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Home Complaints about judicial officers Complaint case studies
Information gathered from these documented complaints benefit the development of future education programs. Some common complaints examined by the Commission include:
Failure to give a fair hearing
Apprehension of bias
Substitution for appeals
Failure to act in a judicial manner
Rudeness during a sentencing hearing
Making inappropriate comments
Asking inappropriate questions
Complaint about a retired judicial officer
Allegations of failure to give a fair hearing is one of the most common grounds of complaint (see also Apprehension of bias). An unsuccessful party to legal proceedings or a person who represented him or herself in court often make this type of complaint.
Complaint 2013–14
The complainant, who represented himself, complained that the Supreme Court judge hearing his case had denied him procedural fairness and made a wrong decision.
The Judicial Commission's examination: The Commission reviewed the transcript of the hearing and the judgment. The examination revealed that the judge had dealt with the proceedings fairly and objectively and there was no evidence to support the allegation of misconduct. The Commission found that the decision made regarding the application before the court was within the discretion of a judicial officer and did not raise questions of misconduct under the Judicial Officers Act 1986. The Commission also noted there was an adequate right of appeal available to the complainant and in those circumstances the Commission was required to dismiss the complaint. The complainant and the judicial officer were advised of the Commission's decision and the reasons for it.
The complainant was represented by a solicitor. He appeared before a magistrate in the Local Court to answer criminal charges that the police had laid. He complained to the Commission that he had not received a fair hearing. This was because the magistrate had allegedly discriminated against him and had not allowed him to raise questions that he wanted the police to answer which he had previously sent to the court for the magistrate to ask.
The Judicial Commission's examination: The Commission reviewed the transcript of the proceedings and the documentary material that the complainant provided. The examination revealed that the magistrate had been fair and objective throughout the proceedings and there was no evidence to support the allegation of discrimination. In its advice to the complainant that the complaint had been dismissed, the Commission particularly noted that if there were questions that the complainant had wished to be asked of the police, he should have instructed his solicitor to ask those questions in cross examination of the police witness, as it is not the role of a judicial officer to cross-examine a witness.
Allegations of an apprehension of bias is one of the most common ground of complaint (see also Failure to give a fair hearing). An unsuccessful party to legal proceedings or a person who represented him or herself in court often makes this type of complaint.
The complainant represented himself in apprehended violence order (AVO) proceedings. He alleged that the magistrate was biased, did not listen to his side of the story, and made an order not based on the evidence before the court.
The Judicial Commission's examination: To examine the complaint, the Commission reviewed the sound recording of the proceedings and the court file. As with a number of complaints that come before the Commission, in this matter, the complainant misunderstood the way in which judicial officers are obliged or entitled to perform their duties. Court cases commonly, and typically, involve a judicial officer preferring the evidence of one party or witness to the evidence of another. The losing side can misconstrue that process as bias or prejudice. In this complaint, the judicial officer had carefully considered the evidence before the court, and preferred the evidence that the applicant for the AVO had presented. As part of the examination, the Commission also noted that it does not have authority to review judicial decisions, including findings of fact and law. That is a matter for courts of appeal and is recognised in the provisions of section 20 of the Judicial Officers Act 1986. This requires the Commission to dismiss complaints summarily where there is an avenue of appeal or review available. The Commission dismissed the complaint because there was no misconduct and an adequate appeal right existed to the District Court.
A complaint is often made that a judicial officer made a wrong decision. This type of complaint is usually made when a party to litigation is aggrieved by an unfavourable decision but, for one reason or another, does not wish to appeal to a higher court. Such a complaint is dealt with on its merits, but the Commission cannot correct an allegedly wrong decision. A court of appeal is the appropriate avenue for determining whether the judicial officer made an error in law or fact or if there was a miscarriage of justice.
The complainant represented herself in AVO proceedings. She alleged that a magistrate did not listen to her side of the story and made an order not based on the evidence before the court.
The Judicial Commission's examination: The Commission dismissed the complaint after reviewing the sound recording of the proceedings. The Commission noted that the complainant had a right of appeal to the District Court against the magistrate's decision. People who are not satisfied with the outcome of a case often make a complaint to the Commission instead of lodging an appeal. The Commission's role is to examine complaints about ability or behaviour. It does not have authority to review judicial decisions, including findings of fact and law. That is a matter for courts of appeal and is recognised in the provisions of section 20 of the Judicial Officers Act 1986, which requires the Commission to dismiss complaints summarily where there is an avenue of appeal or review available.
The complainant, a solicitor representing a client in criminal proceedings, alleged that the magistrate had made a series of errors concerning evidence given during the hearing.
The Judicial Commission's examination: The Commission dismissed the complaint after reviewing the sound recording of the proceedings. The Commission was of the view that the complainant had an adequate right of appeal to the District Court against the magistrate's decision. People who are not satisfied with the outcome of a case often make a complaint to the Commission instead of lodging an appeal. The Commission's role is to examine complaints about ability or behaviour. It does not have authority to review judicial decisions, including findings of fact and law. That is a matter for courts of appeal and is recognised in the provisions of section 20 of the Judicial Officers Act 1986, which requires the Commission to dismiss complaints summarily where there is an avenue of appeal or review available.
The complainant appeared before a magistrate charged with a number of offences. He complained to the Commission that because he had refused to enter a plea he had been taken into custody at the magistrate's direction.
The Judicial Commission's examination: The Commission reviewed the transcript of the proceedings and the judicial officer's response to the complaint. The investigation confirmed that the complainant had declined to enter a plea to the charges. Following an exchange between the magistrate and the complainant about the plea, the magistrate had him arrested and placed in custody, although later directed that he be released without charge. The Commission was of the view that the judicial officer did not handle the situation in an appropriate judicial manner and his action was an error of judgment. The Commission determined that it should not dismiss the complaint and referred the matter to the Chief Magistrate.
The complainant alleged that in a District Court sentencing hearing, the judge had been rude, arrogant and disrespectful to the solicitor representing his daughter and that the sentence imposed was excessive.
The Judicial Commission's examination: The Commission reviewed the transcript of the hearing. The examination revealed that the judge had been courteous, professional and judicial in dealing with both the hearing and the solicitor. There was no evidence to support the allegations. The Commission found no wrong conduct and also noted that there had been an appeal against the sentence to the Court of Criminal Appeal. The Commission was of the view that, as there was no wrong conduct and an adequate right of appeal existed, the Judicial Officers Act 1986 required it to dismiss the complaint.
The complainant, a solicitor representing a client in Children's Court proceedings, alleged that the magistrate criticised her professional conduct in her absence in a matter where an appeal court may read the comments.
The Judicial Commission's examination: The Commission reviewed the transcript of the proceedings and the complainant's submissions. The Commission was of the view that it would have been better had the comments not been made, but they did not constitute judicial misconduct under the Judicial Officers Act 1986. In those circumstances, the Commission dismissed the complaint on the basis that further consideration was unnecessary.
The complainant appeared before a magistrate charged with the offences of failing to leave a licensed premises and behaving in an offensive manner. He complained that the magistrate during the proceedings made offensive comments about his nationality and was biased and prejudiced.
The Judicial Commission's examination: The Commission reviewed the sound recording of the hearing and the judicial officer's response to the complaint. The investigation confirmed that the judicial officer had made a number of inappropriate comments concerning the complainant's country of origin. The Commission determined that it should not dismiss the complaint and referred the matter to the Chief Magistrate to deal with.
The complainant appeared before a magistrate charged with knowingly taking part in cultivating a prohibited plant. At the end of the evidence, his legal representative made a submission that there was no case to answer on the evidence. The magistrate subsequently dismissed the charge on the basis that it could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt. The legal representative requested a certificate under the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967. In declining to grant a certificate the magistrate commented that "on balance I think your client's guilty". The magistrate's comment was raised as the complaint.
The Judicial Commission's examination: The Commission reviewed the sound recording of the hearing and confirmed that the comment had been made. In his response to the Commission, the magistrate acknowledged that his remark was inappropriate for a judicial officer, and acknowledged that he was aware at the time he had upset the complainant. He said he didn't mean to do that and apologised. The Commission determined that the complaint should not be dismissed and referred it to the Chief Magistrate to deal with. The Commission also conveyed the magistrate's apology to the complainant.
The complainant, who was represented by counsel, alleged that a District Court judge, when dealing with an application for variation of bail, asked inappropriate questions.
The Commission's examination: The Commission reviewed the transcript of the short hearing and his Honour's judgment. The examination revealed that the judge dealt with the application and refused the variation that the complainant sought. The Commission, in dismissing the complaint, noted that the judge was entitled to ask the questions and his decision to refuse the application was made in the exercise of his judicial discretion. Accordingly, his conduct during the proceedings did not raise questions of wrong conduct under the Judicial Officers Act 1986 and it was determined that further consideration of the complaint was unnecessary
The complainant alleged that a Supreme Court judge had "systematically and wilfully contrived findings" in a matter which had been before the court several years ago.
The Commission's examination: The Commission made inquiries of the court and was advised that the judge had retired and had not been appointed an acting judge. The Commission has no jurisdiction over retired judicial officers and was required by the Judicial Officers Act 1986 to dismiss the complaint as the person complained about was no longer a judicial officer. While this outcome may be disappointing for the complainant, the Commission has no power to do more about allegations made against a retired judicial officer.


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Black Panther Review
Posted by Editor on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 · Leave a Comment
I'm a white, thirty-something man.
I already knew this, but it's fair to say I didn't quite realise what this meant until I attended the european premiere of Marvel's latest comic book yarn Black Panther.
And I probably still don't.
As with most superhero origin stories, Black Panther begins with the death of our protagonist's father.
Apparently, a man isn't a man until his father dies… thanks for that Stan Lee.
This isn't really a spoiler though, as T'Challa's father T'chaka died in a previous Avengers film – with director Ryan Coogler's stand alone movie filling in the blanks between then and now.
With his father gone, T'Challa is now heir to the throne of Wakanda – a technological wonder lying under a cover of misdirection in the heart of Africa.
Our Challa is also in line to be the next Black Panther, sort of an African Iron Man for the uninitiated – like me – who know jack about comic books, who uses his homeland's superior technology to help maintain law and order to the peaceful climes of Wakanda.
T'Challa isn't the only one who wants to rule over Wakanda though, and when a mysterious stranger challenges our hero to combat, it's not only the future of Black Panther that's at stake, but also his past.
Directed and co-written by Coogler, the man behind Creed and the heartbreaking Fruitvale Station, Black Panther is the latest superhero off the never-ending Marvel production line.
This one is a little bit different though, as its inspiration lies in African and African-american culture.
Which probably shouldn't be a groundbreaking idea in 2018, but it's hard to escape the conclusion that it is.
In a lot of ways, Black Panther is no different from any other Marvel superhero film.
It looks and sounds spectacular, but the formulaic three act arc won't surprise anyone with a pulse and you'll see most plot twists coming long before they arrive.
In other words, just like any other superhero film.
What sets Black Panther apart is its source material, which pits traditional African culture against the more modern incarnation created by African Americans.
Most importantly of all, this story is told by people from these cultures – both in front of and behind the camera
Before watching Black Panther, I wouldn't have given much thought to the significance of this.
Having seen it in a crowd where I was the minority, I'm in no doubt about the importance of owning your own stories – even if they're fictitious.
Of course, this alone isn't enough – so it's a good thing Coogler has come up with a very watchable movie too.
Chadwick Boseman reprises his role as the Black Panther, Lupita Nyongo'o plays his secret agent love interest and regular Coogler muse Michael B Jordan gets to go bad as the ridiculously monikered – and coiffed – antagonist Erik Killmonger.
Acting aristocracy Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett make up the on screen royalty, middle earth alumni Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis provide some laughs and Letitia Wright as T'Challa's little sister Shuri steals the show as a sort of 'Q' type character for her crime fighting brother.
There are more than a few echoes of James Bond, with one scene looking like it was lifted straight out of Skyfall, as well as a tribal nod to The Lion King, which makes Black Panther a little too derivative to be a great film for me.
But then Black Panther wasn't made for me, and that's kind of the point.
Pretty much every superhero film ever made has had an audience who looks a lot like me in mind when it was being produced, but the times they are a-changing.
Coming hot on the heels of last summer's smash hit Wonder Woman, hopefully this increasing diversity at studio level is a reflection of our own societies' evolving inclusivity.
Because sometimes, a good superhero film can be even greater than a great one.
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Giuseppe Paratore (Palerme,  - Rome, ) est un avocat et homme politique italien. Député, sous-secrétaire et Ministre des Postes et Télégraphes dans le Royaume de l'Italie. Il a été membre de l'assemblée Constituante, Sénateur à vie de la République et Président du Sénat.

Biographie
Né à Palerme d'une famille originaire de Milazzo il a été secrétaire spécial et exécutant testamentaire de Francesco Crispi.

D'idées libérales, il fut élu pour la première fois député du Royaume en 1909 dans le collège de Milazzo, battant Ludovic Fulci du parti de Giolitti. Il est réélu député continuellement pendant six législatures jusqu'en 1929.

Il occupa les charges de Sous-secrétaire pour l'industrie, Commerce et Travail et commissaire à l'approvisionnement des matières premières de janvier à juin 1919 dans le Gouvernement Orlando et ensuite Sous-secrétaire aux Colonies de mars jusqu'à mai 1920 dans le Gouvernement Nitti II.

Il a été Ministre des Postes et Télégraphes du même Gouvernement Nitti II du  au  et Ministre du Trésor du Gouvernement Facta II.

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Our new research has found that noise from human construction projects can disrupt the schools that are so impressive in marine fish, now available open access in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. It's also our first paper on seabass, and the first time we've used marine fish in the lab.
Human activities, like spreading cities, transport and construction, generate a lot of noise that travels faster in water than in air. But cohesion and coordination in fish schools are essential in helping some animals avoid predators and exchange information socially. Recordings of pile-driving, used in the construction of marine infrastructure like windfarms and piers, were played back to small schools of seabass. 450 individual fish were tested in shoals of four individuals each, in the aquarium at the University of Bristol. The fish became less cohesive and coordinated during the playbacks, compared to when only normal ambient sea sounds were played to them.
Now changes due to noise are established in the lab, the next step is to test this under natural conditions.
Here's the experiment with the fish tracking data superimposed
Here's one of the biggest effects we detected: the fish slow down much more in the pile-driving playback
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Is Gossip Good for Your Health?
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Aug. 17, 2005 — -- If knowledge is power, then gossip is powerful currency -- traded daily on high school phone lines and at the supermarket check-out lines.
"The best piece of gossip always has a little hint of scandal involved," says Paula Froelich, a columnist for the New York Post's "Page Six." "And it's also pretty salacious. And at some point your mouth drops and you go, 'oh no she didn't!'"
While Mom always said "No one loves a busybody," some scholars believe gossip is a healthy, essential tool in helping people work together and defining the rules of the tribe.
"If we listen we can learn what people find offensive or what people find acceptable, what they don't find acceptable," says Dr. Sarah Wert, a research psychologist. "So to that extent, it's a way to learn how to be a better social actor."
When asked, 64 percent of gossip mavens said they learned something while they exchanged secrets, saying the information applied to their life.
Even ancient societies loved to dish. Egyptologists recently uncovered hieroglyphics which contain sensational gossip about everything from the baldness of the queen to the sexual orientation of the king -- and perhaps even who was trying to kill the king.
"Ascension was very important in ancient Egypt, so which queen is actually going to get her son on the throne is something that will turn up as well in the gossip texts," said Lisa Schwappach-Shirriff, an Egyptologist with the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum.
Five thousand years later, researchers studied gossipers from American middle schools to villages in Newfoundland. They found amazing similarities between then and now.People can spend up to two-thirds of their conversational time gossiping -- and men love it just as much as women. The accuracy of the gossip may not matter as much as how often you engage in it.
"Gossip humanizes people," Froelich said. "And when people on the street can be like, 'oh, she's rich, she's beautiful, she's famous, she seems to have everything, but oh wait, her fiancé cheated on her too, hmmm …'"
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Plane crash near Glenwood Springs that killed family of four blamed on pilot's decision making, weather
The 2017 crash of a single-engine airplane near Glenwood Springs, killing a Fort Collins family of four, was caused by the pilot's decision to fly into weather conditions he was not rated to handle and his lack of pre-takeoff planning, federal investigators said this week.
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Report finds pilot at fault in crash killing Colorado family
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NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Acclaimed art critic and author Jed Perl will serve as juror for the 24th annual Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University's acclaimed art competition and exhibition, which opens Saturday, April 14, and runs through June 10 in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, SFA's historic art gallery in downtown Nacogdoches.
Texas National features an assortment of art, including photography, painting, sculpture and mixed media, according to John Handley, director of SFA galleries. This year's exhibition includes more than 65 pieces of art by 65 artists from 19 states.
This year's exhibition will also include entries by four current SFA art students, Austin Cullen, Jacob Moffatt, Tracey King and Erik Ordaz, whose work Perl selected for the competition.
The School of Art's annual juried competition and exhibition attracts entrants from across the United States, providing artists an opportunity to have their work juried by highly regarded artists and critics, such as Perl, Handley said.
"Texas National is about as wide open as you can get, and it is always exciting to see, not only the diversity of works, but how each exhibition is entirely different due to the individual juror's tastes," Handley said.
The event opens with the juror's talk at 5 p.m., followed by a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., during which time competition winners will be announced.
"The competition is open to all media except for video and performance," Handley explained. "The juror is tasked with sifting through an enormous amount of entries to select up to 100 works of art for the exhibition."
The exhibition is chosen from online entries. However, the winners are chosen by the juror in person, and the top three receive cash prizes.
Perl, a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books, has been called by poet John Ashbery "an almost solitary, essential voice." And a reviewer in the Atlantic, writing about "Magicians and Charlatans," Perl's most recent collection of essays, observed that he "may be the finest American critic at work today in any field."
Perl was the art critic for The New Republic for 20 years and a contributing editor at Vogue for a decade. Among Perl's many books are "Antoine's Alphabet: Watteau and His World," "Eyewitness: Reports from an Art World in Crisis" and "New Art City: Manhattan at Mid-Century," which was a 2005 New York Times Notable Book. He is also the editor of "Art in America: 1945-1970," a 900-page anthology that he edited and introduced, published by the Library of America. He has written for The New York Times Book Review, Harper's, The New Criterion, The Threepenny Review, The Yale Review, Salmagundi and many other publications.
He is the recipient of awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy in Rome, the Leon Levy Biography Center at the City University of New York, and the Ingram-Merrill Foundation. He has appeared on "Charlie Rose," "The McNeil/Lehrer NewsHour" and CNN, as well as National Public Radio. He is a professor of liberal studies at The New School in New York City where he lives.
The exhibition and reception are sponsored in part by the SFA Friends of the Visual Arts, Nacogdoches Junior Forum, The Flower Shop and R&K Distributors, Inc.
The Cole Art Center is located at 329 E. Main St. For more information, call (936) 468-1131.


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import { arg, Command, format, getSchemaPath, HelpError, isError, loadEnvFile, logger } from '@prisma/internals'
import chalk from 'chalk'

import {
  executeSeedCommand,
  getSeedCommandFromPackageJson,
  legacyTsNodeScriptWarning,
  verifySeedConfigAndReturnMessage,
} from '../utils/seed'

export class DbSeed implements Command {
  public static new(): DbSeed {
    return new DbSeed()
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(a) Will he inform this House on yearly basis from 2006 to 2009 all the loans taken in dollar terms or equivalent in dollar terms which the interest is greater than 3% along with the name of the lender?
All loans taken in dollar terms or equivalent in dollar terms which the interest is greater than 3% along with the name of the lender from 2006 to 2009 are given in Annexure I, which was tabled.
Total domestic and foreign debt service payments (Amortisation and interest) are given in Table I below.
*Data from 2006 to 2008 are actual data and from 2009 to 2015 are based on the existing Debt Stock as at end 2008.
Details are given in Table II as indicated below.
(iii) the Government's forecast for revenue for 2010 to 2015?


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Home > Insights > 2020 Review: The French Toy Industry is Doing Well
2020 Review: The French Toy Industry is Doing Well
Despite an unpredictable year and a Christmas season down 2% due to the pandemic, the toy industry proves its resilience
Paris: 12 January 2021: According to The NPD Group's Retail Tracking Service, which accounts for 86% of toy sales in France, the sector was down 1.5% in 2020. The last quarter, which alone accounted for 55% of sales, was down 2.2% mainly due to the closure of physical stores.
This very good result, which was unexpected even a few weeks ago, does not, however, take into account the strong growth of online marketplaces and the direct sales of manufacturers on their own websites. Florent Leroux, President of the French toy association (FJP), welcomes this assessment: "The French toy market has once again made it through this 'annus horribilis,' proving that toys are still an integral part of children and families' daily lives; and even more so during this troubled period. Consumers responded in spite of the sanitary crisis by shopping in stores before and after closing, and by buying online or click and collect during closing periods."
For his part, Philippe Gueydon, co-president of toy retailers' association (FCJPE), notes that the year 2020 confirms consumers' commitment to brick and mortar retail. Volumes were down 8% with an increase in the average price of 7%, from 16.74 euros to 17.83 euros. This appreciation can be explained by a different mix of products purchased this year (more expensive products and fewer impulse purchases at low prices).
A look back at an unpredictable year
2020 was a bumpy year, as it has been in many sectors. After finally catching up with the losses of the first lockdown thanks to a growth of 14% between mid-May and the end of September, the market showed a decline of 1% in the first nine months of the year. "During the two lockdowns, families rediscovered the pleasure of playing together, and continued to shop online and in supermarkets in the spring, but these sales have not been able to compensate for all the purchases usually made in all distribution channels." explains Frédérique Tutt, Global Industry Advisor for The NPD Group. "Similarly, the forced closure for four weeks of stores (specialists, multi-specialists and the non-food aisles of the hypermarkets) in the middle of Christmas preparations resulted in a loss of 257 million euros in sales; a loss that could not be compensated despite record weeks at the announcement of the reconfinement and the reopening on 28 November."
Philippe Gueydon says: "The business model of the future is emerging with digital sales at a high level since stores reopened at the end of November." Due to the good performance in December, toy stores were able to catch up with some of the delay due to administrative closures. This decline was 20% on the first of December, ending at 13% at the end of the year excluding online sales, and 9% including online sales (source FCJPE). Hypermarkets limited their losses to 8%.
Total online sales accounted for 32% of total toy sales in the first 9 months of the year, a record jump of 6 points from 2019 and a 27% increase in sales.
Christmas 2020: three super-categories stand out
The big winners of 2020 were board games and puzzles. Having posted double-digit growth in the spring, they ended the year up by 10%, gaining two points of market share and increasing from 16% of total sales to 18%.
Youth electronics also ended the year up 6% while building sets grew 5%, boosted by new products for young and old fans alike.
Other categories stood out: fashion dolls with a 27% growth, reusable compounds and sculpture kits at +7%, and educational games as a whole (games for infants, preschoolers, scientific games, music …) at +4%.
Top 10 best-selling toys – total sales 2020 (in value)
Rank Item Manufacturer
1 The Story Box Lunii
2 Kidicom Advance Vtech
3 Kidizoom Duo DX Vtech
4 Super Mario Brothers Adventures Starter Pack The LEGO Group
5 Payday Hasbro
6 Uno Mattel
7 Furreal Friends Cubby The Curious Bear Hasbro
8 Kidi Secrets Selfie Diary Electronics Pink Vtech
9 Monopoly Classic Hasbro
10 Specials Plus Playmobil
Source: The NPD Group – Retail Tracking Service – January 2020 – December 2020
Like Lunii and its story box, which was the best-selling toy in 2020, French toys remain important to consumers, representing 14.4% of 2020 sales.
A growth outlook for 2021
The year 2020 has allowed the toy industry to recruit new players who have discovered or rediscovered the value of play and its benefits for young and old alike. This additional potential of players and the discovery of additional opportunity to play together in 2020 should bring growth to the toy market in 2021, especially compared to an unfavorable history due to lockdowns.
In 2020, French consumers also expressed their concerns in favor of sustainability across a large number of categories. This trend is expected to continue and expand in the toy market in 2021 at least from a packaging standpoint.
On the licensing side, which accounts for 22.4% of total toy sales, the closure of cinemas will be felt at least at the beginning of the year, and could consequently lead to a strengthening of toy brands as in 2020.
"The entire Toy sector remains optimistic for a market rebound in 2021 that should take place as early as the second quarter and continue for the rest of the year," concludes Florent Leroux, President of the FJP.
Stay current in your industry
The NPD Group: Canada Toy Industry Retail Sales Continue to Grow in 2022
The NPD Group: U.S. Toy Industry Retail Sales Flat in 2022
The NPD Group Presents Twelfth Annual Toy Industry Performance Awards for The Americas


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For all the intensity of the Cascadia rivalry, Portland's famed Timbers Army got points for cleverness. MLS newcomer New York City fans were credited for knowing the game. Veteran Sounders reserve keeper Troy Perkins appreciates the humor from the stands at Kansas City's Sporting Park. Switzerland native Frei said some places even heckle him in Swiss German.
And there's one market where the opinions unite.
"Believe it or not, the meanest place has been Salt Lake," Frei said. "I was very surprised with that."
That was echoed by some Sounders coaches and field players, and very much so by Perkins.
"The worst is Salt Lake," he said. "I actually had to tell a security guard he'd better grab me before I went into the stands because of some of the things they were saying."
It's a familiar issue to Sounders FC general manager Garth Lagerwey, who spent seven seasons at Real Salt Lake before moving to Seattle in January.
"Utah itself is a very red state," he said. "(But the Salt Lake City) counterculture sometimes manifests itself as anti the Mormon Church, and the Mormon Church, of course, discourages obscenity and vulgarity, as common society does. If I had to suppose, it's folks that have something to say, and that's the one point in their lives where they got to say it. There's a little bit of anti-religious zealotry, if you can have such a thing."
Lagerwey also notes a factor less societal and more practical: The architecture of Rio Tinto Stadium places seating sections tight along the end lines. That's very different from BC Place in Vancouver — where the Sounders won on Saturday, 2-0 — where there is a large gap in the seating bowl directly behind the goals.
Starfire Sports Stadium, which the Sounders use for U.S. Open Cup and the Sounders 2 USL team, has no permanent end-line seating. However, there is another factor that mitigates that.
"The opposing team can often be so close to the beer garden there," said Tom Conquergood, vice president of the Gorilla FC supporters group. "And generally what we try to do is keep yelling the commands that the goalkeeper is giving to his defense, over and over again, so it gets confusing."
Frei and Perkins each mentioned alcohol's role in what they hear from the stands. But the type of heckling Conquergood mentioned isn't the kind that draws complaints from most players — or the league office.
Lagerwey mentioned that organized chants that include profanity do get the attention of MLS commissioner Don Garber — especially on nationally televised games.
Still, Lagerwey is a relative newcomer to Seattle soccer culture, and he has generally avoided the role of language police. One reason is because Sounders supporters have formalized ways of policing themselves.
"There's an ECS security team that's present for the march, that's present for every match," said Tom Biro of Emerald City Supporters. "If somebody says, 'Hey, I'm having a problem,' or somebody's saying something specific, or something racist or whatever that may be, we absolutely tell people to flag one of the security folks. ... We try to be as vigilant as possible about that sort of thing: It's not something we tolerate."
Regardless of what is being yelled, Dutra's advice to his keepers is the same: Tune it out.
"You just have to say, 'Narrow your focus. Just worry about what you're doing. Don't give them anything,' " Dutra said. "As you get older, then you begin to talk with them, be friends with them or whatnot."
Both Seattle keepers are veterans: Frei in his seventh MLS season, Perkins in his 10th. However, both say they don't engage much. When they do, they pick their spots.
"Sometimes the ball will go out of bounds, and if you're up you can always turn around and give them a little cheeky smile or you just nod your head like you know what they're saying," Perkins said. "But in general, you just ignore them."
Frei said the best time is after the final whistle, when the scoreboard already has had the last word.
"You win the game and you can just turn around and just pump your fist," he said. "They've got no response to that: You just won the game and beat them. That's usually pretty sweet."
The Seattle Sounders newest signing, Xavier Arreaga speaks with the media on his first day with the team
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Sounders look at friendly with Borussia Dortmund as a chance to catch their breath
By Andrew Hammond
The Sounders take on German club Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday; it's the middle game of a three-games-in-a-week span. Expect to see Seattle's young players.
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ASP.NET/ADO.NET: Handling many database connections inside a .NET Object?
We have a .NET object that does a lot of reading/writing with the database. Throughout the life cycle of this object (or the asp page that uses it), it may hit the database with a query/update anywhere from 1 to 10 times.
Instead of opening and closing a database connection every time the object needs to hit the database, it simply opens a connection to the database during instantiation and then closes the connection during the object's termination event. Is that a bad practice?
The assumption was that since the object hits the database every time it's instantiated (and usually multiple times), it would be better to just open a connection at the beginning of the object's life and then close it at the end.
The other alternative is to open and close the database connection before and after each query/operation.
What's the best practice here in order to maximize performance?
****update**** Thanks for the tips guys. Can anyone speak more to the method of opening/closing a connection inside an object's instantiation/termination events and the repercussions of doing so?
Open an close the connection as needed. ADO.NET has built in connection pooling that works. You will not notice any performance issues unless you are doing this in a loop with thousands of open/closes.
edit See Should I persist a sqlconnection in my data access layer? for more information as to the pitfalls of connection persistence.
To add to the trust in connection pooling argument - holding the connection open for longer than needed can actually decrease overall performance, as the connection pool can't share that connection to other components needing a DB connection.
So, yes, open and close the connection as needed. Though, it'd be even faster if you could batch your queries into a single exec call.
Even when ado.net does NOT actually close the connection, when you do: Conn.Close() it executes "sp_reset_connection" at the server, even when sp_reset_connection is a lightweight store procedure, it generate some network traffic. So for example, i would not recommend closing and opening the connection inside a loop.
I am implementing the parallel DC3, pDC3 algorithm from this paper: http://algo2.iti.kit.edu/sanders/papers/KulSan06a.pdf.
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We are no longer growing sweet corn in 2018. We had to cut back for health reasons, as we can no longer work as long and as hard as when we were in our 40's. We don't know how to delete this page on our web site. So until we get technology help, some of this information will remain. At least you have our advice on cooking and freezing corn, and a recipe. In fond remembrance of all the good years of sweet corn.
Use a large Dutch oven kettle. Fill it with water to a depth of 2 inches and bring to a boil. You'll need to add water occasionally to maintain this depth.
Place 3 or 4 ears in the boiling water and stack another 3 ears in a second layer lying across the first. Cover the kettle.
After 3 minutes, pull the bottom layer to the top with a tongs and cook another 3 minutes.
Remove immediately and place in a sink full of ice water to cool. Or, working outside, use a large tub that you fill with your garden hose. The water needs to be maintained as cold as possible, so turn the hose on frequently.
Remove the corn from the cooling tub after 5 minutes, or just before you bring the next hot batch to cool.
Cut the corn from the cob with a very sharp knife. Cut off only ¾ of the kernel, then remove the rest by scraping the cob with the back of your knife. This is the sweetest part, and is vital to your cream style product.
Corn can be cut into a cake pan and scooped into freezer bags as the pan fills.
Place filled bags in a single layer on a cookie sheet and freeze immediately.
Husk corn, trim off tip and stalk to fit the pan. Use a large Dutch oven kettle and fill water to a depth of 1 inch. Bring to boil and add corn in two layers, with the top layer criss-crossing the bottom . Once the water boils again, boil for 5 minutes. Halfway through that time, pull the bottom layer to the top, so both layers get some time in the boiling water.
Our super sweet corn has so much flavor, you don't even need butter or salt. Try it and you won't have to feel guilty about eating a half dozen by yourself.
Under the tap, warm block of corn just enough to slip it out of the freezer bag.
Place "block" of corn in shallow pan under low heat and add ¼ to ½ cup milk.
Cover pan and slowly cook, flipping the block of corn as you would a frozen package of hamburger, scraping off the corn as it thaws.
Result: cream style sweet corn as though it came right from the stalk. Enjoy!
Prepare 4 cups corn, cooked and cut off the cob, add ½ cup milk. If using frozen corn thaw in 1/2 cup milk.
Pour hot corn into the egg mixture and then pour this into a greased 1½ quart casserole dish.
Top with 1 cup soda cracker crumbs or ½ cup Grape Nuts, ½ cup sesame seeds, or sunflower seeds. Ground golden flax seeds work, too.
Bake at 350 for one hour, uncovered, and enjoy!


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Due to technical difficulties beyond their control the management has announced that the movie will not be shown this weekend, April 5-7, at the Memphis Cinema. As well, there will not be a movie shown next weekend, April 12-14, due to the school play production.
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REVIEW: Bring Me The Horizon "Come Of Age" At Monumental Royal Albert Hall Show
Tomas Doyle 23 April 2016 at 09.11
Exceptional.
Bring Me The Horizon and PVRIS played London's Royal Albert Hall in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust last night. Here's what we learned on a special, special night.
TONIGHT, 'WE' ARE TAKING OVER TOWN
The Royal Albert Hall might be one of the most beautiful, prestigious venues in the world, but tonight it belongs to the rock kids. As much as anything, this evening is a slap in the face for people who look down on rock, metal and punk and assume it lacks the sophistication or artistic nous to warrant access to the highest halls in the land. Watching a sea of black hoodies pile through these grand Victorian doors tonight is proof that we can belong anywhere we want to.
AS A SPECTACLE, BMTH WITH AN ORCHESTRA TAKES SOME BEATING
Finally, as the lights dim and The Parallax Orchestra take up their positions, the excitement in the room is at fever pitch. But while BMTH walk on stage to deafening applause tonight, they head straight to their positions and get down to business.
Business, it turns out, begins with a swooning, enveloping rendition of 'Doomed', all rising strings and choral flourishes. It is the first sign that tonight is going to be something really rather special.
THE VOLUME OF WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THESE ARRANGEMENTS IS INSANE
Let's be clear, adding a 60-piece orchestra to your sonic palette is no mean feat, and tonight is a demonstration of the work BMTH - and especially, it has to be said, Jordan Fish - are prepared to employ to fulfil their creative vision.
The cymbal accents of 'True Friends' are embellished with hair-elongating violin trills and the emphatic sucker punch of 'Happy Song' is bolstered by sinister blasts from the brass section, but perhaps surprisingly - on a night dominated by material from 'That's The Spirit' - it's 'It Never Ends' which truly steals the show in its first live outing for two years. Monolithic brilliance.
OH, BUT THIS IS STILL A ROCK SHOW
We might be in a room that is more used to holding The Last Night Of The Proms but there is no mistaking what tonight is all about. It takes less than three songs before the floorboards are creaking under the weight of the first wall of death. Lovely stuff.
You can donate to Teenage Cancer Trust at their website, by buying any of these CD/DVD packages from the show or texting 'REACH' to 70500 (UK only, see full terms and conditions).
PVRIS WILL BE THE NEXT BAND TO PULL OFF A FEAT LIKE THIS
Warming us up tonight, the Massachusetts mob look every bit at home on in these surrounds. And even though the choir stalls and orchestra seats on stage around them are empty for now, Lynn Gunn's once-in-a-generation voice makes them a more than fitting hors d'oeuvre for the main course.
OLI SYKES' SINGING IS SUPERB
Yes, we've all seen the chatter about whether Mr Sykes is really delivering his lines without some pre-recorded assistance, but let's get it straight: tonight the most iconic frontman of his generation doesn't just step up to the plate, he smashes every piece of crockery in sight.
Surrounded by brilliantly trained musicians of all creeds, he holds his own. Bravo, lad.
Breathtaking. ��@bengibsonphoto
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TONIGHT IS A REAL MARKER IN THE HISTORY OF THIS BAND
Forget, for a second, the major festivals that BMTH will inevitably headline in the near future, tonight was the night the quintet showed everyone how far they have come from the deathcore days of old.
They might not be the first band to play with an orchestra ('S+M', anyone?) but the journey they have taken to scale musical heights that they comprehensively conquered tonight should be an inspiration for any band wondering just how much you can do with a few guitars and a microphone.
This was BMTH coming of age and showing, conclusively, that they are not content with just being the biggest British rock band of their era, but that creatively, their aspirations are well beyond the horizon.
Words by Tomas Doyle, photos by Ben Gibson.
There are full photo galleries of Bring Me The Horizon and PVRIS online, too!
Tomas Doyle


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Matchday Report: Roots SC Stay Alive with Dramatic Win in San Diego
Bokila's penalty kick in second-half stoppage time earns 4-3 victory for visitors at Torero Stadium
SAN DIEGO – Jeremy Bokila scored from the penalty spot in second half stoppage time to lift Oakland Roots SC to a 4-3 victory against San Diego Loyal SC on Sunday afternoon at Torero Stadium in a game that saw the visitors lose a two-goal lead in the final 15 minutes before grabbing all three points to remain alive in the race for the fourth and final playoff place in the USL Championship's Pacific Division.
Oakland's victory combined with Tacoma Defiance's 3-2 win against the LA Galaxy II leaves both Roots SC and Tacoma a point back of Los Dos for fourth place with one game to go in the campaign, with Oakland set to host Sporting Kansas City II in his home finale on Saturday night.
The game opened evenly as SD Loyal looked to control the tempo while Roots SC tried to break quickly into attack, but the first good look on goal came for the hosts in the 14th minute when Collin Martin drove a long-range free kick that was parried into the air by Oakland goalkeeper Paul Blanchette and claimed at the second attempt.
Augustine Williams also tested Blanchette with a low shot a couple of minutes later, but the Sierra Leone international struck to put the hosts ahead in the 17th minute when Corey Herztog received a throw-in from the right and cut through two defenders as he approached the right edge of the penalty area and drove a low cross that was tucked home by Williams toward the back post inside the six-yard area.
San Diego almost added to its lead six minutes later when Williams delivered a low cross from the right that found Jack Blake for a first-time finish that was parried away by Blanchette, while Oakland had a chance to level in the 34th minute as Jose Hernandez controlled inside the penalty area after an attempt to clear was blocked and fired to the right corner, only for SD Loyal goalkeeper Austin Guerrero to get down to save.
Roots SC pulled level 10 minutes before halftime, though, as San Diego defender Callum Montgomery tried to play a pass back to Guerrero from the right side of the penalty area but misjudged the angle and sent his pass off the inside of the left post and into the net. The visitors then took the lead seven minutes into the second half as after a cross from the left was cleared by SD Loyal's defense, Oakland recycled possession to the top of the penalty area where Jesus Enriquez curled a shot from 20 yards just inside the left post.
Roots SC's Akeem Ward then topped Henriquez's finish in the 58th minute as a quick pair of passes by Wal Fall and Hernandez played him into the left side of the penalty area, where Ward flicked the ball over his defender and volleyed home left-footed into the top-left corner of the net for a two-goal lead.
The hosts almost pulled a goal back in the 66th minute when a corner kick from the left was redirected into the path of Alejandro Guido inside the penalty area, setting him up for a shot that was parried wide of the left post by Blanchette. Enriquez then forced a good save at the other end as he created space for an effort from the left side of the penalty area that was saved by Guerrero as he shot to the far post.
SD Loyal made it a one-goal game with 13 minutes to go, however, as Williams controlled a cross from the left by Elijah Martin and rifled a finish home on the half-volley into the right side of the net as Blanchette got an arm to the effort but was unable to keep it out. The game then began to get stretched as the host went after an equalizer, and Oakland almost restored its two-goal advantage three minutes later when Johnny Rodriguez fired a shot from the left side of the penalty area that was saved at the near post by Guerrero.
With four minutes to go, however, San Diego pulled level when after Williams had gone for a volleyed finish that caromed off a defender, the ball came to the feet of Hertzog, who played a deft finish with the outside of his right foot from the left side of the penalty area into the bottom-right corner of the net.
In the aftermath of the goal, Oakland was reduced to 10 men as Tarek Morad was sent off for abusive language, giving SD Loyal a man advantage. But as the game moved into second-half stoppage time Roots SC was handed a chance to regain the lead when Rodriguez broke onto a header into the penalty area from a long free kick and was brought down by Guerrero for a penalty kick. Bokila stepped up to the spot and shot high into the top-left corner past the dive of the goalkeeper to restore Roots SC's lead.
San Diego pressed forward in search of another equalizer in the remaining minutes, but couldn't find a clear chance to square the game as Roots SC saw out the victory and kept itself in the hunt for a postseason place going to its final game of the regular season.
Matias Fissore, Oakland Roots SC – Fissore had one assist and had a stellar game in the center of midfield for the visitors, completing 37 of 44 passes and four key passes while making nine recoveries defensively.
SD – Augustine Williams (Corey Hertzog) 17'
OAK – Callum Montgomery (Own Goal) 35'
OAK – Jesus Enriquez (Matias Fissore) 52'
OAK – Akeem Ward (Jose Hernandez) 58'
SD – Augustine Williams (Elijah Martin) 77'
SD – Corey Hertzog 86'
OAK – Jeremy Bokila (Penalty Kick) 90+3'
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Dawn Diimmler Photos: Full Story & Must-See Detials
Eric Italia | Feb 26, 2018 5:40 pm
Dawn Diimmler, a 44-year-old former Lexington County high school administrator, has been charged with sexual battery of a student. She turned herself in to Columbia police on the morning of Saturday, February 24.
Diimmler, a former Airport High School assistant principal, was fired by the Lexington 2 school board on February 12 after she was accused of having sexual intercourse with a 19-year-old student.
According to various reports, Diimmler was accused of having sex with the unidentified student at the school twice during a three-month relationship.
via WLTX:
Diimmler was fired by Lexington School District Two earlier this monthly following claims of an "unprofessional relationship" with a student. She had worked at the district since 2012.
In a bond hearing Saturday, a judge gave Diimmler a $30,000 bond, and said she is not to have contact with the victim and she needs permission to leave the state. Diimmler was released from the Richland County Jail on Sunday. Airport High School Principal Brad Coleman has been placed on paid administrative leave during this incident.
The district has not yet said why he was placed on leave.
Airport High School is located in Cayce, South Carolina.
This is the latest in a string of teacher sex scandals over the last couple of years. In November, Tennessee teacher Janet Smothers was arrested. Former nutrition teacher LaToya Parker was also arrested for a relationship with a student. Florida teacher Caroline Lawson was charged with sexual assault. 26-year-old Allyson Moran was also arrested for similar crimes. The 23-year-old high school teacher Katherine Ross Ridenhour was also arrested for an inappropriate relationship.
Furthermore, Hunter Day, 22, was also arrested after a sting operation. Megan Kotarski was also arrested on similar charges. Michelle Schiffer, a 23-year-old history teacher in Texas, was also charged and arrested for allegedly having sex with a teenage student. 29-year-old Alyssia Marie Reddy was arrested in Maryland for her crimes in New Jersey. Samantha Fitzgerland, a 28-year-old, was most recently arrested and charged. Jordan Ondish was arrested for her inappropriate relationship with a 19-year-old, while 28-year-old Samantha Fitzpatrick was arrested on similar charges.
Nicole Marie Andrews was arrested as well. 32-year-old Jessica Langford was arrested and charged with sexual assault-related crimes as well. A teacher from Oregon, Andrea Baber, was accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. Robin Dunlap, a teacher in Florida, was arrested for sending illicit photos to a 15-year-old boy in Texas. Teacher and tennis coach Jennifer Olajire-Aro was also charged. 42-year-old Heather Butts of California was arrested on a second-degree felony charge. Nancy Leigh Ann Brann, a former Christian school teacher, was arrested for having sex with a student. Coine Audiat pleaded no contest to having sex with a minor in 2016. 23-year-old Darci Lake was arrested for an inappropriate relationship.
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This sprawling resort is set on 28,000 acres of natural forest in The Woodlands, Texas, about 30 miles north of Houston. Home to 402 rooms and suites, The Woodlands Resort caters to everyone from families to wedding parties to business travelers. All accommodations are outfitted in earth tones of tan, mocha, gold, beige and white and include in-room iPad minis, minifridges, Keurig coffee makers and Bath & Body Works toiletries. Some spaces also come with a balcony or patio. Additional amenities for guests of all ages (including two golf courses, five pools with hot tubs and waterslides, a lazy river, 21 tennis courts, a spa and more than 200 miles of jogging and bike trails) can be found outside the rooms. Plus, couples and business travelers have access to 60,000 square feet of event space. Hungry guests have plenty of dining options, too. The Woodlands boasts four eateries, ranging from a steakhouse to a casual cafe. Overall, visitors were pleased with this resort, citing its excellent service and plethora of amenities as highlights. But some warn that the pool can get crowded and to get a lounge chair you may need to wake up early to claim one.
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This will be a new feature that will be added on the blog! It's more of a personal touch about my life and my thoughts. I started two podcast this year High Heels and Hot Topics with my blogger friend Lillie of Jerseyfashionista as well as Chastity's Vibe. Chastity's Vibe is a raw podcast recorded on the go! The topics are things that I am dealing with and what I do to get myself through it. High Heels and Hot Topics is all about women empowerment topics and touch of fashion and beauty.
My first podcast is called Let The Fear Go. Struggling with something that you want to do? Are you doubting yourself or second guessing the path to move forward. How fear can hold us back unless we recognize it and let it go.
This is such a great idea for a podcast. My sister and I host one and ours is only minimally edited. I'm a fan of the more raw style of conversation.
Congrats on your first podcast! It's extremely inspirational. I hope you get lots of listeners.
This is a great idea, sharing your own life experience can be so helpful for your readers!
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Learning to Love the Modern
By Martin Wilcox | 16 August 2017 | 0
First Impressions.
Hi, my name is Nicole and I am a self-confessed modern art-phobe. Which probably isn't the easiest thing for an art historian to admit. After dedicating my academic career to the study of ancient art, I confess I find it hard to rationalise the graceful forms of the art of the ancient world with that of Tracy Emin's unmade bed. Because of this the Henry Moore Institute isn't at first glance the ideal fit for me to undertake a placement. The Henry Moore Institute, located in the heart of Leeds city centre, opened on the 22nd of April 1993 as part of the Henry Moore Foundation; established by the English sculptor in 1977. A native of Leeds himself, Moore wished to encourage the appreciation and study of sculpture in Britain and the Institute is now regarded as one of the world leaders in the study of art history, promoting the role of sculpture as central to this. While the Institute interrogates sculpture in all geographical and historical forms, its focus remains on contemporary British sculpture, something completely foreign to my thesis on the reception of ancient art in the 19th century. However, I have always been fascinated with the role that space and experience plays in our understanding and appreciation of art, a theory which has had particular significance on the modern art world. Because of this the Henry Moore Institute provides me an excellent opportunity to widen my field of study as an art historian and gain exciting experience of a research environment.
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. Photo credit: Nicole Cochrane
Interim Thoughts.
The Institute holds a fantastic research library covering many aspects of the study of sculpture, and it's in this library that I spent the bulk of my time on my placement. My activities compromised primarily researching, and becoming very acquainted with the Institute's photocopy machine. Given the mind-blowingly open theme of 'the Sculpture Collection' I was given free rein to throw myself in to the library's vast holdings. My first weeks were spent reading about everything from Sculpture Parks around the world, to Eduardo Paolozzi's extensive toy and model collection and Ai Wei Wei's monumental and powerful Straight. This was done in preparation for a conference to be held at the Henry Moore Institute in 2017, on the topic of sculpture collections. A great help in my integration into the Henry Moore Institute has been immersing myself in the exhibitions and public lecture programme run by the Institute. In particular I loved the single sculpture series, in which a single object from the Leeds collection is explored within a single lecture (and often brought into the Henry Moore lecture room to be observed). I felt this was an excellent was of bringing focus to particular objects which might have been forgotten amongst the collection and engaging the public with their city collections.
Final Thoughts.
I was lucky enough to coincide my placement with the exhibition of 'A Lesson in Sculpture with John Latham', from its initial installation, to seeing its public engagement and to its closing weeks occurring concurrently with my own. The exhibition explored the importance of Latham's work in dialogue with contemporary artists, incorporating both installation and performance works. The ability to engage with all the events surrounding this exhibition allowed me to appreciate the complexities of work such as Latham's in a way which would not have been possible as a casual gallery visitor. By the end of my placement with the Institute I had helped contribute to an exciting future project, one which I hope to continue my involvement long after my formal interaction with the Institute. Although I'd still pick a Canova over a Kapoor, my time at Henry Moore helped to show me the exciting opportunities for cross-comparison between the ancient and the modern and the wealth of material that these dialogues bring about. It allowed me to gain an insight into the exciting environment of research institutes and their public output, and taught me most of all that not all modern art is as bad as my puritan heart may have once thought.
I am extremely grateful to the Arts and Humanities Research Council for funding my placement and to all the warm and welcoming staff at the Henry Moore Institute, particularly to Jon Wood, Kirstie Gregory and Elisa Foster for letting me be a part of their team for a short time and for the fantastic learning opportunities they provided me with.
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This exercise (.zengo-undo) involves a series of turns, reversing direction. When applied to Aikido techniques, it models a response to attacks from two or more attackers coming fiom opposite directions. It also models demands from two different jobs or chores that threaten to divide time and attention. Turn completely, directing ki, mind, and attention, strongly forward while remaining balanced and centered. Pattern is "hips-hands-hands-hips."
At count of "One," shift hips forward, then swing arms up, opening hands and extending fingers.
At count of "Two," drop arms back down to sides, closing hands softly; shift hips back. On balls of feet, pivot 180 degrees.
At count of "Three," repeat Step 1, shifting hips forward, then swing arms up, opening hands and extending fingers.
At count of "Four," repeat Step 2, swinging arms back down to sides, closing hands into soft fists; shift hips back. On balls of feet, pivot 180 degrees.
Pushing straight back on chest.
Pushing straight forward at upper or lower back.
Attempting to lift nage from ankle.
The Eight-Direction Exercise (happo-undo) is ikkyo-undo (page 131) or zengo-undo ('Two-Direction Exercise*" on page 134) with a series of turns in "eight" different directions. Like zengo-undo, it models multiple attacks, but from two or more directions.
As in zengo-undo, the point is to turn completely, to direct ki, mind, and attention strongly forward while remaining balanced and centered. The temptation is to leave your mind behind, to split your attention, to be overcome by second thoughts, regrets, the accumulated weaknesses of small failures. Continuing through a series of turns, nage typically becomes more and more unstable, usually falling backwards in response to a test to the chest, having left mind behind.
If you are an advanced student who has forgotten how confusing this is to beginners, do the exercise backwards (stepping back on the ikkyo motion rather than forward).
1. Step forward with LF.
Swing arms up into ikkyo then down.
Turn right 180 degrees stepping into right hanmi (RF forward). Swing arms up into ikkyo then down.
Turn left 90 degrees stepping into left hanmi (LF forward). Swing arms up into ikkyo then down.
Turn left 45 degrees stepping into left hanmi (LF forward). Swing arms up into ikkyo then down.
Turn right 180 degrees stepping into right hanmi (RF forward). Swing arms up into ikkyo', hold position. Uke test.
Start in odd directions to eliminate dependence on a particular wall or direction.
Do it with eyes closed to eliminate visual clues.
If you do this exercise based only on visual clues, you can become so dependent on them that you may be unable to do it in a different space, a different dojo.


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Communities Secretary launches consultation on park home commission fees
Communities Secretary Carl Sargeant today announced a consultation on the reduction or abolition of commission fees on the sale of park homes.
The consultation follows a review of the sector commissioned by the Welsh Government. While the review made several recommendations to improve standards in the sector, barely a quarter of park operators contributed detailed financial information to the review.
Announcing the consultation, the Cabinet Secretary said:
"The review into the industry rightly highlights that commission rates are a complex issue with the potential for significant consequences. I have therefore been considering the matter very carefully before deciding to hold a public consultation.
"I have concluded that we should examine further the level of the commission charged by site owners, but, in light of the very strong representations I have received I am currently of the view that there may be a case to reduce or even abolish the commission, though I will of course want to take full account of consultation responses before coming to a final view.
"The options I will consider will include reducing or even abolishing the commission rate, as well, of course, as retaining the status quo. I would therefore like to invite the park owners to let me have the evidence which they believe would justify the latter option, but I sincerely hope all interested parties will take advantage of the opportunity this consultation will provide to submit further information and scrutinise the available evidence."
Informal engagement will begin immediately and the formal consultation will be published as soon as possible.


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Q: IOS Quartz 2D drawRect and Resizing I'm using an app called Quarkee to convert a logo from SVG to Quartz 2d code, which works a treat. Only problem is I can't seem to figure out how resize the result. If I set the frame of the UIView, the result from drawRect stays huge in the frame. How do I get it be the size of the frame I'm setting?
An example of the out is below.
Can someone help?
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{

CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGColorSpaceRef colorspace_1 = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
CGFloat components_1[] = {0.9961,0.9961,0.9961, 1.0000};
CGColorRef color_1 = CGColorCreate(colorspace_1, components_1);
CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context,color_1);

CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 0.4960,0.1090);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,662.9260,0.1090);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,662.9260,227.8780);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,0.4960,227.8780);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,0.4960,0.1090);
CGContextClosePath(context);

CGContextFillPath(context);

A: The solution here was to use view.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(0.5f, 0.5f); to resize the view

A: Take a look at these values:
CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 0.4960,0.1090);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,662.9260,0.1090);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,662.9260,227.8780);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,0.4960,227.8780);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,0.4960,0.1090);

when the drawRect method is called you can use self.bounds to take the current rect of your view and adjust those values according to it. You say you have generated this code from a application - those apps usually hardcode the size of the graphics you have drawn, when generate code, so you must see what is the relation between these values with the actual size of the image you have drawn and make them dynamic according to the self.bounds size...

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