few […]
House Transpo Bill Spells Trouble for Transit Projects Across America
A provision in the House GOP's new transportation bill threatens to upend how transit agencies fund major capital projects, delaying or killing efforts to expand and maintain rail and bus networks. The Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act (STRR), released Tuesday and marked up in committee yesterday, would change funding rules for the three federal programs […]

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Is this the rebirth of Unified Communications?
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Businesses, customers and resellers in the Unified Communications (UC) community have relied on Gartner's Magic Quadrant for years to help them understand which vendors are leaders in the industry and which are challengers in the space. However, in January 2019, Gartner announced that it would refocus its research and end the UC Magic Quadrant.
TechRadar Pro spoke with TetraVX's Director of Product Management, Kara Longo Korte to better understand how the UC marketplace has changed and why Gartner's decision to end the UC Magic Quadrant affects the industry as a whole.
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What prompted Gartner's decision to end the unified communications (UC) Magic Quadrant?
The Unified Communications (UC) Magic Quadrant doesn't adequately represent the marketplace, or should I say, future of the marketplace any longer. The evolution of Unified Communications has not only led to a stronger integration with collaboration tools but has also shifted in how it's primarily being delivered, with legacy on-premises fading away as cloud takes over. This shift has been happening over time, and at some point, the scale had to tip.
Will Gartner's Market Guide provide similar information to a Magic Quadrant and if not, where does it fall short?
The Market Guide is positioned to offer similar information to the UC Magic Quadrant, however, it will not focus on segmenting vendors as the Quadrant previously did. Many challenged the scoring system that led Gartner to place vendors where they did. So even though the Market Guide may not provide as much detail on the individual vendors, it may end up giving us a more realistic understanding of the UC marketplace. The oneness will now be on those shopping a UC solution to do their due diligence when vetting vendors.
Do you think it would have made more sense to connect the Magic Quadrants for collaboration and unified communications?
Perhaps, but that seems like a shift that is too drastic for the overall market to make all at once – even though we see this trend. It's still very important to understand the use cases for these types of systems. Beyond simply size and industry of the organization as a whole, we have to look at how each department functions. For example, while some users may need the full suite of collaboration features, others may only need dial tone. Therefore, we're seeing the top deployment model being individual systems that are tightly integrated to provide a seamless experience across the organization.
Why do IT investment decision makers prefer a tightly integrated multi-vendor solution over a single vendor?
Many businesses are moving their unified communications and contact center to the cloud. As they do so, they're looking for providers that can offer a one-stop shop to cover a broader scope of their needs. An integrated set of cloud communications and contact center solutions from a single provider delivers operational efficiencies, reducing vendor management costs and ensuring tighter interoperability and integration between systems. However, the mad rush by vendors to offer both systems has led to a 'jack of all trades; master of none' situation. For now, IT investment decision makers are focusing on vendors who offer tightly integrated, best-of-breed solutions until the day when single vendor solutions become up to par.
Are there any benefits to choosing a full-stack vendor?
There absolutely can be, but there are also benefits to choosing best-in-class vendors that tightly integrate with each other. We've seen a pendulum shift from one vendor to many vendors and a slight shift back. I think it's important to not forget about a hybrid approach where vendors are so tightly intertwined at both the product and service level that an organization can get the best of both worlds. Benefiting from both a single vendor experience and multi-vendor expertise.
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What do you think the future holds for the unified communications space?
Unified Communications isn't dead, in fact, we may be able to debate that this is the rebirth of Unified Communications. The lines between UC, collaboration, and contact center are blurring, and by shifting to cloud-based models, organizations are in a better position to capitalize on quickly evolving cloud communications tools. It's an essential step in the right direction to accurately depict the marketplace and where the industry is headed.
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Samuel Julius Ottow (Soemenep, 2 november 1904 – Rosmalen, 4 oktober 1993) was een Nederlands politicus.

Hij werd geboren op een eiland nabij Soerabaya in het toenmalig Nederlands-Indië als zoon van Johann Carl Gottlob Ottow (1861-1945) en Adriana Hendrijntje van der Sluijs (1864-1905). Hij is in 1929 in de Indologie afgestudeerd aan de Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht en daarna ging hij werken bij het Binnenlands Bestuur van Nederlands-Indië. In 1937 is hij aan dezelfde universiteit gepromoveerd op het proefschrift De oorsprong der conservatieve richting - Het kolonisatie-rapport Van der Capellen, uitgegeven en toegelicht. In Nederlands-Indië zou hij het brengen tot assistent-resident. Nadat Indonesië in 1949 onafhankelijk was geworden keerde hij terug naar Nederland.

Ottow werd in 1954 burgemeester van Boekel wat hij zou blijven tot zijn pensionering eind 1969. Kort daarvoor kwam hij landelijk in het nieuws omdat hij voorgesteld had om de Rijkspolitie te laten assisteren door een burgerknokploeg in de strijd tegen vandalisme. Ottow overleed in 1993 op 88-jarige leeftijd.

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Q: Postgres Select one record per matching condition I have some issues while trying to get only one record per matching condition..
Let's suppose I have Certifications table with the following columns:
Id, EmployeeId, DepartmentId, CertificationTitle, PassedDate
An employee can have more then one record in this table but I need to get only one record per employee (based on latest PassedDate)
SELECT Id, EmployeeId, CertificationTitle
FROM certifications c
ORDER BY EmployeeId, PassedDate DESC

From this select I need somehow to get only the first record for each EmployeeId.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can achieve this, Is it possible?
The Id is the Primary Key on the table, so it is different on each record.
I need to keep all this columns specified in the Select query.
The Group By didn't worked for me, or maybe I did it wrong...

A: Use DISTINCT ON. This returns exactly the first ordered record of the group. You ordered correctly by PassedData DESC to get the most recent record first. The group for DISTINCT ON, naturally, is EmployeeID:
SELECT DISTINCT ON (EmployeeId),
    Id,
    EmployeeId,
    CertificationTitle
FROM certifications c
ORDER BY EmployeeId, PassedDate DESC

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In 1964 Johnny Kidd added keyboard player Vic Cooper to his Pirates backing group. It was back to their R&B sound. "Always And Ever" reached #46 in the Charts but it's the B-Side "Dr.Feelgood" that gets my interest.
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Een Griekse tragedie (Engels: A Greek Tragedy) is een korte Belgische animatiefilm uit 1985 van Nicole Van Goethem (scenario, uitwerking en regie). Dit debuut werd in 1986 de eerste Belgische film met een Academy Award.

Verhaal
In de film ondersteunen drie kariatiden al eeuwenlang een timpaan en doen al het mogelijke om de Griekse tempel stabiel te houden. De afbrokkelende tempel maakt hun werk evenwel steeds zinlozer. Met zachte humor wordt begrip getoond voor de menselijke zwakheden.

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1985: grote prijs en de publieksprijs op het Animatiefilmfestival van Annecy
1987: Oscar voor beste korte animatiefilm
1987: Joseph Plateauprijs als beste kortfilm op het Internationaal Filmfestival van Vlaanderen-Gent.

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Kirron Kher eyes second term as MP, but 'guest appearances' niggle
Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher delivered on some key promises, but missed the bus on others despite BJP govt at the Centre. The actor-politician is eyeing a second innings in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections but the road ahead is bumpy.
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When Kirron Kher rode the Narendra Modi wave to Parliament in 2014 and won the Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency, all eyes were on the actor-turned-politician. Will she propel City Beautiful to new heights or will she get bogged down by the challenges? Five years on as it's time to shine the spotlight on her work, critics says that Chandigarh missed the bus on many opportunities despite a BJP government at the Centre and the party MP at home.
Kirron's opponents say her stay in the constituency that houses her ancestral home was at best a guest appearance. They cite her shuttling between Mumbai and Chandigarh for the lack of focus.
It wasn't a smooth sailing for the first-time MP within the BJP too. She was faced with infighting and did not get the much-needed backing from seasoned colleagues such as Satya Pal Jain, a former MP, and Sanjay Tandon, the Chandigarh BJP chief. Kher did succeed in the power struggle at times like when she managed to ensure her writ over the party to get her nominee, Davesh Moudgil, elected as the mayor in 2018. But for most occasions, she faced setbacks and drew flak from the city unit president whether it was the appointment of Chandigarh municipal corporation sub-committee members or the alleged involvement of her political adviser and Man Friday, Sahdev Salaria, in a firing incident at a local bar.
Jain, however, has kind words for Kirron. "Of all the celebrities who have attended Parliament in the past few decades, her performance has been comparatively good," he says.
Race for ticket
Kirron is eyeing a second innings but the road ahead is bumpy. Firstly, there are many claimants for the BJP ticket, including Jain and Tandon. Her opponents in the Congress are also sensing an opportunity and vying for their party ticket. Former Union ministers Pawan Kumar Bansal and Manish Tewari are in contention, while Punjab cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife Navjot Kaur has joined the race for the Congress ticket. AAP's Harmohan Dhawan, who is also a former MP, is already in the fray.
On the work front, she managed to keep a few promises such as getting the Centre's nod for changes in the Union Territory's employees' housing scheme, which was pending since 2008. She got the approval for need-based changes in houses of the Chandigarh Housing Board and in the industrial areas only last month. Besides, the conversion of leasehold to freehold residential properties has been allowed though the high rates of conversion are discouraging.
Kirron is credited with the increase in the upper age limit for entry into government service in the UT from 18-25 to 18-37 years, the doubling of old age and disabled pensions, the enhancing of wages for Home Guard personnel, and the construction of five new sport complexes.
Pending projects
Since 2014, she took up 315 development works but only 113 could be completed. While work on 174 projects are under progress, 28 plans were dropped due to viability and approval delays.
The opposition leaders say that she has not done justice to her tenure. Be it traffic congestion, problems of traders, the implementation of the industrial policy or door-todoor garbage collection.
They also blamed her for not bailing out the MC from the financial mess despite having her party's government at the Centre.
Though Kher adopted the three villages of Sarangpur, Raipur Kalan and Makhan Majra but only the first benefited. The two other villages continue to suffer for want of basic amenities.
Kirron promised a Chandigarh Service Selection Board but little was done. Promises such as the construction of a film city, a single window system and abolishing contractual labour have not been kept. She rejected the metro rail project as a means to decongest the city's traffic. Though she got the city's first flyover approved, the Centre's nod for its design is awaited.
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Phil Taylor emerged as the champion, in all but one match posting above a 100 average, beating James Wade in the final. This was his fourth Desert Classic title, having bounced back from a first round defeat to Mark Dudbridge in the 2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic.

Last year's champion Raymond van Barneveld was looking to retain his title, but he was knocked out in the second round by Alan Tabern.

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We just received a text from Nairobi, Kenya where Heidi, accompanied by now nine-month old Gabriel Joseph, is doing some important work with her organization, Innovations for Poverty Action. This well-traveled young man spent two weeks in December with Heidi and Ryan and sister Grace doing some team work in Guatemala for IPA in conjunction with Ryan's work at Yale. We are looking forward to a week's visit in February from Grace and Gabriel, when Heidi's work brings her to Southern California. Unfortunately we shall have to wait till July to see Lisa and Jonathan and the grand twins, almost eight months old now! They are doing well in the very cold winter in Central Asia. We delight in receiving Face Time calls with all of our kids and grandkids. Please continue to pray for them all!
November brought the opportunity to make return Thanksgiving visits to South Bay Christian Church in San Jose CA and to One In Christ Community Church in San Leandro CA. These annual visits are a much-anticipated delight as I have the chance to spend quality time with my hosts and worship teams in the congregations. We are always so grateful for the gracious hospitality of Pastor Mel and Barb Dahlgren, Brad and Aletha Mann and Larry and Betty Shamus, and also for Pastor Jun and Yolanda Caranto. An almost annual visit followed to North Carolina to guest at Grace Christian Fellowship in Wilson NC and at Celebration Christian Fellowship in Cary NC. The hospitality of Pastor Don Mason, and Pastor Ken and Lana Hygh is always very much appreciated!
December took me back to the east coast with a visit first to serve at Richmond Grace Fellowship in Richmond VA. I was also honored to give a concert at The Crossings, a brand new retirement community the ribbon-cutting for which took place during my concert! The next morning I was blessed to join Pastor Bill in leading a Chapel service for about 20 of the residents – this is becoming a regular outreach for the local church. I was also pleased to give an afternoon concert program at Westminster Canterbury Retirement Community. The following weekend saw me in Fort Myers FL as a guest of the GCI's Abundant Grace Fellowship, a small church with a very BIG heart! On the Friday, I gave a concert at Shady Oaks Retirement Home (one hour became two due to so many requests!) and then on Saturday at Brookdale Senior Living. Sunday brought the opportunity to lead a morning worship service, help serve lunch to several dozen folks, many of whom are homeless, and then give an afternoon Concert. But this small congregation doesn't only serve lunch on Sundays – they do it every Wednesday noon also! Kudos to Pastors Hugh Steiginga, Sarah Faulkner and Bonnie McQueary, as well as to my wonderful hosts Dwight and Brenda Dean, and to Richmond pastor Bill and Davina Winn, and to hosts Chip and Gilda Brockmeier.
We are an inter-denominational ministry of music and worship, founded in 1997 by Dr. Ross Jutsum, dedicated to building bridges and enhancing unity in the Body of Christ.


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Bert Raymond Leboe (-) est un bûcheron et un homme politique canadien de la Colombie-Britannique. Il est député fédéral créditiste de la circonscription britanno-colombienne de Cariboo de 1953 à 1958 et de 1962 à 1968.

Biographie
Né à Bawlf en Alberta, Henderson exerce le métier de bûcheron et devient directeur de la Leboe Brothers Sawmills Ltd.

Élu en 1953 et réélu en 1957, il est défait en 1958. Il reprend son poste en 1962. Réélu en 1963 et en 1965, il se présente sans succès dans la nouvelle circonscription de Prince George—Peace River en 1968.

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Bert Raymond Leboe, M.P. - Chambre des communes du Canada

Naissance en août 1909
Député fédéral canadien provenant de la Colombie-Britannique
Député du Parti Crédit social du Canada
Décès en décembre 1980
Décès à 71 ans


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Q: Download PDF File from Shared Network Drive in .NET Core 3.1 Web Api I have unsuccessfully tried several different ways to do this with no luck.
The download controller is passed a base 64 encrypted shared file path. When decrypted it looks something like this:
\\service_cifs01\vol1\Department_A1\images\00\00\02\83.pdf

This is my download code:
var @decodedFile = Base64Decode(path);
var memory = new MemoryStream();
await using (var stream = new FileStream(@decodedFile, FileMode.Open)) {
    await stream.CopyToAsync(memory);
}
memory.Position = 0;
return File(memory, GetContentType(@decodedFile), decodedFile);

The file does exist, but I get this error message:
File \\service_cifs01\vol1\Department_A1\images\00\00\02\83.pdf was not found.
Exception: Access to the path '\\service_cifs01\vol1\Department_A1\images\00\00\02\83.pdf' is denied.

Can anyone show me how I could do this?
Thank you in advance

A: It is important to know under which user context the app is running and what are the permissions for the shared drive. Could you please check the effective file permissions?


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Allenstown House was a large five-bay, four-story Georgian mansion in County Meath, Ireland. It was built in around 1750 by William Waller.

The final owner was Vice-Admiral Arthur William Craig who assumed the surname Craig-Waller when he inherited the property in 1920 from a distant relative. In the late 1930s the house and estate were bought by the Irish Land Commission. The lands were broken up and sold. The house, though of architectural and historical significance, was controversially demolished in 1938.

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Ardbraccan
Ardbraccan House
Bohermeen
Durhamstown Castle

Country houses in Ireland
Houses in County Meath
Buildings and structures demolished in 1938


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Sundance: Two Newcomers in A Raisin in the Sun
One of the principle motivations behind Sundance is to give newcomers the chance to prove their worth to the establishment. In many cases, this can mean a completely unknown actor or director taking center stage for the first time. Other times, artists seize the chance to reinvent themselves.
Take the case of A Raisin in the Sun, an ABC film adaptation of the Broadway play about an African-American family struggling in 1950s Chicago until a hefty insurance check changes everything. On the one hand you've got a newbie director helming the movie (which he directed on Broadway); on the other, you've got a well-established rapper stretching himself as an actor.
In translating this work from stage to screen (with the same actors, mind you), director Kenny Leon told indiWIRE,
"it was very important for me to lose all the feeling that it was a
taped version of the stage adaptation…It was especially significant
to have an opening and closing of the story that felt like a film, and
not a play being filmed." Here's hoping he succeeds since a disastrous first film for Leon may rule out any possibility of a second.
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with this this film is whether music entrepreneur Sean "P Diddy" Combs can parlay his portrayal of the movie's leading man into a
successful film career.
His stage performance garnered lukewarm reviews by and large: One critic opined
that his performance "never gains authority or presence," and that his was a
"lusterless, dispiriting star turn." Yet his Tony-winning co-star
Phylicia Rashad had a much different perspective of the
rapper-turned-actor.
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amazing people I've ever met. He's so committed. I've never seen
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The Kremlin did not rule out that on June 24, the day of the Victory Parade in Russia will be declared a day off. The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov informed about this possibility.
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'Inventing Anna' Trailer: Julia Garner Grifts And Schemes As Notorious Social Climber Anna Delvey
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Netflix has dropped a brand new full trailer for "Inventing Anna," the upcoming series about convicted fraudster and socialite grifter Anna Delvey. Created by Shonda Rhimes as part of her deal with the streamer, the show stars Garner as Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin. "Inventing Anna" premieres February 11, 2022, on the platform. Watch the latest look at the upcoming series below.
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In "Inventing Anna," a journalist with a lot to prove investigates the case of Anna Delvey, the Instagram-legendary German heiress who stole the hearts of New York's social scene — and stole their money as well. But is Anna New York's biggest con woman, or is she simply the new portrait of the American dream? Anna and the reporter form a dark, funny, love-hate bond as Anna awaits trial and our reporter fights the clock to answer the biggest question in NYC: who is Anna Delvey? The series is inspired by the New York Magazine article "How an Aspiring 'It' Girl Tricked New York's Party People — and its Banks" by Jessica Pressler, who also serves as a producer.
Garner is a two-time Primetime Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her turn as the foul-mouthed, tenacious Ruth on Netflix's "Ozark," which returns to the streamer on January 21 for Season 4, just a few weeks before "Inventing Anna" premieres. The rest of the cast includes Anna Chlumsky, Arian Moayed, Katie Lowes, Alexis Floyd, Anders Holm, Anna Deavere Smith, Jeff Perry, Terry Kinney, and Laverne Cox.
In 2013, the Russian-born Anna Sorokin moved to New York City and pretended to be a German heiress in order to work her way into the good graces of New York City's high society, only to con members of the upper-class to the tune of $200,000. In 2019, she was found guilty on eight charges, including grand larceny, and was given a sentence of four to 12 years in state prison. She was released on February 11 but was taken back into custody by ICE in March 2021 for overstaying her U.S. visa. She remains in custody while awaiting deportation back to Germany.
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She is in my mind today, her jolly little face and buoyant words a theme in my head as I think over a book I was reading just before I left for England, that continues to inform my thoughts about Storyformed, and even informs the contemplations that grow from my studies here: Wes Stafford's Too Small To Ignore: Why the Least of These Matters Most. Stafford was the head of Compassion International, the Christian child-sponsorship organization that works with children in the most poverty-stricken areas of the world. The gist of his book is that children in all societies, rich as well as poor, have become the second-class citizens of the world. Children, he says, are the most vulnerable members of humanity, but also the ones who bear the seeds of its future. They are the last in the global line to receive care, food, protection, nourishment, but it is the hope or despair begun in their littlest years that will shape future societies. The most basic of provisions of food, clothing, and education, can change whole generations. I love this.
But what especially caught my eye in what Dr. Stafford said was that children, even rich, Western children, can also be marginalized in spirit just as easily as body. Shunted aside in soul. We westerners, with our busy schedules and easy food and constant entertainment and ease have the whole nourishment, shelter, and education thing covered, but we often forget the soul. We forget what spiritual potential is in the young, impressionable heart of a child. We allow busyness and the voices of TV, hurry, peer pressure, and a materialistic view of the world to fill, and ultimately shape, the heart of a child. Ultimately this leads, not merely to a lack of creativity or wonder, but to a spiritually dormant heart. A child's heart is a vast, devastatingly vulnerable space, a blank canvas, a fallow field. What is sown there in the earliest years will found the faith, morality, and purpose of a whole life. But do we busy moderns even know what is means any more to spark the eternal spirit of a child to life? Do we understand the need of the human soul for deep thought, for quiet, for strong relationships, for beauty? Do we understand how necessary these things are to a living, active faith in God?
Of course, this strikes right at the core of convictions behind the Storyformed project. Every bit of research I did for this website, for Read for the Heart, and Caught Up in a Story revealed the profound influence that childhood formation has on the whole of an adult life. I've come at this specifically through reading in the past years; as I researched the scientific side of what a "word-rich atmosphere" does to a child's brain, I became convinced of the power of books to literally mold a child's mind, to set the groundwork for an entire education. But I moved beyond the merely physical, the merely educational value of reading, and began to question how stories actually shape the spirit. That's when Caught Up in a Story was born. I looked at research comparing the cultural activities of readers vs. non-readers. Did you know that a reader of fiction or poetry is almost twice as likely as a non-reader to see a play or concert or piece of art, get involved in politics, or volunteer with a charitable organization? I had to ask why. Why would a reading child have a heightened interest in music and art, in the forces of cultural ideas, in helping needy people?
"The forming of a corporate imagination is something that continues to be the more or less daily business of religious believers...."
By which, I believe Williams to mean that in loving God, and I would add, in raising children to love him, we are called not merely to teach right propositional statements, but to cultivate imaginations capable of insight into and communication of the beauty, goodness, and truth of God in the world around us, in Scripture, and in the other fragile, precious human beings we meet. We are called to perceive the storied nature of life, to discern value and meaning where the secular imagination does not. And we are called to cultivate that imagination in children.
In our modern, affluent culture, we have physical ease, we have food, we have huge systems of education, but none of these are enough to spark and nurture a new spirit to life. To do that, there must be a loving family and community instead of isolated hours with electronics. There must be great stories to widen the soul, and discussion round the dinner table instead of another hour of screen time and loneliness. There must be immersion in nature, the world of God, there must be beauty, laughter, daily rhythms of work, rich homes, strong images of what is right and good instead of morally ambiguous entertainment and constant, frenzied activity.
Dr. Stafford advocates for children poor in material goods and that is something I want to join him in doing. But he also advocates for children poor in spiritual and imaginative resources, and that is an advocacy I very much hope that Storyformed can aid. It breaks my heart to see children robbed of curiosity by hours of screen time, bereft of innocence because they've already been exposed to images and messages they should never see. I hate seeing lonely children because we are an isolationist culture who spends more time on facebook than on actual friends. I hate seeing busyness, the constant push to buy, see, and do shoving out the rich hours of quiet, of conversations with parents and mentors, of space for creativity, because we as a culture have lost sight of what it means to nurture not just the body, but the soul. The absence of affection, of rich words, of beauty, of deep relationships, of quiet and nature and creativity, can produce just as devastating a future for our world as material poverty.
I think back to my black-eyed little friend, her "thank you for coming back to us," and I find an invitation, a challenge, hidden in her simple words. We must, as a culture, come back to the souls of little children. We must advocate for their spirits against rush and distraction. We must advocate by new creation, making homes, learning environments, and relationships rich in spiritual resources, rich in the imagination that will allow the children of today to imagine, and create, great goodness and beauty tomorrow.


Amazon.com revealed cover art for the latest reprint of John Pearson's James Bond The Authorised Biography (pictured right).
The Young Bond Dossier confirmed that Titan Books upcoming classic comic strip collection, Shark Bait, in addition to the eponymous strip, will also include "Doomcrack" and "The Xanadu Connection".
Bond and Beyond is claiming that the first Young Bond graphic novel, SilverFin will be due out on May 1, 2008 in time for Ian Fleming's Centenary. In other news YBD discovered listings for a pre publication poster and a Hurricane Gold events kit at Amazon.co.uk. Additionally in YB news, YBD reported a rumor that Alex Rider novelist Anthony Horowitz was originally asked by IFP to write the Young Bond series of novels. (Personally, I think it's BS, but who can say…).
Reuters is reporting that Martin Campbell is attached to direct 36 a 2004 French-language thriller remake for Paramount Pictures. This is in addition to Fox attempting to court Campbell for Unstoppable. He seems to be in big demand after Casino Royale's success. Unfortunately for Bond fans this has to pretty much rule him out as a director of Bond 22. Shame.
Yesterday (June 12) marked the 40th anniversary of You Only Live Twice on the big screen. For coverage of that see both CBn and MI6.


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Preference count
SFFShooters Fishers and Farmers
Philip Donato (MP)
Vote:65.2%27,746
Swing: +36.9%
NationalNational
Kate Hazelton
Swing: -36.9%
Previously held by SFF with margin of 0.1%.
Philip Donato retains seat won at 2016 by-election.
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Luke Sanger
Vote:10.2%5,126
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Stephen Nugent
Vote:5.2%2,615
Swing: -1.6%
Swing: +5.3%
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Marginal Shooters Fishers and Farmers 0.1%v NAT
(*) - The party status of this electorate has been changed due to a by-election. See below for details.
Post-Election Margin: Shooters Fishers and Farmers 15.2% v NAT
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Philip Donato (Shooters, Fishers and Farmers) since gaining this seat from the Nationals at a November 2017 by-election.
A rural electorate in the state's central west, Orange covers 16,981 square kilometres. As well as the City of Orange, the electorate includes all of the Parkes, Forbes and Cabonne local government areas. (Map)
The electorate of Orange has existed since 1859, with the brief exception of 1920-27 when the district was included in the 3-member Bathurst electorate during the state's flirtation with proportional representation.
Orange was held by the National Party from 1947 until the 2016 by-election. There were only four members in that time, former Country Party Leader and Deputy Premier Charles Cutler 1947-75, Fahey government Minister Garry West 1975-96, Russell Turner 1996-2011 and Andrew Gee 2011-16. Cutler, West and Gee all retired mid-term, meaning Turner's replacement by Gee in 2011 is the only time in seven decades that the seat's member has changed at a general election.
Gee resigned to contest and win Calare at the 2016 Federal election. It proved difficult for the government to hold a by-election given the extended timetable for the federal election and the NSW Electoral Commission's preparations for local government elections. Council amalgamations and the Baird government's decision to ban greyhound racing became crucial to the Orange by-election, even after the government backed down on the ban.
The by-election was eventually held in November 2017, giving the government's opponents plenty of time to campaign. The result was a disaster for the National Party, its first preference support halved and a 21.8% swing after preferences electing Philip Donato for the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party. Donato won by just 50 votes, helped by strong flows of preferences from other candidates, exhausted preferences all that kept the National Party in the race.
In the aftermath of the defeat, National Leader and Deputy Premier Troy Grant resigned, followed in early 2017 by Premier Mike Baird.
Local National Party members in Orange initially chose 21 year-old Yvette Quinn to be candidate for the 2019 election. This was largely due to the Nationals refusing to allow a high profile Orange Councillor to be nominated, and locals refused to endorse a candidate from Parkes. Quinn resigned as candidate in late 2018.
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Notes on Margin
Margin used is from the November 2016 by-election. The Nationals won Orange with a margin of 21.7%versus Labor at the 2015 election.
2016 By-election
Held in November 2016 following the departure of National MP Andrew Gee, who had resigned earlier in the year and won Calare at the July 2016 Federal election. The by-election was held in the wake of the Baird government's controversial council amalgamations and the ban on greyhound racing, and was also delayed by the timing of the Federal and then the local government elections. The results saw the National Party lose more than half if its first preference vote from the 2015 election, and the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers candidate Philip Donato win a narrow 50 vote victory after preferences. On the same day, Labor successfully retained Canterbury and Wollongong at by-elections.
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2016 Census Profile
Orange has the state's second highest proportion of Christians (70.0%) and has the sixth highest proportion of indigenous residents (7.2%). It has the eighth highest proportion of workers employed in agriculture, fishery and forestry (8.6%) and the fifth highest employed in mining (5.0%).
Polling Place Results - 2016 By-election
The National Party recorded majorities at all 31 polling places in 2015, above 70% in 20, but it was a very different result at the 2016 by-election. The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers recorded majorities in 20 polling places to the Nationals 18. The National vote ranged from 18.2% at Cumnock Hall to 70.5% at Forbes Tennis Club. National Party support held up in Forbes and Parkes but was smashed in areas affected by the proposed council amalgamations, as well as being badly hit in Orange itself.
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Candidate Name
McMAHON Garry Australian Conservatives (NSW)
HAZELTON Kate The Nationals
DAVEY Maurice Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)
BAXTER Terri Independent
O'BRIEN David Keep Sydney Open
SANGER Luke Country Labor
NUGENT Stephen The Greens
BISGROVE Stephen Liberal Democrats
DONATO Philip Shooters, Fishers and Farmers
Garry McMahon
Australian Conservatives (NSW)
McMahon has worked as as state manager of a company importing electronic security systems, and was also communications manager at AGL and subsidiary companies in Sydney. He was also technical director of business lobby group Australian Telecommunications Users Group, which folded last year after 23 years. He has also been on the board of a drug and alcohol facility in Sydney.
Hazelton is a mother of three, a nurse, farmer and business owner. She was originally from the New England district and spent much of her childhood in Young before going to school overseas. She was teaching English at a school in Beirut at the time when civil war broke out. On return to Australia Hazelton joined the Army Reserve in the nursing corps and became one of the first women to be trained as a combat medic and has seen service in Iraq. These days she lives a quieter life with her family in Cudal. She married Robert Hazelton, part of the well-known aviation family.
Terri Baxter
Baxter was born in Sydney and moved to the Central West 14 years ago. She and her family now live in Peak Hill after spending 13 years in the Tullamore and Trundle area.
David O'Brien
Keep Sydney Open
Country Labor
Stephen Bisgrove
Bisgrove has lived in Orange for the last three years. He is self-employed as a Business Consultant who has consulted for many small and medium sized businesses. He has qualifications in accounting, financial planning, tax law for tax agents and memberships with the Institute of Company Directors, Tax Institute and Professionals Australia.
Philip Donato
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers
Donato's grandparents migrated from Italy nearly a century ago and he grew up in western Sydney where his parents ran Donato's Fruit Market in Chester. After trying University and an apprenticeship, Donato joined the NSW Police and worked in the Illawarra and south-west Sydney. In 1997 he was seconded to the special operation trying to control the heroin trade in Cabramatta and received a Commissioner's citation for his work. In 2001 Donato moved to the Prosecutions branch and in 2005 obtained a transfer to Dubbo to work as a Police Prosecutor. He was elected to Parliament at the November 2016 by-election, capitalising on anger against the National Party for the greyhound ban and local government amalgamations.
2015 Result
Bernard Fitzsimon CLR 11,394 23.4 +11.5
Janelle Bicknell GRN 3,295 6.8 +2.3
Juan Fernandez NLT 837 1.7 +1.7
John Gilbert CDP 1,262 2.6 +2.6
Andrew Gee NAT 31,998 65.6 +8.4
.... IND 0 0.0 -22.2
.... OTH 0 0.0 -4.3
After Preferences
Bernard Fitzsimon CLR 13,105 28.3 +5.4
Andrew Gee NAT 33,202 71.7 -5.4
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Delorentos - Little Sparks
Words: Elaine Buckley
You Can Make Sound was very much a "difficult second album" for Delorentos, surviving a near-split in its making, as a potential record deal crashed and burned beyond their control. Thankfully, they stuck together to continue their ride on the unpredictable rollercoaster that is the music industry – and the album went on to garner much acclaim and radio airplay thanks to a string of catchy singles, with brilliant 'S.E.C.R.E.T' at the forefront. You Can Make Sound was a good album, of that there is no denying – but as enjoyable as it was (and still is), it just seemed like they were holding something back.
Enter Little Sparks. Perhaps what is most intriguing about the Dublin foursome's latest offering is how they have let their audience in on its gestation – slow-burning anticipation has been the key, and it has worked a treat. Taking advantage of some down-time on their Spanish tour last summer, Delorentos took to the streets of Madrid to record an acoustic version of a new song called 'Bullet in a Gun' and uploaded it to YouTube - and the result was really something quite special. Fast forward six months to the Little Sparks Magazine EP – a 40-page colour magazine collated and edited by the band, with an accompanying CD featuring four of the new songs they'd recorded with Mercury prize-winning producer Rob Kirwan during the album sessions. The songs impressed from first listen - in particular lead track 'Did We Ever Really Try'? – and the magazine was a truly innovative move on behalf of the band, giving an interesting insight into their creative process, and those who inspire them. An acoustic tour accompanied the release, Delorentos delighting audiences with an array of new instruments from mandolins to melodicas to showcase the songs from the full instalment of Little Sparks in their raw form, leaving them eagerly awaiting the finished product.
It has been worth the wait. Musically, vocally, and in particular lyrically, Little Sparks is the sound of a band rejuvenated and at the top of their game. Opening with an impressive double-act of afore-mentioned 'Did We Ever Really Try?' and 'Bullet in a Gun', it's engaging right from the start. Perhaps the biggest problem Delorentos will encounter with this album is choosing the forthcoming singles – spoiled for choice with 'Care For', 'Right To Know', 'Give It Up Now', and title track 'Little Sparks', all indie-pop gems which seem destined for the airwaves. On the flip-side, the albums more tender moments too are a triumph – the acoustic guitar-backed refrains of 'Waited For You So Long' tug at the heartstrings, the gradual build of 'Swimmer' is enthralling, and 'The Stream' almost sounds like a song that might've been a hit 50 years ago (in a good way!) It's difficult to pick a standout, but 'Pace Yourself' signifies everything that is great about Delorentos on this album – encompassing their trademark catchy hooks, guitar riffs and driving rhythm section whilst embracing the new with confidence and conviction.
There is a tendency to always yearn for and seek out the next big thing; the great white hope, with a debut single or EP that will set the Irish music scene on fire. And this is, of course, very important – it's what makes Ireland such a great place to be as a fan of music; diverse talent and creativity is in plentiful supply, and should be constantly celebrated. But amidst the eagerness for the new, we mustn't lose sight of the acts we already know and love… and Little Sparks is not only an album which is Delorentos' best work to date, but one of the finest Irish releases of recent times.


Ever since we first tried sailing, going from Italy to Greece and back to Italy, a new idea of using a boat to get around was born. We love using the wind and the freedom that sailing gives you. On the sea, you can go anywhere in the world!!
This is Lars in his Hobie next to Jean Jacques boat, back when we did our tour from Copenhagen to Istanbul.
So this summer together with boat-owner Jean Jacques and his good friend Philippe Clement both from France and people we consider our friends, will we sail over 2000 nautical miles in the Mediterranean Sea, and learn to sail a sailing boat. Plus their friend on another boat 'KALYMNOS' is coming with us as well.
Here is Marc on his boat Kalymnos with a little friend in the first days of the adventure.
The ideer came suddenly, one day I was writing to Philippe and told him about our plans for the summer. Staying home for most of the time but spending a week our two in Greece, having a look at old silver mines together with Vasilis.
Next to Tiuri is Jean Jacques and at the end of the table is Philippe, this is from inside JJ's boat. This picture was also taken on our kayak adventure to Istanbul.
Plans never works out completely like planned but Lars is going to Procida in Italy and will sail with JJ and Philippe to Greece. Then Philippe goes home and Suzi and the kids are coming on board the boat to sail back to Marseilles in France.
The idea is to have a great time and learn to sail!!
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Living in a peaceful country is the reason of a positive personality. A 'traveler' is a good word of describing the main hobby. A 'learner' is a great result of being a traveler. History is an attraction, and spend the most free time to learn more about the past. Politics is something interesting to follow.
Work as a software developer with some interests in education field, which lead to create this opportunity. Before English teaching project, had a project involves photography.
(About the teaching project, as a way to teach the language for more people, have made up a deal with an existing language institute to provide venues, educational material and accommodation for volunteers. The other side of the deal is to provide Arabic language lessons for the volunteers (We still working on this part).
For any of these 3 jobs, samples of previous work are required - GitHub profile page if available.
Please include expecting days of arrival. Also Skype if available.
Workawayer have to teach English language for 5 hours per day, 5 days a week.
There are some teaching materials, but your own creativity is welcome. Depends in what time you will be here, there are different age groups of students.
Visa: normal visit visa can be 1 month with ability to extend it for another month which means 2 months. Still there is a method to extend it for longer time.
For female, use existing institute female hostel (Minimum stay: 1 month): a private room or a shared room with another student/staff; depends on the session.
Rozalina, is one of the most understanding people I've ever met!
Starting a conversation with her is easy. She is smart and very friendly. Learned an interesting things about her local culture during our few meetings. About the teaching, she did well; even though that plan was bit changed once she arrived (from our side). Heard only positive… read more feedback from her students.
I recommend to host Rozalina!
This is my first workaway experience and all i can say is it was Awesome! The staff are very helpful even though they don't really speak English. Student are so sweet and very keen to learn. The accomodation is very basic but comfortable.I shared mine with one nice local lady. They have AC and fan, bathroom in the room and shared kitchen with the… read more rest of the ladies who stay in the hostel if you want to cook.
I am lucky to have to deal with someone like Abdulaziz. He is very helpful, responsive, caring, friendly & funny. Even though I didn't see him a lot during my volunteering period but he is always response to any issues i had and will try his best to help out. We had this trip to a mini desert with one of his friend and it was fun. Thank you for being a wonderful host! Oman is magnificent! If you are nature lover and outdoor person, this is your opportunity to volunteer and at the same time discover the beauty of Oman. You won't regret it.
Not sure about how to start, but the experience of hosting Lenneke was just perfect. Starting from the task as a teacher; her students really liked her and still getting positive feedback from them. She is a creative teacher and I'm sure she can have a good career as a teacher.
As a person: She has always this positive first impression and keep… read more hearing that from friends she met. She is intelligent and even when she arrived the country I was surprised when noticed that she already know about the country, culture and its history. Even learned more about my country from her!
As a friend: Enjoyed her company in trips around the country. She is one of people who never make you feel bored when they are around. She has a nice sense of humor and good stories to share. She is understanding person and easy to start a conversation with. Learned a lot from her, her country and her culture.
Lenneke, you are welcome to join us anytime again!
As my first workaway experience it has been a great pleasure to stay with Abdulaziz and work on his project. He is a friendly, funny and smart guy. He has been a wonderful host during the project and ever since that he's become a dear friend. He is extremely kind and generous and goes out of his way to help people. We went on many fun trips… read more together and he showed me his country and culture. Without him my stay in Oman wouldnt have been the same. Great workaway experience!
Andrea was the first workawayer here. She is friendly and intelligent person. I used to ask for her opinions in many things about the photography project. She is a pleasure to be with as she is kind and very respectful. Also she helped in many occasions when I asked her so I'm really glad that she was the first workawayer I hosted.
As a person I… read more learned many things when I hosted her. As a host it been great experience!
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For approved commercial and non-commercial recreational, production or hobby activities such as led tours, club activities, mushrooming. regularly undertaken by groups of up to 12 people (including the tour operator/leader).
It is a condition of entry to HVP land that you as a Permit Holder (and any members of your group) agree to abide by the terms and conditions set out in the Visitor Induction Guidelines and the additional terms and conditions set out in this Operator Permit. You may be asked to leave HVP land if you breach any of these terms and conditions.
Whilst on HVP land you are responsible for safety in the 'proposed area for use' specified in the Operator Application Form and you must ensure that you, your employees, agents, servants, contractors, subcontractors and their workers comply with all relevant provisions of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2004 (Vic) and any regulations, guidelines or codes of practice issued thereunder.
Some Operator permits will attract a fee; the fee will be reflective of the type of activity, the duration and participant numbers and the Permit Holder (s) status as either a community or commercial operator.


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Move for a cause, not applause
Our mission is to help more people exercise to Punjabi music taught through the highest possible standards.
Ravi Sandhu - Master Instructor
Confession time, one of my pet peeves is when people tell me I am "a good dancer", that's not of any interest to me. I am a Change Coach. I want to inspire people to improve their health, maximise their fitness and be mindful about the consequences of their actions.
#pungra is a movement about movement, inspired by the authentic pronunciation of the word bhangra. I have big ideas for people to learn lessons from me and apply them to classes all around the world. Southall is the place I have chosen to experiment with my ideas. From 2020 I'll be educating others to adopt the same concepts.
Get involved, either by joining my class, influencing others to exercise or even becoming a coach yourself.
Twitter / Skype / WhatsApp / Facebook Messenger / Email / SMS & RCS
A comment that describes Pungra perfectly
"Yes, I totally agree I think that most fitness dance classes are in fact performances that you spend your money on to join and the teachers go way too fast and they don't really slow down for you, and they make you feel embarrassed that you're not as skinny as the teacher, also I really actually don't get all that much exercise from other dance classes for some reason.
But your workouts are really super awesome in fact I just finished one a few minutes ago!!!! I have been a really big fan of your workouts for I think about six months or so, but unfortunately I can't subscribe to your YouTube channel because I don't use my email for YouTube which means that I can't subscribe to channels.
Anyway, I was so extremely thrilled when I first discovered your wonderful workouts, not only could I actually do Bhangra (I live in an area where there aren't any Bhangra classes) but that I could actually do a workout where I didn't have to feel self-conscious and insecure and just have fun!!!!!
Also I actually get way more exercise from your workouts than most fitness dance classes I go to and I have really lost a lot of weight from doing your workouts, I know this is a really long comment, but I just want to applaud you for being in my opinion, the best fitness dance instructor I've ever come across!!!!!
I really wish I lived in the UK so I can join your classes, but sadly I live in the States, but I still get the full experience and enjoyment from your YouTube workouts. Thank you so much, you are so awesome!!!! 😄😄😄"
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Do Pungra host "bhangra" classes?
We avoid calling our classes "bhangra" classes. The reason is that most classes of this type are focused on the goal of dancing for an audience. Pungra classes are focused on participants' health, there is no audience in the mix. Pungra is the only class of its kind that focuses on exercise to all types of Punjabi music.
Is it bhangra or Pungra?
It's our guess that you've seen the word bhangra and naturally it looks like it's pronounced like bang-rah. Frustratingly for us, this is incorrect. In the same way that London is pronounced Lundun, jalapeno is pronounced halapeno and Xiaomi is pronounced shoiwme, bhangra is pronounced more like pungra.
Our organisation is named Pungra, inspired by the authentic pronunciation of bhangra.
Which music do we use?
Most of the music is available on YouTube and YouTube Music. We use very new and high quality Punjabi music.
To find the playlist on YouTube:
Access YouTube on your device, including TV, computer, mobile, etc.
Search Pungra
Play and enjoy
Do you offer a taster class?
We do hold free tasters occasionally, usually every 3 months. To make sure you know about these, join the mailing list, like on Facebook, or follow the tags on Twitter/Instagram.
If you'd like to know right now though, what the class is like, why not watch, or even join in, with some of our workout videos on YouTube? You'll get the idea of whether they're suitable quickly and at your own place and pace.
How do I join in with a class?
We have a class in Southall every Sunday at 11AM to 12PM. The location is Dormer's Wells Leisure Centre, UB1 3JB Map. Find out more here Book A Class
Is it possible to become a Pungra instructor?
Not yet, but we're working hard on it. It will be possible to join the course digitally, meaning from anywhere in the world. To make sure you know about it, opt in to receive notifications.
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E.L. James is the pen name of Erika Leonard, the author of the best-selling book 50 Shades of Grey. Leonard, a television production executive in London, originally wrote the story as fan fiction based on the Stephenie MeyerTwilight series. Writing under the online name of Snowqueen Icedragon, Leonard self-published "Master of the Universe" online in 2009. That story was turned into the novel 50 Shades of Grey, which was published through a small firm in Australia, The Writer's Coffee Shop. Her novel was published in May of 2011 and became a surprise bestseller. It was followed in less than a year by two sequels, 50 Shades Darker and 50 Shades Freed. The books revolve around the dominant/submissive relationship of Christian Grey, a wealthy entrepreneur, and Anastasia Steele, a young college student with a literary bent and a lively curiosity. The trilogy struck a chord, both with the middle-aged women who became its biggest fans and with a hyperactive press who feigned surprise at the popularity of a book whose main selling point was sex and more sex. Critics derided the books as "mommy porn," but the trilogy was picked up by American publishers Vintage Books and Leonard also scored a lucrative movie deal with Focus Films and Universal Studios. Her publishers announced in May of 2012 that they had sold over 10 million copies of the '50 Shades' trilogy worldwide.
A Fifty Shades of Grey movie was released in 2015, with actress Dakota Johnson in the role of Anastasia Steele and Jamie Doran as Christian Grey.


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package engineTester;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;

import org.lwjgl.input.Keyboard;
import org.lwjgl.util.vector.Vector3f;

import entities.Enemy;
import entities.Entity;
import entities.Player;
import models.RawModel;
import models.TexturedModel;
import objConverter.OBJFileLoader;
import textures.ModelTexture;

public class ArenaLevel {

	Player player;
	Vector3f[] spawnPoints = new Vector3f[16];
	float spawnRate = 5; //in spawns per second
	Random random = new Random();
	List<Enemy> enemies;
	List<Entity> entities;

	public static long framesElapsed = 0;

	private TexturedModel mite;
	boolean temp = true;

	public ArenaLevel(Player player, List<Enemy> enemies, List<Entity> entities){
		this.player = player;
		this.enemies = enemies;
		this.entities = entities;
		player.setPosition(new Vector3f(0,70,0));
		player.setSpawnPoint(new Vector3f(0,70,0));
		int currentPos = 0;
		for(int i=0; i<25; i++){
			if(i<=5 || (i%5==4 || i%5==0) || i>=21){
				spawnPoints[currentPos] = new Vector3f(250*(i%5 - 2)/2, 70, (float) (250*(Math.floor(i/5) - 2)/2));
				currentPos ++;
			}
		}

		RawModel rawModel = OBJFileLoader.loadOBJ("mite", OpenGLView.loader);
		ModelTexture tex = new ModelTexture(OpenGLView.loader.loadTexture("textureFiles", "mite"));
		mite = new TexturedModel(rawModel, tex);
	}

	public void update(){
		framesElapsed++;
		if(framesElapsed%20 == 0){
//		if(Keyboard.isKeyDown(Keyboard.KEY_1)){
			enemies.add(new Enemy(player, mite, new Vector3f(spawnPoints[random.nextInt(16)]), 0,0,0, 1, "mite"));
		}
//		System.out.println(enemies.size());
		for(int i=0; i<enemies.size(); i++){
			enemies.get(i).update();
			if(enemies.get(i).isShouldRemove()){
				enemies.remove(i);
				OpenGLView.score ++;
//				System.out.println(enemies.size());
			}
		}
	}
}

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package com.taobao.zeus.jobs.sub.tool;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import com.taobao.zeus.jobs.JobContext;
import com.taobao.zeus.jobs.ProcessJob;

public class CopyLocalFileJob extends ProcessJob{

	private String sourcePath;
	public CopyLocalFileJob(JobContext jobContext,String path) {
		super(jobContext);
		this.sourcePath=path;
	}

	@Override
	public List<String> getCommandList() {
		String command="cp "+sourcePath+" "+getJobContext().getWorkDir();
		return Arrays.asList(command);
	}

}


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TRS holds discussion on pre-polls, decision not taken
Posted on September 1, 2018 by NT Bureau
K T Rama Rao
Hyderabad: The ruling TRS in Telangana said discussions had been held in the party on advancement of the assembly polls, but no decision had yet been taken.
Telangana Minister for IT and Industries K T Rama Rao, while stating this, also said there would be no alliance with any party, including MIM.
"Discussions are happening on many issues. There was also discussion on early elections. But ultimately as I said no decision has been taken on that. We will let you know when we take the decision," Rao, son of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, told reporters.
As per schedule, Telangana will have to go for polls in April 2019. However, it is being speculated that the TRS government may opt for early polls on the presumption that there is a positive mood among the people on the government.
When his attention was drawn to remarks by Congress leaders on the early polls, he said the TRS is always prepared to face elections and seek the people's mandate.
"Typically the party in power will not lose or give away the time they can govern. Nobody wants to relinquish. Vice versa, the opposition will be desperate and want to unseat the incumbent government as soon as possible. But in Telangana it seems to be the complete opposite. Here TRS says we are ready for an election. Opposition seems to be asking questions like why do you want to go away for elections) so quickly, why not in April? Its in a way funny," he said.
Blaming the NDA government for "not fulfilling" the AP Reorganisation Act, KTR said "it has let us down." On the public meeting that TRS plans to hold on 2 September at the outskirts of the capital, Rao said it would be massive and raise the political heat in the state, as well as the country.
He claimed that the party has 46 lakh workers and that even if half of them turn up, it would be a huge gathering. KCR is expected to announce some key decisions at the meeting.
The TRS has booked 7,300 State Road transport corporation buses to ferry people to the venue from different parts of the state. Rao requested people to reschedule their travel plans as there would be shortage of public transport on that day.
Asked to comment on the arrests of the five activists across the country for their alleged links with Maoists, he said the Telangana government had nothing to do with it, and it is Pune police who did it.
"It (arrests and searches) is as per the law of the land he said. He said Left parties and their ideology were losing their sheen across the country as people do not support them any more.
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