We've got some pesky gremlins in the website email system at the moment. I'm hoping it won't affect you all but there is a possibility of emails not getting to your inbox.
If you're subscribed to a thread or a forum you _might_ not get an email alert.
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Did you buy the Aria of the Valar? I thought that came with armour for your level?
I'll have a look through my vaults and pass on anything that might keep you going until you get some good enough drops.
All hail Queen Sere, for saving the day. The rest of you lazy hobbits will have your pies rationed.
Many Eagles have bought the Mordor expansion pack and casually sauntered into Mordor, and I for one would love to see the best/scariest/most awesome things you have experienced so far.
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I think we should step up our LFF events. These were advertised on the Regional channel. I think we need more people doing them, in different areas of Middle Earth. Luri and I will plan to do a few at different levels.
Hail Eagles and well met!
I'm Saed and I'm standing for officer.
I've been an officer in the Eagles for most of the past 4 years. I run this here website and forum and I've helped shape the guidelines, code of conduct and ethos of the Eagles. I think I know the kinship pretty well.
If you're thinking of standing for one of the positions then you'll need to know what the roles involve.
Per Turbine's rules, a kin leader is the sole person with the power to promote/demote members to officers, and to disband the kinship (No, never!).


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The Arvada Center breaks out of the holiday pack.
La Cage Aux Folles is a big, splashy musical with lots of big, splashy numbers. But unlike most such musicals, it's also got heart, humor and a good story to tell. Beyond all that, in a time of intense mean-spiritedness and prejudice in the political arena, this show carries a message of tolerance and joy — and does so without preaching and while showing audiences a hell of a good time.
This week on Running Lines, Denver Post theater critic John Moore talks with the actor playing Georges in the Arvada Center's "La Cage aux Folles." click here. Then click on the miniplayer's triangular "play" button, and the podcast will begin playing without your having to download.
The Arvada Center's "La Cage aux Folles" is a garish, audacious and flamboyantly fun musical comedy, but its goal is so heartbreakingly humble: tolerance. The stakes here aren't nearly as high as in its forebear, "Cabaret," but their parallel pleas echo, from World War II Berlin, past the 1980s French Rivera, to Arvada today.
This is a smart, heartfelt old musical that doesn't feel old, because we still haven't quite gotten the message.
The boys in plaid are back, in an utterly contrived and too-long show that's nonetheless beautifully performed, directed and choreographed. Read the whole review at Rocky Mtn New Website.


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Sin manual / No Further Instructions
Francisco González Piña's work No Further Instructions is a rare documentary on architecture insofar it actually shows the building process. Through his suspenseful long-term observation, we witness how Mexican engineers and workers manage with precision, improvisational talent, and great dedication to build a museum for Baroque art in the city of Puebla – against all odds, according to schedule, and within budget; an achievement that, in Germany, has become unimaginable. The museum is designed by star-architect Toyo Ito who is as famous for his biomorphic design vocabulary as he is infamous for his challenging projects. Piña's documentary cinema allows us to experience Ito's architecture as a nuanced playground of colors, forms, surfaces, and light. And yet, at the center of his film is always the Mexican master builders whose ingenuity evokes the memory of their pre-Columbian ancestors.
Francisco González
Francisco González is a Mexican director and producer and founder of Lumática, a creative studio which offers animation, production and post production services. His advertising background started at 18, when he worked as a copywriter, designer and animator. Gradually, he discovered the world of production, as a photographer, editor, scriptwriter, and producer. He established Lumática Films in 2011 and started directing documentaries such as "One step, one summit" about a group of Mexican women who, after beating breast cancer, enrolled on a cathartic hike to the summit of Mexico ́s highest peak. The film made it to the finals of the "Caracol de Plata Award", which rec-ognizes the best social responsibility messages in Latin America; "Surviving is not enough", about a fund raising ascent to Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and "From the ground up", which follows a Mexican athlete who set a speed world record by going from sea level in Veracruz to the highest point of Mexico at almost 19,000 feet high in less than 16 hours nonstop, cycling, running and climbing. In 2016, Francisco directed "No further instructions", a documentary on how Mexican ingenuity made the construction of the International Baroque Museum possible in Puebla, in only 27 weeks. The complex building was designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito, recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
MX 2017, Director: Francisco González Piña, Directors of Photography: Oswaldo Flores, Orlando González, César Durione, Alan Ávila, Sergio Morkin, Francisco González, Sound: Ricardo Valdez, Rodrigo Martínez, Editor: Oswaldo Flores, Production: Lumática Films, Music: Juan Morales, 69', Bluray, OmeU, Berlin Premiere
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OUT OF MIND » THE INSANITY OF REALITY » GLOBAL FINANCIAL COLLAPSE » TOM HENEGHAN EXPLOSIVE INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS ~ Good Bye Bank of America
TOM HENEGHAN EXPLOSIVE INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS ~ Good Bye Bank of America
1 TOM HENEGHAN EXPLOSIVE INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS ~ Good Bye Bank of America Thu May 07, 2015 12:49 pm
TOM HENEGHAN EXPLOSIVE INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS
ALL patriot Americans MUST know, with sources inside American/European intelligence agencies and INTERPOL
reporting what is really going on behind the scenes of the corporate-controlled, fascist, extortion-friendly
propaganda U.S. media's massive deceptions
http://www.tomheneghanbriefings.com
Good Bye Bank of America
by Tom Heneghan, International Intelligence Expert
UNITED States of America – Today's statement by JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon that the next financial crisis will be even worse than the 2008 BushFRAUD-Henry Paulson mortgage-backed securities debacle is very significant.
CEO Dimon stated that the lack of supply of physical U.S. bonds aka U.S. treasuries has already reduced the liquidity of the now totally corrupt and exposed privately-owned U.S. Federal Reserve when it comes to an option aka infusion of cash reference liquidity to stabilize world financial markets in the event of the next Black Swan event, which Jamie Dimon has already predicted today.
Translation: The U.S. bonds and U.S. treasuries have been pimped out into cross-collateralized derivatives linked to Bank of America and the Central Bank of Japan as to continue a ponzi scheme based on the depreciation of the exchange rate of the Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar as to support U.S. and Japanese equity prices, which have now become the most massive bank-driven bubble in history.
P.S. Its now around the world and around the clock, it is bank versus bank: ECB, BoJ, US Fed, Bank of America and JPMorgan.
Who is going to cancel their sushi first?
In closing, we want to congratulate DULY ELECTED year 2000 President Albert Gore Jr. for his tremendous work on global climate change given now based on the New York winter we have a shift in the global vortex and a shortage of water in both California and the Middle East.
There is going to be a massive reduction in the cotton and rice crops in California due to the ongoing drought. Due to the lack of moisture, which is required for cotton to pollinate because it is a flower we now expect as much as a 35% reduction in the California crop.
In closing, we congratulate Bloomberg News reporters Mark Halperin and John Heilemann for finally reporting the truth in reference to what is forthcoming: President Al Gore versus Bush-Clinton Crime Family Syndicate, Mena, Arkansas co-conspirator Hillary Rodenhurst Clinton.
Both Halperin and Heilemann stated the other day on their Bloomberg News talk show that Al Gore may be up to mischief in Iowa. Question: What is mischief?
President Albert Gore Jr.'s direct confrontation with the NAZI Paperclip Bush-Clinton Crime Family Syndicate, that is not mischief, folks, that is a declaration of war that is soon to come!
Note: Halperin and Heilemann, both Bush-Clinton Crime Family Syndicate stooges, gave it away when they said that they had talked to senior Democratic Party officials who stated categorically that if Hillary received a serious challenge reference President Al Gore running for re-election she would be in trouble and beaten by Gore in a rout.
Message to: Bill Daley, former Al Gore campaign manager in the year 2000, now traitor
It is blood libel, punk. No Bush – No Bitch – No Bank!
President Albert Gore Jr. will never let HIGH TREASON TRAITORS Bush or Clinton ever take office under any condition (are you listening Haley Barbour).
The U.S. Military Flag Officers in Michigan and Tennessee are totally enraged as the 48 hour deadline has now already passed. Stay tuned!
As we live free or die, Lafayette remains at Brandywine and
Albert Gore Jr. remains the year 2000
U.S. Constitution DULY ELECTED,
non-inaugurated, natural born
REAL President of the United States.
Al Gore on Restoring the Rule of Law
http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/al-gore-on-restoring-the-rule-of-law
http://www.tomheneghanbriefings.com/Good-Bye-Bank-of-America__05-06-2015.html
Thanks to: https://missiongalacticfreedom.wordpress.com


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label_sync-job: get-cluster-credentials
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label_sync-cronjob: get-cluster-credentials
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Jonathan L. Snyder (November 29, 1859 – November 23, 1918) was president of the U.S. state of Michigan's State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) from 1896 to 1915. Snyder Hall, part of the Snyder–Phillips building in the Red Cedar residential complex, is named in his honor; Snyder–Phillips houses the Residential College in Arts & Humanities.

External links
Biographical Information (Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections)

1859 births
1918 deaths
Presidents of Michigan State University

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The 23rd o August is the 235t day o the year (236t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 130 days bidin.
1305 - Scots patriot William Wallace is executit in Lunnon.
1328 - Keeng Philip VI o Fraunce is crouned.
1821 - Mexico gains full unthirldom frae Spain.
1833 - Sclavery is abolished in Breetish colonies.
1839 - The Unitit Kinrick captures Hong Kong.
1866 - The Austrick-Proushie War ends wi the Treaty o Prague.
1873 - The Albert Brig across the River Thames in Lunnon opens.
1913 - A statue o the Little Marmaid (frae Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale) is put up in Copenhagen.
1914 - Warld War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
1924 - The distance atween the Yird an Mars is the smallst syne the 10t century.
1940 - Warld War II: German bombin o Lunnon stairts.
1942 - Warld War II: Stairt o the Battle o Stalingrad.
1943 - Warld War II: Kharkiv is liberatit.
1944 - Warld War II: Marseille is liberatit bi the Allies.
1944 - Warld War II: Romanie exits the war an switches sides frae the Axis tae the Allies.
1944 - A Unitit States bomber plane crashes intae a schuil in Freckleton, Ingland, killin 61 fowk.
1946 - Three states are creatit in post-war Germany's Breetish occupation zone: North Rhine-Westphalie, Schleswig-Holstein an the short-lived state o Hanover.
1950 - The Subansiri Dam Break in Indie kills 532 fowk.
1966 - Lunar Orbiter 1 taks the first foto o the Yird frae the Muin's orbit.
1973 - In Chile, Salvador Allende names Augusto Pinochet as militar chief; Pinochet's militar coup on 11 September would result in Allende's suicide.
1987 - Heavy rains an floods kill 100s o fowk in Bangladesh.
1989 - Twa million fowk jyn hands frae Tallinn, Estonie tae Vilnius, Lithuanie in the Singin Revolution.
1990 - It is agreed that Germany will be reunitit on 3 October.
1990 - Armenie declares unthirldom frae the Soviet Union.
1991 - Tim Berners-Lee opens the Warld Wide Web tae new users.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina forms.
2010 - Nine fowk, incluidin the hostage taker, are kilt in a hostage crisis on a bus in Manila, the Philippines.
2018 - Sexual harrassment allegations against umwhile First Meenister o Scotland Alex Salmond are made public.
Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae 23 August.
This page wis last eeditit on 25 August 2018, at 02:14.


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Q: Using ClearCase tool or java code, how to get the entire version of a particular file? I need to get the version (entire version like main/branch1/branch2/1) of a particular file using ClearCase tool or java code.
Can some one please help me on this ?

A: The command to use is cleartool get:

On a UNIX or Linux system, copy /dev/hello_world/foo.c@@/main/2 into the current directory.

 cleartool get -to foo.c.temp /dev/hello_world/foo.c@@/main/2

On a Windows system, copy \dev\hello_world\foo.c@@\main\2 into the C:\build directory.

 cleartool get -to C:\build\foo.c.temp \dev\hello_world\foo.c@@\main\2

You can see more at "In ClearCase, how can I view old version of a file in a static view, from the command line?":

*

*cleartool get don't do stdout (it only copies to a file)

*in a dynamic view, you can directly access any version you want
cd /view/MyView/vobs/myVobs/myPath/myFile@@/main/[...]/maBranch
cat 1

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Tomorrow's musical influencers to add to your playlist.Real talk with a fresh wave of musical influencers who will be making moves onto your new playlist.
By Nat Roe
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Off the Record: Real talk with a fresh wave of musical influencers who will be making moves onto your new playlist. Watch the rest of this OZY original series here.
When you are talking to the musician, rapper, funkmaster and beatboxer Kamau, there are no simple answers. A seemingly small question yields Zen koan-esque contemplation. Where is he from? "From is a weird word," he begins.
Regarding the first school he attended, he launches into a soliloquy about the history of data, for some reason. "We live in an age of data, but it's always been an age of data. Data is accumulated into forms and progress of living things…. It informs decisions on how to be more efficient."
Kamau's eccentricity doesn't seem to be sidelining him. The 26-year-old may, in fact, be this generation's next quirky artiste. His penchant for meandering conversation, regardless of the question, is reminiscent of Kanye. His sound is equally eclectic. You can hear a bit of "Chance the Rapper's melodic rap flows, the vocal layering that Moses Sumney does so well and even D.R.A.M.'s bubbly mix of soul, R&B and pop sensibilities," says Alex Gardner, managing editor of Pigeons & Planes, a music discovery site.
And those sounds are increasingly all over the place — later this spring, he'll release a solo project, TheKAMAU-CASSETTE: ŭRTH GōLD, following a six-track EP, A Gorgeous Fortune, that dropped last spring. Last year he was all over the place: His track "Jusfayu" appeared on Issa Rae's HBO show Insecure (music consulted by Beyonce's sister, Solange), he provided the soundtrack for an Apple Watch ad and sang an explosive earworm called "The Icarus" for Nate Parker's film The Birth of a Nation. That latter performance, says music blogger and producer Tanya Markovich, "is a piece of a rare form of art that needs a whole new dictionary created so it can be properly defined."
The hustle would keep anyone busy, but Kamau's absentmindedness almost seems to protect him from the madness. When I called him up for our interview, he picked up with a melodic "Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello." After my introduction, he laughed and admitted he'd forgotten that we would be speaking and suspected I was a telemarketer. ("Your number is sold to so many companies," he reported earnestly.)
Born in D.C. and raised in Maryland, Kamau (full name: Kamau Mbonisi Kwame Agyeman) attended an Afrikan school that taught him global music and instruments like the djembe. African drum and African harp patterns, he says, influence his beatboxing now, plus some Michael Jackson, whom he imitated throughout his childhood. But Kamau's mom's was the first voice he ever fell in love with, he says, and dad played music at home too. As a senior in high school, he dabbled in Coldplay, Maroon 5, AC/DC and more. Most of all, he loved listening to two others who genre-bended — Lupe Fiasco and the soulful singer-rapper Lauryn Hill. You can hear it: the introspective lyrics and easy rhymes of Hill and the verbosity of Fiasco. Nowadays, Joe Pascoe, who has written and produced songs with Kamau, says Kamau's tastes range from Bollywood music to Mulan. "He doesn't listen to a lot of modern hip-hop or anything," Pascoe says.
And yet he is contemporary, and sometimes political: In his last EP, Kamau populated the final song, "PohLease," with lyrics like "Who police the police?" Other times he throws in gibberish and scat, veering far away from politics. Kamau's hyped on a loop pedal, and he jives in the same crowded space as Anderson .Paak, Chance the Rapper and more, but Kamau has "more potential than pretty much anyone I've met in the music industry," Pascoe says.
As an undergraduate at the Pratt Institute, Kamau chose to study filmmaking. In some ways, though, Kamau's artistic awareness of film makes him … strangely neurotic in front of the camera. When on screen, Kamau insists on standing in profile — he doesn't like when people can see his eyes. It makes him a bit like Sia, who refuses to show her face while performing. But his videos do fine, eyes or not, racking up 100,000+ views. The video for "Mint" follows a baby-faced adult who's been sleeping on the streets. That was semi-inspired by Kamau's early New York days, when he couch-hopped. It's technically true, he says, but he always found a couch, even if it was challenging at times. Kamau says he's reluctant about the comparison because "it makes me seem a lot less fortunate than I am. I don't want to appropriate a struggle," he says.
Now, Kamau has an apartment. The star of his videos is often Michael Excell, one of his roommates and an aspiring actor. They live in close quarters, requiring shoes off at their Brooklyn abode — the floor's for sleeping. Kamau's given up his bedroom space to make room for a studio. His creative collective has been a constant, he says; while he loves touring, being home allows him to build relationships with his "blood brother and water brothers" (the name he gives his closest friends).
Before performances, you won't find Kamau smoking or drinking. Unlike most of his peers, he doesn't drink or smoke at all. Instead, he tries to get a good night's sleep and calms himself down through meditation. "I get kind of anxious," he says, whether it's before a show with Lion Babe or at SXSW. Still, his performances are picking up steam and selling out bigger venues. He may only have 300,000 monthly Spotify listeners now, but a CAA signing for touring (they also rep Ed Sheeran, A Tribe Called Quest, Blood Orange, etc.) should help with that.
As we speak, Kamau sits in his studio in his house. After the call, he's considering working on another song. "I may just engage in some cultivation after this conversation," he says. Then he laughs. "That rhymes!"
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package com.palantir.atlasdb.factory.timelock;

import com.palantir.atlasdb.timelock.api.ConjureGetFreshTimestampsRequest;
import com.palantir.atlasdb.timelock.api.ConjureGetFreshTimestampsResponse;
import com.palantir.atlasdb.timelock.api.ConjureLockRequest;
import com.palantir.atlasdb.timelock.api.ConjureLockResponse;
import com.palantir.atlasdb.timelock.api.ConjureRefreshLocksRequest;
import com.palantir.atlasdb.timelock.api.ConjureRefreshLocksResponse;
import com.palantir.atlasdb.timelock.api.ConjureStartTransactionsRequest;
import com.palantir.atlasdb.timelock.api.ConjureStartTransactionsResponse;
import com.palantir.atlasdb.timelock.api.ConjureTimelockService;
import com.palantir.atlasdb.timelock.api.ConjureUnlockRequest;
import com.palantir.atlasdb.timelock.api.ConjureUnlockResponse;
import com.palantir.atlasdb.timelock.api.ConjureWaitForLocksResponse;
import com.palantir.atlasdb.timelock.api.GetCommitTimestampsRequest;
import com.palantir.atlasdb.timelock.api.GetCommitTimestampsResponse;
import com.palantir.lock.v2.LeaderTime;
import com.palantir.tokens.auth.AuthHeader;

/**
 * Given two proxies to the same set of underlying TimeLock servers, one configured to expect longer-running operations
 * on the server and one configured not to, routes calls appropriately.
 */
public final class TimeoutSensitiveConjureTimelockService implements ConjureTimelockService {
    private final ConjureTimelockService longTimeoutProxy;
    private final ConjureTimelockService shortTimeoutProxy;

    public TimeoutSensitiveConjureTimelockService(
            ShortAndLongTimeoutServices<ConjureTimelockService> conjureTimelockServices) {
        this.longTimeoutProxy = conjureTimelockServices.longTimeout();
        this.shortTimeoutProxy = conjureTimelockServices.shortTimeout();
    }

    @Override
    public ConjureStartTransactionsResponse startTransactions(
            AuthHeader authHeader, String namespace, ConjureStartTransactionsRequest request) {
        return shortTimeoutProxy.startTransactions(authHeader, namespace, request);
    }

    @Override
    public ConjureGetFreshTimestampsResponse getFreshTimestamps(
            AuthHeader authHeader, String namespace, ConjureGetFreshTimestampsRequest request) {
        return shortTimeoutProxy.getFreshTimestamps(authHeader, namespace, request);
    }

    @Override
    public LeaderTime leaderTime(AuthHeader authHeader, String namespace) {
        return shortTimeoutProxy.leaderTime(authHeader, namespace);
    }

    @Override
    public ConjureLockResponse lock(AuthHeader authHeader, String namespace, ConjureLockRequest request) {
        return longTimeoutProxy.lock(authHeader, namespace, request);
    }

    @Override
    public ConjureWaitForLocksResponse waitForLocks(
            AuthHeader authHeader, String namespace, ConjureLockRequest request) {
        return longTimeoutProxy.waitForLocks(authHeader, namespace, request);
    }

    @Override
    public ConjureRefreshLocksResponse refreshLocks(
            AuthHeader authHeader, String namespace, ConjureRefreshLocksRequest request) {
        return shortTimeoutProxy.refreshLocks(authHeader, namespace, request);
    }

    @Override
    public ConjureUnlockResponse unlock(AuthHeader authHeader, String namespace, ConjureUnlockRequest request) {
        return shortTimeoutProxy.unlock(authHeader, namespace, request);
    }

    @Override
    public GetCommitTimestampsResponse getCommitTimestamps(
            AuthHeader authHeader, String namespace, GetCommitTimestampsRequest request) {
        return shortTimeoutProxy.getCommitTimestamps(authHeader, namespace, request);
    }
}


Quantum physics 2017 — highlights – Physics says what?
This year ushered in astonishing quantum discoveries from all corners — deep-buried neutrino labs in Antarctica, quantum-computing labs at major universities and even thunderstorms rumbling over Japan. From time crystals to the elusive tetraquark, here are 15 of the most amazing quantum discoveries of the past 12 months.
Some of these were referenced in my posts or comments. Here's the blurb for Lightning-bolt particle accelerators.
Since 1925, researchers have suspected that the electron cascades of lightning bolts might trigger atom-splitting processes. But for the first time in 2017, researchers proved that lightning is a giant antimatter factory. The flashes of lightning inside thunderstorms, they showed, unleash a chain of events that cause neutrons to split away from ambient nitrogen and oxygen atoms. This process leaves behind unstable, radioactive isotopes — and showers of neutrinos and antimatter, which are detectable from the ground, due to telltale gamma-ray flashes as the antimatter encounters matter and annihilates.
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Developers say newly-announced multi-million Docklands project will be 'transformational' for Cork
Posted on July 10, 2019 July 10, 2019 by cbaadmin
Cork's south docklands could be transformed after O'Callaghan Properties reached a conditional agreement to purchase 31 acres of land for €47.5 million.
The site is zoned for urban development and is being disposed of by agri-services group Origin Enterprises.
R&H Hall from the opposite quayside. Picture: Denis Minihane.
The deal is subject to conditions including the facilitating of the relocation of Origin Enterprises relocation to an alternative location at an "economically viable" cost.
Origin CEO Tom O'Mahony said: "We look forward to actively working with O'Callaghan Properties and the wider stakeholders to unlock the potential of this highly strategic asset to support the sustainable and progressive development of Cork City in line with the Government's National Development Plan 2040."
Councillor Des Cahill (FG) welcomed the announcement and said the site could potentially be used for a hospital and residential uses but cautioned that "necessary measures" will have to be taken - including VAT reductions for developers - to stimulate housing builds on the docklands.
Sources have told The Echo that what can be built on the site will be determined by Cork City Council's New Local Area Plan (LAP) for the docklands to be published by the end of the year. The previous LAP provided for approximately three million square feet of residential, commercial and mixed-use development but no planning proposals have yet been formed.
The old Odlums flour building on the docks. Pic: Gavin Browne
Councillor Kieran McCarthy (IND) said he hopes the iconic redbrick Odlums building contained within the site can be turned into a cultural centre, while Mr Cahill believes the site could be a potential location for one of two new hospitals to be built in the city under the National Development Plan.
The site also contains the R&H Hall grain silos and other buildings of historical significance.
In a statement O'Callaghan Properties said: "[We are] delighted to be working with Origin Enterprises plc to unlock the potential of the largest development site to come on stream in the city centre. The development of this pivotal 31 acres site will be transformational for Cork Docklands and the city as a whole.
"The scale of residential, commercial, public space and amenity possible will introduce an exciting, new dynamic and help to accelerate development and inward investment generally. Taken in conjunction with other projects planned or underway, the development of this site will move the city significantly closer to realising the ambitious targets set out for Cork in the Government National Development Plan 2040."
Source: Robert McNamara writing for EchoLive.ie
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U.S. oil refiners set for strong 4Q earnings as margins stay high
WEO Analysis: Is Natural Gas in Good Shape for the Future? IEA
May 18, 2018 EnergyNow Media
"Are we entering a Golden Age of Gas?" – That was the question the International Energy Agency asked in 2011 when examining the combination of market dynamics and policies that might allow natural gas to thrive in the future.
The idea of a "Golden Age" was built on a few pillars. On the supply side, the main thesis was that the abundance of unconventional gas resources would help to bring down supply costs, making natural gas more attractive and accessible worldwide. On the demand side, the main elements were an ambitious policy promoting gas use in China, lower growth in nuclear power and more use of gas in road transport.
Seven years later, most of these pillars are still at least partly in place. Today's price levels are very much in line with those in the "Golden Age" analysis; China has reserved a strategic role in its energy policy for gas; the outlook for nuclear has indeed faded somewhat; the only area where natural gas has not made much ground is road transport, where electric vehicles have taken the lead.
Yet the mood in the natural gas industry, at least outside the United States, has not always been so optimistic since then. Demand has slowed considerably for most of the period since 2011, from an average of 2.8% per year between 2000 and 2010, to 1.4% per year from 2011-2016; lower prices squeezed revenues; traditional business models have been questioned without anyone being sure what will take their place; and the competitive landscape has become significantly more complex, as the traditional sparring partners for gas – coal and, to a lesser extent, oil – have been joined by the rising forces of renewables and energy efficiency.
What could the long-term outlook look like for natural gas? Every year, the World Energy Outlook chooses a fuel for an in-depth analysis. In 2017, that focus was on natural gas. The four chapters of that analysis, including a wealth of detail on the outlook for natural gas, are now available to download for free – and describe in detail the possible long-term opportunities and constraints that could face this fuel in the future.
Three key trends highlighted in the WEO projections and in the IEA's five-year forecasts also came through very clearly in new data on global energy and CO2 emissions trends for 2017.
China and other emerging markets are the consumers of the future
Natural gas demand rebounded and grew by an estimated 3% in 2017. China alone accounted for nearly 30% of global growth – with more than 30 bcm out of a total of nearly 120 bcm. This reflects a structural shift in the Chinese economy away from energy-intensive industrial sectors as well as a move towards cleaner energy sources, with both trends benefiting natural gas. As part of the official policy drive to "make China's skies blue again," there has been a strong push to phase out the practice of burning coal in industrial boilers (especially those in and around major cities) as well as reduce coal use for residential heating.
In the New Policies Scenario to 2040, global natural gas consumption expands at an average rate of 1.6% per year to 2040, lower than the estimated 3% achieved in 2017 but a much higher rate than oil (0.5% per year on average) and coal (essentially flat). More than 80% of this growth takes place in developing countries, led by China, India and other countries in Asia. The challenge for the gas industry is that much of the gas needs to be imported (and so transportation costs are significant); infrastructure is often not yet in place; and policy-makers and consumers are very sensitive to questions of affordability.
Gas-for-power is no longer the main growth opportunity
The data for 2017 show that most of the increase came from gas consumption by industry and for use in buildings. In the WEO analysis, power generation is no longer the main projected growth area, even though this is currently the largest gas-consuming sector worldwide. Competition from other sources of electricity generation, from renewables in particular, is fierce. Only where gas prices are expected to be very low (e.g. United States, Russia and parts of the Middle East) is it commercially viable for gas plants to run at high utilisation rates and provide baseload power. In most gas-importing regions, the primary role of gas plants is to provide mid-load and peak load power, implying significantly lower utilisation rates and hence lower gas burn.
In the New Policies Scenario, the largest increase in gas demand comes instead from industry. Where gas is available, it is very well suited to meeting industrial demand. Competition from renewables is more limited, especially for provision of high-temperature heat. Gas typically beats oil on price, and beats coal on convenience and on emissions (notably for air pollutants, a major policy consideration in many developing countries). A similar combination of convenience and environmental advantages helps gas to displace household coal consumption for heating and as a cooking fuel. Gas also has potential in some countries as a lower emissions alternative to oil for transportation, especially for heavy-duty vehicles.
Competitiveness is key
Gas consumers responded in 2017 to abundant and relatively low-cost supplies, underlining that – if natural gas is to gain a firm foothold in emerging markets – it is of crucial importance that suppliers keep the cost gap to alternative fuels, including solar and wind, as narrow as possible. Projected changes on the supply side are indeed maintaining some downward pressure on prices and increasing the comfort that importers can feel in the future security and diversity of supply. A period of ample availability of LNG, driven largely by new liquefaction capacity in Australia and the United States, is deepening market liquidity and the ability to procure gas on a short-term basis. New projects and exporters are increasing the range of potential suppliers and competition for customers. Destination-flexible US exports are reducing the rigidity of LNG trade. More and more gas is being priced on the basis of benchmarks that reflect the supply-demand balance for gas, rather than the price of alternative fuels. The contours of a new, more globalised gas market are becoming visible.
This re-writing of the gas rulebook is creating uncertainty for some producers, who have claimed that long-term contracts indexed to oil prices and other trade rules (notably take-or-pay clauses) are vital for the financing of capital-intensive upstream and infrastructure projects. In the WEO-2017, we argue that the emergence of a new, more flexible gas order, the rise of major company "aggregators" that maintain a diverse global portfolio of gas sources and market positions, and a marked shift towards LNG are interdependent developments. The risk of a shortfall of investment in new supply is real, but in our judgement there is scope for brownfield project expansions and smaller, less capital-intensive projects in the LNG business to underpin project development in the next ten years and prevent a hard landing for markets in the 2020s. As gas trade expands by more than 500 bcm over the period to 2040, LNG's inherent flexibility give it the edge over most new cross-border pipeline projects and, as a result, LNG meets the lion's share of the growth in long-distance gas trade in the period to 2040. Although the European Union remains the largest importer of gas, Asian countries lead the growth in global gas trade with the Asia Pacific region as a whole accounting for some 80% of the growth in net-imports.
The other key debate about natural gas that we focused on in the WEO-2017 is its role in the multiple energy transitions that are underway. This includes how gas might fare in a scenario that is consistent with the Paris Agreement and the sharp reductions in global emissions that are required to keep the rise in global average temperatures down to 'well below 2 degrees' and to improve the world's air quality.
Two key attributes of gas come strongly into play in this discussion. First, versatility: gas can play multiple roles across the energy system in a way that no other fuel or technology can match, generating power, heat, and mobility. Second, the environmental dimension: combustion of natural gas does produce nitrogen oxides (NOX), but emissions of the other major sources of poor air quality, particulate matter and sulfur dioxide, are negligible. The combustion of gas releases some 40% less CO2 than the combustion of coal and around 20% less than the burning of oil. Taking into account the efficiency of transforming gas into electricity, a combined-cycle gas turbine emits around 350 grammes of CO2 per kilowatt-hour, well under half of what a supercritical coal plant emits for the same amount of electricity. Gas-fired power plants also have technical and economic characteristics that make them a very suitable partner for a strategy favouring the expansion of variable renewables.
However, the industry cannot take it for granted that environmental arguments work in its favour, especially in ambitious decarbonisation scenarios such as the Sustainable Development Scenario. As the cleanest burning fossil fuel and one that emits few local air pollutants, natural gas fares best among the fossil fuels in the Sustainable Development Scenario, with consumption increasing by nearly 20% between 2016 and 2030 before exhibiting a very gradual decline. However, the contribution of natural gas to decarbonisation in this scenario varies across regions, between sectors and over time. In energy systems that are currently heavily reliant on coal, notably in China and India, natural gas can play a sustained, positive role. It has much less potential to help emissions reduction in more mature gas markets, although in the United States and Europe there is a window of opportunity for gas to aid decarbonisation by accelerating the switch away from coal. With the rapid ascent of low-carbon technologies in this scenario, the principal function of gas is to provide flexibility to support the integration of variable renewables. For some industrial applications, and in some parts of the transport sector, the "bridge" for gas is a much longer one, as cost-effective renewable alternatives are less readily available.
Secondly, it is important to recall that methane – the primary component of natural gas – is a potent greenhouse gas and emissions of methane along the oil and gas value chain (which are estimated for 2015 at around 76 Mt of methane) threaten to reduce many of the climate advantages claimed by gas. In the WEO-2017, we present first-of-a-kind marginal abatement cost curves for methane emissions from oil and gas operations, which suggest that around 40-50% of today's emissions from the oil and gas sector could be avoided using approaches that have zero or negative costs (because the captured methane can be sold). Implementing just these cost-effective abatement measures in the New Policies Scenario would have the same impact on reducing the average global surface temperature rise in 2100 as immediately shutting all existing coal-fired power plants in China. If natural gas is to play a credible role in the transition to a decarbonised energy system, this is an opportunity for action that cannot be ignored.
Ultimately, the prospects for natural gas will be determined by how it is assessed by policy-makers and prospective consumers against three criteria: is it affordable, is it secure, and is it clean? In each of these areas, there is homework for the industry to do, to keep costs under control, to ensure adequate and timely investment, and to tackle the issue of methane emissions. If the answers to these questions are positive, then gas can make a persuasive pitch for a place in countries' energy strategies, underpinning further infrastructure development and opening new opportunities for growth.
The International Energy Agency will provide its updated 5-year gas markets forecasts in the next Gas 2018 publication, which will be launched at the World Gas Conference, in Washington D.C., on 26 June 2018.
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In 2018 Armundia Group opened the doors of its own Fintech and Insurtech Research and Development Centre, in the historic centre of L'Aquila.
The city has strongly committed to the post-seismic reconstruction and cultural and economic revamp of the Abruzzo region. Thus it stands out in Italy as a hub of excellence for innovation, development and scientific research.
What is the guiding principle and objectives of this entrepreneurial initiative of the Armundia Group?
Excellence and professional competence for the technological innovation.
The Armundia Group's Research and Development Centre is located In a suggestive building from the sixteenth century: the Palazzo Natellis. It is the result of an enlightened entrepreneurial action, set to become a Fintech and Insurtech centre of competence and technological excellence. Its goals are:
the implementation of scientific research for the sustainable technological innovation and the strategic digital transformation of the banking, financial and insurance sectors (Fintech and Insurtech);
training and lifelong professional qualifications;
promotion of the working culture.
In The Research and Development Centre promotes workshops and working groups on emerging Fintech and Insurtech issues, in collaboration with the Department of Engineering and Information Sciences and Mathematics of the University of L'Aquila. Those include:
Optimized Machine Learning & Portfolio Asset Allocation
Machine Learning & Needs Analysis
Immersive Virtual Reality
Block Chain & Smart Contracts
Data Integration & Data Automation
The Armundia Group's office in L'Aquila also hosts the Armundia Academy. It is a business division working on to the creation, organization and promotion of new ventures for the growth of the Fintech and Insurtech community. Among these:
Armundia Campus
"The Armundia Group's Research and Development Centre in L'Aquila perfectly embodies the meaning of the name Armundia. A combination of the words Harmony and World.
Harmony in L'Aquila is played by different protagonists. Hence it serves as a soundtrack for the vision of a world that is struggling to return to being the scientific, professional and tourist reference point that it was in the past. It is a music score we are highly pleased to work on with our instruments and our skills – says Gianluca Berghella, President and CEO of Armundia Group.
For me, the success of this venture has also a personal flavour as I was born and raised in Abruzzo. This land is now the scenario for some very important moments in my personal and cultural formation".
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3net Puts 4K TV in the Picture
LR Cable News Analysis Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading 11/15/2012
Welcome to today's broadband and cable news roundup.
3net, a joint venture of Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), Discovery Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) and IMAX, says its new production arm has teed up its initial slate of original programming, including its first titles to be produced in the eye-popping 4K/UltraHD format. The 3net Studios unit said a series called Space will be the first to be created in "TotalD," meaning it will be packaged in a multitude of formats, including native 3-D 4K, 2-D 4K, 3-D 2K and both 3-D/2-D HD formats.
3net is trying to get ahead of the 4K wave, which resembles a mere ripple at this point. IHS iSuppli predicts that worldwide shipments of pricey 4K LCD-TVs will reach just 4,000 units this year, and rise to 2.1 million in 2017. Service operators and vendors, meanwhile, are already starting to consider the bandwidth implications of 4K video. Motorola Mobility, for example, has demonstrated at recent cable trade shows how the emerging HEVC/H.265 format can produce a 4K video stream at just 3.5 Mbit/s. Among other recent UltraHD activity, Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) and NBCUniversal LLC showed a prototype of 8K produced during the Summer Olympic Games in London. (See CEA Labels 4K as 'Ultra HD', Study Sees Small Demand for 4K TVs, A Glimpse of Ultra-HD and Photos: Comcast/NBCU Ultra-HD Demo .)
Things are looking up at Contec Holdings Ltd. , the set-top repair outfit that emerged from bankruptcy earlier this month. The company has secured a deal to be the "preferred" provider of set-top testing and repair for Charter Communications Inc. The new, expanded deal also includes QuickTest, an automated testing station that can process more than 100 devices per hour. (See Contec Bolts From Bankruptcy .)
China's UTStarcom Inc. (Nasdaq: UTSI) has acquired a 44 percent stake in aioTV Inc. , a Centennial, Colo.-based company that has developed a cloud-based video aggregation and distribution platform for connected devices. Financial terms weren't disclosed, but the deal makes UTStarcom aioTV's largest single shareholder. aioTV CEO Michale Earle and COO Jim Anderson will continue to run the company.
Grande Communications has become the second pay-TV operator to offer the TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO) Stream, a video transcoding device that ships live and DVR-recorded video to tablets, smartphones and other mobile video devices linked to a customer's home network. Suddenlink Communications , the first, has Stream on offer for US$10 per month. TiVo retails Stream for $129.99. (See Suddenlink Activates TiVo Stream and Suddenlink Promotes the TiVo Stream .)
Verizon Wireless and Comcast have extended their mobile/cable services bundle into several more markets, including San Jose, Calif.; southern New Hampshire; and Houston. They've got the co-marketing deal up and running in more than 30 Comcast markets. (See Comcast Uses TV Streamer to Pump Mobile Bundles.)
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Shibganj Upazila, Chapai Nawabganj
Shibganj (Bengali: শিবগঞ্জ) is an upazila of Nawabganj District[1] in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Shibganj Upazila
Upazila
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°41′N 88°10′E / 24.683°N 88.167°E / 24.683; 88.167Coordinates: 24°41′N 88°10′E / 24.683°N 88.167°E / 24.683; 88.167
Nawabganj District
525.43 km2 (202.87 sq mi)
1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Shibganji
UTC+6 (BST)
Official Map of Shibganj
5 Library
6 Notable residents
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Shibganj has a few well-known places with Hindu heritage, Kanshat town, and Kansat Bazar. Most of the wealthy Hindus left East Pakistan for India after Partition of India in 1947. One of Hindu families used to live by the side of the Shahanbandha lake or pookoor and the origin of village's name Pukhuria. The Hindu family was known as Ghosh family. Ghosh family had a manor by the side of the lake and surrounded on three sides by mango, coconut and date palm trees. This manor had an entrance with Ashoka trees. Ghosh family lived there for hundreds of years. Ramesh Chandra Ghosh was born there and studied at Malda Zilla School and Calcutta University and became a lawyer, after having MA LLB. He practiced law at Chapai Nawabganj of Malda District and later at Malda town. He was a politician and imprisoned by British colonial government of India during independence movements of the 1940s. He was a political colleague of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Ramesh Chandra Ghosh married Shoilobala Sen of Coochbehar. The family of Shoilobala Sen was a friend of the then Maharaja of Cooch Behar. They had 4 sons and 2 daughters. Their eldest daughter was the first female who graduated (BA) from Calcutta University in that area. One son became principal of a college at Howrah near Kolkata, two sons became physician graduating from Kolkata NRS Medical College (formerly known as Campbell Medical College), and another became Chief Architect of Calcutta and had a postgraduate qualification from the United States. One of their physician sons went to UK and married an English lady and settled there and worked in UK National Health Service and had several achievements. He is mentioned in "Who's Who Indians in Britain."
Eldest daughter Manorama after graduating from Calcutta University was appointed Headmistress (Head Teacher) of Nawabganj Girls' High School and stayed there till the beginning of 1952. Four sons of Ramesh Chandra Ghosh were students of Nawabganj 'Harimohan High School' and passed Matriculation Examination with Scholarships and other achievements. Now the Ghosh family is spread to 4 continents of the world. There is a book being published in London about Pukhuria Village and Ghosh family and the offspring- "Once upon a time in a place in India". This book is about history of Pukhuria of last several hundred years and the Ghosh family. The book is compiled by Mailika Klaus, Grand Daughter-in-Law of Ramesh Chandra Ghosh and Soilobala Ghosh, who is European of Estonian origin and multilingual. One of the Grandsons of Ramesh Chandra Ghosh, Robin, is a Barrister in London and get mentioned in NewsPaper of London in his success in High Court/Crown Court cases. Other Grand children are high achievers in England, US, and Australia besides in India.
The mosque of Shah Niamatullah, located next to the Mughal Tahakhana pays homage to the Islamic history of this upazila.
Shibganj is located at 24°41′00″N 88°10′00″E / 24.6833°N 88.1667°E / 24.6833; 88.1667. It has 67,009 households and a total area of 525.43 km2.
There is a land port and border checkpoint on the Bangladesh-India border at Sonamosjid[2]
Shibganj Upazila is bounded by Bholahat Upazila and English Bazar CD Block in Malda district, West Bengal, India on the north, Gomostapur, Nachole and Chapai Nawabganj Sadar Upazilas on the east, Chapai Nawabganj Sadar Upazila and Raghunathganj II CD Block in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, on the south and Kaliachak III CD Block, Malda district, on the west.[1][3][4]
The Darasbari Mosque is one of the oldest structures in this area.
According to 2011 Bangladesh census, Shibganj had a population of 591,178. Males constituted 49.96% of the population and females 52.04%. Muslims formed 97.16% of the population, Hindus 2.82% and others 0.01%. Shibganj had a literacy rate of 47.94% for the population 7 years and above.[5]
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Shibganj has a population of 422,347. Males constitute 51.25% of the population, and females 48.75%. This upazila's eighteen up population is 203,072. Shibganj has an average literacy rate of 21.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[6]
AdministrationEdit
Shibganj Upazila is divided into Shibganj Municipality and 15 union parishads: Binodpur, Chakkirti, Chhatrajitpur, Daipukuria, Dhainagar, Durlovpur, Ghorapakhia, Kansat, Mobarakpur, Monakasha, Noyalavanga, Panka, Shahbajpur, Shyampur, and Ujirpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 199 mauzas and 407 villages.[7]
Shibganj Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 31 mahallas.[7]
Chairman: SAYED NAZRUL ISLAM
Women Vice Chairman: Mrs. Shayema Begum
Vice Chairman: Shahidul Haqu Haidari
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO): Irteza Hassan [1]
LibraryEdit
There is a library named Akimuddin Gronthagar at Jaminpur. It contains a philosophy 'knowledge is entry'. The library was established on 4 May 2008. Within a year it worked very good with the students of science. Akimudin Gronthagar arranged three camps to observe the century's only total Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009.[8][9][10] It has more than 500 books and other tools and papers. It has a team led by Jahangir Alam Sur, science writer and enthusiast. The team arranges many program on science.
Notable residentsEdit
Khabeeruddin Ahmed, politician [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][excessive citations]
Mainur Reza Choudhury, Chief Justice Supreme Court of Bangladesh[20][citation needed]
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^ "Land ports in brief" (PDF). Bangladesh government. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
^ "Tehsil Map of Murshidabad". CD Block/ Tehsil. Maps of India. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
^ "Tehsil Map of Maldah". CD Block/ Tehsil. Maps of India. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
^ "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011: Zila Report – Chapai Nawabganj" (PDF). Table P01 : Household and Population by Sex and Residence, Table P05 : Population by Religion, Age group and Residence, Table P09 : Literacy of Population 7 Years & Above by Religion, Sex and Residence. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), Ministry of Planning, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Chapai Nawabganj" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "Thousands watch long solar eclipse". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 1999-04-23. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
^ "People watch century's last solar eclipse". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
^ "People watch century's last solar eclipse". Retrieved 2009-07-23.
^ Legislative Assembly Debates, Simla Feb 3 1921, p800-810
^ Legislative Assembly Debates, Vol III, Part I, p570, Government Central Press, 1922
^ "A New Party for Assembly". The Indian Express. 21 September 1936.
^ Major Elections, 1920–45, Schwartzberg Atlas, p222
^ John Venn and J. A. Venn, The Book of Matriculations and Degrees 1901-1912, the University of Cambridge, 2015
^ Archive of The Honorable Society of Gray's Inn
^ Legislative Assembly Debate, Vol 6, 1936, p334, New Delhi
^ Khabeeruddin family pleads for preservation of history
^ The Indian Annual Register, Vol 1, 1939, pp84, Gian Publishing House
^ Hoque, Kazi Ebadul (2012). "Chief Justice". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
Gaud travel guide from Wikivoyage
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Washington Court Ruling Bring Fairness to Chemicals Exposure Victim
Pregnant individuals who work in factories may be exposed to toxic chemicals on a daily basis. These chemicals can damage an unborn child. Such was the case for Julie Anderson, a woman who worked at a plant that manufactured paint. Seattle's online daily newspaper, SeattlePI, reports that Anderson only discovered the damage done to her child years after he was born.
Anderson's son showed signs of birth defects in his toddler years. Genetic tests later showed that the damage likely came from exposure to solvents during his time in her womb. According to the March of Dimes, "Women who were exposed to solvents on the job during their first trimester of pregnancy were 13 times more likely than unexposed women to have a baby with a major birth defect."
Anderson filed suit against her employer, AkzoNobel, submitting medical evidence to back up her claim. The court ruled that her evidence was insufficient to pursue her case and dismissed the lawsuit. On appeal, however, the Washington State Supreme Court overturned that dismissal, stating the jury should have a chance to review the evidence, not just a judge.
Changing Rules of Evidence
Previously, courts relied on the "Frye Test," which required medical opinions to be in keeping with accepted principles within the expert community. Therefore, any opinions contrary to the established belief would be disallowed. The new ruling allows medical testimony as long as the reporting physicians use "scientifically sound" research and evidence. This evidence can oppose the accepted view in the medical community.
AkzoNobel argues that the ruling invites "junk science" into the courtroom because the state has not yet sorted out new guidelines for what constitutes "scientifically sound" evidence. The company further maintains that Anderson knew the risks while she was pregnant and that her son's condition was no one's fault but her own. The company points out that all products come with warning labels. If she had read the labels, she would have known about potential brain damage and health hazards to her unborn son.
New Ruling Helps Many Victims
The court's decision will affect other cases where medical testimony previously failed to meet the standards imposed by courts. One case in particular demonstrates why the new ruling is fair and just.
Rebecca La Monte suffered from fibromyalgia caused by a car crash. She struggles to get out of bed each day and has difficulty sleeping because of the chronic pain her condition causes. Because fibromyalgia is a disease about which little is known, there is no concrete test for the condition. Diagnosis is made based on a patient's symptoms. Now, she can present her medical records and expert medical opinions to a jury who can decide if the evidence is enough to grant her case.
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Ontario's incoming premier has put the public service under a hiring freeze as part of a series of measures meant to limit spending as he re-examines the province's books, raising concerns among some government workers.
Doug Ford says 'stakes are high' in trade fight with U.S.
"People want to know, 'Am I going to get laid off? Am I still going to be doing the work of three people because my unit's been short...two people?"' he said. "They're just worried about being able to do their job."
effective strategy to make it seem "like you're doing something even when it's kind of clear that it's not really that well thought through yet."


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1950 - Rhona Brankin, BPA.
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A great day out in Den Haag, competing in Round 1 of the Benelux Regional Championships. With the hard-tackling Hamburgers, the die-hard Düsseldorfers and the finesse of the French lads from Lille GAA, we lost out in the Shield Final to hosts Den Haag GAA. Some traditional cigars topped off an A1 day. Congratulations to ladies' cup winners Holland Ladies GAA, men's cup winners Luxembourg GAA and shield winners Den Haag.
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Abel Aganbegyan has been one of Mikhail Gorbachev's chief economic advisers. In his book, which is written for general audiences, Aganbegyan indicates clearly that he has had ample opportunities to observe the operation of a centrally controlled economy and is vividly aware of its failings. He also reveals not only a firm grasp of, but also a strong admiration for, some of the most basic characteristics of a free market economy. Yet his understanding of and dedication to market principles is so flawed that one puts the book down with a sense of sorrow. If these are the views of one of the Soviet Union's staunchest free-market advocates, then it seems likely that paternalism will prevent perestroika (economic restructuring) from being more than partial.
Clearly, Adam Smith's precept that "consumption is the sole end and purpose of production" has been ignored, with disastrous results.
Aganbegyan has several ideas about what needs to be done. He proclaims the need to control monetary growth in order to prevent inflation—sounding much like Milton Friedman, whom he has met. He also advocates opening up the Soviet economy to international trade, providing the double benefits of greater international division of labor and a strong incentive for domestic firms to improve product quality. And he stresses the importance of allowing individual contractual arrangements to replace the diktat of central supervision.
Of course, as Aganbegyan realizes, the Soviet Union has engaged in such periods of reform in the past—under the New Economic Policy instituted by Lenin in the 1920s as well as more recently under Khrushchev and then Kosygin. Yet all these reform phases failed, and the Soviet system sank back into costly centralization.
Will things be different this time? Aganbegyan ardently believes they will. He puts his faith in the growing democratic elements in the Soviet Unionwhich Gorbachev has introduced. But if he were to cast his eyes to the Soviets' great southern neighbor, India, he would observe that democracy is no guarantee of an end to bureaucratic control and widespread economic waste.
In fact, Aganbegyan himself is reluctant to relinquish much of the centralized control which guides production through five-year plans, guarantees workers' employment, and provides certain minimum needs. He does recommend allowing work-crs to buy their own homes, partly in order to soak up some of the "ruble overhang" which has developed because the lack of suitable consumer goods has resulted in an extraordinary accumulation of savings. But land and mineral wealth, he believes, should remain basically under state control, and 20 to 30 percent of the Soviet Union's annual output would be directed by the state.
What will be the outcome of perestroika? At the turn of the 20th century, Henry Adams visited Russia and in The Education of Henry Adams wondered, "Could inertia of race, on such a scale, be broken up or take new form?" Adams wasn't overwhelmed with optimism. Nor will such a feeling pervade the reader of Aganbegyan's book. It does seem reasonable to suggest that the ugly caterpillar of Communism has entered a sort of cocoon. Will it emerge as a beautiful capitalist butterfly? That seems unlikely. One suspects that, instead, it is apt to appear as a much more drab and modest socialist moth.


A community group passionate about all things wool will represent the Island later this week at Woolfest 2018, with support from the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.
The annual two-day festival is a celebration of natural fibres, wool and crafts, attracting more than 9,000 people from across the globe. For the first time Fibre Space Isle of Man will travel to the event, which will take place on Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd June in Cockermouth, to showcase the best the Island has to offer in this field.
The Steam Packet Company is supporting the trip by assisting with the cost of travel for the wool enthusiasts and their exhibit.
Fibre Space IOM was formed in 2014 when a group of like-minded people came together to organise the 'Yarn Bombing of Peel'. A small number of them continued to meet up and pursue their love of knitting as a group, and so Fibre Space IOM was born.
The group of 10 will not only exhibit their own woollen delights at the original British wool festival, but take the opportunity to showcase items from quality Manx producers including Laxey Woollen Mills, Manx Textile Creative, Manx Spinners & Weavers, Snuggles Knitwear, Manx Loaghtan, Yarny Grainne and Manx Yarnies.
The team will also hold a number of workshops and demonstrations over the weekend such as braiding with a Trollen loom, Shepherd's knitting and Tunisian crochet.
Rosie Wood from Fibre Space IOM said: 'We are thrilled to represent the Island and its many woolly creatives at Woolfest 2018. The Isle of Man has a lot to offer in this area and we are passionate about endorsing this and showcasing our Island's rich heritage.
'As well as exhibiting, we will also be promoting the many Artisan craft workshops that take place on the Isle of Man, displaying films and leaflets provided by the Department for Enterprise and Manx National Heritage and encouraging people to come and visit our charming Island.
Photograph: The Fibre Space team which will represent the Island this weekend.


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The Apple vs Android Smartphone battle
The battle between Apple and Android has been fierce with every new smartphone release. Both offer great applications and uses for the consumer. We look at some of the most sought after devices on both iOS and Android.
By Amarjit Dubb
"iOS 7 is really responsive and Touch ID makes it quicker to use my phone."
The mobile phone industry is in a constant flow of change, with many new devices being shipped out to retailers for customers worldwide.
As a result, picking the right device can be a confusing and even daunting task.
Ahead of the game are two rivals, Apple and Android, who have long been battling it out with the latest technology and exclusive features with each new smartphone and tablet release. But who takes the smartphone crown?
Here at DESIblitz we help run through 4 top handsets with Apple and Android software to help show you what is available on the current smartphone market.
This latest instalment by Apple has been well received by fans accounting for 59 per cent of sales in the Apple market, in the last quarter of 2013. This includes beating other popular Apple products such as the iPad Air.
The design has undergone a small but noticeable change including for the first time 3 great handset colours; silver, grey and gold adding to the premium look of what is already a high-end smartphone.
The 5s also comes with the new iOS7 operating system, working with the powerful A7 chip and for the first time a separate M7 motion coprocessor. All of which help provide the user with a fast, fluid and easy iPhone experience.
However one of the features that stand out the most among users is Touch ID. The 5s can register fingerprints allowing users to unlock their phone literally at a touch of a button.
As Guv, an avid Apple and iPhone fan said: "iOS 7 is really responsive and the Touch ID makes it quicker and easier to use my phone."
Although this may not be a traditional smartphone, the Note 3 is an excellent device nonetheless. As proven by the sale of over 4.5 million units within just the first month since its release in September 2013.
The 'phablet' comes with Android 4.3 and is also upgradable to Android's latest KitKat OS (date yet to be confirmed). This will run a lot quicker than its Jellybean predecessor, great for users of the Note 3 who wish to run multiple apps at rapid speed.
Along with this KitKat users can also create and edit Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents. This will work perfectly with the S Pen as users can create whole documents on the go on the phablet's stunning 5.7 inch Super AMOLED screen.
Ravi, a Note 3 and Android fan said: "Using the large screen to run several apps is fantastic and with the new Android OS it will ensure a long lifespan for the Note 3."
Following the very popular Galaxy S3 is the Galaxy S4. It managed to reach the 10 million sales mark in just four weeks after its release in the UK back in April 2013.
The design of the phone is resonant of the Galaxy S3 with its plastic and removable battery cover and overall rounded finish.
The device runs on Android 4.2.2 Jellybean, with some later models running on Android 4.3 Jellybean to ensure users have the latest in Android technology. Similar to the Note 3, it will also be upgradable to the new KitKat OS; however a date is yet to be confirmed.
Other features include Air View in which the user can place their finger over a body of text such as an e-mail subject to get a short preview without opening it.
There is also Smart rotation which rotates the screen according to the orientation of the users face. Current owner of an S4, Anisha said:
"This device offers many great features; it's definitely expanding the definition of a 'smart' phone."
HTC have often had mixed fortunes in the smartphone market, however the HTC One is here to help turn the tide. With its sleek aluminium body available in a range of colours; this handset is very easy on the eye. The phone is available in both 32GB and 64G models.
The device comes with Android 4.1.2 Jellybean and 4.3 Jellybean on some newer models. The Android OS integrates well with HTC's very own Sense 5 skin, including the popular BlinkFeed addition.
This presents all the users' social media and interests onto one handy screen to ensure they are always informed about what is happening in their social world.
The battery life on the device is also impressive if not quite reaching the height of other devices; it has a 2300mAH battery capable of up to 18 hours 3G talk-time. Overall the HTC One looks and feels like a flagship phone that may serve as a platform of things to come from HTC.
Narrowing down to only 4 phones is no easy feat considering other great Apple and Android handsets also available in the market such as the iPhone 5C, the LG G2 and the Sony Xperia Z1.
The market may appear to be overly laden with the huge choice of Android handsets available to pick from, but Apple has continuously held its game as one of the best-selling smartphone makers with each new edition.
Undoubtedly, these devices have certainly set the standard for smartphones over the last year with both Apple and Android OS.
It will be interesting to see what the future holds for both these OS rivals as the smartphone market gets a little more saturated with more stunning devices in the coming months and years.
Are you an Apple or Android smartphone user?
Amarjit Dubb
Amarjit is a 1st class English Language graduate who enjoys gaming, football, travelling and flexing his creative muscles writing comedy sketches and scripts. His motto is "It's never too late to be who you might have been" by George Eliot.
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The Way of the Master Television Programme is a 30-minute weekly evangelism TV show, airing on a variety of Christian networks. The third season has a total of thirteen episodes. This extended version DVD contains two episodes: Are you a Genius? & Last Words of the Rich & Famous...
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Are You a Genius?:
Many people, attempting to show atheism to be 'intellectual', have claimed that Albert Einstein was an atheist. However, the brilliant scientist said the exact opposite. He said, 'In the view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognise, there are yet people who say there is no God. But what makes me really angry is that they quote me for support of such views.' Maybe you're no Einstein, but do you consider yourself to be an intelligent person? Are You a Genius? will ask you seven fascinating questions that will help you to see how intelligent you really are.
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We live in a beautiful world of breathtaking beauty, with clear blue skies, puffy clouds, an endless array of beautiful flowers, lush green grass and magnificent tall trees. It truly is a wonderful world, made by a wonderful and loving God. But think about killer earthquakes, massive floods, terrifying hurricanes, fearful tornadoes, disease and death, and ask why a loving God would create these things. If you have ever wondered why there is so much suffering in this world, you will greatly appreciate Last Words of the Rich and Famous.
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With Texas currently facing the possibility of a shortage of pipelines, the results of this Fraser Institute study are encouraging. Not only will forthcoming pipelines protect the Texas landscape, they will also address infrastructural challenges in the state to help Texas play a leading role in the coming "major transformation" predicted in the global energy market.


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Q: Solr - query for results with shared related field In Solr, is it possible to search for documents that share values for a related field?
Say my index contains webpages. The documents might look something like this:
{"domain": "example.com", "path": "?page=1", "text": "foo etc etc"}
{"domain": "example.com", "path": "?page=2", "text": "bar more words"}
{"domain": "example.org", "path": "mypoems", "text": "foo is asdf"}

I would like the query foo bar to return the first two pages, since they both have the same domain. It's ok if the third document is returned as well (since they're all partial matches anyway), but ranked lower.
What's a good way to accomplish this? The best I can think of is creating another index with every page in a domain concatenated together, and then running a second query, filtering  for domain=example.com.
Is there a better way than this? I'd like to avoid running two queries if possible.

A: You could potentially use grouping. Something like this. But that wouldn't give you the ability to rank things reasonably.
?q=text:foo bar
&group=true
&group.field=domain

Getting back
[
  {
    "groupValue":"example.com",
    "doclist": {
      "numFound":2,
      "start":0,
      "docs": [
        {"domain": "example.com", "path": "?page=1", "text": "foo etc etc"},
        {"domain": "example.com", "path": "?page=2", "text": "bar more words"}
      ]
    }
  },
  ...
]

Alternatively, you could run a facet query first to determine which domains have the most matching pages, and then run a group query to fetch just those domains. That gives you something sort of ranked, but does require two queries.
A third option could be to make use of nested documents. Then you could have your data look like:
{
    "type": "domain",
    "domain": "example.com",
    "pages": [
         {"type": "page", "domain": "example.com", "path": "?page=1", "text": "foo etc etc"},
         {"type": "page", "domain": "example.com", "path": "?page=2", "text": "bar more words"}
    ]
}

This would require some experimenting to see if the boosting happens as expected, but I believe it will boost matching parent documents (domains in your case) is multiple children match. Although the queries for nested documents get a little complicated fast!


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Did Disney discriminate against an employee based on national origin?
On behalf of Gallup Auerbach | Sep 10, 2015 | Workplace Discrimination
While it may seem obvious to most that an employer cannot discriminate against an employee on the basis of their gender, race or disability, it's important to understand that there are other grounds that while not entirely obvious are still expressly protected by state and federal law.
Take for example discrimination based on a person's national origin, something defined by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as treating an employee or prospective employee in an unfavorable manner "because of ethnicity or accent, or because they appear to be of a certain ethnic background (even if they are not)."
Interestingly enough, Walt Disney World here in Florida has been hit with six lawsuits alleging discrimination from 2011 to 2014, with at least two alleging that this discrimination was based on national origin. In fact, a verdict was reached in one of these cases just last week.
What allegations were made in the case?
A Haitian woman who worked as a security guard at Disney World claimed the theme park acted in a discriminatory manner when it passed her over for a promotion for the position of emergency coordinator back in 2010.
Specifically, she claimed the job was given to a white male with less education and less experience, and that her resume was never given the consideration it merited.
What did the jury find?
While the jury found that Disney World was indeed guilty of discriminating against the woman on the basis of her national origin, it declined to award damages.
Why did it decline to award damages?
The jury determined that the evidence demonstrated that even in the absence of the discrimination, the security guard likely would probably not have gotten the promotion.
Is this the end of the matter?
Not necessarily. The attorney representing the security guard indicated that he will request that the presiding judge consider granting additional relief, including an order that information about the lawsuit be posted in a location accessed regularly by Disney World employees.
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Since their birth in 2011, emojis embedded as glyphs in our digital keyboards and have taken the world by storm. The word emoji, which comes from the Japanese ("picture") + moji ("character") are single-character glyphs created in Japan in the late 1990s, however, they only became globally available in 2011 because Apple had incorporated them in the iOS 5 operating system. There are about 1,900 images to choose from.
Emojis are very effective for enhancing and enriching the messages in our modern digital exchanges, conversations, and interactions, often adding a note of humour, affection or even frustration, sadness etc into text.
Will Emojis replace English as the global language?
English is recognized as THE global language with 1.5 billion speaking English and its global reach historically through the British Empire. However, English's reign as the global language may be coming to an end and shockingly it is being replaced by icons of smiley faces, thumbs up and kisses. There are 3.2 billion internet users and most of them engage via their smartphones with emojis. Hence, the global reach of emojis is far bigger than the English language. Therefore, we are witnessing the rise of emojis as the major tool for communication and expression.
Globally, emoji usage is increasing dramatically.
Another appealing element of emoji is that these icons help capture your tone of voice, which has always been a problem when writing online. They convey emotional nuance in short, online utterances. Furthermore, they enable us to communicate with non-speakers of the same language. For example, the abbreviation "LOL" (an acronym for lots of laughs or laugh(ing) out loud) has been replaced by smiling emojis, which, unlike many abbreviations, are instantly recognizable by users of social networks around the world.
Emojis can get you locked up in jail! They are recognized as proof of threatening or harassing behaviour. There have already been cases of people being arrested for using icons considered threatening. For example, in 2015 a teenager in the United States was charged with terrorism for a Facebook post with gun emojis aimed at a police officer. In 2016, a man in France was sentenced to three months in jail for sending his ex-girlfriend messages with gun icons. After cases like that, Apple replaced the revolver icon with a water gun.
McDonald's released 'minimalist' billboard ads made up entirely of emoji's to get the message of the restorative powers of its meals for the 'Good Times' campaign. Initially trialed in Paris, the success means they're being rolled out globally.The WWF employed a #EndangeredEmoji Twitter campaign to help save animals from extinction. The charity created 17 emojis for endangered animals and are encouraging people to donate 10p every time they retweet one.
Interestingly, there could potentially also be a huge impact on the theorization of translation, translation practices and concepts. Arguably, if emoji indeed become the most spoken language then there would be a need for emoji translators and a whole dictionary created.
In the final analysis, whatever the metric, the adoption rate of emoji is staggering; and this provides grist for the mill that emoji is now the world's new global form of communication; it matters not a jot whether your native tongue is English, Finnish or Japanese: the smiley face means the same thing in every language.


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Q: Delete a child attribute from json file I have the following HTTP JSON-response in Java, which represents a user object.
{
    "account": "Kpatrick",
    "firstname": "Patrick",
    [
    ],
    "instances":
    [
        {
            "id": "packerer-pool",
            "key": "packerer-pool123",
            "userAccount": "kpatrick",
            "firstname": "Patrick",
            "lastname": "Schmidt",

        }
    ],
    "projects":
    [
        {
            "id": "packerer-projectPool",
            "projectKey": "projectPool-Pool",
            "cqprojectName": "xxxxx",
        },
       {
            "id": "packerer-secondproject",
            "projectKey": "projectPool-Pool2",
            "cqprojectName": "xxxx",

        },
        {
            "id": "packerer-thirdproject",
            "projectKey": "projectPool-Pool3",
            "cqprojectName": "xxxx",
        }
    ],

    "clients":
    [
    ],
    "dbid": 76864576,
    "version": 1,
    "id": "dbpack21"
}

Now, I want to search a specific project with the help of the projectkey (for example "projectPool-Pool2"). After that, I want to delete the element completely. Because my target is to send a HTTP post-call without this project.
The result should be similar to below for my HTTP post-call:
    {
    "account": "Kpatrick",
    "firstname": "Patrick",
    [
    ],
    "instances":
    [
        {
            "id": "packerer-pool",
            "key": "packerer-pool123",
            "userAccount": "kpatrick",
            "firstname": "Patrick",
            "lastname": "Schmidt",

        }
    ],
    "projects":
    [
        {
            "id": "packerer-projectPool",
            "projectKey": "projectPool-Pool",
            "cqprojectName": "xxxxx",
        },
        {
            "id": "packerer-thirdproject",
            "projectKey": "projectPool-Pool3",
            "cqprojectName": "xxxx",
        }
    ],

    "clients":
    [
    ],
    "dbid": 76864576,
    "version": 1,
    "id": "dbpack21"
}

First i have parsed the response to a string.
    private static String getContent(HttpResponse response) {
    HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
    if (entity == null) return null;
    BufferedReader reader;
    try {
        reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(entity.getContent()));
        String line = reader.readLine();
        reader.close();
        return line;
    } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return null;
}

And now i am trying to search the specific project, but i don't know how to continue.
String StringResponse = getContent(JsonResponse);
JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(StringResponse);
JSONArray ProjectsArray= jsonObject.getJSONArray("projects");

Is that approach correct?
Best Regards!

A: Once you have your array, try something like...
// Array to store the indexes of the JSONArray to remove
ArrayList<Integer> indexesToRemove = new ArrayList<Integer>();
// Iterate through projects array, check the object at each position
// if it contains the string you want, add its index to the removal list
for (int i = 0; i < projectsArray.length; i++) {
    JSONObject current = projectsArray.get(i);
    if (current.get("projectKey") == "**DESIRED PROJECT KEY**") {
        indexesToRemove.add(i);
    }
}

Now you can iterate through your indexes to remove, and remove the corresponding object from the array with the JSONArrays remove method (not sure what it is called, the code above is from memory). Make sure to remove your items BACKWARDS, otherwise you will delete earlier items, which will change the indexes, resulting in your removing an incorrect item if you then remove another index.
// Going through the list backwards so we can remove the highest item each
//time without affecting the lower items
for (int i = indexesToRemove.size()-1; i>=0; i--) {
    projectsArray.remove(indexesToRemove.get(i));
}