Show your neighborhood butcher some love, and let the meat maestros' expertise add to the thrill of the grill.
If you're looking to throw down on dry-aged steaks, the massive butcher counter at Century City's Eataly feels like Christmas. The Italian culinary complex is usually stocked with prime-grade, California-sourced porterhouses, New York strips, and tomahawk rib eyes that have been aged 30 days for extra flavor and tenderness. Watch for their ridiculously good steak sales, too. 10250 Santa Monica Blvd., Century City.
Jered Standing's eponymous Melrose butcher shop emphasizes "ethically raised and sustainably sourced meat," which means a focus on grass-fed, pasture-raised beef from California as well as cuts you might not see at the supermarket (beef heel, bavette steak). Another perk: quirky—and delicious—house-made sausage flavors like cheesy broccolini and orange chicken. 7016 Melrose Ave., Hancock Park.
"Grain-finished beef is fattier, and while fat is delicious, it's just one flavor. There's more complexity in grass-fed beef. That said, there's still a lot of bad stuff out there. The maturity of the cow and the quality of the grass is crucial. It's an ethical consideration for me first, because you're feeding the animal a species-appropriate diet, but a bonus is that it ends up tasting better, too." —Jered Standing on why Standing's Butchery carries only local, grass-fed beef.
McCall's Meat & Fish Co.
not only top-notch goods but also sage advice on how to prepare them. Around the holidays, the Los Feliz destination is famous for its free-range turkeys (Thanksgiving pre-orders closed on November 17), but if that seems like too much of a commitment, you'll also find stuffed roaster chickens on special. 2117 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz.
An original Farmers Market standby since 1986, Jim Cascone's Huntington Meats is the kind of neighborhood butcher you'd imagine populating Main Street before the advent of supermarket chains. Whether you're in the mood for a dramatic crown roast of lamb or the famed Nancy Silverton's Special Burger Blend made from prime chuck, this classic has you covered. 6333 W. 3rd St., Fairfax.


Nearly 1,000 students from 10 countries wrote blog posts describing how they handled a day disconnected from media.
College students from 10 countries show stark similarities in how they use media of various forms — from the Internet to television to cell phones to music — according to The World Unplugged study, whose results were released this week.
The study, which took place in the from September to December of 2010, included nearly 1,000 college students from Argentina, Chile, China (mainland and Hong Kong), Lebanon, Mexico, Slovakia, Uganda, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The study tasked the students to go 24 hours without using any type of media. At the end of this forced withdrawal from media, the students wrote blog posts describing how they handled the day disconnected. Researchers pored over the nearly half a million words in the students' posts in order to complete The World Unplugged study.
Media is my drug; without it I was lost. I am an addict. How could I survive 24 hours without it?
I was itching, like a crackhead, because I could not used my phone.
The study also found that media for many students, in particular their mobile phones, had become almost like another limb — like an arm or leg — something they could not do without. Deprived of their phones and other media tools, students found it harder to connect with friends (via Facebook), navigate to new areas (without the aid of a GPS or even MapQuest), and generally carry on with their lives. Some students even found it an alien task to attempt to read an analog clock.
We don't know how to talk, to share our feelings with others in other ways that on Facebook or through a phone.
Despite the mental turmoil caused by the withdraw, students in the study found lifting the burden of media led to a greater appreciation of what they thought were mundane things, such as actually taking time to converse with friends face-to-face.
I was able to really see them, without any distractions, and we were able to revert to simple pleasures.
Two groups conducted the study — the International Center for Media and Public Affairs (ICMPA) at the University Disable rich-textof Maryland and the Salzburg Academy on Media and Social Change, which gathers college students and faculty from several continents and over a dozen universities in Salzburg, Austria for three weeks during the summer, to focus on understanding and promoting media. These groups confirmed with The World Unplugged study that, for college students around the world, media rules.


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She was crossing U.S. 19 and walked into the path of oncoming traffic, FHP troopers said.
HERNANDO COUNTY – A Spring Hill woman died of injuries she received in a crash on U.S. 19, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Tiffany Pomroy, 29, of Spring Hill, died at the Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point where she was taken after the crash. No one else was injured in the crash.
The crash happened about 7:10 p.m. Sunday (Jan. 27) on U.S. 19 near Berkeley Manor Boulevard in Hernando County.
Troopers said Ms. Pomroy was crossing U.S. 19 when she entered the path of a 2013 Lincoln MKX driven by John Franklin Bost, 86, of Brooksville, who was headed north on U.S. 19 in the outside lane.


While planning this year's back-to-school cookies I kept seeing photos of lined up crayons and their beautiful colors. It inspired me to create my own line-up of beautiful colors depicting just the ends (or nubs....as I lovely refer to them).
You don't need a special cutter for these cookies. Just use a longer rectangle cutter and a straight edge to form the shape.
Outline and flood the entire cookie as shown below. I did it in sections just to make sure I got the distinct edges of each part. I did NOT let it dry in between each section.
Make a mixture of Brilliant Sparkle dust and alcohol (or clear extract; i.e. Almond) and brush it over the bottom portion of the nubs. This will portray the paper wrapper on each crayon.
Allow the dust mixture to dry on the cookies for a hour or two.
Using a Americolor black marker to add two stripes to the bottom of each nub.
School = Books, Books, Books!


HP Deskjet models are printers that come in bargain price with basic features like printing and copying. You can also print from your smartphones and tablets. It is a very compact model with wireless connectivity.


Sica speakers : Made in Italy !
Sica was founded in 1979, this speaker manufacturer is set in the small town of Trecastelli Italy (East Coast). With over 30 years of experience, and considerable efforts in R&D, Sica has become a world leader in the loudspeakers manufacture.
Historically Sica provides loudspeaker manufacturers (HK Audio, FBT ...) but in recent years the speakers supply of Sica is also available online. The range of Sica speakers includes models from 2.5 inch to 21 inch, with speakers for sound, low, mid, subwoofer, compression drivers, horn and dome tweeters. Sica also owns Jensen speakers, for this reason there are many of Sica speakers from its expertise in manufacturing speakers for guitar and bass guitar.


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Wolfgang Michael "Wölli" Rohde (* 9. Januar 1950 in Kiel; † 25. April 2016 in Meerbusch) war ein deutscher Musiker. Von 1986 bis 1999 war Rohde Schlagzeuger bei der Band Die Toten Hosen.

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Rohde wuchs in Kiel als drittes Kind einer Beamtenfamilie auf und schloss zunächst eine Ausbildung als Elektriker ab. Als er 1968 zur Bundeswehr eingezogen werden sollte, verlegte er seinen Wohnsitz nach Berlin und hielt sich in der Szene um Rio Reiser auf. Selbst Musik zu machen, begann Rohde im Alter von Mitte 20 Jahren.

Rohde war Mitglied der Berliner Band Die Suurbiers, als er von Campino als Schlagzeuger für Die Toten Hosen angeworben wurde. Im Jahr 1986 zog Rohde nach Düsseldorf und spielte seitdem für diese Band. Ende der 1990er-Jahre, nach mehreren Bandscheibenvorfällen, wurde es für ihn schwieriger, Konzerte in voller Länge durchzuhalten. Bei den Aufnahmen zum Album Unsterblich war er darum an vier ruhigeren Stücken beteiligt. Kurz darauf gab er seinen Posten an Vom Ritchie ab.

Ab 2004 betrieb er das Musiklabel Goldene Zeiten und präsentierte als Mitbegründer des jährlichen Festivals Rock am Turm in Meerbusch hauptsächlich Nachwuchsbands.

Im Dezember 2007 erschien die erste Single Ein bisschen Nikotin von Rohdes Band Goldene Zeiten Orchestra.
Rohde gehörte weiterhin zur "Toten-Hosen-Familie"; nach seinem Ausstieg waren gegenseitige Gastauftritte üblich. So spielte er beispielsweise 2004 bei Rock am Ring die Stücke Bis zum bitteren Ende und Opel-Gang am Schlagzeug und die Band Die Toten Hosen trat bei Rock am Turm unter dem Pseudonym "Die Jungs von der Opel-Gang" auf.

Im September 2011 erschien beim Label JKP das Album Das ist noch nicht alles von "Wölli & Die Band des Jahres", das Rohde zusammen mit fünf befreundeten Musikern eingespielt hatte. Er agierte dabei hauptsächlich als Sänger. Die Texte, die zum größten Teil aus seiner Feder stammen, handeln von seinem ereignisreichen Leben als Musiker. Bei zwei der zwölf Lieder wurde er von Mitgliedern der Band "Die Toten Hosen" unterstützt: Alles nochmal von vorn, das als Vorab-Single ausgekoppelt wurde, sang Rohde im Duett mit Campino, während Andreas von Holst als Gitarrist beteiligt war, und in Two Drunken Drummers begleitete ihn Vom Ritchie. Von Oktober bis November 2011 gab die Band "Wölli & Die Band des Jahres" 14 Clubkonzerte.

Im November 2014 wurde die Erkrankung Rohdes an Nierenkrebs bekannt, an deren Folgen er im April 2016 starb. Am 7. Mai 2016 wurde Rohde im Gemeinschaftsgrab der Band Die Toten Hosen auf dem Südfriedhof in Düsseldorf beigesetzt.

Die Toten Hosen coverten zur Erinnerung an Wolfgang Rohde den Song Kein Grund zur Traurigkeit auf dem Album Laune der Natur im Mai 2017. Der Gesang von Wolfgang Rohde stammt vom Original, das Rohde im Jahr 2011 zusammen mit Cäpt'n Suurbier komponiert und für das Album Das ist noch nicht alles mit seiner Band eingespielt hatte.

Weblinks

 Rock am Turm
 Interview mit Wolfgang Rohde auf der offiziellen Website von Die Toten Hosen

Einzelnachweise

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Q: AppleScript Application - Path of folder in 'Supporting Files' My program needs to copy a folder from its own directory to another on the Mac.
I have tried everything and looked in all corners of the web but can't get the path to this folder:

I have searched similar posts and found this:
set thePath to POSIX path of (path to resource "name of resource")

It works for files but not folders.
Can this be adapted to get the path to the folder selected in the image above?

A: The "Folders" in the Xcode sidebar are "groups" and not filesystem entities. In your project there is no "Supporting Files" folder on disk.
That said, you might try putting a dummy file in your target folder on disk, adding it to the project, and using the snippet you found to get a posix path to the dummy file. Which you can shorten to get the path to the target folder. You would want to remove the dummy file after you copied the folder of course.

A: This is a bit Late but have you tried:
NSBundle* myBundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSString* myfilenamewpath = [myBundle pathForResource:@"Filename" ofType:@"typeoffile"];
//get the filename
NSString *theFileName = [myfilenamewpath lastPathComponent] ;
//get the path
NSString *filePath = [myfilenamewpath stringByDeletingLastPathComponent];

NSLog(@"myfilenamewpath: %@", myfilenamewpath);
NSLog(@"theFileName: %@", theFileName);
NSLog(@"filePath: %@", filePath);

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Essential Living Curtains and Blinds is owned and operated by Shelley Haring.
She offers personalised measure and quotes and would love to come to your home and offer professional assistance choosing your curtains and blinds.
Shelley started the business in 1997 from her garage at home, and decided that her passion for interior decoration and a demand from clients to make curtains that she would start a business. As it grew week to week , month to month she then decided to open a shop front to offer a showroom of ideas for her growing customers. The shop was opened in 2005.
Shelley believes that customers need to visualise as much as possible when choosing there curtains and blinds as they are not just as practical as much as a fashion statement and can create a wonderful look for your home. The showroom provides a great range of curtains and blinds on display.
Essential Living Curtains and Blinds has a great team to help furnish your home or work place to maximise energy efficiency and complete your decor to suit your needs.


In Colorado, real estate brokers and attorneys use a standard contract to buy and sell real estate that has been approved by the Colorado Real Estate Commission. The standard contract requires that the seller complete a property disclosure form that explains the conditions of the property as the seller knows them to be. It is very important for the seller to carefully read each section prior to filling out the disclosure form because different sections have different standards of disclosure.
For example, in a residential sale, the disclosures relating to structural conditions ask: "Do any of the following conditions now exist or have they ever existed," and goes on to list defects such as structural problems, moisture and/or water problems, damage due to animals, among other items which would be important for a potential buyer to know before signing a contract. However, the disclosures relating to the roof ask: "Do any of the following conditions now exist." From the plain language of the disclosure form it is obvious that the seller is required to disclose any historic defect prompted in the structural condition section, while the seller only needs to disclose the current condition of the roof.
Carefully reading the disclosure form prior to filling it out cannot be stressed enough! For instance, although the roof section only requires the seller to list conditions that now exist, it has subsections that require disclosure of past issues, such as past roof leak and past damage to roof. In this instance, if the seller knows that there was a past roof leak or past roof damage, such historic damage is a condition that now exists and disclosure is required. Counterintuitive, right?
If a seller fails to disclose known defects which are required to be disclosed on the disclosure form, the seller can be held liable for breach of contract. When filling out the disclosure form, the seller must provide accurate information to the seller's current actual knowledge. The seller is not required to disclose defects which the buyer may think the seller should have known. Likewise, the seller is not required to inspect the property to find out what could be wrong with the property.
Since the seller only has to disclose what they actually know, all the facts of the transaction must be carefully considered before a buyer asserts a claim for failure to disclose defects. A seller that built and resided in a house will likely have more knowledge of the property condition than a seller that used the house as a rental investment. Similarly, a seller that is a professional engineer or contractor probably will know more about the condition of a property than a seller that has no engineering or construction background.
Proving the seller had actual knowledge of a defect is a difficult task. Additionally, the form real estate contract states that the property is being sold as-is. Therefore, buyers have a difficult burden, which makes it important to have an attorney who knows the ins and outs of failure to disclose cases.
Since the outcome of failure to disclose cases are so dependent on strong legal arguments it is important to have a strong attorney by your side. The attorneys at Jorgensen, Brownell & Pepin, P.C. have many years of experience prosecuting and defending failure to disclose cases.


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Q: check contents of a html file, PHP i have a Laravel project upload form on my server that users can upload their html files.
i need uploaded files to be no threat on my server. and check their contents.
but is there any other ways to help me secure this order to find tags like <script> or <?php


Capilano is a small community which as designed after the world war II. Originally, the city was meant as place where soldiers came to settle their families in starter homes. In the recent decades, Capilano real estate has received numerous upgrades. Most of the older homes build then have been upgraded and renovated, but most of the work is comprised of 1200 square ft rancher-style homes.
Few condos have also been built on the estate, including Capilano real estate, one if the luxurious condo developments.
Most of the houses in Capilano are average with more houses than townhouses and apartments available. Prices for capilano real estate houses range from $499,000-$1,688,000 with the median going for $764,000. Norgate elementary is situated within the community and there are several schools around the locality, including Pemberton Heights and Capilano Highlands. The area also offers lots of outdoor attractions with the likes of Capilano Suspension Bridge.
For those looking for a good place to shop, Capilano Mall will give you the solution. It offers almost everything from jewelry stores, ladies and gents fashion, Wal-Mart, coffee shops and music stores. Within the Capilano real estate vicinity is a plethora of family-friendly dining options. Southern-inspired food, Thai and Barbecue some of the favorite tastes you'll get here. Buses running from Marine Drive provide easy access to Downtown Vancouver through Seabus Link. The Seabus runs every fifteen minutes on a regular schedule. Capilano real estate provides most of the essential requirements of a modern home environment.


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Despite numerous articles, blog posts, interviews and column inches from Muslim women explaining why they love the hijab, Times contributor (28 January 2010), Suna Erdem is still entirely unable to see it as anything other than oppressive and offensive. Despite this, even she agrees that banning the burka would not benefit women in any way:
"Despite its mainly Muslim population, Turkey, whose strict understanding of secularism was imported from France, has Draconian practises against female Islamic clothing. There is no law specifically outlawing the burka or the headscarf, the more common choice in Turkey. But various central directives and local decisions have meant that Turkish women wearing headscarves have been effectively prohibited from parliament, state offices and universities (even France went only as far as schools).
Has the headscarf and even more strict coverings disappeared from Turkish streets at least? Well, given that a Government with an Islamist history and many headscarved wives has won two elections, no. The secularists may recoil when Mrs Erdogan, representing them, is photographed wearing a black scarf and long black clothing at the Royal Opera House next to Michelle Obama, but their ban did nothing to prevent that, did it? Women in headscarves are, against the odds, also achieving prominence in the media and even fashion, where the designer Rabia Yalcin is well-known, despite a boycott by Turkish glossy mags.
From what I have seen, the Turkish ban has penalised women whose decision to cover up is not negotiable, either because they truly believe or have been forced by their families. The militants can look after themselves, but others have been denied a place in the world, an education and a chance to equip themselves with the tools to make up their own minds.
They are denied a chance to empower themselves and pushed deeper into a society where they are likely to be downtrodden.
So please, don't tell me that banning the burka would be a step for women's rights."
Two women display a sign Thursday that reads "Don't touch my head scarf" in protest of a ban on the Muslim head wear in universities in Turkey (AFP) (image source).
Labels: Asia, Europe, Hijab, Islamophobia, Sisters
great website for muslims, I also made a website of Islamic Lectures. please tell me what you think. salaam

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Q: Retrieving all 32 bit process modules from 64 bit application (C#) I have a 64 bit program that retrieving process modules from other processes but when i try to get modules form 32 bit processes i get only:

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*Application executable. - various

*ntdll.dll - always

*wow64.dll - always

*wow64cpu.dll - always

*wow64win.dll - always

but process have many other modules.
Can i get all 32 bit process modules from 64 bit application(C#)?
Thanks!

A: Yes, but you'll need p/invoke.

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*EnumProcessModulesEx
It's possible that the DbgHelp API could be coaxed to do this, but I've been told that despite having appropriately-sized structures, it returns only the 64-bit WOW64 emulation layer DLLs when called against a Win32-on-Win64 process.

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A: The wow64* modules are the thunking layer to x86.  All your x86 modules should show up as being loaded by the thunking modules.


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Kit's upcoming debut album "Love + Pain" received an early and stellar review on indie music blog Indie Spoonful.
"With his song "Persephone", Kit shows that it's not just cinematic and broadway-style songs that he is great at composing. This killer pop song boasts a radio-ready groove that would make the perfect upbeat summer jam. With smooth vocal runs, high-flying falsetto melodies, and an instrumental arrangement that forces you into a happy mood, "Persephone" is undoubtedly a track that anybody can get enjoyment out of."


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Categories The Baker
Posted On August 12, 2009 February 19, 2011 Written By kathyv Comments Off on
The Baker starring Damian Lewis will screen at the Kansas International Film Festival on September 19, 2009 at 8:15 PM; click here for ticket sales.
Screenings for the Kansas International Film Festival take place at:
Glenwood Arts Theatre
JayFlix has posted this review of The Baker:
Even though this delightful little British farce was released in 2007, it won't officially be available here in the US until late May, 2009. I saw it at the Sedona Film Festival this past March and thought it was a treat!
Damian Lewis ["Forsyte Saga," "Friends and (Crocodiles)" and "Band of Brothers"] is an enterprising hit man who works for Michael Gambon ("Cranford" and "Harry Potter"). After an [un]successful job, Lewis is dispatched to a bakery in a small village in Wales to await further orders. Consequently he buries his Glock under a tree and treks into town. He finds himself in the awkward position of having to pretend he has moved there to serve as the new village baker.
This isolated little village withholds judgment about the newcomer because they DO need a baker, so….
Meanwhile, one of the young men in town had observed the burial and digs up the gun. He immediately concocts a fantastical scenario which is shockingly close to the truth.
Watching Lewis attempt to woo a local lass while struggling with the intricacies of making bread, doughnuts, and other pastries, is great fun. When they finally fling themselves into each other's arms, their enthusiastic lovemaking amid slippery frosting, dough, and batter ingredients, rivals that of the classic paint shop scene in "The Stuntman."
Many of these same actors appear in the hilarious update of "Much Ado About Nothing" which also stars Damian Lewis, so maybe it is the same production company. If you are curious about THAT one, look for it in the "ShakespeaRe-Told" collection (spelling verified). It is by far my favorite selection out of the four in that set.
I like silly British comedies that take place in quirky little hamlets, and for some reason Damian Lewis is one of my favorite actors, so this is one I enjoyed immensely. Check with your local library or Netflex, and cross your fingers!
Note: The Baker and Much Ado About Nothing were not created by the same production company. MAAN is a BBC production and The Baker was produced by Picture Farm, an idenpendent film company founded by Damian Lewis, Gareth Lewis, Rupert Wyatt, and Adrian Sturges. Damian's brother Gareth Lewis wrote and directed The Baker.
Sadly, The Baker has not yet been released in the U.S. 🙁
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Cold War espionage thriller follows the defection of notorious British intelligence officer and KGB double agent, Kim Philby (Dominic West), through the lens of his complex relationship with MI6 colleague and close friend, Nicholas Elliott (Damian Lewis). The six episode limited series will be available to stream on BritBox. Damian's Rookery Productions to executive produce.
Dream Horse - September 4, 2020
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World Premiere - Sundance
Based on a true story of how against all the odds, an extraordinary woman and a champion racehorse named Dream Alliance, inspire an entire Welsh community to go on the ride of a lifetime and rediscover a sense of hope. A classic tale of triumph against adversity. Based on the documentary Dark Horse.
Spy Wars with Damian Lewis - March 22, 2020
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History Channel UK & Smithsonian Channel US
Host Damian Lewis invites you into the world of clandestine ops as he examines some of the modern era's most remarkable intelligence and security missions. Through declassified items and firsthand accounts from high-ranking officials at the FBI, CIA, KGB, and MI6, he reveals stories of daring escapes, thrilling rescues, notorious spy swaps, espionage, and undercover stings, featuring a cast of double agents, moles, heroes, and traitors. The 8-part docudrama series first aired in 2019 on History Channel UK in 2019, then Smithsonian Channel US and Canada in 2020. Available for iTunes download. Spy Wars was shot on location in Moscow, Israel and London.
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Mumbai, November 18, 2016: Global Hospitals, a multi super specialty tertiary care hospital has received license to perform hand transplantation, a life changing surgical procedure to transplant one or both hands from a brain-dead patient to the one who is in a need of a limb.
The hospital opens door for potential recipients who are suitable to undergo the transplant. The constantly improving safety, efficacy, and applicability of these promising reconstructive modalities hold great promise for patients with devastating injuries or deformities that are not amenable to conventional methods of repair.
Reconstructive transplantation has become a clinical reality over the past two decades with close to 90 upper limb (single and double hand) transplants performed till date around the world with highly encouraging graft survival and good to excellent functional outcomes. The 'life-enhancing' effect of such transplants has been proven by several studies and quality of life parameters.


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Air Tanzania to reintroduce flights to SA
Air Tanzania is to resume flights to South Africa on Friday in a bid to attract South African tourists and business travellers.
The revived passenger schedule will connect four major airports in Tanzania with OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg with four direct flights per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, Tanzania's Citizen TV reported.
Josephat Kagirwa, ATCL's public affairs spokesman, confirmed that the four local airports to introduce South African connections are Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar International Airport, Kilimanjaro International Airport in northern Tanzania, and Mwanza International Airport.
Return tickets will initially cost $299 to July 15 as the flights are re-launched. Thereafter the normal ticket price will be $347.
Air Tanzania Company Ltd's (ATCL) recently-acquired Boeing 787- 8 Dreamliner jet has the capacity to carry 262 passengers. Dreamliner will be replaced by an Airbus A220-300 on the Johannesburg route from July 16.
We expect to maintain this route as we prepare for long-haul flights to India and China," said Kagirwa.
South Africa is in a strategic position when it comes to linking airlines in the southern and East African region to destinations abroad, including Australia.
Latest official figures show that about 16,000 tourists from Australia visited Tanzania in 2017, mostly using connections through Johannesburg. In the same year, there were 3,300 visitors from New Zealand and 2,600 from the Pacific Rim (Fiji, Solomon, Samoa and Papua New Guinea)
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online registration is now closed. walk-ins will be accepted at the event.
Registration for both Federal One-on-One Meetings and Corporate Roundtables will open mid-October. You will be contacted separately—in priority order of your registration—to provide your top preferences to meet with federal agencies and/or corporations/primes. You can also visit the One-on-Ones and Roundtable pages for up-to-date information on these two opportunities.
*No refunds will be processed after October 17.


The Riverside Theatre has added a special area designated for kids 12 and younger at select performances.
VERO BEACH — The Riverside Theatre has added a special area designated for kids 12 and younger at select performances at the theater's outdoor Loop.
Designed to enhance a child's enjoyment at the theater, KIDSPOT will engage children with activities, arts and crafts, games with prizes, character meet and greets and complimentary refreshments.
KIDSPOT will be open one hour before evening performances and one hour after matinee performances.
For evening shows, children will receive a dinner item and beverage before the show.
For matinees, they will receive a complimentary snack and beverage after the show.
Allergy-sensitive options are available upon request. Parents and older kids can purchase food, snacks and drinks separately.
Tickets are $10. For children 12 and younger, performance tickets include access to the KIDSPOT area. Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at 772-231-6990 or online at www.riversidetheatre.com.
"Willy Wonka KIDS": A shorter version, starring children aged 7 to 12; 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. June 23 and 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. June 24.


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Q: Django ORM multiple inner join in query I want to be able to do queries involving multiple inner joins using Django ORM, here's my model (showing only relevant fields)
class Students(models.Model):

    class Status(models.IntegerChoices):
        preRegistered = 0 #No ha aceptado terminos y condiciones
        Enabled = 1
        Disabled = 2
        Suspended = 3
        Test = 4
    id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    user = models.ForeignKey(Users, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    trainingPath = models.ForeignKey(trainingPaths, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    status = models.IntegerField(choices=Status.choices, default=0)
    creationDate = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    modificationDate = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)

    class Meta():
        db_table = 'Students'

class trainingPaths(models.Model):
    id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    name = models.CharField(max_length=70, blank=False, null=False)
    shortName = models.CharField(max_length=10, blank=True)
    creationDate = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    modificationDate = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)

    class Meta():
        db_table = 'Training_Path'

class Courses(models.Model):
    id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    name = models.CharField(max_length=70, blank=False, null=False)
    path = models.URLField(max_length=500, blank=True, null=True)
    shortName = models.CharField(max_length=6, blank=True)
    creationDate = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    modificationDate = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
    course_image = models.URLField(max_length=200, blank=True)

    class Meta():
        db_table = 'Courses'

class CoursesXTrainingP(models.Model):
    id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    trainingPath = models.ForeignKey(trainingPaths, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    course = models.ForeignKey(Courses, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    alternativeName = models.CharField(max_length=70, blank=True)
    order = models.PositiveIntegerField(blank=False)
    creationDate = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    modificationDate = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)

    class Meta():
        db_table = 'Courses_X_Training_Paths'

I want to get the information of the courses that a student has according to the value of the "trainingPath".
this is my SQL query
select
    courses.id, courses.`name`, courses.course_image
from
    students
join
    courses_x_training_paths
on
    students.trainingPath_id = courses_x_training_paths.trainingPath_id
join
    courses
on
    courses_x_training_paths.course_id = courses.id
where
    students.trainingPath_id=1;

I have tried several ways and none of them have worked, could you please help me?

A: You can filter with:
Courses.objects.filter(
    coursesxtrainingp__trainingPath_id=1
)
The join on the Students model is not necessary, since we already know that the trainingPath_id is one by filtering on the CoursesXTrainingP model.

Note: normally a Django model is given a singular name, so Student instead of Students.

Note: normally the name of the fields in a Django model are written in snake_case, not PascalCase, so it should be: modification_date instead of modificationDate.


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By Paul Norlen on October 16, 2015 in Poetry
The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 American Poets Prizes, which are among the most valuable poetry prizes in the United States. Roger Greenwald's translation of Guarding the Air: Selected Poems of Gunnar Harding (Black Widow Press, 2014) has won the HAROLD MORTON LANDON TRANSLATION AWARD. Founded in 1976, this $1,000 prize recognizes a published translation of poetry from any language into English that demonstrates literary excellence. This year's judge was Bill Johnston.
Roger Greenwald is the author of two books of poems: Slow Mountain Train (Tiger Bark Press, 2015) and Connecting Flight (Williams-Wallace, 1993). Greenwald has translated numerous books of poetry, most recently Guarding the Air and Meditations on Georges de La Tour by Paal-Helge Haugen (BookThug, 2013).
Judge Bill Johnston said of Roger Greenwald's winning translation: "Roger Greenwald's rendering of the selected poems of Swedish poet Gunnar Harding is an accomplishment to be relished by any reader and envied by any literary translator. Greenwald's translations are superb. They read like what they are — magnificent poems in the English language. The freshness of imagery and turn of phrase are never accompanied by the awkwardness that so often marks poetry in translation — rather, they arise from the originality of the poet's voice, which Greenwald has brilliantly captured in English."
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The International Biomass Congress & Expo aims to bring together leading producers, suppliers, regulators and other engaged organisations over a two-day period. High-level speakers, experts in their field, will address a range of topical issues relating to the biomass sector.
Brought to you by Bioenergy Insight, the leading international biomass magazine, this year's conference will be co-located with the International Biogas Congress & Expo as well as the renowned Biofuels International Conference and Expo – now in its 11th year, making this series of bio events our largest gathering yet of bio related companies, giving participants unrivalled coverage.


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package cryptopals

import (
	"sync"
	"testing"
)

func TestKeyFixingAttack(t *testing.T) {
	c := challenge34{}

	inClient := make(chan interface{}, 3)
	outClient := make(chan interface{}, 3)

	inServer := make(chan interface{}, 3)
	outServer := make(chan interface{}, 3)

	var wg sync.WaitGroup
	wg.Add(3)

	message := "Cooking MC's like a pound of bacon"
	var clientMessage, serverMessage []byte

	go func() {
		netClient := &network{in: inClient, out: outClient}
		c.Client([]byte(message), netClient)
		wg.Done()
	}()

	go func() {
		netServer := &network{in: inServer, out: outServer}
		c.Server(netServer)
		wg.Done()
	}()

	go func() {
		netClient := &network{in: outClient, out: inClient}
		netServer := &network{in: outServer, out: inServer}
		clientMessage, serverMessage = c.Attacker(netClient, netServer)
		wg.Done()
	}()

	wg.Wait()

	clientString := string(clientMessage)

	if message != clientString {
		t.Fatalf("Expected %v, was %v", message, clientString)
	}

	serverString := string(serverMessage)

	if message != serverString {
		t.Fatalf("Expected %v, was %v", message, serverString)
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The rights of use over the property of another; a burden on a piece of land causing the owner to suffer access by another (Source: GEMET). Accessory interest in land which advantages dominant land or other beneficiary (Source: Legal Dictionary of Property in Canada - Dualjuridik; cf. OGC LandInfra, 4.8.6).


The 26-year-old realised she was a woman trapped in a man's body when she was just a child and has seen a lot of heartbreaks and broken friendships after she decided to change her gender.
She started the transformation process through hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after she moved to Delhi and has held her high ever since.
Nitasha, who is pursuing a management course, will now represent India in the Miss International TransQueen in Thailand in March 2018.
We caught up with the Kolkata girl to get a peek into her life's struggles, her beliefs, and how her Miss Trans Queen title could change things for the transgender community in India.
How long does the transition process take to change one's gender?
It takes around three to four years. Throughout the process, I was talking with my psychologist and my cousin brother. It's tough because you need to understand who you are as a person and who you are as a soul.
When did you realise you wanted to be a woman?
Right from childhood. When my school friends from St Xavier's went to play football, I stayed home. I was fond of badminton though and played a lot. But, mostly I was nurtured within the walls of my house and watched TV and stayed home. My mother died when I was very small so my dad played the role of a mother and father both. My brother (seven years elder) also supported me a lot because I came out to him in Class 6, though I knew about myself since Class 4.
He thought that it was a phase I was going through and that I would fall out of it and start liking girls, but I told him I am a girl myself. In fact, when I was in Class 10 he told me that it's high time I started watching p**n. So, he gave me an adult CD and I gave it to my father, who freaked out. My brother didn't talk to me for a week. After finishing my schooling from St Xavier's and graduation from National Institute of Media and Communication, I moved to Delhi to start my transition phase.
What sort of reactions did you get when you told people you wanted to change?
I had a lot of friends leaving me and people talking behind my back. Initially, I felt bad but I held my head up high. I hardly had any friends during that phase. It was basically my friend Raunak, who was there for me, and my father, back in Kolkata.
What are the issues faced by transgender women in India?
There is a lot of discrimination; there are rapes and no family support. When a person is taking such a decision, the family just throws them out. When you go out and people look down on you, it feels really bad. Due to this 70% of the transgender population is going under depression because society discriminates against them and looks down upon them. There is no monetary or job support and many end up in the s*x trade.
Sometime back, I also came to know about a transgender woman who was not accepted by her family due to which she decided to leave her house. She ended up in a circus, performing as a freak show. Though people used to laugh at her, she used to feel good because she could finally be what she thought herself as. But, the situation kept worsening for her, and ultimately when she died, there was no one there to even cremate her.
What needs to be done for the transgender community in India?
There need to be a lot of employment programmes. Thai airlines, PC Airways has [transgender women] air hostesses working with them, why not Indian airlines? Why not Indigo? Why not Vistara and the others? There need to be special boards formed that help provides money to transgender women for their education. There also needs to be a lot of awareness and education about transgenders in the villages. I even have a book coming out in a few months titled, "Nitasha: The voice of many" by Alka Vasudeva. She had seen me and said she wanted to write a book about me.
There also needs to be member of Parliament (MP) seats for transgenders. Only a transgender MP can understand the issues our community is facing.


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The SS Family: The Wedding
The SS Family: The Wedding # 998
The publication of the SS family guide by Fritz Weitzel in 1939 allows us a pretty comprehensive look at SS family life and what was expected of an SS man and how his family were to observe various holidays and their ritual.
The SS being an arm of the state that sought to retreat from the church and standard Christian practices meant that the wedding would be of the state with no involvement of the church which would be in contrast to former practice, and the persons to be wed to be tested for suitability and genetic health.
The removal of the church and the focus changed to ancient ritual and symbols meant that the SS would essentially be a clan, not just a clan but an elite branch of the state structured of those of Germanic or Norse lineage with the strength of focus being on the importance of family and the of the preservation of race or heritage.
When looking at period photo's of these weddings they appear to be quite standard and normal other than the emphasis of certain symbols and the removal of a Bible which would be replaced by Mein Kampf and gifted to the couple after the services along with other items geared to a future of simplicity and family.
At the end of the ceremony the bride would play an integral role not as just the wife of the SS man, but an accepted member of the SS community, and would raise children with a value system that is in line with the Germanic pre- Christian heritage and guide the family to a simple life between the family and the land or earth.
The value system was based on not only heritage, but strong emphasis on Honor, Loyalty, and family, not just words but an applied lifestyle under the state. While these practices may seem alien to many and viewed by others with disdain for the organization itself, the question that I find myself asking is, could a people with this type of value system and an adherence to that system on a multi-generational basis be defeated?. No, I do not think they could be. They would no doubt be a culture of strength and a force that would not only be superior by race, but by a code that promotes strength and family as a core value system.
The wedding ceremony itself would not take place in a church, and it would be officiated by any high ranking SS official and the rings exchanged after the wedding vows. To follow the ceremony would be a feast at which time the woman would be accepted into the SS.
The feast suggested within the guide was to take place in the home of the newly wed couple. Tables would be adorned with flowers and greenery and the placement of the bride and groom to be made prominent.
A close friend from the ranks of the SS would sit opposite the couple. Prior to the meal this SS man would discuss the values of the SS ideology and its regard to the state. Included in the speech would be an emphasis on the the importance of race preservation and the SS motto " Meine Ehre Heisst Treue " or My Honor is My Loyalty which the bride now takes on as her own. The couple is advised that if all laws of the state are followed, the state will play a role of protection on their new union as man and wife.
The Women is then accepted into the ranks of the SS and receives a gift as well as a wooden plate holding bread and salt symbolizing gifts of the earth and serving as a reminder to adhere to a clean life style. The speaker would end his words with "Sieg Heil" for the Fuhrer and the newly wed couple.
At the end of the wedding song and dance would be standard practice and the couple would be married under the state, and serve the state under the cultural guidelines of the SS and National Socialist ideology.
(The SS Family: The Wedding)


The African Basketball League has officially tipped off on March 5th 2016 at the Landmark Event Centre with the Lagos Islanders making history by winning their first two games in a row.
The league also set a new record in Africa with sold out tickets at the last game between Nigeria's favorite teams; Lagos Islanders and the Stallions.
The core platform of the ABL whose slogan is "more than a game" will use sports to add value to the economies of the franchise cities; Lagos, Dakar, Abidjan and Libreville.
No doubt, the ABL has contributed greatly to the economy of Nigeria within few weeks of existence with 70 percent of products used at the games produced locally in Nigeria with International Standard.
Senator Ben Murray Bruce,Deji Tinubu,M.I, Vector, Tee Billz,Bizzle,Sound Sultan, Emma Nyra and a host of other dignitaries showed support to the new big thing in Nigeria, ABL.
Tickets are now available on https://abltickets.com/.
The ABL is proudly supported by TRACE, Union Bank, Wakanow, Cornerstone Insurance, Cruz Vodka, Lagos State Government, BEAT 99.9FM and Pulse.ng.


The deaths and two other illnesses in Kansas have been linked to ice cream products manufactured by Blue Bell Creameries, a Texas company. The Appropriations Committee's agriculture subcommittee Moran chairs is considering a request by FDA to beef up funding to help it better implement the Food Safety Modernization Act.
HAPPY TUESDAY, MARCH 17! Welcome to Morning Ag where your host recently completed a walking tour of D.C. in search of convenience stores that sell baijiu, that super strong, sorghum-based Chinese liquor. Looks like only one store carries it now, as shopkeepers reported sales were too slow. Maybe that will change as World Baijiu Day approaches (August 8). Check out more here: http://bit.ly/18SE1mN. You know the deal: thoughts, news, tips? Send them to cpurdy@politico.com or @ chasepurdy. Follow the whole team at @ Morning_Ag.
WATERS RULE HEADED TO WHITE HOUSE SOON: EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy told the National Farmers Union Monday afternoon that her agency is "getting ready to send [its Waters of the U.S. final rule] over to the Office of Management and Budget for their review," the final step before the rule's release. In a speech at the group's annual convention, in Wichita, Kan., McCarthy said the EPA is working to better define tributaries, ditches and other waters that would be covered by the rule and agricultural field features that aren't.
VILSACK PROFESSES LOVE FOR RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD: McCarthy also said the agency is looking to release the 2014 and 2015 Renewable Fuel Standards "sooner rather than later" to restore certainty to the ethanol and biofuels market. Earlier in the day at the NFU meeting, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack professed his deep affection for the RFS.
"I love the RFS — I'm for the RFS," Vilsack said, according to an NFU recap of his presentation. "...We need to make sure Congress doesn't do anything to damage it or repeal it or make it difficult to use," he reportedly told the estimated 470 in attendance. "We need to be advocates, spokespeople for this industry. We need to go out and tell folks this is the right thing to do," he said.
ROBERTS CALLS WOTUS HEARING FOR NEXT WEEK: Mark Tuesday, March 24, on your calendar. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has called a hearing at 10 a.m. on that day to talk about EPA's controversial Waters of the United States proposal.
CONGRESS TO TALK DGAC TODAY: Expect the Dietary Guidelines debate to continue on Capitol Hill today as the appropriations subcommittees on agriculture in both chambers hear from USDA officials.
The Senate Appropriations subcommittee on agriculture asked Hamburg about her agency's role last week, but today both appropriations subcommittees will hear from officials much closer to the action: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Angela Tagtow, executive director of the USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
Chairman Moran told reporters last week that he thinks there's "more to be explored" on DGAC this week, noting Vilsack will play a much more central role in crafting the final Dietary Guidelines. Moran said he expects to discuss farm bill implementation during the hearing, but also dive into DGAC: "There is genuine concern across the country by people who produce food about the direction the guidelines seem to be going." Moran's subcommittee will hear from Vilsack at 10 a.m. today while the House side will check in with Tagtow.
Speaking of the DGAC report: A group of bipartisan senators on the Senate Agriculture Committee are calling for a 30-day extension to the public comment period for the committee's report. The group includes Chairman Roberts, Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.). Read their full request here: http://1.usa.gov/1MFWBxz.
COMPASS GROUP USA GOES CAGE-FREE: Major food service and catering provider, Compass Group USA, is expanding its 2007 policy from purchasing a portion of its eggs from farms that raise chickens cage free to buying only eggs from cage-free hens. According to a statement by the Charlotte, N.C.-based company, it purchases 30 million pounds of liquid eggs each year. The new policy will remove over one million hens from battery cages per year and put them into cage-free settings. The announcement received praise from the Humane Society of the United States, which added that the three largest food service companies have now made the same transition. Check out the HSUS statement here: http://bit.ly/1FrLtlR. See Compass Group USA's announcement here: http://bit.ly/1xsM1Bj.
MARYLAND BILL WOULD KEEP ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, COLORS & SWEETENERS OUT OF SCHOOLS: A bill introduced in Maryland last month would prohibit public schools in the state from purchasing, selling or serving food during school hours that contain artificial colors, flavorings and sweeteners as well as sodium nitrate and other ingredients. Laura MacCleery, chief regulatory affairs attorney for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, testified on behalf of the measure in hearing held by Maryland's House Ways and Means Committee on Friday. The bill has 16 sponsors, including 15 Democrats and one Republican.
"Artificially cheap food — filled with salt, added sugars, dubious preservatives, and fewer nutrients — in turn tempts kids to eat junk, developing a new generation with less-than-healthy habits and truly staggering public health costs," MacCleery said. "Our school children deserve better than foods decorated with dyes to look more appetizing." Read the contents of the bill here: http://1.usa.gov/1GeMo7I.
AGREEMENT ON BEEF CHECKOFF FEE STILL UNATTAINABLE: Despite months of communication between beef groups, an agreement to bump the fee from $1 to $2 per head by the Beef Checkoff Enhancement Working Group doesn't have resounding support from the rest of the industry, reports Brownfield Ag News. The U.S. Cattlemen's Association and the National Farmers Union have rejected the current iteration of the agreement, claiming it does not go far enough to address concerns about a "conflict of interest" in the national Beef Checkoff program. Check out the Brownfield Ag News article here: http://bit.ly/1Lk9ro7.
AVIAN INFLUENZA HAS POULTRY PRODUCERS, STATES ON GUARD: Even though avian influenza has not been detected in poultry in the Northeastern states, David Smith, New York's state veterinarian, reemphasized to industry in his state on Monday to be vigilant.
USDA on Friday confirmed a case of the H5N2 flu strain in a backyard chicken and duck flock in a county just outside Kansas City, Kan., Reuters reports. The infection was "the first case in an established migratory bird route, known as the central flyway, that stretches roughly north-south from Montana to Texas," the news service notes.
TONSAGER TO LEAD WHEAT GROWERS' POLICY TEAM: Joshua Tonsager, a former legislative assistant for Democratic South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson, is set to take the helm of the National Association of Wheat Growers policy team. Tonsager will work on transportation, research and technology issues, specifically, according to a statement by the organization. Read the official announcement here: http://bit.ly/1Ere60M.
BIO ADDS NEW STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DIRECTOR: The Biotechnology Industry Organization has hired Gene Harrington to lead the group's efforts on advocacy and government affairs on state food and agriculture issues. Harrington joins BIO from the National Pest Management Association where he served as vice president of government affairs, BIO says.
— For the first-time, craft brewers have attained a double-digit volume share of the marketplace, the Brewers Association reports: http://bit.ly/1HVDUTX.
— Antibiotics aren't as effective at promoting growth as they used to be, Mother Jones reports: http://bit.ly/1BJUkN7.
— Marion Nestle has been collecting examples of conflicted research, paid for in part by food businesses or trade associations with an interest in the research outcomes: http://bit.ly/1AwjZGq.
— In case you missed it, Congressional Republicans have been having a love affair with Chick-Fil-A, the National Journal reports: http://bit.ly/1LjxbJ8.
— The highest-paid woman in America works with robots and pigs with human DNA, Quartz reports: http://bit.ly/18y0AgF.
— Hanging around Iowa in the near future? The Iowa Beef Council has ranked the states top 10 burgers, the Des Moines Register reports: http://dmreg.co/1BMHiQd.
** A Message from the National Pork Producers Council: The U.S. represents a declining percent of both the world's population and total global economic output. Our future is tied to trade and engagement with the rest of the world. Those who deny this reality put our nation's future at risk. The U.S. is negotiating the most economically significant regional free trade agreement in the world — the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Agreement. But the U.S. won't get other nations to their best and bottom line to close the deal — unless Congress passes Trade Promotion Authority (TPA).


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Q: On loop space of a product [consider good spaces so the objects and question make sense]
Who was the first to prove that the loop space of a product is homeomorphic to the product of the loop spaces? $$\Omega(X\times Y)\approx \Omega X\times \Omega Y$$
[any references are welcomed]


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Cal Fire Urges Homeowners To Prepare For Wildfires
Rich Ibarra
Saturday, May 8, 2021 | Sacramento, CA
Devil's Garden Conservation Camp will close by the end of this year, leaving Modoc County with few resources for fighting wildfires. The camp's inmates are dispatched locally and throughout California to build fire breaks and complete other projects.
Photo courtesy of Cal Fire/Devil's Garden Conservation Camp
Wildfires burned more than 4 million acres in California last year, setting a new modern record, costing the state more than $12 billion, destroying over 10,00 buildings and claiming 33 lives.
Rising temperatures, drought, and strong winds have already raised a red flag warning for critical fire conditions. Cal Fire Director Thom Porter says there's every reason to believe that this year could be as bad as last year.
"Cal Fire this year has hired an additional 1,200-1,400 firefighters as of now ahead of schedule," Porter said.
He said that's because the fire season has steadily grown longer over the years.
"It's estimated that fire season is approximately 75 days longer than it was 30 years ago," Porter said. "Now it's every bit of nine months throughout the state."
Porter is urging people to clear 100 feet of defensible space around their homes, harden their structures against embers and fire, and form an evacuation plan. Cal Fire has put together a guide to home hardening on its website.
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The other shoe drops
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By Jason C. McLean Feb 27, 2010 Apr 9, 2010
After admitting that his twelve-storey office tower planned for the Quartier de Spectacles had to be scaled back to just five floors as well as his company's fundraising difficulties, Christian Yaccarini, the head of the Angus Development Corporation, lashed out at the city's public consultation process and the artists trying to save Café Cleopatre from demolition. Now word comes that his company's deal with the City of Montreal is being investigated by Montreal's vérificateur général.
Let's make a deal: Tremblay and Yaccarini (photo La Presse)
Yaccarini's frustration, as voiced to the Montreal Board of Trade, falls perfectly in line with what we already know about the developer's attitude toward consultation and independent artists. Back in June 2009 he sent an email to his supporters, urging them to come to a press conference and arguing that "so-called artists" were causing a "veritable psychodrama" at the OCPM meetings in order to protect what is nothing more than "a strip club with video poker machines."
If Yaccarini had bothered to actually listen to what was said at the meetings, he would have learned that there is much more to the Cleo, namely a vibrant arts scene whose artists don't want to leave and in some cases have no other place to go (thanks to zoning regulations). He'd also have realized that these artists want development in the area but want to be included in it.
The Tremblay administration also didn't listen, either to the artists or the decision by its own consultation body. Now there are two reasons for both parties to listen: he court case brought by Café Cleo fighting its expropriation and the investigation.
It makes sense that there should be an investigation. After all, if your firm wants the contract to replace the toilet paper in City Hall, for example, you can bet there's going to be a bidding war. How could three incredibly pricey building projects on a historic street with huge symbolic significance be simply handed to a handpicked developer (and one with a criminal past at that) without anyone else being given a chance to bid?
Media coverage and a slew of shows and videos (most recently the comedic Demolition in a Box) have helped, too. Unfortunately as Velma Candyass, one of the artists behind these projects told the Montreal Mirror, a lot of the damage to the area has already been done.
Two performance venues and a dance club have moved according to Angus' wishes, leaving the once booming, then desolate, then booming again area almost desolate once more. In what they claim is an attempt to rebuild an area that sorely needs a makeover, Yaccarini and Tremblay have created the very devastation they claim to want to eliminate.
This begs the question of why Christian Yaccarini feels he is in any position to complain.
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It's tempting to compare this new project of Luc Ex' with the improv quartet his former band-mates Andy Moor and Terrie Ex have launched under the Lean Left moniker. Not only do both projects (obviously) share ties to the long-running Dutch post-punk group The Ex, but both also feature some of the finest musicians the free jazz/improv world has to offer at the moment. In Lean Left, it's Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love who hold their own against the two guitarists. Here, Luc Ex has assembled a stellar international cast of improvisers to appear alongside himself: Hamid Drake mans the drums to provide the rhythmic foundation alongside Luc Ex' acoustic bass, while Ab Baars and Ingrid Laubrock let their tenor saxes soar above those often somewhat funky underpinnings.
However, as soon as you put on the group's debut record, you'll realize that there's probably more difference than overlap between the two bands. Whereas Lean Left is dominated by two fierce and fearsome electric guitars, and by Vandermark's and Nilssen-Love's no less intense playing, the Luc Ex' Assemblée is a purely acoustic affair that turns out to be comparatively laid-back; The focus here is on carefully constructed songs (all furnished by Luc Ex), not on unhinged improvisation. L'assemblage, the first track, serves as a statement of intent in this regard, with the two saxophones confined to stuttering staccato phrases, as though they're holding back. Only towards the end of the track do they throw caution to the wind to provide some intricately intertwining lines, finally "hugging" each other greedily. This sense of careful development is also what makes the album's highlights so appealing. On 'Zajj siht is', Baars and Laubrock again make some sweeping and dramatic statements, occasionally punctuated by more abrasive blowing and supported by snappy punk-funk rhythms. 'Primates Travel' by Train is somewhat similar in design, but a bit longer and more complex. It starts out with rather more abstract sax blowing, sometimes resembling the primates its title alludes to – and eventually giving way to a train-like chugging of the bass, on top of which Baars and Laubrock once again interact beautifully and melodically.
Those tracks certainly benefit from their short running time, feeling like well-developed musical statements while still being succinct and to-the-point. Elsewhere, though, the focus on short songs becomes a bit of a burden, and one wished that the more ballad-like cuts such as 'Unexpected Death of a Fortune-Teller' or 'When the Demiurg…' had been granted the time to fully unfurl, as they end before bringing their premises to a satisfying conclusion. Still, this is a worthwhile debut which – at its best – marries the punkish immediacy of The Ex to some rather impressive (avant-)jazz playing.


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Chloe was trying not to panic. As calmly as she could, she gathered up the laptop and tucked it under her arm. She looked at Oliver, a question in her worried eyes. He held up a hand and switched on his comm.
"How much time?" he asked Victor.
"Elevator's shut down, so they have to come up the stairs. Maybe two minutes? Three at the most," Victor replied.
The dangerous quality told Chloe not to argue. She hurried over to the door and listened intently for the sounds of the approaching security detail. She contemplated calling Clark - then realized that her phone was in her bag, which was still in the limo. Damn. She watched as Oliver knelt, removed his gloves, stuffed them in his pocket and pulled up his right pant leg. With his back to her and the darkness, it was difficult to see what he was reaching for. It wasn't until he stood and turned into moonlight that she saw was it was: a small crossbow. Oliver walked over to the floor to ceiling wall of glass at the back of the office. He stood behind Tess' huge desk chair and took careful aim. A second later Chloe heard the arrow shatter the glass as it left the crossbow.
Chloe turned abruptly to see Oliver beckoning her. She dashed across the room as quickly and quietly as she could, silently cursing both her dress and stilettos as she ran. Miraculously she reached Oliver without mishap.
Chloe wrapped her arms around Oliver's waist, effectively trapping the laptop between her arm and his chest. Oliver wrapped his left arm around her to stead her as they stepped toward the hole in the glass wall. Oliver reached his free arm up to grasp the now-collapsed crossbow. Chloe stole a look back at the door. She saw the door begin to crack open and then the ground fell out from under her. She yelped in surprise as she tightened her hold on Oliver. The air whipped around her head as she and Oliver zipped along the line that stretched across the chasm between Luthorcorp and…Chloe forced herself to look at their destination. They were hurdling toward the spinning globe of the Planet.
As the globe got bigger, Chloe squeezed her eyes shut and intensified her near death grip on Oliver. Incredibly, she heard Oliver chuckle as she buried her head in his shoulder. The next thing Chloe knew they were slowing down and gently came to a stop. She shivered slightly as Oliver set them on the solid foundation of the Daily Planet roof. He didn't release her though.
"You can look now," Oliver informed her with a hint of amusement.
Chloe cocked an eyebrow at him. That's when Oliver realized he was still holding her despite them being safely on the ground. Oops. He abruptly let go and turned to disengage the anchor left in Tess' office. In doing so, he forced Chloe to let go too, causing her to nearly drop the precious laptop. Chloe caught it just before it hit the ground.
As Oliver got his crossbow squared away, Chloe looked back at where they had come from. The floor they zipped from was at least five stores higher than the roof of the Planet. It had been terrifying, but she knew that Oliver wouldn't have let her fall. A dark, indistinct shape drew her attention to the broken window. Then she saw a red beam pointed in their general direction. Chloe didn't have time to think. She threw herself at Oliver's back knocking him painfully to the ground. A second later they heard a loud thunk as a bullet struck the brick wall behind where Chloe had been standing.
"What was that?" Oliver hissed.
"It came from Tess' office. They know we're here," Chloe replied, fear making her voice shake.
"We will as soon as you get off me," Oliver shot back.
Cheeks flaming, Chloe jumped away from him. She groaned when she hit the hard ledge behind her. Oliver's face grew serious as he looked for the elevator in relation to where they'd fallen. The direct path put them in their shooter's line of sight. Oliver wished he could look to see if the shooter was still there, but knew he couldn't risk it. He was about to call Victor when he realized his comm was no longer in his ear. He groped blindly but couldn't find it. Oliver groaned. That's just great. OK, Plan B.
Chloe nodded. Silently, she picked up the laptop and followed Oliver at a crouch along the low wall. All the crouching made her stiletto clad feet ache, but Chloe knew better than to say anything. The sooner they got to the elevator the safer they would be. At last, Oliver reached the shadowed elevator doors and pressed the down button. After an agonizing minute the doors opened and he quickly ushered Chloe inside. Both sighed in relief. They were finally out of the woods.
As the doors closed behind them Oliver's phone rang shrilly. "Now what?" Oliver muttered as he fished it out of his pocket. Chloe watched as Oliver practically shouted into the phone. As the conversation went on at a breakneck pace, Chloe could feel the anger coming off Oliver in waves. Whatever was going on was very, very bad. That combined with the stress of their mission was making her extremely nervous. She jumped when Oliver suddenly snapped the phone closed in disgust and pushed the lobby button several times angrily, despite the fact that it was already lit.
"It's a proven fact that pushing the elevator button more than once actually makes the elevator go slower," she teased lightly.
"The SEC?" Chloe asked, surprised.
"Oliver, if you have to go, then go. We'll hold down the fort. It's going to take some time for me to crack this thing anyway," Chloe reassured him, patting the edge of the laptop.
"Oliver –" Chloe started to protest, but the elevator dinged. As they headed into the lobby, Chloe was surprised when Oliver headed back toward the shipping and receiving entrance, rather than the front doors. What's back here? Chloe wondered.
"Your wish is my command." Oliver held his hand out. "Give me the laptop." Chloe handed it over and waited for him to stow it in the compartment under the seat. That task completed Oliver swung his right leg over the side and mounted the bike. He turned and patted the seat behind him invitingly.
Chloe grimaced but walked the few steps to the bike anyway. Carefully she hitched up her dress as high as she could and still maintain her modesty. She gathered the material together and tied it off. With more of her skin exposed, she suddenly noticed how chilly it had gotten since they arrived at the ball several hours earlier. She refused to look at Oliver as she placed her left foot behind his and placed her hands on his shoulders to hoist herself onto the bike. She shivered slightly when her bare skin came in contact with the cool seat.
There wasn't much that frightened Tess Mercer. Just ask anyone who'd ever faced her in a boardroom. Her classmates at Northwestern called her the Ice Queen; the nickname bestowed due to the ice water that surely ran in her veins. However, as Tess walked into one of the larger Luthorcorp conference rooms, her hands trembled. She knew the next few minutes would be fraught with danger as she picked her way through her boss' ever-scheming mind. She'd heard the stories. Luthorcorp employees disappearing mysteriously. Others given healthy severances and then never heard from again. She wasn't sure which was worse. With a shaky hand she switched on the video stream and settled into one of the large leather chairs. Two minutes later Lex Luthor's angry countenance appeared on the screen.
"I hope you have a good explanation for tonight's events, Miss Mercer," Lex said tersely.
"The laptop, sir," she admitted.
Tess switched off the feed and marveled at her escape. She wasn't sure how she escaped but knew not to push her luck. Whatever Lex had planned wasn't upset by the night's events and for that she was thankful.
Chloe spent much of Monday in front of the stolen laptop armed with coffee and a stash of blueberry muffins. She'd called in sick to the Planet mostly to avoid Clark. Oliver still insisted on keeping her best friend in the dark; Chloe disagreed but respected Oliver's judgment. Even Chloe acknowledged Clark's habit of going off half-cocked. Clark was definitely a charge first ask questions later type of hero, which was not always a good thing when there was a conspiracy of this caliber in motion.
Chloe was just beginning to realize how deep Lex's scheme was. Once she finally got the password and cracked the encryption, she found file after file about Project Hephaestus. Mineralogists were working on ways to incapacitate Clark. The limited alien DNA that Luthorcorp still had was in top security storage on a remote island in the Pacific. Instead, hundreds of subjects from 33.1 were being used as guinea pigs. Chloe's stomach recoiled at the thought. Neurologists were trying to find a way to control Clark. They didn't seem to be making much progress, but Chloe knew that Lex would simply find scientists who could.
Chloe was halfway through a report on the feasibility of destroying the Traveler when there was a knock at her door.
"Chloe, are you alright?" Clark asked as he entered.
"In a manner of speaking," Chloe replied evasively.
Chloe wasn't surprised that Clark had picked up on her less-than-legitimate reason for attending the ball. Despite the naïve farm boy exterior, Clark was quite perceptive. He connected the dots, sometimes better than she did. She thought about what happened with Oliver before he left for Star City. She hadn't seen that coming. At all.
"I will." Promise easily kept. Chloe had a feeling they were going to need Clark before this was over.
Chloe sighed. Jimmy was the last person she wanted to deal with right now. She looked at Clark. "Do you mind, Clark? I'll get rid of Jimmy faster if you're not here," she whispered.
"Sure, Chloe. I'll talk to you later." Clark went to the window and took off for Metropolis.
"That billionaire low life Oliver Queen." Jimmy pushed past her into the apartment, scanning the room for signs of Oliver's presence.
"I guess it is." Chloe wasn't sure what else to say so she said nothing.
Jimmy nodded and walked out the door. Chloe closed it behind him and headed back to the couch. She had work to do.
I was so excited when I saw that this story had been updated. It's really wonderful and this chapter was great too.
Ollie and Chloe's escape was awesome. Chloe and Clark's conversation was my favorite part. I'm glad that he accepted that he can't control her.
Your characters are very mature and even the Chloe-Jimmy split was tasteful. It's good that they parted on nice terms.


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Finding your place in West Michigan can be a tough task for a new small business. All of the work that goes into getting set up, trying to differentiate yourself from the competition, figuring out cash flow, and so much more can be overwhelming. With all of that coming at you, how are you supposed to get support of the local community?
Local First is a Grand Rapids based non-profit that promotes local West Michigan businesses. Recently it was announced that Local First has partnered with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Local First will receive $450,000 from the State of Michigan over the next 2 years to expand its operations. The MEDC will follow the program and measure its success in order to determine if it's worth further expansion of Local First.
We have often talked on here about the importance of the team you put around you and your idea. These individuals can either add to your success of failure. I remember hearing Scott Case, founder of Priceline, speak at an event. Case gave credit to the team he had around him in starting Priceline for the success of the company that reach a billion dollars in annual sales in less than 24 months.
Your "team" though is more than the people you work with on a daily basis. Your team includes everyone from investors and advisers to legal and accounting support to even those connections in your network.
You want funding? You get funding. And you get some too. And all those quiet requests in the back too. Well maybe Michigan Venture Capitalists or VCs were not quite that generous with funding but 2012 saw not only more VC deals but saw a huge influx of capital into Michigan Businesses.
In 2011, investors did 36 deals totaling $84.75 million in investments in Michigan startups. But in 2012 those numbers were dwarfed by the 47 deals totaling $232.31 million done by VCs. Those figures were the third highest since 1995 ($356.44 million in 2000; and $253.47 million in 1999). This was also in the face of a 10% decline in the total investments made in the US.
Ideas are everywhere. There are so many people out there that have an idea for a new tech company or a new product. At the same time there are a lot of people out there that don't have ideas (or at least nothing that is worth pursuing) but they have skills and experience that those with ideas need. The true issue is connecting those with ideas to those with the skills.
Grand Rapids will be hosting its 4th annual Startup Weekend beginning this Friday. Startup is a 54 hour marathon of development of ideas in which teams of local CEOs, designers, lawyers and other professionals come together with local entrepreneurs to go from a pitch competition where ideas are selected to as market ready as humanly possible by the end of the weekend.
Small businesses need to evolve. The market place is always evolving and the economy is forever changing. Trying to have the same business model, the same problem solving system, and the approach to your small business will not fit all of these changing situations. West Michigan small businesses have to think outside the box in order to ensure their survival.
Tom Borg, a small business and mid-size business consultant believes, "the old saying "if you keep on doing what you have always done, you will keep on getting what you always got" has been changed to 'if you keep on doing what you have always done, you will get a lot less of what you always got; you might even go broke'". So what are some ways to change?
There is a term that is burning through the entrepreneur community: social enterprise. These new businesses are focused more on doing social good than turning profits. There is a significant influx in these businesses springing up. Grand Rapids has even recently seen the opening of HUB Grand Rapids, a club dedicated to social enterprise. One term that seems to be accompanying these social enterprises is the low-profit limited liability company or L3C. So what is an L3C and what does it do?
With the tough economic times that the United States has experienced a generation of entrepreneurs that want to develop a business but they also want to improve the world around them has been created. This has led to the increase in social enterprise. The L3C allows these social enterprises the protection and tax benefits of a limited liability company but at the same time these businesses can receive grants and investments from certain foundations to satisfy their 5% payout obligation—the program-related investment (PRI). Also, unlike a non-profit, L3C's can derive income without fear of losing its status.
Ideas: everyone has them. You are in the midst of a home repair project or making a meal for your family and it hits you: "This would be so much easier if I had something that could…" The difference between you and an entrepreneur is an entrepreneur turns that idea into a business. So you don't think that you can make the transition from ordinary citizen to entrepreneur. You don't have an MBA. You don't have the connections. You don't even know where to start with transitioning your idea from ethers of the universe into something tangible. There is help out there for you.
Tyler Essenberg has been coming up with ideas for a long time now and he hasn't even graduated from college yet. He along with his business partner, Calvin Beeke, are the owners of G-Raps, a Grand Rapids startup company that makes eyewear accessories. Essenberg and Beeke were selected for the $5,000 funding from Start Garden and were able to utilize Start Garden's networking and advising to develop ways to package the product, and gave them tips to help their business grow.
Funding for your West Michigan startup or small business should be avoided. Taking on debt or giving up equity in your business early on when there is so much fluidity in where your business will go, can easily lead to problems. If you take on debt in order to develop your startup idea, what happens when you learn there is no market for your product or service? You are left with debt and in need of time to pivot your startup. With that said, there is a definite need for funding at times. West Michigan is about to be infused with another option to receive this needed funding.
Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women, more commonly known as GROW, offers business owners (and not just women) various resources including business education classes, networking opportunities, connections to other business owners and other business counseling services. Last year GROW started offering another service. After receiving $200,000 from the US Small Business Administration, GROW began offering microloans to startups and small businesses in Kent, Ottawa, Muskegon, Newaygo, Montcalm, Ionia, Barry, Allegan and Kalamazoo counties. So far, GROW has loaned 15 loans totaling $153,121 to 10 small businesses.


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require 'helpers/ensure_config_helper.rb'

class AutomatedTestsController < ApplicationController
  include AutomatedTestsHelper

  def index
    result_id = params[:result]
    @result = Result.find(result_id)
    @assignment = @result.submission.assignment
    @submission = @result.submission
    @grouping = @result.submission.grouping
    @group = @grouping.group
    @test_result_files = @submission.test_results
    if can_run_test?
      export_repository(@group, File.join(MarkusConfigurator.markus_config_automated_tests_repository, @group.repo_name))
      copy_ant_files(@assignment, File.join(MarkusConfigurator.markus_config_automated_tests_repository, @group.repo_name))
      export_configuration_files(@assignment, @group, File.join(MarkusConfigurator.markus_config_automated_tests_repository, @group.repo_name))
      child_pid = fork {
        run_ant_file(@result, @assignment, File.join(MarkusConfigurator.markus_config_automated_tests_repository, @group.repo_name))
        Process.exit!(0)
      }
      Process.detach(child_pid) unless child_pid.nil?
    end
    render :test_replace,
           :locals => {:test_result_files => @test_result_files,
                       :result => @result}
  end

  #Update function called when files are added to the assigment

  def update
      @assignment = Assignment.find(params[:assignment_id])

      @assignment.transaction do

        begin
          # Process testing framework form for validation
          @assignment = process_test_form(@assignment, params)
        rescue Exception, RuntimeError => e
          @assignment.errors.add(:base, I18n.t('assignment.error',
                                               :message => e.message))
          return
        end

        # Save assignment and associated test files
        if @assignment.save
          flash[:success] = I18n.t('assignment.update_success')
          redirect_to :action => 'manage',
                      :assignment_id => params[:assignment_id]
        else
          render :manage
        end
     end
  end

  def manage
    @assignment = Assignment.find(params[:assignment_id])

    # Create ant test files required by Testing Framework
    create_ant_test_files(@assignment)

  end

end


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Cyprus asks to make Turkish an EU language
Interpreters at work: A senior Turkish official said the Cypriot move is "an important gesture" (Photo: europarl.europa.eu)
By Andrew Rettman
Brussels, 26. Feb 2016, 19:05
Cyprus has asked the Dutch EU presidency to make Turkish an official EU language, in a "gesture" that could help reunification and improve EU-Turkey relations.
Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades filed the request in a letter, seen by EUobserver, on 17 February to Dutch foreign minister Bert Koenders and to a senior EU civil servant, Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen.
The EU-Ukraine association treaty, for one, is 1,200 pages long (Photo: europarl.europa.eu)
"I am writing to inform you of my government's decision to actively seek the introduction of the Turkish language as an official language of the European Union," he said.
"In view of the possibility of reaching a settlement on the Cyprus problem, without prejudice to whether this is actually achieved … the time has come to launch preparations to enable the Union to start using Turkish as an official EU language upon reunification," he said.
He noted that Cyprus already filed a request during its EU entry talks in 2002.
But, at that time, it "was advised by the [EU] institutions not to insist, taking into account the limited practical purpose of such a development ... as well as the considerable cost," Anastasiades' letter said.
A Dutch spokesman told EUobserver that The Hague "will study its content and see what the next steps should be."
He added that: "Unanimity is needed to adjust the [EU] language regime."
A senior Turkish official told EUobserver that the Cypriot decision is "a very important, very positive gesture" for the Cyprus peace talks and for EU-Turkish ties more broadly.
Cyprus broke up in 1974 when Turkish forces invaded after a coup by Greek Cypriot nationalists.
Turkey later recognised the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is home to over 300,000 people and which still hosts thousands of Turkish soldiers.
UN-mediated reunification talks restarted in 2014, lapsed, then started again last year.
Negotiators are hoping to conclude a deal by June.
The Turkish official said there's "still a lot of obstacles," such as disagreement over a Turkish Cypriot idea to create a rotating Cypriot presidency. But the official said there's "good faith."
Language aside, a European Commission spokesman said it's also "deploying the necessary financing and human resources" to prepare for implemention of EU laws in north Cyprus.
Turkey-EU relations
The developments come amid EU-Turkey efforts to jointly manage the flow of refugees from Syria.
Part of the deal is for the EU to speed up Turkey accession talks in return for Turkey reducing migrant numbers.
The EU in December opened a new "chapter" in negotiations - on economic and monetary affairs - after a 10-year lull in the process.
Several other chapters are being blocked by Cyprus due the old conflict. But the commission is getting ready to open them if things go well.
"If the blockage is lifted because of Cyprus being solved, then we can proceed very quickly," the Turkish official said.
The EU presently has 24 official languages.
It employs about 6,000 full-time and part-time interpreters, translators, and assistants, at a cost of €450 million a year.
It translates all legislation, including international treaties, which can be more than 1,000 pages long, into the 24 tongues.
The commission spokesman said it would cost €37 million a year to add a 25th.
Another official said the EU Council already has "a small number" of Turkish speakers because it's "an important language for communication with a strategic partner."
The last language to join was Croatian in 2013.
Irish joined in 2007. But Irish is being phased in up to 2022, meaning not all EU texts are yet translated, to save money.
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"I believe that 2016 could be the year that we end the unacceptable status quo", said Cypriot president Anastiades. Turkish Cypriot leader Akinci said talks were at a "crucial phase".
Nato ships will take anybody they rescue in the Aegean Sea back to Turkey instead of Greece, the head of the military alliance has said.
Cyprus' failure to go after Russian mafia money in its banks indicates it's paying no more than "lip service" to international money laundering laws, a Dutch MP has said.
The Greek and Turkish leaders of the divided island hope to reach a peace settlement by the end of the year.
Turkey hopes to agree a new deal on refugee resettlements at the next EU summit, amid a broader "reset" in its relations with Europe.
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The European Parliament does not rule out mandatory anti-harassment training for MEPs — but has left questions of greater support for victims of bullying and abuse open-ended.