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"After about a month, he'll pick up the full bucket and deliver it to Nature's Little Recyclers, a worm compost farm in Back of the Yards, and swap it for a clean bucket that's ready to accept fresh and cooked produce, bread, grains, coffee grounds, tea bags, eggshells and shredded paper.
"The end result? Waste is diverted from landfills and turned into potent growing soil, thanks to thousand of worms who feed on bacteria from food scraps in a process known as vermicomposting. That nutrient-rich compost is sold by the pound or cubic yard to local gardeners and urban farms."


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#include <gtest/gunit.h>
#include "base/logging.h"
#include "appsensorapi/appsensorapi.h"
#include "appsensorapi/common.h"

using ime_goopy::AppSensorInitFunc;
using ime_goopy::AppSensorHandleCommandFunc;
using ime_goopy::AppSensorHandleMessageFunc;
using ime_goopy::FunctionName;

static const TCHAR *kLibraryPath = TEXT("appsensorapi.dll");

TEST(AppSensorApiTest, LoadLibrary) {
  // Validate the DLL format is valid, and can be loaded into memory.
  HINSTANCE hinst_lib = ::LoadLibrary(kLibraryPath);
  ASSERT_TRUE(hinst_lib != NULL);
  ::FreeLibrary(hinst_lib);
}

TEST(AppSensorApiTest, Init) {
  HINSTANCE hinst_lib = ::LoadLibrary(kLibraryPath);
  ASSERT_TRUE(hinst_lib != NULL);
  // Validate the existence of Init entry point
  AppSensorInitFunc init;
  init = reinterpret_cast<AppSensorInitFunc>(
      GetProcAddress(hinst_lib, FunctionName::kInitFuncName));
  ASSERT_TRUE(init != NULL);
  // Validate the function can be invoked.
  EXPECT_TRUE((init)());
  ::FreeLibrary(hinst_lib);
}

TEST(AppSensorApiTest, HandleMessage) {
  HINSTANCE hinst_lib = ::LoadLibrary(kLibraryPath);
  ASSERT_TRUE(hinst_lib != NULL);
  // Validate the existence of HandleMessage entry point
  AppSensorHandleMessageFunc window_process;
  window_process = reinterpret_cast<AppSensorHandleMessageFunc>(
      GetProcAddress(hinst_lib, FunctionName::kHandleMessageFuncName));
  ASSERT_TRUE(window_process != NULL);
  // Validate the function can be invoked.
  EXPECT_FALSE((window_process)(0, WM_USER, 0, 0));
  ::FreeLibrary(hinst_lib);
}

TEST(AppSensorApiTest, HandleCommand) {
  HINSTANCE hinst_lib = ::LoadLibrary(kLibraryPath);
  ASSERT_TRUE(hinst_lib != NULL);
  // Validate the existence of HandleCommand entry point
  AppSensorHandleCommandFunc invoke;
  invoke = reinterpret_cast<AppSensorHandleCommandFunc>(
      GetProcAddress(hinst_lib, FunctionName::kHandleCommandFuncName));
  ASSERT_TRUE(invoke != NULL);
  // Validate the function can be invoked.
  EXPECT_FALSE((invoke)(0, NULL));
  ::FreeLibrary(hinst_lib);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
}

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Two series of posters designed for Kunsten. Museum of Modern Art. First four posters for the exhibition 'Vilhelm Lundstrøm and The Epitome of Good Tast' about the Danish painter Vilhelm Lundstrøm – second four posters of works of the Danish artist Michael Kvium.
Poster; Vilhelm Lundstrøm og den gode smag (Vilhelm Lundstrøm and the epitome of good taste). Kunsten Museum of Modern Art
The exhibition 'Vilhelm Lundstrøm and the Epitome of Good Taste' was on show at the museum from until February 2018. But you can still buy the posters in the shop at the museum in Aalborg, Denmark, here you also find the catalogue we did for the exhibition.
Right now the museum has focus on Michael Kvium, you can enjoy a fascinating selection of his oil paintings and drawings. Also the Kvium posters you find in the museum shop.
Check it our here directly to the shop – and go and see the exhibitions at the lovely museum.
Poster; Michael Kvium, 'So Simple'. Kunsten Museum of Modern Art.
Poster; Michael Kvium, 'The Naked Eye on a Welldressed Lie'. Kunsten Museum of Modern Art.
Poster; Michael Kvium, 'Big Foot'. Kunsten Museum of Modern Art.
Poster; Michael Kvium, 'Everything for Nothing 1'. Kunsten Museum of Modern Art.

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The Houston Oilers' Bobby Jancik
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In collecting autographed sets of the 1960s AFL cards, I have come across several former players for whom I have needed multiple signed cards. I am often able to locate the athlete, and mail the cards to them to be signed. Such has been the case with dozens of former players. However, there are times when the player is deceased, and tracking down autographed examples of their football cards proves to be quite a challenge. Such is the case with former Houston Oilers defensive back and kick returner, Bobby Jancik, who appears in the 1964-1967 Topps sets.
Drafted out of Wharton Junior College (Texas) in the 19th round of the 1962 AFL Draft, Bobby Jancik played for the Oilers from 1962-1967, during which he played in all but three games during his final season. As a defensive back, he intercepted 15 passes during his career, and recovered 11 fumbles. Special teams is where Jancik really excelled. In 81 career games, he returned 67 punts for 647 yards (9.7 avg.) and one touchdown. He led the league in 1964, with an 18.3-yard average. Jancik returned 158 kick offs for 4,185 yards (26.5 avg.) during the same period. He led the league in return yardage in 1963 (1,317) and 1966 (875), and in return average in 1962 (30.3) and 1963 (29.3).
It seems that after his career ended, Bobby Jancik returned to Texas. What he did between 1967 and his death on December 24, 2005, what makes his autographed football cards so difficult to find, I have not been able to learn. A Google search turns up a simple Wikipedia biography, but not much else. I found Jancik's obituary in the Houston Chronicle online archives, along with a note that he attended a Texans and Oilers reunion in 2002. The Chronicle also had a note on November 3, 2004, stating that Jancik used a 5-iron on the 190-yard No. 12 hole at Legendary Oaks Golf Course to shoot a hole-in-one.
Bobby Jancik's obituary as it looks in the Houston Chronicle's online archive.
Though Bobby Jancik died nearly seven years ago, roughly 38 years passed between the end of his career and his death. One would think that there would be plenty of his autographed trading cards in the hobby, yet that does not seem to be the case. Was he adverse to signing autographs? Some players are. Did he slip off the radar of collectors? This happens as well. I don't have the answer. Perhaps one of Jancik's former teammates, or someone else reading this post can help to shed some light on the situation. Oh, and if anyone has any autographed Bobby Jancik cards, please give me a shout. Until then, I will continue my search!
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rick smith June 13, 2012 at 10:15 AMLog in to Reply
More good stuff, 'Bias. Maybe Ron Botchan could help. Botchan went to Oilers after Chargers, may have played with Jancik. Botchan lives in Palm Springs and may still be doing some evaluation of officials in NFL.
Todd Tobias June 13, 2012 at 11:05 AMLog in to Reply
Thanks, Rick. Any little bit helps.
Scot Neathery November 29, 2012 at 11:35 AMLog in to Reply
I know his son, Bullet Ryan Jancik who lives in Hot Springs Arkansas with his mom. He worked for me doing insulation for a while, now he is doing other construction work.
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Thats one of my uncles hes czech from moravia my grandma has pictures of him when he was a kid pretty cool.
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R.E.M. – "Accelerate" (2008)
August 16, 2008 at 4:44 pm (Music, R.E.M., Reviews & Articles)
Written Aug. 16, 2008…
I have only two words to describe R.E.M.: "they're back!" They sound committed and hungry once again, with clearly something to prove. And do they ever prove it. They sound like a real band again for the first time since drummer Bill Berry left back in 1997. This is clearly the most exciting, urgent and concise album of R.E.M.'s long career. It might not be their best but it is right up there. And this is also probably the most exciting album Read the rest of this entry »
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The Wailers – "Simmer Down" (1963)
August 16, 2008 at 1:59 pm (Jamaican Music, Ska)
"Simmer Down" was the First single released by The Wailers (Marley, Tosh & Wailer), accompanied by the ska supergroup, The Skatalites, and produced by famed Jamaican producer Clement "Coxsone" Dodd in 1963. It was the number one hit in Jamaica in February 1964.
The song was aimed at the "rude boys" of the Jamaican ghettos at the time, sending them a message to cool down or "simmer down" with all the violence and crime going on in Kingston.
(Note: I do apologize for the average sound quality. Please keep in mind the primitive recording equipment at the time)
Junie – "Rappin' About Rappin' (Uh-Uh-Uh)" (1981)
August 16, 2008 at 1:52 pm (Funk, P-Funk)
A funky song from 1981 by former Ohio Players & P-Funk member Junie Morrison. This was an early rap-styled song (hence the name). This is from the Junie 5 album, which Morrison performed almost entirely by himself.
Prince Buster All Stars – "Al Capone" (1965)
"AlCapone" is another ska classic by Prince Buster & his all-star band. This song was one of the major influences on the Two-Tone ska revival in England in the late 1970s.
Mutiny – "Voyage to the Bottom of the P" (1979)
Another great song from P-Funk spinoff Mutiny's debut album Mutiny on the Mamaship which was a devastating diatribe by former drummer Jerome Brailey against George Clinton's arrogant and manipulative ways, set to a relentlessly funky backing. Clinton was so impressed with the album that he said he would have released it himself. Brailey obviously made his point.
Frank Sinatra – "New York, New York" (Live)
August 16, 2008 at 1:22 pm (Frank Sinatra, Music)
Not sure of date & location of this version, but Sinatra looks older here, so I would guess it's from the late 80s – early 90s perhaps.
George Carlin – "The Mike Douglas Show" (1972 – Part 2)
August 16, 2008 at 1:21 pm (Comedy, George Carlin)
This is the remainder of George Carlin's appearance on "The Mike Douglas Show" on Feb. 18, 1972, w/ weeklong co-hosts John Lennon & Yoko Ono. This is the interview portion of his segment.
George's appearance was on the last of the 5 days. When asked about it, George said he didn't even recall being on the show that week. "Too many good drugs back then."
You'll notice that George was much more laid-back in that time – in his act & as an interviewee – than he was in later life.
Bob Dylan – "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (Live – 1963)
August 16, 2008 at 1:18 pm (Bob Dylan, Music)
This is taken from the album Bob Dylan Live at Carnegie Hall 1963 that was never released. As you can see, a cover was printed up & it was all ready to go but was postponed at the last minute and was never released, until 2005 when it was released as an EP.
(More to come from this album…)
Jerry Wexler on Bob Dylan (Part 1)
August 16, 2008 at 12:59 pm (Bob Dylan, Music)
In honor of yesterday's passing of legendary producer & Atlantic Records executive Jerry Wexler, here is a clip of him talking about Bob Dylan, when he met him and later produced his Slow Train Coming album. This is an outtake from a DVD called Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan from a few years ago.
May he rest in peace…
More of this interview to come…
Elton John – "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" (TV – 2001)
August 16, 2008 at 4:45 am (Music)
From "Top of the Pops"…


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Amanda Louise Spayd: Meet the Maker
Kylie Dexter
ART, SCULPTURE
I would imagine that upon entering Amanda Louise Spayd's workroom, you would smell cotton candy, spearmint and blue heaven milkshakes. You would hear the pitter patter of tiny eggshell blue feet and maybe catch a glimpse of some adorable but shy creatures hiding behind Amanda's trinkets and memorabilia. How could you not be deliriously happy seeing these odd bunny like creatures adorned with crystals, tree branches and lollipops, all born from Amanda's imagination and that often follow the narrative of her themed shows. It's the cohesion of soft colours that remind us of our childhood, everything that is delightful and fun. Amanda's dust bunnies ache with character, and distort your perception into believing that you may have seen these mystical creatures somewhere before, in folk stories and classic tales from the past.
"Dust Bunnies. True, some are goats, some are bees, and some are unidentified creatures, but in the end…really, they're all "bunnies" to me. That's been what I've always called them, regardless of their specific animal anatomy. So there you have it. I am creator and caretaker for the kingdom of Dust Bunnies" – Amanda Louise Spayd
In 2011, Amanda worked with Christopher Kezelos on the film, The Maker. Amanda's dust bunnies were brought to life in this beautifully animated fantasy short film and this propelled her work into the stardom that they so justifiably deserve. This snaggletooth creature made of cloth and clay told the compelling story of how he (The Maker) raced against time to bring to life a most important creation, in this short 6-minute film. It has the watcher experience purpose, love, loss and loneliness. It is wonderfully beautiful to ride this emotional wave with such an expressive character.
Amanda currently creates her work from her studio in Ohio, a room that Amanda fills with nostalgia, something that she revels in, as her hobbies include antique collecting, with specific interest in paper Ephemera, medical tools, old toys and sewing machines. The perfect home for these dust bunnies to begin their life. Amanda refers to herself as a "true idealist", and I would say that this sort of romantic visionary would attribute to the making of these wonderful creations. Part of that vision, expressed in Amanda's artist bio is the hope that "One is left to wonder about the origin, past experiences and past lives of these creatures. Do they look like this because they were abandoned, or because they were literally loved to pieces. The idea of an unknown past story, combined with possibilities of their future". This is a central theme of Amanda's work. Of course, their human like teeth aren't real, but let's pretend that they are as this adds to the intrigue and story of these lost and abandoned looking souls.
Amanda has some incredible shows each year, which display both her cloth and clay creatures, dust bunnies and pipsqueaks. Her work is easily as illusive to find as these creatures illusionary origins. Her pieces are highly sought after by collectors all over the World.
You can find more of Amanda's work via Facebook – Instagram – Twitter
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German antitrust office limits Facebook's data-gathering
By Prosyscom Tech On Feb 8, 2019
A lengthy antitrust probe into how Facebook gathers data on users has resulted in Germany's competition watchdog banning the social network giant from combining data on users across its own suite of social platforms without their consent.
The investigation of Facebook data-gathering practices began in March 2016.
The decision by Germany's Federal Cartel Office, announced today, also prohibits Facebook from gathering data on users from third party websites — such as via tracking pixels and social plug-ins — without their consent.
Although the decision does not yet have legal force and Facebook has said it's appealing. The BBC reports that the company has a month to challenge the decision before it comes into force in Germany.
In both cases — i.e. Facebook collecting and linking user data from its own suite of services; and from third party websites — the Bundeskartellamt asserts that consent to data processing must be voluntary, so cannot be made a precondition of using Facebook's service.
The company must therefore "adapt its terms of service and data processing accordingly", it warns.
"Facebook's terms of service and the manner and extent to which it collects and uses data are in violation of the European data protection rules to the detriment of users. The Bundeskartellamt closely cooperated with leading data protection authorities in clarifying the data protection issues involved," it writes, couching Facebook's conduct as "exploitative abuse".
"Dominant companies may not use exploitative practices to the detriment of the opposite side of the market, i.e. in this case the consumers who use Facebook. This applies above all if the exploitative practice also impedes competitors that are not able to amass such a treasure trove of data," it continues.
"This approach based on competition law is not a new one, but corresponds to the case-law of the Federal Court of Justice under which not only excessive prices, but also inappropriate contractual terms and conditions constitute exploitative abuse (so-called exploitative business terms)."
Commenting further in a statement, Andreas Mundt, president of the Bundeskartellamt, added: "In future, Facebook will no longer be allowed to force its users to agree to the practically unrestricted collection and assigning of non-Facebook data to their Facebook user accounts.
"The combination of data sources substantially contributed to the fact that Facebook was able to build a unique database for each individual user and thus to gain market power. In future, consumers can prevent Facebook from unrestrictedly collecting and using their data. The previous practice of combining all data in a Facebook user account, practically without any restriction, will now be subject to the voluntary consent given by the users.
"Voluntary consent means that the use of Facebook's services must not be subject to the users' consent to their data being collected and combined in this way. If users do not consent, Facebook may not exclude them from its services and must refrain from collecting and merging data from different sources."
"With regard to Facebook's future data processing policy, we are carrying out what can be seen as an internal divestiture of Facebook's data," Mundt added.
Facebook has responded to the Bundeskartellamt's decision with a blog post setting out why it disagrees. The company did not respond to specific questions we put to it.
One key consideration is that Facebook also tracks non-users via third party websites. Aka, the controversial issue of 'shadow profiles' — which both US and EU politicians questioned founder Mark Zuckerberg about last year.
Which raises the question of how it could comply with the decision on that front, if its appeal fails, given it has no obvious conduit for seeking consent from non-users to gather their data. (Facebook's tracking of non-users has already previously been judged illegal elsewhere in Europe.)
The German watchdog says that if Facebook intends to continue collecting data from outside its own social network to combine with users' accounts without consent it "must be substantially restricted", suggesting a number of different criteria are feasible — such as restrictions including on the amount of data; purpose of use; type of data processing; additional control options for users; anonymization; processing only upon instruction by third party providers; and limitations on data storage periods.
Should the decision come to be legally enforced, the Bundeskartellamt says Facebook will be obliged to develop proposals for possible solutions and submit them to the authority which would then examine whether or not they fulfil its requirements.
While there's lots to concern Facebook in this decision — which, it recently emerged, has plans to unify the technical infrastructure of its messaging platforms — it isn't all bad for the company. Or, rather, it could have been worse.
The authority makes a point of saying the social network can continue to make the use of each of its messaging platforms subject to the processing of data generated by their use, writing: "It must be generally acknowledged that the provision of a social network aiming at offering an efficient, data-based business model funded by advertising requires the processing of personal data. This is what the user expects."
Although it also does not close the door on further scrutiny of that dynamic, either under data protection law (as indeed, there is a current challenge to so called 'forced consent' under Europe's GDPR); or indeed under competition law.
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"The issue of whether these terms can still result in a violation of data protection rules and how this would have to be assessed under competition law has been left open," it emphasizes.
It also notes that it did not investigate how Facebook subsidiaries WhatsApp and Instagram collect and use user data — leaving the door open for additional investigations of those services.
On the wider EU competition law front, in recent years the European Commission's competition chief has voiced concerns about data monopolies — going so far as to suggest, in an interview with the BBC last December, that restricting access to data might be a more appropriate solution to addressing monopolistic platform power vs breaking companies up.
In its blog post rejecting the German Federal Cartel Office's decision, Facebook's Yvonne Cunnane, head of data protection for its international business, Facebook Ireland, and Nikhil Shanbhag, director and associate general counsel, make three points to counter the decision, writing that: "The Bundeskartellamt underestimates the fierce competition we face in Germany, misinterprets our compliance with GDPR and undermines the mechanisms European law provides for ensuring consistent data protection standards across the EU."
On the competition point, Facebook claims in the blog post that "popularity is not dominance" — suggesting the Bundeskartellamt found 40 per cent of social media users in Germany don't use Facebook. (Not that that would stop Facebook from tracking those non-users around the mainstream Internet, of course.)
Although, in its announcement of the decision today, the Federal Cartel Office emphasizes that it found Facebook to have a dominant position in the Germany market — with (as of December 2018) 23M daily active users and 32M monthly active users, which it said constitutes a market share of more than 95 per cent (daily active users) and more than 80 per cent (monthly active users).
It also says it views social services such as Snapchat, YouTube and Twitter, and professional networks like LinkedIn and Xing, as only offering "parts of the services of a social network" — saying it therefore excluded them from its consideration of the market.
Though it adds that "even if these services were included in the relevant market, the Facebook group with its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp would still achieve very high market shares that would very likely be indicative of a monopolisation process".
The mainstay of Facebook's argument against the Bundeskartellamt decision appears to fix on the GDPR — with the company both seeking to claim it's in compliance with the pan-EU data-protection framework (although its business faces multiple complaints under GDPR), while simultaneously arguing that the privacy regulation supersedes regional competition authorities.
So, as ever, Facebook is underlining that its regulator of choice is the Irish Data Protection Commission.
"The GDPR specifically empowers data protection regulators – not competition authorities – to determine whether companies are living up to their responsibilities. And data protection regulators certainly have the expertise to make those conclusions," Facebook writes.
"The GDPR also harmonizes data protection laws across Europe, so everyone lives by the same rules of the road and regulators can consistently apply the law from country to country. In our case, that's the Irish Data Protection Commission. The Bundeskartellamt's order threatens to undermine this, providing different rights to people based on the size of the companies they do business with."
The final plank of Facebook's rebuttal focuses on pushing the notion that pooling data across services enhances the consumer experience and increases "safety and security" — the latter point being the same argument Zuckerberg used last year to defend 'shadow profiles' (not that he called them that) — with the company claiming now that it needs to pool user data across services to identify abusive behavior online; and disable accounts link to terrorism; child exploitation; and election interference.
So the company is essentially seeking to leverage (you could say 'legally weaponize') a smorgasbord of antisocial problems many of which have scaled to become major societal issues in recent years, at least in part as a consequence of the size and scale of Facebook's social empire, as arguments for defending the size and operational sprawl of its business. Go figure.
In a statement provided to us last month ahead of the ruling, Facebook also said: "Since 2016, we have been in regular contact with the Bundeskartellamt and have responded to their requests. As we outlined publicly in 2017, we disagree with their views and the conflation of data protection laws and antitrust laws, and will continue to defend our position."
Separately, a 2016 privacy policy reversal by WhatsApp to link user data with Facebook accounts, including for marketing purposes, attracted the ire of EU privacy regulations — and most of these data flows remain suspended in the region.
An investigation by the UK's data watchdog was only closed last year after Facebook committed not to link user data across the two services until it could do so in a way that complies with the GDPR.
Although the company does still share data for business intelligence and security purposes — which has drawn continued scrutiny from the French data watchdog.
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'Linking east to west is key to prosperity'
Paul White of the Conservatives says:
Quote Message: Conservatives are in favour of fracking where there is a benefit and revenue for the local community.
Conservatives are in favour of fracking where there is a benefit and revenue for the local community.
Quote Message: I'm glad to see transport in northern England improving as linking east to west is key to the prosperity of the area.
I'm glad to see transport in northern England improving as linking east to west is key to the prosperity of the area.
'HS2 is a vanity project'
Ukip's Simon Platt says:
Quote Message: In terms of transport - HS2 is a vanity project that won't do us any favours in Northern England.
In terms of transport - HS2 is a vanity project that won't do us any favours in Northern England.
Quote Message: We are in favour of localism and local links.
We are in favour of localism and local links.
Railways 'we can all benefit from'
Labour's Mark Hendrick says:
Quote Message: We want to bring back public ownership of the railways.
We want to bring back public ownership of the railways.
Quote Message: We want HS2 to link the North and South and have a crossrail of the North from Manchester to Leeds, so we can all benefit from it.
We want HS2 to link the North and South and have a crossrail of the North from Manchester to Leeds, so we can all benefit from it.
Quote Message: Climate change is also a key issue.
Climate change is also a key issue.
'We oppose fracking'
Liberal Democrats Neil Darby says:
Quote Message: It was a massive insult to people of Lancashire that the government overturned the council's decision not to frack.
It was a massive insult to people of Lancashire that the government overturned the council's decision not to frack.
Quote Message: We oppose fracking.
We oppose fracking.
'We want to make local transport free'
The Green Party's Tina Rothery says:
Quote Message: There's such indignity in the way we make rural communities live with no buses or post offices.
There's such indignity in the way we make rural communities live with no buses or post offices.
Quote Message: We want to make local transport free for the elderly, disabled and young.
We want to make local transport free for the elderly, disabled and young.
Quote Message: Fracking is a key issue in Fylde - there will be 500 vehicle movements per frack and the infrastructure will not deal with that. By the time they abandon the wells and realise, we'll be left to pick up the bill.
Fracking is a key issue in Fylde - there will be 500 vehicle movements per frack and the infrastructure will not deal with that. By the time they abandon the wells and realise, we'll be left to pick up the bill.
What can be done about transport and the environment?
The final subject of the evening for the panel is transport and the environment.
BBC Radio Lancashire listeners had this to say on the topic:
Video caption: Lancashire voters discuss transport and environment issues.Lancashire voters discuss transport and environment issues.
'Combine the NHS and care services'
Quote Message: The biggest item in our budget is for the NHS. We have a proposal to fund additional nursing and medical training services.
The biggest item in our budget is for the NHS. We have a proposal to fund additional nursing and medical training services.
Quote Message: Part of our plan is also to combine the NHS and care services, so we have joined-up thinking.
Part of our plan is also to combine the NHS and care services, so we have joined-up thinking.
NHS staff 'are working hard but are demoralised'
Quote Message: Staff are working hard but are demoralised - but they have had an effective 14% pay cut. NHS workers' rights need to stay the same and be protected.
Staff are working hard but are demoralised - but they have had an effective 14% pay cut. NHS workers' rights need to stay the same and be protected.
Quote Message: We will invest £8bn with £1bn for elderly care.
We will invest £8bn with £1bn for elderly care.
The NHS 'is important and needs to be funded properly'
The Liberal Democrats' Neil Darby says:
Quote Message: We will put an extra £6bn funding into the NHS with £1bn going to mental health services - it'll mean that you have to pay 1p in £1 extra on income tax.
We will put an extra £6bn funding into the NHS with £1bn going to mental health services - it'll mean that you have to pay 1p in £1 extra on income tax.
Quote Message: It is important and needs to be funded properly.
It is important and needs to be funded properly.
'Patients are paying the price'
Tina Rothery of the Green Party says:
Quote Message: The people own the NHS. The Conservatives have been in power for seven years and have got it terribly wrong.
The people own the NHS. The Conservatives have been in power for seven years and have got it terribly wrong.
Quote Message: There's begging for beds [and] no care in the community, so people are stuck in hospital.
There's begging for beds [and] no care in the community, so people are stuck in hospital.
Quote Message: The previous government got it wrong and patients are paying the price.
The previous government got it wrong and patients are paying the price.
'The NHS needs more support'
Conservative Paul White says:
Quote Message: There is an aging population and the NHS needs more support - it's how we deal with that. Hospitals are under increasing strain - there are issues with seeing a GP.
There is an aging population and the NHS needs more support - it's how we deal with that. Hospitals are under increasing strain - there are issues with seeing a GP.
Quote Message: The places that will be least affected (by the demantia cap) are places in Lancashire, because of the income and life savings being low - it's people from areas like that, they will do well.
The places that will be least affected (by the demantia cap) are places in Lancashire, because of the income and life savings being low - it's people from areas like that, they will do well.
What can be done about health and social care?
The panel is asked about the issues around health and social care.
BBC Radio Lancashire's listeners had this to say:
Video caption: Lancashire voters discuss health and social care issues.Lancashire voters discuss health and social care issues.
'No deal is a bad deal'
Quote Message: We accept the outcome of the referendum. If the British people said leave, we leave.
We accept the outcome of the referendum. If the British people said leave, we leave.
Quote Message: We need to get the best possible deal. No deal is a bad deal. Without one, if we want to export or import, severe tariffs will cost us up and down this country.
We need to get the best possible deal. No deal is a bad deal. Without one, if we want to export or import, severe tariffs will cost us up and down this country.
Quote Message: We want to keep good environment and food standards - and we need our neighbours.
We want to keep good environment and food standards - and we need our neighbours.
'It's right for the people to have the final say'
Liberal Democrat Neil Darby says:
Quote Message: Twelve months ago, no-one knew what leave meant and we still don't know what leave means. We're being asked to blindly trust the government to get the best deal.
Twelve months ago, no-one knew what leave meant and we still don't know what leave means. We're being asked to blindly trust the government to get the best deal.
Quote Message: What should happen is the government goes and negotiate and then come back with the best deal [and] we want to then go back to the people and ask them if they agree with the deal.
What should happen is the government goes and negotiate and then come back with the best deal [and] we want to then go back to the people and ask them if they agree with the deal.
Quote Message: It's right for the people to have the final say.
It's right for the people to have the final say.
'Bemused because of the mixed messages'
Quote Message: I went through the Brexit vote dazed and confused.
I went through the Brexit vote dazed and confused.
Quote Message: The side of the buses were so clearly a lie. I felt bemused by the end of it because of the mixed messages.
The side of the buses were so clearly a lie. I felt bemused by the end of it because of the mixed messages.
Quote Message: For me, it is as if I've agreed to go out for dinner but you haven't told me if I'm having fast food or luxury cuisine.
For me, it is as if I've agreed to go out for dinner but you haven't told me if I'm having fast food or luxury cuisine.
'We have got to fight for the the best deal'
Quote Message: Theresa May has set out a clear plan on how she would like to conduct negotiations.
Theresa May has set out a clear plan on how she would like to conduct negotiations.
Quote Message: She's saying anything is on the table here and we have got to fight for the the best deal.
She's saying anything is on the table here and we have got to fight for the the best deal.
'We have a bright future outside the EU'
Quote Message: We have a bright future outside the EU.
We have a bright future outside the EU.
Quote Message: We can be a self-governing nation again, trading with the world on friendly terms... and we'll have a Brexit bonus at just under £10bn.
We can be a self-governing nation again, trading with the world on friendly terms... and we'll have a Brexit bonus at just under £10bn.
What are the issues around Brexit?
The panel is asked to discuss the issues around Brexit.
Video caption: Lancashire voters discuss Brexit and immigration issues.Lancashire voters discuss Brexit and immigration issues.
'We want to triple the early years premium'
Neil Darby of the Liberal Democrats says:
Quote Message: As young as aged six, you can tell what a child's future is likely to hold based on whether they are from a wealthy or less well off background.
As young as aged six, you can tell what a child's future is likely to hold based on whether they are from a wealthy or less well off background.
Quote Message: We want to triple the early years premium.
We want to triple the early years premium.
Quote Message: At the moment, too many people are not paying what they're due in tax and we need to try and make sure those who have more money contribute more to the system.
At the moment, too many people are not paying what they're due in tax and we need to try and make sure those who have more money contribute more to the system.
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Q: Default TextBlock style overriding button text color My problem occurs with WPF in .NET 3.5 SP1 and can be described as follows:
I have a default Style hitting all TextBlock elements in my UI. That is how it looks:
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}">
   <Setter Property="TextTrimming" Value="CharacterEllipsis"/>
   <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Red"/>
</Style>

That works fine for all TextBlocks. In addition to that I have a Button style including a ControlTemplate that looks like this (shortened):
<Style x:Key="MyButtonStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Button}" BasedOn="{x:Null}">
   <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Green"/>
   <Setter Property="Template">
      <Setter.Value>
         <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
            <Border x:Name="Border"
                    Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
                    BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
                    Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}"
                    Height="24"
                    BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}">
               <ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
                                 VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"
                                 TextBlock.Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"/>
            </Border>
            <ControlTemplate.Triggers>...</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
         </ControlTemplate>
      </Setter.Value>
   </Setter>
</Style>

Notice the line TextBlock.Foreground="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" in the ContentPresenter. This should set the button text to green and in fact it does in the designer view of Visual Studio. But when I compile and run the program the button text is red, the text color is set by the default TextBlock style. I verified this with Snoop.
How can I prevent the defaultTextBlock style from overriding the TextBlock.Foreground value? The OverridesDefaultStyle property of ContentPresenter doesn't help in this case.
Any idea?

A: You are better off not overriding default style for the TextBlock. The best idea I could come up with so far is to create a style for Control and apply it to all top level windows.
<!-- App.xaml -->
<Application.Resources>
    <Style x:Key="RedStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Control}">
        <Setter Property="TextTrimming" Value="CharacterEllipsis"/>
        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Red"/>
    </Style>
</Application.Resources>

<!-- MainWindow.xaml -->
<Window Style="{StaticResource RedStyle}" ...>
    ...
</Window>

See here for more details: http://www.ikriv.com/dev/dotnet/wpftextstyle/

A: With respect to the 2 options:

*

*@Fredrik Hedblad

Try adding this to the ResourceDictionary

<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type sys:String}">
    <TextBlock Text="{Binding}">
        <TextBlock.Resources>
            <Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}"/>
        </TextBlock.Resources>
    </TextBlock>
</DataTemplate>

*@Ivan Krivyakov

You are better off not overriding default style for the TextBlock. The best idea I could come up with so far is to create a style for Control and apply it to all top level windows.

I would suggest an alternative approach and use an attached Dependency Property e.g.
namespace AttachedProperties
{
  public static class TextBlockExtensions
  {
    public static bool GetUseAppThemeStyle(DependencyObject obj)
    {
      return (bool)obj.GetValue(UseAppThemeStyleProperty);
    }
    public static void SetUseAppThemeStyle(DependencyObject obj, bool value)
    {
      obj.SetValue(UseAppThemeStyleProperty, value);
    }
    // Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for UseAppThemeStyle.  This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
    public static readonly DependencyProperty UseAppThemeStyleProperty =
        DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("UseAppThemeStyle", typeof(bool), typeof(TextBlockExtensions), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(true, FrameworkPropertyMetadataOptions.Inherits));
  }
}

NOTE: You can set it to be true or false by default

Then having the namespace:
xmlns:attachedProperties="clr-namespace:AttachedProperties"

make a default style:
   <Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type TextBlock}}">
    <Style.Triggers>
      <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=(attachedProperties:TextBlockExtensions.UseAppThemeStyle), RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=Self}}" Value="True">
        <Setter Property="TextTrimming" Value="CharacterEllipsis"/>
        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Red"/>
      </DataTrigger>
    </Style.Triggers>
  </Style>

Then if you need to get the default you can just set the attached property either in a style:
  <Style x:Key="blueButtonStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Button}" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type Button}}">
    <Setter Property="attachedProperties:TextBlockExtensions.UseAppThemeStyle" Value="False" />
    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Blue" />
  </Style>

or directly on a button:
<Button attachedProperties:TextBlockExtensions.UseAppThemeStyle="False" Foreground="Blue">I'm blue da ba dee da ba die...</Button>

A: See answer 5 at this link

This happends because the
ContentPresenter creates a TextBlock
for a string content, and since that
TextBlock isn't in the visual tree, it
will lookup to Application level
resource. And if you define a style
for the TextBlock at Application
level, then it will be applied to
these TextBlock within ContentControl
A workaround is to define a
DataTemplate for System.String, where
we can explicitly use a default
TextBlock to display the content. You
can place that DataTemplate in the
same dictionary you define the
TextBlock style so that this
DataTemplate will be applied  to
whatever ContentPresenter effected by
your style.

Try adding this to the ResourceDictionary
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type sys:String}">
    <TextBlock Text="{Binding}">
        <TextBlock.Resources>
            <Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}"/>
        </TextBlock.Resources>
    </TextBlock>
</DataTemplate>

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John Dewey is considered an educational pioneer for his work demonstrating the power of coupling experience with reflection to promote education and development. When we incorporate Service-Learning into our classrooms by involving students in meaningful service to the community paired with structured opportunities to make connections between the service and course content, we are doing Dewey. Service-Learning can be an energizing and refreshing pedagogical and epistemological approach, but it's not without challenges. This session will present some of the key considerations for thoughtfully doing Dewey as a means to achieve learning outcomes.
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Interview with Filmmaker Cylia Marti Chasman (The Gloomy Veracity of Separation)
"The Gloomy Veracity of Separation" was the winner of BEST STUDENT FILM at the March 2022 STUDENT Film Festival.
1. What motivated you to make this film?
This film was inspired from my own personal experiences with love. Love is one of the most complex, ambiguous and discussed feelings of today. I was in a relationship with someone that I truly cared about and loved, we loved each other so much that it turned into a hardcore obsession. As much as we loved each other, he dealt with a lot of emotional baggage, making love a difficult thing for him to handle. I as well dealt some emotional baggage, which led to me relying on only him for happiness. Love is one of the most indescribably beautiful feelings that can turn toxic so quickly. It's been a year now that we've parted ways, and I know I'm young, but I can say that, that connection, as complicated as it was, will always hold a deep place in my heart. My experiences with this at such a young age have given me such wisdom and perspective.
2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?
Ever since that relationship, I've dealt with a great deal of pain that inspired me to transform that into art. I guess technically it took me 3 years to really understand and see the different points of view on love. When you look at basically any film involving love, it's always optimistic.
Our media, for decades now has romanticized love (as they should), giving viewers a world of fairytales but also conformity on the addiction and unhealthy obsession. When making the film though, I had a few friends over, unprepared when I suddenly sprung the idea onto them. They had actually come over because I was feeling quite down, I no longer wanted to sit and replay my past memories but instead create something out of it, I'm lucky to have had my two friends on board with idea.
3. How would you describe your film in two words!?
Somber, lost
4. What was the biggest obstacle you faced in completing this film?
The biggest obstacle was actually having to visualize my idea for those involved. Having to explain heartbreak and love to two people that have never experienced it, is one of the hardest things one can do.
5. What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
I was actually really shocked at the compliments and admiration for it. As much as I was proud of that film, I had felt like I could've done better. Hearing the admiration for it and critiques definitely motivated me to continue.
Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
6. When did you realize that you wanted to make films?
I can't even remember a time in my life where I DIDN'T want to make films. I've always been so intrigued and drawn to the idea of turning emotions into a physical aspect, able to show to an audience, leading them to the inside of your brain and the core of your thoughts. Creating a film means being comfortable with vulnerability.
7. What film have you seen the most in your life?
That's such a difficult question because I've rewatched so many films. Films like; Come and See, The Graduate, When Harry Met Sally, After Hours, Cape Fear, Lost in Translation, Harold and Maude and Black Swan.
8. What other elements of the festival experience can we and other festivals implement to satisfy you and help you further your filmmaking career?
I think that it's all already satisfactory
9. You submitted to the festival via FilmFreeway. How has your experiences been working on the festival platform site?
10. What is your favorite meal?
I'm such a French Jew, I would have to say boeuf bourguignon or just an everything bagel with lox and schmear!
11. What is next for you? A new film?
I've already written another short but I'm working on a feature right now!
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Defense for Children
International - Palestine
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Campaign Strategy: A Different Back to School Run
The Different Back to School Run campaign is launching August 23 in Ireland. Here's a Q&A with the organizers to learn more about the campaign strategy and what we hope to achieve.
What is the goal of this campaign? How will you know if you've reached that goal?
The Different Back to School Run campaign across Ireland is designed to raise awareness of the challenges Palestinian children face over the course of their education. It aims to increase literacy of the Palestinian struggle among the general Irish public and inspire Irish lawmakers to take action in support of Palestinian human rights by holding Israeli authorities accountable for allowing Israeli forces and settlers to inflict violence upon Palestinian children with impunity.
How will you know if you've reached that goal?
We will be able to measure the social media reach of the campaign through likes and shares on Facebook, as well as retweets and likes on Twitter. Having our articles, op-eds, and interviews picked up by newspapers and radio shows will also be good indicators of success. When the issues of school demolitions, home demolitions, the rights of Palestinian children, and their education are raised in the Dáil, (Irish parliament) and in governmental think tanks, using parliamentary questions in the autumn, we will have reached our goal of informing and questioning lawmakers of the plight of Palestinian children. In an ideal world, if the 54 Palestinian schools scheduled for demolition by Israel are still standing by next year then we will have made a big difference.
Who are the organizers of this campaign?
The campaign is led by Sadaka and Defense for Children International - Palestine as a part of the No Way to Treat a Child campaign.
When is the campaign and how did you choose that time?
The campaign will be active from August 23 to September 6, 2021 to align with the start of the new school year in Ireland. We are aiming to draw parallels between the school experiences of Palestinian and Irish children and are hoping to take advantage of the momentum and media coverage on education as a hot topic, to raise awareness of the violence that Palestinian children face at the hands of Israeli soldiers and settlers during their school experience.
What tactics are you using in the campaign? How did you choose them?
This is a multifaceted campaign which uses different tactics to reach different target audiences. We are placing a mobile digital billboard with key messaging in three major Irish cities and hanging a large banner on a tall building in a high-traffic area in Dublin.
Our media strategy includes the placement of an op-ed in a major Irish publication as well as accessing interviews on morning radio shows to reach parents and teachers as they begin to think about returning to school. Former EA's from EAPPI will inform provincial media outlets of their experience in accompanying Palestinian children to school.
We will use social media to promote these tactics, and to reach a wider audience by sharing photos, videos and messages throughout the duration of the campaign.
It's important that this campaign also spur Irish lawmakers to action, so we are planning to ask parliamentary questions when parliament reopens to immediately draw attention to Palestinian children.
What actions do you want people to take as a result of this campaign?
This campaign aims to raise public awareness of the plight of Palestinian children, especially with regard to accessing education. Through this general awareness raising campaign, the Irish public will be encouraged to put pressure on politicians and local government officials to build momentum and take next steps now that the government has declared the de facto annexation of Palestine. We hope that through this campaign the Irish people will call on the government to uphold their commitments to take meaningful action on Palestine, including reintroducing the Occupied Territories Bill. The government can no longer merely condemn the situation in Palestine, but must now act in accordance with the will of the Irish people.
How can people support this campaign?
People can support this campaign by sharing the campaign on social media, and liking and sharing our posts, as well as engaging with the content on the website. Most importantly, we would encourage people to speak with their TDs (elected representatives) about the campaign, remind them that Palestine is still an important issue, and that we would like to see Ireland take a lead role in addressing the violence against children that is taking place there.
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Q: Solr: org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: Invalid Date String: I am new to solr and this is my first attempt at indexing solr data, I am getting the following exception while indexing,

org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: Invalid Date String:'2011-01-07'
  at org.apache.solr.schema.DateField.parseMath(DateField.java:165)
  at org.apache.solr.schema.TrieDateField.createField(TrieDateField.java:169)
  at org.apache.solr.schema.SchemaField.createField(SchemaField.java:98)
  at org.apache.solr.update.DocumentBuilder.addField(DocumentBuilder.java:204)
  at org.apache.solr.update.DocumentBuilder.toDocument(DocumentBuilder.java:277)

I understand from reading some articles that Solr stores time only in UTC, this is the query i am trying to index,

Select id,text,'language',links,tweetType,source,location,            bio,url,utcOffset,timeZone,frenCnt,createdAt,createdOnGMT,createdOnServerTime,follCnt,favCnt,totStatusCnt,usrCrtDate,humanSentiment,replied,replyMsg,classified,locationDetail,                         geonameid,country,continent,placeLongitude,placeLatitude,listedCnt,hashtag,mentions,senderInfScr,                           createdOnGMTDate,DATE_FORMAT(CONVERT_TZ(createdOnGMTDate,'+00:00','+05:30'),'%Y-%m-%d')  as IST,DATE_FORMAT(CONVERT_TZ(createdOnGMTDate,'+00:00','+01:00'),'%Y-%m-%d')  as ECT,DATE_FORMAT(CONVERT_TZ(createdOnGMTDate,'+00:00','+02:00'),'%Y-%m-%d')  as EET,DATE_FORMAT(CONVERT_TZ(createdOnGMTDate,'+00:00','+03:30'),'%Y-%m-%d')  as MET,sign(classified) as sentiment from

Why i am doing this timezone conversion is because i need to group results by the user timezone. How can i achieve this?
Regards,
Rohit

A: Solr dates must be in the form 1995-12-31T23:59:59Z. You're only giving the date part, but not the time.
See the DateField javadocs for more details.

A: Date faceting is entirely driven by query params, so if we index your events using the "true" time that they happend at (formatted as a string in UTC) you can then select your date ranges using whatever timezone offset is specified by your user at query time as a UTC offset.
facet.range = dateField
facet.range.start = 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z+${useroffset}MINUTES
facet.range.gap = +1DAY

This would return result in the users timezone and there is actually no need to timezone conversion the query and indexing that column separately.
Regards,
Rohit
Credit For Answer:  Chris Hostetter (Solr User Group )


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Q: How to use vlookup when the data is not a perfect match? I have the following data in a worksheet

In another worksheet i have just the name of the fruits like
Apple
Apple (IV )
Apple(POS)
Grape (IV)

I am trying to find the correspondiong values from column M. Now Vlookup would work if the reference is perfect match and by using the formula Vlookup("*"&Refence Cell&"*",Look-up range, Col#,FALSE) i can get the data in some cases.
But in this case, vlookup doesnt seem to be working for Apple (IV ) since there is a blank space after IV and the ")" (2nd case) OR there is no space between apple and (POS) in the 3rd case OR the last case where there is no bags in the reference cell but in the input range there is a Grapes( IV Bags).
Is there a work around this?


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Christine Lampard 'stalker tweets' described as 'sinister and dark'
Christof King, 39, of Mowbray Road, Brent, pleaded guilty to stalking last week, but he disputes the sending of the tweets
Enda Mullen
TV presenter Christine Lampard has described tweets allegedly sent to her by a stalker as "sinister and dark".
Christof King, 39, of Mowbray Road, Brent, pleaded guilty to stalking last week, but he disputes the sending of the tweets.
Prosecutor Nicholas Dunham told Isleworth Crown Court that King sent Lampard tweets which had content that was "from dark to loving to incoherent".
King, who wanted career advice from Lampard, sent letters and turned up at her house on more than one occasion, causing her to hide in a bedroom with the housekeeper.
Speaking from behind a curtain in the court, Lampard said the "disturbing" tweets allegedly caused her so much concern she showed them to her husband Frank.
The former England international sat opposite his wife as she gave evidence at the Newton hearing regarding whether or not King sent the tweets.
Lampard said several tweets were "incoherent waffle", with some tagging her employer ITV and her husband.
"Several tweets became quite sinister and dark," she added.
Lampard said these tweets made her pay attention, adding that another reason she noticed his tweets was because "there was so many of them".
One tweet he is alleged to have sent said: "I can hear the scratch of nails as I sharpen them ahead of your crucifixion."
The court heard another tweet said: "I am planning the words that will go on your gravestone."
Lampard said she remembered the word "tombstone", adding that she paid a "great deal" of attention to his Twitter profile picture.
"Because the tweets were so disturbing, to the extent that I showed it to my husband as well and shared my concerns," she said.
"I wanted to make sure I memorised his face," she told the court.
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Lampard, who is expecting her first child with her husband, said her biggest concern was that she worked predominantly on live TV, meaning that it is not too difficult to figure out when she will be leaving her workplace.
The star was shown other negative tweets sent to her in the past, after she said the "vast majority of the people" she deals with are "good nice people".
On the negative tweets shown to her, she said: "I dont remenber any of those.
"I don't remember any of those names.
"I don't remember what they look like.
"But I do remember Mr King."
She also told King's lawyer, who had brought up the other negative tweets, that to bring up tweets from 2014 shows he had to "look very far back".
Talking about the letters sent by King, Lampard said: "I felt very uneasy with the letters. Incredibly odd.
"Including one written to my dog...but it was this sense that he felt a certain destiny to talk to me which is clearly not normal."
The court heard a letter sent to Lampard by King in September 2017 acknowledged that the situation was starting to feel "like Groundhog Day".
King went on to say he had an idea he "should probably have thought of a while ago".
He wrote: "I would really like your help with getting into the TV industry."
King said he was sure she would have some great connections, adding that he was "making no headway".
He said he would like to come to the Lampards' home to "pick your brains", adding that she seemed to be "a very good actress".
He said he did not want to "rake over old ground", adding: "I will just play the adoring fan."
In the letter, King referred to his "indepth analysis" of how she operates on TV. The letter ended with: "Ps. This letter will self destruct in 10 seconds."
He added that this would only happen if she helped it along with a lit match.
The court heard about the time the TV star was at her home with her husband when they heard a knock at the door.
Their housekeeper answered and told the couple that a Christof was at the door and asking for them.
Mrs Lampard explained that her husband works with a Christof and thought it was him.
As they approached the front door, Christine said she recognised him as "the man from Twitter".
The hearing continues.


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Participants named for national pilot kidney paired donation project
Published on: Friday, February 19, 2010
Four organizations representing more than 80 kidney transplant programs nationwide have been selected to enroll patients and potential living donors in a national pilot project to facilitate kidney paired donation (KPD) transplants. Kidney paired donation involves the coordinated matching of living donors with medically compatible recipients in cases where the original intended recipient is not compatible with his or her potential donor.
The national Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), operated under federal contract by United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), will coordinate the project. Its goals include assessing whether more compatible matches are made possible through a large pool of donors and candidates, as well as studying the feasibility of implementing a national program.
The following organizations, each affiliated with a number of additional transplant programs, will participate in the initial phase of the pilot:
Alliance for Paired Donation, Maumee, Ohio
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
New England Program for Kidney Exchange, Newton, Mass.
UCLA Medical Center/California Pacific Medical Center, Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calif.
"Each group was chosen for its experience with kidney paired donation and its willingness to broaden the availability of this procedure to a much wider group of people needing transplants," said James Wynn, M.D., president of the OPTN and UNOS and chair of the OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors. "Kidney paired donation offers the possibility of hundreds more transplants per year, perhaps over a thousand per year as the transplant community gains more experience. In turn this may enhance opportunities for more candidates to get deceased donor transplants."
Participants replied to an OPTN request for proposal and were selected by a group drawn from the OPTN/UNOS Kidney Transplantation Committee, the Kidney Paired Donation Work Group and OPTN/UNOS leadership. No member of the selection group was directly affiliated with any of the applicants. In addition, all information identifying the specific applicants was blinded to allow the group to focus on objective criteria in each application.
"In addition to the thousands of hours of volunteer expertise donated by kidney professionals and the living donation community," said Dr. Wynn, "this program depends on the gracious support of project partners, charitable gifts and in-kind donations. The software to be used in the matching process has been donated by various institutions, and we continue to be guided by the people and programs with the greatest expertise in kidney paired donation."
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) is operated under contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Division of Transplantation by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). The OPTN brings together medical professionals, transplant recipients and donor families to develop organ transplantation policy.


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Added Union County.
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That means one more for an even 2/3 of the state's counties. There really has to be a way this 2/3 supermajority can be capitalized on to do something to move the needle for the entire state towards the anti-firearm-confiscation side. I am talking legislatively, not just feel-good platitudes.
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#602 kevinmcc
Only way is to replace current state government with one where one house is representative of local government and not population.
The way the state government is setup it is impossible not have a majority biased representation by Chicago Democrats.
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#603 speedbump
Anyone here from Rock Island County? They could use your help:
https://wqad.com/201...sary-obstacles/
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#604 jkdkaliman101
Anyone have any updates on Will county? I know they failed to pass a resolution at one point but is it dead in the water?
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Grundy Co will have a referendum question on the Nov 2020 ballot.
http://www.wcsjnews....1b07f6f5b7.html
Shall Grundy County oppose the passage of any bill where the Illinois General Assembly desires to restrict the individual right of United States citizens as protected by the second amendment?[/size]
If that is question, then that is not same as sanctuary referendum. That is actually weak stance. Chicago Dems are going to be laughing, oh no Grundy county does not like our gun bill...
Even if that passes, still don't feel they should be considered a sanctuary county.
#606 Mr. Fife
The gun county sanctuary movement is spreading across the country. Was Illinois first to do this?
Have all boated who fish?
Nevermind, just saw the other thread.
Outstanding! I have the language from White County if you need it. Shoot me a PM if you'd like. 18 Illinois counties did this last year, all 18 passed by an average of nearly 80% of voters...who also represent the jury pool.
After all the "Whereas-es", the last line of the White County version reads:
"The People of White County, Illinois are OPPOSED to all attempts by the Illinois General Assembly, in violation of their Oath of Office, to infringe upon the Constitutional Right of the PEOPLE to Keep and Bear Arms."
Emphasis in original.
Edited by speedbump, 16 December 2019 - 05:38 PM.
#610 InterestedBystander
There was a thread shortly after the election that had the results and wording posted of all the counties that had it on the ballot. http://illinoiscarry...91#entry1180406
Edited by InterestedBystander, 16 December 2019 - 05:59 PM.
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#611 Lou
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One County has gotten to the point of authorizing the formation of a local militia
https://www.lawenfor...itutional-laws/
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the last line of the White County version reads:
Obviously it's not in the form of a question, but it's just worded fancier than the rough draft/template my county board is starting from.
The board members will discuss/debate the exact final wording and then vote on the final version that will appear on the ballot.
The state's attorney liked that wording more than the other versions he'd seen, and recommended it be adopted without modification. It was best (IMHO) kept simple and to the point. Some versions get confusing about whether the YES or NO choice is in support or opposition of the "Whereas-es". Most of those I borrowed &/or modified from elsewhere when I wrote it. The resolution had already been approved months before. That was modified from the Madison County version, since they were reluctant to use the term "sanctuary." It was edited out, but I relied on stronger focus on oaths and Constitutionality.
#613 steveTA84
We should get that started in Southern IL
#614 fxdpntc
Virginia Citizens Defense League has impressive, sometimes SRO turnouts at Town Council and County Board meetings...
#615 cybermgk
The Senate Districts are messed up. THe concept of a Senate, even at state level, is to have one half of the Legislature to not be based on population, but equal representation by state, County, or other geographic divider. That CONCEPT, is expressly to counter the mob rule, oppression by cities, etc. Basing it on Population, like Illinois does, just makes no sense. Why even have it (if one wants a fair and equitable state government)? It's just a worse rendition of the Reps. Representatives MIGHT ebb and flow and have a more equal distribution/s[ of Republican and Democrat. More chance in flipping a smaller pop area seat. But, it guarantees, in a state like this to be skewed Dem forever (unless digital work force starts making Cities, less populated)..
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#616 michael
It was like that most places before the US Supreme Court struck it down in Reynolds v. Sims.
Seems silly that imitating the Federal system could be wrong, but that happened. Most states went a similar way to IL; Nebraska eliminated it being the only state with a single house.
#617 Rangerdeepv
What was the result of the Grundy County ballot question for 2A sanctuary?
#618 mab22
Perhaps that needs to be challenged again.
The federal senators are elected by popular vote, use to be appointed by states, BUT they were supposed to be a check against congress(house) and 2 represent each state regardless of population. So the notion of 1 person 1 vote makes no sense, I guess maybe it was based on how it was argued and what question was being asked. We should have 1 senator per county, and that would be a check on the mobocracy.
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Um..........the question will appear on the ballot in the 2020 general election next November.
https://ilbusinessda...ent-sanctuaries
66 counties in Illinois are now 2nd Amendment sanctuaries
...Sixty-six counties in the state are now under a Second Amendment sanctuary law or ordinance, according to updates from the website Gunrightswatch.com and media reports.
Those jurisdictions that have passed Second Amendment sanctuary ordinances and resolutions usually vow that they will not follow gun-control statutes they believe violate the U.S. Constitution. The declarations are not legally binding, but they do send a message to state lawmakers and others that the jurisdiction will fight such limitations on their right to bear arms....
For those inquiring what a sanctuary represents, I hope this clarifies some things. SteveTA posted it in the Backroom, but this will allow open access in a related topic thread:
https://www.mom-at-a...59FvjADQmwqOujU
#622 SiliconSorcerer
Is there a list of people/organizations that are working on specific counties?
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No, it's completely spontaneous, and up to folks living in or near there. Once word starts spreading it usually grows rapidly.
Piatt county under consideration
Full story at link
https://www.wcia.com...ment-sanctuary/
...MONTICELLO, Ill. (WCIA) The Piatt County Board may soon become a Second Amendment Sanctuary County. What that means is the county will not enforce any laws that infringe upon Second Amendment rights or gun rights.
Most counties in the state are already sanctuary counties. The only counties that arent are Rock Island, Lee, DeKalb, Cook and Piatt. Supporters say this is a way for counties to say they support gun owners.
This is not just guns either. The second amendment applies to all arms, in other words, the knives in your kitchen are arms, and this applies to those. The right to bear arms should not be infringed, said supporter Steve Shreffler.
Monticello Police Chief John Carter says he believes this is the countys way of being proactive in case anything goes too far on a state level...
https://www.wcia.com...ESOLUTION-1.pdf
Edited by InterestedBystander, 12 February 2020 - 09:29 PM.
#625 Bitter Clinger
The only counties that arent are Rock Island, Lee, DeKalb, Cook and Piatt.
That's interesting and it means that my county is probably a sanctuary. Is there a master list somewhere which shows exactly which counties are 2A sanctuaries?
Kevin, keeper of the IC map
http://illinoiscarry...20#entry1228326
or different map here
https://gunrightswat...on-t-prosecute/
Hmmm, they both show Piatt already passed??? Looks like they passed one in 2012 so this new report must be a 2020 version.
http://illinoiscarry...dpost&p=1207857
Edited by InterestedBystander, 13 February 2020 - 06:42 AM.
#627 lilguy
What are the white counties?
Non sanctuary counties
Full story at link NOTE: Township and not county
Board votes for McHenry Twp. to become a gun sanctuary
https://www.dailyher...a-gun-sanctuary
...McHenry Township board trustees voted unanimously Thursday to adopt a resolution to make the township a sanctuary for gun owners.
A gun sanctuary prohibits or impedes the enforcement of certain gun-control measures perceived as violative of the Second Amendment.
The reason for the vote at the township level, Trustee Steve Verr said, is because the McHenry County Board won't take a vote on the resolution.
"When so many counties are adopting it, there's no need for township to adopt it. It's only when things get stagnated at the county level where the townships can take action, so we're doing that right here and now, and we're making a statement to the county board to let this thing come up for a vote," Verr said.
While Board Supervisor Craig Adams was not against the gun sanctuary resolution, he said it should've been done at the county level instead.
"If we pass this, we have no agreements with the sheriffs in the township areas. It has no teeth," he said. "I would refer to the county because they have law enforcement."
Wonder Lake resident Sue Rose agreed with Adams that at the township level, the resolution is "pointless." Some residents tore up the resolution in opposition....
All of those maps seem to only go up to about August of last year.
Is there a regularly updated map, as well as a list of the counties and other municipalities, anywhere?
If not, maybe a sticky should be put up with that in it, in the original posting, for quick and complete reference.
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China Sees Citic Listing as Model for State-Firm Overhauls; Skeptics Cite Government's Continued Control, Even After Hong Kong Listing
China Sees Citic Listing as Model for State-Firm Overhauls
Skeptics Cite Government's Continued Control, Even After Hong Kong Listing
SHEN HONG and YVONNE LEE
June 1, 2014 3:25 p.m. ET
China is poised this week to complete plans for one of the world's biggest mergers of the year, a $37 billion deal that could be a blueprint for overhauling massive, inefficient state-owned enterprises.
Beijing is using Citic Group, a conglomerate created under Deng Xiaoping as China's first capitalist enterprise, to change the way the country's biggest state-owned companies, known as SOEs, are controlled by investors. The merger will essentially list Citic Group's assets in Hong Kong, where they will be subject to tougher rules and disclosure requirements than they face in mainland China.
"Citic's original positioning was a Hong Kong-based platform for red capital," said Li Xiaoyang, an assistant professor of economics and finance in Beijing at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, referring to investment arms of the Communist regime in the early phase of China's economic reforms. "Now the authorities want to use the upcoming Hong Kong listing for it to become a role model again in the next wave of SOE reforms."
But skeptics say this type of deal, orchestrated by Beijing, will do little to change the way SOEs operate because they will still be answerable to the Chinese government rather than outside shareholders. China's wide swath of SOEs dominate and often monopolize the country's industries, ranging from financial services to energy and telecommunications. They enjoy cheap credit from the state and easy access to the country's capital markets. However, many of these companies are plagued by inefficiency and bureaucracy, while the often-disadvantaged private firms tend to be much more productive and generate the vast majority of new jobs in the country.
The Citic Group transaction itself and the end result highlight how far China needs to go to overhaul its state-owned enterprises.
Rather than holding an initial public offering, Citic Group is having its Hong Kong-listed unit, Citic Pacific Ltd. 0267.HK +0.59% , buy the assets of the parent company for $37 billion. A vote by shareholders, set for Tuesday, isn't an issue because both companies are controlled by the Chinese government.
To pay for the deal, Citic Pacific will issue around $29 billion in shares that will be bought by its parent company. It will also issue $8 billion in shares that will be mostly bought by Chinese state firms like China's National Social Security Fund. It has already signed agreements for 15 investors, including the pension fund and Singapore state investment firm Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd., to buy $5.1 billion in shares.
After the transaction, Citic Pacific, which is now 58%-owned by the Chinese government, will be almost five times as big in terms of market value, but the government's stake will be 82%.
Advocates of the deal say that by putting nearly all of Citic Group's assets in a publicly traded company in Hong Kong, it will be forced to adhere to international standards. They expect other state-owned enterprises to follow, potentially giving investors a bigger say in how the SOEs are run.
But Beijing shows no signs of giving up control. The transaction required a waiver from regulators because the government's stake is so big that less than the required 25% of the shares will be held by the public.
"Unless shareholders in Hong Kong have a true say in the running of the company and in business decisions, just listing the company doesn't change the management in itself," said Julian Evans-Pritchard, an economist at Capital Economics. "All these SOE reforms are welcome, but the main issue remains that in many cases the state is reluctant to loosen its grip on the firms."
When Citic Group in April announced the plan to get bought out by Citic Pacific, Chang Zhenming, chairman of Citic Group and Citic Pacific, said, "Citic has always been right at the heart of the process of reform and development in China and this landmark transaction marks the next stage of the group's transformation."
The choice of Citic Group is considered symbolic. It was set up in 1979 by Rong Yiren, a legendary former textile tycoon, who was asked by Deng to "do some actual work and play a role" in Beijing's nascent economic reform efforts. In 1990, Citic Group listed some of its assets in Hong Kong under the Citic Pacific name, making it one of the city's first so-called red chips, or mainland-controlled companies listed in Hong Kong through offshore vehicles.
Citic Pacific owns real-estate assets and resources operations such as Australian iron-ore mines, among other holdings. The parent company's empire ranges from an array of financial-services businesses like banking and insurance, to the country's top offshore oil helicopter-service operator and even an underachieving football club.
Once the deal is complete in August, the new Citic Pacific, to be called Citic Ltd., will be the first state-owned company with virtually all its assets listed outside mainland China. That contrasts with a long-standing Chinese practice of cherry-picking the strong assets of a state firm to include when taking it public outside China.
"Most state-owned Chinese companies keep some of the assets on their parent level and just list part of their assets," said David Wu, head of China corporate finance at ING Bank. "This creates a lot of complications, internal competitions and connected transactions between the listed company and the parent company."
The performance of China's state-owned enterprises has been weak. Between 2006 and 2013, annual returns on assets among domestically listed Chinese state-run enterprises averaged 2.29%, compared with 5.83% for listed privately run firms, according to data from WIND Info.
Citic Pacific struggled with some bad business decisions during its time as a publicly traded company in Hong Kong. In 2008, the company, then run by Mr. Rong's son Larry Yung, revealed that a bad bet on the Australian dollar involving derivatives would cost it as much as US$2 billion. The company didn't disclose the loss for six weeks after it was discovered, and was ultimately bailed out by its parent after being forced to sell stakes in companies including Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. 0293.HK -1.67%


Blanchard, Esprit Joseph Antoine, French composer; b. Pernes, Comtat-Venaissin, Feb. 29, 1696; d. Versailles, April 19, 1770. He studied with Poitevin at the choir school of the St. Sauveur Cathedral in Aix-en-Provence. In 1717 he became maître de musique to the chapter of St. Victor in Marseilles; was then maitre de chapelle at the Toulon, Besançon, and Amiens cathedrals. He succeeded Bernier as sous-maître at the Chapelle du Roi in Versailles in 1738, where he was maître de chapelle from 1761 to 1765. He wrote mainly sacred choral music for performance at the churches where he was employed.
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MEU Appears on Jordanian TV Channels and Closely Follows the COVID-19 Crisis
by media / Monday, 30 March 2020 / Published in University-News
AMMAN – Middle East University's representatives appeared on multiple Jordanian TV channels in an effort to help follow the local, regional, and international developments of the COVID-19 crisis. The MEU representatives also prepared video and written reports to keep the public informed of the procedures the University is following to maintain the online teaching process, and the technology it is using to apply distance learning.
A number of Jordanian TV channels, including Jordan TV, hosted MEU officials to discuss the University's experience in dealing with these exceptional and unprecedented circumstances. MEU has been successful in maintaining the continuity of the distance learning process, and has been encouraging its students and Jordanian citizens to follow the government's decisions that aim to protect their health and ensure their safety.
The Fact International News Agency hosted the Vice President for Scientific Faculties, Prof. Aladdin al-Halhouli, on its morning show "Ahla Sabah". Prof. al-Halhouli spoke about MEU's efforts in facilitating online teaching. He said, "The University previously organised training workshops on distance learning for faculty members. It also encouraged them to upload their teaching materials on its e-learning system. MEU is prepared to overcome all technical issues that might occur during this time." He added, "Student's online attendance is equal to their typical attendance, with a 90%-98 attendance ratio for most courses, which proves the high awareness of students and their parents."
The Assistant to the President for Community Service and Public Relations, Dr. Saleem Sharif, appeared on the Jordan TV morning show "Good Morning", where he spoke about the University's role in supporting students and the local community. He stated, "MEU launched awareness campaigns to inform people how to deal with the stress and anxiety caused by the spread of the COVID-19." He also addressed Jordanian society saying, "We must unite our efforts in fighting this invisible enemy by committing to our moral and spiritual values and spreading awareness on how to deal with the dangers of this crisis."
As the Jordanian government continues its relentless efforts in preventing the spread of COVID-19, MEU aligns all its procedures and decisions to support these efforts. The University is keen to resume the regular education of its students, and is constantly assessing its plans to overcome the complications of the current circumstances. All of these efforts represent MEU's direct translation of its vision and mission which state its aim to prepare Jordanian leaders who are capable of taking on their national duties.


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Gone to Drift – Diana McCaulay
14th April 2016 6th March 2016 by Polenth
First Published: 28th February, 2016
Genre: Contemporary Young Adult
Lloyd's grandfather, Conrad, doesn't come back from a fishing trip. Lloyd is certain that Conrad wouldn't have got caught out at sea, so something else must have happened. He's going to find out what, no matter the danger.
The story is told from two points-of-view. Lloyd in third person, as he searches for his grandfather. Conrad in first person, as he thinks about his past and his current situation. It's an interesting mystery, as Conrad's disappearance is not as simple as an accident at sea. Lloyd has to ask questions and search for clues, all the while being careful that he might be heading into some dangerous territory. The reader knows Conrad is still alive, but he won't survive forever. Lloyd has limited time to solve the mystery, even if he doesn't quite realise it at first.
Conrad's perspective gives a broader view of how Jamaica has changed during his lifetime. Technology has brought benefits, like cell phones for staying in contact, and boat engines able to take fishers out further. It's also meant greater pollution and dwindling fish stocks.
I appreciated the family fishing versus environmentalism plotline. This is something that impacts my local community too, as environmental laws often end up harming the local fishing fleet (of small beach-launched vessels) much more than the big factory ships. It's important to have fishing quotas and laws to protect the environment, but they need to be made with the community, rather than against them. For Lloyd's community, it means fishers turning to less legal sources of income, including capturing dolphins.
This book is an example of how things like binary gender roles can exist in a narrative in a way that doesn't endorse them. Men and women have rigidly defined roles in the community. Lloyd takes this as simply being how things are. Conrad is starting to question it, such as regretting not being part of his mother's world, and whether she felt lonely as the only woman in the family. This is also challenged from the outside by Jules, a local black woman who has trained as a scientist and is clearly at home on the ocean (a man's place).
Some other issues are touched on briefly. Slowly, a homeless man who everyone says is mad, is clearly suffering from trauma after having been lost at sea. He's not portrayed as a threat. Simply as someone who couldn't cope and didn't have access to any help. There are a lot of people like Slowly who end up homeless.
I was uncomfortable with Conrad's fantasy about being descended from an Arawak prince. He might be right in having Arawak/Taíno ancestry, but the prince angle was much more fictional trope than reality. It also sets up Native Americans as past tense, without making it clear this is talking about the local situation, rather than as a whole. Unlike something like the strict idea of men and women's roles, there's no counter to this in the narrative. It relies on the reader coming in with prior knowledge.
I also wish they'd marked Conrad's sections in something other than italics. This is difficult for me as a dyslexic reader.
Outside of those things, I enjoyed the book. Lloyd and Conrad's relationship shines through, which is difficult to achieve when two characters spend the story apart. The social issues of fishing and dolphins caught for entertainment are also very topical. It's a beautifully written book with an engaging mystery.
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