SCHAUMBURG - Downers Grove North continued its amazing improvement since mid-March with a 1-0 win over Lincoln-Way West in Saturday's PepsiCo Showdown consolation pool.
Amazing would also sum up senior Ellie Metros' pinpoint aim on the deciding goal.
Off a throw-in by Maggie Nevrly in the sixth minute, Metros gathered in a deflection from teammate Bianca Romay off a scramble in front. Metros tucked a 22-yarder just inside the top corner of the net that national team stars Alex Morgan or Abby Wambach couldn't have placed any better.
After that impressive strike, Lincoln-Way West and goalkeeper Audrey Pearson went to great lengths to keep the Trojans off the board the rest of the way.
Nine minutes into the second half, Pearson provided a goalkeeper's best response. A hand ball in the box gave the Trojans a penalty kick, but Pearson dove to her left to stop Metros' low try.
It was Pearson's second save of a regulation PK in the tournament.
Beyond those two highlight film plays, each side ended the Showdown with positive feelings.
"We keep improving," DGN coach Bob Calder said. "I'm really happy with where we're at. We started 2-2 and now we're 7-3, and going through the Pepsi Showdown, this is a tough stretch of the schedule.
Beefing up the schedule to prepare for the postseason was the Showdown goal for Lincoln-Way West (7-6), and the three-straight losses to close the tournament were of secondary concern.
"The tournament was a great challenge for us," Warriors midfielder Meghann Lange said. "We played a lot of teams we haven't seen before which was nice, because they're all from up north which has the best teams in the state.
Theiss shared that assessment about his defending Class 2A sectional final team, which he hopes can go further after experiences like the PepsiCo provided.
"We think this is going to get us there, playing in big-time situations liks this," he said. "We've upped the level of competition big time. Last year's group finished 18-6, but we dropped our tournament to pick this up and play some top teams.
Downers North's only loss in April is a 2-1 overtime setback to Loyola Academy in the Showdown first round. And even that result was a confidence booster.
Four-year varsity standout Metros has been very good all season, as a strong senior class leads the program's rise.
"Since we've been on varsity and in the program for a while, it's definitely the seniors' job to be leaders of the team and help the younger players and give them confidence," Metros said.
Calder has seen the seniors' impact.
The tournament competition has helped her and the team's progression.
Freshman goalkeeper Grace Stevenson and the young Downers North defense earned its sixth shutout and second of the tournament, despite some adversity.
While Metros, Cittadine, and Francesca Marconi all generated good scoring opportunities for the Trojans, the Warriors were inches away from tying the game with 10 minutes left.
Brianna Heyer raced in on left wing and sent a 15-yard shot that barely went wide of the vacant right side of the net.
Pearson's words and actions helped power the Warriors.
"Audrey does a great job communicating in the back," Lange said. "That's one of her biggest strong suits. She's always talking and letting our defenders know where they need to be.
Lyke made two nice defensive plays late, winning a 50/50 ball near the box and clearing and later nicely defending Cittadine on her drive in on net.
"The way our system works and being down a goal, we kind of left Teagan on an island with No. 17 of Downers Grove (Cittadine) and she did a great job with her," Theiss said.
For the Warriors, it's all about maximizing the potential in the hope for a great postseason.
Downers Grove North has the bulk of its conference schedule left. The seniors hope the formula for April success continues to work.
"Just keep a positive mindset," Cittadine said. "Even if there's a bad play or whatever, you have to keep going strong and encouraging your younger teammates.


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Justice System (Support for Serious Crime Victims)
– in the Scottish Parliament on 19th February 2020.
All Scottish Parliament debates on 19 Feb 2020
Alasdair Allan Scottish National Party
1. To ask the Scottish Government how the justice system provides support to victims of serious crime and keeps them informed at every stage of the process. (S5O-04129)
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Humza Yousaf Scottish National Party
I welcome the member's question, particularly as this is victims awareness week. The victims code for Scotland sets out victims' rights to information. Victims of serious crime will be allocated a family liaison officer by Police Scotland to update them during the police investigation. If that leads to criminal charges, victims can also access support from the victim information and advice service at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. Following a conviction, information on prisoners is available through the victim notification scheme. Support is available via Victim Support Scotland, including its support for families bereaved by crime service, and via the national advocacy project for victims of sexual violence. The victims task force is also considering ways to improve support and information.
How does the Scottish Government ensure that victims of crime, especially the most serious crimes, have suitable emotional support and receive practical information specifically about their rights to make representations to the Parole Board?
That is a hugely important area and a very important question; I thank the member for raising it. He will be aware that we recently held a consultation on parole and the analysis and response from that has been extremely welcome. We are actively looking at the support that Victim Support Scotland can provide and what it already does, and it can provide further emotional and practical support to victims when they are making written or oral representations to the Parole Board.
On the back of the consultation, we are looking at whether victims can perhaps even attend Parole Board hearings and a key part of that will be ensuring that they have welfare and emotional support. A transforming parole implementation group is taking that work forward. The group has met once, on 28 January, and it is due to meet again next week. I am happy to keep the member informed of progress as that work develops.
Liam McArthur Liberal Democrat
A key feature of the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 was police restitution orders, which would help to finance an expansion of the support that officers receive following an assault in the line of duty. To date, there is no sign of those orders being implemented. Why has there been a delay and when can we expect those orders to be brought forward?
There has been good progress on restitution orders. I will write to the member with more detail. As he probably knows, some of the delay arose because of conversations that we had to have with the United Kingdom Government, which have been constructive ones. I made a commitment when I first came into this role that I would like to bring forward restitution orders and it was certainly an ask from the Scottish Police Federation. There has been significant progress and I will write to the member with more details.
The Deputy Presiding Officer:
Question 2 has been withdrawn for an obvious reason.

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Thanks to the year of the monkey we'll be eating well this month. From February 4 – 14 head down to Pyrmont Bay Park for the Chinese New Year Lunar Markets. You'll find treats, drinks and entertainment all in the one convenient space. Find out more here.
Prepare you buds for some serious dining at Glass Brassiere for Chinese New Year with a specially designed four-course menu available Feb 7 – 13. Featuring ingredients that are just a little bit fancy (lobster, Moreton Bay Bug and Wagyu) all with a Chinese twist, and all ready to be paired with premium Penfolds wines. Click here to book.
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The seventh topic concerns specifically what you as an individual or as a member of a group or movement you choose to adhere to can and should do. We will suggest a general scheme for contributing to growth points where modern culture is already transforming itself to make a better adjustment to reality.
There are ways to jump on bandwagons that are already going somewhere. In religious terms: Do not ask what to do with your life. Ask what God is doing and join it. A first step is to ask where there might be an overlap between what needs to be done and what you can do. For what message are you the right messenger? For what followers, could you be a leader? A second step is to look for messages, or ways to frame messages, that people will understand. There is no point in talking to ourselves. If people cannot understand a message they cannot possibly act on it. A third step is to select from the many things that people understand the themes that have legs. What is there energy for? What initiatives are attracting resources? There is no point in me constantly pushing my own pet idea if I am not getting any uptake showing that I have found a growth point that moves the energies of others. The fourth and most important point is whether what you can do is really making a difference to solve the problem. We are not necessarily contributing to getting the human species off the endangered species list just because we find a way to run a profitable business, or get a large government grant, or win an award for being an outstanding citizen, or get rave reviews from people who say coming to our workshop changed their lives. All of the above may be indicators that we are meeting a need and performing a useful social function. But the physical bottom line questions are: Are we really meeting needs? Are we really helping our culture to function sustainably and joyfully in its physical environment? Are we moving toward a fully nurturant society where we align across sectors for the common good?
As an individual, I am a member of a group of neighbors which have formed a street association. I offer leadership, administrative support, and out of the box thinking and suggestions to find solutions to the problems not only faced by the neighbors, but also the problems of the surrounding neighborhood.
We supply employment to two asylum seekers and their extended families. We have "adopted" these families and rally support amongst the neighbors to cover these families' needs. The two men who we employ maintain the cleanliness of our street and also fulfill a security function. Their wives do housework for different homes in the street. They bring their babies with them to work and one of the residents was honored with being asked to be the Godmother of the one baby, who was also christened with the resident's first name. We have sponsored one of the men through driving school, and have taught both men to read and write English. (Their native language is French).
Additionally, we have adopted the park at the end of our street, and look after the maintenance and upkeep of the park, the kiddies play-ground, the massive old trees, the benches and tables and also the ablution facilities. Recently we have started vegetable gardens in the parks in our suburb and offer free produce for anyone in the neighborhood, including the people who live on the street, to pick whatever produce they personally need. It is not monitored in anyway, and we have not encountered any destruction or abuse of the facilities.
Additionally, in our street, is the Head-Office of an NGO, catering to the needs of homeless people. The residents in the suburb purchase books of coupons from various retailers in our suburb. When a beggar knocks at your door, you can issue the beggar with a voucher/s which entitles the beggar to a hot meal, or a paid for night at the shelter, or it can be exchanged for clothes, shoes, etc. This encourages conversation between the resident and the beggar, and restores some of the beggar's dignity. It's through the conversation that the resident determines which of the vouchers the beggar needs.
All residents in the street are in a Whatsapp group, which is used for security purposes, to inform your neighbors of any surplus products which you might have and are willing to part with, either for free or for a nominal fee dependent upon the product. This group chat allows us to assist each other in any way we can. To look out for each other's pets, cars, homes, etc. and to celebrate or congratulate each other on any achievements or milestones.
The project has been so successful that property prices have increased in the street, and properties are now sought after by new home owners. Additionally, compared to the rest of the suburb, we boast the most secure street in the neighborhood.
Although our street is fairly short, we have eight of our residents who are neighborhood security observers. We patrol the suburb in pairs at night, on a voluntary basis and at our own expense for transportation and phone calls.
Our neighborhood hosts its own carnival each year. This carnival has grown in size and status over the past few years and has become the event not to be missed, on the annual calendar.
We hold memorial services in our parks, for neighbors who have passed on. We honor their memory by either planting a tree in their honor, or purchasing a bench with a name plaque in commemoration of the deceased neighbor. We host "Carols in the Park" during Christmas season, and share food treats with our Muslim neighbors on Eid. In essence, we have started developing inter-faith rituals of neighborliness and are transforming to make a better adjustment to our current reality.
1. Developing old age parks within our current parks, to give the elderly in our neighborhood a safe, social, and physical space to allow them to exercise and maintain the health of their bodies.
2. Our neighborhood has many restaurants and shops, which are all supported by the inhabitants. I'd like to establish a "Pend-It" program where those who can afford, can pay for either an extra meal, or an extra cup of coffee, or an extra garment, for someone else who is needy and cannot afford it.
3. We arera neighborhood of many families with many pets, interspersed by many elderly folk, most of whom had grown up in the village. As these pets are generally left alone when their families go to work and school, and the elderly are sitting in their homes, lonely, I'd like to establish a buddy system, where the elderly can "foster" a pet for companionship during the day, and the owner-family collects the pet on their way home in the evening.
I believe that all our current projects in the village are growth points which are changing the way the people of the village interact with each other. The extended projects have not been implemented yet, but are on my agenda to tackle as soon as my studies are completed.
The projects which we have implemented in our village has contributed towards solving our security problem. Security issues were high as we have two railway stations running through the village. So, people were robbed or attacked and the perpetrators normally got away via the trains or the railway subways.
The increased neighborliness, care, empathy, sharing and cleanliness of the neighborhood were the unintended consequences of trying to cope with the security problem. We are helping our culture to function sustainably and joyfully in our physical environment, and I'm very honored to be serving an active part in this change.


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A longer term view of energy
Last updated on November 1st, 2018 at 09:43 am
"I would like to begin this article with a simple plea."
The terms alternative energy, micro-generation and green energy doesn't inspire one or cut the mustard. A better way to describe solar panels, wind turbines and other similar technologies would be self-generation technologies.
These phrases used within our industries, are doing us a disservice because they demean, belittle and merely paint an incorrect picture of the benefits which these types of systems provide.
To Mr Joe Bloggs, green energy is not an option for his home because he wants to save money, not worry about the planet. Why on earth (excuse the pun) would he wish to pay for an expensive system which only benefits the environment?
In a different universe, where solar panels are commonly known as self-generation technologies, suddenly Mr Bloggs decides he does have another option. He can say 'No' to paying ever-escalating energy bills and 'Yes' to generating his power, which will ultimately benefit him.
The whole eco thing doesn't enter his head, but once installed, the environment still benefits secondarily. Mr and Mrs Jones next door will then show interest -not wanting to be left behind.
Even large-scale wind turbines will become more acceptable because whole villages will see the benefits of having self-generating power for the benefit of the people living there, not just the environment as is currently the problem now. Village rivalry, just like the example of the Jones's could drive the self-generation economy to spread.
Two steps forward and one step back
Looking at the longer term view for traditional energy pricing does not look good.
The re-alignment of wholesale and resale pricing recently, although welcomed, does reflect the long-term outlook for the oil, gas and electricity prices as they continue to rise by 10-20% but lowered by 5%, which describe as two steps forward and one step back.
The energy industry's own forecast predicts an average annual energy bill by 2020 to be £2,000 or more .That is based on nothing going wrong in the supply chain between now and then.
The ability to self-generate suddenly doesn't seem so crazy now.
Social means tested tariffs
With the recent cuts in energy prices from some of the big six energy companies, (at the time of writing) you may be excused for thinking a 5% cut will bring a welcome relief to some of the most impoverished families now stuck in fuel poverty.
Unfortunately, some of the most impoverished families are paying more for their household energy than wealthier families, which cancels out any benefit. This immoral state of affairs needs to tackle through a means-tested social tariff scheme, which will protect the most vulnerable in society from corporate exploitation, especially for essential amenities like electricity and gas.
Egyptian, Tunisian and Libyan leaders that got toppled last year, and social unrest spread because like countless other leaders in history they refused help to their people, who faced with unaffordable food and energy prices.
If a society cannot or will not provide the three essential amenities of food, water and warmth, then we can predict that -using history as our guide -more and more social unrest will happen.
A longer term view of energy was last modified: November 1st, 2018 by Stuart Lovatt
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Supporters alleged to have thrown beer bottles at police.
Twenty-five England fans were arrested in Amsterdam on Thursday after violent clashes with local police ahead of the friendly with Holland.
The Amsterdam police force posted a statement on their official Twitter account which provided detail on the arrests in the city centre.
The statement said the 25 "drunken" fans were detained for "various offences" which included beer bottles being thrown at police officers.
England manager Gareth Southgate had urged supporters to behave on the eve of Friday's friendly, where his side will be backed by 5,253 fans in the away section.
"I think it's important that our fans come and enjoy the game, that they support us in the right way," Southgate said on Thursday evening.
"But I would strongly urge them to behave in the right way and respect our opponents and the country they're in.
The flare-ups in Amsterdam come a year after despicable scenes marred England's friendly against Germany in Dortmund.
The 1-0 defeat in March 2017 led the Football Association to clamp down on boorish behaviour, with lifetime bans from the England Supporters Travel Club dished out for the first time after two individuals were caught making Nazi gestures.
The FA will review those caught up in trouble in Amsterdam to see if ESTC members were involved and punish them accordingly.
A number of England fans are expected to have bought tickets in the home end for Friday's friendly as well as the strong travelling contingent for the last away game before the World Cup.
Josh Mahoney, 23, is in Amsterdam with family for his first England game and told the Press Association the police were "very heavy handed".
"It's like they want England to push them back to make us look bad," he said.


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Adversity breeds toughness and toughness breeds success.
Adversity is simpler borne than prosperity forgot.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, however within the day of adversity contemplate.
You need to struggle by some dangerous days to earn one of the best days of your life.
Unless you have got the braveness to investigate your errors you're certain to repeat them.
Adversity introduces a person to himself.
Weak minds sink below prosperity in addition to adversity; however robust and deep ones have two excessive tides.
Expect that you'll obtain greatness. Live a life with no ceiling on it.
A real champion believes in themselves when nobody else does.
Adversity provides you the chance to exhibit godly character.
No man is extra sad than the one who is by no means in adversity; the best affliction of life is by no means to be stricken.
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Home ವಾರ್ತೆಗಳು India Pranathy Gangaraju of Georgia crowned Miss India USA 2014
Pranathy Gangaraju of Georgia crowned Miss India USA 2014
Posted By: Gulf ReporterPosted date: December 18, 2014 In: India, International, ಪ್ರಮುಖ ವರದಿಗಳು
Washington: Pranathy Gangaraju of Georgia was crowned Miss India USA 2014, which is the oldest running Indian pageant outside of India.
Pranathy, 19, is a student majoring in film acting and production, a media release said. Her hobbies include dancing, singing, writing and swimming, a media release said. At the 33rd annual pageant on Sunday, which was organised by the New York-based IFC, headed by Dharmatma Saran, Pranthy was crowned by outgoing queen Monica Gill.
Pranathy will represent USA in the Twenty Fourth Annual Miss India Worldwide Pageant, also organised by IFC, to be held in Goa, India in June of 2016. Monica Shah, 24, of Florida and Angela Nand, 27, of Hawaii, were respectively declared first and second runners up among 21 contestants from various parts of the country. Riya Kaur from New Jersey was crowned Miss Teen India USA and Namita Dodwadkar of Massachuseets was also crowned the First Ever Mrs India USA in the same pageant.
Miss India USA and Miss India Worldwide, which started with about 20 people in the basement of the Air India office in New York in 1980, has now become a global phenomenon. In 1990, Saran decided to take the pageant one step further to an international level and started The First Miss India Worldwide Pageant.
The contestants in all the Miss India pageants are of Indian origin, between the ages of 17 and 27, never married, and are citizens, residents, or born in the country which they represent. The pageant consists of four segments — Evening Gown, Indian Dress, Talent and Question-Answer. The winners of all the various national pageants from all over the world vie for the glamorous and prestigious title of the Miss India Worldwide.
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UK Trails Behind as European Countries Upgrade Homes to Reduce Energy Bills and Tackle Climate Crisis
COMMERCE & ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENT
Countries including Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Italy and the Netherlands have been rolling out multiple programmes and incentives to reduce residents' energy consumption and costs.
Meanwhile, a briefing paper from Imperial College London reports the UK government is falling behind in helping people conserve energy, leaving Brits living in some of the least efficient housing in Europe, and compounding the energy and cost of living crises.
Lead author Dr. Salvador Acha, from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London, said: "Studies show the UK's 28.6 million homes are among the least energy efficient in Europe and lose heat up to three times faster than on the continent, making people poorer and colder.
"At a time of increased energy bills and inflation, people in the UK can't afford to lose energy due to inefficient housing, but unfortunately energy policy in this area has been nil for many years. With the continued climate crisis, and the fact that our homes account for 30 per cent of the UK's total greenhouse gas emissions, the planet can't afford this lack of action either."
The Grantham report comes just two weeks after the Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy (BEIS) announced a £1billion grant scheme to help homeowners that have low energy efficiency ratings and are in lower council tax bands, insulate their homes. The scheme has been criticised for not opening until Spring.
Dr. Acha added "I'm pleased to see the UK government taking this step in the right direction, despite the tardiness of the announcement, as we have been suffering from high energy prices for over a year. However, action needs to be taken on an even larger scale. If each eligible home claims the maximum grant of £15,000, the new scheme will help about 67,000 homes – a tiny proportion of the houses that need to be upgraded, and roughly 0.25% of the housing stock."
"Insulating the UK's homes would reduce the amount of energy we need to heat them. Well-insulated homes leave more money in people's pockets, keep them warm, well and comfortable, and less worried about paying their bills. They also reduce our demand on overseas energy sources, strengthening our national energy security. Our research shows that European countries are ahead in crafting innovative policies to reduce energy use and costs, so we know change is possible."
To create more energy efficient homes, the authors' key lessons from this research for the UK government are:
1) Create the right conditions that encourage and support people to make their homes more energy efficient;
2) Ensure the UK has the skilled workforce needed to make new and older buildings more energy efficient;
3) Concurrently, improve energy certification schemes (e.g., the Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) presently used in the UK and European Union) to ensure they more accurately reflect the energy performance and environmental impact of properties;
4) Reduce emissions from heating buildings by replacing fossil-fuelled systems with reliable and more efficient technologies such as electric heat pumps.
"This requires long-term planning with short-term targets, incentives and advice for homeowners to take up new technologies, and the provision of skills and training for the workforce across our local communities who will be making the improvements," said Dr. Acha.
The UK government has committed to 600,000 heat pump installations per year by 2028, and to ensure heat pumps are no more expensive to buy and run than gas boilers by 2030. Currently, households are encouraged to replace their gas boilers with air-source heat pumps while benefitting from a £5,000 grant. The installation of gas boilers in new housing developments is set to be phased out by 2035 and both new and existing homes will have to meet at least EPC band C ratings by 2035.
"Although these targets are a step in the right direction there is a lack of clarity on how businesses will be supported to invest in sufficient skilled labour across the country to install thousands of heat pumps and revamp homes. I fear that the socio-economic inequality of the country will be reflected in widening the south and north divide in terms of quality housing – a national comprehensive effort is needed to ensure these policies benefit all," said Dr. Acha.
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS: What other countries are doing:
Sweden and Norway
Low-cost sustainable heating has been a priority for many years in Nordic countries. In Sweden, the widespread deployment of heat pumps has tripled installation since 2000, thanks to a well-developed market helping to reduce costs. Sweden currently has the highest number of ground source heat pumps per capita in the world, with heat pump sales per 1,000 households reaching 29 in 2021 compared to the UK's 1.5 in the same year.
Heat pumps are energy efficient devices that extract ambient warmth from the air or ground and bring it into buildings. Because they are electrically powered, heat pumps can run on 'decarbonised' (i.e. renewable and stored) energy, which cuts out fossil fuels and climate-damaging greenhouse gases.
Norway has all but fully decarbonised heating across the country. Approximately 85 per cent of buildings in Norway are heated using electricity, 92 per cent of which was produced by hydropower, and 6.5 per cent from wind.
France Rénov' is a government-backed public housing renovation service, set up by the French Ministry of Ecological Transition in January 2022. Free services include personalised advice on cost-effective renovation work to improve energy efficiency and insulation; information about available energy renovation measures; advice on how to claim available financial support; and advice on how to contact qualified craftsmen.
The KfW Efficiency House standard is a voluntary standard for assessment of building energy efficiency, linked to the existing German Building Standard for newly built homes. From 2006-2016 it is estimated that, by improving awareness of the benefits of energy efficient homes, the KfW standard resulted in an annual reduction of 8.3 million tons of CO2 emissions, saved €3.3 billion for homeowners in 2011 alone, and creates and safeguards around 300,000 jobs a year.
Established in July 2020 as part of the country's post pandemic recovery strategy, the Italian government's 'Superbonus' scheme offers homeowners a tax credit of up to 110 per cent on the cost of eligible energy renovations. The scheme acts as a supplement to the government's previous 'Ecobonus' scheme that, since 2012, offered up to 65 per cent of the cost to homeowners to help stimulate residential energy renovations.
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Q: Support for TP-Link Archer T9UH on 16.04 LTS I don't get my USB WiFi working.
The TP-Link Archer T9UH is using the Realtek RTL8814AU chip set.
Found here. The driver link on this side points to a driver which is only for older kernels < 4.4.
Searching around I found some drivers for this chip set. The last one I tried is this one.
The installation of the modules works lsmod shows it with usage 0.
lsusb shows
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 2357:0106

Any ideas to get the WiFi working?

A: This fork is the solution - it will add the TP-Link device id.
After install the module I needed to insert the 8814au in /etc/modules to get the module loaded at boot time.

A: This fork: https://github.com/mathew19/rtl8814AU, will work with the latest 17.10 kernel

A: This fork worked for me on Ubuntu and also on my Raspberry Pi 4:
https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au

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Q: File transfer in Android using xmpp I am working on file transfer using xmpp. This is my code of file transfer.
 ServiceDiscoveryManager sdm = ServiceDiscoveryManager.getInstanceFor(connection);
if (sdm == null)
    sdm = new ServiceDiscoveryManager(connection);
FileTransferManager manager = new FileTransferManager(connection);
OutgoingFileTransfer transfer = manager.createOutgoingFileTransfer("user@myHost/Smack");
File file = new File(filenameWithPath);

try {
    transfer.sendFile(file, "You won't believe this!");
    } catch (XMPPException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

while (!transfer.isDone()) {
    Log.i("progres", "" + transfer.getProgress());
}
if (transfer.getStatus().equals(Status.refused)|| transfer.getStatus().equals(Status.error) || transfer.getStatus().equals(Status.cancelled))
{
    System.out.println("refused cancelled error " + transfer.getError());
} else
{
    System.out.println("Success");
}

The problem is that It crash when other side when accept the file.
Log file:
FATAL EXCEPTION: File Transfer jsi_1117022495316866568
java.lang.ClassCastException: org.jivesoftware.smack.util.PacketParserUtils$2
at org.jivesoftware.smackx.filetransfer.FileTransferNegotiator.negotiateOutgoingTransfer(FileTransferNegotiator.java:401)
at org.jivesoftware.smackx.filetransfer.OutgoingFileTransfer.negotiateStream(OutgoingFileTransfer.java:359)
at org.jivesoftware.smackx.filetransfer.OutgoingFileTransfer.access$100(OutgoingFileTransfer.java:35)
at org.jivesoftware.smackx.filetransfer.OutgoingFileTransfer$2.run(OutgoingFileTransfer.java:214)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1019)

A: I had use this for sending image to another user:
On button click:
    btn_transfer.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            Intent takePic = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
                    MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
            startActivityForResult(takePic, LOAD_IMAGE_GALLERY);
        }
    });

ActivityForResult:
     protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

    if (requestCode == LOAD_IMAGE_GALLERY && resultCode == RESULT_OK
            && null != data) {
        Uri selectedImage = data.getData();
        String[] filePathColumn = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };

        Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(selectedImage,
                filePathColumn, null, null, null);
        cursor.moveToFirst();

        int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(filePathColumn[0]);
        picturePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
        cursor.close();

        try {
            exifMedia = new ExifInterface(picturePath);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        String exifOrint = exifMedia.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_ORIENTATION);

        int exifOrientation = Integer.parseInt(exifOrint);

        System.out.println("Orientation Tag is:"+exifOrientation);

        System.out.println("Path Of the Image " + picturePath);

        BitmapFactory.Options mOptions=new BitmapFactory.Options();
        mOptions.inSampleSize=2;
        Bitmap imgBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(picturePath,mOptions);
        Runtime.getRuntime().gc();

        imgBitmap = MyProfileActivity.getResizedBitmapImage(imgBitmap, 60, 60, exifOrientation);
        MessageImageBitmap msgImgBitmap = new MessageImageBitmap();
        msgImgBitmap.setImgBitmap(imgBitmap);
        msgImgBitmap.setImgPath(picturePath);

        MessagePacket packetMsg = new MessagePacket();
        packetMsg.setMsgBitmap(msgImgBitmap);
        packetMsg.setIsSendPacket(true);
        packetMsg.setMessageType(MessagePacket.MESSAGE_TYPE_IMAGE);
        packetMsg.setIMAGE_PATH(picturePath);

        messageWithImage.add(packetMsg);

        customAdapter1.notifyDataSetChanged();
        mList.setSelection(mList.getCount());

        String to = frienduserID;
        dbhHelper.insertMessage(CCMStaticVariable.loginUserId
                + "@ec.abc.com", refineFromjId(to), "",
                "true", picturePath, 1);

        sendFile(picturePath, frienduserID);

    }
}

This works for me.I am giving you my raw code but you can change it accordingly. Let me know if this helps you.

A: This code transfers file..
FileTransferManager manager = new FileTransferManager(connection);
OutgoingFileTransfer transfer = manager.createOutgoingFileTransfer("usre2@myHost/Smack");
File file = new File(filenameWithPath);
try {
   transfer.sendFile(file, "test_file");
} catch (XMPPException e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
}
while(!transfer.isDone()) {
   if(transfer.getStatus().equals(Status.error)) {
      System.out.println("ERROR!!! " + transfer.getError());
   } else if (transfer.getStatus().equals(Status.cancelled)
                    || transfer.getStatus().equals(Status.refused)) {
      System.out.println("Cancelled!!! " + transfer.getError());
   }
   try {
      Thread.sleep(1000L);
   } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
   }
}
if(transfer.getStatus().equals(Status.refused) || transfer.getStatus().equals(Status.error)
 || transfer.getStatus().equals(Status.cancelled)){
   System.out.println("refused cancelled error " + transfer.getError());
} else {
   System.out.println("Success");
}

Also see..
http://harryjoy.com/2012/08/18/file-transfer-in-android-with-asmack-and-openfire/
filetransfer in android through xmpp?
Android File Transfer not working via XMPP and OpenFire


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July 7 () is a 2016 Sri Lankan Sinhala comedy black-n-white film directed by Sanjaya Nirmal and produced by Charith Abeysinghe for Head Master Films. The film based on a miniplay of Don't Dress for Dinner by French Marc Camoletti (playwright). It stars Anarkali Akarsha and  Saranga Disasekara in lead roles along with  and Charith Abeysinge and Damitha Abeyratne. Music composed by Nuwan Thenuwara. It is the 1248th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.

Plot

Cast
The characters are from their real life names.

 Anarkali Akarsha as Susina
 Saranga Disasekara as Tom
 Charith Abeysinge as Robbin
 Damitha Abeyratne as Susima
 Pubudu Chathuranga as Kalu Malli
 Oshadi Hewamadduda as Loren

Soundtrack

References

2016 films
Sinhala-language films

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Quiche is my favorite dish to serve for a brunch get together. Not only is it easy to make, but it also can be made a day ahead if you are tight on oven space or time on the day of your event. This recipe includes fresh spinach, I have made many a quiche using frozen spinach and decided to give fresh a try since the added steps of defrosting and squeezing dry the frozen spinach was not something I looked forward to doing each time. I was a little concerned about the spinach releasing too much moisture in the cooking process, but I am happy to report that was not the case with this recipe! Shallots and spinach seems to be a favorite combination of mine lately so it felt like a natural next step to try them out in a quiche and I was not disappointed.
Place shallots in a small frying pan with 1 tsp oil and saute 3-4 minutes, until just starting to brown. Remove from heat and transfer to a small bowl and add 1 tsp white balsamic vinegar. Set aside.
In a medium bowl beat together eggs, half & half, oregano and salt.
Into prepared pie crust, add shallots, prosciutto, spinach and cheese. Pour egg mixture over the filling and put in oven. Place quiche on a rimmed cookie sheet for ease of cleaning and transferring in and out of the oven. Cook for 10 minutes and then turn oven down to 375 degrees and cook for another 20-25 minutes. It is done when lightly brown on top and set in the middle. allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving.
This was featured in the February 2017 issue of Madison Magazine!


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Q: Add a vertical line on MouseDown event This seems very simple and straightforward, but I can't really get it to work.
I have a Line chart where I fill the data through binding to a List.
I want to create a command that adds a vertical line when the user presses the left mouse button. I would like to be able to do it in the ViewModel, but code-behind would work aswell.
Furthermore, I would like to set a limit of one vertical line per graph. So when the user clicks and there's already a vertical line, it should remove the old one and add the new one at the new position.

A: Easiest way to do this is to add event handlers:
YourControl.Click += (sender, args) =>
{
    // Your code here
};

Hope it helps

A: I came here to answer my own question, and found Konstantin's answer to have the same idea as my approach. I'll leave mine just to show the whole code.
    model.MouseDown += (s, e) =>
    {
        if (e.ChangedButton == OxyMouseButton.Left)
        {
            //Remove any existing Marker
            while (plotView.Model.Series.Where(x => x.Title == "Marker Line").Count() > 0)
            {
                var oldmarker = plotView.Model.Series.Where(x => x.Title == "Marker Line").FirstOrDefault();
                plotView.Model.Series.Remove(oldmarker);
            }

            // Add a point to the line series.
            marker.Points.Add(marker.InverseTransform(new ScreenPoint(e.Position.X, model.DefaultYAxis.ScreenMin.Y)));
            marker.Points.Add(marker.InverseTransform(new ScreenPoint(e.Position.X, model.DefaultYAxis.ScreenMax.Y)));

            //Add the marker (vertical line)
            plotView.Model.Series.Add(marker);
            model.InvalidatePlot(false);
            e.Handled = true;
        }
        e.Handled = false;
    };

I still have some fixes to do (like autoscaling the marker), but this is as close as I've got so far.


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A dark purple robe and a very expressive bouquet betrays the supremacy of the Syrah and a 14-month period in oak barrels. Everything is in balance, the mouth opening on black fruits with nuances of vanilla, enhanced by silky tannins. A complex and elegant wine with a very subtle woodiness. To be enjoyed immediately or after a few years in the cellar, accompanied by an Osso Bucco or a tournedos of beef.
Exposure: Côteaux North West of La Clape.
Harvest: Selective manual harvest, scraped.
Winemaking: Separate vinification of the vines without yeasting, manual pigeages. Vatting of about 30 days. The wine is neither glued nor filtered.
Laying down: 5 – 8 years.
Medal: Silver medal from Mundis Vini 2017 and a 'recommended wine' in the DECANTER 2017 Contest.
Classed among the elite of the great La Clape wines, this highly characteristic marvel delivers a show of flavours with formidable balance.
Tasting: Very black and red fruits, it expresses the fig scrubland and spices, with a beautiful volume of mouth and tannins already silky and airy. At once fresh and mature, it fills the taster by its extreme length. To be drunk with poultry, olive can, duck breast or confit, hare stew, leg of lamb.


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In 1890, Canadian pharmacist and chemist, John J. McLaughlin of Enniskillen, Ontario opened a carbonated water plant in Toronto. In 1904, McLaughlin created Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale; three years later the drink was appointed to the Royal Household of the Governor General of Canada, and the label featuring a beaver atop a map of Canada was replaced with the present Crown and shield. When McLaughlin began shipping his product to New York in 1919, it became so popular that he opened a plant in Manhattan shortly thereafter. After McLaughlin's death, the company was run briefly by Sam. P. D. Saylor and Associates who bought the business from the McLaughlin family in 1923 and formed Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc., a public company.
Canada Dry's popularity as a mixer began during Prohibition, when its flavor helped mask the taste of homemade liquor. In the 1930s, Canada Dry expanded worldwide and from the 1950s onward, the company introduced a larger number of products.
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IN error to the Circuit Court for the District of Michigan.
This was an action of assumpsit brought by the United States against one Ward to recover the sum of $45,000-so much money had and received by the defendant to the use of the plaintiffs.
The whole of the testimony was embraced in a bill of exceptions.
The facts out of which the implied promise was supposed by the United States to arise were thus: In the years 1856 and 1857 the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway Company were building their road, and were in an embarrassed condition, in which it became important to them to obtain the delivery of their iron rails by giving rewarehousing bonds with surety. To obtain acceptable sureties they offered to pay a large compensation for the use of the names of responsible persons, and in that way the defendant became surety on numerous bonds of the corporation, given to the plaintiffs at various times, amounting to over $90,000. This railway company, while these bonds were unpaid, was sold out, with all its property and franchises, and was purchased by a new organization under the laws of Michigan, which took the name of the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad Company, and this latter company, in the process of transmutation, made or recognized a lien on the road and other property in favor of the United States for the whole or a part of the debt evidenced by these bonds, but denied any liability on the part of the corporation for those bonds; and it seemed probable that both the defendant and the agents of the United States were ignorant of the existence of this lien until after a compromise (hereafter to be mentioned) of the bonds. At this stage of the proceedings the defendant was the only solvent surety, and he insisted that he was discharged by the dealing of the plaintiffs with his principals. In this state of things the bonds were placed in the hands of the District Attorney of the United States for suit.
DETROIT AND MILWAUKEE RAILROAD CO., DETROIT, May 14th, 1863.
MY DEAR SIR: Referring to the conversation we have had on the subject of the duty bonds due the United States, I am authorized to say that if you can precure the settlement and cancelling of them for a sum not exceeding $80,000 currency, that sum to include your services and any claim you may have against the company on account of those bonds, this company is ready to pay, and will pay that sum; one-half on your making the arrangement with the government, and the other half within thirty days thereafter. This offer, however, not to be considered as waiving any defence the company has to said bonds and claims.
The plaintiffs also introduced as a witness, Trowbridge (the party signing the proposition above set out), and he testified that though he had not heard the first conversation between the board and defendant, he afterwards heard of it from Mr. Brydges, managing director, or from Mr. Emmons, counsel for the company, and that after this and upon reducing it to writing, in answer to the question of the defendant, as to what the board had decided as to his proposition, he repeated it orally to the defendant as he understood it, and as so stated, and as he understood it, it was fully expressed in the letter of May 14th. Trowbridge had become president of the company during these transactions.
After his interview, above mentioned, with the directors of the company, Ward had a conference with the District Attorney of the United States, in which, while denying his liability, he offered to pay $35,000 in full for the delivery of the bonds on his own account, whether the company did or did not furnish the money, as he hoped they would; saying, 'that the company was apt to be behind when money was to be paid out.' This offer was afterwards accepted, and the $35,000 was paid and the bonds delivered to Ward.
It was conceded as part of the case that the agents of the United States had no knowledge of the offer of the company to pay the $80,000 when Ward made his proposition, nor until after the bonds were delivered and the $35,000 paid and accepted as a compromise; and further conceded that Ward received the $80,000, and had part of it, or all, in his hands when the compromise was finally accepted.
The District Attorney of the United States becoming acquainted with what had passed between Ward and the company, and especially with the proposition about the $80,000, demanded the sum of $45,000 (the difference between this sum just named and the $35,000 paid), alleging that it had been paid to Ward for the purpose of being delivered to the government, on a compromise of their claim against him and the road. Ward, insisting that he was under no sort of obligation to pay any sum to the government, as the compromise had been fair, stated nevertheless, that since making the compromise he had learned of the making or recognition by the new company of the lien on the road and other property in favor of the United States for the debt evidenced by the bonds, and as that might have put the claim of the government on a better basis than it stood before, he was willing to pay over a check for $22,028. He did accordingly pay it over to the government agent, but before it was presented at bank, stopped the payment of it. At the time when the check was given, Ward said that in giving it he was doing better by the government than he was doing by himself; that the government were getting about 75 per cent. on their claim, while he was getting only some 55 per cent. on what he claimed.
It was upon this state of facts mainly that the United States asserted that the entire $80,000 was money had and received by Ward to their use, and sued for the $45,000 not paid over.
The jury were also told that it was for them to find what the arrangement or proposition was between the railroad company and the defendant in reference to a compromise of these bonds, and whether there was any other different proposition than that reduced to writing May 14th, 1863, or whether that evidenced the precise terms of the arrangement between the company and defendant when the latter opened negotiations with the district attorney. They were told also that upon their finding in that respect would depend their verdict.
'That the proposition of May 14th did not constitute the defendant the agent of the company to pay over to the plaintiff the sum of $80,000, or any given sum, but that under it he was at liberty to make any arrangement he saw fit with the plaintiffs for a settlement and cancellation of the bonds held by them.
'That if the jury find that said $80,000 was paid to the defendant by the railroad company under the said proposition, the plaintiffs are not entitled to recover any portion of the money thus paid to him, as in such case it was not paid to the defendant for the use of the plaintiffs, but to pay him in full for his own services and claims, and for procuring the settlement and cancelling of the bonds held by the plaintiffs, and for the delivery of the same to the railroad company.
Verdict and judgment having been given for the United States for the $45,000 claimed, with interest, the defendant brought the case here.
1. There was no evidence tending in the least degree to prove that the $80,000 was paid to defendant under any other proposition or arrangement than the written one of May 14th, 1863.
There is not a scintilla of evidence that tends to show that the original verbal proposition differed from the written one. It was the proposition of compromise of the bonds which was put in writing by Trowbridge, the president, on the 14th of May, for which the defendant verbally applied in April, and no other or different one, and it was the said proposition that was embodied in the written proposition, which the board verbally made to the defendant subsequently to his application for the proposition from the company.
Whether there was evidence tending to prove that the original verbal proposition was different from the written proposition was a question of vital importance. This, under the charge of the court, was the hinge upon which the controversy turned. And the refusal to charge as requested, and the charge as given, substituted conjecture for deduction, and could hardly fail to mislead and confuse the jury.
But whatever may have been the character of the verbal proposition made before the money was paid over, there was no evidence tending to show that it was actually paid over to defendant upon any other proposition than that of May 14th, or for any other purpose than that mentioned therein.
2. The court erred in refusing to give any construction to the written proposition or contract of May 14th.
According to the very theory of the charge of the court, the jury were at liberty to, and might well have found, that the proposition or arrangement under which the defendant received the $80,000, was the written one of May 14th. On that hypothesis it was clearly the duty of the court to give construction to this written instrument. There was vital error in refusing to give such construction. It left the jury to give any construction they saw fit to this most important instrument, upon which the rights of the parties turned.
3. The defendant was entitled to the instructions that he asked as to the meaning of the proposition of May 4th.
The instrument is to be read in the light of surrounding circumstances. A compromise was contemplated, not of one claim, but of two; the claims both of the defendant and of the United States. To effect this compromise the company were willing to pay $80,000, and they proposed to the defendant that if he would discharge his own claim and procure a settlement and cancellation of that of the plaintiffs, they would pay him $80,000. He was at liberty to make the best bargain with the plaintiffs that he could; to pay them in cash or to get time, or to pay in anything else that the plaintiffs would receive. All that the interests of the company required was the discharge of the two claims. The $80,000 was to be paid in one entire sum for the double purpose; not a part, proportionate or otherwise, to apply on the claim of each. They may have expected that it would have cost the defendant more than it did to take up the bonds held by the plaintiff, but that expectation, if proved, would have nothing to do with the construction of the paper. That left him at liberty to make the best bargain he could with the plaintiffs, and he was to have for himself all that remained, were it more or less.
1. There was nothing which would have justified the court in instructing the jury, as requested, that the evidence tended to show that the money was paid by the company under the written proposition of May 14th. On the contrary, the evidence rather tended to show that the verbal proposition, made by the board of directors in April, was in reality the one under which it was paid. Trowbridge, who reduced the proposition to writing in the form of a letter addressed to the defendant, testified that he heard nothing of the defendant's application to the company until after it occurred, and that his first information respecting the proposition made to the defendant came from the managing director, or from the company's attorney; that after receiving this information, and before writing his letter, he, in response to an inquiry from defendant, repeated orally to the latter the proposition as he understood it, and that the proposition as he understood it was fully expressed in said letter. The verbal proposition was the one upon which the defendant acted in treating with the plaintiff's attorney for the compromise, and which the defendant must be presumed from his conduct to have relied upon, and there is no evidence that it was superseded by any other; for the written proposition of May 14th was not put forth as an independent proposition, designed to take the place of the previous verbal proposition, but merely as a memorial of the latter as it was understood by the writer.
The whole case indicates, indeed, that the written proposition was an afterthought; a contrivance to conceal an irregular transaction. The claim which really disturbed the company was not the defendant's but that of the government, and to settle it the $80,000 was given to Ward. Having by his fraudulent concealments got them to take less than half the sum, he adroitly gets the written letter in order that he may apply the balance to his own use.
2. If this was all so, there was no need of the court giving any construction to the letter of May 14th. But if there had been such need, the requests of the defendant, on this subject, should not have been granted; for the view taken by him of the meaning of the contract-on an assumption of which meaning as true, the requests for instruction were founded-was an erroneous view.
What the defendant undertook to bring about, and actually succeeded in bringing about, was a compromise-not as between himself and the company, nor as between himself and the plaintiff, but as between the company and the plaintiff. In this affair he was their common negotiator, the gobetween or mutual agent of both parties. There was, considering the nature of the undertaking, no incompatibility in the office thus assumed by him. There existed, then, such a fiduciary relation between the plaintiff and the defendant as to devolve upon the latter the obligation of making a frank and full disclosure of any fact which might influence the judgment of the former in making the compromise.
From this point of view, it appears that there was no error in rejecting the instructions requested, as to the construction of the proposition of May 14th.
Mr. Justice MILLER (having stated the case) delivered the opinion of the court.


Ijaz Kausar, mother of Zafaryab Saed, passed away last night.
May Allah (swt) grant forgive Sister Ijaz Kausar of all her sins and grant her Jannah. May Allah (swt) give patience to her family and friends. .
The Janazah prayer will be today Wednesday 06/13/2018, at Dar al Noor after Duhr Salaah.


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Don't "we" crave simple explanations! They apparently are irresistible. Thanks for the post ... but you'll probably have to keep writing such things for awhile yet.
a related point ... I'm fearful that all this publicity will lead to profiling and then "therapy".
This is a deep subject, perhaps more than can be done on a blog. But I'd say that you are right in a profound way. We all crave simple explanations of some, hopefully comforting sort. One can speculate on evolutionary reasons (i.e., Just-So stories) why that might be so.
In this light, every society at any given time, has its story-framework (philosophers must have coined a term for that), into which everything fits--that is, is _made_ to fit.
In western culture this has by turns involved Classical polytheistic explanations for things cosmic and mundane, Christian biblical ones, Enlightenment science ones, and whatever our current morph is doing.
We're 'into' complexity as a flashword, and that justifies the 'omic' rather than Enlightenment-based hypothesis or theory driven approach, large-scale studies by intent (whether or not that is optimum) and so on. Even in our sometimes-seeming religious state, it is science that rules in so many ways, as as much a part of our societal thinking-fabric as religion was in, say, the medieval ages or in the high era of Islam (I don't know how the Eastern equivalents).
Just as wars loom and people don't cool down but get jingoistic and ready to kill, so we seem unable to learn the lessons of unrestrained, intrusive science, as in eugenics (your last referent, essentially).
Wars and research, among other similar human societal cascades, are always justified on moralistic grounds--for the good of 'us all', etc. etc.
You said it! Complexity. I find it strange that, with as much as is known about the numerous variables which interplay to make up a single cell, let alone an entire human being, that there are still people-- scientists!-- who insist on seeking the roots of complex behavior in a short strand of DNA.
Kinda sad really. Must be nice to have so simple a view of the world!
In part it's just the way we are. We want answers, real answers, and we don't want to wait for 5,000 years until they arrive. It's natural to want to live in an important time--we're no different than many religions in this kind of hunger.
And we're totally skirting some deep questions about things related to causation, what the physical world actually consists of, and so on, that could affect these issues as well.


I've been told the developer is building a golf course right across the road from Kalea Bay; however no mention of golf course on the Kalea Bay list of amenities. What's up with that?
John, The developer owns the area next to Kalea Bay but it is not going to be developed in the near future. The land permitting is pending so nothing is set in stone but the talk of a golf course is likely the end result though it doesn't seem it will tied in with Kalea Bay but there may be benefits as time moves forward..
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i just added my contact info. Any chance you can mail me some info to look over?
Yes, Derek in our office should have contacted you.
What beach facilities are proposed for the new Kalea Bay development ?
Potentially there is a beach shuttle with amenities on the beach between Wiggins Pass Park and Moraya Bay (no access to Moraya Bay). Please call our office to reserve your spot. We've already sold units on the 7th floor of building one. For more information call 239-417-1115.
Is this new condo to be part of a continuing care community or retirement community?
Kalea Bay is a luxury condominium community. There will be no continuing care there unless it was a personal nurse or caregiver. Sales have already begun. Call 239-417-1115 to reserve your unit now!


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Bank of Central African States: New management takes command 0
A new management team has taken over the administration of the Bank of Central African States, BEAC. Abbas Mahamat Tolli from Chad and Dieudonné Evou Mekou from Cameroon who were appointed at the 27th Special Session of Heads State of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEMAC) in Malabo late last year assumed duty in Yaoundé on Monday.
Other officials of the Mahamat Tolli-led management include the secretary general Désiré Guedon from Gabon, the Director General of Operations Cedric Ondaye Ebauh from the Republic of Congo and the Director General of general control Bienvenu Marius Roosevelt Feimonanzoui from the Central African Republic.
Meanwhile, the former governor of the bank, Lucas Abaga Nchama from Equatorial Guinea who managed the financial institution since February 2010 left Cameroon on Tuesday. During a farewell ceremony at the Star Building, the Prime Minister and head of government, Philemon Yang knighted the former governor with the medal of Commander of the Cameroon National Order of Valour on behalf of President Paul Biya.
"Beyond managing the central bank, I learnt a lot in Cameroon" Lucas Abaga Nchama told the press shortly before leaving Yaoundé. "Cameroon is a country that ensures leadership in economics and other domains in the sub region."
BEAC serves as the central bank of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. "The bank is doing well considering the current economic trend. If appropriate measures were not taken, it would have had an impact on the stability of the currency," Lucas Abaga Nchama said.
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