Begun as a folk songwriter duo, Tyler Bradley and David Spalvieri-Kruse created Cold Mountain Child in 2008, after Tyler had finished recording a series of lo-fi autumnal songs titled ''And All I've Done is Walk Around and Hide in Leaves". The duo collaborated on piano and guitar arrangements to release their first official album, "Stillness Singing" in 2009. Layers of woodsy, wintery tones and hushed vocal harmonies were all blanketed in an analogue, lo-fi esthetic. Lyrically the album mirrored Tyler's travels throughout Peru as well as inner journeys of meditation and sacred plant explorations.


HCR1011 - CLAIMING STATES' RIGHTS UNDER THE TENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
Status House -- Read the third time and failed.
House 4/2/2009 8:12:49 AM Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
House 4/2/2009 8:12:38 AM Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.


You get the business logo tattooed on you and you get free products for life; name the Kalamazoo business you are getting permanently engraved on your skin.
Where Are The Best Tattoo Shops Around Kalamazoo?
I never knew when I was a kid that I'd eventually have a love for the pain and patience to sit in a chair and have someone immortalize a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle in my arm one day, but here I am.


It feels like I've been waiting forever to write this post.
I could tell the version where I write a manuscript, polish it up, and send 30 query letters. The one where 15 full requests flood my inbox. In that version, I sign with an agent in less than six weeks. That story is true, and it's not.
I think I wrote my first novel to prove to myself that I could do it. I had no idea how long the journey would be or where it would take me. I sent that manuscript to friends to read, because I didn't know any writers. I revised. I went to a conference. I learned about the industry and sent a few queries. One agent requested, but it was a quick pass.
Fast-forward a few years, through an unfinished second manuscript. By the time I wrote my third, a YA fantasy, I had a better handle on things. I researched. I went to another conference and met my first real critique partners. I joined the SCBWI and found my tribe. I started querying and had a respectable number of requests, but no offers.
Then I found the contest circuit. I was so fortunate to be chosen as a Pitch Wars mentee, not because of the exposure to agents, but because of the community. I really connected with other writers and got meaningful critiques. I ended up with R&Rs from two small press editors, but I wanted an agent. So I started a local critique group through SCBWI and moved on to a new story.
When this manuscript was ready, I started with contests. This story was a finalist in The Writer's Voice, PitchMas, An Agent's Inbox, Pitch Plus Five, and possibly some I don't remember. I sent queries, too. I was sure this was the one. I had an even more respectable number of requests, tons of positive feedback, and one R&R that led to scrapping more than half of the book. I was willing to put in the work. Six months later, the agent still passed.
How much longer would I keep pouring my time and energy into this writing thing? My freelance work had led to a job offer that meant going back into an office, doing the perfect combination of media, branding, editing, design, and web coordination. But I couldn't stop writing. On my lunch breaks. At night after my kids were in bed. I decided that even if I never landed an agent or a book deal, I loved writing, I loved books, and I loved the amazing community that had become so important to me.
I moved across the state, readjusted to working from home again, and kept writing. When my fifth manuscript was finished and in the hands of my amazing CPs, I entered a contest. To my surprise, it won the 2017 SCBWI Rising Kite Award for the state of Florida. After a few more months of polish and revision, I dove back into the query trenches.
Which finally brings me back to thirty queries. Fifteen requests. More than one offer. A difficult decision. And finally a signed contract.
I am absolutely thrilled to say that I am now repped by Danielle Burby of Nelson Literary Agency.
So happy for you, Laurie. You've done your homework for sure. Hard work pays off. Cannot wait to see the book in print. Bravo!
Thank you so much for all of your support, Evelyne!


Join Ncity Toronto on March 11th for their first professional social mixer of 2016.
Mingle with vibrant young African professionals in a relaxed atmosphere with a backdrop of afrobeats.
Tickets are $15 (includes appetizers and 1 drink ticket).


Back in stock! Touted by many as Kompakt's answer to the relative crossover success enjoyed by the likes of James Holden and Trentemoller, Alex Willner's "The Field" has already enjoyed some success stateside (Pitchfork voting "Over the Ice" as one of its tracks for 2006) and looks likely to garner the attention of a wide audience with this long awaited debut album. Apparently more in-tune with production techniques commonly employed by Indie bands rather than club producers, Willner taps into the same tempered-euphoria that made Ulrich Schnauss so popular a couple of years back - the progressions are reflective yet joyous, and there's an abandoned glee in the arrangements that's far from apologetic for it's populous leanings. And, of course, that's at the heart of this album - dance music written with Indie kids in mind, a feel-good session that's forever looking for the next crescendo - and in that respect at least it fulfils the brief perfectly.


How To Make Your Own "Shamrock Shake"
Since it was introduced in 1970, more than 60 million McDonald's "Shamrock Shakes" have caused countless cases of brain freeze and shirt stains. But now, someone claims to have come up with the formula so you can make your own from just seven ingredients. Check out the recipe from Huffington Post and Erin Go Bragh!


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Good Food Guide Top 50 2020
21st September 2019 /0 Comments/in Press /by Shaun
Once again, we are delighted to have been awarded a cooking score of 7/10 from the Good Food Guide for 2020 putting us at number 49 in the country and the top awarded restaurant in Birmingham.
This is another fantastic achievement for the team and everyone involved at Adams.
Check out the top 50 UK restaurants here: Good Food Guide Top 50 2020
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Independent Birmingham Winners 2019
12th September 2019 /0 Comments/in Press /by Shaun
Following a rigorous peer-review process, whereby independents were nominated in each category by the general public (indeed, we had over 800 nominations – which shows just how much love and support there is for Brum's indie scene), our panel of 14 Shortlist Judges, hand-picked to represent a variety of business backgrounds, voted for their top 5 choices in each category to create our Shortlist. From this list, our Finalist Judges made the tough final decision on who would win each category in the IB Awards.
We are super proud to have picked up the Independent Birmingham award for best fine dining restaurant.
Check out the full list of winners here: Independent Birmingham Winners 2019
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Adam's rated UK's Number 1 restaurant
Michelin Star Retained for 2020
Good Food Guide Top 50 for 2020
Independent Birmingham Awards
Adam's opens new restaurant 'The Oyster Club'
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Rimini Street Announces Continued Strong Momentum in Japan With 155% Increase in Oracle and SAP Clients
Company appoints new regional head of Client Engagement and Service Delivery; Now servicing more than 85 organizations with operations in Japan
LAS VEGAS, December 13, 2016 - Rimini Street, Inc., the leading global independent provider of enterprise software support services for SAP SE's (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite, BusinessObjects and HANA Database software and Oracle Corporation's (NYSE:ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware, Hyperion, Oracle Retail, Oracle Agile PLM and Oracle ATG Web Commerce software, today announced it has continued strong momentum and rapid client growth in Japan due to the increasing demand for Rimini Street's ultra-responsive, premium enterprise software support for Oracle and SAP licensees. The Company announced that its total signed Oracle and SAP clients in Japan as of September 30, 2016 increased by 155% year over year. The Company has invested in numerous strategic hires in the region to meet this robust demand and announced the appointment of Nobutake Gohdo to vice president of Client Engagement and Service Delivery, Nihon Rimini Street.
Strong Momentum in Client Growth
Japan is one of the most highly developed information and technology markets in the world today. Japan also represents one of the fastest growing markets for Rimini Street with 63% revenue growth for the 12 month period ending September 30, 2016, compared to the prior 12-month period. Today, Rimini Street services more than 85 global clients with operations in Japan, including well-known local brands Pioneer Corporation, Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd., CAC Corporation, Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ltd., Chugoku Mokuzai Co., Ltd. and CMK Corporation.
"We needed to focus on reducing the 'passive IT' costs for maintaining our mission-critical systems running on-premises applications, as this was by far the largest budget item across our entire IT landscape. Our biggest concern was not only how expensive our annual maintenance fees were from the vendor, but the huge cost to upgrade our Oracle Database system," said Kenji Tomooka, CIO, Information System Department, Fujitec Co., Ltd. "We made the switch to Rimini Street from vendor support because we could maximize our existing IT system, achieve significant cost reduction and avoid an expensive vendor upgrade. We were able to invest the money saved into more value-added services for our business such as digital, mobile and cloud initiatives that have remarkably improved the cost-effectiveness of our maintenance service."
Top Industry Talent Joins Rimini Street Japan
Nihon Rimini Street has also been hiring top talent from Japan's enterprise software industry, adding respected senior executives and experienced support engineers to service the Company's fast-growing client base. Rimini Street increased its Japan staff 39% year over year, as of September 30, 2016.
Senior executive hires include the appointment of Nobutake Gohdo to vice president of Client Engagement and Service Delivery. In this newly created role, Mr. Gohdo is responsible for the region's service delivery engineers and enterprise account managers, and assuring every client's maximum utilization, success and satisfaction with Rimini Street's support services. Prior to joining Rimini Street, Mr. Gohdo held senior management positions at Citrix, Oracle, and SAP. At Citrix, Mr. Gohdo last served as senior manager, technical readiness for Products and Solutions. At Oracle, Mr. Gohdo last served as director, Oracle on Demand, where he was responsible for service delivery and product deployment. At SAP, Mr. Gohdo last served as vice president, Active Global Support Japan, where he was responsible for a team of 150 who provided software support and managed key accounts.
Helping Clients Navigate a Challenging Economic Environment
Japan's economy and businesses continue to be challenged with weak growth, an uncertain global trade outlook and a strong yen that makes goods produced in Japan more expensive globally.
Rimini Street's unique value proposition helps Japanese organizations address these challenges. The Company provides a premium support model and offering that enables clients to save up to 90% on their total maintenance costs while receiving a much more robust and responsive set of support services. The savings allow clients to fund new initiatives that make their businesses more competitive and support growth. Rimini Street's premium services allow clients to run their current software releases for a minimum of 15 years, avoiding expensive and unnecessary upgrades to their stable ERP system. Clients also receive full support for add-ons and customizations at no additional fee.
"As many IT leaders are looking for ways to cut costs from their IT landscape, reducing their ERP maintenance spend by moving to Rimini Street's independent software support is an attractive option for them," said Yorio Wakisaka, country manager, Nihon Rimini Street. "Rimini Street offers an enormous benefit to Oracle and SAP software licensees in this challenging environment and allows CIOs to reinvest the significant cost savings they achieve back into their business for innovative initiatives that help differentiate their company against the competition and support growth initiatives."
To learn more, follow @riministreet on Twitter and find Rimini Street on Facebook and LinkedIn.
About Rimini Street, Inc.
Rimini Street is the global leader in providing independent enterprise software support services. The company has redefined enterprise support services since 2005 with an innovative, award-winning program that enables Oracle and SAP licensees to save up to 90 percent on total support costs. Clients can remain on their current software release without any required upgrades for a minimum of 15 years. Over 1,600 global, Fortune 500, midmarket, and public sector organizations from a broad range of industries have selected Rimini Street as their trusted, independent support provider. To learn more, please visit http://www.riministreet.com.
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Rimini Street and the Rimini Street logo are trademarks of Rimini Street, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2016. All rights reserved.
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Shania Twain Talks Trauma of Divorce, Parents Dying - First for Women
Shania Twain Gets Candid About the Most 'Devastating' Time of Her Life
It's no secret that Shania Twain is an incredibly strong woman. But now, as the country star prepares to release her first album in 15 years, she's revealing the painful journey it took to get to that point.
In an exclusive interview with ETOnline.com, Twain got candid about losing her parents at age 22, ending her 16-year marriage to music producer Robert "Mutt" Lange, and on top of all that, temporarily losing her voice after a battle with Lyme disease.
"My divorce was traumatizing to me, my parents dying was the most devastating time of my life--I can't bring my parents back," the 51-year-old said. "My voice will never be exactly what it was before."
But she's not letting that—any of that—stop her from singing again. And she wants her fans to know that the new music is all her.
MUST-SEE: 14 Country Music Stars Who Were the Most Adorable Kids
"I wrote all of this music myself, so it's all on me," she said. "If fans don't like it, I just have to take that on myself, but it's worth it, because even if a small amount of people are inspired by it, I've done what I set out to do."
Professional life aside, she's now been married to her second husband, Frederic Thiebaud, for six years. And she confessed that after her painful divorce, Frederic was the one who brought calmness to her life again. She also called her 15-year-old son Eja "the light at the end of the tunnel."
"My son was the beauty out of it all," Twain said.
MUST-SEE: 12 Country Stars Without Makeup Who Rock the All-Natural Look
We can't think of a more moving way to persevere through the tough times than love from the family to push you forward in the present. How appropriate that her new album will be called 'Now.'
You can pick up a copy of Shania Twain's new album on Sept. 29.
See the country stars that always look amazing on the red carpet in the video below.
h/t ETOnline.com
NEXT: See the celebs with the most inspiring rags-to-riches stories below.
The actress revealed she was living on welfare and food stamps with her family while growing up in a low-income household in Manhattan. What's more, she even got rejected as a child actor at the ripe age of nine. We're so happy she persevered!


The Olympic Games generate substantial revenues almost unparalleled across the sporting world. In total, through the sale of broadcasting and marketing rights, as well as other income streams, the revenue for the Olympiad that spans 2013 to 2016, covering the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014 and the Olympic Games Rio 2016, was USD 5.7 billion.
Because the IOC is a non-profit organisation, 90 per cent of the revenues from the Games go straight back into sport and athlete development. In total, around USD 2.5 billion is put towards the staging of the Olympic Games, to ease the financial burden on the host cities. From Athens 2004 to Rio 2016 (Summer Games), and from Salt Lake City 2002 to PyeongChang 2018, the IOC has increased its contribution towards the success of the Games by 60 per cent, allocating a total of USD 1.53 billion for Rio 2016 and USD 887 million for PyeongChang 2018. A considerable sum is also put towards the cost of staging the Youth Olympic Games every two years.
As laid out in the IOC's Olympic Agenda 2020, supporting athletes is at the heart of the Olympic Movement. This is done during the Olympic Games, through the whole Games-time experience for athletes, the Olympic Village, travel grants and all the support athletes receive throughout the 17 days of competition. But beyond the Games, the IOC's funds are also used to finance the network of athletes' commissions across the globe which promotes the empowerment of athletes and enables their voices to be heard. Protecting clean athletes is extremely important to the IOC, and therefore substantial investment is made in the anti-doping ecosystem, with 50 per cent of the World Anti-Doping Agency's funding coming directly from the IOC, while the other 50 per cent comes from the governments of the world.
The IOC also aims to make success at the Games achievable by everyone, and so, every Olympic cycle, a substantial portion of the profits from the Games is allocated through the National Olympic Committees directly to helping athletes and coaches from countries with the greatest financial need, as part of the Olympic Solidarity programme. This is particularly vital in the modern sporting world, in which talent and determination alone are not enough to reach the top. High-level coaching, preparation and the ability to travel to competitions are also required.
Because of this, as part of the latest Olympic Solidarity Plan – which runs from 2017 to 2020 – more than half a billion dollars is being spent on various global and continental programmes going towards athlete development and coaches' education to make the Olympic Games more accessible across the globe. Part of this money is used to fund the Olympic scholarship programmes, which provide athletes in need with a monthly training grant as well as travel subsidies to compete in Olympic qualification competitions. In addition, for athletes to progress they also need expert coaching. Between 2012 and 2016, coaches from 172 NOCs had the opportunity to take part in a total of 988 expert technical courses, with 641 coaches receiving scholarships to further their coaching skills and education.
In the run-up to the Olympic Games Rio 2016, Olympic Solidarity supported over 20,000 athletes from youth to elite across various assistance programmes, in which 815 Olympic scholarship-holders representing 171 NOCs and 22 sports participated for Rio 2016. They won a total of 101 medals (33 gold, 26 silver and 42 bronze). This included two NOCs winning their first ever Olympic medal and two NOCs winning their first ever Olympic gold medal.
But it is not just about the medals. Olympic Solidarity looks to ensure that athletes from as many parts of the world as possible are able to participate in the Games. A case in point is Alpine skier Albin Tahiri, Kosovo's sole representative for its Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang 2018, who was able to qualify for and reach the Games with the aid of an Olympic scholarship. Tahiri went on to compete in all five Alpine skiing events at the Games, with a best finish of 37th in the Alpine combined. Prior to the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, Olympic Solidarity allocated scholarships to 523 athletes from 89 NOCs (435 individual scholarships plus 88 tailor-made).
In addition, following the success of the Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016, the IOC launched a new Refugee Athlete Support programme, which provides NOCs with resources to support a number of refugee athletes living in their countries and allow them to prepare for and compete in international competitions. This pool of refugee athletes will serve as a basis for the selection of the Refugee Olympic Team for Tokyo 2020.
But the IOC support to athletes does not end with the Games. As part of Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC pledges to support athletes beyond the competition arena, and in its 2017-2020 Olympic Solidarity Plan saw the introduction of support to the NOCs to benefit fully from the Athletes' Career Transition programme. This programme offers athletes at various stages of their careers assistance in terms of funding and career advice. In November 2017, the IOC announced the launch of Athlete365, a dedicated brand to support the world's Olympic-level athlete community. This is provided through a centralised digital hub, and physical outreach during Games time through the Village's Athlete365 space, as well as before and after the Games through International Federations and NOCs.
Ensuring that stories of athletes continue to inspire fans outside of Games time, the Olympic Channel provides a media destination for athletes to tell their stories, engage with the Olympic Movement and connect their fans and followers to their Olympic journey all year round.
By placing athletes at the heart of its programming through content inspired by the Olympic values, the Olympic Channel is bringing much deserved attention to Olympians and Olympic hopefuls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Through original programming, news, live events and social media, athletes from around the world and from every discipline are featured on the Olympic Channel. The Olympic Channel is able to offer these assets, such as video embeds and social media videos, directly to athletes to use across their personal digital platforms.


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AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME! My favorite upload today!! Just wonderful and so ethereal. The vertical grain and unusual dimmed colors really works to help with the dreamlike mood. It has an almost imaginary leading line!! It really does look like a dream sequence in a movie captured in one frame.
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Boxing News Gervonta Davis on First Face to Face Encounter With Ryan Garcia
Gervonta Davis on First Face to Face Encounter With Ryan Garcia
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Gervonta "Tank" Davis recently did an interview with ESNews, yesterday, where he talked about his first face to face encounter with Ryan Garcia earlier that day with non other than, Mike Tyson, in the room.
"Yeah, that's my first time ever speaking to him, like seeing him up close," Davis said. "So it was just us talking trash, you know. Him saying he was gonna knock me out in two rounds. To be honest, I think he's a fan of mine the way he was acting. He was acting all hyped and things like that, and Mike was trying to see when we're going to fight. So it's good for boxing, you know. Regular stuff."
While this was their first face to face encounter, apparently this wasn't their first time speaking to each other. Tank revealed that prior to Garcia's fight this past weekend against Luke Campbell, he called Garcia to give him a message before he walked out to the ring.
"I got his number," Davis said. "One of his girls gave it to me. I told him handle his business, he's gonna need it. He was shocked. He was shocked he was on the phone with me. Then he was like 'alright'."
ESNews asked Davis if he has a message for Garcia if he see's the interview. "Get ready," Davis said. "You know what's going on. We don't even have to speak on it. I don't know why he's speaking on it or even keeps running his mouth like that. You know what's going on. That's all you gotta do is get ready. You know this shit is in motion, and you know, may the best man win."
As far as when the fight will take place, Tank, believes it will likely happen in May. However he says he will fight Garcia anytime.
"No I think it'll be in May," Davis said. "It's not gonna be September. But I don't know, it really doesn't matter to me. I'll fight him whenever."
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Q: SoundPool crashes app I'm kind of new to java, so bear with me if I've made a very stupid mistake.
I am trying to play a sound when a button is clicked on a counter app using SoundPool, but
the app crashes when either of the buttons are clicked.
No errors show up during compilation.
Here's the code.
package com.example.c0unter;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.media.SoundPool;
import android.media.AudioManager;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    private int Count=0;
    private SoundPool spool;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        Button ResetButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.ResetButton);
        Button CounterButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.CounterButton);
        final TextView CountText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.CountText);

         ResetButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

            public void onClick(View v) {
                Sound(R.raw.reset_button);
                Count=0;
                CountText.setText(" " + Count);

            }

        });

     CounterButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

         public void onClick(View v) {
             Sound(R.raw.counter_button);
             Count++;
             CountText.setText(" " +Count);
         }
     });
    }

    public void Sound(int soundID){

          spool.load(this, soundID ,1);
          AudioManager audioManager = (AudioManager) getSystemService(AUDIO_SERVICE);
          float volume = (float) audioManager.getStreamVolume(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
          spool.play(soundID, volume, volume, 1, 0, 1f);
    };

}

A: spool is null. When you call it here:
spool.load(this, soundID ,1);

You will get a nullPointerException. You need to initialise it first before you use it. For example:
spool = new SoundPool(10, AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, 0);

I suggest you also have another look through some of the tutorials like this one as there are some other errors in your code. You have to first load the sounds and get an ID back and then pass that ID to play. You cannot just pass R.raw.reset_button to play, it won't work.

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While the boys were away, my friend posted a link to get tickets for the preview nights at Wagamama Bedford. It's always one of those restaurants that I want to visit however, I usually chicken out and go for somewhere I've been before. I went ahead and booked the tickets while I had the opportunity even though the boys were away. I added it to the calendar and waited for the day to roll around.
Having seen some pictures and stories appear on Instagram yesterday, I was excited for our slot in the evening.
We had to wait outside for a little bit while our table was being got ready but it was a short wait and we were able to look at the menu while waiting.
My normal go to drink when I'm out to eat is a Diet Cola or similar but Chris and I both went for fruit juice instead. I had a Tropical Juice (mango, apple and orange) and he had a Blueberry Spice (blueberry, apple and carrot with a taste of ginger). We both tried each others drinks but I definitely preferred my choice over his. The spice kind of reminded me of mulled wine and also the head on his juice tasted funny so maybe avoid that bit too. Jaxon was on a Kids Apple Juice which was the most amazing green colour (the top picture of the three doesn't do justice!). He practically drained his first glass in one go so it was good he had the second drink (or we would have got him water instead).
Each of us had the choice of a main and side or main and dessert along with two drinks each. With some careful planning, we had two sides to share between us and then two desserts also to share.
Chris was able to choose from the gluten free menu so he chose the duck wraps (they come with lettuce instead of wraps. He offered to share it with us but we decided that he could have all the duck and we'd share the "glutened" starter that Our Sidekick and I had ordered. I did try a little bit and was surprised how nice it was. The only duck I've had in the pass has been from the Chinese Takeaway and I haven't liked it. Our Sidekick and I had chicken steamed gyoza. They are chicken dumplings – and very yummy! I offered one of mine to Jaxon but he didn't want to try it.
When I booked it, I was a bit nervous about whether Jaxon would like the choices at Wagamama given how picky he can be sometimes. However following his two weeks away he seems to have found a whole new range of foods he likes. He had the mini chicken katsu with amai sauce. I think he liked the chicken because it was like a giant chicken nugget! With help from Chris he even have chopsticks a go. He had these special "easy" chopsticks which were like a giant pair of tweezers. I guess it's one way to work on fine motor skills! He wasnt' really a fan of the sticky rice but he loved the chicken and tried everything on his plate which was great.
Chris had gluten free Seafood Ramen. Our Sidekick had Pad Thai and I had Chicken Ramen. I did struggle with chasing my noodles round the bowl through all the chicken broth but it was fine and I got plenty of the noodles in the end.
My second drink was green tea, I known usual for me to drink tea but I didn't really feel like I had room for more fruit juice. The little cup it came in was strange as I normally have hot drinks in mugs but it worked and was a nice drink.
All in all it was a lovely meal and the staff are friendly. Some of the organisation as far as getting the meal out in the right order or together could have been done better. However this was the first preview night and so things were a little round around the edges so all is forgiven. We filled in a feedback card explaining this and hopefully the staff will sort it out for tonight's preview and then the official opening tomorrow. There seemed to be inconsistent information when it came to the gluten free menu and who needed to process it but in the end it was sorted and we had a plan. Chris's food was just as yummy I believe.
This is not a sponsored post. We were able to apply for preview tickets and attend that way. All images and opinions are my own barring the Wagamama logo which is theirs.
This entry was posted in Adventures, Bedfordshire, Food, Friends and Family, Reviews and Mentions and tagged Bedford, family, family time, food.


i would like to ask for help with creating multiline string from nested list. In the image below i manage to create list with layers of compound elements. The list contains material and its thickness. I want to create from those items multiline parameter and write it into shared type parameter.
After a lot of searching and experiments i could manage to do it so.
Any idea how to continue? My idea is to manage to create one dimensional list with combined strings with newline element between those values and than use it to set parameter by value.
You could try to implement it by using a python script.
This way you'll break down the string to be used in multiline text parameter. There's a bug with multiline text though, when writing it with API - if you try to edit this text afterwards, you'll get the single string without breaks.
Right now iam trying to dive more into python. I am still beginner.
But the problem is still the same. I can manage to join items in one list with builtin nodes. The problem i have is, that i want to combine items in those nested list, but still keeping the upper level list structure. And there is also one condition, that every element can have different count of layers. I cant figure out how to "disassemble" that 2d list into those 1d lists, do the combining of items and store it into final 1d list.
Still, thank you for your response.
@Adam_Huleja Would this work for you?
Really?? I swear, that i have tried the String.Join node. Maybe i didnt have brain capacity to solve such a trivial problem.
Thank you and sorry for such a lame problem.
Oooh, i see, i didnt use the List.First node before and that was the missing part, which i overlooked.


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from collections import defaultdict
from hashlib import md5
import itertools
import operator
import threading
import uuid

from gnocchiclient import client
from gnocchiclient import exceptions as gnocchi_exc
from keystoneauth1 import session as ka_session
from oslo_config import cfg
from oslo_log import log
import requests
import retrying
import six
from stevedore import extension

from ceilometer import declarative
from ceilometer import dispatcher
from ceilometer.i18n import _, _LE, _LW
from ceilometer import keystone_client
from ceilometer import utils

NAME_ENCODED = __name__.encode('utf-8')
CACHE_NAMESPACE = uuid.UUID(bytes=md5(NAME_ENCODED).digest())
LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)

dispatcher_opts = [
    cfg.BoolOpt('filter_service_activity',
                default=True,
                help='Filter out samples generated by Gnocchi '
                'service activity'),
    cfg.StrOpt('filter_project',
               default='gnocchi',
               help='Gnocchi project used to filter out samples '
               'generated by Gnocchi service activity'),
    cfg.StrOpt('url',
               deprecated_for_removal=True,
               help='URL to Gnocchi. default: autodetection'),
    cfg.StrOpt('archive_policy',
               help='The archive policy to use when the dispatcher '
               'create a new metric.'),
    cfg.StrOpt('resources_definition_file',
               default='gnocchi_resources.yaml',
               help=_('The Yaml file that defines mapping between samples '
                      'and gnocchi resources/metrics')),
]

cfg.CONF.register_opts(dispatcher_opts, group="dispatcher_gnocchi")

def cache_key_mangler(key):
    """Construct an opaque cache key."""
    if six.PY2:
        key = key.encode('utf-8')
    return uuid.uuid5(CACHE_NAMESPACE, key).hex

def log_and_ignore_unexpected_workflow_error(func):
    def log_and_ignore(self, *args, **kwargs):
        try:
            func(self, *args, **kwargs)
        except gnocchi_exc.ClientException as e:
            LOG.error(six.text_type(e))
        except Exception as e:
            LOG.error(six.text_type(e), exc_info=True)
    return log_and_ignore

class ResourcesDefinitionException(Exception):
    def __init__(self, message, definition_cfg):
        msg = '%s %s: %s' % (self.__class__.__name__, definition_cfg, message)
        super(ResourcesDefinitionException, self).__init__(msg)

class ResourcesDefinition(object):

    MANDATORY_FIELDS = {'resource_type': six.string_types,
                        'metrics': list}

    def __init__(self, definition_cfg, default_archive_policy, plugin_manager):
        self._default_archive_policy = default_archive_policy
        self.cfg = definition_cfg

        for field, field_type in self.MANDATORY_FIELDS.items():
            if field not in self.cfg:
                raise declarative.DefinitionException(
                    _LE("Required field %s not specified") % field, self.cfg)
            if not isinstance(self.cfg[field], field_type):
                raise declarative.DefinitionException(
                    _LE("Required field %(field)s should be a %(type)s") %
                    {'field': field, 'type': field_type}, self.cfg)

        self._attributes = {}
        for name, attr_cfg in self.cfg.get('attributes', {}).items():
            self._attributes[name] = declarative.Definition(name, attr_cfg,
                                                            plugin_manager)

        self.metrics = {}
        for t in self.cfg['metrics']:
            archive_policy = self.cfg.get('archive_policy',
                                          self._default_archive_policy)
            if archive_policy is None:
                self.metrics[t] = {}
            else:
                self.metrics[t] = dict(archive_policy_name=archive_policy)

    def match(self, metric_name):
        for t in self.cfg['metrics']:
            if utils.match(metric_name, t):
                return True
        return False

    def attributes(self, sample):
        attrs = {}
        for name, definition in self._attributes.items():
            value = definition.parse(sample)
            if value is not None:
                attrs[name] = value
        return attrs

def get_gnocchiclient(conf):
    requests_session = requests.session()
    for scheme in requests_session.adapters.keys():
        requests_session.mount(scheme, ka_session.TCPKeepAliveAdapter(
            pool_block=True))

    session = keystone_client.get_session(requests_session=requests_session)
    return client.Client('1', session,
                         interface=conf.service_credentials.interface,
                         region_name=conf.service_credentials.region_name,
                         endpoint_override=conf.dispatcher_gnocchi.url)

class LockedDefaultDict(defaultdict):
    """defaultdict with lock to handle threading

    Dictionary only deletes if nothing is accessing dict and nothing is holding
    lock to be deleted. If both cases are not true, it will skip delete.
    """
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.lock = threading.Lock()
        super(LockedDefaultDict, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    def __getitem__(self, key):
        with self.lock:
            return super(LockedDefaultDict, self).__getitem__(key)

    def pop(self, key, *args):
        with self.lock:
            key_lock = super(LockedDefaultDict, self).__getitem__(key)
            if key_lock.acquire(False):
                try:
                    super(LockedDefaultDict, self).pop(key, *args)
                finally:
                    key_lock.release()

class GnocchiDispatcher(dispatcher.MeterDispatcherBase):
    """Dispatcher class for recording metering data into database.

    The dispatcher class records each meter into the gnocchi service
    configured in ceilometer configuration file. An example configuration may
    look like the following:

    [dispatcher_gnocchi]
    url = http://localhost:8041
    archive_policy = low

    To enable this dispatcher, the following section needs to be present in
    ceilometer.conf file

    [DEFAULT]
    meter_dispatchers = gnocchi
    """
    def __init__(self, conf):
        super(GnocchiDispatcher, self).__init__(conf)
        self.conf = conf
        self.filter_service_activity = (
            conf.dispatcher_gnocchi.filter_service_activity)
        self._ks_client = keystone_client.get_client()
        self.resources_definition = self._load_resources_definitions(conf)

        self.cache = None
        try:
            import oslo_cache
            oslo_cache.configure(self.conf)
            # NOTE(cdent): The default cache backend is a real but
            # noop backend. We don't want to use that here because
            # we want to avoid the cache pathways entirely if the
            # cache has not been configured explicitly.
            if 'null' not in self.conf.cache.backend:
                cache_region = oslo_cache.create_region()
                self.cache = oslo_cache.configure_cache_region(
                    self.conf, cache_region)
                self.cache.key_mangler = cache_key_mangler
        except ImportError:
            pass
        except oslo_cache.exception.ConfigurationError as exc:
            LOG.warning(_LW('unable to configure oslo_cache: %s') % exc)

        self._gnocchi_project_id = None
        self._gnocchi_project_id_lock = threading.Lock()
        self._gnocchi_resource_lock = LockedDefaultDict(threading.Lock)

        self._gnocchi = get_gnocchiclient(conf)
        # Convert retry_interval secs to msecs for retry decorator
        retries = conf.storage.max_retries

        @retrying.retry(wait_fixed=conf.storage.retry_interval * 1000,
                        stop_max_attempt_number=(retries if retries >= 0
                                                 else None))
        def _get_connection():
            self._gnocchi.capabilities.list()

        try:
            _get_connection()
        except Exception:
            LOG.error(_LE('Failed to connect to Gnocchi.'))
            raise

    @classmethod
    def _load_resources_definitions(cls, conf):
        plugin_manager = extension.ExtensionManager(
            namespace='ceilometer.event.trait_plugin')
        data = declarative.load_definitions(
            {}, conf.dispatcher_gnocchi.resources_definition_file)
        resource_defs = []
        for resource in data.get('resources', []):
            try:
                resource_defs.append(ResourcesDefinition(
                    resource,
                    conf.dispatcher_gnocchi.archive_policy, plugin_manager))
            except Exception as exc:
                LOG.error(_LE("Failed to load resource due to error %s") %
                          exc)
        return resource_defs

    @property
    def gnocchi_project_id(self):
        if self._gnocchi_project_id is not None:
            return self._gnocchi_project_id
        with self._gnocchi_project_id_lock:
            if self._gnocchi_project_id is None:
                try:
                    project = self._ks_client.projects.find(
                        name=self.conf.dispatcher_gnocchi.filter_project)
                except Exception:
                    LOG.exception('fail to retrieve user of Gnocchi service')
                    raise
                self._gnocchi_project_id = project.id
                LOG.debug("gnocchi project found: %s", self.gnocchi_project_id)
            return self._gnocchi_project_id

    def _is_swift_account_sample(self, sample):
        return bool([rd for rd in self.resources_definition
                     if rd.cfg['resource_type'] == 'swift_account'
                     and rd.match(sample['counter_name'])])

    def _is_gnocchi_activity(self, sample):
        return (self.filter_service_activity and (
            # avoid anything from the user used by gnocchi
            sample['project_id'] == self.gnocchi_project_id or
            # avoid anything in the swift account used by gnocchi
            (sample['resource_id'] == self.gnocchi_project_id and
             self._is_swift_account_sample(sample))
        ))

    def _get_resource_definition(self, metric_name):
        for rd in self.resources_definition:
            if rd.match(metric_name):
                return rd

    def record_metering_data(self, data):
        # We may have receive only one counter on the wire
        if not isinstance(data, list):
            data = [data]
        # NOTE(sileht): skip sample generated by gnocchi itself
        data = [s for s in data if not self._is_gnocchi_activity(s)]

        # FIXME(sileht): This method bulk the processing of samples
        # grouped by resource_id and metric_name but this is not
        # efficient yet because the data received here doesn't often
        # contains a lot of different kind of samples
        # So perhaps the next step will be to pool the received data from
        # message bus.
        data.sort(key=lambda s: (s['resource_id'], s['counter_name']))

        resource_grouped_samples = itertools.groupby(
            data, key=operator.itemgetter('resource_id'))

        for resource_id, samples_of_resource in resource_grouped_samples:
            metric_grouped_samples = itertools.groupby(
                list(samples_of_resource),
                key=operator.itemgetter('counter_name'))

            self._process_resource(resource_id, metric_grouped_samples)

    @log_and_ignore_unexpected_workflow_error
    def _process_resource(self, resource_id, metric_grouped_samples):
        resource_extra = {}
        for metric_name, samples in metric_grouped_samples:
            samples = list(samples)
            rd = self._get_resource_definition(metric_name)
            if rd is None:
                LOG.warning("metric %s is not handled by gnocchi" %
                            metric_name)
                continue
            if rd.cfg.get("ignore"):
                continue

            resource_type = rd.cfg['resource_type']
            resource = {
                "id": resource_id,
                "user_id": samples[0]['user_id'],
                "project_id": samples[0]['project_id'],
                "metrics": rd.metrics,
            }
            measures = []

            for sample in samples:
                resource_extra.update(rd.attributes(sample))
                measures.append({'timestamp': sample['timestamp'],
                                 'value': sample['counter_volume']})

            resource.update(resource_extra)

            retry = True
            try:
                self._gnocchi.metric.add_measures(metric_name, measures,
                                                  resource_id)
            except gnocchi_exc.ResourceNotFound:
                self._if_not_cached("create", resource_type, resource,
                                    self._create_resource)

            except gnocchi_exc.MetricNotFound:
                metric = {'resource_id': resource['id'],
                          'name': metric_name}
                metric.update(rd.metrics[metric_name])
                try:
                    self._gnocchi.metric.create(metric)
                except gnocchi_exc.NamedMetricAlreadyExists:
                    # NOTE(sileht): metric created in the meantime
                    pass
            else:
                retry = False

            if retry:
                self._gnocchi.metric.add_measures(metric_name, measures,
                                                  resource_id)
                LOG.debug("Measure posted on metric %s of resource %s",
                          metric_name, resource_id)

        if resource_extra:
            self._if_not_cached("update", resource_type, resource,
                                self._update_resource, resource_extra)

    def _create_resource(self, resource_type, resource):
        try:
            self._gnocchi.resource.create(resource_type, resource)
            LOG.debug('Resource %s created', resource["id"])
        except gnocchi_exc.ResourceAlreadyExists:
            # NOTE(sileht): resource created in the meantime
            pass

    def _update_resource(self, resource_type, resource, resource_extra):
        self._gnocchi.resource.update(resource_type,
                                      resource["id"],
                                      resource_extra)
        LOG.debug('Resource %s updated', resource["id"])

    def _if_not_cached(self, operation, resource_type, resource, method,
                       *args, **kwargs):
        if self.cache:
            cache_key = resource['id']
            attribute_hash = self._check_resource_cache(cache_key, resource)
            if attribute_hash:
                with self._gnocchi_resource_lock[cache_key]:
                    # NOTE(luogangyi): there is a possibility that the
                    # resource was already built in cache by another
                    # ceilometer-collector when we get the lock here.
                    attribute_hash = self._check_resource_cache(cache_key,
                                                                resource)
                    if attribute_hash:
                        method(resource_type, resource, *args, **kwargs)
                        self.cache.set(cache_key, attribute_hash)
                    else:
                        LOG.debug('resource cache recheck hit for '
                                  '%s %s', operation, cache_key)
                self._gnocchi_resource_lock.pop(cache_key, None)
            else:
                LOG.debug('Resource cache hit for %s %s', operation, cache_key)
        else:
            method(resource_type, resource, *args, **kwargs)

    def _check_resource_cache(self, key, resource_data):
        cached_hash = self.cache.get(key)
        attribute_hash = hash(frozenset(filter(lambda x: x[0] != "metrics",
                                               resource_data.items())))
        if not cached_hash or cached_hash != attribute_hash:
            return attribute_hash
        else:
            return None

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Q: html-el:checkbox gets checked after a Struts validation error display I have a very simple issue. Below is my JSP code , where I display multiple check boxes in rows. By default all checkbox are checked, and if user wants to ignore certain row, he unchecks that row's checkbox.
My issue is, if a row's checkbox is unchecked and because of some other fields, if Struts throws a form validation error on screen, the unselected checkbox is displaying back as checked. Am I missing something? If no struts validtion, then everything looks correct.
<c:forEach var="map" items="${form.displayList}" varStatus="index">

      .....
      .....
      .....
</c:forEach>

A: When you submit data to Struts the following things happen:

*

*Struts has a front controller and all request are going through this controller. This is the ActionServlet class which then based on what was configured in struts-config.xml passes the request to the appropriate Action class.

*before that happens, an ActionForm instance is constructed or reused if it's a session saved form;

*reset() is called on the ActionForm. This is where you reset checkbox properties to false. This is needed because unchecked HTML checkboxes are not sent on the request when you submit, so Struts does no request data binding for them (if they were checked when you loaded the page they remain checked even if the user unchecked them on submit);

*the ActionForm is populated with the request data (any checked checkboxes are now checked, the ones who were not sent on the submit remain unchecked because of the previous reset);

*the ActionForm's validate() method is called if so specified in struts-config.xml;

*if validation fails, the control is returned to the input JSP if so specified in struts-config.xml (the submitted data is what the page will display because it's on the ActionForm);

*if instead validation is successful, the execute() method on the Action class is called;

*Action class does it's job and forwards to some JSP.

Is this how you are using Struts? My guess is you are doing some populating/resetting/validations in the Action class and when validation fails you reload the ActionForm with the default data.
Check your ActionForm for the reset() and validate() code and your Action class for execute() and see where the data is getting checked back.


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About Indie Pasion
Indie Pasion 2017
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Inhibidos
A group of young schoolmates, decide to spend, after five years without seeing and through a call on Facebook, a weekend in a rural house in the mountains.
On the trip everything is joy and enjoyment, it seems that there will be a few days of madness and fun, in which of course there will be alcohol, debauchery and, why not, some sexual romance if it tends.
After a fun trip, which will not be lacking jokes, laughter and videos from their phones, they arrive at the house, the place is great but some things do not meet expectations, such as the pool, totally unusable.
Nobody receives them, a note at the door will be the only contact with the "owner" of the home.
After locating in the rooms, begin to prepare for the night, which promises, it will be time to catch up and get carried away by alcohol.
However, there is one detail that they will not know yet and that is that someone observes them.
About the Filmmaker
Irene Arzuaga In 2018 he directs the special episode "Cuéntame una historia de amor" for TVE, which commemorated the 17th anniversary of "Cuéntame cómo pasó" and which had as its highlight the farewell of actor Ricardo Gómez, star of the series. In 2017 she is the director and screenwriter of "Inhibidos", a juvenile thriller broadcast by TVE and starring Jaime Olías, Miguel Bernardeau, Josean Bengoetxea and Alberto Jiménez. In 2015 he joined the direction of the documentary program "Ochéntame otra vez" for TVE, a series in which he currently works. The sixth season will be broadcast in March 2019. During 2013 and 2014 he directed and made for TVE, the third and fourth seasons of the program "Un país para comérselo" with Ana Duato, a total of 24 chapters. Since 2003 and up to the present, she is an advertising director for the production company Albiñana Films, directing campaigns for Spain and Portugal. He has made about 300 spots. In Madrid, she worked for five years (1996-2001) for Mac Guffin, advertising events agency as creative director and directing director. Today he collaborates with this agency as a freelance. In 1995, with a grant from the Ministry of Culture, Luis Soto writes and directs, short film starring Alex Angulo. Participate in the Fantastic Film Festival of San Sebastian and get second place. Later it was exhibited in numerous festivals, including Berlin. Before settling in Spain in 1993, he works for Colombian television directing and presenting different programs: informative, children's, magazines. Irene Arzuaga holds a degree in Information Sciences from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá.
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Institutional assistance to Basin Agencies on water taxes
(The News N° 16 - December 2008)
At the beginning of 2008, the French Development Agency financed an institutional and legal assistance to improve the water abstraction tax, which has been adopted since the creation of the Algerian River Basin Agencies (ABH) in 1996, as an economic incentive tool for better water resources management.
This assistance was provided by Pierre Henry de Villeneuve of the International Office for Water and André Wulf, from the Seine- Normandy Water Agency.
It allowed two executives of the Algiers- Hodman-Soummam ABH to come for studying the practical aspects of water tax management at the Seine-Normandy Water Agency.
This in-depth thinking about the evolution of the water tax in Algeria led to the proposal of practical texts, which were drawn up with the main Algerian interested parties. It is especially necessary to combine water management planning and water tax. The latter, now only applied to the industrial water abstractions, which remain a minority (less than 2% of abstracted volumes), must become an incentive tool for water saving applied to all the main uses of the resource. After consolidation of this prime objective by the National Water Plan in particular, the tax could be more efficiently used to stimulate water resources conservation in Algeria.
Analysis of the training needs for staffs of the water and sanitation sector
Algeria continues to face major challenges as regards water resource mobilization and pollution control to meet an increasing demand generated by demographic growth and the economic and social development of the country.
Also, together with an ambitious investment program, the Ministry of Water Resources (MRE) has been implementing a modernization process for five years through an institutional and organizational renewal of its services.
In this context, continuing training is a genuine tool for supporting the development strategy of the sector. It covers all issues: design and planning, project management, contracting authorities and prime contractors, engineering studies, new work and repairs, preventive maintenance and operation of facilities, water resource mobilization, urban hydraulics (water supply and sanitation), irrigation, etc.
The 2004-2006 training plan, with a three-year budget of 40 million dinars (nearly 5 million euros), allowed the organization of more than 186 training courses in 30 fields. 4,000 civil servants of various ranks benefited from this plan.
On their side, the public institutions (ANBT, ANRH, ABH, ADE, ONA and ONID) supervised by the Ministry made a huge effort for training their staffs and, in 2005, they mobilized a budget of more than 21 million dinars for the training of 1,600 agents.
The "Algérienne des Eaux" (ADE) alone used a budget of more than 16 million dinars for training 1,432 agents. In-house training is mainly carried out by ADE and ONA training centers, and by INPE, which trains the staff of the 48 Water Directorates of the Wilayas, and outside training is carried out by training centers, dependent either of the Ministry for Higher Education and Scientific Research or of the Ministry for Training and Professional Education. To improve the effectiveness of its training system, the MRE decided to carry out a study for defining strategic lines for the capacity building of the staffs to face unavoidable changes.
Benefiting from a financial support from the French Development Agency (AFD), this study on the "Analysis of the training needs and improvement of the staffs of the water resources and sanitation sector" was entrusted to the International Office for Water and has the following main objectives:
Assessing the training needs,
Analyzing the current offer of the national training system,
Drafting the terms of reference for a multiyear training plan.
Consolidation of river basin agencies 1999 - 2006
Within the framework of its new water policy, the Algerian Government created five River Basin Agencies in August 1996:
Oran – Chott – Chergui,
Algiers – Hodna – Soumman,
Constantinois – Mellégue – Seybousse,
Cheliff – Zahrez,
Sahara.
From 1999 to 2006, a programme of activities was implemented according to the requirements of the Ministry of Water Resources and ABHs within the French-Algerian cooperation programme.
A first programme for assistance to these young Algerian basin agencies, financed by the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs and by the Algerian Government, was carried out in France, in Sophia Antipolis, Limoges and Paris and at the head offices of the French Water Agencies concerned, from1999 to 2001.
This programme dealt with two types of action:
•	training seminars, organised by IOWater with the collaboration of the French Water Agencies, dealt with:
data bases / GIS
water quality control and monitoring
management/strategy for an agency's action/project evaluation
•	an "immersion" in the French Water Agencies on the following topics:
action programmes/planning
The training courses were implemented with a view to transferring know-how, exchanging viewpoints and adapting it to the Algerian institutional context.
In 2002, a specific training programme aimed at enabling the preparation of a work plan model for implementing the Algerian Basin Schemes and the formalisation of preliminary proposals for the main orientations and for some parts of the strategy.
Each ABH, which has qualified staff to implement its Basin Scheme, was to adapt this work plan to define the orientations and, above all, the strategy according to the inventory of the situation in its own basin.
Their inventory must be completed regarding drinking water, the management of flood hazards and the management of aquatic environments and wetlands.
From 2003, the ABH managers requested reinforced on-site assistance to the ABHs for the preparation of these schemes.
In addition to the training activities of the previous programmes, two 1-week assignments in Algeria of a French specialist in water-related cartography allowed to assist the ABH with the drawing up of these maps, essential tool for the Basin Schemes.
Technical assistance on water information systems was provided by IOWater: structuring analysis of water data, proposal for data bank modelling and operation
Activities conducted in 2004 dealt with the role and functioning of the Algerian Basin Committees. These bodies are important for dialogue between all the water stakeholders (State, local elected representatives, users), but they are currently under-used and must be reactivated so that they fully play their role of evaluating, discussing and approving the schemes.
Related communication aspects and techniques were developed.
A French expert's mission took place according to the meetings of these bodies, in agreement with the ABH management, to help with the preparation of the presentation of the Basin Schemes and, in a broader sense, with the preparation of the meetings of these Basin Committees.
In addition, two members of French Basin Committees participated in the meetings of the Algerian Basin Committees for directly exchanging their experience.
Finally, on the occasion of "Pollutec" 2003, a seminar addressing the managers of the Algerian ABHs was organised as a phase of training on communication, through meetings and interviews with French specialised journalists and with people in charge of communication in the Seine-Normandy Water Agency and IOWater.
In 2005 and 2006, the scope of activities resulted from the Algerian Financial Law of July 2005 which entrusted the River Basin Agencies (ABHs) with the levy of taxes for the direct use of water resources from the "Public Water Domain". It aims at inciting the water users to better manage the water abstracted from the natural environments, by making them pay a use cost by way of this tax on abstractions.
IOWater, in collaboration with the Seine-Normandy Water Agency, provided technical assistance as the development of this new financially incentive tool requires an adaptation of the organisation and a quick capacity building of the ABHs.
The support missions carried out in 2006 focused on:
* the definition of a strategy and precise timetable for starting the system;
* assistance with the development of an Access application software for the issue and follow-up of the "tax invoices";
* the development of communication with the users;
* the control and follow-up of meters;
* the evolution of the system to make it an economic tool for better quantitative water management.
This action is essential for the River Basin Agencies, because part of the levied tax, excluding the cost of its recovery, could be used to finance actions, such as planning, the development of integrated water resources management, users' awareness on water saving, but also the financing of measures to promote recycling, the fight against wastage, etc.
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