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Assistant Quantity Surveyor - New Builds, Civils, Refurbishments – Bedford, Bedfordshire
UCA Consulting Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
POST TITLE: Assistant / Graduate Quantity Surveyor RESPONSIBLE TO: Partners of the Practice Responsible for: Financial control of Building and Civil Engineering contracts and production of tender documentation. Overall Job Purpose To provide an efficient and effective construction financial management service the practice's clients. Key Tasks and Responsibilities 1. Provision of financial expertise in the delivery of the practice's service to its clients. 2. To produce estimates for construction schemes under the supervision of a Partner, Associate or Senior Surveyor. 3. To produce tender documents for construction schemes under the supervision of a Partner, Associate or Senior Surveyor. 4. To prepare valuations, financial statements and produce and agree final accounts with contractors for construction works under the supervision of a Partner, Associate or Senior Surveyor. 5. To undertake all works in accordance with the firms QA procedures. 6. To utilise and develop the firms computerised systems. 7. To advise the Partner, Associate or Senior Surveyor of disputes with contractors as and when they arise. 8. To work in a team in undertaking the Practice's business. 9. Undertake liaison with other members of the construction team as and when required to efficiently undertake the Practice's work. 10. To comply with existing and future legislation relating to the work being undertaken. 11. To comply with the firms Health & Safety Policy. 12. To represent and promote the Practice at meetings when called upon to do so. 13. To represent and promote the Practice at all times. Personal Requirements 1. Type of Experience: Up to five years post qualification experience. Specific knowledge and experience of SMM7 along with working knowledge of JCT and other forms of contract, previous PQS experience, working with Government, or Local Authority funded bodies are desirable. 2. Qualifications: Minimum BSc in Quantity Surveying working towards MRICS membership of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. 3. Contact with People: The post holder will have contact with the practice's clients and other members of the construction team. 4. Accountability: Responsible for the financial control of significant/substantial budgets working under the supervision of the Partner in charge of the scheme or an appointed Associate or senior surveyor. 5. Managerial and Supervisory Responsibility: May at times be required to supervise junior surveyors. 6. Special Attributes: The post holder will be a team player capable of working to deadlines. With a flexible approach to financial management. 7. Physical Requirements: The post holder will be physically and mentally able to undertake the full remit of the responsibilities of the post. 8. Other Factors: A full UK driving licence is desirable
Senior Building Surveyor
We are recruiting in surrey for an experienced building surveyor to join a well-regarded chartered surveying firm. Our client is a professional consulting practice made up of chartered building surveyors, project managers, quantity surveyors, and construction managers. They hold an exceptional reputation within the high-end residential space, and work with a number of private clients across the Sou...... click apply for full job details
Quantity Surveyor - Senior/Associate - Hotels, Resi, Commercial
Edgar Cowen
Job description SENIOR/ASSOCIATE CHARTERED QUANTITY SURVEYOR - HOTELS, RESI, COMMERCIAL A small independent Cost consultancy with a hugely impressive client base and project pipeline is looking to add an experienced Chartered Quantity Surveyor to their growing team. You would be joining a team of highly experienced Cost Consultants with a very strong combined expertise and unrivalled industry knowle...... click apply for full job details
Vox Network Consultants
VOX Network Consultants are on th lookout for a Quantiity Surveyor for a permanent position with an excellent client of ours. If you are looking for a long term permanent position which offers great career progression, salary and package please apply for this role to register your interest. Skillset required: Quantity Surveying degree (2:1) or at least 5-10 years relevant Railway experience Chartered ...... click apply for full job details
Senior Quantity Surveyor
Senior Quantity Surveyor Are you a Chartered Quantity Surveyor seeking career development into a more senior role with a clear route of progression? Your new company An award winning, UK multidisciplinary property consultancy, employing over 500 people nationwide. A collaborative organisation with national presence...... click apply for full job details
Flagship Consulting
Chartered Quantity Surveyor required to work for a multi-discipline property consultancy based in London My client has a network of offices covering the UK and Overseas. Projects can range from £100,000 to £50 million in value covering a range of public and private sector clients. Due to sustained growth my client are now looking for a Chartered Quantity Surveyor to be based from their office i...... click apply for full job details
Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Project Manager
Talent Finder Poole, Dorset
Location: Poole, Dorset Hours: FULL TIME- Monday- Friday Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Project Manager An exciting position has become available for a full time Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Project Manager to join a friendly team based in Poole. This role is working Monday-Friday and the successful candidate will earn a competitive salary...... click apply for full job details
Associate Quantity Surveyor
New opportunity for an Associate Quantity Surveyor with a Construction Consultancy. This vacancy is with an independently owned Chartered Surveying practice whose work includes a strong offer in service lines such as Quantity Surveying, Project Management and Employers Agent work. This firm has a well established trading history and they are now able to boast a strong pipeline of work with increas...... click apply for full job details
Quantity Surveyor (PQS)
New opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor with a Construction Consultancy. This vacancy is with an independently owned Chartered Surveying practice whose work includes a strong offer in service lines such as Quantity Surveying, Project Management and Employers Agent work. This firm has a well established trading history and they are now able to boast a strong pipeline of work with increasing ongoing...... click apply for full job details
Brandon James City, London
A historic, Chartered Quantity Surveying consultancy are seeking a Project Quantity Surveyor who can come in and hit the ground running. The successful Project Quantity Surveyor will join a young cost management team in Central London where you will receive greater project responsibility and faster career progression. The Project Quantity Surveyor's Role The successful Project Quantity Surveyor shall...... click apply for full job details
Quantity Surveyor - Glasgow
GCB Agency Recruitment Glasgow, Lanarkshire
We're currently working with a client who is currently looking for two Quantity Surveyors to join their busy Glasgow office. Ideally, they are interested in speaking to Quantity Surveyors with a minimum of 2 years PQE who are either chartered or candidates looking to do their APC. Our client is a multi-office construction consultancy service provider...... click apply for full job details
ALDWYCH CONSULTING LTD City, London
Are you a Chartered Quantity Surveyor looking for your next move? OR maybe you've been turned over that latest promotion/payrise and you're looking for a firm who appreciates you? Look no further.... apply below!! Due to continued growth, we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Quantity Surveyor in the London office of an international, multi-disciplinary consultancy working on hotels, h...... click apply for full job details
Brandon James Manchester, Lancashire
An award winning and innovative construction consultancy, are now looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join their team in Manchester. Ideally, they are looking for a newly Chartered Quantity Surveyor, who is looking for the next step in their career. The successful Quantity Surveyor will be based just a short walk from Manchester Oxford Road Station, and supporting a consultancy who have a clear under...... click apply for full job details
Brandon James
An award winning and innovative construction consultancy, are now looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join their team in Birmingham. Ideally, they are looking for a newly Chartered Quantity Surveyor, who is looking for the next step in their career. The successful Quantity Surveyor will be based just a short walk from Birmingham New Street station, and supporting a consultancy who have a clear unders...... click apply for full job details
Chartered Building Surveyor - Woking, Surrey
Carriera Woking, Surrey
Job title: Chartered Building Surveyor Location: Woking, Surrey Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum A boutique multi-discipline practice is looking to add an experienced Chartered Building Surveyor to their Surrey office. The organisation provides building surveying, quantity surveying and project management services across the built environment...... click apply for full job details
Associate Director - Quantity Surveyor
Associate Director Quantity Surveyor- Bank/Fund Monitoring Exceptional opportunity for an experienced Chartered Quantity Surveyor to join the London office of a 100 year old global property and construction consultancy at Associate Director level in their West End offices. The right candidate will operate within a specialist team, delivering technical due diligence services and providing advice to f...... click apply for full job details
Chartered Quantity Surveyor (RICS)
Flagship Consulting Cardiff, South Glamorgan
One of the quickest growing Consultancies in South Wales is actively looking to recruit an Intermediate level Quantity Surveyor for their Cardiff office. THE COMPANY My client has a strong presence in the region and employs 30 members of staff across the Quantity Surveying and Project Management disciplines. They have a fantastic reputation with clients and as a company have massive expansion plans ...... click apply for full job details
Flagship Consulting Bristol, Somerset
One of the quickest growing Consultancies in Bristol is actively looking to recruit a Chartered Quantity Surveyor. THE COMPANY My client has a strong presence across the UK and employs 15 members of staff in their Bristol office. They have a fantastic reputation with clients and as a company have massive expansion plans for the coming years...... click apply for full job details
Flagship Consulting Bath, Somerset
Independant Property Consultancy in Bath is actively looking to recruit a Chartered Quantity Surveyor. THE COMPANY My client has a strong presence across the Bath region as well as further offices in London and Surrey employing 20 members of staff . They have a fantastic reputation with clients and as a company have big expansion plans for the coming years...... click apply for full job details
Senior / Associate PQS Quantity Surveyor - Birmingham
An LLP with around 100 professional staff across 5 offices requires a chartered Quantity Surveyor to join their project consultancy team. The projects they operate are within the commercial, residential and retail areas, working for occupiers, investor clients and funds. There is a genuine opportunity for career development here, the QS offering is a rapidly growing part of their busines...... click apply for full job details
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Whether it involves Legal or a third party, the process can swallow up your press release and your time.
Sometimes it's better not to write a press release at all, just to avoid the horrid approval process. It might be better just to pick up the phone and call each journalist individually with your news.
Once any legal department gets involved, you might as well go on vacation and be well rested just in time for the document's signoff.
Last year I was working on a project, and a press release draft about the results of a joint venture was sent my way; it needed to be updated. Apparently, it had been originally written three months earlier and, for one reason or another, had fallen into suspended animation, only to be revived.
That "next Thursday" never arrived. You see, the partner cited examples from third-party companies in the release, and they needed their signoffs on their mere mentions. Suddenly, progress on the release went dead silent.


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Christians Saving Jews in Ukraine: A Dream Come True
by Staff Writer | Nov 6, 2020 | Christian Zionism
For days are coming—declares Hashem—when I will restore the fortunes of My people Yisrael and Yehuda, said Hashem; and I will bring them back to the land that I gave their fathers, and they shall possess it.	Jeremiah 30:3 (The Israel BibleTM)
Photo by Svetlana Soroka; Courtesy Christians for Israel
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Arthur (Photo by Svetlana Soroka, Courtesy Christians for Israel)
Kiev Boryspil Airport, Ukraine's international airport. It is on November 3rd , at three o'clock in the afternoon. In a few hours, the flight of eighteen-year-old Arthur from Donetsk will take off. He is one of the 140 Jewish youngsters who will arrive in the country he had been dreaming of for years.
Photo by Sraya Diamant, courtesy Christians for Israel
Entering Ukraine is not so difficult. A negative corona rapid screening test is enough to move around freely within the country. But that can change any day now: the number of contaminations in the country rises explosively. In some inland hospitals, corona patients are laid down in the corridors, because the ICUs (intensive care units) and also the other hospital departments are fully occupied.
Any moment the Ukrainian Government can decide to change the travel restrictions to code red. And when that happens, all plans have to be changed again…
The airport appears to be extinct. A couple of tired business travelers rush through the departure hall, with face masks and hand luggage. The car park near the departure hall is as good as empty. Until the moment at which three coaches stop. 140 Jewish youngsters get off the buses. For some, it is the first time they get a closer look at an airport. For everyone, it is the last day they call Ukraine their home country. One of the youngsters is Artur. He is a sportsman. His parents, grandparents, and two younger brothers stay behind in Ukraine. He had to travel for days to get to Kiev. It is difficult to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border. When he arrives in Israel he will enroll in an educational program.
Logistical effort
The logistical effort behind this group of Jews making Aliyah (immigrate to Israel) is a mammoth task. Seventeen
employees from Christians for Israel coordinate the journey, in close cooperation with the Jewish Agency and Keren Hayesod from Israel. Passports, medical tests, luggage, airline tickets and of course face masks. Some of the Jewish youngsters fled from the war zone. From the eastern regions Donetsk and Mariupol, where there is still unrest between the Ukrainian army and the pro-Russian separatists. Dozens of minibusses left early in the morning from all over the country. A country, twenty times the size of Israel. On sometimes difficult roads, on their way to the Promised Land. But they are here now, all of them. They are ready to leave.
In the meantime, it is seven o'clock in the evening. The airplane is taxiing away from the departure hall. In festive letters it is written on the plane: "40 years blessing the Jewish people", referring to the 40th anniversary of Christians for Israel. From the centuries-long Diaspora, the Jewish people are returning to their ancient Home Land: the land of Israel. Thereby aided by Christians.
A couple of hours later, late at night, the group safely lands in Israel. Mission accomplished! Another group of Jews came home in the Promised Land. What will the future hold for these 140 youngsters who can call themselves Israeli citizens from now on? Arthur tells us: "I don't know what to expect, but my dream is to make room in Israel for my whole family." Starting today his dream comes true.
By Sara van Oordt, Director Media & Communications Christians for Israel Netherlands

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To treat exogenous obesity, obese patients are recommended to use a drug for weight loss – Tepanil Ten-Tab. Tepanil weight loss medicine comes in extended-release tablets. Each Tepanil tablet contains 75 mg of Diethylpropion hydrochloride.
The mechanism of Tepanil action is based on the ability of its active substance – Diethylpropion to suppress appetite and to quickly cause a feeling of satiety. By its chemical structure, Diethylpropion is very similar to amphetamine and is able to cause drug dependence.
Tepanil appetite suppressant is a prescription drug and a prescription is required to buy it. Just as other anorexigenic drugs, Tepanil weight loss pills can cause side effects. Intensity of Tepanil side effects mostly depends on patient's individual characteristics and the used therapeutic dose of Tepanil.
According to some reviews of consumers, Tepanil slimming tabs are well tolerated, and adverse reactions appear at the beginning of obesity therapy and go away in the first two weeks of Tepanil use. Other patients have claimed that did not experience any discomfort after Tepanil use.
Common side effects of Tepanil include insomnia, dry mouth, constipation, anxiety and allergic skin rashes. When using Tepanil tablets, men complain of erectile dysfunction (impotence) and increase in mammary glands, but women – menstrual disorder and changes in libido.
Despite the side effects that Tepanil diet drug can cause, this drug is considered to be an effective means, which helps quickly to get rid of excess weight.


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HEALTH IT CAN BE USED TO KEEP PATIENTS INSURED: Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University write in the Annals of Family Medicine that the confluence of changing insurance policies and rapid growth of EHR use offer an opportunity for practices to use health IT to help patients obtain and maintain insurance coverage. Just as health IT is used to manage chronic disease, it can be used to conduct outreach on health insurance for patients, they write. Historically, the information for patients affiliated with multiple organizations has not been well integrated into patient records that clinicians see. The authors suggest that providers use health information exchange to facilitate transfer of coverage information between insurers and providers. Consistent, accurate recording of insurance coverage and eligibility in the EHR would help patients understand when their insurance expires, for example. Registries could be used to email or text patients about upcoming re-enrollment dates, and their personal health records could contain information about their policies. "These efforts are timely in terms of current policy initiatives, as they have the potential to maximize insurance coverage continuity for many patients and positively impact the health care Triple Aim," the authors write.
AMA WANTS BROADER DEFINITION OF 'SHORTAGE' AREA FOR TELEMEDICINE PAYMENTS: The American Medical Association wants CMS to pay for telemedicine services for patients who have problems accessing specialists that are in short supply even if the patient's residence isn't officially part of a "shortage" area. The new policy was approved Tuesday during the AMA's House of Delegates interim meeting in Dallas and would apply to areas that can demonstrate there is a shortage of physician specialists. Delegates struck language in the resolution that called for CMS to eliminate geographic adjustments in telemedicine payments.


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London Society of Chartered Accountants
London Accountant
'Til debt do us part: the impact of the pandemic
LSCA Business Board member Vincenzo Leporiere explores how the financial impact of the pandemic may affect us in years to come.
There is no doubt that the tone of the news flow in the UK is rapidly improving on both the health and economic fronts. The Covid-19 vaccination programme has so far proven to be a great success story, enabling the UK Government to continue its roadmap towards returning the country to some sort of normality.
Economic activity is also picking up, whether we're looking at GDP figures, PMI data or broader business sentiment surveys (the latest Deloitte CFO Survey was the most consistently positive since its launch in 2007).
It seems we can now start to get used to a much more positive news flow, right?
Well, not really. Let's assume we have now gone through the worse of Covid (a big assumption, I know), what seems to have almost disappeared from news outlets is talk of the long-term scarring caused by Covid, the 'economic long Covid'. For the purpose of this article, I will only focus on some aspects of the economic scarring, and even then, we would only just be scratching the surface.
In 2020 the UK economy suffered its biggest annual contraction in over 300 years, with GDP down 9.9% - far worse than anything seen in the Great Depression. The pandemic has had a substantial impact on the economy and subsequently on public sector borrowing and debt.
Our NHS has needed extra money to keep on fighting the pandemic, whilst the Government has spent hundreds of billions supporting businesses and jobs. At the same time, the pandemic and the resulting unprecedented lockdowns have reduced the amount the Government has raised in taxes.
Whether it was less income tax as a result of people on furlough or unemployed, less corporation tax as corporate profits plummeted or less VAT as shoppers bought less (and some were able to save more.), Government's coffers had to be topped up and there was only one option: to borrow.
Public sector debt has risen to levels last seen in the late 1950s, when the UK was winding down wartime borrowing.
Extra borrowing has pushed up the ratio of public sector net debt (PSND) to GDP fourfold. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said that borrowing would be £355bn for the year to April 2021, before falling back to £234bn over the following year.
It has to be said that borrowing costs are lower than ever (>1% interest to borrow for 10 years), however a 1% increase in interest rates would add about £21bn to the Government's annual debt servicing costs.
Still, any borrowing costs will add to the total debt which will weigh on future generations until it's paid off. This brings me to my final point: the inequitable impact of the pandemic on young people.
From an economic perspective, the pandemic has had a disproportionately negative impact on the under-25s.
That's the age group with the highest job losses or furlough rates, given their heavy exposure to jobs in some of the worse-hit sectors, like hospitality or retail. The Institute for Employment Studies (IES) estimated that young people account for 46% of the overall fall in employment during the pandemic - even though they only account for just one in nine of the workforce.
We have to recognise that the long-term economic scarring in the labour market is likely to be less than in previous recessions, thanks to the enormous State intervention we have witnessed so far. However, will it be a case of "buy now, pay later" for our future generations?
Even before the pandemic, young people faced many challenges that the baby boomers' cohort for example would not even have dreamt about. It's not a matter of whether you have a defined benefit or a defined contribution pension, it's more a case of save for a pension or save to buy a house – and let's not get started on house prices.
Young people in England who go to university could already start their professional life with some £50,000 of student debt for a three-year course. Of course, some of it may never be paid back, but psychologically that's a big burden to carry on your shoulders – as opposed to being paid to go to university, as was the case only a few decades ago.
The billions borrowed to get us through the pandemic will have to be paid back and the Government will have some tough choices to make.
The tightening of fiscal policy is not a card that has been played so far, but inevitably there will be less money available to spend on public services and/or higher taxes.
The biggest concern is that the pain of this crisis may not be fairly distributed and sadly young people may have to carry this burden for a very, very long time.
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By Hanif, Mohammed
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NEW ALBANY, Ind. — For the second time this year, Alice Lloyd College senior Miranda Wilson scored River States Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week accolades. The latest honor comes for her part in two wins Jan. 8-14.
Wilson, a 5-7 guard from Corbin, Ky., averaged 16.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 6.0 assists in two conference victories last week. She made 10 of 18 field goals, which included a very hot 8 for 11 from beyond the arc for 73-percent shooting.
Wilson started off with 12 points, 10 assists, six rebounds and three steals in a 77-71 win over Midway. She made 3 of 4 from deep in that one. Wilson then had 21 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals in a 74-63 win at Asbury. Wilson poured in five more treys in seven attempts to cap off the week.
Alice Lloyd is now 12-2 overall, 7-1 RSC, leading the RSC West Division. The Eagles were scheduled to square off at No. 21 Rio Grande (19-1, 7-0 RSC) in a matchup of division leaders on Jan. 16 before it was postponed due to weather.


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by Jan Grape
On most Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, I go to a nearby restaurant on Lake Marble Falls to hear live music. (That's opposed to Dead Music, which I can't seem to ever understand because they're dead.) On Tuesday nights, it's Mike Blakely and friends singing Tex-Americana. Mike not only writes and sings his original songs, he is also an author of Western Historical fiction, and has won Spur awards for a book and also for a song. He has a new book due out early summer, written with Kenny Rogers about the music business (www.MikeBlakely.com).
On Wednesday nights, it's john Arthur martinez (small caps on first & last name is correct). jAm was on Nashville Star a few years ago and placed second behind winner Buddy Jewel. Miranda Lambert came in third this same season. jAm sings a wonderful mix of original Tex-Mex-Americana-Blues-country-funk ( www.johnArthurmartinez.net). Anyway, another fan of the live music nights is Lenora, who happens to be a great travel agent. She set up a Texas Music Cruise with Mike and jAm on Carnival Triumph, which left Galveston last Saturday, February 2nd, and sailed to Progresso and Cozumel. The cruise was for friends, family and fans of the musicians and I signed up last summer to go.
I drove with my cabinmate, Lottie Issacks, to Galveston last Friday as we planned to spend the night in a hotel before boarding the ship on Saturday. We followed the instructions to the hotel, which was located on Seawall Blvd, but I think we got turned around when we stopped to refill the gas tank so we ended up lost in the dark, driving around for about an hour. I mean, Seawall Blvd runs for blocks and blocks along the beach but we just couldn't seem to find it. Adding to the confusion was the fact that many of the downtown streets were blocked off because Galveston has a mini Mardi-Gras celebration and parade. Every time we thought we could get somewhere we'd run into blocked dead-end. Finally, after passing a parked taxi the second time, we pulled over and asked the driver for directions. He hemmed and hawed and started to tell us three different times then said, "Ladies I'll have to show you, I can't direct you from here." He led us through several turns and eventually we wound up on the back parking lot of the hotel. We got checked in and into our room a 9:15 pm. We washed our faces, smoothed our hair and headed down stairs to the bar for a much needed glass of wine. We asked our server about dinner and were told that the dining room closed at 10:00. Since it was only 9:35 at this time, we did get food. The next morning, we watched the Mardi-Gras parade from our eighth floor balcony.
At 1:30 we hopped on the shuttle which took us to the Pier. Aboard the Carnival Triumph, we had a wonderful cabin with a balcony so we were excited about being able to watch for dolphins. This was Lottie's first cruise and at first she couldn't believe all the food was included. There were two dinning rooms that served three meals a day. If you didn't like what your ordered, say your grilled fish wasn't all that good, all you had to do was send it back and order Lasagna. Or, if your lobster tail and shrimp didn't fill you up, you could order a prime rib. And the desserts were out of this world! My favorite was the molten chocolate cake which is sort of a pudding cake with vanilla ice cream on the side. Yummy. Besides the dinning room, the aft deck had deli food, burgers & fries, hot dogs, soups, Chinese, Italian and pizza. If you were still hungry, you could order room-service 24/7. No wonder people complain about gaining weight on a cruise.
Our musicians put on a two-hour show on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. They were listed as private functions but we could invite anyone we wanted and if someone wondered in, that was okay. The music was super and everyone had a great time.
Our first port of call was Progresso, Mexico. Lottie and I accompanied jAm and his wife, Yvonna, and we walked to the oldest restaurant in town and had a wonderful meal. We were sitting near an open window with a wonderful view of the water and beach. After lunch, we walked over to the beach and while jAm got a massage, we gals sat under a palapa and drank margaritas. A young man came along, selling silver jewelry. We each bought something and within seconds, we were set upon by people selling everything. They hit like vultures to fresh roadkill! Our next port of call was Cozumel. Since I had been there twice before, I stayed on board ship and read one of my books.
Later, we all dressed up for formal dinner night and enjoyed a great meal. Then it was on to the casino, where I managed to win enough to keep playing for a while. That last night at sea, we experienced a rather wild storm that had the boat rocking. It wasn't enough to make us sea-sick, but it was a little scary for Lottie who said that if the first day had been like this she would have put on a life-jacket and swam back to shore! Because of the storm, our captain put the pedal to the metal and we docked two hours early at Galveston Pier Thursday morning.
To me, this is a fantastic way to travel. Even without our musicians, there's so much to do on a cruise ship: bingo, trivia, Broadway shows, comedians, magic shows, shopping, card-playing, swimming, sunning, fitness room…the list goes on and on. However, you are constantly walking while on a ship. It seems like everything I wanted to do was almost always at the other end of the boat from our cabin. Good thing, as it keeps you from gaining too much from all that wonderful food!
Then, just tonight on the news I heard that the Carnival Triumph, the ship we were on for five days, and that put out to sea for a new cruise just hours after we disembarked, had a fire in the engine room and was adrift in the Gulf! No one was injured and all the passengers are safe but the ship will have to be towed back to Galveston. I didn't know anyone going on board the ship, but the stewards and wait persons we met and who befriended us are on board. May they all be safe. But please, don't let that deter you from taking a cruise...it's one of the best ways to travel.
Posted by Jan Grape at 00:01
Labels: casino, Jan Grape, Mexico
Location: Cottonwood Shores, TX, USA
Fran Rizer 11 February, 2013 05:23
Jan, sounds like a wonderful time. Loved your comment on "live" music. Guess the only "dead" music folks really enjoyed was The Grateful Dead.
Thanks for sharing your trip with us.
Leigh Lundin 12 February, 2013 00:30
I do enjoy travel by ship. I consulted one year for Disney Cruise Line and enjoyed the shipboard 'work' that occasionally came my way.
I always wanted to travel on the Delta Queen as it plied the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Maybe one day!
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The Excellent Service Award (EXSA) 2017 – Star presentation ceremony for the hospitality sector, held on 20 November 2017 at Kallang Theatre, was graced by Dr Koh Poh Koon, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of National Development.
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Now David Twohy is chiming in, essentially supporting what Vin Diesel said last week, and offering a small extra morsel of encouragement.
The hurdles seem to be dropping. The final turn is being rounded. The finish line (actually a starting line) seems closer than ever. Of course, there are no guarantees in this mad endeavor called "filmmaking," a pursuit that is a pricey shotgun marriage between business and art. But we've reached a critical mass of enthusiasm and resource needed to launch a movie. If we go now, we can make it now. If we don't, we may never. And trust me, we're all keenly aware of that.
Above is a piece of art I did for Vin to help him see some of the visuals I carry around in my head night and day. Titled "Fifth Horseman," it's a tableau from the next movie.


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Q: Binding to custom built control according to different data Here's the issue, I build a special book reader/browser (For holy quran), my code behind loads the page and constructs how it should look. and then it should bind that look to a some kind of data-bindable custom control to view it properly. the problem is, the look differs from page to page, so I cannot bind to a certain control or wrap panel.
here's how it generally looks:

The decorative border top of the page is always there at any page, it indicates the part and chapter the viewer is in.
If you're starting a new chapter it have additional image under that decorative border or anywhere in the page (there can be multiple chapters in the same page) something like this

or this:

The normal text is not an issue, it's just a special font, however, I put each individual word in its own text block for reasons of user selection by word.
The issue here is, given the previous information, and knowing how random it is to place the  decoration picture or the amount of words (text blocks) per page. how can I bind that to some kind of view to separate the view from the VM and Engine that builds the page.
my past solution was to actually build everything in the VM in a wrappanel built inside a scrollviewer having lots of textblocks and images according to the page. but that's naiive solution. I want to rebuild that in a more professional separated way. I also want to do this for Windows RT beside Windows phone so I need to reuse the code behind in a Portable class library.

A: I think all you need to do is slightly adjust your current design.  So perhaps have a VM that represents the entire content, and that would have a Collection of say Pages or Sections.  A second VM would represent the Page/Section, allowing you to create a property for the WrapPanel content (i.e. the words) and another property for the Header and or other things.
In the View you would have the scrollviewer and bind to the main VM collection.  Then create another View or DataTemplate that represents the Page/Section.
You should be able to do this is a strict MVVM sense quite easily and it will be dynamic based on the content.
You could even cater for advanced scenarios where each section has a different template/view.

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One of the things I've always liked about computer programming is that if something works, you really don't need to know how it works. Libraries work like this, quite often code samples do as well. I've been working on getting soft shadows to work, and when I started, armed with a great code example of soft shadows using Variance Shadow Mapping I was totally optimistic I wouldn't need to really understand how shadow mapping works.
Well that's out the window. I understand.
Wow, been a while. I've been on vacation, playing with my daughter, going out with the wife. First time since my daughter was born that I can say I've seen 5 of the top 8 movies on Metacritic (or any of them actually.) Dark Knight was fun, Prometheus was fantastic, The Amazing Spiderman I saw in 2002 - it was called "Spider-Man".
There has been some small amount of progress on the game, but I tried to take my own advice this year.
There's your business case for building a streaming MMO client right there. If you can get players started with a couple hundred megabyte client they'll save money, be able to get playing way sooner, and you'll save the cost of having them download Gigs of files they may never need.
I struggle a lot with wanting to share my excitement over how things are going with all the cool things I'm building, and with my internal quality bar which says which parts of the game aren't ready to have people judge them.
Indie games don't get any sort of pass on presentation just because they're put together by small teams. Like it or not, you're competing with AAA. If your product isn't immediately visually appealing you are putting yourself at a huge disadvantage. People won't even give it a chance. Sure you can put out an ugly game and slowly build a following with amazing gameplay, but you're putting up a significant barrier to casual interest. Look at all the big indie game successes of the last few years - can you think of any that weren't pretty in their own way?
I've been meaning to talk about some of the software I'm using to develop my game, so first up: Klok Desktop time tracking software.
I've been using the demo for a little over 2 years and I continue to be impressed by it. There's no huge pressure to buy but I finally purchased my copy today. For $15.99, I think I got my money's worth. The program has some little buglets, but they continue to disappear as the author updates the software regularly. The program does charts, and exports to Excel and has some other tricks. Go check out their website to learn about all that.
You may have noticed the little Facebook Like button above. There is now a One Man MMO Project page on Facebook. I'll be posting links to new blog posts there, so if you're using RSS or Twitter and prefer Facebook for updates, now you have that option.
Another big step ahead today, the circle of life for my game is finally complete. Birth, life, death, rebirth.
The game simulation (Life) has been working for a long time. Next up was entity creation (Birth) since if you're going to be killin', you really need an easy way to make things to kill. Back in April I added lasers and fiery Death. The final element I was missing was rebirth. Or as we in the games business like to call it - Loot.
I've been playing quite a few new games lately. Some of them are research, but a few I am really enjoying. Playing all these new games has made me consider the new-user experience for my game. I'm not sure what that will be yet, but here are some of the lessons I've taken from my newbie experiences.
Wow, people are so depressed over the failure of 38 Studios, the layoffs from the Star Wars: The Old Republic team, and Pitch Black Games' Dominus getting cancelled during Alpha.
38 Studios had apparently been working on their game for six years. They gambled big (rumours of over $100M spent), but I sort of wonder what their strategy was - other than that they wanted to take over World of Warcraft's spot. I had no interest in their MMO Copernicus - there are dozens of swords and elves games to choose from. Turbine has three! Really, can't anyone make an MMORPG in another genre? Does it have to be me?
This is the Design screen I've been working on this week. The player designs their units by dragging components from their inventory to the design template. The template's slots change based on which components (of 12 types) the player selects. The components selected determine the unit's strength and abilities as well as its cost. The player can compare stats by hovering the mouse over each component and the full unit's stats are displayed to the right of the template.


….is food for the writer. It even has the word 'feed' in it. As a writer/author feedback is very important for your growth, but also for the growth of your story. Every draft you write takes you closer to the version that it was meant to be in the first place. It's like creating a sculpture out of lifeless lump of clay. You can see what it's supposed to be, and it will take a while to get it there.
After almost two years of being swallowed up by my new work, querying has taken a backseat. But now that I feel like I've got the hang of that thing we call Real Life, I'm back in the game. As I'm still querying the first novel in my cosy mystery, I'm already working on the second. At first I thought that was pointless, because I haven't even published my first novel yet. I have the luxury, however, of being able to work on multiple stories, so it's not like I can't query more novels as a plan B. Also, I let a very critical friend read it and her boyfriend heard about the story and wanted to read it too. Now they're both hooked and he kept asking me when I'd write the second novel. If that isn't motivational, I don't know what is. I also considered it a good exercise of my writing muscles without the pressure of knowing I want an agent to look at it. So I put finger to keyboard and mind to page and here I am…I have a murder in a hotel, an emotional mystery writer, and a love interest who is getting closer to making his move. Yay, the excitement.
What's even more exciting is the feedback. I mean, after not playing with my characters for a while, it's nice to know I still got it. And hearing that it's well-written and just drags you in is just the thing you need to hear. Not just as an ego boost but also because it's important to know when you're on the right track. That's equally important to knowing you're not. Also, because my beta readers are impatient, I send them a few chapters each time so when they pick up on an inconsistency, I can immediately change it. I'm still going to let more beta readers ravage it, but only after I'm done. In the meantime I'm so happy to reconnect to my characters and let them grow even more.
More murders, more fun. Wait, that sounded psycho. I really must be a writer, then.
Ah, the sweet sound of applause in your head. The euphoric feeling that settles around you like a warm, comfortable blanket. The proud grin that you can't seem to shake, even when you walk your dog and pick up his doodoo. No, nothing can stop you from feeling on top of the world when you've typed THE END at the end of your story. It felt like a very long labour and you're both sad and elated. Sad that your precious baby has to face the harsh world on its own and elated that you've managed to drag a whole story out of your head and onto your laptop screen.
And so you call all arms, even though you have all your arms, and request some ninja readers (beta-readers, but my term sounds cooler) to read your final version and comment. With flushed cheeks and trembling fingers you send out your story and hope for the best. Before, you thought the hard part was over, but this is the hard part. It's FREAKING scary. I always realised it would be scary, but I never thought I'd compare it to jumping out of a plane with no parachute. And I'm afraid of heights.
Still, I've been diligent, worked hard and have been well prepared for this battle. An MA in Creative Writing has taught me how to deal with criticism. As well as, you know, write creatively. But that was in the safety of a loving classroom as opposed to the jungle out there. Writing is art and art is personal. The rules change, you change them, or someone else. Someone will love your work, someone will hate it. We're all different and that's okay. All I know is that this book wouldn't have been there if it wasn't for me and that means nobody could have written it but me. Somehow, that's comforting. It helps that so far I've heard good things from my ninja readers (and only one person talked to me like I was a four-year-old). No fundamental mistakes, only a few differences of opinions, but that's why you need to sort out for yourself if what someone tells you is their opinion or a structural error on your part. I guess I just have to go for it and have a little faith in myself. A literary agent was already interested in the idea and that's a good start, now I just have to use my fear to push me forward, instead of hold me back, even if it's right over the edge of the cliff, without knowing how deep it is and if there is a giant bouncing house at the bottom. Just in case, I'm taking my shoes off.


How do we know if a school is good?
Choosing a school for our children can be a very stressful and time-consuming project whether we are looking for our children to be educated through the state or private system. Visiting the school or talking to other parents are ways of doing the groundwork but how do you know how good the school actually is?
You need to look at the schools inspection report. In the state system this would be the report from the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted). In private schools the inspection may have been by Ofsted or have been carried out by the Independent Schools Inspectorate or the School Inspection Service. Currently schools will be graded as either Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement or Inadequate by Ofsted.
Schools get very little notice of an inspection. The headteacher will receive a telephone call at around midday on the working day before the start of the inspection. Ofsted does have the power to inspect without notice. In those circumstances they contact the school 15 minutes before arriving.
Once the school have been notified Ofsted provide a letter to send to parents explaining the inspection and asking for their views about the school. They can register on the Parent View website where it is possible for them to register their comments.
An inspection normally lasts two days during which the inspection team will meet with the Headteacher, key staff, governors and children. They observe lessons to gather evidence to inform their judgements. Prior to the inspection the lead inspector will review information about the school to decide what issues to focus on.
Quality of teaching and learning and assessment.
Schools must have their report available on their website. The front page of the report shows the grading for each area and a summary of key findings.
The Chief Inspector of schools Amanda Spielman recently announced consultation on the new Ofsted regime, this is now emphasising that inspectors will assess behaviour. They will observe classes during school breaks and take account of children's ''pride in themselves and the school" it is suggested there will be more emphasis on children's progress, behaviour and teaching methods rather than just exam results. She has said currently there is an ''overreliance on performance data" which could lead to schools taking dubious steps to play the system to achieve the best results in exams.
Quality of education (i.e. how broad enrich the curriculum is).
On completion the inspector reports back to the school with their final judgements. The draft report is sent to the school for a factual accuracy check, usually within 10 working days. The school has one day to comment on the draft. If a school is judged as inadequate they have a further five days to comment on the draft. Ofsted then publish the final report on their website within 19 working days. If the school has been judged inadequate, the report is usually published within 28 working days.
Outstanding The school is then exempt from routine inspections. However, an inspection can be called if any concerns are drawn to Ofsted's attention.
Good The school may not hear from Ofsted for over four years, they will then receive a one day short inspection as long as the quality of the education remains good. Ofsted have power to convert this to a full two-day inspection if the school's performance has deteriorated significantly or there is a possibility of outstanding.
Requires Improvement The school would will have a full reinspection within 30 months and will be closely monitored.
Some private schools whilst are inspected by Ofsted but the majority are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate or the Schools Inspection Service. This is a similar process but Ofsted have gone on record as saying they have some concerns as they have no way of verifying the inspection organisations factual conclusions in the majority of cases. Ofsted propose to do more unannounced visits to private schools during independent inspections to counter this. The Chief Inspector has said 'I am concerned that they (the Inspectorates) reports are of increasingly limited value because of Ofsted's ability to monitor the work of the Inspectorate's is seriously hampered by the existing commissioning arrangements.
Any inspection is always a testing time for a school. However, schools that are delivering a full, balanced and enriched curriculum in an environment where behaviour is conducive to learning should only have their report enhance their school's reputation. It is the best way for you to inform your choice of school.
For more help or information regarding this matter or a similar issue get in touch with Graham Jones here.


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Ambulance bursts into flames outside Daisy Hill Hospital
An ambulance has gone up in flames outside Daisy Hill hospital in Newry this morning (Friday).
Fire crews rushed to the scene on the grounds of the hospital after the emergency vehicle exploded into flames just after 9am.
Witnesses described hearing a 'loud bang' and seeing smoke billowing into the sky.
These images shared by local councillor Glenn Barr show the extent of the damage.
Newry & Armagh MP Mickey Brady said: "Reports of an incident involving an ambulance at Daisy Hill Hospital Newry are very concerning.
"At present we hope that all staff involved are safe and the situation is brought under control as quickly as possible."
Ulster Unionist councillor Glenn Barr said: "Thankfully nobody was injured and thanks to the Fire and Rescue Service for their response.
"Hopefully the people involved were not too badly shaken and can get back to doing what they do best, serving the people of Newry."
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said they were made aware of the incident.
SDLP councillor for Newry, Michael Savage, added: "The crew escaped unharmed and no patient was on board at the time.
"Thankfully initial reports are there have been no serious injuries.
"An investigation into the cause is to be carried out but it may have been an electrical fault and an oxygen tank on board exploded.
"It is believed it may have been a non-Trust ambulance."
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Givaudan Group H1 Profit Rises; Sees Sales Growth In FY20 - Quick Facts
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(RTTNews) - Givaudan (GVDBF.PK), a Swiss manufacturer of fragrance and flavor products, reported Tuesday that its first-half net income increased 8.8 percent to 413 million Swiss francs from last year's 380 million francs. Basic earnings per share were 44.81 francs, compared to 41.24 francs last year.
The EBITDA increased 11.3 percent from last year to 734 million francs, and the EBITDA margin was 22.8 percent, up from 21.3 percent in 2019. On a comparable basis, the EBITDA margin was 23.7 percent in 2020, compared to 22.3 percent a year ago.
Givaudan Group sales were 3.22 billion francs, an increase of 4.1 percent from last year's 3.09 billion francs. Sales grew 4 percent on a like-for-like basis.
Fragrance Division sales grew 4.5 percent and Flavour Division sales grew 3.6 percent, both on a like-for-like basis.
Looking ahead for the year, Givaudan aims to outpace the market with 4-5 percent sales growth and a free cash flow of 12-17 percent of sale.
Further, the company said its "ambitions include doubling its business through creations that contribute to happier, healthier lives by 2030, becoming climate positive before 2050, becoming a leading employer for inclusion before 2025 and sourcing all materials and services in a way that protects the environment and people by 2030."
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import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
import com.google.common.base.Function;
import com.google.common.base.Optional;
import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
import com.google.errorprone.refaster.ControlFlowVisitor.Result;
import com.sun.source.tree.IfTree;
import com.sun.source.tree.StatementTree;
import com.sun.source.tree.TreeVisitor;
import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCStatement;
import com.sun.tools.javac.util.List;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * {@link UTree} representation of an {@link IfTree}.
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  @Override
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          .apply(UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements.create(unifier, list))
          .condition(s -> s.unconsumedStatements().isEmpty())
          .transform(UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements::unifier);
    };
  }

  @Override
  @Nullable
  public Choice<UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements> apply(UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements state) {
    java.util.List<? extends StatementTree> unconsumedStatements = state.unconsumedStatements();
    if (unconsumedStatements.isEmpty()) {
      return Choice.none();
    }
    final java.util.List<? extends StatementTree> unconsumedStatementsTail =
        unconsumedStatements.subList(1, unconsumedStatements.size());
    StatementTree firstStatement = unconsumedStatements.get(0);
    if (firstStatement.getKind() != Kind.IF) {
      return Choice.none();
    }
    final IfTree ifTree = (IfTree) firstStatement;
    Unifier unifier = state.unifier();
    Choice<UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements> forwardMatch =
        getCondition()
            .unify(ifTree.getCondition(), unifier.fork())
            .thenChoose(
                unifyUStatementWithSingleStatement(getThenStatement(), ifTree.getThenStatement()))
            .thenChoose(
                unifierAfterThen -> {
                  if (getElseStatement() != null
                      && ifTree.getElseStatement() == null
                      && ControlFlowVisitor.INSTANCE.visitStatement(ifTree.getThenStatement())
                          == Result.ALWAYS_RETURNS) {
                    Choice<UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements> result =
                        getElseStatement()
                            .apply(
                                UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements.create(
                                    unifierAfterThen.fork(), unconsumedStatementsTail));
                    if (getElseStatement() instanceof UBlock) {
                      Choice<UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements> alternative =
                          Choice.of(
                              UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements.create(
                                  unifierAfterThen.fork(), unconsumedStatementsTail));
                      for (UStatement stmt : ((UBlock) getElseStatement()).getStatements()) {
                        alternative = alternative.thenChoose(stmt);
                      }
                      result = result.or(alternative);
                    }
                    return result;
                  } else {
                    return unifyUStatementWithSingleStatement(
                            getElseStatement(), ifTree.getElseStatement())
                        .apply(unifierAfterThen)
                        .transform(
                            unifierAfterElse ->
                                UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements.create(
                                    unifierAfterElse, unconsumedStatementsTail));
                  }
                });
    Choice<UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements> backwardMatch =
        getCondition()
            .negate()
            .unify(ifTree.getCondition(), unifier.fork())
            .thenChoose(
                unifierAfterCond -> {
                  if (getElseStatement() == null) {
                    return Choice.none();
                  }
                  return getElseStatement()
                      .apply(
                          UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements.create(
                              unifierAfterCond, List.of(ifTree.getThenStatement())))
                      .thenOption(
                          (UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements stateAfterThen) ->
                              stateAfterThen.unconsumedStatements().isEmpty()
                                  ? Optional.of(stateAfterThen.unifier())
                                  : Optional.<Unifier>absent());
                })
            .thenChoose(
                unifierAfterThen -> {
                  if (ifTree.getElseStatement() == null
                      && ControlFlowVisitor.INSTANCE.visitStatement(ifTree.getThenStatement())
                          == Result.ALWAYS_RETURNS) {
                    Choice<UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements> result =
                        getThenStatement()
                            .apply(
                                UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements.create(
                                    unifierAfterThen.fork(), unconsumedStatementsTail));
                    if (getThenStatement() instanceof UBlock) {
                      Choice<UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements> alternative =
                          Choice.of(
                              UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements.create(
                                  unifierAfterThen.fork(), unconsumedStatementsTail));
                      for (UStatement stmt : ((UBlock) getThenStatement()).getStatements()) {
                        alternative = alternative.thenChoose(stmt);
                      }
                      result = result.or(alternative);
                    }
                    return result;
                  } else {
                    return unifyUStatementWithSingleStatement(
                            getThenStatement(), ifTree.getElseStatement())
                        .apply(unifierAfterThen)
                        .transform(
                            unifierAfterElse ->
                                UnifierWithUnconsumedStatements.create(
                                    unifierAfterElse, unconsumedStatementsTail));
                  }
                });
    return forwardMatch.or(backwardMatch);
  }

  @Override
  public List<JCStatement> inlineStatements(Inliner inliner) throws CouldNotResolveImportException {
    return List.<JCStatement>of(
        inliner
            .maker()
            .If(
                getCondition().inline(inliner),
                Iterables.getOnlyElement(getThenStatement().inlineStatements(inliner)),
                (getElseStatement() == null)
                    ? null
                    : Iterables.getOnlyElement(getElseStatement().inlineStatements(inliner))));
  }
}


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Asylum Seeker Accommodation
Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 January 2019
Ceisteanna (49)
Thomas Pringle
49. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the housing of asylum seekers in Moville, County Donegal, in view of arson attacks on direct provision centres in the county and elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4258/19]
Freagraí scríofa (Ceist ar Justice)
Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality
In September of last year, the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department published a call for expressions of interest in the national press for premises to meet the increasing demand for accommodation for persons in the international protection process (asylum seekers).
This call sought expressions of interest from parties interested in providing accommodation and related services on an urgent and emergency basis. This was issued in response to the urgent and unforeseen demand for accommodation and related services from those persons arriving in the state seeking international protection.
The Caislean Mara Hotel in Moville was offered to the Department. Negotiations were completed with the contractor and the centre was scheduled to open in December 2018.
As the Deputy is aware, the Caislean Mara was the subject of a fire on 26 November 2018 which has delayed the opening of the accommodation centre. I wish to reiterate my comments made after the fire and after the recent fire in another proposed accommodation centre in Rooskey, Co. Leitrim that both Minister Flanagan and I condemn both incidents in the strongest possible terms. These actions are not at all representative of the views of the overwhelming majority of people in Donegal or the Leitrim/Roscommon area or indeed of Ireland as whole. I once again urge anyone with information in relation to these incidents to contact the Gardaí.
I am not able to confirm an opening date for the centre in Moville at this time as the required repairs are not complete. I hope that these works can be completed quickly so that we can move to open the centre as soon as possible to accommodate persons seeking international protection.


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Q: how to implement drop menu on raisedbutton If drop button is not pressed:

When drop button pressed:

Hello, how to implement the dropdown design in a raised button like this. Can anyone help me?

A: You can check ExpansionTile for this case.Also you can use conditional if to render 1 to n item with some animation.
 bool isExpanded = false;

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      body: LayoutBuilder(
        builder: (context, constraints) => Padding(
          padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
          child: SingleChildScrollView(
            child: Column(
              children: [
                ListTileTheme(
                    dense: true,
                    contentPadding: EdgeInsets.all(0),
                    child: ExpansionTile(
                      childrenPadding: EdgeInsets.zero,
                      tilePadding: EdgeInsets.zero,
                      title: item(constraints),
                      children: [
                        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) item(constraints),
                      ],
                    )),
                Divider(),
                GestureDetector(
                    onTap: () {
                      setState(() {
                        isExpanded = !isExpanded;
                      });
                    },
                    child: item(constraints)),
                if (isExpanded)
                  Column(
                    children: [
                      for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) item(constraints),
                    ],
                  ),
              ],
            ),
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }

  SizedBox item(BoxConstraints constraints) {
    return SizedBox(
      width: constraints.maxWidth,
      child: Row(
        children: [
          Container(
            width: constraints.maxWidth - 64,
            height: 64,
            decoration: BoxDecoration(border: Border.all()),
            child: Row(
              children: [
                SizedBox(
                  width: 12,
                ),
                Icon(Icons.add),
                SizedBox(
                  width: 24,
                ),
                Text("addd"),
              ],
            ),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }
}