NEW YORK CITY — A frequent refrain around Cfile is, "other countries get all the cool stuff." We often say this in reference to public art because, frankly, even defunct Soviet-era bus stops are more inspiring than BART stations in San Francisco. Other places seem to see the value of public art in the way that our country doesn't. What we see as frivolous, other countries see as sparing their citizens from a morning commute through a dimly-lit warren of existential depression.
Above image: Detail from Sarah Sze, Blueprint for a Landscape, 2017. Photograph by Allison Meier.
Blowing paper artwork by Sarah Sze. Click to see a larger image.
Chuck Close, portrait of Kara Walker at the 86th Street Station. Photograph by George Etheredge for the New York Times.
Subway Portraits by Chuck Close. Photographs by Meier. Click to see a larger image.
According to the MTA, it is the system's "first major expansion in more than 50 years" as well as "the largest permanent public art installation in state history." That's due to large-scale installations that fill the Second Avenue Subway's four stations (including the existing 63rd and Lexington stop, which was expanded for the line). These public artworks join the extensive underground art museum funded by the MTA's Percent for Art program and commissioned by MTA Arts & Design. Much as with last year's new subway station — 34th Street–Hudson Yards, featuring futuristic art by Xenobia Bailey — the focus is on mosaics. Sarah Sze's expansive "Blueprint for a Landscape" unfolds across 96th Street, Chuck Closes's towering "Subway Portraits" loom over pedestrians at 86th Street, Vik Muniz's life-size figures stand like totems of New York diversity at 72nd Street, and Jean Shin delved into photographic archives to remember the demolished elevated tracks at 63rd Street.
Jean Shin work at the 63rd Street Station. Photograph by George Etheredge for the New York Times.
Selections from Vik Muniz's Perfect Strangers, 2017, glass mosaic and laminated glass at the 72nd Street Station. Photographs by Meier. Click to see a larger image.
Public art is a quality of life issue. It reinforces the character of and gives character to the place it occupies. I'm especially taken by the portraits in many of these tile mosaics. In a strange way they remind me of old Norman Rockwell paintings, only more documentary than sentimental. It takes one a minute to notice that the two men are holding hands. People of different ethnicities and social standings gaze back at you, reinforcing their presence and the presence of the people they represent upon repeated trips to the train. It's a fantastic idea. Heartwarming. Cheers to the MTA and their improvements for the lives of New Yorkers. We should all be so lucky.
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Please share more about how this was accomplished! The technical nitty-gritty would be very interesting!
These mosaics are fantastic! Although it's not of the essence, I'm very interested in the technical execution of the mosaics – the Chuck Close, the Vik Muniz and Jean Shin's as well – and don't see anything online. If you have information, I'd love to learn more about how these came about.
Thanks for being such a dependable source of what's going on in the art-ceramics-design-craft realms!
The Vik Muniz mosaics were made by Franz Mayer of Munich, a firm with a 158 year history in mosaics for public spaces. Muniz has worked with mosaic visual techniques for years using non-traditional materials like photographs, soccer balls and rubbish. He has cited the mosaics of Ravenna as an inspiration point for his work.
It was Stephen Miotto who once said to me, "Our job is to be true to the original intent of the artist" and you can see that in these splendid works. These mosaics are not merely copies of originals made of materials that will stand the test of time. Because of a mutually respectful and inspired collaboration, they are something altogether new and fantastic. Again, I thank you for asking the question…these artisans deserve the recognition.
Thanks, CFile for covering this major Mosaic Moment — the photos and commentary are terrific. I'd like to give a nod to the makers who are truly amazing. The extraordinary Mosaika of Montreal was responsible for collaborating with Chuck Close in translating his portraits into mosaic. Franz Mayer of Munich did a brilliant job of turning Vic Muniz' wise photographs of every day subway riders into instant urban icons. I'll be sharing your post on the Mosaic Art NOW Facebook page. Cheers!


1. 1We are now ready for another review. 2We will begin where our last review left off, and cover two ideas each day. 3The earlier part of each day will be devoted to one of these ideas, and the latter part of the day to the other. 4We will have one longer exercise period, and frequent shorter ones in which we practice each of them.
2. 1The longer practice periods will follow this general form: Take about fifteen minutes for each of them, and begin by thinking about the ideas for the day, and the comments that are included in the assignments. 2Devote some three or four minutes to reading them over slowly, several times if you wish, and then close your eyes and listen.
3. 1Repeat the first phase of the exercise period if you find your mind wandering, but try to spend the major part of the time listening quietly but attentively. 2There is a message waiting for you. 3Be confident that you will receive it. 4Remember that it belongs to you, and that you want it.
4. 1Do not allow your intent to waver in the face of distracting thoughts. 2Realize that, whatever form such thoughts may take, they have no meaning and no power. 3Replace them with your determination to succeed. 4Do not forget that your will has power over all fantasies and dreams. 5Trust it to see you through, and carry you beyond them all.
5. 1Regard these practice periods as dedications to the way, the truth and the life. 2Refuse to be sidetracked into detours, illusions and thoughts of death. 3You are dedicated to salvation. 4Be determined each day not to leave your function unfulfilled.
6. 1Reaffirm your determination in the shorter practice periods as well, using the original form of the idea for general applications, and more specific forms when needed. 2Some specific forms are included in the comments which follow the statement of the ideas. 3These, however, are merely suggestions. 4It is not the particular words you use that matter.


Found on the National Register of Historic Places, the Union County Courthouse in Monroe is worth a look for both its history and interior and exterior architecture.
Stumptown Park in downtown Matthews is well-loved for it performance stage, movies under the stars, dance areas and special events and festivals throughout the year.
See a play, attend a camp, or even audition for a show at the Matthews Playhouse. The local venue hosts shows and plays for adults and kids.


Witness a magnificent performance by award winning poet, songwriter, actor & author, J Ivy. Representing the city of Chicago, J Ivy delivers a mind blowing poem emphasizing the essence of humanity and equality for our Words & Sounds segment.
Meet Musician Khadja Niin. World renowned for her album "Sambolera", Khadja Nin has infused her music with a mix between different African, modern sounds and languages to create her own unique brand of music. We caught up with her to discuss insights on music and more importantly, the African continent.
Journal presents SOUNDS, with regular features of talented artist sharing their passion for music, watch as these artists perform and discuss their respective musical journeys.
Ingazo Ngari - one of Rwanda's most popular traditional dance troupes known for their mesmerising performances. Experience the effortless precision and grace of their moves, the beauty of their songs and the story behind being Intore on this week's episode of SOUNDS.
Ibrahim Ntafumu, a Congolese musician currently living in Rwanda sits with our SOUNDS team and shares his story of how music found and shaped him. Originally recognized for his natural TamTam drumming skills, he eventually gave that up to pursue and develop the guitar skills in the 70's. This episode shares insight on Ibrahim's many spectacular musical gifts as well as his love for sound.
Teta is a remarkable, soulful, grounded and beautifully talented singer. This program captures her passion, creative process and commitment to honour her heritage through modern music.
Merging traditional & modern day craftsmanship & design, Journal will share short unparalleled stories of fine crafts and fine artists from across the continent focusing on visual arts content such as painting, drawing, photography, textiles & jewelry making.
A visual artist since primary school, Strong expertly uses oil and acrylic paint to breathe life into each stroke of his epic masterpieces. Witness and be inspired by his process from start to finish on this episode of CRAFTS.
A visual artist from childhood, this young talent makes unbelievably realistic pieces using oil paint, watercolours, pencil and most famously digital painting. Manzi is famous for his incredible live digital painting of actress, Lupita N'yongo going viral.
Journal brings you LIFE. A program filled with stories that will take you on a journey of everyday celebration of life, beauty, nature, travel and culture.
Journal presents Words, a segment that will share stories of expression, imagination and love, through the mediums used by poets, writers, artists, debaters and bloggers.
This episode of WORDS sees french/english lyricist, Kool A, giving an acapella performance of his thought provoking piece, No Matter.
A staple at every traditional wedding in Rwanda, explore the world of Umuvugo, Kinyarwanda story telling, with one of Kigali's most prolific live poets.
Innovation is often a mystery to most of us but what we know is that the future depends on how we see, think and address challenges in our communities. Journal presents Insights, a series of conversations with innovators, groundbreakers and leaders who are changing our world.
Some photographers simply take pictures, award winning artist, Martin Kharumwa says he 'makes photos', a description we find fitting as we witness him in action. On this episode of INSIGHT, find out about his experience as an East African working in a creative industry and his commitment to his craft.
In this episode of INSIGHTS, we sit down with Author, Clean Water Activist, TEDGlobal Fellow, and CEO of Golden Palm Investments, Sangu Delle, as shares his philosophy on building a world class business.
The co-founder of popular open-mic event, Spoken Word Rwanda, Diana Mpyisi has had a special relationship with poetry for years. In this episode of INSIGHT, she shares her thoughts on the evolution of poetry in Rwanda and what keeps her motivated to continue engaging the youth in this art form.


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Максимила Имали (род. 8 февраля 1996 года) — кенийская легкоатлетка. Принимала участие в беге на 400 метров среди женщин на чемпионате мира по легкой атлетике 2017 года.

В мае 2019 года была исключена из национальной команды по легкой атлетике из-за решения Спортивного арбитражного суда по делу Кастер Семеня.

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20 Starlight Drive Black Mountain NC 28711: Luxurious one-level home in the popular Ridgecrest area. With majestic views and upscale finishes throughout, you will not believe this home. 20 Starlight Drive Black Mountain NC 28711: Sophisticated details make this home magnificent. Large master suite, chef's kitchen, 10ft - 14ft ceilings throughout and end of road location make this home perfect. Pre-inspected.
AMAZING!!!! Feels like you are in a history filled paradise. This home is fabulous. The upgrades and finishes in this home are so fabulous. Views galore. Enclosed sun porch too. Wow!!
YES! This home is incredible. That view is worth the price of the home alone, and then you see the home and the luxury you would be living in. This home has it all.
Wonderful views aren't the only thing you'll notice in this home. Vaulted ceilings, warm wood floors, many high end details. If your looking for a one of a kind home this is it.
Oh my gosh - what a beautiful home, and in the town in which I live! If you want gorgeous - you've found it!
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Beautiful house with great views and only minutes to Black Mountain. The craftsmanship is one of a kind!
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Anchors Aweigh (1945)
By Ozgun Akalin| 2017-06-10T00:19:39+00:00	June 3rd, 2011|Categories: Movies|Tags: 1945, Anchors Aweigh, Clarence Doolittle, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, I Fall in Love Too Easily, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Movies|
Anchors Aweigh is one of the first films Frank Sinatra took part in throughout his career. It is a musical film about the 4 day adventure of two sailors, Frank Siantra and Gene Kelly, in Hollywood.
Frank Sinatra is a shy guy, who has difficulties with talking with women, while Gene Kelly is the guy that knows everything about women, in the movie. During their stay in Hollywood, Gene Kelly helps Sinatra to arrange a date with a girl, and the story goes on…
Director: George Sidney
Producer: Joe Pasternak
Writers: Isobel Lennart, Natalie Marcin
Company: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Frank Sinatra – Clarence Doolittle
Gene Kelly – Joseph Brady
Kathryn Grayson – Susan Abbott
José Iturbi – Himself
Pamela Britton – Girl from Brooklyn
Anchors Aweigh won the academy award for "Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture", and was also nominated for "Best Actor in a Leading Role (Gene Kelly)", "Best Cinematography", "Best Music (I Fall in Love Too Easily)" and "Best Picture".
It was Frank Sinatra that sang "I Fall in Love Too Easily" in the movie.
The song was first played during the Army–Navy football game on December 1, 1906, at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before a crowd in excess of 30,000 Navy won the game 10–0, their first win in the match up since 1900. The song was gradually adopted as the song of the U.S. Navy; although there is a pending proposal to make it the official song, and to incorporate protocol into Navy regulations for its performance, its status remains unofficial. Its lyrics were considered too specific to the Academy and not representative of the Navy at large, and so were rewritten by George D. Lottman (note the reference to "farewell to college joys"). Its melody was also slightly rewritten by Domenico Savino.
Anchors Aweigh is a musical that is really worth watching. Frank Sinatra sings few songs in the movie, and his performance in the movie is also fine. A good way to spend 2 hours on an evening.
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Investigation into The Australian Workers' Union
This statement has been prepared in response to media inquiries received by the Registered Organisations Commission on 6 April 2022:
On 21 February 2021 the Registered Organisations Commission (ROC) commenced an investigation under s.331 of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (RO Act) into The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) concerning the compliance by the AWU and its branches (excluding its Victorian Branch) with the record keeping obligations relating to its registers of members.
The RO Act requires organisations to keep a register of their members as at 31 December each year, to retain those records for 7 years, and to regularly remove unfinancial members from the register. It also requires organisations, as part of their annual return of information to the ROC and annual operating report, to accurately report the number of members of the organisation.
The investigation followed the identification by the regulator of anomalies by the AWU in the reporting of the number of members recorded on its register in its annual reports and operating reports during the nine year period from 31 December 2009 to 31 December 2017 (see AR2016/161). During extensive correspondence since those anomalies were raised, the AWU has conceded that it was unable to provide accurate historical membership figures since 2009. The extent of the inaccuracies in each year is still unknown. The AWU has asserted that its current membership system since 2018 is compliant with all statutory requirements.
The investigation, which is advanced, but continuing, relates to possible contraventions of the following Civil Penalty provisions of the RO Act:
section 172: Non-financial members to be removed from the register
section 230: Records to be kept and lodged by organisations
section 231: Records to be held for 7 years
section 254: Reporting unit to prepare operating report.
At an Estimates appearance before the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee on 6 April 2022, in response to questions from the Committee, witnesses appearing for the ROC made reference to the AWU having admitted to just under 25,000 contraventions of the RO Act. Those admissions have been made in the context of this investigation.
This includes admissions made by the AWU on 17 March 2022 where the organisation identified 24,064 potential contraventions of section 172 of the RO Act during the relevant period, predominantly arising from what it has asserted to be errors in the register of members maintained by its Queensland branch.
Separately the AWU has also admitted during the course of the investigation that it may have contravened section 231(1) of the RO Act on nine occasions during the relevant period by failing to keep a copy of its register of members as it stood at 31 December in each of the nine years between 2009 and 2017.
The ROC is finalising its investigation and will make further comment once its investigation has been completed.
In August 2020 the Federal Court ordered the AWU to pay $148,100 in relation to separate contraventions of sections 230 and 172 of the RO Act, which arose from specific conduct engaged in by the AWU's Victorian Branch: Registered Organisations Commissioner v Australian Workers' Union (No 2) [2020] FCA 1148. In the circumstances of those earlier findings, this investigation excludes further consideration of matters relating to the Victorian Branch.
The ROC informed the AWU in April 2020 it would investigate concerns relating to the AWU's membership records, but taking a pragmatic regulatory approach, that the investigation would be deferred until the resource and other implications for registered organisations and regulators arising from the COVID-19 pandemic become clearer.
The investigation is being conducted by the ROC in accordance with its Compliance and Enforcement Policy.
ROC media contact: Caroline Hamilton - (03) 9603 0767 or media@roc.gov.au


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using BaseCoreTest = Microsoft.PSharp.Core.Tests.BaseTest;

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NEW YORK, June 30, 2015 -- The ASCAP Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to supporting American music creators through music education, talent development and humanitarian initiatives, today announced that Colleen McDonough has been promoted to Executive Director of the Foundation, effective July 1st. She succeeds Karen Sherry, who recently retired after 17 years in the role.
McDonough, formerly Director of The Foundation, has been a driving force in fundraising and program management. During her tenure, she cultivated potential donors and acquired significant bequests, helping to boost Foundation funding by 175%. McDonough increased the number of Foundation programs from 65 to 163, which now reach more than two million participants annually. Funds spent on programs rose more than 200%. McDonough served as associate producer of The ASCAP Centennial Awards, and oversaw the implementation of new initiatives such as Creativity in the Classroom, Children Will Listen, Songwriters: The Next Generation at the Kennedy Center, Young Jazz Composers Awards and the Fresh Air Fund Summer Guitar Camp.
Prior to The ASCAP Foundation, McDonough was Assistant Executive Director for Special Projects at the Women's Sports Foundation. She served as Director of Educational Affairs at the Public Relations Society of America and Executive Director of the Public Relations Student Society of America. Early on, she was an Assistant Dean and Adjunct Instructor at Pace University. McDonough received an M.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and a B.A. from University of New Hampshire.
Founded in 1975, The ASCAP Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to supporting American music creators and encouraging their development through music education and talent development programs. Included in these are songwriting workshops, grants, scholarships, awards, recognition and community outreach programs, and public service projects for senior composers and lyricists. The ASCAP Foundation is supported by contributions from ASCAP members and from music lovers throughout the United States. www.ascapfoundation.org.


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Kobyluck is Honored at CW East Banquet by Penny Aicardi
Championship Team Saluted By Peers at Mohegan Sun
Kobyluck's championship season commenced at Greenville-Pickens Speedway with a 23rd place finish, but finished off with a series leading four wins, nine top-five, and 12 top-10 finishes. He capped off the championship at Dover and put an exclamation point on a career that began ten seasons ago.
"We certainly had our challenges this year, but we were always competitive," said Kobyluck. "For these guys to go out there and do what they did - be leaders among teams that have many more resources - says a lot."
The Mohegan Sun race team was decked out in black tuxes with their signature color, orange, ties. Crew chief Perry Waite spoke and thanked his team, sponsors, and family before Kobyluck was called up to the stage to receive his ring.
"I always thought that winning races was the best feeling in the world. I was wrong. Winning a championship rates way above that because this is forever," Kobyluck said in accepting the championship hardware. "As many low points as we had during the season, my team
stepped up to the challenge. The high points made up for them threefold. We got to victory lane at Watkins Glen, Lime Rock, Adirondack, and Nashville - and we finally got out of New Hampshire without a scratch on the car."
Kobyluck also told the crowd of his recent involvement in an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project that concluded the night before in nearby Voluntown, Conn. He concluded with an emotional dedication to his late brother, Dan Kobyluck, Jr.
"Sixteen years ago this January I lost my best friend, my brother Dan Jr. Ever since then I have
Matt Kobyluck show off the champion's hardware at Mohegan Sun.. (NASCAR Photos)
Matt Kobyluck and his team were honored at the Mohegan Sun Casino Friday night for his first NASCAR Camping World Series East Championship. Kobyluck and his Mohegan Sun Casino team were among a group of their peers that included Richard Childress, Ricky Carmichael, and former champions Mike Olsen and Andy Santerre.
done my best to memorialize, honor, and have him as my co-pilot at every race and in life. I have learned so much with DWK JR next to me on the roof of my car guiding this team in a direction that only he knew. We accomplished the impossible!" he said.
Kobyluck's entire team was also honored with the 2008 NASCAR Camping World Series Sportsmanship award. Waite, along with Kobyluck, accepted the award on behalf of the team.
Austin Dillon was awarded the Sunoco Rookie-of-the-Year. Dillon, the grandson of Richard Childress, completed every lap throughout the season and capped off the year with a second place position in the point standings.
"Having to follow a guy like Joey Logano was really tough, but it really makes you pick
up your game," Dillon said. "We just had a great season all-in-all."
The Most Popular Driver Award was given to Ricky Carmichael after 22,000 fans were
given the opportunity to choose the winner through online balloting.
Stub Fadden, legendary racer and former car owner, was awarded the Bunk Sampson
Memorial Award. Fadden's grandson, two-time NASCAR Camping World Series East
champion Mike Olsen, accepted on his behalf. Alisha Ziner and Stephanie Petfield were
the recipients of the NASCAR Camping World Series East Women's Auxiliary Award
while veteran driver Jeff Anton of Russell, Mass., received the Driver Achievement Award.
Eddie MacDonald collected both the POWERade Power Move of the Race Award and the
Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award. Peyton Sellers earned the Coors Light Pole
NASCAR Managing Director of Racing Operations George Silbermann announced that the
schedule was still pending, and that Kip Childress was named the series race director for 2009.
The championship-winning #40 team.


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El incidente del MV Morning Glory ocurrió en Libia en marzo de 2014, cuando el barco MV Morning Glory, con bandera norcoreana, intentó extraer de manera clandestina petróleo del puerto del Golfo de Sidra, que estaba en manos de los rebeldes de Ibrahim Jadran. La operación fue descubierta por las autoridades libias y el barco fue interceptado con la ayuda de los Estados Unidos, pero desembocó en una crisis política que hizo caer al Primer Ministro Alí Zeidan, el cual fue sustituido de manera interina por Abdullah al-Thani.

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El Consejo Cirenaico de Transición es un grupo político que pretende la federalización de Libia y la autonomía de la región de Cirenaica, como medio para acelerar su progreso tras la  Guerra de Libia de 2011.

El 6 de noviembre de 2012 Abd-Rabbo al-Barassi fue nombrado jefe del Gobierno de Cirenaica con el apoyo del militar Ibrahim Jadran pero sin el consenso del gobierno central. El 11 de noviembre anunciaron la creación de su propia compañía petrolera, lo que deterioró aún más las relaciones con el Gobierno nacional.

En 2013, Jadran estableció el Bureau Político de Cirenaica, y tomó el control de los puertos del este, entre ellos Sidra, Ras Lanuf y Zueitina. En agosto de 2013, Jadran publicó la "Declaración de Ras Lanuf", en la que exigía el derecho de Cirenaica de "gobernar sus propios asuntos". Para octubre de 2013, la milicia de Jadran, las Fuerzas de Auto-defensa de Cirenaica, ya contaban con 17.500 hombres.

Acontecimientos
En marzo de 2014, el MV Morning Glory salió del puerto del Golfo de Sidra tras comprado a los rebeldes afines a Ibrahim Jadran 200 000 barriles de petróleo. La nave llevaba bandera norcoreana y su tripulación estaba compuesta por 3 militares y 21 marineros: seis paquistaníes (uno de ellos el capitán), seis indios, tres ceilandeses, dos sirios, dos sudaneses y dos eritreos.

El gobierno de Trípoli detectó el navío e intentó bloquearlo por mar, pero la nave logró escapar. No obstante, volvió a ser detectada por las autoridades de Chipre. Ante esa situación, el portavoz del Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos, Jen Psaki, anunció en un comunicado que el Morning Glory «había robado al pueblo libio» y que el petróleo pertenecía a la Compañía Nacional Libia de Petróleo y sus socios, incluyendo compañías estadounidenses: «Cualquier venta de petróleo sin la autorización de estas partes pone a sus compradores en peligro de afrontar la responsabilidad civil con multas y otras posibles sanciones en muchos ámbitos jurisdiccionales.»

Finalmente, el 16 de marzo de 2014, un grupo de SEALs, a bordo del destructor , alcanzó el Morning Glory y lo tomó sin necesidad de recurrir a la fuerza, escoltándolo de vuelta hasta Trípoli, donde fue entregado a las autoridades nacionales.

Consecuencias políticas
El 11 de marzo de 2014, el primer ministro Alí Zeidan perdió el voto de confianza del parlamento tras no haber sido incapaz de impedir la venta de petróleo por parte de los rebeldes, con lo cual el Ministro de Defensa, Abdullah al-Thani fue designado por el presidente Nuri Abu Sahmain como nuevo Primer ministro de Libia interino.

En julio de 2014 al-Thani logró negociar con los rebeldes cirenaicos, que entregaron el control de los puertos de Ras Lanuf y Sidra, poniendo así fin a las crisis petrolera de Libia.

Referencias

Incidentes marítimos en 2014
Incidentes diplomáticos
Conflictos en 2014
Libia en 2014


Has Seattle's minimum wage hike backfired? Not so fast.
On Monday, researchers at the University of Washington released a much-anticipated study that looked at the effects of the first stages of Seattle's $15 minimum wage increase, which has been phasing in since 2015. The paper found that Seattle's second wage bump to $13 reduced hours worked in low-wage jobs by 9 percent. These findings sharply diverge from what has been previously reported—only last week, a study by researchers at Berkeley found that Seattle's minimum wage increase had only a negligible impact on jobs.
But researchers at the left-leaning think tank the Economic Policy Institute have found some major issues with the UW paper. First off, because of data limitations, the study excludes businesses with multiple locations, such as fast-food chains—that means that 40 percent of Seattle's workforce is not included at all. Ben Zipperer, an economist at EPI, says that it is "a serious data problem" that "potentially biases their estimates toward finding job loss even when there may have been none." Take, for example, if employment had shifted in this time period from single establishment firms to multi-location firms (a likely scenario)—the UW study would only count these changes as job losses, without including the job gains at multi-location firms.
EPI researchers also criticize the UW paper on another major count: that low-wage job loss might be a reflection of Seattle's booming labor market, which has shifted employment from low-paying to high-paying jobs. To separate out the two, researchers usually look at a control group, or a city that is experiencing a similar job boom but did not increase its minimum wage. However, Zipperer claims that the study's control group—which splices together other areas in Washington state—is questionable, since "their numbers makes it look like Seattle is growing much faster around the time of the minimum wage increases than their control group." To be an accurate control, the two places need to be growing the same way, so the effects of the minimum wage increase can be isolated.
Most previous research shows limited-to-no job loss due to increases in minimum wages across the country. According to Zipperer, the UW study raises red flags because it is "well beyond the upper end of what has been previously published," even for consistent minimum wage critics.


Dieter is a clean, crisp, traditional German Kölsch strain. A very low ester profile makes this strain perfect for Kolsch, Alt and other light colored delicate beers. Dieter has better flocculation characteristics than most Kölsch strains which allows brewers to produce clean, bright beers in a shorter amount of time.


Who Dances With an Electric Beat?
Voltage-sensitive membrane proteins are united by their ability to transform changes in membrane potential into mechanical work. They are responsible for a spectrum of physiological processes in living organisms, including electrical signaling and cell-cycle progression. Although the mechanism of voltage-sensing has been well characterized for some membrane proteins, including voltage-gated ion channels, even the location of the voltage-sensing elements remains unknown for others. Moreover, the detection of these elements by using experimental techniques is challenging because of the diversity of membrane proteins. Here, we provide a computational approach to predict voltage-sensing elements in any membrane protein, independent of its structure or function. It relies on an estimation of the propensity of a protein to respond to changes in membrane potential. We first show that this property correlates well with voltage sensitivity by applying our approach to a set of voltage-sensitive and voltage-insensitive membrane proteins. We further show that it correctly identifies authentic voltage-sensitive residues in the voltage-sensor domain of voltage-gated ion channels. Finally, we investigate six membrane proteins for which the voltage-sensing elements have not yet been characterized and identify residues and ions that might be involved in the response to voltage. The suggested approach is fast and simple and enables a characterization of voltage sensitivity that goes beyond mere identification of charges. We anticipate that its application before mutagenesis experiments will significantly reduce the number of potential voltage-sensitive elements to be tested.
Read the commentary in the same issue by Caitlin Sedwick, or see the paper here!


"You are Edvard Munch's The Scream.
You express the subconscious troubles and anxieties of the world. You hold your head and let loose the primal terror of your innermost fears, surrounded by a lurid landscape which reflects your feeble grasp on reality. "
that painting kinda gives me the creeps, actually.
i just finished typing up my english translations of the 25 german songs i'm performing on sunday night. Jesse and i have our dress rehearsal today... nerves!!!
Also exciting: today's my mom's 50th! dunno why you would care... but remind me to tell you about the email Michael sent me. I died.


I have LOTS and LOTS of knitting books—a few pattern books, more technique books and the most stitch books. I love stitch collections—what ever they are called.
1—Clear (color) photographs, and clear explanations of how to use the book and some knitting basics.
4—Standard abbreviations, and easy to read symbols for the charts.
I had a Barnes and Noble gift card ($25) burning a hole in my pocket---and I ended up buying the new Reader's Digest Book-The Essential Stitch Collection.
1—It has great photography—and in the intro, it has some very good information—I especially liked the example shown of a lace stitch—one version in a lace weight mohair, another in a smooth worsted—demonstrating how the appearance of a stitch pattern is VERY dependent on the yarn/gauge.
2 and 3—for almost every pattern, there are both written and charted directions.
4—A bonus! As a footer on each page, there is a guide to the symbols used in the pattern on the page!
If I want to follow a chart, and it contains an unfamiliar symbol-I don't have to go back and forth from the pattern page to the index page,(which helpfully folds out.. so even if I do need to reference, I can do it with out flipping back and forth!) I can just check the meaning of the symbol on the bottom of the page. EVERY Book should provide this.
This book has 300 well organized stitches, (some unique ones—NEW ONES to me—and I already own a dozen collections already!) and the book list at $24.95-($0.08 per pattern) but it is widely discounted to $15.99--(or $0.05 per pattern)--so it is a value collection.
If this book were spiral bound (instead of a conventional binding) it would be perfect- as is, its nearly perfect! If you are looking for a good addition to your crafting library, this book is a good place to start!
I am always experimenting—and trying out new ideas..sometimes, like my Leaf Me Alone hat—I have near successes, and eventually a real success. But lots of times, I have failures. Most just get frogged and forgotten about.
Gone are the buttons and buttonholes (seen as green waste yarn) Added—a neck ruff and brim—and delicate, pretty shaping. It won't be finished for a while.. Other projects have more priority.
Like my mystery project—FINALLY on to skeins 5 & 6 (just the first row ) but hey, its progress!
Its just short of 14 inches--(of 19? 20? 21 inches?—i haven't decided yet on the final desired length) So it will likely need part of skeins 7 & 8—but not too much.
Looks like a great book. Thanks for the recommendation.


Why did Uber lease 130,000 sq ft in San Francisco for 'Advanced Tech Group'?
It's true that real estate in downtown San Francisco is limited—very limited. But that didn't stop Uber from seeking out a massive space in the city to house its Advanced Technologies Group, the branch of the company responsible for its experimental, forward-thinking projects, like self-driving cars, flying vehicles (Uber Elevate), the LiDAR laboratory, and JUMP bikes and scooters. The answer was simple—lease part of Pier 70, the largest intact industrial complex west of the Mississippi, located in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco. Built during the late 19th century (the oldest building was erected in 1885), Pier 70 is currently being developed into a multi-use complex comprising offices, shopping, green space, and residential units along the San Francisco Bay.
"The space was once home to Bethlehem Shipbuilding, and we loved the idea of having our Advanced Technologies Group extend the site's transportation legacy," says Aaron Doubt, director of Advanced Technologies Group Facilities at Uber. "And we needed a large space that could bear the weight of multiple cars and trucks, and that had vast room for our teams to build." So the company leased out 130,000 square feet of space spanning two city blocks within the complex. The only problem was, until this past year, Pier 70 was pretty much in ruins.
"We saw significant decay," says Doubt. "In fact, there was only half a roof, there were walls with no windows, and the floor was essentially dirt." While the complex was thriving during its days as Bethlehem Shipbuilding—and prior to that as Union Iron Works and Bethlehem Steel—it was completely abandoned over the past several decades, leaving it vulnerable not only to the elements but also to vandalism.
And so began extensive renovation work. Given that the buildings are more than 100 years old, they were originally nowhere near up to today's earthquake codes, a problem the architects had to address immediately. During construction, temporary shelters had to be installed on site to protect the workers in the event of an earthquake. To stabilize the structure more permanently, steel braces and columns were strategically placed to blend in with the original architecture as best as possible. Given that Pier 70 belongs in the Union Iron Works Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, there are strict rules about preserving original elements of the buildings. "Fortunately, the old buildings are blessed with great architectural bones, magnificent potential natural light from skylights and windows, plus iconic craneways in dramatic volumes that allowed the insertion of mezzanines, bridges, and stairs," says Wong.


Very Affordable Quantum At District 19!
Proximity to eateries, Hougang Mall, Heartland Mall at Kovan and NEX.
One stop community centre at Hougang Avenue 9 offers a plethora of amenities from arts centre, healthcare to eatries.
Nestled by the idyllic Sungel Serangoon, you are at one with nature, surrounded by fresh air and botanical scents. A verdant habitat if 9 blocks, tranquility pervades throughout 1157 apartment units, 6 exquisite terrace houses and 2 exclusive semi-detached homes. Where living is a breeze with the presence of 6 retail outlets and a childcare centre within WaterBay brings convenience right to your doorstep.
Imagine a classroom without walls at Sungei Serangoon. Thanks to the PUB's Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters (ABC Waters) Programme, residents can now enjoy the "river classroom" experience. Convenience is larger than life at Kingsford Waterbay: enjoy direct access to the Serangoon Park Connector that connects to other major parks in the North-East Region including the Punggol Park. Other than breathtaking views, the Sungei Serangoon also offers opportunities for water spots and recreation.
A development perfectly poised between the serenity of the Sungei Serangoon and the lush acres of garden space and water facilities within. WaterBay is where a life of ease begins. Disguished architecturally by the streamlined form of its nine tower blocks and the stunning facades, Kingsford WaterBay is a statement of who you are.
Please contact me @ 8399 7983 or via below for more information on Kingsford WaterBay.
Proposed flat development comprising 9 blocks of 16-storey residential with 1157 units of flat/apartment, 6 units of 2-storey strata terrace housing, 2 units of strata semi-detached houses (Total 1165 units), 6 commercial units with 1-storey podium carpark, basement carpark, tennis court, swimming pool, clubhouse, childcare centre & communal facilities at Upper Serangoon View.
Schools that is within 1 km from Kingsford WaterBay.


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783 organisations available
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Circle of Support (COS) for Autism Families
17a Springtown Avenue
Springtown Business Park
BT48 0LY
COS is the largest parent led group in the North West and we have close ties with the WHSCT, ASD team and many other voluntary organisations and schools throughout the region. We have no limit on age or ability of the children that come to our events. We actively advocate for inclusion in everything that we do. What began as a group for children with ASD has opened up to include children with additional needs and related conditions. This is due to our inclusive child and family centered ethos within the group.
Thrive Ireland
241 Newtownards Road
BT4 1AF
Church Community Transformation through a global lens. Training, facilitation and support for the faith sector specifically in Church Community engagement, leadership support and development and peace and reconciliation. Adapting learning from the global context and international development for the Church across Ireland.
Pure Mental NI
4 Meadow View, Aghalee
BT670FX
Pure Mental NI is a youth-led charity with a passion for improving mental health education, services and awareness in Northern Ireland's primary and post-primary schools through in-school programmes and policy & research projects.
The Wave Project
East Strand
Surf therapy charity working with children who have experienced anxiety, trauma or social isolation.
Poyntzpass Community Playgroup
The Meeting Place
16-18 Church Street
Poyntzpass
A cross-community playgroup in Poyntzpass.
Community Development Networks Forum
CDNF
c/o BCRC
Units 22-23 Acorn Business centre, 2 Riada Avenue
Community Development Networks Forum (CDNF) was established in 2000 as a strategic networking infrastructure to support communities across Northern Ireland in a wide range of issues from urban regeneration and renewal to social isolation and health and community well being; from tackling poverty to building community cohesion.
5 Leopardstown Business Centre,
Ballyogan Avenue
Co. Dublin D18 CF67
Team Hope is an Irish, Christian and child-focused international development organisation.
CHY14524
Listening Books
12 Lant Street
SE1 1QH
Listening Books is a national UK charity that provides an online and postal audiobook lending service, for anyone who finds that an illness, disability, learning difficulty, or mental health condition, impacts on their ability to read, or hold books in the usual way.
The Parent Rooms
Unit 17-18 North City Business Centre
2 Duncairn Gardens
BT15 2GG
The Parent Rooms is a mental health support charity in Northern Ireland. We are a circle of support for parents and their families as they emerge beyond personal struggles to lead full and healthy lives. We do this through peer support, wellness education, and awareness-raising in the community. Our Vision: A regional circle of support that every parent across Northern Ireland can access to improve their mental and emotional well-being and move into fulfilling and healthy lives.
Assembly Buildings
2-10 Fisherwick Pace
BT1 6DW
Jennymount Methodist Church
222 North Queen Street
We are a Methodist Church based in North Belfast. Our mission statement is Loving GOD, Loving You.
TechDesk C.I.C
TechDesk is a non-profit community interest company based in Belfast. We offer affordable I.T Support, Solutions & Advice to 3rd sector organisations and use our extensive network of Technology Partners to supply savings on everything from Telephone systems and broadband to antivirus, hosting and Microsoft Office365.
EC1N 8QP
GamCare, the leading national provider of free information, advice and support for anyone affected by problem gambling. GamCare provides education, information and support to young people (11-18) throughout Northern Ireland worried about their own or someone else's gambling. Our free young people's support services is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by contacting 0808 8020 133 or using live chat via BigDeal.org.uk
Fuel Round
FuelRound
6 St Colmans Park
BT34 2DX
Supplier of discounted home heating oil.
Irish School of Ecumenics
9 Lennoxvale
BT9 5BY
Bolster Community
24 Monaghan street
BT35 6AA
Sometimes we all need a little help and when you do, Bolster Community has your back. Bolster Community is a not for profit organisation with offices in Newry and Kilkeel. We're a practical, hands-on charity that works alongside individuals, families and communities to help them get through and get ahead. Since 2004, we've had the privilege of helping countless individuals reach their full potential. From early years right through to later years, we support and strengthen people facing life's tough challenges.
Farset Development Ltd
Farset International
466 Springfield Road
BT12 7DW
Farset evolved from local communities in West and North Belfast striving to deal with the issues experienced in their daily lives. Farset has branched off in many directions offering a range of social and charitable initiatives in the areas of youth, health, training, employment and conflict resolution. At the same time Farset endeavors to develop links and network with other communities in Belfast, Ireland, Europe (East and West in particular) and the rest of the World.
Imagine Belfast Ltd
BT1 2LB
Annual festival of ideas & politics
Youth Education Health Advice
YEHA
30a Deanby Gardens
BT146NN
YeHa (Youth Education Health Advice) deliver a wide range of youth support services aimed at tackling issues affecting young people's mental health and emotional wellbeing. We support young people aged 12 – 21 from North Belfast to overcome barriers to reaching their potential.
St John Ambulance Northern Ireland
35 Knockbracken Healthcare Park
BT8 8RA
We are the charity that steps forward in the moments that matter, to save lives and keep communities safe. All our charitable work is entirely funded by donations, and we are a market leader in the provision of workplace training and event and ambulance services. We offer a vibrant youth programme across Northern Ireland, enabling young people to learn first aid, build their confidence, and gain important life skills.
NI 39213
Lagan Valley Regional Park
LVRP
3 Lock Keepers Lane
Milltown Rd
BT8 7XT
The Lagan Valley Regional Park is located between Stranmillis, Belfast and Union locks, Lisburn and covers some 4,200 acres of countryside and eleven miles of riverbank. The Regional Park is a mosaic of countryside, urban parks, heritage sites, nature reserves and riverside trails. The backbone of the Regional Park is the River Lagan and towpath - offering miles of level walking in tranquil, attractive surroundings.
BirthWise
37 Carney Hall
BT34 1GA
BirthWise A grassroots movement of expectant and new parents and those who support them. We connect, empower, inform, and support new parents. We campaign for continuous improvements in maternity care and other relevant services.
Dour Street
CT16 1AT
Migrant Help is a leading charity that has been established for over 50 years and delivers a range of support and advice services to migrants across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable migrants, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.
Sense Northern Ireland
Sense Touchbase Pears, 750 Bristol Road
B29 6NA
About us For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. Our experts offer personalised support through our centres, holidays and short breaks, or in people's own homes.
Carrickfergus
BT38 7AR
We care for over 3,500 kids across the world but no two are the same, so we take care to understand and meet each of their individual needs, from food and healthcare, to loving parents and quality education. We help them reach their full potential, stand on their own two feet and change their futures. We have transformed thousands of kids lives, and we are only just getting started.
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Q: JSON serialization C# Core I am new to JSON serialization.
Case
I am making a call to a rest API and then getting info. I want to be able to extract information from the API and use it to for calculation. I am not able to serialise my data any help/guidance will be helpful
my code
    public string GlobalQuoteUri = "https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=GLOBAL_QUOTE&symbol=MSFT&apikey=demo";

            private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;

            public GlobalQuoteProvider()
            {
                _httpClient = new HttpClient();
            }
var response = await _httpClient.GetAsync(GlobalQuoteUri, cancellationToken);

                if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                {
                    GlobalQuoteUriContent = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                }
                var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootGlobalQuote>(GlobalQuoteUriContent)

;
Classes
public class RootGlobalQuote
    {
        public string Metadata { get; set; }
        public List<AlphavantageGlobalQoute> GlobalQoute { get; set; }
    }
public class AlphavantageGlobalQoute
    {
        public Guid AlphavantageGlobalQouteId { get; set; }
        [DataMember]
        public string Symbol { get; set; }
        [DataMember]
        public string Open { get; set; }
        [DataMember]
        public string High { get; set; }
        [DataMember]
        public string Low { get; set; }
        [DataMember]
        public string Price { get; set; }
        [DataMember]
        public string Volume { get; set; }
        [DataMember]
        public string LatestTradingDay { get; set; }
        [DataMember]
        public string PreviousClose { get; set; }
        [DataMember]
        public string Change { get; set; }
        [DataMember]
        public string Changepercent { get; set; }
    }

Sample  data
\n    \"Global Quote\": {\n        \"01. symbol\": \"MSFT\",\n        \"02. open\": \"134.9900\",\n        \"03. high\": \"136.7200\",\n        \"04. low\": \"134.6681\",\n        \"05. price\": \"135.7400\",\n        \"06. volume\": \"16639726\",\n        \"07. latest trading day\": \"2019-08-27\",\n        \"08. previous close\": \"135.4500\",\n        \"09. change\": \"0.2900\",\n        \"10. change percent\": \"0.2141%\"\n    }\n}"

A: If you look into the response, it has spaces and has numbers in each property.
{
    "Global Quote": {
        "01. symbol": "MSFT",
        "02. open": "134.9900",
        "03. high": "136.7200",
        "04. low": "134.6681",
        "05. price": "135.7400",
        "06. volume": "16639726",
        "07. latest trading day": "2019-08-27",
        "08. previous close": "135.4500",
        "09. change": "0.2900",
        "10. change percent": "0.2141%"
    }
}
So create a class as follows:
public class RootGlobalQuote
{
    [JsonProperty("Global Quote")]
    public GlobalQuote GlobalQuote { get; set; }
}

public class GlobalQuote
{
    [JsonProperty("01. symbol")]
    public string Symbol { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("02. open")]
    public string Open { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("03. high")]
    public string High { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("04. low")]
    public string Low { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("05. price")]
    public string Price { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("06. volume")]
    [JsonConverter(typeof(ParseStringConverter))]
    public long Volume { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("07. latest trading day")]
    public DateTimeOffset LatestTradingDay { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("08. previous close")]
    public string PreviousClose { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("09. change")]
    public string Change { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("10. change percent")]
    public string ChangePercent { get; set; }
}

A: I use these extensions
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System.IO;
public static class MyExtensions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Serialize on object to bute[]
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="model"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static byte[] SerializeBinary(this object model)
    {
        MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
        try
        {
            using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stream))
            using (JsonTextWriter jsonWriter = new JsonTextWriter(writer))
            {
                Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer ser = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer();
                ser.Serialize(jsonWriter, model);
                jsonWriter.Flush();
            }
        }
        finally
        {
            stream.Close();
        }
        return stream.ToArray();
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// Deserialize byte[] to an object of type T
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
    /// <param name="serializedObj"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static T DeserializeBinary<T>(this byte[] serializedObj)
    {
        MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(serializedObj);
        using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
        using (JsonTextReader jsonReader = new JsonTextReader(reader))
        {
            Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer ser = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer();
            return ser.Deserialize<T>(jsonReader);
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Serialize an object to JSON
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="model"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static string SerializeJson(this object model)
    {
        var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings { TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.All };
        var json= JsonConvert.SerializeObject(model, settings);
        return json;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Deserialize a string to object of T
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
    /// <param name="json"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static T DeserializeJson<T>(this string json)
    {
        var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings { TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.All };
        T model = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json, settings);
        return model;
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// Deserialize a string to object
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="json"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static object DeserializeJson(this string json)
    {
        var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings { TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.All };
        object model = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json, settings);
        return model;
    }
}

A: If you generated your class from this JSON, no need to use deserializer.
RootGlobalQuote rg = null;
RootGlobalQuote rgOut = null;

var response = _httpClient.GetAsync(GlobalQuoteUri);
response.Wait();

var resp = response.Result;

if (resp.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    var outRg = resp.Content.ReadAsAsync<RootGlobalQuote>();
    outRg.Wait();
    rg = outRg.Result;
    result = new RootGlobalQuote();
}

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Ugonna Umerou is a Nigerian designer and actress. She owns the House of Nwaocha feminine clothing line.

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Creagh Community Council
Four local people met in Staunton's Lounge to discuss the revitalisation of the Creagh Community Council, which had become defunct after many years of great work in the advancement of community interest In late October 1997.
Sadly, founding members Louis Finn, Paddy Manton and Kieren Shields have passed away while the fourth person John Molloy, remains active in the committee as chairperson of Creagh Community Development Committee.
70 people attended the inaugural meeting on the 17th of Nov 1997 in the John O Shea Hall which elected a committee and drafted a new Constitution – approved in 1998.
A constitution was drawn up by board members and elected members of the council and the constitution pushes to initiate, support, encourage and monitor the development of the area and represent the community in dealing with statutory bodies and all other agencies in the promotion of common good, promoting the cultural and economic welfare of the whole community and to hold in trust community assets that the council may acquire and to visit agencies in the development of Creagh.
Mindful of it's objectives – it was one of the founding partners in the establishing the Ballinasloe Area Community Development in 1999 and contributed a sizeable capital grant to secure the purchase of the old St. Endas Hospital complex and providing a nominated Director every year since.
In past years the restoration of five graveyards in Creagh Cemetery in 2013/14 was a huge undertaking by committee member John Molloy and P.J Lenehan, and loyal fellow workers. The CCDC had seen the poor conditions that the cemetery had been placed in and was determined to restore it.
The work involved in the erection of 53 fallen headstones, the restoration of 104 subsided graves and the removal of ivy from 18 headstones. The north and south graveyards were very overgrown while St. Bridgid's hospital graveyard which had closed in 1963 had fallen into disrepair and required a lot of work. The committee had decided to place a crucifix at the east wall of the main graveyard. A very informative Heritage Display Unit, containing a short history of each graveyard, was located at the entrance gate so that visitors could more easily find graves of their loved ones.
The cemetery had been maintained since 2013 by John Molloy, PJ Lenehan and Owen Flynn, a project that demands many hours of dedicated service. The monetary contribution by the people of the parish to the annual cemetery collection in later years is vital to ensuring the proper maintenance of Creagh Cemetery since 2013.
Creagh Paths Project that had been pushed for five years is finalising to fruition when Creagh Council were successful in their application for €100,000 available through the Town & Village Renewal Scheme in 2019. To qualify for the grant, the Community Council were more than obliged to contribute to the scheme in which they paid €12,500 which was matched by Roscommon County Council.
The Council's representations to Roscommon and Galway County Councils have resulted in the recent installation of desperately needed footpaths and lighting and have gotten in Anthony Cunnane Builders Ltd for the job. Creagh Community Development Council and Roscommon County Council are paying for the sections that stretch from Dubarry – Dolans Centra – Ardcarn Roundabout by the Shannonbridge Road and Galway County Council have financed the rest. These footpaths and lighting have contributed immensely to a safe walkway for walkers, joggers, pushchair and wheelchair users.
The Community Council have pledged that they will continue to ensure that footpaths will be cleared of litter and debris, especially of fallen leaves .in the autumn.
Chairman John Molloy acknowledges their close co – operation with all public representatives " Our Community Council gives their special thanks to Ex-Senator Maura Hopkins and the teams at Roscommon County and County Galway tand her local Secretary Alan Harney who were instrumental in delivering this project ", states John.
Despite strong representations to HSE and local politicians over the past 10 years regarding the rapid deterioration of St. Bridgid's hospital, no substantial progress has been made to date.
Creagh Council has advocated the removal of all the additional buildings to the original building; then the impressive front building and the New Building at the northern end of the Compound and the accompanying ground should be put up for sale as one entity. Likewise, the site of the delipidated Nurses Home and attached lands could form a separate sales unit.
CCDC has envisaged it becoming a gated compound comprising of a village concept that would include many different facilities. They believed it would be an attractive prospect to retired people as is the case in England, America, and Australia. Sadly, there appears to be little interest in HSE West becoming actively involved in progressing matters.
They hope to kick off a new project in Spring in which they will push to repair a section of the Bog Walk between Dubarry Factory and Attycorry. This is a beautiful facility all the year round but one small section needs attention , the Council also will make other necessary repairs to the Walk.
The Development Council will clean the Suck Bridge walls which have been reported as an eyesore by the public. The C.C.D.C. is confident that the completion of the footpath and adding lighting to Beagh roundabout will happen in 2021 and Creagh Council is in a good position to be able to contribute to the refurbishment of Beagh roundabout.
As with most voluntary organisations, the committee needs an infusion of younger people who are willing to give of their time to improving their community environment. Creagh's Council's policy of keeping Creagh clean and green requires constant attention, something that only can be achieved by the support of every household in the community. Together, the community can succeed.
Chair can be contacted via email john_molloy44@hotmail.com


George and Nancy McClure, both graduates of Purdue University in engineering, have always placed a high value on higher education, especially in the disciplines of science. George pursued a lifelong career as an engineer, and Nancy began as an industrial engineer and then became a math and science educator in the Van Buren Public Schools for 25 years. This scholarship was established to recognize the excellent education afforded to their grandson, Andrew Dennison ('15) and so many other students in the LSSU College of Natural Science, and particularly in Geology. The opportunities for research, extracurricular learning, and personalized faculty interactions in a small school atmosphere are worth encouraging… it will make a difference throughout their lives. Successful candidates must be a student majoring in the LSSU Geology program with at least 26 LSSU credits and a minimum 3.0 GPA.


Such advances in communication plants have also made it possible to move toward a global strategy. The result: drilling time is reduced and some well-logging steps are eliminated. To gain competitive advantage over its rivals, a company must either perform these activities at a lower cost or perform them in a way that leads to differentiation and a premium price more value. This optimization may require trade-offs. Most general managers know that the revolution is under way, and few dispute its importance. Second, it requires knowledge of available technologies to use in designing a creative solution for the business problem. In any event, his keen grasp of major trends in American life was evident in his business planning and even ordinary conversation.
Similarly, advances in microelectronics made personal computing possible. Technological tools like the internet can help a business find more suppliers in their niche. Buyer power Shelternet, an electronic information exchange offered by First Boston Corporation, allows real estate brokers to determine quickly and easily what mortgage packages are available and whether the buyer will qualify for financing. A key advantage of information technology lies in its ability to streamline communication both internally and externally. Information technology has had a particularly strong impact on bargaining relationships between suppliers and buyers since it affects the linkages between companies and their suppliers, channels, and buyers. The process can also work in the other direction with businesses conducting research to determine which things consumers find most important and then developing a niche market for those products or characteristics.
In addition to taking a hard look at its value chain, a company should consider how information technology might allow a change in competitive scope. Just-in-time deliveries by the supplier may have the same effect. Also, companies should note that being the first adopters of new technology will not make you the winner all the time, later adopters may still alter and innovate the technology to provide customers with a better service. The technology is creating new linkages between activities, and companies can now coordinate their actions more closely with those of their buyers and suppliers. With access to a computer and internet, anyone can start a business while at home.
Raymond Papp, 185-199 2001 , accessed March 22, 2019. These three effects are critical for understanding the impact of information technology on a particular industry and for formulating effective strategic responses. During his mature years, there was a widely circulated myth probably grounded in fact that the Statistical Abstract was his favorite bedside reading. . They knew that their companies had problems; sales were increasingly difficult to get and profits were slipping. It sells credit-authorization and transaction-processing services to Phillips Petroleum and retail remittance-processing services to Mellon Bank.
The information-processing component encompasses the steps required to capture, manipulate, and channel the data necessary to perform the activity. A former licensed financial adviser, he now works as a writer and has published numerous articles on education and business. His publications have appeared in several academic and practitioner journals, and he has presented research at professional and executive conferences. Spawning new businesses The information revolution is giving birth to completely new industries in three distinct ways. Information technology can alter the relationship between competitive scope and competitive advantage.
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Doing so will help them better analyze technical issues if the need arises. Companies that anticipate the power of information technology will be in control of events. They must examine how information technology might affect each of the five competitive forces. Intermodal now uses microcomputers to link its offices to a center that calculates all prices. Therefore, this strategy is closely related to differentiation and cost leadership because it is a method used by businesses to keep those advantages in place once they have been attained. Competitive scope is a powerful tool for creating competitive advantage. Information management is essential to any business that must store and safeguard sensitive information such as financial data for long periods of time.
Basing on research, students enjoy learning with technology, many schools have started providing free internet on the school campus, this helps students do research and learn on their own. It can unlock the power of broader geographic scope to create competitive advantage. Rewards can be set in such a manner, that whenever a customer purchases a product or use a service, they get points which can be converted into shopping points. InfoSci®-OnDemand Plus, a subscription-based service, provides researchers the ability to access full-text content from over 93,000+ peer-reviewed book chapters and 24,000+ scholarly journal articles covering 11 core subjects. However, the move has made the national scale of operations the key determinant of the cost of selling, rather than regional scale.


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Q: How to convert a forEach into a map How can i convert the ugly forEach into a nicer map?
convertedClientsToArray() {
        let clientArray = [];
        this.selectClients.forEach(client => {
            clientArray[client.id] = client.name;
        })
        return clientArray
}

i already tried but then it doesn't return the id as key.
Thanks for any help

A: Presumably you want an object, not an array, containing the ids mapped to names.
Try using reduce, passing in an empty object as the initializer.
convertedClientsToArray () {
    return this.selectClients.reduce((map, client) =>
        ((map[client.id] = client.name), map), {});
}

A: clientArray must be an object ({}) not an array ([]). Then you can use reduce like this:
convertedClientsToArray() {
    return this.selectClients.reduce((result, client) => {
        result[client.id] = client.name;
        return result;
    }, {}); // initial value of result is {}
}

A: Using Array map() method :

var client = [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "alpha"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "beta"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "name": "gamma"
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "name": "xyz"
    }
];

var res = client.map(function(item) {
  var obj = {};
  obj[item.id] = item.name;
  return obj;
});

console.log(res);

Using ES6 arrow function expression with map :

var client = [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "alpha"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "beta"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "name": "gamma"
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "name": "xyz"
    }
];

var obj = {};
client.map(item => obj[item.id] = item.name);

console.log(obj);


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Recent ERISA Preemption Decision in District of New Jersey Marks Departure from Prior Precedent
by E. Evans Wohlforth, Jr. and Charlotte Howells
In Glastein v. Aetna, Inc., et al., the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, departing from several recent decisions in the District, denied Defendant Aetna, Inc.'s motion to dismiss a medical provider's claim for reimbursement of insurance benefits on the ground that such claim was preempted by ERISA.
Glastein, an out-of-network orthopedic surgeon, allegedly performed a medically necessary surgery for an Aetna-insured patient. Prior to the surgery, Glastein secured a written authorization for the service from Aetna. Glastein later billed Aetna $209,000, allegedly the "normal and reasonable" charges for the procedure. Aetna did not pay any portion of the charged amount. Glastein sued Aetna, alleging several state common law claims, including breach of contract, promissory estoppel, accounting, and fraudulent inducement. After removing the action from the Superior Court of New Jersey to the District of New Jersey, Aetna moved to dismiss Glastein's complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).
Defendant's sole argument for dismissal was that Plaintiff's state-law causes of action were expressly preempted by ERISA's "express preemption" provision, under which ERISA preempts state laws where the state law refers to an ERISA plan or has an impermissible connection with an ERISA plan. In support of its preemption argument, Aetna cited to several recent decisions where the District dismissed complaints alleging the same state-law causes of action as expressly preempted under ERISA.
The Honorable Anne E. Thompson, U.S.D.J., rejected Aetna's argument. Acknowledging the recent decisions in the District where common-law claims by out-of-network providers with prior authorizations were found to be preempted, Judge Thompson reached a different result, finding no preemption. In so doing, Judge Thompson distinguished one of the cases reaching a contrary result, Glastein v. Horizon, because the authorization in that case expressly disclaimed a guarantee of payment, indicating that the patient's claim for benefits was grounded in the patient's ERISA plan. Judge Thompson distinguished the remaining authority because the provider's claims in those cases required reference to an ERISA plan, while the complaint before her provided no reason as to why reference to an ERISA plan was necessary.
Ultimately, this decision raises questions as to consistency in analysis of ERISA preemption in the District of New Jersey.
E. Evans Wohlforth, Jr., a Director in the Gibbons Commercial & Criminal Litigation Department, and Charlotte Howells, an Associate in the Gibbons Commercial & Criminal Litigation Department, authored this post.
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Manoj Nijhawan was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud. He was found responsible for having caused over $600 million in damages and sentenced to 41 months imprisonment. Subsequently, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) determined that Mr. Nijhawan had committed an "aggravated felony" and was subject to deportation because his offense involved fraud or deceit in which the loss to the victims exceeded $10,000. On appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Mr. Nijhawan argued that 1) his offense did not involve fraud or deceit as those terms are used in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and 2) that his conviction did not establish that loss to his victims exceeded $10,000. The court of appeals affirmed the BIA's findings and refuted Mr. Nijhawan's arguments. It held that Mr. Nijhawan's offenses constituted fraud or deceit as understood by the INA and that his conviction did establish that the loss to his victims exceeded $10,000, even though the jury did not determine that amount.
When a person is convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud and held responsible for having caused more than $10,000 in damages, but the sum is not established by a jury, does this satisfy the requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to deport an alien for having committed an "offense that involves fraud or deceit in which the loss of victims exceeds $10,000?"
The second case is an immigration case, an immigration that's called Nijhawan v. Holder.
Immigration law permits the Government to deport an alien who is convicted of "aggravated felony".
And there is a related statute, there's a whole lot of offenses that it calls aggravated felonies.
And one on that long list is "an offense that involves fraud or deceit in which the loss to the victims exceeds $10,000.
The question here is, how does the immigration judge decide, whether a fraud offense of which an alien was previously convicted involved a loss to the victim exceeding $10,000?
Does he just have to look at the fraud statute as it's described in the statute books?
Let's see, for example, maybe there's a monetary threshold there, say, defining the crime as applying only where the loss is greater than $10,000 or $100,000 or greater than a million.
And that threshold is convicted with guarantee that the fraud involved more than $10,000 because it's part of the definition.
Or can the immigration judge also look to the proceedings in the fraud case itself to determine what actually happened?
That matters in this case.
That's because the relevant fraud statute doesn't say anything about amounts.
It doesn't have a threat to show.
So, if we just read the statute, we can't tell whether the defendant defrauded the victim of $5 or $50,000.
But we do know from the record in the particular case that the defendant stipulated its sentencing that the laws from his fraud exceeded a hundred million dollars and the sentencing judge ordered him to pay $683 million in restitution.
We decide that the Immigration Judge can look beyond the statute.
And in this case, we think the Immigration Judge was right to look at the sentencing record.
There are so few fraud crimes defined in the statute books as containing monetary thresholds than to hold otherwise as the defendant wanted us to do would lead the immigration laws fraud provision without any coherent application.
Moreover, we think there's sufficient safeguards for those threatened with deportation.
In the laws requirement that the Government at the deportation proceeding has to prove by clear and convincing evidence that that earlier fraud conviction did involve a loss of at least $10,000 or more and the Government must tie the laws to a specific count of conviction.
We explained all this further in our opinion.
We affirmed the same conclusion reached by the Third Circuit and this decision is unanimous.


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Q: Converting C to mips assembly, Unaligned address error i'm doing an assignment now, it's almost done but i keep getting error saying
Unaligned address in inst/data fetch: 0x10010016
at line:
lw   $t3,0($a1)     # get the value of b[k] and save it into t3

I search online and i find an answer saying i have to use .align 2 to fix this, but that doesn't work for my problem.
can someone please give me a hint on this, I literally spend 6 hours on this..
thank you very much
Here is my code:
# a -> $a0
# b -> $a1
# n -> $a2
# j -> $a3
# k -> $s0
# i -> $t0

.data

.align 2

arra:   .word 1,2,7,4,5
arrb:   .word 3,4,7,2,9

.text

    la $a0, arra        # we have array a[] = { 1,2,7,4,5}
    la $a1, arrb        # we have array b[] = {3,4,7,2,9}

    addi $a2,$zero,0        # n = 0
    addi $a2,$zero,3        # n = 3

    addi $a3,$zero,0        # j = 0
    addi $a3,$zero,3        # j = 3

    addi $s0,$zero,0        # k = 0
    addi $s0,$zero,2        # k = 2

g:

    addi $sp, $sp, -24

    sw   $ra, 20($sp)       # save $ra on stack
    sw   $s0, 16($sp)        # save $s0 (k) on stack
    sw   $a0, 12($sp)        # save a0(a) on stack
    sw   $a1, 8($sp)        # save a1(b) on stack
    sw   $a2, 4($sp)        # save a2(n) on stack
    sw   $a3, 0($sp)        # save a3(j) on stack

    move $a3,$s0            # set j = k
    jal    f            # f(a,b,n,k,k)

    add  $a1,$a1,$s0    # return the address of b[k]
    lw   $t3,0($a1)     # get the value of b[k] and save it into t3
    add  $v0, $t3,$zero # return the value

    lw  $a3,0($sp)
    lw  $a2,4($sp)
    lw  $a1,8($sp)
    lw  $a0,12($sp)
    lw  $s0,16($sp)
    lw  $ra,20($sp)

    addi $sp,$sp,24

    jr   $ra

f:
    bne  $a2, $zero, ELSE   # if (n != 0) go to ELSE

    addi $t0, $zero, 1  # set $t0 = 1
    sw   $t0, 0($a1)    # then set b[0] = 1

    addi $t0, $zero, 1  # set $t0 = 1
    sw   $t0, 0($a1)    # then set b[0] = 1

    addi $t0, $zero, 1  # set i = 1 for the loop

forLoop:
    slt $t1,$s0, $t0    # if k < i, end the loop, use $t1 to store the boolean value
    bne $t1, 1, forLoopDone
    add $a1, $a1, $t0       # b[i] address
    add $t2,$zero,$zero
    sw  $t2, 0($a1)         # b[i] = 0
    addi $t0, $t0, 1        # i = i + 1
    j    forLoop

ELSE:
    bne $a3, $zero, updateJ     # test if (j == 0), if not, j = j -1
    j    iteratef

updateJ:
    addi $a3, $a3, -1       # j = j -1
    j    iteratef

iteratef:
    addi $a2, $a2, -1       # iterate, n = n - 1
    j    f              # f(b, a, n-1, j_update, k)

    bne  $a3, $zero, forLoop1Ini    # if (j != 0), go to for_loop1_ini
    lw   $a0, 0($a0)        # there might be sth wrong here
    sw   $a1, 0($a1)        # set b[0] = a[0]
    addi $a3, $a3, 1        # j++

forLoop1Ini:
    addi $t0, $a3, 0        # set i = j

forLoop1Start:
    slt  $t1,$s0, $t0
    bne  $t1, 1, forLoop1Done
    add  $a0, $a0, $t0      # get a[i] address
    lw   $t1, 0($a0)        # t1 = a[i]
    lw   $t2, -4($a0)       # get b[i]
    add  $a1, $a1, $t0      # get b[i] address
    add  $t1, $t1, $t2      # t1 = a[i-1] + a[i]
    sw   $t1, 0($t1)        # b[i] = a[i-1] + a[i]
    addi $t0, $t0, 1        # i++
    j    forLoop1Start

forLoop1Done:
    nop

forLoopDone:
    nop

    jr  $ra

A: Your problem is that you are not taking into account the size of each element of the array. Each element occupies 4 bytes.
Therefore, instead of issuing
  add  $a1,$a1,$s0    # return the address of b[k]

you should multiply the index by 4 (which is the size of element) to get the effective offset:
  sll $s1, $s0, 2     # Compute effective offset (i.e. multiply index by 4)
  add  $a1,$a1,$s1    # return the address of b[k]
  lw   $t3,0($a1)     # get the value of b[k] and save it into t3


Discusses the characteristics and behavior of the giant panda, one of the world's best-loved wild animals.
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Characteristics: 47 p. :,col. ill. ;,22 cm.
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Understanding Séances by Al Collier
Much has been written and published about Helen Duncan and her séances, unfortunately the term 'séance' as it applies to her case and the way the term 'séance' is used in modern language are not exactly the same.
First it must be understood that the correct term for anyone who is in contact with the spirit world DIRECTLY is concerned a 'medium'.
Secondly it must be understood that there are several forms of spirit communication.
Most Americans are familiar with John Edwards and his television show 'Crossing Over'. He sees and hears the spirit and relays the message to the living. This is the form I am most familiar with as well, since it is my form of communication with spirit. This is the most common form of mediumship. It does not require the trance state that Helen Duncan and others use.
Others are referred to as 'direct voice' mediums.
This means the medium goes into a trance state, then another spirit speaks through the medium.
Helen Duncan was a 'materialization' medium. This means she went into a trance state and a spirit would form in the room. It is reported and documented by thousands who attended such séances that those spirits spoke and not Helen.
Traditionally people have claimed that the spirit formed by use of ectoplasm coming from the medium. More recent research now indicates that what has been called 'ectoplasm' is actually an electromagnetic energy, not unlike that of the aura borealis, using a mixture of the human aura and the energy field of the spirit.
It might better be represented if the occurrence was thought of as a temporary linking of the human aura as reflected in aura photographs and the spirit energy that is often captured in photos or on videotape. The blending of two different magnetic fields is well documented, first being noticed during World War II when magnetic targeting torpedoes, which worked fine in the North Atlantic or the South Atlantic, would not work near the equator.
Thus when the police 'claimed' to have tried to grasp a 'sheet' and their fingers moved through it, it could have been the electrical fields. This would also account for the burns on Helen's body during her last séance that lead to her death. Séances are not, channeling sessions, editation sessions or any thing from a cheap Hollywood horror movie.
Séances at least as Helen and those who are serious in such matters are quiet, intense sessions.
They are not games or events for those seeking money.
No medium can ever know in advance who or what will be revealed during the session, but it will be something relating to a person who is present at the séance.
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