A new bar has opened for business in the neighborhood. Located at 4000 Adeline St., the new addition is called Hometown Heroes East Bay.
The new sports bar, which has an outpost in South San Francisco at 303 Grand Ave., took over the space that used to be home to Propaganda.
Stop by to catch a game and chow down on bar bites like wings, a quesadilla, a fried chicken sandwich, fries and more. Additionally, you'll find Likha, a Filipino pop-up, churning out items like pork belly sisig rice with braised pork belly, eggs, fresh onions, cilantro and lime.
With a four-star rating out of six reviews on Yelp so far, the new bar is getting solid feedback from clientele.
Mary F., who was among the first Yelpers to review the new spot on June 25, wrote, "A gem that has opened up in Emeryville- Hometown Heroes is a neighborhood bar with local/Bay area vibes, strong drinks, and there's even Filipino food being served by Likha."
Yelper Leme K. added, "I hope this place stays open. This corner spot can be hard to attract foot traffic but after reading this review, I hope you'll make a visit. This place has super friendly people with the chill Bay Area Attitude and upbeat environment."
And Victor G. wrote, "Hometown Heroes takes up Propaganda's space [and the] interior/exterior are basically the same. There are 5 flatscreens now and not a lot of seating. Offerings: 8 craft drafts, 12ish can drafts, artisan cocktails and Filipino eats."
Head on over to check it out: Hometown Heroes East Bay is open from 4 p.m.-midnight Monday-Thursday, 4 p.m.-1:30 a.m. on Friday, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m.-midnight on Sunday.


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Poetics and Jazz of Compassion Presented with a Creatively Maladjusted Twist
Detail of "Big Band" portrait by Leroy Neiman used as part 1 of special series of posters for Jazz Appreciation Month. Among iconic talents seen here are: Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, and Louie Armstrong.
April, when both Jazz Appreciation Month and National Poetry Month are observed, is always a special time at Bright Skylark Literary Productions. This year it is doubly special because in addition to featuring several re-posts of classic articles and essays about poetry and jazz on this site, we have also teamed up with our Charter for Compassion partners to present the timely new 4-part series: Poetic Traditions of Compassion and Creative Maladjustment.
The celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month actually got underway with Jarreau Jazz-riff Earth-tunes for the Angel of Compassion, the poem and essay published in tribute to the late great Al Jarreau after his passing earlier this year. Jarreau in recent years had been among the headliners for the annual International Jazz Day concert and one of the premier talents of the modern jazz era. You can check out part 1 of the tribute by clicking here and part 2, which includes the poem, by clicking this Postered Poetics artwork:
"Jarreau Jazz-riff Earth-tunes for the Angel of Compassion" JAM 2017 tribute to Al Jarreau in conjunction with National Poetry Month and Earth Day.
A Confluence of Compassionate Sensibilities
In addition to commemorating NPM 2017, the series showcased on the Charter for Compassion website does two important things:
1) It explores the conceptual relationship between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s call for a creative-maladjustment approach to civil disobedience and author Karen Armstrong's recommended strategy for living a compassion-empowered life.
2) It utilizes as lens through which to examine poetic traditions of compassion, short biographical profiles of the Sufi genius Jalal al-Din Rumi, the great Pulitzer Prize-winning Harlem Renaissance and Chicago Renaissance poet Gwendolyn Brooks, and the Prague, Czech Republic-born author of Duino Elegies, Rainer Maria Rilke.
You can begin enjoying the series by clicking either of the following graphics:
"Love is the bridge between you and everything." quote by Jalal al-Din Rumi. Postered Poetics by Aberjhani.
Author-Poet Aberjhani is currently completing a book of nonfiction narratives addressing race relations, histories of erasure, the cultural arts, and practices of slavery in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia, USA.
Jarreau Jazz-riff Earth-tunes for the Angel of Compassion: Essay with Poem (part 1 of 2)
"Jarreau Jazz-riff Earth-tunes for the Angel of Compassion: Essay with Poem (part 1 of 2)" Postered Poetics art graphic for essay and poem by Aberjhani.
The first time I became aware of the name Al Jarreau was when receiving a letter (of the old-school variety penned by hand) from a former college roommate exclaiming how thrilled he and his girlfriend had been to attend one of his concerts. Despite my former roommate's enthusiasm, which rarely bubbled over so heatedly for anything other than football and slightly-older women, I did not really understand all the fuss over Jarreau.
Then a couple of years later, in the early 1980s, I got to see the rhythm-bending phenomenon myself in Berkeley, California, on a bill that also featured Carlos Santana and Frankie Beverly and Maze. The world by then had come to know him as the Grammy Award-winning talent behind the albums Look to the Rainbow (1977) and All Fly Home (1978). For my part, I finally got to experience the truth of a statement Jarreau would make many years later:
"I have missed the boat over my career by not doing every second or third CD live, because things happen on stage that don't happen in the studio." (Al Jarreau Biography.com)
By its accommodating democratic nature, live jazz is often a music of improvisation. And by his brilliant fluid aesthetics, Al Jarreau was able to adapt his vocal vibrations to whatever genre he chose. But he was also, in essence a flesh, blood, and soul embodiment of jazz. It would not be absolutely wrong to describe him as a male Ella Fitzgerald or as a contemporary Cab Calloway, both of Harlem Renaissance fame, rolled into one. It might be more accurate, however, to say he was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of talent.
Among the things to which he alluded that could "happen on stage" was for him to suddenly turn his chest and rib cage into a drum set, transform his clapping hands into tambourines, or absorb an inspiration from the improvisational moment and blast it out of his lungs like a laser cannon lighting up multiple Sonny Rollins solos.
Two phenomenal musicians: Al Jarreau and Randy Crawford. (Getty Image photograph by Sean Gallup)
What happened on the stage was the kind of inexplicable enchantment that made music journalists rush to describe the "quintessential jazz musician" who could duplicate the superlative performance of a brilliant quartet, or even an entire orchestra, with just his singular voice and body carved from music. Think of him this way--Al Jarreau did not just perform his music: right before your astonished eyes and heart he brought it to kicking, shouting, dancing, holy cosmic life that left you breathless with wonder.
Forced to Make a Difficult Decision
The horrible dilemma with which I had to deal the night I saw Jarreau at the Berkeley Coliseum was that he had already been onstage for an hour, took a very short break, then came back for an additional set that lasted even longer. Dependent as I was on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) subway system to get me back to San Francisco, I could not ignore the fact that it was close to midnight and, according to my schedule, the last train to the city would leave at that time.
Thoroughly immersed in the essential work of channeling raw creative energy into musical genius, the singer himself clearly had no use for clocks or schedules and the band seemed happy to match him song for song. Knowing no one from whom I could beg for a ride if I chose to stay, I forced myself to leave and head for the subway.
Just as I was about to enter the station some blocks away, something incredible caught my attention. It was his voice. Whether due to the unique acoustics of the coliseum or the undiminished intensity of his performance, I could still hear him. It was if the night itself with the surrounding buildings, street lamps, trees, and sweet cool air had become his microphone and speakers. I smiled, then laughed out loud, and then laughed some more while simultaneously trying to sing along with him and hurry down the subway steps.
NEXT: Jarreau Jazz-riff Earth-tunes for the Angel of Compassion: Essay with Poem (part 2)
©February 2017
Author-Poet Aberjhani is currently completing a book of nonfiction narratives about race relations, histories of erasure, the cultural arts, and practices of slavery in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia, USA.
3 Poems about 1 Phenomenal President
"Poetry empowers the simplest of lives to confront the most extreme sorrows with courage, and motivates the mightiest of offices to humbly heed lessons in compassion." Postered Poetics by Aberjhani.
In the debate over the potential repeal of the American Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, mainstream media commentators commonly refer to the law as President Barack Obama's "signature achievement." Whether you describe that tendency as guerrilla decontextualization or simple disrespect, it mostly adds up to a miscalculation of the assessment of President Obama's impact on American and world history.
Said assessment is one which historians will be determining for decades, but for now, by way of introducing the 3 poems that will soon follow, it is enough to note that the American Care Act is only one of many key achievements spearheaded by Mr. Obama on behalf of his American constituents and his fellow leaders in the global community. How is it commentators so easily overlook the fact that under his leadership a downward spiraling recession which nearly brought the country to its red, white and blue knees was effectively strategically reversed, dropping unemployment figures from double digits to when he took office to the current figure below 5 percent? How can they so casually forget that his accomplishments earned him the Nobel Prize for Peace?
Historic 2009 Black History Month American Legacy Magazine cover by artist Allan Burch featuring President Barack H. Obama (center), and pictured in the background starting from the left going clockwise: Malcolm X, Mary McLeod Bethune, Frederick Douglass, and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Original source: http://allanburch.blogspot.com/2009/02/barack-obama-for-american-legacy.html
That he became the United States' first African-American president at the age of 47 is possibly less remarkable than the full two terms during which one generation was born, and another grew into maturity living without the assumption that a black American president––this one accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama and their two daughters–– was by default an anomaly. The observation is more than just the most commanding fact to cite for Black History Month every year from this point onward. It is one of the most compelling arguments for ramping up improved lessons worldwide in diversity, cultural literacy, and peaceful coexistence.
Add to the above the skillful application of leadership principles employed by Mr. Obama to repair diplomatic abroad and whether storms of race-fueled violence at home. Look closely at the risks he took in effort to achieve a diverse workforce with appointments of women, gays, Latinos, Asians, and African Americans to influential offices. And although he obviously boasted a bit when it came to his role as Commander-in-Chief, he was amazingly effective in his position as Chief Comforter following some of the most horrendous natural and man-inflicted disasters in history.
Of the poems below, the first was written to commemorate Barack Obama's historic 2008 election to the presidency. The second and third were written as it became apparent that his presidency was going to meet with serious oppositions of every kind: political, racial, personal, military, betrays, and more. Each of the poems are available in the pages of The River of Winged Dreams.
Hope and Audacity Revisited
The poem titled "There Upon a Bough of Hope and Audacity" was first published in The Savannah Herald after Barack Obama's first election to the U.S. presidency. Ironically enough, the poem proposed that Mr. Obama was not to be compared to the great Abraham Lincoln, and yet one of the more noted responses to his re-election in 2012 was a challenge much like one Mr. Lincoln faced a century and a half ago. It was the challenge, whether symbolic or literal, of a growing call for different states to secede from the U.S. President Obama's re-election was by no means a given. The battle to win was as epic a political struggle as America has ever seen, but U.S. citizens in the end made their choice clear:
There Upon a Bough of Hope and Audacity by Aberjhani originally published in the Savannah Herald to commemorate Barack Hussein Obama's first presidential inauguration.
Songbird of speckled feathers and new millennium eyes,
you trill notes of democratic vistas heavy with light.
Chords of miraculous notions enrich your blessed voice
with power to sing dreams into deeds well done.
Above your head Sallie Hemings' children laugh rainbows.
You are neither Christ nor King nor Lincoln.
But what you are is willing, capable, and sincere,
there upon a bough of hope and audacity
as branded by history as any have ever been.
Knights of global tables toast the lyrics of your vision.
A grand son of two continents, your heart marches
to the glorious world beat of universal drummers,
and your American dream dutifully follows: one step
for peace, another for justice, two more for strength.
Harriet Tubman's tears splash prayers for your success.
From where you perch, the trade winds of destiny
lift your songs like leaves of silken prophecies,
scattering the soft true gold of their melodies and joy:
to their rhythm a world sways, hums, and dares to believe.
Angel of Hope's Persistent Flight
"To continue one's journey in the darkness with one's footsteps guided by the illumination of remembered radiance is to know courage of a peculiar kind––the courage to demand that light continue to be light even in the surrounding darkness."
--Howard Thurman
Wreaths of nuclear ash
decorate civilian hearts
with unresolved blood.
Greed, crowned emperor,
rules the earth with cold disdain
for harmony's path.
War poisons the land
like diseased minds downloaded
into bowls of tears.
Chaos, loving none
so much as itself, slurps and
spits dead souls like bones.
What is belief now?
What is faith that will not die?
What news from heaven?
In midnight's orchard
rose's blossom the secrets
that heal daylight's wounds.
Beats of broken hearts
flow waves of revelation––
open gates to strength.
Cradled in scorched arms,
a soldier's moon keeps its vows––
shines persistent hope.
This love that God is
curves in figure eights greater
than both time and space.
Death wins nothing here,
gnawing wings that amputate––
then spread, lift up, fly.
(Postered Poetics title art graphic for Midnight Flight of the Poetry Angels by Aberjhani.)
"It was a savage scene, and we stayed there for a long time, watching life feed on itself, the silence interrupted only by the crack of bone or the rush of wind, or the hard thump of a vulture's wings as it strained to lift itself into the current, until it finally found the higher air and those long and graceful wings became motionless and still like the rest."
––Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father
What once was blood streaks
your face with indigo tears
and lush midnight tunes.
Holding silver hands,
you compose a Tao of art
that heals broken wings.
Lips glow violet,
open to reveal tongues bright
with pearl metaphors.
A speckled halo
handcuffs the world's best liars
to soft dark passions.
Music's sweet labors
give birth to a springtime rush
of sighs rippling dreams.
Out of your mouth rhymes
blossom like warm paradigms
already in flight.
Golden, your songs,
and noble; spinning stars on
their axis of love.
On faith's battered back
calm eyes etch prayers that cool
a nation's hot rage.
Inside these scarred hearts
genius flows incandescent
waves of truth made real.
Hope drowned in shadows
emerges fiercely splendid––
boldly angelic.
(The River of Winged Dreams)
From the History Channel: "The 44th President: In His Own Words"
Author-Poet Aberjhani is currently completing a collection of nonfiction narratives on the cultural arts, history, race relations, literature, and social and political conditions in Savannah, Georgia (USA).
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Take Uniqlo. The Japanese clothing giant this week unveiled a warehouse in Tokyo that's almost entirely powered by robot technology.
The system is so effective that it's enabled Uniqlo to remove 90 percent of the people that worked there before the warehouse was given its high-tech makeover. The company also notes how the warehouse has the potential to operate nonstop around the clock, save for the occasional maintenance work.
A video (above) of the warehouse in action shows large robotic arms moving sets of crates onto conveyor belts, where they join others whizzing their way to storage or for further sorting prior to shipping.
The technology scans electronic tags for identification and also to confirm the site's stock numbers and other data. Prior to shipping items, Uniqlo's system uses cardboard to wrap the products before sticking on delivery labels.
The video shows just one human worker, placing a red garment into a cardboard box. No, it probably won't be too long before the remaining employees receive a tap on the shoulder from a robot that can do the job more far more efficiently. Though probably not this one.
The new warehouse was designed and built in partnership with logistics company Daifuku. Uniqlo's parent company, the aptly named Fast Retailing, plans to invest 100 billion yen (about $890 million) to convert all of its warehouses in Japan and the 11 countries around the world where it operates.
Another high-profile company that's steadily introducing robot technology to its warehouses is Amazon. Digital Trends took up a recent invitation to see one of its high-tech sites in operation, and we were blown away by what we saw. Check out the thousands of so-called "drive units" that carry products around the warehouse and which are described by the company as "great dancers" for their remarkable nimbleness as they navigate their way around. Alongside the robotic drive units, Amazon's facility in Kent, Washington, still employs several thousand humans, though further technological advances will see that figure fall over time.
So, warehouse jobs are pretty much taken care of. Check out what other jobs may be on the line as robots continue to get smarter.


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Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, leader of the IS in the Greater Sahara, eliminated by French forces
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The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, announced this morning that the terrorist group Islamic State leader in the Greater Sahara, Adnan Abu Walid al Saharaui, was "neutralized" by French military forces.
"This is another great success in our fight against terrorist groups in the Sahel," wrote the French president on the social network Twitter.
Lehbib Ould Ali Ould Said Ould Yumani or Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi (Abu Walid), a Sahrawi Islamic militant, is the leader of the recognized foreign terrorist organization (FTO) Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISBS). The IGBS emerged when Abu Walid and his followers split from the splinter Al-Qaeda group, Al-Mourabitoun.
Abu Walid first took an oath of allegiance to his ISIS group in May 2015, and ISIS confirmed his pledge in October 2016. The ISBS group is located primarily in Mali along the Niger-Mali border. The group had claimed responsibility for several attacks led by Abu Walid, including an attack on October 4 2017, on a joint US-Niger patrol in the Tongo Tongo region of Niger, near the border with Mali, which killed four American soldiers and four Nigerian soldiers.
On May 16, 2018, by special order number 13224, the US Department of State declared Abu Walid a particularly dangerous international terrorist. The IGBS qualified as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) according to section 219 of the Immigration and Citizenship Act.
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Fox will bow to The Passion on Palm Sunday
Passion players Trisha Yearwood, Tyler Perry, Chris Daughtry.
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Grease is the word this Sunday (Jan. 31st) on Fox, but the network also is planning a blessed musical event for Palm Sunday.
Live from New Orleans on March 20th, it's The Passion. Fox just announced that Latin heartthrob Jencarlos Canela will star as a singing Jesus Christ. Others on board include Trisha Yearwood as Mother Mary and former American Idol finalist Chris Daughtry as Judas. Actor/producer/director Tyler Perry will host and narrate the two-hour production.
Fox publicity materials say the "epic music event" (7 to 9 p.m. central) is set in modern times and "will unfold live at some of New Orleans' most iconic locations, while featuring a procession of hundreds of people carrying a 20-foot, illuminated cross from outside the Superdome to the live stage at Woldenberg Park on the banks of the Mississippi River." It's all from Dick Clark Productions.
CBS has announced the post-Super Bowl 50 guests for Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He'll be joined on Feb. 7th by Tina Fey and Margot Robbie (stars of the upcoming feature film Whiskey Tango Foxtrot), Will Ferrell (plugging Zoolander 2) and Key & Peele (plugging Keanu).
Colbert, still trailing NBC's Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon by substantial margins in both total viewers and advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds, is hoping the added exposure will give him a boost. It's the first time a late night show has been the post-Super Bowl attraction.
Donald Trump is busy doing something else, but NBC is going ahead with an eighth edition of Celebrity Apprentice hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The newly announced 16 contestants include two former star running backs who graduated to the NFL after big careers at Texas universities. Former SMU RB Eric Dickerson, who joined Craig James in the school's "Pony Express" backfield, will compete for Arnold's favor along with ex-Texas Longhorns RB Ricky Williams, who earlier won the Heisman trophy.
The other celebrities -- and the term has to be used rather loosely -- are Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Carnie Wilson, Vince Neil, Chael Sonnen, Porsha Williams, Laila Ali, Boy George, Brooke Burke-Charvet, Matt Iseman, Carrie Keagan, Carson Kressley, Lisa Leslie, Kyle Richards and poor Jon Lovitz.
Arnold's "advisors," most of whom more famous than many of the celebrities, are Warren Buffet, Tyra Banks, Jessica Alba and Patrick Knapp Schwarzenegger, the host's nephew.
A new kiss-off tagline will have to be deployed. Perhaps Arnold will declare "You're terminated." Or maybe he'll opt for the gentler "You won't be back." NBC hasn't announced an air date yet.
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The Zürich OpenAir had 2016 over 60.000 visitors. The "Dance Circus" stage was designed from Leo Hermann from Lumenlabor. The design idea based on a light tunnel and hold over 220 light fixtures . Lumenlabor use for the first idea to the final renderings the Stage Plugin . Lumenlabor export the Stage Design from Cinema 4D to Vectorworks and the fixtures into the GrandMa Console.
Lumenlabor build own stage resources like the backdrop generator or Layher elements and share them in the stage online storage.


This session aims to bring together scientists working on crustal deformation processes, their monitoring and interpretation. In this section we are seeking contribution both from geodetic, computer vision and modeling community to analyze and interpret observations from InSAR, GPS, pixel offsets in imagery data and other modern geodetic methodologies.
The detection of crustal deformation allows uncovering spatial and temporal patterns of subsurface processes such as fault slip, magma intrusions and volcano activity, occurrence of land subsidence, as well as liquid and gas reservoir changes. Modern sensors allow long-year measurements of crustal deformation processes at unprecedented and steadily improving spatial and temporal resolution. Recent advances of processing techniques and combinations of the deformation data with independent ground truth data permit through inversions indirect source quantification and theoretical and conceptual model developments.
Due to improved satellites and higher resolution processing, combined with modern techniques of numerical modeling and inversion, it is now possible to investigate parameter as characteristics of the source of deformation, rheologic behavior of the surrounding rocks, effects of fault complexities and complex heterogeneous mechanical properties.
Digital signal processing and the improved spatial/temporal resolution of geodetic measurement inspire more sophisticated interpretation of these long time-series, with an analysis of time-dependent processes with the far field goal to provide new tools for the assessment of natural hazard and mitigation/monitoring of human activities as mining or wells operation.


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"...Novgorodsky interpreted the work with passion, exquisite simplicity and dazzling technique..."
"...[He] played the work as though he had written every note himself, and his virtuosity was so great that beauty and clarity generated their own electricity. Those who attended the concert,
and there were several new faces in the audience, can congratulate themselves that they heard Chopin played as
it should be, and possibly never better..."
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lavish technique and
plush tone, skirting any hint of pounding, and a sense of give and take..."
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notes he released in
the first movement cadenza showered the landscape with
unforced brilliance..." "...The contours thus respected, the
movement proceeded with compelling inevitability to its
resolute conclusion.
The explosion of applause and cheers
left no doubt about the audience's enthusiasm for an exciting venture..."


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LOGISTICS CONSULTING
INDUSTRY BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
We have been carrying cargoes to 54 countries worldwide on three continents for more than 24 years
Bei-Trans is a family-owned company that has been providing international cargo carrying services for over 20 years.
The company's history of transportation business began in 1996, when the first trucks were purchased for its major activity – mineral water distribution. Further this line-of-business was transformed into a separate type of service.
The company has initially chosen its own special path and emphasized on the exclusive personalized experience and finding the best solution for each client.
Good reputation and high quality of service contributed to the upswing of demand for services, so it was necessary to involve partner carriers vehicles. Thuswise another kind of activity appeared in the company portfolio – the freight forwarding. Afterwards, to meet the growing needs of customers, we opened new destinations – maritime and rail transportations.
The advantageous geographical location at the intersection of trade and economic routes between Europe and Asia, the North and the South has led us to a particularly good understanding of the business cultures and mentalities of these regions, and due to historical circumstances our qualified personnel are bilinguals and often polylinguals, so this our special feature helps us to come to an understanding with our partners.
Bei-Trans has two business offices at the present time: in Lviv (Ukraine) and Warsaw (Poland). The company carries cargoes to 54 countries worldwide on three continents.
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The company mission is to optimise the logistics efficiency of our partners.
We have always been and are the most customer-oriented company. It is important for us to work honestly and openly, to use our competence and expertise to make our partners' business even more performant and competitive.
An essential component of success is our team. Being united by common goals and values, we make the impossible possible. Each team member goes all out, does his or her part of the work deliberately and carefully, and as a consequence, we obtain the significant results of the joint activity.
SOCIAL AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
Corporate social responsibility within the company functionalize as a built-in, self-adjusting mechanism that allows to control and provide support of the law, ethic and international norms. Bei-Trans is responsible for the impact of its activity on the environment (by using of vehicles that meet high environmental standards), consumers, its own employees and other members of the public sphere.
Yesterday logistical mission was replaced by a wider concept guided by social accountability. Therefore, Bei-Trans uses a much narrower and clearer concept than CSR. This approach can be described as LSR or Logistics Social Responsibility. Within the context of this approach, we are focusing our attention on key aspects such as ecology, security and human rights.
We invite you to become the part of the Bei-Trans team, that brings together experienced professionals who are aimed at achieving the best results to optimize dedicated customers' logistics strategy. We work in an atmosphere of mutual assistance and cooperation, united by common goals.
We offer a fair wage and opportunities for your career development.
We esteem everyone's contribution to the company development, so we also invest in staff training and development.
We have the following job openings:
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Успішний досвід побудови та управління процесом закупівель.
Навички ведення ділових переговорів.
Активне залучення постачальників.
Досвід роботи на керівних посадах в сфері закупівель.
Володіння польською мовою буде перевагою.
LOGISTICIAN
Organisation of international freight transportation process.
Operational search of transport.
Carry the car during the journey (location monitoring and timeliness controlling of delivery).
Document management.
Monitoring compliance with the terms of contracts by carriers and customers.
Analysis and pricing of transportation.
LOGISTIC MANAGER
Professional and business skils:
Management experience.
Experience in logistics (will be an advantage).
University degree education.
English and Polish at Intermediate level is required.
Advanced knowledge (Word, Excel, 1C).
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Violet and Prudence Vanbrugh
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Prudence Vanbrugh (1902-1990), Actress. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Violet Vanbrugh (Violet Augusta Mary Barnes) (1867-1942), Actress; former wife of Arthur Bourchier; sister of Dame Irene Vanbrugh. Sitter associated with 58 portraits.
Janet Jevons (active 1920s), Photographers. Artist of 38 portraits.
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Stanley Baldwin begins the first of three terms of government as Conservative Prime Minister following the resignation of Andrew Bonar Law.
Bolton Wanderers beat West Ham United in the first FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. The Cup Final was held at Wembley every year except during the war until 2000.
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Event Industry Opens Up in England, Europe
Event pros in England and Germany are watching as business comes back, but are wary of how attendees will react.
Lisa Hurley | Jul 21, 2020
While much of the U.S. event industry remains mired in the COVID crisis, the story is different across the pond.
Business events and conferences can get rolling in England starting Oct. 1, provided infection rates don't rise, the government announced last week. Soon, officials will work with organizers and venues to launch pilot events to determine how to conduct indoor events safely.
Germany has been permitting events since June. In Berlin specifically, events of up to 500 can take place starting Aug. 1, with counts rising to as many as 750 on Sept. 1 and up to 1,000 on Oct 1.
Governments in both countries stress the need for event organizers to follow strict safety guidelines. Find the English guidelines here. Find the Berlin guidelines here.
GRATEFUL FOR GOOD NEWS The event industry welcomes the good news.
"We are so grateful that live events on a smaller scale have been possible again in Germany since June," says Christian Seidenstuecker, CEO of Bremen-based JOKE Event group and president of ILEA Europe. "We are currently experiencing the transition to a new normality in live communication, in which new and familiar event formats are mixed," he adds. "The more practical experience participants and event organizers gain with event security in the COVID-19 context, the more will be possible--another milestone will certainly be quick tests at events, which we are currently helping to develop for a pilot project called 'Back To Live.' Based on the gained knowledge and experiences, we will implement further live events for business customers this autumn."
"Our VOK DAMS Berlin Office is looking forward to welcoming the world," says Colja Dams, head of international event producer VOK DAMS. With operations dotted around the globe, he sees the event world slowly waking up. "After China opened up again for events in June, European countries are following in July 2020, and VOK DAMS North America is already working on events scheduled in the U.S. from late October 2020."
TIME FOR CAUTION But event professionals are proceeding with caution. "The fact is that nobody wants to be the first 'super spreader,' therefore, nobody is making any major moves so far," notes consultant Matthias Kindler, The Kindler Co., Munich. "'Everything' needs to be digital, but companies are slowly learning what works in cyberspace and what does not. We will see a co-existence of analog events and digital ones in the future--which might be step towards better events that deliver."
The event community in England is cautious as well.
"The British event industry welcomed the news that small events can start to take place soon but are admittedly nervous as to what this will actually mean in practice in view of the restrictions of social-distancing rules," notes Anita Watson, head of Incredible Artists in North Yorkshire. "We have found that some of the small, high-end European events have started to come back in for this autumn, which is encouraging, whilst the British market appears to be taking longer to decide when best to re-open. The question appears to be more, 'Will delegates and audiences feel safe to attend?'"
Event pros must cope with skittish clients.
STRESSFUL SITUATION London-based wedding planner Siobhan Craven-Robins saw all her 2020 weddings postponed till next year, while other planners in her market are seeing a mixed reaction. "Some [couples] have scaled down in order to be able to have their wedding now, some are marrying but planning a reception next year, and many are still postponing or even cancelling as they still want to the wedding they were planning or have tired of the waiting and speculation," she explains. "It has been a stressful time for industry and clients alike. I know some vendors are receiving new enquiries for next year, but they are slow as most couples are waiting to see what further developments there are."
Jon Noonan, group sales director of big English rental company Thorns Group, is hoping for the best.
"We are delighted that the government has made its announcement last week, albeit later than anticipated, that business events can start again from 1st October," he says. "It is with slight trepidation that we start to plan the autumn season, with the impending second wave--it is with cautious optimism that we proceed. Fingers crossed 2020 isn't a total write-off!"
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Ein Bewegungssensor ist ein Bauteil, mit dem eine Lageänderung in eine elektrische Größe umgesetzt wird, die mit geeigneter Beschaltung ausgewertet werden kann. Im einfachsten Fall ist es ein elektrisch-mechanisches Bauteil, z. B. ein Neigungsschalter. Im Allgemeinen werden Bewegungen jedoch als Integration über die Messwerte eines Beschleunigungssensors errechnet, da es für die Messung von Beschleunigungen einfache und billige Sensoren gibt, und die Ergebnisse oft genauer sind.

Häufig werden auch Bewegungsmelder als Bewegungssensoren bezeichnet.

Mechanismus
Die meisten Mechanismen detektieren die Lage des Sensors und schließen eine Bewegung aus einer Lageänderung.
 Ein oder mehrere bewegliche, leitfähige Körper können je nach Lage bzgl. der Gravitationskraft einen Kontakt am Anfang oder am Ende ihres Bewegungsraumes schließen oder einen elektrischen Impuls auslösen:
 Eine Kugel kann an ein Ende einer Röhre rollen.
 Ein auf der Kante stehendes Metallplättchen kann nach links oder rechts kippen.
 usw.
 Ein Lot gibt die Richtung der Gravitationskraft an, eine Wasserwaage den Horizont oder ein Kreisel eine ursprüngliche Lage im Raum; bezogen auf diese können Winkelmesser die aktuelle Ausrichtung bestimmen.
Eine andere Methode ist die Erkennung einer Umweltveränderung mittels (optischer) Sensorik:
 Bewegungsmelder, Lichtschranke, Radar, Lidar
 Optische Maus
 nicht-optisch: Sonar, Ultraschallortung/-sensoren

Zum Teil wird eine Kombination rechtwinkelig angeordneter Bewegungssensoren verwendet, womit eine Lage(änderung) im 2- bzw. 3-Dimensionalen erfasst werden kann.

Einsatz
Eingesetzt werden Bewegungssensoren unter anderem, um Energie zu sparen, wenn beispielsweise die Funktion eines elektronischen Gerätes nur während eines Bewegungsvorganges erforderlich ist und die Energieversorgung durch Akkumulatoren begrenzt ist. Ein Beispiel sind batteriebetriebene Fahrrad-Rücklichter, die sich erst bei Erschütterungen des Fahrrades einschalten. Weiterhin gibt es batteriebetriebene Alarmgeräte (Boxen oder Seilschlösser), die nach Scharfschalten auf Erschütterung akustisch und mit einem Funksignal reagieren.

Schlafphasenwecker wecken den Benutzer in einer Phase, in der er sich bewegt, deshalb genügen hier reine Erschütterungssensoren.

Bewegungssensoren werden auch bei Computerspielen eingesetzt. Siehe Gamecontroller#Bewegungssensoren

Siehe auch
 Lagesensor (Raumfahrt)

Sensor

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what if it's just 'holidays'?
It is rare that I find myself at a loss for words, but today? I'm at a loss. Except for one.
I admit I took a moment to look up the definition of the word taken because today, this is the only word that feels relevant and it feels absolutely negative. But I knew that wasn't right. You can take your child's hand or a compliment, and as I recalled from many of my own experiences, you can take a photo. All good things. I looked it up because all taken stirs up for me today is a negative connotation. This weekend, in Kalamazoo, something very sacred was taken.


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Dee Snider's Strangeland
1998, R, 100 min. Directed by John Pieplow. Starring Dee Snider, Kevin Gage, Elizabeth Peña, Brett Harrelson, Robert Englund, Linda Cardellini.
REVIEWED By Marc Savlov, Fri., Oct. 9, 1998
Strange is an understatement. Who knew the world's first modern-primitive slasher/detective/thriller would come from the thoroughly creepy pen of Twisted Sister frontman (and arch-foe of Tipper Gore and the PMRC) Dee Snider? I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked – not that Snider could write and produce and star in this repugnant freakfest, but that it's so very, very bad. As Snider himself would say, you can't stop rock & roll, but I suspect his film career may be dead on arrival, and not a moment too soon. Mixing genre elements from The Silence of the Lambs, Seven, and various cyber thrillers, StrangeLand is the tale of Captain Howdy (Snider), a deranged online predator who uses teen chat rooms to lure unsuspecting (and inanely naive) high-schoolers to their doom (said doom being set in what looks like a well-manicured suburban tract home). Once he gets them in his clutches, the mohawked-and-over-pierced maniac sews their mouths shuts, subjects them to some woefully unhygienic scarification and home-piercing, and then suspends them from the ceiling. It's nothing you couldn't catch in front of any industrial/gothic nightclub on any given night, but Captain Howdy pushes the boundaries of bad taste by forcing his captives to listen to his bizarre, existential rantings, as he quotes H.G. Wells, Goethe, and others in a stilted, sonorous tone. The horror, the horror. When Howdy absconds with Detective Mike Gage's (Gage) daughter (Cardellini), however, he goes one step too far and the law descends on him like a ton of autoclaves. And then the film really gets strange. It may be your one chance to see the strapping Snider decked in both full piercing accouterments and a hideously cheesoid Mrs. Bates hairpiece (if you're into that sort of thing). Director Pieplow conducts this vanity project with all the suspense of a Pop Tart, replete with shoddy editing and an annoying metallic score by Snider and industro-goon band BiLE. Hackers, and cybernauts in general, will doubtless thrill to the longwinded expositional scenes involving the ins and outs of teen chat rooms, and while the Net predator angle is a good one, Snider's script is a mess, oozing numbingly bad dialogue from every clogged pore. Kudos to Brett Harrelson, who, as Gage's bad-cop partner Steve Christian gets some of the most ridiculous lines in recent movie memory and manages to utter them with a straight face. Genre überstar Englund is on board as a disgruntled redneck, but even he seems to realize the proceedings are well on the road to dumbville. Painful to endure even by modern primitive standards, it's a freaky, funless wreck, intolerable in the extreme.
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Greens: Duke's maligned coal ash handling is typical for industry
Herman K. Trabish
Duke Energy faces criminal charges and a $100 million fine for a 2014 spill of 39,000 tons of coal ash into North Carolina's Dan River but environmental activists say its mishandling of coal ash waste is not atypical of the coal industry.
There are over 1,000 ash pits and closed pits in the U.S., most in the South, Northeast and Midwest, and there have been over 200 incidents of contamination and spills, according to Earthjustice. Duke has 14 coal ash waste sites in North Carolina.
In 2008, a Tennessee Valley Authority coal ash pit breach dumped over 1 billion gallons of sludge. A 2007 Environmental Protection Agency report documented dozens of ecological harms from coal ash, including discolored well water, spills, and deformed and contaminated fish. Selenium at Duke's Belews Lake Steam Station eliminated 16 of 20 lake fish species.
EPA released a final ruling on handling coal ash last December but both utility industry and environmental groups were dissatisfied. It creates requirements and standards for the management of coal combustion residuals (CCRs or coal ash) under Subtitle D of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). That subtitle governs solid waste. There is not yet adequate data, the EPA said, to justify managing coal ash under Subtitle C of RCRA, which pertains to hazardous waste.
"Coal ash is a toxic soup of heavy metals," said NC WARN Energy Expert Nancy LaPlaca. "Pretending it is not hazardous waste is outrageous."
Utilities are "pleased" that the EPA found it did not have adequate information to regulate coal as hazardous waste, explained Schiff, Hardin Partner/Utilities Counsel Josh More. But "EPA is pretty explicit this is not their final determination." It failed, he added, because "it is a self-implementing program."
Charlotte Observer Duke Energy's coal ash mishandling typical for utility industry
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Q: When I use a macro to sort, all references become #REF I built a macro which would automatically sort a large section of cells for me every time I trigger it. Unfortunately, when I run this macro, many of my references are changed from their original (i.e. $B$7) to #REF!. I am wondering if there is something wrong with my macro script or if there is something else I should be looking into. Here's the code:
Sub Sort()
    ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Sort.SortFields.Clear
    ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Sort.SortFields.Add Key:=Range(_
        "Q8:Q1000000"), SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlAscending, DataOption:=_
        xlSortNormal
    With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Sort
        .SetRange Range("Q8:W1000000")
        .Header = xlGuess
        .MatchCase = False
        .Orientation = xlTopToBottom
        .SortMethod = xlPinYin
        .Apply
    End With
End Sub

A: I found a solution. It isn't ideal, though it worked. I changed all my references to absolute, and now when I sort they no longer become the strange null reference #REF!. Given that there were 7 million formulas to edit, I used a macro I found here to speed up the process a lot. Macro provided by mikerickson.
If anyone knows of another solution that is better than necessarily changing all references, feel free to leave an answer for others who may have the same question, though I no longer need any guidance on this issue.
Thanks

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Q: Is there a way to map output of AES algorithm to hex display on nexys a7? I am implementing the AES algorithm on a Nexys A7 and I don't understand how to display the output. How can I display the first 4 bytes or the last 4 bytes of the output on the hex display? I've included the testbench and the AES module.
include "round_last.v"

module AES(key_out, state_out, key_in, state_in);
input [0:127] state_in, key_in;
output [0:127] state_out, key_out;

wire [0:127] key1, key2, key3, key4, key5, key6, key7, key8, key9;
wire [0:127] s0, s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, s6, s7, s8, s9, s_out;

assign s0 = state_in ^ key_in;

//assign state_in = 128'h00_11_22_33_44_55_66_77_88_99_aa_bb_cc_dd_ee_ff;
//assign key_in = 128'h00_01_02_03_04_05_06_07_08_09_0a_0b_0c_0d_0e_0f;

round r1(key1, s1, 4'h1, s0, key_in); //round(rkey, state_out, rn, state, prkey) ;
round r2(key2, s2, 4'h2, s1, key1);
round r3(key3, s3, 4'h3, s2, key2);
round r4(key4, s4, 4'h4, s3, key3);
round r5(key5, s5, 4'h5, s4, key4);
round r6(key6, s6, 4'h6, s5, key5);
round r7(key7, s7, 4'h7, s6, key6);
round r8(key8, s8, 4'h8, s7, key7);
round r9(key9, s9, 4'h9, s8, key8);
round_last r10(key_out, state_out, 4'hA, s9, key9);
endmodule
`timescale 1ns/1ps

`include "AES.v"
module AES_tb;

reg [0:127] state, key;
wire [0:127] s_out, k_out;

always@(state);
AES crypt(k_out, s_out, key, state);

initial #50 ;
initial
begin
$monitor("a = %h, b= %h, c= %h, d=%h", state, key, s_out, k_out);
$monitor("a = %h, b= %h, c= %h, d=%h", state, key, s_out, k_out);
$dumpfile("AES_tb.vcd");
$dumpvars(0, AES_tb);
//#0 state = 128'h00_04_12_14_12_04_12_00_0C_00_13_11_08_23_19_19 ;
//#0 key =  128'h0F_15_71_C9_47_D9_E8_59_0C_B7_AD_D6_AF_7F_67_98 ;
//#0 state = 128'h54_77_6F_20_4F_6E_65_20_4E_69_6E_65_20_54_77_6F;
//#0 key = 128'h54_68_61_74_73_20_6D_79_20_4B_75_6E_67_20_46_75;
#0 state = 128'h00_11_22_33_44_55_66_77_88_99_aa_bb_cc_dd_ee_ff;
#0 key = 128'h00_01_02_03_04_05_06_07_08_09_0a_0b_0c_0d_0e_0f;
$finish;
end
endmodule

A: Instant SoC has a 7-Segment driver. i.e. you can do that with a couple of C++ lines. With the timer etc it is very easy to scroll your result on the display.
Use the class FC_IO_SegmentDisplay. There is an example how to use it.
I have used this on the Nexus A7 board and it is very easy to use.


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> I wanted to use the degrade module with recent ConTeXt and LuaTeX.
> The minimal example from the degrade manual gives an error.
> See the attached log.
> Is there any chance to get the module working again?
still need this very old and hackish degrade module.


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Q: Setting heading colors in AppCompat Theme I am trying to figure out how to set the color for the headings in my PreferenceFragment which uses the new AppCompat theme. An screenshot of my settings Fragment, which extends PreferenceFragment, is shown below:

I can set the color of the ActionBar by using the colorPrimary attribute, and the colors of the primary and secondary text by using android:textColor and android:textColorSecondary attributes, respectively. However, I cannot figure out how to set the color of the headings - any help would be appreciated.

A: Im using this (you can remove .Inverse too):
android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Subhead.Inverse"

In my header Im using the colorAccent, then:
android:textColor="?attr/colorAccent"

All my TextView:
       <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textViewAdvancedSetting"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginLeft="24dp"
                android:layout_marginRight="24dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
                android:fontFamily="sans-serif-medium"
                android:gravity="center_vertical"
                android:text="Advanced Settings"
                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Subhead.Inverse"
                android:textColor="?attr/colorAccent"
                android:textSize="14sp" />

And an image of it (jellybean, kitkat and lollipop), black border is is the emulator:

A: After a lot of searching, I finally figured out that the headings in a PreferenceFragment can be changed by using the colorAccent attribute. Also, since it is an AppCompat theme, Android needs to be removed from the namespace:
<item name="colorAccent">@color/blue_grey_500</item>


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Saving lives through 'Evac' signs
By Hannah Salt on May 2, 2019
A former designer and set builder in WA's south west has invented a device he hopes will save lives during natural disasters, especially fires.
Nik Wynne of Cookernup makes the 'Up and Go Evac Marker' from pressed metal.
It features a sliding cover with two panels underneath – one green, one red.
They are designed to be fixed onto the front of rural properties to let firefighters know there is no-one in the house during emergencies.
In 2016, two lives were lost in the catastrophic Waroona-Yarloop bushfire, which tore through 181 homes and buildings and almost 70,000 hectares of land.
Affected area from 2016 Waroona-Yarloop bushfire.
Local fire and rescue services had the support of other brigades from Margaret River, Busselton and Collie, as well as the Department of Fire and Emergency Services firefighters.
But as each new brigade arrived, houses were unnecessarily checked multiple times as their communication infrastructure had been damaged by the fire.
"I evacuated in the fires, but they just kept coming back and back to check we weren't here," Mr Wynne said.
Having his property next to 80km of bushland, he said he was surprised to find his house still standing after the blaze.
"You evacuate, and you go and stay somewhere, and these people come in for free as a service, and they basically put your house out," he said.
"I'm on 100 acres, everything was burnt… but there was my house, it was really fantastic.
"I just thought, 'who are these people that don't even know you and come along and put your house out', it's unreal."
Up and Go Evac Marker on rural property in Cookernup. Photo: Nik Wynne.
Mr Wynne hand makes the markers which also feature a label on the back to write exact GPS coordinates of the houses on each property.
This allows firefighters to quickly locate people when smoke and flames hinder visibility.
He hopes to eventually put a QR code on the back of the markers.
"This can give the GPS of your house, the GPS of your dam so the firies can get water, and the GPS of a compatible water outlet the property may have," he said.
The markers are now available from the Cookernup General Store.
How the Evac Markers work. Source: Youtube.
Tagged as: Bushfires, rural, safety device, Yarloop
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Aulacocentrum seticellum is een insect dat behoort tot de orde vliesvleugeligen (Hymenoptera) en de familie van de schildwespen (Braconidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd door van Achterberg & He in 1994.

Schildwespen


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Car confidential: Vauxhall gets Clarkson's approval
Here's 18 carat-proof that Vauxhall's renaissance is complete – almost. "The new Astra is a fabulous piece of design, as handsome and as 'right' as any Ferrari. And it has an air of quality you wouldn't expect from a Vauxhall."
That tribute did not gush from a Griffin insider, but from a man who point blank refused to test drive the original Vectra, as a TV audience of millions squirmed. Yes, Jeremy Clarkson has fallen in love with the three-door Astra. And sources vow the Astra is no blip, but the shape of things to come.
It's safe to say Clarkson won't be falling in love with the Vectra anytime soon, but it's soon to become a little more loveable. Funkier, Astra-style lamps transform the Vectra and Signum this autumn, as part of a mid-life makeover. The suspension is overhauled, cabin materials upgraded and a pumped-up Vectra VXR unleashed.
Sadly, the 212bhp twin-turbo diesel concept engine is on hold for now, so it's petrol power only from the 2.8-litre V6 turbo used in Saab's 9-3. The 260bhp Vauxhall has a slight power advantage, though.
The Meriva is next for the VXR makeover in spring 2006, with a deep bodykit, mesh-filled grilles and pram handle wing transforming the anonymous family wagon into a Max Power wannabe. Power comes from a 1.6-litre, producing an impressive 180bhp.
As reported in AM, the Astra Coupé/Convertible won't be far behind, along with the left-hook-only Opel GT roadster, the all-new Corsa and a Vauxhall SUV. Although the 4x4, a five-seat version of the Chevrolet S3X concept, effectively replaces the Frontera, sources confirm the much improved model gets a new name.
And the final piece in the jigsaw? An iconic flagship to replace the Omega, and maybe the Signum, too. "We can do it, but it won't arrive for the next two years," says our source. It won't be another also-ran saloon, so expect a crossover bodystyle. "The German premium brands own this segment, so this flagship had better be damn good and original."
Intriguing stuff. If that Vauxhall can make Clarkson dribble, then the Griffin's renaissance will be complete.


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/**
 * 购物车的pojo
 * Created by lujiahao on 2016/11/1.
 */
public class CartItem {
    private long id;
    private String title;
    private Integer num;
    private long price;
    private String image;

    public long getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(long id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getTitle() {
        return title;
    }

    public void setTitle(String title) {
        this.title = title;
    }

    public Integer getNum() {
        return num;
    }

    public void setNum(Integer num) {
        this.num = num;
    }

    public long getPrice() {
        return price;
    }

    public void setPrice(long price) {
        this.price = price;
    }

    public String getImage() {
        return image;
    }

    public void setImage(String image) {
        this.image = image;
    }
}

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Q: Developed a new feature off of the wrong branch and pushed branch to remote This question is similar to this question but I need to understand how the complications of having pushed the new feature to remote.
Essentially I have a branch, new_feature_2, which I by mistake started developing off of new_feature_1. I meant to develop new_feature_2 off of main and now I am trying to rectify my mistake.
From the above link it seems like I should rebase new_feature_2 onto main in the following fashion.
git checkout new_feature_2
git rebase --onto main new_feature_1 new_feature_2

Now, I would like to extend the question by understanding what I need to do to the remote branch? I had already pushed my new_feature_2 branch to the remote. Is there anything special I need to do here? Or after I complete the rebase, can I just push again?

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I had already pushed my new_feature_2 branch to the remote

That's the problem. This now a pushed branch. In some sense, it is a shared branch. But in a larger sense, it isn't! So there's no objection to what you will have to do, which is push with force.
You don't need the initial checkout if you're going to use the full form of rebase like that (which you should should definitely use). So
git rebase --onto main new_feature_1 new_feature_2
git push -f origin @

Done! (By the way, I left out a possible step; you might want to say git fetch origin main:main beforehand, just to make sure your main is as up to date as it can be before the rebase.)


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10 Greatest Marvel Rivalries
By Josh Published December 7, 2022
Marvel Comics has one of the greatest stables of characters in pop culture. From the beginning, its heroes and villains alike have been fueled by the desire to get the better of each other. Rivalry is the basis of some of Marvel's greatest friendships and deadliest personal struggles.
10/10 Namor And Black Panther Have Grown To Hate Each Other 9/10 Hulk And Thing Sympathize Between Punches 8/10 Wolverine And Sabretooth Hate Each Other 7/10 Captain America And The Red Skull Are Ideological Opposites 6/10 Cyclops And Wolverine Have Come To Respect Each Other 5/10 The Thing And The Human Torch Love To Prank Each Other 4/10 Daredevil And Kingpin Are Sworn Enemies 3/10 Thor And Loki Are Brawling Brothers 2/10 Doctor Doom Has Always Hated Reed Richards 1/10 Spider-Man And The Green Goblin Are Critical Parts Of Each Other's Lives
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Rivalry is a surprisingly nuanced idea. It can help tell a story about the best parts of a villain or a hero's darker side. While Marvel's superhumans often face world-ending threats they also have to balance their personal relationships. For good or ill, few relationships are more intense than a good rivalry. From arch-enemies to wayward siblings, the Marvel Universe houses a profound collection of figures with too much in common to ever really get along.
10/10 Namor And Black Panther Have Grown To Hate Each Other
Thanks to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Black Panther and Namor have shifted from allies to enemies. Each the leader of their own nation-state, the two rulers have a lot in common. However, their shared values are precisely what has caused them to clash.
RELATED: Namor and Black Panther's 10 Greatest Battles
As in-universe geopolitics have changed, Namor and Black Panther have found themselves continually at odds. This came to a head when Namor drowned Wakanda in a tidal wave during Avengers Vs. X-Men and was made worse when T'Challa cast Namor into a dimensional rift during "Time Runs Out," making this one of Marvel's most bitter rivalries.
9/10 Hulk And Thing Sympathize Between Punches
Contemporary readers might not think of the Thing as quite being in the Hulk's weight class but that hasn't stopped Ol' Blue Eyes from developing a serious rivalry with the Jade Giant. Ever since Silver Age readers wanted the two to test their strength against each other, the Thing and the Hulk have been fighting frenemies.
While the Hulk is certainly stronger than the Thing, Ben Grimm uses his tenacity to match Hulk's strength. The result is an almost endless series of block-leveling battles. Though they may fight, the two heroes still respect each other, as they're two of the only people who know what it's like to be branded a monster.
8/10 Wolverine And Sabretooth Hate Each Other
Wolverine hates Sabretooth. Sabretooth hates Wolverine. The rivalry between these two is simple, each man detests the other for who he is. Between their shared history as Team X operatives and their continual battlefield confrontations, Victor Creed and Logan have nothing but enmity for each other.
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Sabretooth and Wolverine see each other as flawed mirrors of themselves: Wolverine sees an animal without honor, Sabretooth sees a weakling bound by society. The two mutants have ripped out each others' guts, left each other to die in the woods, and, in Sabretooth's case, attacked his enemy's loved ones. Between these two, there is no love lost.
7/10 Captain America And The Red Skull Are Ideological Opposites
Some characters have a rivalry based on their history, but the one between Steve Rogers and the Red Skull is primarily ideological. The first supervillain Captain America ever faced, the Red Skull's fanatical fascism makes him the perfect philosophical foil to the Sentinel of Liberty.
As Captain America has evolved for the modern world, so has the Red Skull. Cap needs to continually adapt to Johann Schmidt's new oppressive tactics. Just as Captain America sees the best in people, the Red Skull calls on humanity's deepest insecurities and prejudices, locking the hero and villain in an endless battle for people's hearts.
6/10 Cyclops And Wolverine Have Come To Respect Each Other
The straight-laced leader of the X-Men and the team's shaggy loner have each grown a lot since their introductions, but Cyclops and Wolverine's relationship is built on their rivalry's back. When Wolverine first joined the team, he instantly clashed with Cyclops' methods of leadership and soon became his romantic rival for the affections of Jean Grey.
RELATED: 10 Greatest X-Men Internal Rivalries
Fifty years of publishing later, Cyclops has loosened up and Wolverine has grown somewhat more responsible. The two X-Men have built a mutual respect, each knowing the other is capable of many things their other teammates are not. While the two might occasionally jockey for the team's leadership, their rivalry has evolved into a knowing appreciation for the other.
5/10 The Thing And The Human Torch Love To Prank Each Other
Unlike many other superhero teams, the Fantastic Four has primarily contained the same four characters since the team's creation. This has allowed the team to develop more complex relationships than almost any other comic book family, and the Human and the Thing have a very complicated rivalry as a result.
Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm have a playful relationship, with the two often pranking each other. The Thing affectionately calls the Torch "Matchstick" while the appellations given to Grimm by the Torch are too many to count. A fun rivalry composed of pranks and jokes, it's one of Marvel's most wholesome friendships.
4/10 Daredevil And Kingpin Are Sworn Enemies
Daredevil is a selfless lawyer dedicated to bringing justice to the powerless. The Kingpin is a power-hungry businessman who will stop at nothing to control New York City. The exceedingly human Matt Murdock and his equally realistic enemy Wilson Fisk are strong-willed men whose personal quests have set them against each other time and again.
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For Daredevil and the Kingpin, though, what was once business is now personal. Fisk has sent ninjas, assassins, and supervillains after both of his enemy's identities, while Daredevil has also taken things too far. He's used everything in his toolkit from knowledge of the law to breaking and entering to take down his foe. Driven by more than their own ideals, Daredevil and the Kingpin are each other's mortal enemies.
3/10 Thor And Loki Are Brawling Brothers
Thor and Loki give the phrase "sibling rivalry" new meaning. As a child, Loki was jealous of his popular, handsome, strong half-brother, while Thor often viewed his younger brother with a kind of condescension. As Thor grew into his title as the Prince of Asgard, Loki began to scheme against him, sending enemies after his brother and banishing him from the Golden Realm.
Perhaps more than any other classic hero-villain pairing, Thor and Loki's rivalry has evolved. Loki is more of an antihero now and Thor has dabbled in darkness. Their interactions, though, remain close to their initial form, with the trickster Loki always trying to manipulate his more-or-less noble brother.
2/10 Doctor Doom Has Always Hated Reed Richards
While Doctor Doom loathes the entirety of the Fantastic Four, there is no person alive he hates more than Reed Richards. Before he was Mister Fantastic, Richards was a college student with Doom at Empire State University. After they met, Doom was driven to prove himself smarter than Richards, leading to the accident that scarred his face.
Since then, Doom and Richards have continually matched wits. Though their early encounters saw them seeking to thwart each other, modern takes on the characters have shown them both to be more nuanced as individuals and leaders. Regardless of their evolutions, though, Von Doom despises that fool Richards and Richards rewards the Latverian ruler by giving him a small measure of his contempt.
1/10 Spider-Man And The Green Goblin Are Critical Parts Of Each Other's Lives
Spider-Man has one of the most impressive rogues' galleries in Marvel Comics. While there are many contenders for second place, few dispute the idea that Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin, is Spidey's number-one foe. The father of Peter Parker's best friend, a ruthless businessman, and a cackling bomb-thrower, the Green Goblin has menaced Peter Parker in a multiplicity of ways.
From movie adaptations to ill-conceived events, the Goblin and Spider-Man's relationship remains one of the defining factors for each character. The two know each other intimately, both as civilians and as costumed enemies, and have a connection that almost dominates their lives.
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Why did you choose Cyprus over other destinations?
Initially I considered France, Spain, Portugal, Corsica, Majorca and Cyprus. Because I served here in the army many years ago, I decided to see Cyprus first, I quickly fell in love with the island again and I decided to buy here, without even seeing the other countries. The weather is good and the life is easy, the vegetables are more healthy and tastier than what we can get in the UK and the Cyprus cuisine is delicious.
How has your life been in Cyprus in the past few years?
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What do you think of the Cypriot people?
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How has been your experience of buying from Pafilia?
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The pay gap is worse for black women. Here's a look at the statistics.
On Black Women's Equal Pay Day, we look at who gets paid what
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This article was originally published on July 31, 2017. It has been updated to reflect 2018 data.
For every dollar a man makes, a black woman makes 63 cents.
On Black Women's Equal Pay Day, we take a look at the statistics and examine a few reasons why the pay gap exists. Black women earn less than Asian American and white women, but more than Native American and Latina women.
The gender leadership gap
Black women often are significantly underrepresented in leadership roles, from government to private industries.
Salaries attached to people in executive positions are much higher, and people in positions of power make crucial decisions about hiring practices, workplace culture — including family leave policies — and who gets paid what. There are currently zero black women working as chief executives of Fortune 500 companies.
In Congress, women hold 107 seats, but only 20 are black or multiracial, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
At the state level, there are only six women governors. In Georgia, Democrat Stacey Abrams is currently running to become the nation's first black female governor elected to office.
Source: Center for American Women and Politics
Career choice and responsibility
Historically, black women have had high labor force participation rates compared to other women, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
But opportunity — and therefore career choice — affects pay. Although the number of black women in higher-paying professional occupations has increased over time, they are still more likely to work in service occupations than white, non-Hispanic women. In 2015, almost 28 percent of black women workd in service positions— which includes many hourly jobs in the food and health industries — compared to 17.4 percent of white women.
Women have also increasingly become the primary breadwinners for their families. According to the National Partnership for Women and Families, more than four million family households in the United States are headed by black women. Of those households, nearly one in three live below poverty level.
Overall, women in the United States hold more debt from outstanding education loans than their male counterparts: They carry 64 percent of the nation's student debt, amounting to around $833 billion, according to the American Association of University Women. Women also borrow about 14 percent more than men in a given year.
But, on average, black women take on more student debt than any other group of women. It also takes them longer to repay their loans, and, along with Latinas, they have the highest default rates.
The pay gap is one pervasive reason.
After a career in publishing, I switched to tech. Here's why I took the risk — and what I wish I'd known all along.
'What I remember most is the vulnerability I felt at the time: fear that I wouldn't be technical enough, that I wouldn't be seen as technical enough'
Xian Gu
Women in construction are creating their own community. Meet the new wave of female builders.
Women still make up only about 9 percent of the construction industry, but they're leaning on each other to combat loneliness
This woman retired as a millionaire at age 31. She says anyone can do it.
Kristy Shen grew up living on less than 44 cents a day — then she discovered the FIRE movement
Caroline Kitchener


DETROIT (WXYZ) — A fugitive the U.S. Marshals were certain was still in Detroit has been captured on the city's east side after being featured as a Detroit's Most Wanted.
Police say Raymond McKay was arrested while hiding in a closet Friday afternoon.
He was taken into custody after a tip by a citizen.
McKay was at the top of the Most Wanted list as the Marshals worked side by side with Detroit Police to rid the city of people who are a danger to the community.
"This all started with the victim inviting his so-called friend over who set the whole thing up, that defendant is in custody right now. He brings along McKay, our fugitive, to go get the job done," Deputy U.S. Marshal Aaron Garcia said.
Garcia says it was an inside job by a so-called friend who was set up to think his friends were coming over to play video games.
Garcia says Raymond McKay was the enforcer of the operation.
Police say McKay and the other suspect robbed two other people in the home and took off.
"The victim lived there with their mother, and they have not returned home after this incident. They're in fear of their life. They're scared to death – they haven't been back since," Garcia said.
That's because Raymond McKay is still on the run and believed to still be in Detroit.
"This guy is known to hang on the east side of Detroit. We believe he's on the east side of Detroit. He's going to be in Detroit," Garcia said.
"Detroit is teaming up with the Marshals to get all these violent guys off the street, that's our top priority right now," Officer Drew Battersby of the Detroit Police Department said.
Raymond McKay is 25-years-old 5' 11" tall and 140 pounds, and he's wanted for both this Detroit incident and a theft in Macomb.
The U.S. Marshals are certain you'll know McKay the second you see him.


Lads i never usually ask or post reference tactics but im really banging my head against a wall with my latest Man Utd save, 1st season and in feb and im 7th in the league my main problem is scoring goals and closing out tight games-lads any tactic info would be more than welcome-cheers in advance!!!!!
PSG will not settle for any less than 90 million for Mamadou Sakho......like wtf is going on, MADNESS!!!!
Just finished 4th in the league, 10 pts off man utd who won it got to semi final of the league cup but knocked out of FA cup in 3rd round to walsall after playing a very youthfull team.....but ive just been SACKED after last game of the season........in my eyes that wasnt a total disaster of a season or was it????
Seen as im new to the forum and this version of the game(i was a championship manager nut back in the day) im loving the thread fair play to all involved.....first season with the reds and after 7 games im 2nd in the league 3pts behing the mancs..........bought 2 players in pre season giuliano from internacional for 9.5 mill and giuseppe rossi from villarreal for 13.5. Giuliano has played 11 games for me in all comps so far scoring 4 times with an average rating of 7.33 so im quite happy with him. Giuseppe Rossi has played 10 games in all comps scoring 6 times with an average rating of 7.49 so im really happy with my first 2 signings. Im playing a 4-1-2-1-2 formation and it working fine other than i concede most goals in the last 15 mins of the game which is doing my head in a little bit..... As im a newbie any tips would be welcomed as in potential signings, youth players, tatics, staff....etc Woeful result tonight but keep the chin up YNWA!!!!!


A seasoned and pureed brick of cream cheese adds creaminess to this soup of baked tomatoes in beef broth. Garnish before serving with chopped parsley.
Place the tomatoes with juice in a well buttered oven-proof baking dish. Mix in celery, garlic, and red pepper. Cover, and bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 25 minutes.
In a large stock pot, melt butter or margarine over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and onions, and cook and stir for about 8 minutes.
Slowly stir in flour and sugar. Add beef stock, basil, rosemary, and thyme, stirring until soup comes to a boil. Add the contents of the baked tomato pan from the oven, and bring to a boil. Cover, and simmer the soup for about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a food processor, blend the cream cheese until smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Slowly stir the cream cheese into the soup. Garnish with chopped parsley.


You've probably been told that today's hearing aids are "not your father's hearing aids," or that hearing aid technology is light-years ahead of where it used to be, even as recently as 5 to 10 years ago. But what makes modern technology so much better? And what exactly can present day hearing aids achieve that couldn't be accomplished in the past?
The short answer is, as with the majority of electronics, hearing aids have benefited considerably from the digital revolution. Hearing aids have become miniaturized computers, with all of the programming versatility you would anticipate from a modern computer.
But before hearing aids became digital, they were analog. Let's see if we can understand why the shift from analog to digital was such an advancement.
At the most basic level, all hearing aids do the job the same way. Each hearing aid includes a microphone, amplifier, speaker, and battery. The microphone detects sound in the environment, the amplifier strengthens the signal, and the speaker delivers the louder sound to your ear.
Fundamentally, it's not very complex. Where is does get complex, however, is in the details of how the hearing aids process sound, which digital hearing aids accomplish much differently than their analog counterparts.
Analog hearing aids process sound in a very straightforward manner. In three basic steps, sound is recognized by the microphone, amplified, and delivered to the ear through the speaker. That is… ALL sound is made to be louder, including background noise and the sound frequencies you can already hear properly. Put differently, analog hearing aids amplify even the sounds you don't want to hear — think of the scratching sound you hear from an analog recording on a vinyl record.
Digital hearing aids, conversely, add a fourth step to the processing of sound: transformation of sound waves to digital information. Sound by itself is an analog signal, but instead of only making this analog signal louder, digital hearing aids first transform the sound into digital format (stored as 0s and 1s) that can then be modified. Digital hearing aids, therefore, can CHANGE the sound before amplification by changing the information saved as a series of 0s and 1s.
If this sounds like we're talking about a computer, we are. Digital hearing aids are essentially miniature computers that run one specific application that manipulates and improves the quality of sound.
Most modern hearing aids are digital, and for good reason. Seeing as analog hearing aids can only amplify incoming sound, and cannot alter it, analog hearing aids very often will amplify disruptive background noise, making it frustrating to hear in noisy environments and nearly impossible to talk on the phone.
Digital hearing aids, however, have the versatility to amplify select sound frequencies. When sound is converted into a digital signal, the computer chip can detect, distinguish, and store specific frequencies. As an example, the higher frequency speech sounds can be classified and stored separately from the lower frequency background noise. A hearing specialist can then program the computer chip to amplify only the high frequency speech sounds while suppressing the background noise — making it effortless to follow conversations even in noisy circumstances.
Miniaturized computer technology means smaller, more discreet hearing aids, with some models that fit totally in the ear canal, making them practically undetectable.
Digital hearing aids tend to have more stylish designs and colors.
Digital hearing aids can be programmed by a hearing specialist to process sound differently according to the location. By switching settings, users can attain ideal hearing for many different situations, from a silent room to a noisy restaurant to talking on the phone.
Digital hearing aids can be fine-tuned for every patient. Each person hears different sound frequencies at different decibel levels. Digital hearing aids permit the hearing specialist to vary amplification for each sound frequency based on the properties of each person's distinctive hearing loss.
Reading about digital hearing aids is one thing, trying them out is another. But bear in mind that, to get the most out of any set of hearing aids, you will need both the technology and the programming proficiency from an experienced, licensed hearing specialist.
And that's where we come in. We've programmed and fine-tuned countless hearing aids for individuals with all varieties of hearing loss, and are more than happy to do the same for you. Give us a call and experience the digital advantage for yourself!
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Today King Squirt received this letter in the mail. It was the confirmation I'd been waiting for – it has been exactly one year since I started playing AC:CF! Hooray! (Or is that a bad thing…? hehehe) While you won't find blog entries from last November, you can check the archives… I'm pretty sure I started writing this blog in December of 2008. But my blog has evolved a lot since then! 😀 Thanks to everyone who's been reading all this time!!
Attached to this letter from the Mayor was the final piece that I needed for the Model Town room: The Town Hall Model!
Jay is overjoyed by the King's visit!
I am hoping that Squirt will get a cake. He IS the King after all. I will be sure to post and let you know who the mystery best bud will be! My money's on Rowan, but who knows?
I'll also commit to opening my gates at 11PM EST on Sunday, if that makes things easier. (But please, if that time's not good and you still want to visit, just let me know what time works for you and I'll do my best to accommodate all requests!) Don't forget to bring PRESENTS!!
<<< Preferably items from the list over on the left side bar! Hehehehehehe!
Wow, in ACCF it really makes a lot of more sense that you'll get the town hall after you have played one year there, it's really an improvement!!
I will be there on 11/22 11pm EST with a birthday present to Squirt. See you then.
Congrats on the anniversary! Could I come at… 4 pm CST?


Have you been struck down with Gold Fever? Play this great scratch card game that is in fact three separate scratch cards all included in the price.
The game is set in a shop and you can buy a new scratch card from the shopkeeper. Once you by a new scratch card you will hear to shopkeeper's cash register with make a sound and the word 'SOLD' will appear on it. Now you can start playing.
The first game asks you to match three numbers in a row to win a prize. In the second game you need to match your symbol at the top to one of the playing symbols below it, and in the third game match any three sums of money to win that sum.
The game is easy and fun and requires no skill, just good luck so if you are feeling lucky today this is the game for you.
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The man that sold wine was called il cacciavino . He would take a small drink a picton or a litre of wine to those who drank heavily .This would be done in the morning or in the evening time . In all the hystoric songs of the past the cacciavino that sold the wine was always of great importance .


There is no universally accepted international conversion for shoe sizing; it may also vary slightly from collection to collection among our different styles.
Its important to know that the majority of shoe's sold in Australia are actually a USA Sizing imported from China.
This means you may think you are a Size 9 Australian as the shoe is marked a 9 but all along you have been purchasing Size 9 USA shoe's.
Our shoes are Listed in USA Sizes. We find in Pleaser Shoes an Australian 9 is a USA 9.
If you have wide feet we recommended you go up a size ie: Australian 9 size 10 USA.
Approx Sizing Womens Heel to Toe Inside Shoe Sole Below.
Approx Sizing Mens Heel to Toe Inside Sole.
Measure your foot Toe to Heel and Allow about another 2 to 4 mm for some room.
Please note some dancers like a tight fitting sandals and dont add any extra mm. personal choice.