Safran has once again spotlighted creativity with the latest edition of the Safran Innovation Awards, taking place at the Safran Aerospace Museum in Villaroche, near Paris, with CEO Philippe Petitcolin in attendance. One of the highlights of the year for Safran, this competition attracts more and more participants each year, and recognizes the most promising initiatives from Safran's employees, partners and suppliers.
Safran has developed top-tier technologies for more than 100 years to address changing market requirements and meet tomorrow's challenges. It invents key technology solutions and undertakes extensive research & technology efforts, investing 1.7 billion euros in R&D in 2016. This is the background to the Safran Innovation Awards, a yearly contest that spotlights new ideas and awards those with the greatest potential.
There is a new category in this year's awards, the Supplier Innovation Award, which joins the existing categories: Operational Excellence and Competitiveness, Customer Satisfaction, Product-Technology-Patent, Field Innovation and the Safran Grand Prize.
Safran Executive Committee members awarded the 2017 Grand Prize to a team from Safran Nacelles for their virtual reality project, winner of the Operational Excellence and Competitiveness Innovation award. The project team modeled A330neo assembly lines using a 3D immersion technique, which allows operators to perceive their environment using a virtual reality headset. Integrating virtual reality in the production engineering process produced decisive results: the A330neo nacelle development cycle was reduced from 60 to 42 months, in particular due to better anticipation of any problems that could arise during production startup, coupled with better handling of the ergonomic aspects and congestion on the assembly line.
The Field Innovation award, voted on by Safran employees during the two weeks leading up to this event, went to a mixed team from Safran Aircraft Engines and Safran SA, for their project concerning a stay attached to single-crystal turbine blades during casting. The team had noticed that the scrap rate was too high on blades during cooling of the metal in their molds; they therefore designed a metal rod, or stay, linking the two ends of the part to take up stress instead of the blade itself, and therefore reduce blade distortion and defects, as well as more evenly distributing material during the casting process. This innovation reduced development time from nine to six months, and also significantly decreased the scrap rate, resulting in higher quality parts and lower production costs and cycles. It will be implemented on the next-generation engines from Safran.
According to Safran Chief Executive Officer Philippe Petitcolin, "Innovation has always been part of our history and our DNA. It is essential for us to encourage new ideas that will help consolidate Safran's position as a technology and performance leader. In addition, these collaborative innovation projects underpin the development of new production techniques, which allow us to create new applications and improve existing technologies so we can address, and even anticipate, our customers' expectations."
Safran is the third leading company in France in terms of patents filed (according to the National Institute for Intellectual Property, INPI). More than one in five Safran employees (21%) are involved in R&D.


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Problem Solvers Wanted: James Dyson Award Open for Entries
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Attention inventors, problem solvers—or both. The annual James Dyson Award is open for entries, with the winner gaining international exposure and $40,000 prize money to develop his or her idea.
The mission is simple for students and recent graduates of engineering and design: Design something that solves a problem, big or small.
This year the James Dyson Award is officially open for entries and launches for the first time in Mexico, UAE, Sweden and the Philippines, meaning the award is now open to 27 nations. During the past 14 years, the award has gained increasing international recognition, attracting outstanding ideas from around the world.
"Young engineers and designers have perspective and unbridled intelligence that makes them incredibly adept at problem solving," says James Dyson, founder of Dyson Ltd. "Their ideas can easily be dismissed, but if nurtured and celebrated they are transformative.
"Developing a product or technology is a long and daunting process; the James Dyson Award celebrates the inventive young people embarking on that process. The award champions our next generation of inventors and will propel them towards future success."
The competition recognizes ingenious designers and engineers who challenge the status quo and do more with less. The best inventions are often the simplest but provide an intelligent solution to a real-world problem. Past winners have sought to address overfishing, sustainability in the clothing industry and food waste.
Last year's international award—covered in the January 2018 Inventors Digest—went to the sKan, a low-cost, early detection melanoma skin cancer device engineered to prevent misdiagnosis.
Entries close on July 20. National winners and finalists will be announced September 5.
The James Dyson Award is open to current university students of engineering, product design and industrial design, and those who have graduated in these subjects in the past four years. Official documentation is required. All entrants must have undertaken their studies in one of the following countries: the United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
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Q: laravel - Call to a member function map() on array I'm trying to make an array on my contact list, basing on my message table fromContact relation:
    $messages = Message::where('offer_id', $id)->get();
    $contacts = array();
    foreach($messages as $message){
      $contacts[] = $message->fromContact;
    }

next I'm trying to make a map on contact, using $unreadIds that are result of other query on messages table:
    $contacts = $contacts->map(function($contact) use ($unreadIds) {
        $contactUnread = $unreadIds->where('sender_id', $contact->id)->first();
        $contact->unread = $contactUnread ? $contactUnread->messages_count : 0;
        return $contact;
    });

and this is not working... I've got simply message with error:
Call to a member function map() on array
and I understand it, I should not use map() on array - so I tried many ways to convert it to object - all failed.
for example
converting contacts into object after array loop
 $contacts = (object)$contacts;

gives error: "message": "Call to undefined method stdClass::map()",
Maybe anyone knows how to fix that?

A: Use laravel helper collect on the array then use map.
$collection = collect($contacts);

$collection->map(function($contact) use ($unreadIds) {
    $contactUnread = $unreadIds->where('sender_id', $contact->id)->first();
    $contact->unread = $contactUnread ? $contactUnread->messages_count : 0;
    return $contact;
});

https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/collections

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Trachelospermum  star jasmine, Confederate jasmine, is a genus of evergreen woody vines in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1851. All species are native to southern and eastern Asia.

They have long stems climbing to 12 m or more high in trees. The leaves are opposite, simple broad lanceolate to ovate, 2–8 cm long and 0.5–4 cm broad. The flowers are salverform (like those of Phlox), simple, 2.5–7 cm broad, with five white, pale yellow or purple petals joined at the base to form a tube.

The generic name Trachelospermum comes from the Greek, literally meaning "neck seed", and referring to the seed shape.

Despite its common name, the species is   not a "true jasmine" and not of the genus Jasminum.

Species

 Trachelospermum asiaticum (Siebold & Zucc.) Nakai - China (incl Tibet + Taiwan), Japan (incl Ryukyu + Bonin Islands), Korea, Indochina, Assam, Borneo, W Malaysia
 Trachelospermum assamense Woodson - Assam, Bhutan
 Trachelospermum axillare Hook.f. - China, Himalayas (N + E India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet), Thailand, Myanmar
 Trachelospermum bodinieri  (H.Lév.) Woodson - Tibet, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
 Trachelospermum brevistylum Hand.-Mazz.  - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Tibet
 Trachelospermum dunnii (H.Lév.) H.Lév. - Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Zhejiang, Vietnam
 Trachelospermum inflatum (Blume) Pierre ex Pichon - Java, Sumatra
 Trachelospermum jasminoides (Lindl.) Lem.  Japan, Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tibet, Yunnan, Zhejiang
 Trachelospermum lucidum (D.Don) K.Schum. - Himalayas (N Pakistan, N + E India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand)
 Trachelospermum ninhii Lý - C Vietnam
 Trachelospermum vanoverberghii Merr. - Luzon in Philippines

Formerly included

 Trachelospermum anceps = Kibatalia macrophylla
 Trachelospermum auritum = Epigynum auritum
 Trachelospermum curtisii = Epigynum auritum
 Trachelospermum difforme = Thyrsanthella difformis
 Trachelospermum esquirolii = Melodinus fusiformis
 Trachelospermum laurifolium = Kibatalia laurifolia
 Trachelospermum navaillei = Aganosma schlechteriana
 Trachelospermum obtusifolium = Anodendron wrayi
 Trachelospermum philippinense = Micrechites serpyllifolius
 Trachelospermum slootenii = Chonemorpha verrucosa
 Trachelospermum stans = Mandevilla foliosa
 Trachelospermum verrucosa = Chonemorpha verrucosa

Uses
Some species - notably T. asiaticum and T. jasminoides - are cultivated for their foliage and strongly-scented flowers.

References

External links
Trachelospermum jasminoides

Apocynaceae genera
Apocyneae

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ISELIN Releases Acoustic Version Of New Single 'Lost'
October 24, 2018 by Kristin
RELEASES ACOUSTIC VERSION OF NEW SINGLE
'LOST'
Nordic pop siren Iselin has shared an acoustic version of her new single, 'Lost', a touching take on the original which was the follow up to her debut single, 'Bathtub'.
Forgoing the lush instrumentation of the original, the new, stripped back version accentuates the raw honesty of Iselin's vocals, and paints the track in an even more affecting light, highlighting its emotional power and poignant lyricism.
'Lost' is Iselin's second solo release, following her debut single, 'Bathtub'. Inspired by the same muse of honest lyricism that permeates her writing generally, the track was written about an emotionally tumultuous period of her life, and formed her own personal therapy. Throughout her writing, Iselin strives to create a universal and personal message that can be shared by her audience.
'Lost' and 'Bathtub' are the first releases from Iselin after she provided the vocals for Alan Walker's huge hits 'Faded' and 'Sing Me To Sleep'. Now returning with a wealth of new material, it's clear that Iselin is ready to secure her place as a powerful new musical force.
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Sheffield's lord mayor has reacted in typically unpredictable style after being challenged to a boxing match – by suggesting a mixed martial arts (MMA) showdown instead.
That's according to Magid Magid's would-be opponent Dave Ogle, who surprised the mayor by throwing down the gauntlet at last week's full council meeting.
The independent member of Ecclesfield Parish Council issued the challenge to highlight the campaign for a community boxing gym within his High Green ward.
Mr Magid has yet to respond publicly, but Mr Ogle said the mayor had been in touch to ask whether he would consider going toe-to-toe under MMA rules.
"He asked if I would consider an MMA match but I think amateur boxing rules would be more appropriate as I'm part of a team trying to set up a community boxing gym," said the 50-year-old Army veteran, who now runs his own security firm.
"He has youth on his side and he's a big, powerful lad but his background's mainly MMA and he hasn't got a chance in the boxing ring.
Mr Ogle has been trying for five years to establish a boxing gym in High Green, where St Vincents Amateur Boxing Club runs pop-up sessions every Thursday at Thorncliffe Sports Club.
He believes it would help instil a sense of discipline and drive in young people, reducing crime and antisocial behaviour in the area, which he says ranges from petty vandalism to muggings.
He knows personally the difference boxing can make to young people's lives, having been ordered to take up boxing following a minor indiscretion shortly after joining the Army as a young man.
"It really helped me because it gets your aggression out, helps you control that excess energy we all have as young people and lets you learn from your seniors how to act responsibly and respectfully," he said.
Mr Ogle believes the Miners' Welfare Club would be the perfect venue but claims he has been frustrated by a lack of support from the council.
The Star has contacted Mr Magid regarding the challenge but has yet to receive a response.


Vincent Viola at a 2013 news conference after he was formally introduced as the new owner of the Florida Panthers NHL team.
President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate the founder of the high-speed trading firm Virtu Financial, Vincent Viola, as secretary of the Army, the Trump transition team said on Monday.
"Whether it is his distinguished military service or highly impressive track record in the world of business, Vinnie has proved throughout his life that he knows how to be a leader and deliver major results in the face of any challenge," Trump was quoted as saying in a statement.
Viola, now estimated to be worth $1.8 billion, was born to Italian immigrants in Brooklyn and is "living proof of the American dream," said a statement from the Trump team.
"It is an honor to be nominated to serve our country as President-elect Trump's secretary of the Army," Viola said in the statement. "A primary focus of my leadership will be ensuring that America's soldiers have the ways and means to fight and win across the full spectrum of conflict."
After graduating from West Point in 1977, he trained as an airborne ranger infantry officer and served in the 101st Airborne Division.
Viola started his career in finance on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange, eventually becoming chairman for a three-year period in the early 2000s.
A graduate of New York Law School, Viola helped fund the creation of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point in 2003.
Viola at Trump Tower in New York.
Viola founded Virtu Financial in 2008, taking it public in 2015. Forbes ranks Viola No. 374 on its list of the 400 wealthiest people in the US.
Viola bought the Florida Panthers NHL team for about $250 million in 2013, The Associated Press reports.
Matt Turner contributed to this report.


The militants invaded a base holding more than 700 soldiers in Yobe state — where they abducted over 100 girls from a school earlier this year — in an hours-long onslaught Saturday night, a military source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
"Boko Haram terrorists attacked troops of the 81st Division Forward Brigade at Jilli village in Geidam district. The terrorists came in huge numbers around 7:30 pm (1830 GMT) and overran the base after a fierce battle that lasted until 9:10 pm," said the military source.
"The base had 734 troops. Currently the commander of the base and 63 soldiers have made it to Geidam (60 kilometres away) while the remaining 670 are being expected," he said, without elaborating on their possible fate.
The sophisticated attacks highlight the continued threat — and evolution — of Boko Haram, an Islamic State group ally, said Yan St-Pierre, counter-terrorism advisor and head of the Berlin-based Modern Security Consulting Group.
Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency has devastated the region since 2009, leaving at least 20,000 people dead, displacing more than two million others and triggering a humanitarian crisis.


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'Hidden debts': Mozambique will be "at peace with the world" – FinMin
1:43 CAT | 09 May 2019
Adriano Maleiane. File photo: Voa
Mozambique's Economy and Finance Minister Adriano Maleiane told parliament today that the outcome of the state's negotiations with the lenders of the country's 'hidden debts' would be that Mozambique was "at peace with the world."
"We are aware of everything that is happening and we are sure that the situation will improve. We will have an outcome that leaves us at peace with the world" and able to access international financial markets, "because Mozambique – including the private sector – deserves to have [access to] these funds".
Adriano Maleiane was answering MPs' questions on the second day of discussion of the General State Account for 2017, and follows on an April statement that an agreement in principle to restructure the MAM debt of US$535 million had been reached.
The government had already entered reached agreement with most of Ematum's US$727 million Eurobond holders in November 2018, and in February filed a lawsuit in London to nullify the remaining US$600 million or so of Proindicus debt to Credit Suisse, some of whose former bankers are currently awaiting a court decision on their extradition to the United States.
Ematum, Proindicus and MAM are the three companies at the centre of the corruption investigation launched by the US courts, followed by several arrests since the beginning of the year in Mozambique, including a son of former president Armando Guebuza and other individuals close to him.
Former finance minister Manuel Chang, who between 2013 and 2014 sanctioned debts without the knowledge of parliament and international partners, has been detained in South Africa since December 2018 awaiting a decision on extradition requests filed by both Mozambique and the US – the latter in the same lawsuit involving the former Credit Suisse officials.
"For all these debts, the principle is: first we must all defend the interests of the Mozambican state – and MPs already know that the Attorney General's Office is at the forefront of this process," Maleiane said.
"Defending the interests of the state and of Mozambicans" is the priority, he reiterated.
Minister Maleiane enumerated several procedures stemming from recent changes to the law aimed at ensuring that no such concealment of loans to public companies could happen again.
Treasury operations would be subject to the scrutiny of the General Inspection of Finances, which Maleiane classified as a "State auditor", by the Administrative Tribunal ("an external auditor"), and by the Assembly of the Republic.
In addition to these institutions, the Attorney General's Office was also required to involve itself in certain operations.
Source: Lusa
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School Geography Trip to Tenerife
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Tenerife is a veritable treasure trove for school geography groups. Closer to Africa than Europe, Tenerife's crowning glory is the magnificent Mt Teide, which is not only Spain's highest point, but also an active stratovolcano that hints at the geological complexity of the island as a whole. The national park in which it sits is also home to a diverse range of other landforms and has long been an important centre for international geological research.
A school geography trip to Tenerife will allow pupils to learn more about the human impact, both positive and negative, as well as understanding its effects on the landscape and environment. Visit the Piramides de Guimar, or one of the many banana plantations on the island, before visiting the Casas Bioclimaticas - a futuristic housing development boasting zero carbon emissions.
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Flight from UK to Tenerife South On arrival, transfer to accommodation Local exploration around hotel, followed by evening meal
Full-day excursion exploring the volcanic landscape of Mount Teide Evening meal at hotel
Visit a Banana plantation Visit to the complex labyrinth of volcanic tunnels at Cuevas del Viento Evening meal at hotel
If time allows, visit the Bioclimatic Housing Development. Transfer to airport for return flight to the UK
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"It's a fantastic location which lends itself to many Geographical themes. Other than tectonics we investigated the opportunities tourism created. Resource management of the island, water, for example is fascinating. And the kids get to drag their teachers down terrifying water slides! What more would you want from a field trip?"
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The imposing Mount Teide dominates the island of Tenerife. An active volcano, it is also the highest point in Spain, at 3,718m. It is also the third highest volcano on a volcanic island after Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa in Hawaii. The volcano and the national park that surrounds form an important area for international research into geology and geomorphology.
The pyramids of Güímar are 6 rectangular-based, pyramid-shaped terrace structures. There is fierce debate as to their origins, with some, including one of the founders of the park, Thor Heyerdahl, thinking that the pyramids represented a link between the ancient Egyptian and Mesoamerican civilisations. The other theory is that the pyramids are a relic of 19th Century cultivation of the...
This park was founded to demonstrate to both locals and tourists the incredible biodiversity of the Canaries, as well as provide them with the opportunity to discover the traditions and cuisine of the islands. Here your group will discover the impact that the ubiquitous banana plantations have had on Tenerife's economy. With a museum dedicated to the history of farming on the island, this...
Casas Bioclimaticas
This bioclimatic housing development is self-sufficient in terms of its power supply and emits zero carbon emissions. Each house is very different, as each was designed by a different architect, using different techniques to address the issue of sustainability.
Cueva del Viento
One of the largest lava tubes in the world, the Cuevas del Viento offers your group the opportunity to explore first-hand the way that the lava flow from a volcanic eruption is able to carve out the rock. Your students will see several lava formations, including chasms and terraces. There are three passage levels and over 17km of lava tubes, all formed by the lava flows from Pico Viejo, Mt. Teide&...
Aparthotel Laguna Park II
In lovely Costa Adeje, the Aparthotel Laguna Park II is just a stone's throw from Torviscas Beach.
The aparthotel has excellent facilities with both an outdoor pool and a games room. All apartments have a kitchenette and a balcony. There is also a restaurant, serving buffet-style meals and a poolside snack bar.
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Excellent destination for a geography trip. So good, in fact, that we are thinking of returning.
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For public sector professionals, Knowledge Hub is the place to go to collaborate online.
For some, 'collaboration' might seem a tad soft or lacking in focus and a more social than professional activity. This isn't so for the Knowledge Hub community, where collaboration is synonymous with increased productivity. Whether sourcing content for research, seeking a rapid answer to a local challenge that is likely to already have been solved elsewhere, or crowdsourcing input to service redesign, the result is increased productivity.
One recent example is the collaborative approach taken by Scottish local authorities who came together to collectively respond to the GDPR regulations that recently came into force. Their shared approach to this common challenge was facilitated by the Digital Office for Scottish Local Government whose Readiness Project helped to remove duplication and save more than £1 million. Knowledge Hub was used by 30 of the 32 Scottish local authorities participating in the Readiness Project to share challenges and find collective solutions to implementing GDPR. The Digital Office reported that this helped to sizably reduce any duplication of effort and ensure a consistent approach between the 30 councils in the Local Government Digital Partnership.
The need to stretch limited public service resources is adding momentum to the growth of the Knowledge Hub community. The reported successes, such as those described in Scotland provide a growing global audience with tangible evidence of the rapid and significant return on investment. The use of Knowledge Hub to harness collective approaches to common global challenges is fast emerging.
With the recent announcement of its appointment as a platform partner of 100 Resilient Cities – pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation, Knowledge Hub seeks to support the 100RC network of Chief Resilience Officers with the implementation of resilience strategies by making it easy to engage with stakeholders, partners and local communities in the various initiatives.
Salvador, in Brazil, has been the first of the 100 Resilient Cities to seize the opportunity. Salvador is a vibrant coastal city with strong shipping, industrial manufacturing and tourism sectors. Its population of 2.7 million has been swelled by an influx of domestic migration that has taxed public services including education, healthcare and transportation, while the ensuing overpopulation has increased unemployment, informal settlements and poverty. New initiatives have been enacted to increase foreign investment to increase job opportunities, while a government agency was created to provide job training and assist in connecting employers with residents searching for work.
Salvador experiences regular heavy rainfall that can lead to devastating urban landslides. During the last 10 years, the Municipal Civil Defence and other government agencies have assisted in over 19,000 landslide related occurrences, providing support to rebuild property and in many cases relocate citizens. Further engineering work is underway with federal support to stabilise landslide-prone neighbourhoods, but rapid population growth increases the possibility of future risks. Salvador will launch their Knowledge Hub network in early June and begin to engage their communities in tackling identified shocks and stresses covering crime & violence, disease outbreak, inadequate educational systems, landslide, population growth & overpopulation, poverty and rainfall flooding.
Fahy commented that Knowledge Hub is extremely proud of its association with 100 Resilient Cities and excited that Salvador has moved quickly to adopt the platform. He explained that the technology will be deployed in Brazilian to enable engagement in the native language. We talk about our desire to make a difference as a business and it feels as if we can now achieve this on a global level by increasing the productivity of 100 RC member cities through collaboration.
Knowledge Hub is free to public service and not-for-profit organisations and their employees who can access the platform at www.khub.net/sign-up.


a neighbor of mine, has a shed that is powered by a extension cord (about 50')taped along the top of a 3' metal fence. I told him that it was not legal, he asked me how to correct it and I told to run uf-b wire under ground next to the fence. He asked me if he could put plugs on the end of the uf-b. I told him I did not know ? does any one know if the current way is legal? ,and if not what is the easiest way to fix?
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Extension cords are not permitted as a substitute for permanent wiring. If he was powering some Xmas lights on the shed, it would be OK. If he's using it to power lights and/or receptacles that are permanently mounted in the shed, then it's not code compliant.
The fact that he has to ask that question shows that he's in way over his head. I suggest calling an electrician.
Everything that follows should be considered as generic advice. All local codes and regulations should be adhered to.
You can not just put a plug on the end of the wire, but that is not the only thing that needs to be considered.
You need a disconnect inside the shed that kills power to the entire shed. For a simple 115V setup, a properly rated light switch should be OK, but it should be as close to the incoming power as possible. I'm not sure if you are allowed to use a GFCI receptacle and it's test button as the disconnect. That would be something to look into as it addresses the "plug on the end of the wire" issue.
You need to be concerned with the depth that you bury the wire depending on whether it's inside conduit or not.
Any receptacles need to be GFCI protected. You can make it even safer by protecting the entire shed with a GFCI breaker or feeding the shed from the load side of a GFCI receptacle. I feed my shed from a GFCI receptacle mounted on the underside of my raised deck. I know it works because I had a light fixture on the outside of my shed that took on water and popped the GFCI. The disconnect switch inside the shed allowed me to kill the power inside the shed and then reset the GFCI as a troubleshooting method. Since the GFCI held, I knew my underground wiring was good and that the problem was related to the wiring after it entered the shed.
There are lots of codes to follow to make this installation safe and legal. If your neighbor isn't sure about how to go about, then he should contact an expert, either an electrician or the municipality that enforces the code.
If he thought that an extension cord tape to a metal fence was OK, then he has a lot to learn. He should also unplugged the extension cord immediately before something goes terribly wrong.
I have never seen an electric powered shed. What will the think of next?
Extension cords are legal in all 50 states for the use for which they are intended. And that use doesn't include running permanent power to a shed.
As I often say after a quick fix "it's only temporary...unless it works."
The salesperson was befudled by the question so I pointed out that not only are extension cords not designed for permanent use but when the driveway moves the insulation could be damaged walking down the driveway could result in electrocution. The fellow had 2 kids and persumably his wife in tow.
Chicago has registration, E.C.O.I.D. card, and stiff penalties for use in a crime. Unless you're a high ranking democrat, and then you can carry concealed high capacity 12 gage extension cord with multiple outlets, and long length. You can also carry concealed short 12 gage cords with no internal safeties or GFCI.
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The UV rays in sunlight dry and crack plastics. Electrical tape dries rapidly, in sunlight. The situation is just asking for exposed, charged wire poking through the insullation.
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In addition to the above, just because it's a metal fence doesn't necessarily mean it's well grounded. In addition to exactly how it's planted in the ground, who knows how the fence is assembled? For example the piece of metal the cord is sitting on may not be well connected to the part of the fence in the ground, they could use some plastic component to make the connection, etc.
On a more basic level it's clearly not code compliant.
Go ahead, tape your extension cord along your metal fence.
The plaintiff's attorney is going to love you...and his new yacht!
And 'being grounded" does not mean a better ground won't be found if you touch it.


Black bears have lost over 60% of their historical range of travel. Denning sites are rock crevices, hollow trees and dense vegetation.
They are found only in North America in large forests with many kinds of fruit and nuts.
Preferred foods are berries, nuts, acorns succulent greens and insect larvae. Meat and less succulent greens are eaten when preferred foods are scarce.
Typically shy and easily frightened. black bears usually retreat before people are aware of them. They are good tree climbers and swimmers. They are very intelligent and curious and they rarely attack people.
Can live over 25 years in the wild (average is 18 years). Usually has 2 or 3 cubs during the mothers' sleep every other year.
Mating season runs usually from late May to early July with cubs being born in January or early February.
Cubs usually stay with their mother for 17 months and then one to six days before the mothers are ready to mate they force their yearling to stop traveling with them.
Hearing exceeds human frequency and probably twice the sensitivity. Sounds – they are usually silent. A variety of grunts in amiable situations. Loud blowing noises or clack teeth when frightened.
Most bears become active just before sunrise, take a nap or two during the day and bed down an hour or two after sunset.
Black bears are considered efficient hibernators. They go without food, water or passing waste for up to 7 months when hibernating in the northern regions of North America.
The length and depth of hibernation is genetically programmed to match the regional norms of food availability.
Bears in the Southern region where food is available year round often do not hibernate at all and those that do are roused easily.
Flooding. Wolves, dogs, active bears and humans. With a lucrative oriental market for bear gall bladders and paws poaching is a major threat.
Conversion of their habitat to human housing.
Have a great capacity to live in close proximity to people.
Led by a keen sense of smell, they will travel toward food sources in unsecured garbage, bird feeders, farm crops, beehives and outside pet food.
Keep food in trunk of vehicles or hang from from a cable hanging 5' down, 10' from tree trunk & 12' from ground.
Most bears are timid to be scared away by yelling, waving and banging pans. Spraying with pepper spray works too.
A sign of curiosity, not anger, standing helps bears see and smell.
Each year there are thousands of encounters between black bears and people, often unknown to the people because the bears slip away so quietly.
Keeping a clean camp helps to insulate bears and helps prevent needless bear relocation or killed as nuisances.
Properly store and secure all odorous food/non-food items.
Use electrical fencing around hives and orchards and attach spill pans to bird feeders and hang out of reach (10 feet up).
Don't surprise a bear – if walking in the woods, warn a bear you are coming by periodically clapping your hands or use bells.
Haida, Tswwassen, Chehalis & Matsqui were admitted to Critter Care on May 2, 2016. They were found in Ladner near a waters edge. No sign of their mother.


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Burkas should be banned in the UK
Burkas should be banned in certain contexts
Burkas should not be banned in the UK
New(er) cultures should adapt to existing customs
Safety concerns should be prioritised
Islam does not require a burka
Wearing the burka normalises the oppression of women
The government is secular
Ski masks and helmets are also banned in some locations
Personal liberty should be prioritised
A burka ban is excessive relative to its object
Banning the burka would prevent cultural dialogue
We should not create an anti-Muslim environment
Banning the burka would be discriminatory
Banning the burka would create a barrier to cultural integration
⟨ Should burkas be banned in the UK? Show more Show less
Boris Johnson MP recently divided opinion - drawing condemnation from the Prime Minister and provoking a disciplinary investigation by his Conservative Party - for controversial remarks about Muslim women who wear burkas/burqas. Though he did not advocate a ban, his comments have reignited the debate following bans on the full-face-and-body coverings becoming law in countries including France, Belgium, and Denmark. Should similar prohibitions should be introduced in the UK? This question operates on the basis that women are making a free choice when wearing burkas, and are not forced to be doing so - something which all parties would reject.
Burkas should not be banned in the UK Show more Show less
A ban would infringe civil liberties, inflame tensions and would be impractical to enforce.
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Burka bans are a hinderance to integration.
Belgium introduced a burka ban in an attempt to boost integration. The government believed that by banning burkas, it would reduce the isolation of the Muslim community, in particular, the isolation of Muslim females.[1]
In reality, burka bans restrict integration. Instead of going out without their burka, Muslim women opt to stay at home, further increasing their isolation. In France, the burka ban implemented in public schools led to feelings of alienation from Muslim students, prompting some to withdraw from school altogether. Part of the issue is that forcing integration by banning an element of Islamic culture (like the burka) fosters a narrative that in the eyes of the law, it is "better" to be more closely aligned with the stereotype of what a French, Belgian, or British citizen should be. Those who do not closely align with this stereotype or vision, be it because they wear clothes associated with another country, have an appearance that isn't White European or speak with an accent that is not native to the country, are often alienated and relegated to "lesser" citizens.[1] Out of 35 Muslim women interviewed in France following the burka ban, 27 reported that they had socialised "significantly less than before the law and cut down their outdoors activities to the strictest minimum."[2] If the burka were to be banned in the UK, Muslim communities would likely integrate less with other communities, leading to increased division, reduced integration and ulitmately, a less multicultural society.
Burkas prevent relationships forming between Muslim women and non-muslims. In Western culture, the eyes and face hold significant importance. Eye contact is the foundation for trust and understanding. It is the basis upon which a mutual trust emerges. Burkas obscure the eyes and face, preventing eye contact and the formation of a basic connection of trust and respect between a non-muslim and a Muslim woman. A ban on burkas would, therefore, help foster integration and increase cooperation and respect between Muslims and non-muslims.
[P1] Banning the veil or burka would have a detrimental effect on integration. [P2] Therefore, the burka should not be banned.
[Rejecting P1] The burka restricts integration by preventing connections and mutual trust forming. Therefore, a ban would help, not hinder integration.
https://www.mic.com/articles/181953/belgiums-burqa-ban-is-in-the-spirit-of-integration-heres-why-it-could-backfire
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/after-the-ban-experience-full-face-veil-france-20140210.pdf
A burka ban would infringe Muslim women's rights to religious freedom and civil liberties.
The burka is worn by less than 1% of Muslim women. A blanket ban is not a proportional response in relation to the object.
Adopting a legislative approach to increasing gender equality through banning the burka will stymie constructive dialogue.
Burka bans have a direct correlation with anti-Muslim violence.
Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibits discriminatory laws on religious grounds.
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You can't go home again. The work in this exhibition, organized by the painter Richard Kalina, suggests that artists are going back to color, but that color itself can no longer be treated as a purely formal issue: real-world references and meanings keep leaking in. Two drawings by the Washington Color School veteran Gene Davis provide a reminder of the heroic 1960's, when the stripe seemed like the ideal vehicle for the investigation of "pure" color. But close on their heels comes a 1995 "painting" by Polly Apfelbaum in which strips of colored velvet are superimposed on a striped bed sheet. The viewer moves abruptly from the heights of abstraction to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where the walls of shops are lined with bolts of discontinued fabrics.
A large purple-black monochrome canvas by Phil Sims recalls Ad Reinhardt, but its Zen-transcendental associations are immediately deflated by Byron Kim's four nearby canvases, each one painted a different shade of pale green in imitation of Korean celadon ceramics. In canvases by Shirley Kaneda and Mr. Kalina, familiar patterns and images are juxtaposed to produce meaning by association: color here serves as a kind of glue, binding together the disparate elements of the work.


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Geek, Space, Tech
Is Solar Finally Ready Get Us Off the Grid – For Good?
May 26, 2015 June 22, 2016 Kate Voss
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In 1962, Everett Rodgers, a professor of communication studies, published a book with the scintillating title of Diffusion of Innovations. Borrowing jargon used to describe a nuclear fission reaction, Rogers claimed that once a product reached "critical mass," once enough people purchased it, then a "self-sustaining reaction" would propel the product to its maximum market share.
Keep that in mind…
Introducing The PowerWall
Tesla wants its Powerwall to save the grid and your bank account
On April 30, 2015, self-made billionaire and eclectic entrepreneur Elon Musk announced a new product by Tesla Motors. The product, he claimed, would slash the jugular of carbon dioxide emissions. It was a battery, a big one, a glossy bright white rechargeable lithium-ion battery called the PowerWall. Install one of these in your home, said Musk, and you can store your own energy!
It's the same marketing principle as a home ice cream maker: Electricity when you want it, how you want it.
The announcement took place in the Hawthorne Design Studio in southern California, where Elon Musk chortled his way through a PowerPoint keynote address. The World Wide Web was soon abuzz with facts, figures and old wives' tales masquerading as such.
Here are the pertinent details:
PowerWall comes in two types: a 7-kilowatt daily-cycle battery, and a 10-kilowatt backup battery. The former costs $3,000; the latter, $3,500. Batteries of the same type can be wired together. Warranty is 10 years.
Weight is approximately 220 pounds.
The battery can be recycled at the end of its useful product lifetime, which is about 20-30 years, or once it drops to 80 percent of original charge capacity.
A Turning Point For The World's Power
Tesla Energy is Elon Musk's battery system that can power homes, businesses, and the world
This is not the first time Elon Musk's companies have stirred up the hive. PayPal disrupted the banking industry; SpaceX sabotaged the good ol' boys club of lucrative U.S. Department of Defense contracts; Tesla Motors ramrodded the global automotive sector; SolarCity, co-founded by Lyndon Rive, grew into the largest residential solar system installer and utility in the United States.
In all of these ventures, Musk has demonstrated a commitment to cleaner power. The capstone of this commitment will be the so-called Tesla "gigafactory," a massive solar-powered lithium-ion battery manufacturing center in southern Nevada. Musk has projected that the incredible volume of batteries streaming from the plant will drive down in-house costs of battery packs by 30 percent – in the first year alone.
Oh, and one more salient fact: Tesla Motors, producer of the PowerWall battery and the hallowed Roadster and Model S electric cars, is a "cash vac." In 2014, it lost $294 million.
Add all these things together: What's a star-studded billionaire to do, one who loves solar power, who's headliner company is losing money hand over first, and who just happens to be building one of the world's largest lithium-ion battery manufacturing plants?
This just might be his biggest innovation yet.
A Revolution We Needed
Within a week of the release of PowerWall, Elon Musk happily announced, "We are sold out until sometime in 2016." Some 38,000 customers cracked open their piggy banks – about $800 million's worth – and RSVP'd. No money down, of course.
It's "crazy off the hook," said Musk.
Now, no one doubts that the PowerWall, thermal regulator and liquid cooling and integrated charge controller and all, is marvel of engineering and marketing. But neither Tesla nor Musk has the last say here. Mr. Rogers does.
In order for the Tesla PowerWall to become a "self-sustaining reaction," it must reach "critical mass." In other words, Tesla must sell, sell, sell and fight the hard push back from electricity and natural gas companies. Otherwise, it will fizzle out. Yet those customers, despite the initial interest, might be hard to find.
Think of it this way. PowerWall can be used three basic ways:
The 10-kilowatt battery functions as backup power during a grid blackout or load shedding. Unfortunately, it can only deliver two kilowatts of continuous use. You can't run a refrigerator and AC unit at the same time. You have to buy two or more batteries, and that becomes expensive when compared to a conventional gas generator.
The 7-kilowatt battery stores power during the day, sourced from your rooftop solar system, and releases it at night. Kick the grid to the curb!
If you don't have a solar system, you can store energy at night, when utility electric rates are low, and use the supplemental stored energy during the day, when rates are high.
If everyone adopted a PowerWall battery, if communities pooled resources and purchased a local PowerWall battery bank, then the national electric grid would be changed forever. No more inefficient "peaker plants." No more eye-watering rate hikes. The grid would become a traffic controller, borrowing stored energy from one empty home and mailing it to the next, where there's a Sweet 16 slumber party going on. With all electricity generated by the sun and stored in recyclable PowerWalls, it could sound the death knell for fossil fuels.
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The mountain landscape of Val Venosta's Monte Tramontana is mainly characterized by upland pastures. In Laces, there are two managed grazed alpine pastures at altitudes of more than 1700 m.
Guests can look forward to tasty dumplings of all kinds, a typical South Tyrolean afternoon snack with bacon, alp cheese and traditional Val Venosta rye bread or sweet dishes such as apple strudel and Kaiserschmarrn (sugared pancake with raisins). They are spoilt with regional dishes on the restaurant Malga di Tarres large sun terrace. Malga di Tarres awaits you with a typical South Tyrolean lounge and a terrace to enjoy and relax. On your way to the valley, embedded in a wild and romantic upland pasture, you will find Malga di Laces (1716m) where hungry bikers and hikers can taste different delicacies.


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Bright Eyes (band)
Bright Eyes (1929 film)
Bright Eyes may refer to:
Bright Eyes (musical), a 1910 Broadway musical with music by Karl Hoschna
Bright Eyes (band), an indie rock group featuring Conor Oberst
"Bright Eyes" (Art Garfunkel song), a 1978 song by Mike Batt, featured on the soundtrack of Watership Down
"Bright Eyes" (Blind Guardian song), a 1995 song by German metal band Blind Guardian
"Bright Eyes", a single and album by singer/songwriter Melissa Manchester
Bright Eyes (band), a Birmingham UK based Folk Rock band(previously 'Scotch Mist')from 1975 to 1982 featuring Trevor 'Foz' Foster on Drums
Bright Eyes (1929 film), a film directed by Géza von Bolváry
Bright Eyes (1934 film), a 1934 comedy musical film starring Shirley Temple
Susette LaFlesche Tibbles (1854–1903), nicknamed "Bright Eyes", Native American activist and lecturer
Taylor (Planet of the Apes), nicknamed "Bright Eyes" by Zira in the film Planet of the Apes
Bright Eyes, a character in the animated Pound Puppies
Bright Eyes, a pony in TV series My Little Pony Tales
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Bright Eyes is an American indie rock band founded by singer-songwriter and guitarist Conor Oberst. It consists of Oberst, multi-instrumentalist and producer Mike Mogis, trumpet and piano player Nate Walcott, and a rotating lineup of collaborators drawn primarily from Omaha's indie music scene.
Bright Eyes is signed to Saddle Creek Records, a Nebraska-based label founded by Conor Oberst's brother Justin Oberst and Bright Eyes member Mike Mogis, now distributed by Sony Corporation.
Early years (1995-1997)
A founding member of Commander Venus – which disbanded in 1997 – guitarist/vocalist Conor Oberst turned to focus on his new project, Bright Eyes. In 1998, he released 20 of the songs he had been stockpiling as the first official Bright Eyes album, A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997. The album saw Oberst beginning to experiment with drum machines, keyboards and other instruments. The sound of the album ranges from bleating vocals to acoustic guitar songs and techno-style synthesizer instrumentals. Critical reaction was negative, with AllMusic saying that many of "the songs disintegrate as his vocals are reduced to the unintelligible babbling of a child. Any balance the music maintained up to that point, however fragile, is lost and so, more than likely, is the listener."
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Bright Eyes is a 1929 British-Austrian romance film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Betty Balfour, Jack Trevor and Fritz Greiner. It is also known under the alternative title of Champagner. The film was a co-production between British International Pictures and Sascha-Film. Bolváry directed the film after travelling to Britain to make The Wrecker and stayed on to make another film, The Vagabond Queen, before returning to Germany.
Betty Balfour - Jenny
Jack Trevor - Jean
Fritz Greiner - Henri
Marcel Vibert - Miguel Gomez
Vivian Gibson - Lola
Otto Hartmann - Marcel
Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.
Bright Eyes at the Internet Movie Database
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Home Welcome to Harrow Governors
john batting FFA - Chair
An Old Harrovian and former Harrow parent, John Batting (The Park 1972²) is a pension scheme actuary and the Chief Executive Officer of Punter Southall Limited. He read Mathematics at Cambridge University prior to his actuarial training and professional studies with Sedgwick Employee Benefits in 1980, and set up BGJ & Co Limited in 1993, which merged with Punter Southall in 2002. John became CEO of Punter Southall in 2004, and is also the Chairman or a Director of other companies within the Punter Southall Group. He has been a Governor since 2006, was appointed Deputy Chairman in 2013 and Chairman in 2015.
crispin odey - deputy chair
An Old Harrovian and former Harrow parent, Crispin Odey (Druries 1972¹) is the founder of Odey Asset Management, which he established in 1991. Prior to founding Odey, Crispin managed the Baring European Growth Trust and Continental European Pension Funds at Barings Asset Management and Framlington Fund Managers. Crispin was appointed Deputy Chairman of Governors in September 2015 and is Chairman of the Investments Committee.
matthew fosh MSI
An Old Harrovian and former Harrow parent, Matthew Fosh (The Head Master's 1971²) has been the Group Chief Executive of Novae Group plc since joining in November 2002 and serves as a member of the Council of Lloyd's. Matthew was previously a fund manager before co-founding his own company, Seagray Fosh Futures Limited in 1989. He was also an England Under-19 rugby and cricket international. Matthew is Chairman of the Harrow Development Trust.
Professor Graham Furniss FBA OBE
Graham Furniss is former Pro-Director for Research and Enterprise at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He writes on African oral and written literatures, specialises in the Hausa language of West Africa and is Deputy Chair of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission as well as a past President of the African Studies Association of the UK. Graham chairs the British Academy's Africa Panel and is a Trustee of the Britain-Nigeria Educational Trust. He has written five books and regularly contributes chapters to others, alongside published articles. He is the Masters' Representative Governor.
susan whiddington AB
A former Harrow parent, Susan Whiddington is the founding Director of Mousetrap Theatre Projects, a theatre education charity dedicated to creating opportunities for disadvantaged young people to attend London theatre. She is also an Advisory Board Member for Facing History and Ourselves, an organisation that trains teachers to engage students of diverse backgrounds in the examination of racism and prejudice. From 1989 to 1997, Susan was the Development Officer of the Society of London Theatre. She is also a past Chair of Democrats Abroad UK and was a delegate at the 1992 and 1996 US Democratic Conventions. She was formerly a Governor at the Canberra School in the Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. Susan has responsibilities for Pastoral Care, Health & Safety and the Medical Centre. She is Chairman of the Grants Committee of John Lyon's Charity.
admiral sir george zambellas kcb dsc fraEs
George Zambellas retired from the Royal Navy in 2016. As First Sea Lord, he was responsible for shaping the UK's carrier, nuclear submarine and future frigate force. In his 36 year career, he served as a Navy pilot before commanding warships, the UK Amphibious Force, the UK Maritime Force, NATO 4* Maritime Command, and the UK Fleet. He has extensive operational experience and a wealth of knowledge in the ways of international defence and security. George now specialises in leadership and delivery of technical businesses that seek breakthrough performance, particularly in leading-edge technologies.
professor paul binski FBA FSA
An Old Harrovian, Paul Binski (The Park 1970³) is Professor of History of Medieval Art in Cambridge University and a Fellow of Gonville and Caius. A Fellow of the British Academy, he writes about art and architecture, including medieval art, from a number of perspectives. He is a keen musician, having acquired the habits of painting and musicianship while a boy at Harrow. Paul is Cambridge University's nominated Governor.
Charles Stonehill
An Old Harrovian, Charles Stonehill (Newlands 1971²) is resident in New York, where he is Founding Partner of Green & Blue Advisors, which assists companies investing in, developing and utilising renewable energy. He is also Vice Chairman of Julius Baer AG, a Zurich-headquartered private bank. He also serves as a Board member of Play Magnus, the Norwegian World Chess Champion Magus Carlsen's app, software and media company. For almost 40 years, Charles has commuted between the US and the UK in various senior positions in the investment banking industry.
Dr Isis Dove-Edwin MD MRCP
A current parent, Isis Dove-Edwin trained in medicine at McGill University in Montreal and completed her specialist training at St Mary's Hospital in London. She undertook her postgraduate research at St Mark's Hospital and was appointed as a Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist in 2005. She has taken a career break from clinical medicine and is now a Magistrate, and non-executive Director of a start-up services and technology company specialising in socio-economic inclusion in Sub Saharan Africa. Isis was appointed Governor in 2011, she is a member of the General Purposes Committee and has oversight for Health and Safety and the Medical Centre and is Chairman of the Compliance Oversight Committee. She is also a member of the John Lyon's Charity Grants Committee.
Giles Goodfellow QC LLM
An Old Harrovian and former Harrow parent, Giles Goodfellow (Moretons 1974²) studied law at Cambridge University and Virginia Law School and worked as an attorney in Washington DC before returning to the English Bar where he specialises in tax law, particularly its contentious aspects. He has a keen interest in professional training and recruitment, and is a member of the General Purposes and Strategic Affairs Committees.
mark stroyan llb
An Old Harrovian (The Grove 1982²) and current Harrow parent, Mark Stroyan is currently a Partner at Manchester Square Partners. The firm specialises in senior executive career advisory work and succession planning. Prior to Manchester Square Partners, Mark was UK and European Managing Partner and a Board Director of the global executive search firm Spencer Stuart. Mark graduated from St Andrews University and the College of Law and in his early career, he practiced law as a solicitor in the city. Mark is also Chairman of the Governors at Aysgarth Preparatory School.
Marina Brounger LLB
A current parent, Marina Brounger is a former criminal barrister. She is an adviser to Churchill Heritage. Marina was appointed Governor in 2014 and has oversight of Special Education Needs and Disabilities. She is also a member of the Bursaries and Selection Committees. She is the great-granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill.
Angus Goswell MRICS
Angus Goswell is a former Harrow parent, a chartered surveyor and proprietary partner of Knight Frank LLP, based in the City of London. Previously, he ran his own City real estate business and was an International Director of Jones Lang LaSalle. He is Chairman of the Estates Committee.
The Hon. Andrew Butler
Andrew Butler is an Old Harrovian (The Knoll 1981³) and a current Harrow parent. After completing a Classics degree at University College Oxford, he converted to law and is now a barrister practising at Tanfield Chambers in London, where he specialises in commercial and property law. He is on the board of the Harrow Association. A sports enthusiast, Andrew captained the School rugby and football teams during his school career and subsequently represented Oxford University at rugby. He is President of the Old Harrovian Association Football Club and a qualified rugby referee.
David EYTON CBE FREng FIoM3 FIOD
An Old Harrovian and former parent, David Eyton (Druries 1974³) studied engineering at Cambridge University and has worked for BP since graduating in 1982. He has held a number of Petroleum Engineering, Commercial and Business Management positions in locations around the world and is now the company's Head of Technology. David sits on the UK Energy Technologies Institute and OGCI Climate Investments Boards and is a fellow of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering, Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining and Institute of Directors.
david faber
David Faber is the Headmaster of Summer Fields, Oxford, traditionally a feeder prep school to Harrow. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read Modern Languages, he began a career in politics after university and was subsequently the Member of Parliament for Westbury from 1992 to 2001; he held a number of posts during his political career, including Shadow Foreign Minister. He left politics to pursue a career as a writer and historian, and his work includes a biography of the Rt Hon Leo Amery (West Acre 1887). He is a longstanding member of the MCC Committee and is currently Chairman of the club's Arts and Library Committee.
Richard winter CBE FCA
Richard Winter is an old Harrovian (Moretons 1976³) and is a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He is a member of the Council of Wycombe Abbey School, a Trustee of International Rescue Committee UK and the Humanitarian Leadership Academy. He has been a Trustee and the treasurer of Save the Children and Chair of Medical Emergency Relief International (Merlin).
Adam Hart LLB (HONS), FRSA
An Old Harrovian and past Harrow parent, Adam Hart (West Acre 1977¹) is a partner in London Bridge Capital Partners, an independent corporate finance firm that focuses on growth companies. Adam holds a law degree and qualified as a chartered accountant. He is Chairman of the Harrow Association, where he has been a board member since 2009. He has held senior positions in various City financial services firms, is past Chairman of the London Stock Exchange's AIM Advisory Group and is a director of a number of companies.
Claire Oulton MA PGCE
Claire Oulton was Headmistress of St Catherine's Bramley from 1994 to 2000 and Head of Benenden from 2000 to 2013, during which time she assisted with the setting up of an Academy. She stepped down after 20 years of headship and is now Head of Leadership Appointments for RSAcademics, assisting governors with the appointments of CEOS, Principals and Heads across the UK and internationally. She is also an in-house education advisor for a private investment firm and sits on the Board of an education technology company. She has sat on the governing body of nine schools across the independent and maintained sectors.
Dr david payne
Dr Payne is a Reader and Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Faculty of Engineering at Imperial College London, and the Director of the Advanced Photoelectron Spectroscopy Laboratory. He is also strongly engaged with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), having been a member of the Strategic Advisory Team for Research Infrastructure since 2013, and more recently appointed to the EPSRC Big Ideas Advisory Group in 2017. He is also the lead author of the EPSRC Equipment Roadmap for Photoelectron Spectroscopy.
Jim Glover BA (Hons)
An Old Harrovian and former parent, Jim Glover (Rendalls 1978³) is the Deputy Chairman of CSM Sport & Entertainment. Having set up his own business in the early 1990s, he has gone on to oversee significant growth in this fast moving and dynamic industry with CSM now established in over 20 International markets.
John h dunston ma acil frsa
John Dunston was Head of two independent schools: Sibford from 1990 to 1996, and Leighton Park from 1996 to 2010. He is a former Chairman of the Society of Heads, and has been Chairman of Governors of two GSA schools and a Governor of three other schools. John leads consultancies on school governance, leadership and management in the UK and around the world. He advises Governors on the appointment of Heads as Senior Advisor for RSAcademics and acts as mentor for new Heads in independent and maintained schools. John is an Old Lyonian, has been a Governor of John Lyon School since 2007 and the Deputy Chairman of Governors from 2017.
Harriet Mould MA RGN
A past and current parent, Harriet Mould is a former Nightingale nurse. She is a practising art psychotherapist, with a specialist interest in the therapeutic approach, particularly within palliative care. She has been a Governor of St Philip's Roman Catholic Prep School for the past 15 years.
Jonathan symonds FCA CBE
Jonathan Symonds is the Deputy Group Chairman and senior independent non-executive Director of HSBC Holdings plc. He is Chairman of Proteus Digital Health, a Non-Executive Director of Genomics England and Rubius Therapeutics, and a Trustee of the Jinja Educational Trust, which aims to improve the education, training and welfare of young people in Uganda. Jonathan was CFO of Novartis AG from 2009 to 2013. Prior to joining Novartis, he was a Partner and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (2007-2009), CFO of AstraZeneca plc (1997-2007) and a Partner of KPMG (1992-1997). Jonathan's governance experience includes serving as a non-executive Director and chair of the audit committees of Diageo plc and Qinetiq plc.
professor armand d'angour arcm ma PhD
Armand D'Angour is an Associate Professor in Classics at the University of Oxford and Fellow, Tutor in Classics and Senior Dean of Jesus College, Oxford. He was educated at Eton College, the Royal College of Music and Merton College, Oxford. Prior to returning to Oxford as a Tutor, he pursued careers as a cellist and as a businessman. He is author of articles and chapters on the language, literature, psychology and culture of ancient Greece, and his book The Greeks and the New was published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. He was awarded a British Academy Fellowship in 2013 to reconstruct ancient Greek music and won a Vice Chancellor's Prize for the project in 2017, as well as co-editing Music, Text, and Culture in Ancient Greece (OUP 2018). His latest book, Socrates in Love: The Making of a Philosopher, was published by Bloomsbury in March 2019.


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Why the Philadelphia Eagles should keep Andy Reid
By Earl Myers at 3:26 am on Monday December 5, 2011
Andy Reid has been around so long, many younger Philadelphia Eagles fans barely remember where he came from. Let me refresh your memory.
Reid arrived from Mike Holmgren's coaching tree. That is, he once was an assistant coach for the Green Bay Packers during Brett Favre's prime.
Prior to the Eagles, he had never coordinated a professional offense nor called plays. At that time, all Reid brought to the table was a host of good recommendations from well-respected football men.
Sure, he likely was a great interview but I believe what Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and his yes man, Joe Banner found most attractive was Reid's initial salary and his willingness to accept and respect their football acumen. Thirteen years later, it's clear they still are, and that's why Reid should return for his 14th season.
Lurie and Banner both live in a fantasy world. They believe they know the best way to run a NFL franchise. They think the Eagles are on the same level as the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers despite never winning the Super Bowl.
It matters little to them that Eagles fans have had enough of Reid's play calling, his frustrating day after loss throat-clearing sessions, and his penchant for insulting their collective intelligence.
I bet they can't even hear the "Fire Andy" chants cascading through Lincoln Financial Field.
There is no question removing the head coach is usually the best remedy when on field results and off field strife is this bad. But firing Reid isn't the solution because the front office doesn't see itself as part of the problem.
In fairness, Reid has been a good head coach. His 122 wins are more than any coach in the team's seventy-eight year history. He's been to a Super Bowl and might have won it if the New England Patriots hadn't generated a few home movies leading up to that game.
Still, Reid is deservedly receiving the most scorn. The Eagles sit at 4-8, firmly entrenched in last place. Their most important wide receiver (Desean Jackson) acts as if he doesn't want to play anymore, their coaching staff doesn't trust one another, and their defense displays poor chemistry, not to mention poor-tackling.
But Lurie seems oblivious. He claims he is following in the footsteps of Patriots owner Robert Kraft, but Kraft understands an owner's value to his football team. Also, Kraft doesn't see himself as a serious football man or deft talent evaluator. He knows it's in his best interest to open his checkbook and close his mouth.
Lurie has yet to figure that out. Publicly he says most of the right things, but privately, I think he enjoys impressing his Hollywood friends with his football knowledge. Once he hires a superstar coach however, Lurie will most likely become irrelevant.
Lurie may actually consider the merits of a new head coach, but even if by some stroke of good fortune he dismisses Reid, he won't be looking for the likes of Bill Cowher, Jon Gruden or Tony Dungy. He'll be searching for the next Andy Reid. Are you comfortable with that?
In my view, the Eagles have experienced so much success Lurie can easily fool himself into thinking this season is an aberration, a mere head cold and not the debilitating disease it is.
Does anyone honestly believe the front office is ready to take orders from a high-profile coach? Can you see Gruden or Cowher deferring to the likes of Joe Banner on any football related matters?
Brian Billick and Jim Fassel are available options and would most likely obey front office demands, but are you certain either one is a significant upgrade?
Believe me, I see Andy Reid's warts. He doesn't run the ball as much as he should and when games don't go according to script, he struggles mightily. He doesn't draft well and his ability to put together a cohesive coaching staff is now in serious doubt. Nevertheless, the Eagles' existing framework makes him the best fit for this team next season.
Unfortunately, Eagles fans need to realize Lurie is unwilling to truly become a silent partner and he doesn't posses the self-awareness necessary to hire the right head coach.
Until he changes his own perception, the only Gruden he will consider hiring is Jay.
Should the Eagles keep Andy Reid?
Earl Myers is a freelance writer from the Philadelphia area. He closely follows North America's four major sports leagues but just about any sporting event gets his attention. His goal is to provoke a little thought in his readers.
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Derogations of Article 49 GDPR
Guidelines 02/2018 on Derogations of Article 49 GDPR
SECTION 1 GENERAL
This document seeks to provide guidance as to the application of Article 49 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on derogations in the context of transfers of personal data to third countries.
The document builds on the previous work done by the Working Party of EU Data Protection Authorities established under Article 29 of the Data Protection Directive (the WP29) which is taken over by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) regarding central questions raised by the application of derogations in the context of transfers of personal data to third countries. This document will be reviewed and if necessary updated, based on the practical experience gained through the application of the GDPR.
When applying Article 49 one must bear in mind that according to Article 44 the data exporter transferring personal data to third countries or international organizations must also meet the conditions of the other provisions of the GDPR. Each processing activity must comply with the relevant data protection provisions, in particular with Articles 5 and 6. Hence, a two-steptest must be applied: first, a legal basis must apply to the data processing as such together with all relevant provisionsof the GDPR; and as a second step, the provisions of Chapter V must be complied with.
Article 49 (1) states that in the absence of an adequacy decision or of appropriate safeguards, a transfer or a set of transfers of personal data to a third country or an international organization shall take place only under certain conditions. At the same time, Article 44 requires all provisions in Chapter V to be applied in such a way as to ensure that the level of protection of natural persons guaranteed by the GDPR is not undermined. This also implies that recourse to the derogations of Article 49 should never lead to a situation where fundamental rights might be breached.
The WP29, as predecessor of the EDPB, has long advocated as best practice a layered approach to transfers of considering first whether the third country provides an adequate level of protection and ensuring that the exported data will be safeguarded in the third country. If the level of protection is not adequate in light of all the circumstances, the data exporter should consider providing adequate safeguards. Hence, data exporters should first endeavor possibilities to frame the transfer with one of the mechanisms included in Articles 45 and 46 GDPR, and only in their absence use the derogations provided in Article 49 (1).
Therefore, derogations under Article 49 are exemptions from the general principle that personal data may only be transferred to third countries if an adequate level of protection is provided for in the third country or if appropriate safeguards have been adduced and the data subjects enjoy enforceable and effective rights in order to continue to benefit from their fundamental rights and safeguards. Due to this fact and in accordance with the principles inherent in European law, the derogations must be interpreted restrictively so that the exception does not become the rule. This is also supported by the wording of the title of Article 49 which states that derogations are to be used for specific situations ("Derogations for specific situations").
When considering transferring personal data to third countries or international organizations, data exporters should therefore favour solutions that provide data subjects with a guarantee that they will continue to benefit from the fundamental rights and safeguards to which they are entitled as regards processing of their data once this data has been transferred. As derogations do not provide adequate protectionor appropriate safeguards for the personal data transferred and as transfers based on a derogation are not required to have any kind of prior authorisation from the supervisory authorities, transferring personal data to third countries on the basis of derogations leads to increased risks for the rights and freedoms of the data subjects concerned.
Data exporters should also be aware that, in the absence of an adequacy decision, Union or Member State law may, for important reasons of public interest, expressly limit transfers of specific categories of personal data to a third country or an international organization (Article 49 (5)).
Occasional and not repetitive transfers
The EDPB notes that the term "occasional" is used in recital 111 and the term "not repetitive" is used in the "compelling legitimate interests" derogation under Article 49 par. 1 §2. These terms indicate that such transfers may happen more than once, but not regularly, and would occur outside the regular course of actions, for example, under random, unknown circumstances and within arbitrary time intervals. For example, a data transfer that occurs regularly within a stable relationship between the data exporter and a certain data importer can basically be deemed as systematic and repeated and can therefore not be considered occasional or not-repetitive. Besides, a transfer will for example generally be considered to be non-occasional or repetitive when the data importer is granted direct access to a database (e.g. via an interface to an IT-application) on a general basis.
Recital 111 differentiates among the derogations by expressly stating that the "contract" and the "legal claims" derogations (Article 49 (1) subpar. 1 (b), (c) and (e)) shall be limited to "occasional" transfers, while such limitation is absent from the "explicit consent derogation", the "important reasons of public interest derogation", the "vital interests derogation" and the "register derogation" pursuant to Article 49 (1) subpar. 1 (a), (d), (f) and, respectively, (g).
Nonetheless, it has to be highlighted that even those derogations which are not expressly limited to "occasional" or "not repetitive" transfers have to be interpreted in a way which does not contradict the very nature of the derogations as being exceptions from the rule that personal data may not be transferred to a third country unless the country provides for an adequate level of data protection or, alternatively, appropriate safeguards are put in place.
Necessity test
One overarching condition for the use of several derogations is that the data transfer has to be "necessary" for a certain purpose. The necessity test should be applied to assess the possible use of the derogations of Articles 49 (1) (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f). This test requires an evaluation by the data exporter in the EU of whether a transfer of personal data canbe considered necessary for the specific purpose of the derogation to be used. For more information on the specific application of the necessity test in each of the concerned derogations, please refer to the relevant sections below.
Article 48 in relation to derogations
The GDPR introduces a new provision in Article 48 that needs to be taken into account when considering transfers of personal data. Article 48 and the corresponding recital 115 provide that decisions from third country authorities, courts or tribunals are not in themselves legitimate grounds for data transfers to third countries. Therefore, a transfer in response to a decision from third country authorities is in any case only lawful, if in line with the conditions set out in Chapter V.
In situations where there is an international agreement, such as a mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT), EU companies should generally refuse direct requests and refer the requesting third country authority to existing MLAT or agreement.
This understanding also closely follows Article 44, which sets an overarching principle applying to all provisions of Chapter V, in order to ensure that the level of protection of natural persons guaranteed by the GDPR is not undermined.
Territorial Scope of Article 3 GDPR


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Ballylanders (iriska: Baile an Londraigh) är en ort i republiken Irland.   Den ligger i grevskapet County Limerick och provinsen Munster, i den centrala delen av landet,  km sydväst om huvudstaden Dublin. Ballylanders ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Ballylanders är platt norrut, men söderut är den kuperad. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Lyracappul,  meter över havet,  km öster om Ballylanders. Runt Ballylanders är det glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Mitchelstown,  km söder om Ballylanders. Trakten runt Ballylanders består i huvudsak av gräsmarker.

Kustklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juni, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är december, med  °C.

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As I grow in my Shamanic Practice, with Teaching, Conference Workshops, and Group and Individual Healings, I reflect back, and give thanks to my Community and my Kindred.
One of my favorite ways to "give thanks" is by making offerings.
A really wise friend spoke about how Energy follows where money is spent (I'm paraphrasing of course). Really great offerings can be created from something in Nature, food & drink, arts & crafts, Poems, Songs, etc. However, for those of us whose creativity manifests in a different way, or serious time constraints, there are Donations as Offerings!
For my Kindred, I follow a Druid Path, and honor the Ancestors, the Nature Spirits/Spirits of Place, and the Shining Ones (deities).
I enjoy certain Non-Profit Organizations, such as the Ocean Conservancy, the Sierra Club, the Nature Conservancy, and others. I set up a monthly donation, and dedicate it to the Spirits.
I enjoy the "Silent Suppers" on different Holidays, and mostly honor Them with food and drink (because The remember the taste and the smell of it). However, I do enjoy giving offerings to "future Ancestors" such as So Others May Eat and Meals on Wheels. I try to focus on local Non-Profit groups, rather than all of the millions of people in need across the world, because I work for my Community (both in public service and shamanism) here in Maryland. And I would quickly become burned out trying to care and donate to all of those in need (in a perfect world, everyone would donate back to their communities, and it would take care of itself).
Many deities are interested in working with humans, increasing relationships, and having Their stories told (via myths, books, blogs, etc). The New Alexandrian Library is a massive undertaking by the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel to create a fully-functioning pagan library. What a wonderful way to honor the deities!
How do you give offerings? Are you crafty, or do you prefer donation offerings? By making certain monthly bills "spiritual" does it make it easier to pay them/make them a priority?


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"You're fired!" This catchphrase has made Donald Trump famous to Americans on The Apprentice. Famous and—paradoxically—popular.
Now, such a straightforwardness might not be ideal for a politician aiming at sounding respectful and thoughtful. But never mind about that, Donald Trump does not need those qualities. He comes from money, and TV; he is no career politician and obviously does not want to sound like one. Still, he has great communication skills, always strikes first and acknowledges that "to be politically correct takes too much time. […] We have to get things done in this country. And you never gonna get it done if we just stay politically correct." Trump talks trash, but he talks "true"—and it works. He is one entertaining showman, he has got what career politicians lack: in our society of entertainment, he knows the codes and fits in like a charm. (And, since he cannot rely on his own good looks, fair enough: he will turn the election into a First lady beauty contest!) Furthermore, the fact he often repeats his punch lines twice makes it easier to keep up with his speeches. And his key ideas are very basic and expressed in simple words: the man knows the media; he knows what the audience will remember, and what they need to hear.
Because Donald Trump knows how to stir people's heartstrings. In fact, he has a well-defined target: the forgotten voters, the outcasts of the American dream, in two words—the White trash. As a successful businessman, he can easily convince them he "will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created". All in all he is shrewd enough: many of his propositions are sheer common sense and easily explained... Illegal immigration does cause trouble and is, well, illegal; as for his suggestion Mexico pay for his wall—a rhetoric masterstroke! And going overboard actually is welcome. On the one hand, he sounds like a man of the people, on "their" side (after all, regular Americans are afraid of Islam): he swears with him "the silent majority is back, and we're gonna take the country back". On the other hand, such outrageousness is an effective reminder that he is no career politician, albeit an outsider: "The establishment, the media, the special interests, the lobbyists, the donors, they're all against me. I'm self-funding my campaign, I don't owe anybody anything. I only owe it to the American people to do a great job. They are really trying to stop me; everybody knows it, everybody sees it." In fact, this posture embodies the struggle of the individual against the collective, which is very American, and quite the opposite of fascism. Indeed, despite a whole wave of criticism calling Trump a fascist, he is not; he is a genuine populist.
Still, populism has one last yet important aspect: the emphasis on homeland. On the one hand, he just wants to relieve his fellow citizens: his sole concern will be to "make America great again" and to take care of "America first", dare one say... Because, despite his programme fitting McCain's 2008 presidential slogan, he strongly disagrees with him (as well as with the Republican establishment) on foreign policy. For one thing, he has been one of the few staunch opponents of the Iraq war as soon as 2004. Beyond the scope of the GOP, of all current candidates running for president, he is the only one (save, perhaps, for Sanders) who is not de facto a neoconservative, for a reason: he is a good old isolationist. Hence Vladimir Putin's endorsement and that of people who, in the Western world, are increasingly fed up with the New World Order, and yearning for the United States to take it easy on military interventions abroad. For example, he voices their concern that "ISIS: Saddam Hussein was never as bad as these people. […] These people make Saddam Hussein look like a choirboy." The thing is, the isolationism Trump stands for is a whole doctrine (reluctant to global free trade as well), which is deeply rooted—although derelict nowadays—in the American conservatism. It qualifies as paleo-conservatism, and, obviously, it is all the rage these days.


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TREE TREASURES
Tree Listing
Morus rubra
Red Mulberry
Janice Stork Corridor Park, 250 W. James Street, Lancaster PA (after entering the park, turn left at the playground and proceed just beyond the bridge)
Len Eiserer
In many regions including Lancaster County, Red Mulberry is being overwhelmed by its invasive cousin, White Mulberry (Morus alba), which is even more fecund than rubra. Further, because the two species readily hybridize, some scientists worry that Red will thereby be threatened with extinction (non-indigenous species can bring about extinction of native flora by hybridization and repeated backcrossing). However, there is probably no better place to see Red Mulberry in the county than Stork Corridor Park because a lush thicket of Red -- anchored by two large specimens -- stretches about 50 feet along the park trail.
Like White Mulberry, Red often has three different leaf forms on a single tree: unlobed, single-lobed like a mitten, and double-lobed (see third photo). Ways that Red can be distinguished from White include: (1) Red's leaves are substantially larger (up to 10-11 inches compared to 4 for White); (2) Red's leaves feel hairy underneath and sandpapery on top, unlike the smoother White; (3) Red's larger leaf buds have black bands; (4) Red has larger fruit (great than 1 inch) than White (3/4 inch); (5) Red's fruit is sparser; (6) Red's fruit ripens to Red or Deep Purple, while White's fruit may be Red, Purple or White; and (7) Red has much greater shade tolerance.
This amazing species is loved by birds for its fruit. In one study, 31 avian species fed on a single Red Mulberry tree.
[Note: Red Mulberry is often difficult to find in the nursery trade; moreover, what is sold as Red is sometimes actually White. But four mail-order nurseries who offer Red are: (1) Possibility Place Nursery (IL), www.possibilityplace.com; (2) Outback Nursery (MN), www.outbacknursery.com; (3) Forest Farm (OR), www.forestfarm.com; and (4) Mail-Order Natives (FL),www.mailordernatives.com.]


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Statement by Middle Warden, Terry Withers, on the formation of the WCC Climate Action Group
"I would also like to congratulate our Sustainability Scholars, Safak and Alex on their fascinating presentations, both of which lead me into a brief introduction of what the Constuctor's Livery are doing to help achieve social, economic and environmental sustainability.…
Roger Lilley
The Worshipful Company of Water Conservators is recognising World Water Day 2021 with a Zoom based lecture, and their Master, Rob Casey, has extended this invitation to all members of the Company There is no need to pre-register. At 6.00…
WCC Scholarship News
The Worshipful Company of Constructors is proud to announce the Scholars for 2021. They are: Sir Ian Dixon Scholarship - Claire Mullane (Chief Engineer) and Jamie Tong (Apprentice Building Services Engineer), both at Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd Sustainability Scholarship -…
Livery Kitchen Cookbook
As members will be aware, the Livery Kitchen Initiative was started in 2020 to provide nutritious meals for NHS front-line staff. The initiative was the brainchild of the Worshipful Company of Drapers, who are publishing a "Livery Kitchen Cookbook" which…
Women in the Livery
There is a new, and most interesting, paper from Erica Stary, the Past Master Tax Adviser, Past Master Plumber and Upper Warden Elect of the Tin Plate Workers alias Wire Workers, the subject of which is "Women in the Livery and High Civic Office…


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Amplification & the changing role of media
For the past few days, I have been thinking about the evolution of what media is and its expanded role in the information ecosystem. What got me thinking was Twitter co-founder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey's decision to blog his side of the story about his reduced role at Twitter. A few months ago, when Facebook was buying Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg also chose to go direct by putting up a note on his Facebook page. And Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is also not shy when it comes to sharing his views via his Facebook page.
Seconds after Dorsey and Zuckerberg put up their news, it was picked up by casual readers who shared it and tweeted it. Technology media (including blogs) also picked up the news and published it as classic news posts. Some of us added analysis, but in the end both casual observers and publications were doing the…
2006, when nokia was it for mobile photos


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Hans Christian Friedrich Donhauser (ur. 9 września 1894, zm. 13 stycznia 1919) – as lotnictwa niemieckiego (Luftstreitkräfte) z 19 zwycięstwami w I wojnie światowej.

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Służył jako pilot w FFA 10. Razem z obserwatorem por. Hemplerem odnieśli w jednostce jedno zwycięstwo powietrzne 18 maja 1918. Christian Donhauser na własną prośbę został skierowany do szkoły pilotów myśliwskich Jastaschule I. W lipcu 1918 roku został przydzielony do Jagdstaffel 17. Pierwsze zwycięstwo w jednostce odniósł 20 sierpnia nad samolotem Breguet 14. 25 sierpnia odniósł swoje 5. zwycięstwo, uzyskując tytuł asa. Do końca wojny jego konto powiększyło się do 19 zestrzelonych samolotów i balonów obserwacyjnych wroga. Po zakończeniu wojny służył w Reichswehrze i został awansowany na stopień porucznika. Zginął w wypadku lotniczym 13 stycznia 1919 roku w okolicach Koblencji. Został pochowany na cmentarzu Hamburg-Harburg.

14 lipca 1918 roku Christian Donhauser zestrzelił samolot Nieuport 28 pilotowany przez Quentina Roosevelta z No. 94 Squadron RAF. Quentin Roosevelt, najmłodszy syn prezydenta Theodorea Roosevelta, zginął na miejscu. Oficjalnie to zwycięstwo powietrzne nie zostało potwierdzone.

Odznaczenia
 Krzyż Żelazny I Klasy
 Krzyż Żelazny II Klasy
 pruski Złoty Krzyż Zasługi Wojskowej – 9 października 1918

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Ofiary katastrof lotniczych w Niemczech
Odznaczeni Złotym Krzyżem Zasługi Wojskowej
Lotnicy odznaczeni Krzyżem Żelaznym
Urodzeni w 1894
Zmarli w 1919


Tie between Thailand, Norway, and Japan. I have enough freq flier miles to pull off any one of those, but it's hard to beat the inertia that keeps me on the ground and full up with business travel.
I'm also overdue for a visit back to London.
norway?? boy, you done bumped yo head.


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package org.cocos2d.utils.collections;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;

import org.cocos2d.utils.pool.OneClassPool;

/**
 * This class is temporary replacement of ConcurrentHashMap<K,V> for frequently
 * iterating through values. See firstValue, nextValue methods.
 * Do not use this outside, this is not optimized.
 * Put into HashMap still causes new Entry, but iteration is done without call to values().
 *
 * Also contains only put, get, remove methods.
 * @author genius
 */
public class ConcurrentArrayHashMap<K,V> {
	private ArrayList<Entry> array;
	private HashMap<K,Integer> map;

	OneClassPool<Entry> pool = new OneClassPool<Entry>() {
		@Override
		protected Entry allocate() {
			return new Entry();
		}
	};

	public final class Entry {
		K key;
		V value;
		Entry next;

		public V getValue() {
			return value;
		}
	}

	public ConcurrentArrayHashMap() {
		array = new ArrayList<Entry>();
		map = new HashMap<K,Integer>();
	}

	public synchronized void put(K key, V value) {
		Integer pos = map.get(key);
		if(pos == null) {

			int ind = array.size();

			Entry entry = pool.get();
			entry.key   = key;
			entry.value = value;

			array.add(entry);

			if(ind > 0) {
				array.get(ind - 1).next = entry;
			}

			map.put(key, ind);
		} else {
			array.get(pos.intValue()).value = value;
		}
	}

	public synchronized V get(K key) {
		Integer ind = map.get(key);
		if ( ind == null )
			return null;
		return array.get(ind.intValue()).value;
	}

	public synchronized V remove(K key) {
		Integer ind = map.get(key);
		if ( ind == null )
			return null;

		map.remove(key);

		int curInd = ind.intValue();
		int lastInd = array.size()-1;

		V ret = array.get(curInd).value;

		if(curInd != lastInd) {
			// swap values
			K lastKey = array.get(lastInd).key;
			array.get(curInd).value = array.get(lastInd).value;
			array.get(curInd).key   = lastKey;
			map.put(lastKey, ind);
		}
		// remove last now
		if(lastInd != 0)
			array.get(lastInd - 1).next = null;
		Entry removedEntry = array.remove(lastInd);
		// should check for primitive type?
		removedEntry.key = null;
		removedEntry.value = null;
		pool.free(removedEntry);
		return ret;
	}

	/**
	 * First value Entry is returned.
	 *
	 * Iteration is organized in this manner:
	 * Iteration is organized in this manner:
	 *		for(ConcurrentArrayHashMap<K, V>.Entry e = targets.firstValue();
	 *				e != null; e = targets.nextValue(e)) {
     *   		V element = e.getValue();
	 */
	public synchronized Entry firstValue() {
		if (array.isEmpty())
			return null;
		else {
			return array.get(0);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Next Entry with not null value is returned.
	 *
	 * Iteration is organized in this manner:
	 *		for(ConcurrentArrayHashMap<K, V>.Entry e = targets.firstValue();
	 *				e != null; e = targets.nextValue(e)) {
     *   		V element = e.getValue();
	 */
	public synchronized Entry nextValue(Entry prev) {
		return prev.next;
	}

}

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