Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has offered his heart-felt congratulation to Antonio Guterres on his election as the new UN secretary general, expressing the hope that he would engage in an all-out fight against extremism and help find peaceful solutions to the crises in Syria and Yemen.
"At the critical time that you will assume the leadership of… [the UN], it is imperative that the United Nations engage in the crucial fight against all aspects of violent extremism and play effectively and efficiently its part in efforts towards finding peaceful and locally-owned solutions for the ongoing crises in Yemen and Syria," read part of Zarif's congratulatory message to the new UN chief.
The top Iranian diplomat also pointed to last year's nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia – plus Germany, hoping that 67-year-old Guterres would play an active role in supporting the full implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which resolved the long-running dispute over the Iranian nuclear program.
"Following the fruition of the JCPOA on Iran's nuclear file, which enhanced hope in our region, we look forward to the United Nations, under your guidance, to help and follow up on the full implementation of the deal in its entirety by all parties," the Iranian foreign minister's message pointed out.
Under the JCPOA, which took effect in January, the Islamic Republic has agreed to roll back certain aspects of its nuclear program — including the volume of its uranium stockpiles enriched to the 20-percent level — and has provided international atomic monitors enhanced access to its nuclear facilities.
Guterres was appointed by the 193-member UN assembly to succeed Ban Ki-moon of South Korea on Thursday. The former Portuguese prime minister will take up the position on January 1, 2017, for a five-year term.


The files in this dataset support the following paper: ########################################################################################## Graphene plasmonic waveguides for mid-infrared supercontinuum generation on a chip Andrey V. Gorbach University of Bath ########################################################################################## ############################################################## Methodologies Guided modes (electric field profiles, effective indeces) have been computed with the help of Comsol Multiphysics (http://www.comsol.com/) commercial Maxwell solver (version 5.1). The pulse propagation equation was solved with the help of Matlab, by using the well established split-step algorithm, full details of the algorithm are available in: G.P. Agrawal, "Nonlinear Fiber Optics," 5th ed. (Academic Press, 2013). ############################################################## Please find included the following: ############################## 1) A CSV spreadsheet: Fig1_data.csv This file contains the guided mode profile (all components of the electric field) recorded on a rectangular grid in (x,y) plane. The grid parameters are: x: (-15:0.1:15) nm y: (-15:0.1:15) nm All electric field components are in SI units (V/m). ############################## 2a) A CSV spreadsheet: Fig2a_data.csv This file contains data for effective indeces of waveguide modes: the first column gives values of the wavelength in microns, columns 2-5 give results for GSP mode without waveguide, and modes in waveguides of widths 5 nm, 15 nm and 25 nm, respectively. 2b) A CSV spreadsheet: Fig2b_data.csv This file contains data for attenuation length of waveguide modes: the first column gives values of the wavelength in microns, columns 2-5 give the length in um for GSP mode without waveguide, and modes in waveguides of widths 5 nm, 15 nm and 25 nm, respectively. 2c) A CSV spreadsheet: Fig2b_data_FEM.csv This file contains data for attenuation length of the guided mode in the w=25nm wide waveguide as computed from COMSOL: the first column gives values of the wavelength in microns, second column give the length in um. 2d) A CSV spreadsheet: Fig2c_data.csv This file contains data for nonlinear coefficient gamma (in 1/(mW nm)) of waveguide modes: the first column gives values of the wavelength in microns, columns 2-4 give gamma values for waveguides of widths 5 nm, 15 nm and 25 nm, respectively. 2e) A CSV spreadsheet: Fig2d_data.csv This file contains data for maximal ratio Lp/Lnl of waveguide modes: the first column gives values of the wavelength in microns, columns 2-4 give gamma values for waveguides of widths 5 nm, 15 nm and 25 nm, respectively. ############################## 3) A CSV spreadsheet: Fig3_data.csv This file contains the data for Fig. 3: the first column gives values of the wavelength in microns, columns 2-5 give power (in dB) for the input pulse, and outputs for P0=1uW, P0=20uW and P0=500uW, respectively.
Gorbach, A., 2015. Dataset supporting the paper: Graphene Plasmonic Waveguides for Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum Generation on a Chip. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics2030825.
Data are available as supporting material to the open access article.
Gorbach, A., 2015. Graphene Plasmonic Waveguides for Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum Generation on a Chip. Photonics, 2(3), pp.825-837. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics2030825.


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U.S. Supreme Court says state courts may continue to hear securities class actions
March 22, 2018 by Steve Larson
In an important decision for investors, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on March 20, 2018, that state courts can continue to hear certain securities class actions brought under federal law.
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Groundbreaking autism class action settles
March 16, 2017 by Joshua Ross
Stoll Berne recently obtained a final judgment in a long running class action case brought on behalf of children with autism against Providence Health Plan ("Providence").
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Respected US District Judge Jed Rakoff refuses to enforce Uber's arbitration and class action waiver clauses
August 4, 2016 by Keith Dubanevich
In a strongly worded decision, Judge Rakoff began his opinion by raising suspicion about whether the Federal Arbitration Act could properly be applied in today's commercial context:
Categories: Forced Arbitration, Groundbreaking Decisions
Court rules Happy Birthday song copyright invalid
October 9, 2015 by Steve Larson
Warner/Chappell Music Inc. does not own a valid copyright on "Happy Birthday To You," a California federal judge ruled Tuesday in a class action decision.
Categories: Groundbreaking Decisions
Pennsylvania Supreme Court gives green light to class actions
February 9, 2015 by Steve Larson
A Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in mid-December upholding a nearly $188 million judgment against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for denying breaks to its workers signals a split with federal courts over standards for bringing class actions, and could cause new claims to be pursued in the state court system.
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Court rules FedEx drivers are employees not independent contractors
August 29, 2014 by Steve Larson
We received an excellent ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the FedEx case. We have been representing the Oregon drivers in this class action for almost 10 years.
Categories: Employment Class Action, Groundbreaking Decisions
U.S. Supreme Court holds parens patriae actions are not mass actions subject to CAFA
February 20, 2014 by Steve Larson
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its first class-action-related decision of the 2013-14 term. In Mississippi ex rel. Jim Hood v. AU Optronics Corp., Case No. 12-1036 (U.S. Jan. 14, 2014), the Court held that a parens patriae action brought by the Mississippi attorney general on behalf of Missouri citizens was not a "mass action" subject to the …
Ninth Circuit eliminates consumer injunction protections under California law
November 8, 2013 by Steve Larson
Paul Bland of Public Justice recently provided the following information about a decision under California Law:
Jake Zamansky recently wrote the following article in Forbes Magazine
December 19, 2012 by Steve Larson
In the movie "A Civil Action" John Travolta played a scrappy lawyer who risks his whole practice to bring a class action case against a chemical company that polluted the water and poisoned residents in a small Massachusetts town. The movie ends badly for both the lawyer and the company. Class actions are a vehicle …
Florida Supreme Court to determine whether an arbitration clause can be held invalid
June 22, 2012 by Steve Larson
The Florida Supreme Court held oral argument in May in a case that could test the reach of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2011 decision on class arbitration waivers in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion. In McKenzie Check Advance of Florida v. Wendy Betts, SC11-514, the plaintiff relied on factual evidence in an attempt to prove that …
U.S. Supreme Court to tackle requirements for fraud-on-the-market theory in securities class actions
The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari today in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, No. 11-1085, to address the requirements for certifying a securities class action based on the "fraud-on-the-market" theory of reliance. The "fraud-on-the-market" theory involves allegations that public misrepresentations or omissions adversely affected the market price of a stock …
U.S. Supreme Court reverses Wal-Mart, Inc. v. Dukes
On June 20, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court in Wal-Mart, Inc. v. Dukes reversed a class certification order in a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart filed on behalf of current and former female employees of Wal-Mart. As reported earlier on this blog, the trial court had certified a class representing approximately 1.5 million female employees …
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Justice Scalia ignores text of Federal Arbitration Act
May 11, 2011 by Steve Larson
I recently posted the results of the Supreme Court opinion in AT&T v. Concepcion – the invalidation of a state law that rendered unenforceable the waiver of class action suits in arbitration. However, upon closer review of the opinion, the method utilized by the Supreme Court majority of five Republican nominated Justices is very troubling. …
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AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion: By No Means the End
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On April 27, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. __ (2011), in which the Court held that § 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") preempts a certain California judicial rule (the so-called Discover Bank rule) relating to collective-action waivers in arbitration agreements. Justice …
Eleventh Circuit creates confusion with CAFA decision
October 15, 2010 by Steve Larson
CAFA substantially changed the class action landscape in 2005 by creating specialized jurisdiction in federal court for class action cases. The law amended 28 U.S.C. § 1332 to permit federal courts to hear class action cases of at least 100 members when the parties are minimally diverse and the aggregate damages exceed $5 million. In …

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FRANKFURT, March 8 (Reuters) - Potential suitors for a minority stake in German regional utility EWE, which sources say could be valued at up to 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion), have until later this month to express their interest, EWE said on Friday.
The suitors should express their interest in the 26 percent stake by 1100 GMT on March 21 via email at InterestInEWE@citi.com, EWE said in a statement. Citi is managing the sale.
Sources told Reuters in January that infrastructure investor Macquarie and Allianz were expected to submit a joint bid, as are Canadian pension fund OMERS, Australian infrastructure fund IFM and Dutch pension fund PGGM.
Most of EWE, which has annual sales of 8.25 billion euros and an operating margin of 6.1 percent, is owned by cities and municipalities in northwest Germany.
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Bethlehem is a city in the Palestinian Authority with a population of 21,947 and another about 25,000 in the neighboring towns of Beit Sahour and Beit Jalla. The majority (72%) in the district are Muslim today. Christians in Bethlehem constitute less than 15% of the population (Fifty years ago, Christians made up more than 70% of the population). In the Hebrew Bible, the city is described as the birthplace of King David, in the New Testament, as the birthplace of Jesus, and hence is a center of Christian pilgrimage. Although Israelis are not allowed by Israeli law to enter areas of the Palestinian Authority, I have authorization as an Israeli tour guide to take foreign tourists to Bethlehem and Jericho.
The main attraction in Bethlehem is the Church of the Nativity which stands at one end of Manger Square facing the Mosque of Omar. On the sides of the square are restaurants, souvenir shops, and a modern building that houses the Tourist Information Center, a bookstore, a restaurant and an exhibition hall which currently has a display of creches, the models of Jesus' birth in the manger from Christian communities around the world, each in their own native style.
The Church of the Nativity was begun in 327 CE by Emperor Constantine and his mother Helena over the cave that marks the birthplace of Jesus as told in the Gospels of Mathew and Luke; the sanctuary had an octagonal floor plan centered directly above the cave and was completed in 339 CE.
This church was destroyed by fire during the Samaritan Revolts in 529 CE. Justinian rebuilt a new basilica in 565 CE similar to the original, making it one of the oldest surviving churches. In this plan, the octagonal sanctuary was replaced, being enlarged to three apses. Since then the church has had numerous additions, including its prominent bell towers. The Church of the Nativity is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the first to be submitted by the Palestine Authority.
Wooden trap doors give access to portions of the original geometric floor mosaics that survive from Constantine's church.
Twice the church was spared, by the Persians during their invasion in 614 CE because, according to legend, they were impressed by a representation of the Magi — fellow Persians — that decorated the building. In 1009 the Muslims prevented the application of el Hakim's decree ordering the destruction of Christian monuments because, since the time of Omar, they had been permitted to use the south transept for worship.
Justinian's building had three imposing doorways of which only the central one is now in use (the left entrance is blocked by a buttress, the right by an Armenian hall for pilgrims). The one remaining doorway has been severely constricted – in the Crusader period, it was lowered with a Gothic arch; after 1515, the entrance was further reduced to prevent looters entering with horses and wagons – today it's called the Door of Humility. Under Crusader rule the church was comprehensively redecorated, the interior walls covered with gold mosaics. and a unique assembly of Crusader art was painted on the red limestone columns. Access to the grotto is via a pair of Crusader Gothic doorways on either side of the raised sanctuary, the bronze metal doors and baptismal font are from Justinian.
Beside the church is an elegant medieval cloister which was restored in 1948 by Barluzzi. The adjoining Church of St. Catherine is built in a more modern Gothic revival style. Beneath the church is a series of caves where St. Jerome lived and worked on the Vulgate, his translation of the Bible from Hebrew into Latin (having previously translated portions from the Greek Septuagint which came from Alexandria) from 384 CE.
From Bethlehem you can drive east through Beit Sahour to Shepherd's Field, the site where the shepherds saw the Star of Nativity. There are two rival locations, one Greek Orthodox and the other Franciscan. Both sites have been excavated, and there have been churches and monasteries on both sites since the 4th century. This area is also believed to be where Ruth the Moabite gleaned in the fields of Boaz behind the harvesters. Ruth married Boaz and had a son Oved, the father of Jesse who was the father of King David.
The Greek Orthodox site is at Kanisat al-Ruwat and includes a cave used as a church from the 4th century, of which the barrel-vaulted roof (5th century) still survives; today, a new large church has been built on top. About 600m to the north is the Franciscan site with a low natural cave or rock shelter that is used as a modern chapel. Above is a modern church built by Barluzzi in 1954, shaped like a tent and decorated with a beautiful bronze angel by Duilio Cambellotti.
If you continue east, perched on the cliff above the Kidron valley is the Monastery of Mar Saba dating back to 483 CE.
West of Bethlehem are three large reservoirs from the Hasmonean period, called Solomon's Pools, that stored the water from two aqueducts from springs in the Hebron Hills. From these pools the Upper and Lower aqueducts continued via Bethlehem, Armon HaNatziv, Abu Tor to the Old City (remains of the aqueduct can still be seen along the route); another aqueduct was built by King Herod to bring water to Herodium. The Palestinian Authority have built a large conference center with a restaurant and small archaeological museum overlooking the pools.
Mar Saba, a Judean Desert Monastery
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This entry was posted in Archaeology, Pilgrimage, Travel and tagged Area A, Barluzzi, Beit Sahour, Bethlehem, Church of Nativity, Palestine, Shepherd's Field on June 18, 2013 by Shmuel Browns.
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Having been in and around Sedona since 2008, I have come to know and love the land, as well as appreciate the power in the healing vortexes surrounding it. I bring the energy of the land into ceremony and do Despacho Prayer Bundles. In shamanic tradition, an ayni despacho is done with the intention to bring oneself and one's community into right relationship with the natural world. It creates a sense of union, harmony and reciprocity with nature, for individual or group intention on a personal as well as global scale. A completed bundle is shown above.
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Битката при Катасирти е голямо сражение между българи и византийци, състояло се през август 917 г., непосредствено след битката при Ахелой в малко селце близко до Константинопол. Битката завършва с българска победа.

Причини
От началото на 917 г. и двете страни се готвят за решителни действия. Византийците правят опит за анти-българска коалиция, но опитът им пропада благодарение на бързата реакция на българския цар Симеон. Въпреки това византийците организират огромна армия, но тя е напълно унищожена край Ахелой.

Битката
След победата при Ахелой българските войски започват настъпление на юг. В това време Лъв Фока, който оцелява след сражението край Анхиало достига Константинопол по море и събира последните войски там, за да препречи пътя на българите към столицата. Двете армии се срещат при Катасирти. Сражението протича през нощта, византийската армия отново е разгромена.

Следствия
Последните византийски сили са съкрушени и пътят към византийската столица е свободен, но сърбите се разбунтуват от запад и българите решават че е по-важно да предпазят границите си. Това дава време на Византия за възстановяване.

Източници
 Йоан Скилица, "История", 2, p.88

Катасирти
Българо-византийски битки

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If My Voice Rang Louder Than My Skin
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If My Voice Rang Louder Than My Skin brings to life the story of a teenage boy who craves a life where his skin no longer affects his daily life or how others perceive him. Using 2D animation, the film follows him through the streets of the Bronx, trying to unite his community's voice through music to rally against the divisive hate against color.
Kyra Peters (If My Voice Rang Louder Than My Skin) is a 22 year old writer/director, born and raised in the Bronx, New York. She's an alumni of the Ghetto Film School (Class of 16') where she was selected to direct the international thesis film, Genesis, in London and write the short film, Little Things, in collaboration with The Frick Film Project.
From a young age she's been attracted to storytelling – whether in novels, cartoons or her grandmother's Caribbean folktales. Reflecting on her childhood, she naturally turned to pursuing a career screenwriting for children's media. She graduated from New York University in 2021, where she studied Film & Television with a minor in Childhood & Adolescent mental health studies, in order to write impactful stories that encourage kids (and those of us who are kids at heart) to uphold their beliefs, question their world and most importantly themselves. She currently works at Moonbug Entertainment as script coordinator for CoComelon YouTube.


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Being grateful for your given life regardless of the circumstances is being grateful for simply life itself. Gratitude is not some made up fallacy in your head because life is a certain way. Life will always be life, when it's understood that life itself is the gift a grateful heart naturally arises. As long as you think you need life to be a certain way in order to be grateful when it isn't that way, there's no way gratitude will arise in your heart. Even if things were exactly how you wanted them, it would still be difficult to be grateful.
Gratitude can never be measured by conditions or circumstances for it to be of the heart. When we make up a story of gratitude because we have this or that, it isn't true gratitude because it's based on things. Things are impermanent, gratitude is not, unless it's based on things. People say it all the time, I am grateful for my life because of this or that, but to understand gratitude is to understand things are not needed to have a grateful heart.


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Q: Given matrix $A$, show that there exists a matrix $B$ such that $A = \exp(B)$
Let $$A = \begin{pmatrix} 2 & 2\\ 2 & 5\end{pmatrix}$$ Show that there exists a matrix $B$ such that $A = \exp(B)$.

My thought is to use $\log(A)$, but first I need to make sure this is well-defined.
The eigenvalues of $A$ are $6$ and $1$, so
$$A=Q^{-1}\begin{pmatrix}6 & 0\\0 & 1\end{pmatrix}Q$$
for some invertible $Q$. My first attempt was to use the fact that
$$\log(x)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(-1)^{n+1}\frac{(x-1)^n}{n}$$
for $|x-1| < 1$. However, all the matrix norms I can think of give me $\|A-I\|>1$. So my second approach was to note that $1, 6 \in [1,6]$, which is compact, so Weierstrass approx. $\implies$ there exists polynomials $P_n:[1,6]\to\mathbb{R}$ s.t. $P_n\to log$ (uniformly). Then
$$P(Q^{-1}\begin{pmatrix}6 & 0\\0 & 1\end{pmatrix}Q)=Q^{-1}P(\begin{pmatrix}6 & 0\\0 & 1\end{pmatrix})Q=Q^{-1}\begin{pmatrix}P(6) & 0\\0 & P(1)\end{pmatrix}Q$$
for any polynomial $P$. Hence,
$$P_n(Q^{-1}\begin{pmatrix}6 & 0\\0 & 1\end{pmatrix}Q)\to Q^{-1}\begin{pmatrix}log(6) & 0\\0 & 0\end{pmatrix}Q$$
so
$$\log(A)=Q^{-1}\begin{pmatrix} \log(6) & 0\\ 0 & 0\end{pmatrix}Q$$
is well-defined. Does this look correct? If so, does anyone have a simpler solution? Thank you.

A: There's no reason to worry about whether the log is well defined.
Find any matrix $D$ such that
$$
\exp(D) = \pmatrix{1&0\\0&6}
$$
In particular, we can take
$$
D = \pmatrix{\log(1) & 0\\0 & \log(6)}
$$
(notably, $\log(1) = 0$ and $\log(6)$ is some positive number).
Once you have such a matrix $D$, it immediately follows that $B = Q^{-1}DQ$ is a solution to your problem.
Is there a log function defined by some power series such that $D$ is the log of that diagonal matrix and $B$ is the log of $A$?  Didn't we "guess" our solution by taking the "log" of the matrix? Maybe, but that doesn't really matter: we have a solution, so take the money and run.

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In English, "patatas bravas" loosely translates to "potatoes with a temper," referring to the spicy sauce drizzled over these fried potato bites. The potatoes are fried twice to make them extra-crispy on the outside.
Fill a large saucepan with oil to a depth of at least 3 inches and heat over medium heat until a deep-fry thermometer registers 275 degrees Place a wire rack over a rimmed baking sheet and set next to stovetop.
Working in batches, fry the potatoes until tender when pierced with a paring knife, about 8 to 10 minutes. The potatoes will not brown during this time. Remove potatoes from oil using a slotted spoon or spider and transfer to wire rack to drain. Let potatoes cool until ready for final frying.
Increase heat to medium-high and heat oil until a deep-fry thermometer registers 350 degrees. Working in batches again, carefully place potatoes in the oil and fry until golden brown and crispy, about 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to drain and immediately sprinkle with salt.
Place the potatoes on a plate or in a wide open dish. Pour the sauce over the potatoes and serve warm, with toothpicks.
Spicy Tomato Sauce (Brava Sauce): Pour olive oil into a small saucepan and warm over low heat. Add tomato puree, sugar, bay leaf, pimenton, and cayenne. Increase heat to medium and cook until the mixture reduces by ¼ and becomes a deep red color, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the vinegar. Taste and season with salt and pepper.


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Eastbourne binmen were seeking fair pay and conditions
PICTURES: The Eastbourne businesses with a food hygiene rating of two or less
One week until Sussex heads to the polls for local elections
Sussex voters will head to the polls to vote in council and Police and Crime Commissioner elections.
By Joshua Powling
Polling day is Thursday May 6, 2021
All divisions are up for grabs at both East and West Sussex county councils, with a number of seats also available in Adur and Worthing, Crawley and Hastings.
Several by-elections are also being held across the county.
Ahead of polling day on Thursday May 6, the Electoral Commission is encouraging people to make sure they are ready to vote and is reminding them their experience will be different to previous elections.
Voters should remember to:
• Take a face covering and a pen or pencil with them when they vote. If people forget these, there will be spares available for them to use at the polling station
• Clean their hands when entering and leaving the polling station
• Maintain a safe distance from other voters and polling station staff.
While voting should only take a few minutes, there will be arrangements in place to maintain social distancing at the polling station and staff will be managing the number of people allowed inside at any one time.
This might mean that voters will be asked to queue to enter their polling station. Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm. Anyone in the queue at their polling station at 10pm will be able to vote.
We have spoken to the leaders of the main political parties in both East Sussex and West Sussex ahead of the election.
Ailsa Irvine, director of electoral administration and guidance at the Electoral Commission, said: "This year voting in person will look a little different to previous elections. You can help keep yourself and others safe by following the safety measures that will be in place at the polling station. If you are asked to queue, this will be so that you and others can follow the social distancing measures in place so please be patient while you wait for your turn.
"It has always been the case that voters can bring their own pens or pencils to cast their vote, and this year it is encouraged to minimise contact between voters."
If people are unsure of what to do at the polling station, or need any help, polling station staff will be happy to assist.
If someone becomes unwell or is self-isolating as a result of Covid-19 shortly before polling day, or on the day itself, they don't need to miss out on their vote.
Voters will be able to apply for an emergency proxy up until 5pm on polling day, so someone they trust can vote on their behalf. They can find out how to do this by speaking to their local council.
Further information for voters is available on the Electoral Commission's website.
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McNutt--Marilyn (Class of 1954)
1 Reinbeck octet opens convention
College Eye 46:24, p.8 3/18/1955
2 A Cappella Choir
3 Bachelor of Arts Candidates
Old Gold 0:0, p.253 6/1/1954 List of graduates; photo.
4 Chapel Choir
5 Music educators national conference
6 Senior recital given by three students
College Eye 45:28, p.1 4/30/1954 Joline Grewell, Marilyn McNutt, and Anna Marie Tabbert will perform.
7 A cappella choir, chapel choir
Old Gold 0:0, p.130 6/1/1953 Elwood Kesiter directs the A Cappella Choir, with Jane Mauck serving as director of the chapel choir; photo.
Old Gold 0:0, p.118 6/1/1952 Photo of the members of the Chapel Choir; photo.
10 "Riders to the Sea," a one-act opera, will be presented (March 9) by members of Harald Holst's opera class
Public Relations News Release 1950:256, p.1 3/8/1951 The opera was first written as a play by J. M. Synge, Irish playright. It was later set to music by Vaughan-Williams, English composer.Five characters, a women's chorus and a men's chorus make up the cast. Character parts and chorus members are listed.
11 ISTC student music recitals
Public Relations News Release 1950:200, p.1 2/7/1951 Nine soloists and a clarinet quartette will participate in a student music recital in the Gilchrist hall chapel. Soloists and quartette members are listed.


16th May, 2012 – Six individuals of Moon Bear (Ursus thibetanus) were rescued successfully and safely transferred to Cu Chi Wildlife Rescue Station (CCWRS). These bears have been kept in small concrete cages for bile exploitation since 2005 in Tien Giang Province.
Six Moon Bears were bought from Binh Duong province when they were 3 months-old. Encouraged by WAR, Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department (FPD) and FPD Tien Giang Province, the owner decided to hand over these bears to CCWRS. The bears are now receiving proper care for health recovering and rehabilitating.
These six moon bears add up to a total of 63 moon bears and sun bears which are being rescued at WAR's facilities, including CCWRS, Cat Tien Bear and Wild Cat Rescue Station, and Hon Me Wildlife Rescue Station. You are welcome to visit the bears and other endangered wildlife in these facilities.


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Danmarks Adels Aarbog (Yearbook of the Danish Nobility) is an annual – now tri-annual – publication that details the genealogies, titles, and coats of arms of Danish and Norwegian noble families. It was first published in 1884, making it one of the oldest such publications. The most recent volume, 2012–14, is volume 100 in the series, which has detailed more than 700 pedigrees. It is published by the Danish Nobility Association.

Each volume has a new version of the index of the families, that have a pedigree in DAA. The index was revised in vol 2012–14, and is on the net, link below.

Most volumes have a section of new corrections and additions to earlier pedigrees. So each pedigree may have a number of corrections scatter through the many volumes. The corrections should be consulted by users of a pedigree(!) All corrections and additions can be found on the Net, sorted by family name. Link below.

References

External links
 Index of pedigrees at Steen Thomsen's site
 Corrections and additions to pedigrees  at Steen Thomsen's site.
 Readers guide to pedigrees  at Steen Thomsen's site.

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For years, Geoff litigated the massive 2007 San Diego Wildfires against SDG&E, wherein he represented over 600 clients (resulting in over $55 million in settlements). Geoff's firm was named to the trial team in this action, and appointed the Single Enterprise Liability Discovery Coordinator, wherein Geoff personally deposed twelve senior Sempra Energy and SDG&E corporate officers (including Sempra's President, Chief Financial Officer, and Director of Corporate Strategy).
In 2013, Mr. Spreter's firm was appointed co-lead counsel in the Coughlin Ranch Fire litigation, which resulted in a confidential settlement with NV Energy, resolving the claims of 57 fire victims.
Geoff currently represents over 260 individuals who lost homes, property, and landscaping in the 2016 Erskine Fire; his firm is co-lead counsel in the matter. He travels often to Lake Isabella, CA to meet with his clients.
Geoff received his BS in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Finance, and a post-baccalaureate certificate in accountancy from San Diego State University. Geoff subsequently became an analyst for LPL Financial, a national brokerage firm. Geoff went on to graduate from University of San Diego, School of Law, where he specialized in business and tax law.
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In 2011, Mr. Spreter formed Spreter & Petiprin, APC. Mr. Spreter and his firm were actively involved in litigating the 2007 San Diego Wildfires matter. This litigation lasted over 8 years, and resulted in more than $2 billion in settlements. Mr. Spreter represented over 300 clients, resulting in over $55 million dollars in settlements.
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Don't miss this bundle of three heartwarming and fun stories by New York Times bestselling author Jean Oram.
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Nora Roberts weaves together passion and obsession, humor and heart, in a novel of two people opening themselves up to the truth - and to each other.
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Jaynee has lived a tragic life and has sworn off all men. Until she meets Jordan, that is, a rugged southern gentleman who refuses to accept no for an answer when he asks her out. From the moment they meet, Jordan sweeps Jaynee off her feet, assuring her that happiness exists. But will he still want her if he learns about her past, and can she outrun the life she's been living?
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Real estate tycoon Bucky Bloom is found stuck to the end of a sailboat mast and a land war erupts in the Florida retirement community of Pineapple Port! Private-eye-in-training Charlotte soon finds herself embroiled in a land war competition masterminded by her new boyfriend's crazy ex, Stephanie.
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Lark Singer is a talented guitar player who's still struggling to find out who she is, literally. Her mother has never revealed who her father is and Lark wants to know. To escape from this nightmare, Lark forms the band Starlight with her oldest and most trusted friends, but then one of them changes things between them and Lark's not sure where it all will lead.
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A donkey boy in Pakistan dreams of buying luxuries for his mother; a mouth artist in rural Scotland longs to leave the circus; a visually impaired man has a problem with his socks; and a woman tries to come to terms with a frightening gift – or curse.
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Haunted by his tragic past, Cole Charbonneau has returned to Mystic Island to sever the final ties to the place he once loved so dearly. His only goal is to walk away forever, until a woman from his past winds up on his doorstep, needing from him the one thing he can't give.
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When Cindy leaves her job in Manhattan to return to the family home in a small Michigan town, an unexpected home improvement project introduces her to Jake, an old friend of her dad's, and a chance for love.
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Issy's new life is about to come crashing down. If she could recall what happened Valentine's Eve, she would be able to tell the police what took place and who murdered her boss. But those memories are slow to come, because there's too much in the past that threaten her sanity.
Contemporary, Christmas, Second-Chance Romance
Fran, widowed and floundering, wonders what to do with her life now that her son is married with a family of his own. When her first love shows up in her small mountain town with an adorable but needy dog, she discovers passions she never knew existed.
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A puppy, a brave little girl, and a single mom, who can't refuse her munchkin the chance to get to know her secret father, makes this story a real heartwarming page-turner.
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Ghost hunter Verity Long is overdue for a little R&R, and a vintage train trip through the mountains seems like just the ticket. The Sugarland Express carries history and nostalgia in every compartment, and she's determined to enjoy it—without ghostly interference. But the ghosts have other plans…
Years of study and teaching at NYU have left assistant professor Cassandra Baines without time for romance. When she walks into a bar one fateful night and realizes it's owned by her ex, Sean McKinnon, sparks fly. Can these two lost souls find their way back to each other?
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Contemporary, Sweet Christmas Romance
Decorating Devon's home for Christmas, Tori soon falls for the handsome lawyer. That is, until the shocking revelations that send her reeling… and running from him as fast as she can. Will love overcome the mistakes of the past?
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Surely One of the Most Magnificent Copies of The Most Prodigious English Bible Ever Printed
(BINDINGS - GEORG FRIEDRICH KRAUSS). BIBLE IN ENGLISH.
(THE MACKLIN BIBLE).
(London: T. Bensley for T. Macklin [final volume Bensley for T. Cadell & W. Davies], 1800 [for the six volumes of the Bible], 1816 [for the Apocrypha]). 480 x 385 mm. (19 x 15 1/8"). One leaf in the Apocrypha (3P2, comprising two prologues of Ecclesiasticus) invisibly inserted from another copy. Seven volumes (comprising the regular Bible in six volumes, and the Apocrypha, usually not included, as a seventh volume). First Printing of this Edition.
ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT CONTEMPORARY RED NEOCLASSICAL-STYLE STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, SUMPTUOUSLY GILT AND ONLAID WITH BLUE, BY GEORG FRIEDRICH KRAUSS, done for Duke ALbert of Saxe-Teschen (with repeated "AST" monogram), covers with very elaborate frames incorporating 11 plain and decorative gilt rules, four onlaid borders of blue morocco, and very elegant swirling foliate ornamentation around the central scalloped panel, six pairs of raised bands, each pair flanking a recessed gilt and blue metope and pentaglyph rule, very handsome spine compartments with blue fan-shaped cornerpieces and central gilt-decorated blue medallions within sunburst gilt collars, turn-ins with Greek key pattern in gilt, striking endleaves of turquoise and green watered silk (the Apochrypha endleaves slightly different). With more than 100 allegorical headpieces and tailpieces and some 70 SPLENDID LARGE-FOLIO-SIZE COPPER PLATES after Fuseli, Reynolds, West, and others, most plates printed before letters. Tissue guards (perhaps later). Herbert 1442 and 1651. First volume with about 30 leaves noticeably foxed, the majority of plates offset onto previous and following pages, consistent inoffensive offsetting of text on facing pages, other trivial imperfections, but still a very impressive copy internally, with the luxurious paper used for the text both fresh and clean, and the engravings richly impressed and with very little foxing. Some unimportant scuffing and rubbing to the leather, but all defects minor, THE MAGNIFICENT BINDINGS REMARKABLY WELL PRESERVED, the heavy volumes completely solid, with only insignificant signs of use, and THE MOROCCO AND LAVISHLY GILT DECORATION EXTREMELY BRIGHT. AN ALTOGETHER MEMORABLE COPY.
The most prodigious form of Scripture in English ever published, the Macklin Bible was often put into ornate bindings, especially by London binders like Staggemeier and his contemporaries. But, however much other sets may glisten, the present magnificent example surely stands at or near the front of the line as one of the most lavishly decorated and arresting copies in existence. Its decorative extravagance also testifies to the fact that Macklin's publication was sufficiently admired outside of England to warrant the finest workmanship and the expenditure of great sums of money on artistic resources. The very large and bold type, the fine Whatman paper, and the series of engravings by some of the most celebrated artists of the period make this an item that is already very desirable. Like the Boydell "Shakespeare Gallery" (also printed by Bensley), our Macklin Bible is a vast picture book with illustrations that are grand both in size and emotional impact. But it is, of course, the bindings here that matter the most. Francesco Piranesi is generally given credit for inventing the Neoclassical style when he designed volumes presented to Gustavus III of Sweden during this monarch's visit to Rome in 1783-84. Quickly popular, the Neoclassical style was imitated and developed by Staggemeier & Welcher in London, by F. W. Standlander in Stockholm, and by Georg Friedrich Krauss in Vienna. Krauss was the most prominent Continental binder working in this style of the day, and Saxe-Teschen was perhaps his most important client. Products of the Krauss bindery have passed through some of the most distinguished collections over the years, particularly those of Fürstenberg and Schäfer; and his bindings have consistently brought remarkable sums of money at auction. It is sufficient to say that the present group of bindings represents the most impressive collection of decorative volumes we have ever offered for sale. The collector for whom these bindings were originally executed, Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen (1738-1822), was the son of Friedrich August II of Saxony and the son-in-law of the empress Maria Theresa. After providing important military and civil service to the Habsburg empire, he retired to Vienna in 1795 and afterward devoted himself to the fine arts. He founded the Albertina, which now houses the greatest collection of prints in the world, and he put together a great library distinguished by the highest taste and most exacting standards. The present copy has the additional distinction of containing what amounts to an extra volume: the Macklin Bible, however it is bound, most often appears in the marketplace without the Apocrypha, appearing here as Volume VII, which was not issued until 16 years after the others. It is also of some interest that the bindings of our seven volumes were decorated in an entirely uniform fashion (as a close inspection shows), something not typical of a set with volumes published so many years apart. (The non-uniform endleaves in the final volume here may have resulted from the fact that, given the physical size of the books, the binder simply ran out of the cloth he had used for lining the first six volumes.). (CJI1704)
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Q: Picking up an array of values from php request and running a mysql query I have this table which contains the following columns.

*

*Id

*place_id

*name

*latitude

*longitude

*offers

I have to get the offers given an array of place IDs. But the way I have implemented this, it doesn't return any results. Below is my request.
http://localhost:8001/googleplaces/getOffers.php?place_id[]=%22epc888%22&place_id[]=%22epc999%22

Below is the PHP script I wrote.
<?php
    $response = array();
    $pid =array();
    require_once __DIR__ . '/db_connect.php';
    $db = new DB_CONNECT();
    if (isset($_GET["place_id"])) {
       $pid = $_GET['place_id'];

       $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM places WHERE place_id IN ($pid)");

       if (!empty($result)) {
       // check for empty result
       if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) {

        $result = mysql_fetch_array($result);

        $place = array();
        $place["place_id"] = $result["place_id"];
        $place["offers"] = $result["offers"];
        // success
        $response["success"] = 1;

        // user node
        $response["place"] = array();

        array_push($response["place"], $place);

        // echoing JSON response
           echo json_encode($response);
           } else {
              // no product found
               $response["success"] = 0;
               $response["message"] = "No offers found";

              // echo no users JSON
              echo json_encode($response);
           }
        } else {
        // no product found
        $response["success"] = 0;
        $response["message"] = "No offers found";

           // echo no users JSON
           echo json_encode($response);
         }
        } else {
        // required field is missing
        $response["success"] = 0;
        $response["message"] = "place_id is missing";

        // echoing JSON response
      echo json_encode($response);
     }
    ?>

Though there are couple of records satisfying the above request, this is the response I get.
{"success":0,"message":"No offers found"}

What am I doing wrong here? Please advice. I am new to PHP.

A: This: $_GET['place_id'] is an array in your example, so you need to treat it like one in your query.
So you could do this:
$pid = implode(",", $_GET['place_id']);

Not the best way, but it should get it working. You probably want to escape and sanitize that though.

To get all results you need to iterate through them like:
    // success
    $response["success"] = 1;
    // user node
    $response["place"] = array();

    while ($result = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
        $response["place"][] = array(
            "place_id" => $result["place_id"],
            "offers" => $result["offers"],
        );
    }

A: As PHP detects the URL parameter place_id[] is of array type, it will present the values as an array. However, you inject the $pid into your SQL. PHP will raise a warning about this, but will still do an implicit conversion and continue. If for instance, if the array was (1, 2, 3), then it would be converted to the string "Array.1,2,3", which leads to invalid SQL syntax.
The very quick solution would be to turn that array into a comma-separated string, like this:
$pid = implode(",", $_GET['place_id']);

However, and this is important: your code is vulnerable to SQL injection. If someone knows the URL to send to your PHP code, they can quite a lot of damage! You should use prepared statements (and move to mysqli or PDO!) with arguments instead.
You should also turn your results processing into a loop to treat all records, and collect them in an array. So replace the if with a while, and directly populate $response["place"]. Note that your if was overwriting the original $results result-set with the array of the first record, which makes you lose the original $result object. But you'll need it for looping over it. So I introduce the variable $row:
// check for empty result
if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) {
    // user node
    $response["place"] = array(); // array of places
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
        $response["place"][] = array(
            "place_id" => $row["place_id"],
            "offers" => $row["offers"]
        );
    }
    // success
    $response["success"] = 1;
    // echoing JSON response
    echo json_encode($response);
}


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Mt. Taurus Quarry
Cold Spring, New York
Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.
Entering the abandoned quarry from the Washburn Trail katetruisi (Atlas Obscura User) (Used with Permission)
Continuing up the Washburn Trail you will soon find yourself on top of the steep cliffs, looking down at the quarry katetruisi (Atlas Obscura User) (Used with Permission)
This foot trail takes a detour from the main trail, allowing hikers to explore the quarry katetruisi (Atlas Obscura User) (Used with Permission)
The steep cliffs surrounding three sides of the site katetruisi (Atlas Obscura User) (Used with Permission)
Looking down from Bull Hill katetruisi (Atlas Obscura User) (Used with Permission)
Top Places in Cold Spring
Ruins of the Cornish Estate
West Point Foundry Preserve
Located just outside of Cold Spring, New York, Bull Hill — a.k.a., Mt. Taurus — is a popular hiking spot, offering breathtaking views of the Hudson River and, on clear days, a glimpse of the distant Manhattan skyline. If you make this climb, though, don't be in such a hurry to reach the top that you miss the old abandoned Mt. Taurus Quarry on the way up.
Bull Hill is located within Hudson Highlands State Park, a rugged and well-timbered mountainous area that had been heavily logged, mined, and quarried throughout the 19th century. The principal resources sought were iron and copper, some of which was actually used to make cannons for the Continental Army, and later provided the raw materials for the famous West Point Foundry in Cold Spring (which was, at the time, an important industrial center, rather than the idyllic quaint village it is today).
By the early 20th century, most of the easily accessible resources had been tapped out and a conservation movement began to preserve the wilderness areas that remained in the Hudson Highlands and allow for the reforestation of the rest. However, there was apparently one more hunk of the earth yet to be dug out, as the Hudson River Stone Corporation started a quarry on Bull Hill in 1931. Extracting hard gneissic rock for use in construction, the quarry operated despite protests from the local community for over 30 years, being abandoned only in 1967. It became part of the Hudson Highlands State Park in 1970.
Thus Mt. Taurus Quarry is not only a prime rockhounding location but also provides a look at a once-barren landscape that started rebounding a little over 40 years ago. The dense older forest surrounding the trail to the top of Bull Hill suddenly — about a half a mile in — gives way to a large flat field, surrounded by man-made cliffs on three sides and covered in a savanna-like vegetative mix of long grasses and small trees. While you can easily stick to the main Washburn Trail and only skirt the edge of Mt. Taurus Quarry, a loop trail that branches off (formed by the remains of the old quarry road) affords an opportunity for a tranquil walk through this striking, transitional environment.
Local legend tells of a farmer losing his big breeding beast to the lure of the Hudson Highlands. When he tried to round up his wayward Bull, the wild thing decided to completely liberate itself. Taking a flying leap off of the nearby peak, the Bull fell to oblivion a thousand feet below. Thus, giving the names "Breakneck Ridge" and "Bull Hill" to these now popular hiking mountains. Nathaniel Parker Willis petitioned the state to give the latter the classic designation of Mount Taurus. Folks around Cold Spring call it Bull Hill.
This hike is in walking distance of the Cold Spring train station. Continue about .5 miles north on Fair Street to reach the entrance of the Hudson Highlands State Park.
Only in Queens: Tasting Our Way Through New York's Most Diverse Borough
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katetruisi
jonatales, RHyzer
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http://hikethehudsonvalley.com/bull-hill-mt-taurus/
http://www.planputnam.org/highlands/tourism/hikes/taurus.htm
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/sports/recreational/2015/08/12/trail-marker-bull-hill-offers-vast-views-haunting-settings/31569245/
http://www.nynjtc.org/hike/east-hudson-highlands
https://books.google.com/books?id=smuFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=hudson+river+stone+corporation+bull+hill&source=bl&ots=fNqcTM13UR&sig=FVnrayflSx3-8VH2X3GCnudQgBI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHi4zc9a7LAhWEtYMKHUESBFoQ6AEIQzAH#v=onepage&q=hudson%20river%20stone%20corporation%20bull%20hill&f=false
http://roeblingsia.org/newsletters/V18No3.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Highlands_State_Park
Hudson Valley Tales and Trails by Patricia Edwards Clyne, Over look Press 1990
Washburn Trail
Hudson Highlands State Park
Cold Spring, New York, 10516
Margaret Corbin's Grave
A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.
This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.
West Point, New York
West Point's only monument to a woman veteran stands above an empty grave.
Beacon, New York
Bannerman's Castle
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
Minas dos Carris
An abandoned mining complex in Serra do Gerês.
Mission Ruins of Venn's Town
The remains of a 19th-century school and living quarters are perched atop a mountain surrounded by a thick tropical forest.
Valmont Butte
This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.
Camillus, New York
Split Rock Quarry
The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.


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