my question is pretty simple..
there is any guidelines about the displacer and power piston sizes?
The standard ratio for a high temperature Stirling Engine is 1.5 : 1, swept volume of displacer to swept volume of the power cylinder. The displacer should be about three times its diameter in length.
The power piston can have a large diameter and short stroke, or a small (not too small) diameter and long stroke, as long as you stay some where near the 1.5 : 1 ratio.
there is anywhey to predict the power i will get at the shaft? in general, there is anywhey to calculate it with exist motor? i have no torque meter..
You need Something like this, This is my torque arm on one of my flame lickers. You also need some way of measuring RPM, a non contact Laser tachometer is ideal.
Ian S C wrote: The standard ratio for a high temperature Stirling Engine is 1.5 : 1, swept volume of displacer to swept volume of the power cylinder. The displacer should be about three times its diameter in length.
I measured the strokes with caliber..
there is any influences of this on the motor power?
If you can reduce the power piston's stroke to obtain the 1.5 : 1, this is probably the simplest way. The motor as is may run at high temperature with little power.
Ian S C wrote: If you can reduce the power piston's stroke to obtain the 1.5 : 1, this is probably the simplest way. The motor as is may run at high temperature with little power.
what do you recommend me to do with these displacer and piston ratio? i read in this forum that the more high of the ratio the lowest temperature needed to the hot end... is that affect the output power ?
[My largest motor is a BETA type, power piston 2 1/4" bore x 1 1/4" stroke, Displacer 2 1/4" bore x 1 3/4" stroke, it can produce about 10 Watts at the crankshaft.
woo! That's a big engine Ian. The flywheels looked machined from iron.
what is the recommended ratio..? the more higher the better performance or to stay with 1.5:1 ratio?
Not the flywheels are my usualls, a central disc 8 mm thick with the spokes cut in it and the hub fitted, then a 8 mm thick ring is bolted on each side. Where I was working up to a year or so ago we had lots of 160 mm discs of 8 mm hot rolled steel.


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Q: Use template for modern page - Set page template for the content type "Site Pages" In the standard library for site pages I would like to configure a template for the content type "site pages".
In the settings menu under library settings -> list content type -> advanced settings there is a option "Template: Specify the document template for this content type.".
By default the path "/_layouts/15/CreateSitePage.aspx" is in there.
Is it possible to use a different site page template there?
On the start page there is a template that I have created. But I only get this for selection if I open the "new menu" from the start page and select page. Then a mask opens and I can choose my own template. If I'm in the standard page library for site pages, I can choose the content type:

*

*Site page <----Here I would like to set my template.

*New provisioning page

*Wiki page

*Web page

Users should simply get this template open when they click on "Site page" in the library.

My failed attempt:
I simply uploaded as a document template the template (.ASPX page) I created in my website library and which is selectable on the start page. After I uploaded it and updated the page, the file name of my template is now in this textbox:

But when I now try to create a new "Websiteseite" via the "New menu", I get the following error:
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Korrelations-ID: c2cf319f-1086-9000-7bf6-32992696fc1b
When I click on "Edit Template", I get the following message: "Edit Document requires a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation compatible application and Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher".

A: I'm afraid it is not possible.
I tried to use a URL to a modern site page template under "Enter the URL of an existing document template", but instead of using the template, it just open the page or the template when clicking New > Site Page.
My guess is that to change the default template, we will need to replace the CreateSitePage.aspx with a custom template in the 15 Hive folder. However, the folder is not accessible for SharePoint Online.
If we upload a custom page or a page template, it leads to the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

A: This is because the Site Pages library still uses Content Types. The other 'New' menus on the start page and from other pages don't, they use the new page templates functionality.
Reading between the lines, if MS haven't implemented a consistent 'New' menu option for pages in the Site Pages library it's maybe because content types for site pages are going to go away or change dramatically in how they are managed via the new Content Service admin center.
This is likely to be the best option in the short term for deploying page templates: https://mattipaukkonen.com/2020/07/02/distribute-sharepoint-page-templates-with-pnp-powershell-and-provisioning-templates/, then inform your users to not create pages from the library menu.

A: I found a solution that worked for me:
Default: /_layouts/15/CreateSitePage.aspx
Solution: /_layouts/15/CreatePageFromTemplate.aspx
Now, you can choose your specific template.

A: I can confirm the finding that this currently does not work in the expected way. I also tried @Sebsation Münz' answer and it did not work for me.
I used the following unsatisfactory, yet usable workaround:

*

*Create a site page from your custom page template and save it as "Wiki-Page-Template.aspx". Let's call it base page.

*Link it in the reference text box of the custom content type as such:
/sites/<siteName>/SitePages/Wiki-Page-Template.aspx

*The user can now use this base page as a makeshift template via New -> Copy of this page

*Step 3 can be added as a user instruction to your base page.

I assume you have a custom view that shows a list of all wiki pages. You can exclude Wiki-Page-Template.aspx from it by applying a filter to the custom view that excludes files with this exact name.
Beside the subpar user experience, another disadvantage of this solution is that you will need to maintain both the actual template as well as the base page in parallel.

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Cleanliness is a good thing, and likewise, so is smelling nice. However, did you know that some of the very items which you use to clean and freshen with may be doing more damage to your health than good? Discover the hidden toxic dangers of household items.


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Buy a 1 litre of each colour you've chosen and paint the entire color scheme on a small area of your house before committing to larger amounts. If you don't like the results, change the colors and try again.
Next step is to take rough measurement of your house, noting the type of surface. Count the doors and windows. With this information, ecolour can help you calculate the amount of paint you'll need.
Buy the best paint you can afford. Good-quality paint is easier to apply, covers better and lasts longer.


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Stevns
The Getting Married in
Stevns Wedding Guide
If you're looking for a more rural location, but still want to be close to Copenhagen, getting married in Stevns is a great choice!
You might also be interested in: Danish Town Halls to Have Your Wedding in Denmark
Stevns Town Hall Elopement &
Intimate Wedding
Weddings are held in the town hall but we also have options for weddings on the beach or in the an old church, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for couples looking for something a little extra.
Even if you have your wedding at the town hall you can easily go to the beaches after to have beautiful portraits taken.
Why Get Married in Stevns?
This town hall is approximately 1 hour from Copenhagen and offers beautiful nature, stunning places to get married outside of the town hall. The town hall has good availability in terms of dates for your ceremony if Copenhagen or Frederiksberg are not available.
What days of the week can we get married in Stevns Town Hall?
Stevns Town Hall are open for weddings on: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays*
Weddings on a Wednesday can be arranged, but only by special appointment.
*Every Saturday from May to August. Every other Saturday from September to May.
Do we have to bring our own witnesses to Stevns?
Witnesses are provided by the town hall and at no extra cost on Monday – Friday.
Witnesses are not provided on Saturdays, so, if you wish to marry on a Saturday, you will need to bring your own 2 witnesses.
Witnesses on Saturday are only provided every first Saturday of the month.
How long is the response time in Stevns?
The town hall in the town of Stevns takes approximately 1 week to respond to couples once the Danish Authorities have approved an application for marriage.
This can be longer during busy periods.
When do we have to present our documents to Stenvs
Passports and residency permits/Visas, if applicable, must be presented to Stevns Town Hall on the morning of your wedding.
Is it possible to have our ceremony at a different location in Stevns?
Yes, you can hire a registrar to conduct your wedding at a location, other than the town hall, for an extra fee of € 150 charged by Stevns town hall.
The Look & Feel
of a Wedding in Stevns
Our couple Ann Marie & Timothy had a lovely wedding in Stevns as can be seen in the video above.
We at GMiD organised the documentation, answered their questions about getting married in Stevns, secured their wedding date and were here for them throughout the whole process as their local friends in Denmark.
We also recommended one of our amazing wedding photographers Elena Belevantseva Photography & Videography who made the lovely video above.
How to get to Stevns Town Hall?
The closest airports to Stevns are Copenhagen and Malmo, you can also easily drive there from Hamburg.
From Copenhagen Airport to Stevns
If you come by car it will take you approximately 50 minutes to get to Stevns.
You can also take a taxi which should cost between 150€ – 250€.
If you don't want to go by car, don't worry, there are trains and buses that go to Stevns from Copenhagen airport.
It will take you between 1h 45min and 2h 10mins, depending on the route.
You can have a look at the routes and train/bus timetables here
From Malmo Airport (Sweden) to Stevns
By car it should take you around 1h 30mins to get to Stevns.
You can also take a train/bus which takes approximately 3 hours 20 minutes.
For the routes and train/bus timetables: Have a look here
From Hamburg (Germany) to Stevns
You can easily drive from Hamburg to Stevns, it should take you around 4 hours 30 minutes.
What is the history of Stevns?
If you choose to get married at the town hall your wedding will take place in Store Heddinge, a town in Stevns municipality on the beautiful southeast coast of Zealand island.
It's a small town with a long history going back to the 13th century when its church, Saint Katharina, was built.
In 1441 Store Heddinge obtained the very privileged status of a merchant town and, in 1838, the Director for the Royal Danish Academy of Art, architect Jørgen Hansen Koch, built the assembly house (which was actually a town hall, assembly hall and a jail all in one!) on the Nytorv plaza.
A famous Water Tower, which is often called the town's gate, was built in 1911.
10 minutes drive from Store Heddinge you have Stevns Klint, a breathtaking cliff that played an important role in the Cold War.
It was one of Denmark and NATO's most important (and beautiful!) positions with large radar towers and 1.8 kilometres of underground passageways where, for 40 years, up until the year 2000, the military was ready to go to war at any time.
What can we do while we are in Stevns?
You're getting married so our first recommendation is to relax and enjoy your wedding ceremony! 🙂
If you're planning to spend a little bit more time in the town there are quite a few lovely things to do:
Højerup Old Church
When visiting Stevns Klint don't miss this unique church that hangs on the cliff, almost falling into the sea.
It was built around 1250 by a sailor who was close to drowning and promised to build a chapel if he survived.
Since the church was built the cliff has been steadily falling away causing a serious threat to the church.
A local legend says that every Christmas the church moved a little step towards the land, but it wasn't enough.
On the 16th of March 1928 a part of the cliff collapsed causing the chorus from Højerup Old Church to fall.
The church was then reinforced against further slides and the vanished choir was replaced by an observation deck.
Nowadays you can go inside the church and enjoy spectacular views of the cliff and the sea.
Saint Katharina Church
When having a stroll around the peaceful old town you can visit this charming church and the icon of Store Heddinge.
Built at the beginning of the 13th century it was hit by a lightning strike in the 1670s, after which the octagon had to be renovated.
Then the church was thoroughly restored in 1853, obtaining its current form.
Stevns Klint – this spectacular cliff, apart from being a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a reminder of the Earth's dramatic history, when 66 million years ago an asteroid hit the Earth, causing half of all animal and plant life to go extinct.
Now it's a truly breathtaking wonder of nature!
You can have a lovely, romantic walk on the beach alongside this 40 metre high white cliff.
Stevns Lighthouse
A 27 metre chalk-built lighthouse situated on the edge of the cliff, built in 1878.
You can climb up the stairs and enjoy stunning, panoramic views of the fields and the sea, all the way to Sweden.
Museum Stevnsfort – if you're looking for a little bit of adventure and mystery you will find it here at the Cold War Museum.
You can explore the underground tunnels of the nuclear-attack proof fortress built deep into the cliff during the Cold War. It's one of Denmark's most secret places with a very interesting history.
If you decide to go on a guided tour get ready for exciting 'time travel'.
Do you wish to get married in Stevns?
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Our WordPress AppInstaller is a quick and convenient way to install the latest version of WordPress to a hosting account. However, in some cases, you may prefer to manually install WordPress.
Browse to WordPress.org/download and download the free WordPress software to your local computer. This will be the latest version.
WordPress requires a database. This database is created via the konsoleH control panel of your hosting account.
The WordPress software that you previously downloaded to your local computer now needs to be uploaded to your hosting account on our web server. This is done via FTP e.g FileZilla.
Drag and drop to upload all the unzipped WordPress files (excluding the WordPress directory itself) from your local computer (left pane) into the public_html directory on the web server (right pane).
Information needed: Enter all the relevant information to give you Admin access to your WordPress installation. Note all this information can be changed later.
This article shows how to install WordPress to your hosting account manually in situations where you prefer not to use the automated AppInstaller.


Jim joined AXA IM in 2013.
He is responsible for the Asian fixed income team oversees the performance, monitoring and risk management of all Asian fixed income portfolios.
Prior to joining AXA IM, Jim worked as an Investment Director/ Senior Portfolio Manager at HSBC Asset Management in Hong Kong with oversight of key Asian high yield and investment grade mandates. Jim was a leading contributor to the creation and implementation of dedicated high yield and investment grade strategies for HSBC's Asian Fixed Income team as well as its risk budgeting and portfolio analytics rollout.
Jim was formerly a senior credit analyst for HSBC in both Hong Kong and New York with a focus on Asian high yield corporates and the US telecom, media and technology sectors.
Prior to joining HSBC, Jim was a senior telecommunications analyst for Moody's Investors Service in New York. Jim has been working in the industry since 1995.
He holds a Masters in International Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University and is a CFA charter holder.


If you are interested in food and/or cooking, you might want to do an extra credit project related to Faith, Food and Fasting.
If you choose to journal your thoughts, responses, reflections, questions on any "optional" resources you look at throughout the course. Use the "extra credit" journal for these extra reflections and reference the items you are discussing in the title and context of your entry.
A rite of passage is connected to the changes we go through in life. Typically these rites surround events like birth, coming of age, marriage and death. They occur just once in any one person's life. The rituals marking these occasions help with the transition as well as to mark and celebrate the new status with friends, family and community.
In contrast to rites of passage, a calendar or seasonal ritual occurs on a recurring basis ("periodic"). Annual holidays like Easter and Christmas, Passover and Chanukah, Ramadan, etc. fall into this category. But this category of ritual can also include monthly, weekly and even daily rituals. Thus the weekly Sabbath service in a church and the daily prayer of a Muslim can also be considered calendar or "periodic" rituals. The key is that these occur on a regularly repeating basis be it once a year, once a week, or every day.
There are other rituals that may be done at any time, based on the personal preferences or specific needs of the individual. "Special" rites or rituals like the Jewish mikvah or Catholic saying the rosary or healing rites in various religions done on an "as needed" basis.


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package bittrex

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

const (
	// LibraryVersion contains this library current version
	LibraryVersion = "0.1"

	// BaseURL where bittrex API is listening
	BaseURL = "https://bittrex.com/api/v1.1/"

	// UserAgent to be sent in each request by this package
	UserAgent = "github.com/acorsinl/go-bittrex v" + LibraryVersion
)

// Client manages communication with bittrex API
type Client struct {
	// HTTP client to communicate with the API
	client *http.Client

	// BaseURL for API requests
	BaseURL *url.URL

	// UserAgent to be sent in each request by this package
	UserAgent string

	// API Key
	APIKey string

	// API Secret
	APISecret string

	// Services used to access different API sections
	Public *PublicService
	// @todo Market  *MarketService
	Account *AccountService

	Response *Response
}

// Response handles bittrex API response
type Response struct {
	Response *http.Response
	Success  bool
	Message  string
	Result   interface{}
}

// NewRequest creates an API request. A relative URL can be provided in
// URLStr, in which case it is added to the BaseURL.
func (c *Client) NewRequest(method, URLStr, body string) (*http.Request, error) {
	rel, err := url.Parse(URLStr)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	u := c.BaseURL.ResolveReference(rel)

	// @todo: handle non public urls with apikey and apisecret
	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, u.String(), bytes.NewBufferString(body))
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", c.UserAgent)
	req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")

	return req, nil
}

// Do sends an API request and returns the API response.
func (c *Client) Do(req *http.Request, v interface{}) (*http.Response, error) {
	res, err := c.client.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	r := &Response{Response: res}
	if v != nil {
		r.Result = v
		err = json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(r)
		c.Response = r
	}

	return res, err
}

// NewClient returns a bittrex API client. If a nil http client is provided
// http.DefaultClient will be used
func NewClient(httpClient *http.Client) *Client {
	if httpClient == nil {
		httpClient = http.DefaultClient
	}

	baseURL, _ := url.Parse(BaseURL)

	c := &Client{
		client:    httpClient,
		BaseURL:   baseURL,
		UserAgent: UserAgent,
	}
	c.Public = &PublicService{client: c}
	c.Account = &AccountService{client: c}

	return c
}

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To recycle bottles you must first empty them, so I set out to do my duty. I picked up one of their Sample 12 packs, three each of two of their standards, and three each of two "Tasting Room" offerings. I must say that I was hoping to try their Tasting Room Red IPA, but the Mid-Coast was a fine alternate, presumably from an older Sample 12.
Pours golden straw a with persistent foamy white head. As soon as the cap comes off a wave of citrus & pine rushes out. The nose stays with strong hops and maybe a hint of malt underneath, a hint becoming more pronounced as the liquid warms a little. Malt comes in on the flavor with restrained hops or at least restrained relative to the nose. It's refreshingly effervescent with a bright clean profile. The hops turn resiny on the finish though citrus and pine persist. Initially bitter, the finish smooths out and lingers quite a while. 5.6% ABV, 104 IBUs, so moderate alcohol and immoderate hops!
This is a hazy light amber beer with a foamy ivory head. As with the Mid-Coast, a bright citrus aroma hits as soon as the cap comes off, then an estery shot like cantaloupe with bready malt emerging. Stone fruit and malt flavor follow with hops nibbling at the edges. The fruitiness persists well into the finish with simmering hops, still mostly citrus. 5.5% ABV, 20 IBUs. That IBU number is a big surprise to me, a very hoppy beer with very low bitterness. Clearly they emphasized aroma hops and flavor hops, not bittering hops.
Fills the glass with opaque darkest brown and a generous tight foam head, mocha foam. The aroma is roasty roasty with dark chocolate notes. The flavor is refreshing and malty, reflecting a very complex malt bill, still roasty and almost woody like a barrel aged beer, again with chocolate notes. The medium-length finish is quite smooth and once again roasty, continuing all the flavor notes. Some folks think that all stouts are harsh, this would prove them wrong. 5.5% ABV, 35 IBUs.
As you see, the Heavy Lifting comes in cans. That makes Heavy Lifting less heavy to lift, and less heavy to ship, further reducing their environmental impact. I'm pleased to have tried Boulevard, and my compliments to my friend Kent @nyrugby1 who pointed them out to me.


Bus duct is a new technology which is mostly used to supply electricity. These are available in the market in different types such as Plug-in, cable, electrical, segregated, sandwich and so on. One of the cost-effective and efficient ways to transfer electricity along the length of the building is the plug-in type of bus duct. These are specially designed to allow motor controllers to be installed at the exact position along the bus duct.
One of the major advantages of installing these types of bus duct is that it has the ability to remove or add a branch circuit without removing the voltage from the whole duct. These are widely used in industrial and multiphase power plugs and sockets, electrical and building wiring, electric power transmission and many other electrical appliances. So their demand in the national as well as international market is rapidly increasing. Another main reason to install this plug-in bus duct is that it is completely safe and popular for its efficient and hassle free performance.
These are suitable for wiring along the length of the building so it is available in different size and specification as per the requirement of the place where it will be installed. These are very power efficient and generally require less maintenance. It requires only one-time installing cost and after that, you can use it for many years without any change in it. This is because of its strong steel structure and unique design. Don't be confused about where to purchase it. There are so many plug-in bus duct manufacturers in India choose the best one and purchase it.


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Q: Euler-Fermat with exponents How to solve $6^{(3^{17})}$ mod 11 with Euler-Fermat?
Note: If not possible with Euler-Fermat than with Chinese Remainder Theorem
I know that that they are coprime and I computed $\varphi(11)$, so what are the next steps?

A: We have $3^{17} \equiv 3^{16}\cdot 3 \equiv 3 \mod 10$ by the Euler Theorem (as André Nicolas suggested).
Now $6^{3^{17}} \equiv 6^{10k+3} \equiv 6^3 \equiv 7 \mod 11$


Apparently there's a big problem with crows in the City of Albany. City officials will be working with biologists in order to disperse the roosts of crows.
The crows cause issues because of their droppings and the ruckus they create. The city warns you, you may hear loud noises or see flashing lights.
The work began on Tuesday Feb. 5 and continues today, February 6th. It will be done in two week intervals until the crow problem is solved.
They are asking people to make sure they use lids on their garbage cans to prevent crows from feeding.
So if you hear some crazy noises or see some lights, it's not you. It's them.


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> [UI.Next Documentation](UINext.md) ▸ **Components**

Basic guidelines are:

* Describe state using several [Var](UINext-Var.md) cells

* Hide your state, so that your component can locally enforce invariants on it

* Just as in normal F# and JavaScript, expose methods and callbacks for
  clients to send and receive event notifications for your component

* Accept and expose [View](UINext-View.md) values to express time-varying quantities

* Accept and expose [Doc](UINext-Doc.md) values for UI that can be embedded into a document tree

* Make components higher order, so clients can create as many instances as needed

The strategy is fairly similar to creating reusable
components in F# or JavaScript.  One advantage is having new vocabulary
for [Var](UINext-Var.md), [View](UINext-View.md) and [Doc](UINext-Doc.md).  Making a distinction
between time-varying quantities and event occurences makes your code easier
to understand and easier to get right.


CABINET has now approved our budget proposals for 2017/18 and these go to Full Council on March 1.
That will mark the end of another very difficult budget process in which we've had to take out £15m of funding for that financial year as a result of Government cuts.
Like most other councils we have, regrettably, included a proposed 3.99 per cent rise in Council Tax – although this is less than the 4.99 per cent rise most are introducing.
This is made up of a 1.99 per cent increase for Oldham Council services and an additional two per cent levy that Government say they are "allowing" councils to raise to help support under-funded adult social care services.
This means an increase of just below £5 per month for a Band D property and you can find out more about the measures we've taken to balance the budget proposals this time here.
It's important to note that we withdrew some options as a result of our consultation with the public – including the proposed closure of the Link Centre and introducing charges for residents' car parking permits.
This all means, however, that we've also had to propose taking £5.483m from our reserves this time.
As an administration we've always prided ourselves on our financial prudence and we know that this is not a sustainable policy to adopt in the medium-term.
Your reserves are there for a 'rainy day' – like dealing with major civil emergencies – but, sadly, that's exactly where we are right now with the funding of adult social care.
Those services are by far our largest cost and they will continue to suffer unless this Chancellor listens to what everyone is now telling him – that social care is in crisis now. That it is a national issue that should be funded from the taxes he raises nationally. And that it is simply unfair to force councils to plug that gap by adding 2 per cent to Council Tax.
This inevitably means that poorer areas like ours are able to raise less in this way than richer ones like Surrey. Hence we have been forced to take money out of reserves this time.
Already this month the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has called for emergency government funding of £1bn for 2017-18 just to stabilise a care market it believes to be on the edge of collapse.
The Local Government Association has also warned that the severe underfunding is putting councils in peril of not being able to provide the help that older and disabled people need with basic tasks – and it is also impacting on frontline NHS services.
You may recall that Tory-run Surrey Council announced it was planning a local referendum on a proposed 15 per cent rise in Council Tax, blaming cuts and the demand for their services, including adult social care.
Suddenly, however, it dropped the plans and the council instead then voted through a 4.99 per cent increase thanks, it seems, to a so-called 'sweetheart' funding deal with Government.
That is just the latest slap in the face to councils like ours. And it comes after we've been forced to plug their adult social care funding shortfall by imposing a tax on our residents based on local property values – rather than on the basis of need.
Unless the government address this inequity sooner rather than later ultimately this will lead to the level of service people get being decided by where they live.
Postcode lotteries should never be how our society looks after its most vulnerable people – that's simply unacceptable.
Mr Hammond needs to start listening, and listening now!
Finally this week, you may have seen media coverage about allegations of a Trojan Horse plot in an Oldham primary school.
I am unable to add to what has already been publicly said by Oldham Council at this stage. However, I am assured that we have acted properly and responsibly in fully investigating these serious claims, which it was right and proper to do.


In this brief, a sensitivity analysis of hierarchical fuzzy system (HFS) is conducted, allowing a sensitivity order of controller inputs to be established and used in a hierarchical fuzzy system inputs placement process. The frequency response analysis method is used to analyze the sensitivity of the controller output with respect to perturbation. This sensitivity knowledge thus constitutes a platform on which three different designs of HFS are investigated. An automotive active suspension system is chosen as an application for the HFS models for performance verification purposes. The simulation results are provided and discussed in this brief.


Some people thought Putin was backing down when he said he would do what he could to discourage an independence referendum for Eastern Ukraine. I strongly suspected this was like Arab or Chinese negotiating — make a show of agreeing or acquiescing to Western demands, all the while knowing that it's going to happen anyway.
The Eastern Ukrainians are not under Putin's control. They'd love his official support, but they'll do without it. The GRU is helping them out pretty good, going up against Blackwater and Jihadis on the Maidan side.
So Eastern Ukraine is proceeding with their independence vote, and then there will be a Civil War to enforce it and kick out the Maidan putschists. Maidan will probably go great guns against them and kill a lot of them, and then Russia will be drawn in and things get really ugly.
On the radio I heard that Putin claimed to be withdrawing the Russian army from the borders of Ukraine, but State Department social media diplomacy girl Jen Psaki says that the satellite intelligence is showing that they are not actually withdrawing. She's very angry about this! It's like when her boyfriend said he was going to call her but didn't. Again, Eastern style diplomacy — say one thing, but do what you wanted to do in the first place.
make a show of agreeing or acquiescing … all the while knowing that it's going to happen anyway.
Like how we deal with women?
Probably a good idea. Murka's dominated by women, so using game on Murkan leaders should work.
…though, I would argue, it is probably better never to apologize or ask forgiveness. If a man has violated his own personal code of conduct, then he should simply change his behavior, not talk about it one way or the other. By extension, if a leader has erred in the the conduct of his statecraft, he should simply change his tactics or strategy if necessary, but never ask permission beforehand or publicly apologize afterward. My 2 bits.
Several years ago, I experimented, to the extent I could overcome my innate introversion, with game techniques as applied to my post-retirement job as an English tutor and a long-term substitute math teacher in our county's bottom-ranked high school.
Most of the time I had to " fake it until I make it," but after a month or so, with little overt effort, though much inner attitude adjustment, I noticed I was garnering more deference, interest, participation in discussions, and requests for after-hour help with college application essays.
So, after watching a few episodes of Ceasar Milan, the dog-whisperer, on my sister's cable TV, I applied game to my wife's newly acquired Basenji pup and within days, using no particular training techniques, noticed a reduction in overly persistent, socially ill-timed demands for attention and a generally calmer, more submissive behavior especially when taking food or hiking in he woods together.
Kinda like how Obama said we were leaving Iraq… This is all such a joke. It's still hard to believe that roles have reversed. The Russians used to be the bad guys, but now we are.
It's amazing how undiplomatic US state department diplomats are.
Americans don't have the attention span to follow up on anything, especially if it gets confusing. They take their soundbite and move on.


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Two Black teenagers denied jobs at Six Flags because of their hair
Boy's mother goes on social media to blast the amusement park for racist policy
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A view of The Texas Giant roller coaster (R) at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas.(Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Two African-American teens have come forward saying that they were victims of hair discrimination and denied employment at Six Flags Over Texas.
Both teens claim they were told they would have to cut their hair if they wanted to work at the popular Arlington amusement park.
In an interview with WFAA Channel 8, 16-year-old Brandon Kobe Pierce said employers pulled him to the side following his interview, and said, 'You would have to cut your hair or we can't hire you at Six Flags."
READ MORE: High school referee who forced wrestler to cut dreadlocks close to litigation
Pierce's mother, who joined him for the on-air interview, says that Pierce's grandfather once worked at the park, and the family was anticipating the eager teen's employment. "We encouraged him to go to Six Flags. We counted down the days," the mother of the high school junior told Channel 8.
Pierce revealed that he's had the same hair style since a child, and that although the park permits women employees to have long hair "pulled back into a bun," that such "extreme" hairstyles are forbidden on men.
"If girls are able to wear their hair pulled back and they can have it long, then guys shouldn't have to cut their hair," Pierce remarked.
Pierce's decision to come forward with his story was inspired by a 17-year-old who went viral for his own discriminatory encounter with the park. Last weekend, the mother of 17-year-old Kerion Washington, Karis Washington, posted to Facebook that her son was turned down a job at Six Flags Arlington because of his dreadlocks.
"I spoke with the HR Supervisor and she said they gave him the opportunity to come back when he don't have dreads … she said dreads are NOT allowed but he can have braids. — and said they are an extreme hairstyle — she also went on and compared them to tattoos and piercings," Washington said in her post.
Took my son for an interview at 6 flag…he didnt get the job cuz he has locs (dreads)???…smhUpdate: my son…
Posted by Karis Washington on Saturday, March 23, 2019
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Washington, who didn't respond to requests for an interview from the news outlet, also commented on Facebook about Pierce's situation.
"The thing that bothers me is they don't give them the option to put it up … they just say cut it," Washington said.
"African-Americans take pride in our hair and are passionate about our hair, especially being able to grow our hair out. Because not everyone has the same hair. Your hair will never look like mine and mine will never look like yours. Both this young man and my son's hair is neat and groomed. Whats the real issue?" the mother inquired.
READ MORE: In New York, your natural hair is welcome thanks to new anti-discrimination policy
Sharon Parker, a Six Flags spokeswoman, claims that the company's policy applies to all 30,000 employees nationwide.
"We maintain a company-wide grooming code that includes standard uniforms for front-line team members and no extreme hairstyles such as drastic variations in hair color, locks, or partially shaven heads," Parker said according to email reportedly attained by Star-Telegram.
"We do permit braids and we also recognize that some team members may request accommodations to our grooming code due to religious, cultural or medical reasons," Parker said. "We work with those team members on a case-by-case basis to address his or her individual needs."


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Pay-TV's fight with content providers leaves millions of subscribers in the dark
by Jim O'Neill |
Carriage fee fights have left 19 million pay-TV subscribers without some content this year as impasses between service providers and content owners have led to five blackouts so far this year, the most in a decade.
AT&T, Cablevision and Dish Network have, at some point during the year, lost programming ranging from the Hallmark Movie Channel to the Oscars. And, more is likely to come as content providers look for higher fees and providers look to cut costs and contain the escalating expense of providing a wide range of content.
"There is increasing pressure for distributors to push back on rate hikes in a tough economy where the consumer is struggling," BTIG analyst Rcih Greenfield told Bloomberg. "As programming costs continue to rise, these battles are becoming bigger and higher profile."
The cost of programming is up about 10 percent in 2010, Bloomberg reported, increasing pressure on service providers that say roughly half their operating costs come from programming expenses. Plus, operators say, the rising availability of content that they're paying increasing rates for via free over the top delivery leaves them in a quandary, and is cause for concern.
"The idea that the programmers, who are charging more for their programming, are then taking that programming and making it free on the Internet--that really pushes the envelope," said Cablevision CEO Jim Dolan at an investor conference in September.
- see this report
AT&T pulls plug on Hallmark channels for U-verse subscribers
U-verse could lose 'Mad Men,' 'Bridezillas'
Operators need to move faster on content-rights deals for TV


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By: Timothy Herrick
Carnival companies and the fair industry were headed towards a potential workforce crisis until a much bigger crisis – the COVID-19 pandemic – overwhelmed the global economy, including the U.S. fair industry.
Currently all aspects of the live-event industry, including the seasonal guest worker program, is on hold and will be until safe social distance mandates, quarantine enforcement and bans on gatherings of 50 people or more are no longer in place. The national emergency continues to unfold; its impact still unknown. No one knows when things will get back to normal or what that the new normal will look like, especially to midway providers.
Different World
"The world is different than a month ago," said James K. Judkins, President of the JKJ Workforce Agency, who recruits and aids in the processing of guest workers for carnival companies, concessionaires and circuses . "Who knows what individual business owners will need in terms of workers when this is all over. This is way beyond what we can give answers to."
But what we do know is that prior to the massive cancellation of the spring event season – at least up until May 30 – the H-2B program seemed to be on the verge another year of crisis: demand for workers far exceeded supply: delays expected for the April 1 start date: new restrictions on worker eligibility based on nation of origin; discrepancies as to how many workers would be available and revival of anti-immigration policies muddying the H-2B debate. With many carnival companies already capped-out, the new allotment of H-2B workers were needed but the outlook seemed bleak.
The trouble started – as it usually does – in January when the visa filing process begins. Back then, a booming economy, record high stock markets, record low unemployment, and many carnivals having record or near-record revenue in 2019, all combined to increase the demand for H-2B workers. Estimates expected demand for foreign workers would at least be 10 percent higher in 2020 than in 2019. The Department of Labor announced that 5,276 applications representing 96,400 H-2B worker positions had been received as of January 7, 2020 – more than 4,930 applications representing 87,298 workers were filed on the first day of the three day filing window alone.
The program enables US employers to hire approximately 66,000 foreign workers a year, with the allotments split evenly between the winter and summer seasons. More than 70 percent of all H-2B applicants were capped out for the second half of 2020. The Department of Homeland Security has the authority to release an additional 69,320 H-2B visas, which many industry observers said would satisfy the entire H-2B demand for FY2020. To support this objective, a bipartisan letter to the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security asking that he immediately release all of the additional H-2B visas authorized under the FY2020 DHS Appropriations Bill was circulated by Reps. Harris (R-MD), Pingree (D-ME), Bergman (D-MI) and Keating (D-MA) and Senators King (I-ME) and Rounds (R-SD). The Outdoor Amusement Business Association, the International Association of Fairs & Expositions and other industry organizations encouraged members to write their congressional representatives in support of the letter.
"We hope that this letter will garner an overwhelming number of signatures from Members of Congress and Senators to send a clear message to DHS that we need quick action to address the H-2B cap," said Judkins at the time.
45,000 or 35,000
It is unclear how far this letter and its support had progressed when in February it was announced that the DHS would release 45,000 H-2B workers, according to a Wall Street Journal article that indicated the first wave of 20,000 to be available immediately – likely in time for an April 1 start date — while the second wave comes after June 1.
According to the report, 45,000 was not yet the official new cap, and quoted a DHS spokesperson who said that Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf "has made no decision yet on the issue, Any numbers reported on at this time are being pushed to press by junior staff who are not privy to all of the discussions taking place."
In fact, the 45,000 was so unofficial that the Seasonal Employment Alliance, an advocacy group for the H-2B program, was unable to confirm the announcement. However, the SEA urged the membership of the organizations in its coalition to release the 45,000 in one batch instead of separating it into two tranches.
Then about two weeks later, another Wall Street Journal article stated that the DHS had announced that an additional 35,000 visas would be made available, with new restrictions. Of the 35,000 total, 10,000 will be set aside for workers from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador – collectively known as the Northern Triangle – and those would be the only countries that will be allowed to send new applicants. Those three Central American countries accounted for the majority of asylum seekers crossing the border illegally last year. DHS officials said that providing these people a pathway to work lawfully in the U.S. will reduce the incentive to migrate illegally.
The Wall Street Journal quoted a DHS spokeswoman: "The department is taking significant steps to promote integrity in the program, combat fraud and abuse, and ensure the supplemental allocation aligns with the national interest."
Judkins was quick to caution that neither the early reported 45,000 or the more recent 35,000 figure was still not decided. "Nothing was certified or authorized. These were stories in the press with unnamed sources."
In either case, the final DHS ruling was still pending when the COVID-19 outbreak shutdown the fair and live-event industry with the March 15 CDC Announcement banning public gatherings of 50 or more.
New Restrictions
The more recent 35,000 allotment allowed workers would be distributed into two tranches: 20,000 then 15,000. With the final announcement inconclusive, carnival companies were braced for the scenario similar to 2019 where the workers would come, but well after April 1. Last year, the delay in increasing the cap caused the bulk of carnival company workers to arrive in early June, and midway providers coped with under-staffed conditions resulting in midway shrinkage and even event cancellations.
On March 6th, after 35,000 figure was being circulated, Carnival Warehouse spoke with a few "capped out" carnival companies. "I do not know if I will get any workers this year, we're still waiting to hear."
"The rule hasn't been enacted yet, so we don't know how many workers (will be available), but 35,000 is not what the demand is," said Michael Wood, Wood Entertainment Company, and chairman of the Seasonal Employment Alliance.
The majority of the H-2B workers come from Mexico, although an estimated 20-30 percent are from South Africa. The new Triangle Nation policy is "purely political," said Wood. "You prefer to have returning workers, the system favors returning workers. I do not know of anyone who uses workers from those countries, but that's not to say they won't. It's not an impossible hurdle."
It is the first time in the history of the program that this favored nation status was put into place. Judkins said that his company has already set up recruiting offices in the triangle countries.
The 35,000 figure was to be broken down thusly: 10,000 from the Triangle countries, 10,000 must be returning workers and 15,000 can be new or returning workers.
The Wall Street Journal article also revealed a mostly expected setback for H-2B proponents. The guest worker program was again linked to the immigration crisis, but this time at the highest levels of the administration. Not only was the rhetoric surrounding the program more heated and contentious, it was newly connected to the politics of the presidential election. According to the report, Stephen Miller, a Senior Policy advisor considered President Trump's top immigration adviser, argued against the higher number because it "risked displeasing the president's base, which views immigration skeptically, as the election season ramps up, people familiar with the discussions said."
"That's always been the case, the H-2B issue has always been linked to politics," said Judkins. "I can't say whether this being an election year is making any real difference."
What ultimately made the real difference is the COVID-19 pandemic. Wood suspects that the 35,000 figure will be the one the industry will have to deal with, mainly because legislators and government departments – most notably DHS – are simply "turning away all lobbyists. If you aren't talking about the coronavirus right now, they don't want to talk with you," said Wood.
With the fair industry like the rest of the nation, essentially on quarantine, the demand for carnival company workers has been temporarily nullified. The same is essentially true for the hotel and resort industry, but other H-2B users such as landscapers and seafood processes are still using guest foreign workers. "Consulates are still open and H-2B visas are still being processed," said Wood.
Those visas being processed are workers within the cap. How the pandemic is affecting the speed of the processing is unknown and even industries still utilizing guest workers must reformat work crews so they are fewer in number and practice social distancing measures. Also, Eastern European nations, where some H-2B workers originate, are under a travel ban and/or are under quarantine. If this happens to larger H-2B suppliers, such as South Africa and Mexico, workers would not be able to leave.
The Outdoor Amusement Industry is locked in a wait-and-see mode, hoping that the fair season can be salvaged by Memorial Day and events can go on. In the meantime, carnival company owners are making tough employment decisions. Carnival companies have returned to their winter quarters, and while there may be some mechanical work conducted, such as refurbishing equipment, the fact is most of those procedures were already completed in preparation for the 2020 season.
Many companies are sending their H-2B workers home, or giving them a choice between part time hours or returning home until the fair season resumes. The H-2B visas are a Multiple Entry Visa – meaning that workers can leave and return without additional paperwork, as long as their visa and certificate of labor are valid.
Wood offered his H-2B workers a choice between part time hours or returning home and said all have chosen to stay. If by mid-April it looks like the season will not resume or resume later in the year, then the part time option will not be feasible. "For now, everything is on hold. They can either stay here on a reduced schedule or go home and most have decided to stay."
The future of the H-2B program is dependent on the future of the fair industry, itself dependent on a series of variables. "Even when the pandemic ends, how quickly can the fairs and the carnival companies ramp business back up is anyone's guess," said Judkins. "What will employment be like at that time, and there may not be same need. Right now, everything's hypothetical."
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Politics of Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Source: starrfmonline.com
Minority should have boycotted vetting over Suhuyini gag – Amaliba
A member of the legal team of the opposition National Democratic Congress Abraham Amaliba has slammed minority members in parliament for failing to stage a walkout from Monday's vetting in support of colleague, Alhassan Suhuyini.
The Tamale North lawmaker was ruled out by the chairman of the committee when he asked Mr. Boakye Agyarko to clarify the circumstances surrounding his exit from the Bank of New York, where he worked for many years and rose to become a Vice President.
The chairman considered the question offensive to the nominee and a breach of the rules of engagement at the committee.
The new lawmaker, however, could not hold his emotions and openly expressed anger over the treatment meted out to him by the chair.
Member of Parliament for Asawase has described Suhuyini's attitude as a breach of the parliamentary rules adding that the chairman was right in overruling the MP's question.
But speaking on Starr Midday News Tuesday, Amaliba said the minority should have boycotted the proceedings to show their anger over the treatment meted out to Suhuyini.
According to him, the treatment meted out to Suhuyini during the vetting was unfortunate and harsh.
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Ivorians making impact in Tanzania
By Emmanuel MugaBBC News, Dar es Salaam
Last updated on 21 October 201321 October 2013 .From the section Football
Tanzania's first Ivorian imports are making a huge impact for Azam FC, the country's big spenders who have experimented with players recruited from Burundi, Kenya and Uganda.
The richest club in Tanzania seem to have finally found what they were looking for in twin brothers Kipre Tchetche and Kipre Bolou.
The pair helped Azam finish second in the league last season and the club also reached the third round of the Confederation Cup.
"They are players of star quality," Azam coach Stuart Hall told BBC Sport.
We have got value for money, Tchetche and Bolou have added significant value to our team
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"Tchetche scored 20 goals for us last season, 17 in the league and three in the Confederation Cup. Bolou is an excellent defensive midfield player," added the England-born tactician.
Tcheche caught Azam's eye during the East and Central Africa (Cecafa) Challenge cup in December 2010, where Ivory Coast was participating as a guest team.
Striker Tchetche fell in love with the country and went back home and invited his twin brother Bolou to go back with him to Tanzania.
"The league here is tougher and very physical, it is more competitive and it gives as a different challenge," the 26-year-old Tchetche told BBC Sport.
"Azam treats us very well and we have good contracts - I can't discuss my salary but we are contented here.
"I went home and told my brother that Azam is a strong club in Tanzania and that they are determined to do better and better - and he came with me."
The pair played for Sewe Sport (Bolou) and JAC (Tchetche) and also represented Ivory Coast in the CHAN tournament for home-based players before heading to Tanzania, which they consider a transit route to higher level.
"Our dream is to play at higher level, we don't know when it will happen but we are not in hurry because we are happy here," said Bolou.
Although Azam have not revealed how much they paid for the brothers, Hall insists the club struck a good deal.
"We did not have any difficult getting them here, and they did not cost us a lot, because there was a civil strife in Ivory Coast and the clubs did not have money, they needed money," he said.
"We have got value for money, they have added significant value to our team."
The pair have quickly adapted and are making efforts to learn Tanzania's national language Swahili as they slowly settle into Tanzanian life.
The club, which is owned by billionaire industrialist Salim Bakhresa, continues to invest heavily by constructing a stadium and establishing a football TV channel as it aspires for greatness.
Given the ambition to grow as a giant team, Tchetche and Bolou may be the first Ivorians to come to Tanzania but they may not be last.
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Florida Study Shows Religion Helps Keep Ex-Cons Out Of Jail
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A new peer-reviewed study finds that inmates leaving prison have used the power of spirituality successfully to avoid going back to a life of crime.The 15-month project explored the faith practices of successful ex-offenders in Florida.
Dr. Michael Hallett, professor of criminology at the University of North Florida, and Steve McCoy, co-researcher and the founder of Florida's first faith-based prison program under Governor Jeb Bush, joined Melissa Ross to discuss the study.
In 2002, McCoy was part of a group asked by then Governor Bush to work towards the establishment of an all-volunteer, faith-based dormitory at Lawtey Correctional Institution.
"Prior to that time, most of the programs offered in prisons were more like revival services," he said.
"When we went in we decided to not only bring a spiritual aspect but certainly to do programming that would be helpful to men returning to the community."
"Things like parenting, financial management, anger management, computer skills," he said.
The faith and prayer practices of 25 of those ex-convicts who attribute their desistance to their faith were then studied for 15 months.
The study stemmed from a previous study looking at what criminologists believed to be the two factors most important to preventing future offenses; employment and marriage.
"In the course of her research she kept being interrupted by her respondents with unsolicited protestations of faith," Hallett explained. "As in, 'Yeah the job helped, and the wife helped, but what really changed me was my faith'."
Hallett and McCoy picked up where that study left off with a focus on the importance of faith and religion.
The study found, through a series of intensive life-history interviews, that these men experienced behavior change and identity transformation through their religious practice.
This type of study is difficult, they said, because subjects cannot be compelled to participate under the constitutional separation of church and state. Therefore all the respondents had to volunteer for the study.
"Upwards of 90 percent of people who profess any religion in prison profess Christianity, so all of our respondents are self-professed Christians," Hallett said. "What we heard from them was that they rely on scripture to not run from their past, but to face it."
"In other words, it's not an opiate or an escape mechanism, it is a vehicle through which they actually confront their misdeeds and own up to them."
Hallett said many people might not realize that more than 6,000 inmates in Florida participating in faith-based programs.
"Most of the time in American corrections, we fail," he said. "The starting point of this conversation is a 68 percent recidivism rate."
"For critics out there who might say we really ought not to be doing this, success in American corrections is the exception and not the rule."
Hallett said there is a host of emerging research looking at utilizing yoga in prisons to reduce recidivism, noting that Christianity is not the only source of rehabilitative focus.
"The reality of it is though that rehabilitative resources in American corrections have been decimated by budget cuts," he said. "Often times the only programs available for men in prison are so-called faith-based programs."
Hallett and McCoy said they paid for the study themselves with no compensation. It has been accepted for publication in a forthcoming volume of the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.
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Activist-turned-Americana-songstress Letitia VanSant taps into the progressive American spirit on her debut album Gut it to the Studs. Whether she is using her music to call for social change or express feelings of empathy for her loved ones, Letitia VanSant manages to remain poignantly affective in her lyrics and musicianship.
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"Blacksauce Kitchen has amazing biscuit sandwiches. They have a stand at the Waverly farmers' market on Saturdays, and they have a storefront that's open on Thursdays." — Letitia VanSant
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Rolls Royce Plc v. Unite The Union
A length of service criterion as part of the redundancy selection terms in a collective agreement could be a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim for the purposes of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 reg.3.
The appellant employer (R) appealed against a decision ((2008) EWHC 2420 (QB), (2009) 1 CMLR 17) that a length of service criterion as part of the redundancy selection process under a collective agreement between R and the respondent trade union was not unlawful under the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006. There were two collective redundancy agreements in place between R and the union within R's Derby group of factories. Both contained provisions for length of service as a selection criterion within the redundancy matrix. An employee received one point per year of continuous service. R brought a Part 8 claim against the union for a determination by the court as to whether the inclusion of length of service within the selection matrix for redundancy was in breach of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006. The judge held that R would have a defence to an age discrimination claim under reg.3 on the basis that the collective redundancy agreements pursued a legitimate business aim. In any event giving points for long service in the redundancy selection matrix conferred on the employee concerned a "benefit" within the exception provided for in reg.32. R submitted that (1) it was a proper exercise of the court's discretion to grant declaratory relief in the unusual circumstances of the instant case where a party brought proceedings before the courts relating to matters involving statutory construction which had an impact on a collective agreement; (2) the judge had focused on the scope and definition of the legitimate aim, and had not considered the question of proportionality either properly or at all; the mere fact that the service-related criterion was enshrined within a collective agreement was not determinative; gaining points for length of service in a redundancy situation was not a "benefit" within reg.32.
HELD: (1) The court should entertain the appeal. It was being asked to construe a statutory instrument deriving from Directive 2000/78. The interpretation of material emanating from Parliament was both a matter of public importance and one of the court's proper functions. Although the proceedings were private as opposed to public law proceedings, and although there was no immediate lis between the parties, the point was not academic, and if not resolved by the court would lead to a dispute between R and the union, who did not agree on it, Kay v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (2008) UKHL 69, (2008) 1 WLR 2723 considered. The point was one of some importance, and was likely to affect a large number of people both employed by R and beyond. It would be unduly purist for the court to decline to adjudicate on a point which had been brought before it by means of a procedure which had been deemed by the parties and by the court below to be appropriate. If necessary the case could be regarded as exceptional, Gawler v Raettig (2007) EWCA Civ 1560 considered. (2) The length of service criterion potentially involved indirect discrimination on grounds of age. For the purposes of the Directive and Regulations a length of service criterion could be a legitimate aim of redundancy selection terms, especially where it was part of a collective agreement. The judge did not in terms deal with proportionality but, viewed objectively, the inclusion of the length of service criterion was a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. It was not necessary to reach a view on the interpretation of reg.32. However, the court's provisional view was that an award of points based on length of service constituted the award of a "benefit" for the purposes of reg.32.
Appeal dismissed.
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The *nuxwdog* service starts correctly when a sub-CA is installed Previously, if a sub-CA was installed, the *nuxwdog* service did not allocate enough memory. As a consequence, the service failed to start. This update fixes the problem. As a result, *nuxwdog* starts correctly in the mentioned scenario.
When subCA is installed and nuxwdog is enabled for that instance, the server fails to start. It seems some kind of unintended memory free operation is being performed causing the error.
1. Install RootCA, enable nuxwdog and start RootCA. Everything works fine.
SubCA server should start successfully.
Further investigation shows that when nuxwdog is started from commandline by following the guidelines from here: http://www.dogtagpki.org/wiki/Nuxwdog/HOWTO#Running_nuxwdog the server starts successfully.
> being performed causing the error.
> 1. Install RootCA, enable nuxwdog and start RootCA. Everything works fine.
> SubCA server should start successfully.
When `/bin/nuxwdog` is started normally from commandline (without the use of `systemctl` command), it works as expected. This error appears only when the `nuxwdog` is started using systemd.
Could you provide more exact steps to reproduce? For someone who knows systemd, but not the other components involved.
The error is kind of reproducible only in NetHSM-OCS environment. NetHSM-OCS is a hardware for key/cert store which requires an OCS (Operator Card) and password (that nuxwdog tries to get from user through the prompt) to access.
The allocation is one byte too short, missing space for the '\0' string terminator.
free(NULL) is a valid no-op, so there is no need for the check.
OTOH, I spotted several missing checks for NULL after malloc().
Yeah. I think that's the culprit code. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Also, the package is kind of old and needs to be thoroughly cleaned. I will keep your point in mind while doing that! Thank you!
As mentioned by the OP, this error occurred only in the NHSM-OCS environment. This is considered to be a heisenbug and it may/may not be reproducible. Regardless, this error should be solved.
CA and subca installation using NHSM600-OCS and nuxwdog enabled was successful.


New Model Adviser® is trying out robo-advice! In this instalment reporter Elliot Smith tries out Wealthify. Read what we thought of Moneyfarm here and evestor here.
I considered a number of robo-advice services for my investment, but settled on the Wealthify ISA due to its apparent flexibility and accessibility. There was no minimum upfront or ongoing investment value.
There was considerable detail on a prospective plan I could determine before creating an account. The user interface had interactive sliders for selecting upfront and intended monthly investment amounts, along with intended investment duration.
At the bottom was the question: 'What's your investment style?' There were only five options, each offering slightly subjective adjectives accompanied by brief definitions, for example: cautious (I prefer to take the lowest risk option) and adventurous (I will take big risks in pursuit of the highest growth).
Each time a slider was moved, a box to the right offered real-time updates of the projected value of the investment over the specified time period, along with an arbitrary looking metre showing the risk of underperformance.
By hovering over the 'i' button, I could access pointers as to how to lower that risk.
Clicking 'See Your Plan' took me to a detailed breakdown, featuring pie charts depicting regional allocations and the percentage of investment in cash, cash equivalents, corporate and government bonds and shares.
Hovering over the information button next to the projected value brought up a further explanation of what that value meant and the benchmark data it was based on. It explained the Wealthify fee of 0.7% per annum and average fund manager charges of 0.17% per annum. A table showed the annual charge reduced to 0.6% for investments over £15,000 and 0.5% for those over £50,000.
If you decide to proceed with that plan, seven questions determining your investment style follow. These include likely withdrawals, the impact of losses and the value of other external savings.
If the responses indicate personal damage may be caused by potential losses, the choices presented are to either reduce payments or exit. However, if they are deemed slightly inappropriate for the chosen investment style, the site advises amendments but allows you to proceed anyway.
I selected an 'ambitious' plan, which matched my answers to the questions, and invested an initial £100 plus a first £50 top-up thus far. Before the money could be invested, I had to send a photo with a witnessed proof of identification, and wait for a letter with a code so I could prove my address. The process from first visit to the website to the first investment can be completed in three to four days.
I can log in to see the value of my plan, which having been invested for around 10 days has increased by 0.07%, or 18p. I can see a breakdown of regular transaction receipts, indicating what I am invested in. I can also see a percentage breakdown of each type of investment and fund.
My intention for this ISA is as a rainy day fund, and for that purpose, I found the process fitting. However, the information obtained before accepting my investment was scarce. It did not rule out the possibility of a prospective customer, consciously or otherwise, selecting the responses they knew would match their chosen plan rather than the other way around. For that reason, I would be hesitant about using the service for larger investments.