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Robert Wilonsky | March 23, 2006 | 8:45am
Five years after the publication (well, self-publication) of his book O.J. Is Guilty, but Not of Murder, local private detective Bill Dear is moving his search for Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman's killers to the big screen. On March 27 at the Angelika Film Center, 275 locals handpicked by Dear will take a sneak peek at a rough-cut of Dear's two-hour documentary called The Overlooked Suspect: The Murders of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman. "We're looking for feedback," says Dear, who has submitted the documentary to the Los Angeles Film Festival (which takes place this June--where else?--in Brentwood) and the Toronto International Film Festival.
Produced by Dear and Phil Smith Productions, a corporate video company based in Southlake, the doc brings together the results of Dear's obsession for the last 12 years: finding out who really killed O.J. Simpson's wife Nicole and Mezzaluna waiter Ron Goldman on June 12, 1994. The flamboyant P.I. claims to have "shocking and unbelievable, but true" new evidence implicating Jason Simpson, O.J. Simpson's son from his first marriage, in the slayings. Dear claims to have spent $1 million proving that Jason, who was a 24-year-old chef with a troubled mental and emotional history at the time of the murders, committed the crimes and that O.J. covered it up to protect his son. A BBC documentary, O.J.: The Untold Story,was based on Dear's gumshoe work.
Now 31, Jason Simpson recently married and is living with his father near Miami, Dear says. He has had no comment when contacted by journalists regarding Dear's allegations. "I would love for him to sue me," Dear says. "Then I could take his deposition."
For junkies of true-crime stories, Dear's book offered lots of intriguing information but no proof. One Los Angeles police report alleged that 18 months before the murders, Jason had attacked a boss with a knife and assaulted several girlfriends. He'd tried to commit suicide several times by drug overdose or self-inflicted stab wounds. Psychiatric records Dear obtained indicated Jason suffered from a "rage disorder." And he carried to and from work a set of chef's knives. But according to a deposition Jason gave in the civil case against his father, police never questioned him.
Dear says Jason was never taken seriously as a suspect because police believed he had an air-tight alibi: He had been preparing food in an open kitchen in front of several hundred paying guests at a Beverly Drive restaurant, left work at 11 p.m., then watched TV with his girlfriend. Dear says he's now punctured that alibi. He bought Jason's Jeep to search for blood drops and obtained a treasure trove of material that surfaced from a storage unit Jason had rented until he failed to pay the bill.
"I have Jason's diaries and his forged time cards," Dear says. He hopes to present new evidence to an L.A. grand jury after the film is released. Of course, this raises the question: Is O.J. still offering that reward for information leading to the conviction of the real killer? —Glenna Whitley
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City releases statement on EMS labour dispute
City update on EMS Labour Disruption
Sault Ste. Marie, ON (2018 02 28) – The City of Sault Ste. Marie advises residents that the labour disruption scheduled by Unifor Local 1359 (Paramedics) to take place effective February 28, 2018 at 12:01 a.m. has been delayed.
There is no disruption to services at this time.
The City has put forth an application before the Ontario Labour Relations Board and has received a ruling that an Essential Service Agreement (ESA) must be in place and agreed upon by both parties prior to any work action.
It is beneficial to both parties and especially the public that an ESA with clearly defined parameters be in place to assist in navigating through a potential disruption.
A scheduled hearing in Toronto will take place on March 12, 2018 to better define the framework for such an agreement.
To prevent a labour disruption, the City believes that the most responsible course of action is to put its differences before an arbitrator and abide by the ruling, a request that has been formally asked of Unifor.
The current agreement was arrived at through arbitration.
Furthermore, contrary to reports, the City is and remains prepared to continue discussions at any time to resolve the remaining issues to avoid a labour disruption.
The City has provided an offer that is fair to its EMS employees and affordable to the citizens of Sault Ste. Marie putting its Paramedics in the middle of its comparator groups.
The City recognizes the important work of paramedics and will continue to negotiate an agreement in a responsible manner that is fair to employees and affordable to the citizens of Sault Ste. Marie.
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Bob Kirpatrick March 2, 2018 At 3:15 pm
Forcing paramedics to go to arbitration, wasting union and city taxes on paying an arbitrator seems foolish! Offer them the same as Algoma Paramedics, maybe even more. I see ambulances racing all over the city day and night. It's not like they are sitting around, oh what's that I hear right now? Its an ambulance coming down my street! Stop being so cheap treat them with respect and pay them what they are worth. Why are they almost $1.00 per hour behind Algoma district Paramedics?
A.Madguy March 2, 2018 At 2:55 pm
Bernie, your ignorance towards the Paramedics is sickening.
Paramedics deserve a fair wage and deserve fair treatment and respect by their employers.
The men and women of the Paramedic Service are on duty 24/7, 365, and respond to incidents that would give anyone long lasting nightmares and believe me, it does give the Paramedics nightmares. I would like to see you do CPR on a child who was pulled from a swimming pool, spend up to an hour with an accident victim trapped in a car only to have the victim die. Treat a cardiac arrest, on Christmas Day, in front of the whole family , only for the patient not to make it.
Imagine the emotional tole that would take on you and then sit there and tell me they don't deserve a wage increase and the respect of their employer. Pull your head out of your butt.
J.P. March 1, 2018 At 8:20 am
The City has said a number of times that Unions always make out better when they go to Arbitration. So why send them to Arbitration now? Would it not be a cost savings to settle now?
bernie March 1, 2018 At 7:10 am
If these workers want to get raises the same as what Thunder Bay got, let them move to Thunder Bay. Simple enough. If they can't stand the employer they work for, quit and go work for another employer. Pretty simple.


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The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" is more than just an entertaining collection of stories and characters; it is a representation of the society Chaucer lived in. In the late 14th century England the traditional feudal system was changing as the church was losing its importance and more people were becoming part of the emerging middle class. Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" is a microcosm of this society because it demonstrates the social divisions known as the Estates, it illustrates the growth of the middle class and the decline of the feudal system, and it shows the corruption and power of the Church, and it embodies most aspects of the Middle Age.
Feudal society was traditionally divided into three "estates", which were roughly equivalent to social classes. The "First Estate" was the Church, the "Second Estate" was the Nobility, and the "Third Estate" was the Peasantry. The rigid division of society into the three traditional "estates" was beginning to break down in the late 14th century England, and by the time of Chaucer, there was a rise of the middle class. In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer is highly conscious of the social divisions known as the "Estates." While the genre of The Canterbury Tales as a whole is a frame narrative, the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales is an example of "Estates Satire," a genre which criticizes the abuses that occur within the three traditional Estates.
Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales embodies most aspects of the Middle Ages, whether it is in the form of immoral religious clergyman, poor, virtuous farmers, or the honorable knight. All these characters provide excellent examples of the many omnipresent themes of the Middle Ages. The prevailing values and themes of the Middle Ages included violence and revenge, religion and corruption, and social status and hierarchy.
The times in which Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is set are tumultuous and are filled with suffering, conflict, and general animosity; as such, the ideas of revenge and thus violence are fairly prevalent. In a great many of Chaucer's tales, this theme is framed perfectly. An example near the end of the Reeve's tale after the miller discovers the scholars' treachery. "He [the miller] grabbed Allan by the Adam's apple, and he, in return, roughly grabbed the miller and hit him on the nose with his fist" (Chaucer 83). In this instance, not only a quick resort to violence is exhibited, but violence is used as revenge as the miller attacks Allan after realizing that he has slept with his wife. Evidenced by this, violent tendencies were often the most common, and the most appropriate response.
In all of England, violence was seen as something of a way of life Curtis Gruenler, in a literary analysis, states, "[V]iolence on a large scale held English attention as spectacular victories against the French early in the Hundred Years War were followed by a series of costly, disastrous campaigns" (Gruenler). War was a profession of many people in England including a character of Chaucer's, the Knight had fought in at least 15 battles and had essentially built out his entire livelihood based upon the battles he was called upon by his lord to take part in. In essence, violence was a universally recognized form of justice and retribution something that was explicitly pointed out in Chaucer's stories.
Yet another theme is the presence of religion, or more specifically, the presence of corruption within religion. Many members of the pilgrimage have ties to religious office, and all but the Parson have in some way violated their vows or otherwise acted somewhat out of their bounds as a high ranking member of the Church. Chaucer illustrates this elegantly in the form of the Pardoner's prologue where he states "make an offering to my relics in this church [. . .] make an offering in the name of God, I shall absolve them by the authority of which was granted to me by papal bull" (Chaucer 288).
After telling the pilgrims of this trick, clearly aimed at pocketing a good deal of money, he explains, "By this trick I have gained a hundred marks year after year since I became a pardoner" (Chaucer 288). The Pardoner is not, however, the only immoral religious character involved in the pilgrimage. The Friar, for example, has broken his vows as a clerical member of the Church, most prominently his vow of chastity.
The Friar has engaged in relationships that have violated this vow, and when a child comes as a result of this interaction, he has gone so far as to marry the woman to her lover so as to cover his own tracks. All of these aspects of church corruption in The Canterbury Tales eventually come down to a desire for pleasure and money, something that plagued the legitimacy of the Catholic Church and eventually led to the religious reformation.
Among the characters a sort of social hierarchy became quickly apparent in the midst of these many travelers. A general character emerged that separated the pilgrims based upon their economic and social standings. There was a rather large contrast between the richest of the travelers and the poorest. For example, the Franklin was an owner of a large estate and lavish personal goods. Although he is deeply in debt, his social status is still far higher than that of say, the Plowman. The Plowman is one of the poorer members of the pilgrimage, but despite this he is one of the more cheerful and charitable members of the pilgrimage. This can be seen as Chaucer's means of expressing his feelings toward the social hierarchy of the times.
Chaucer also weighs in on feudalism, the socioeconomic system of the time. "[Chaucer represents the] feudal arrangement of society [. . .] around the figure of the knight as a conception of nobility, and around the labourer a conception of commonality" (Morgan 8). Chaucer seems to see feudalism as a system that divides people into the wealthy nobles and the poor laborers. Chaucer also seems to recognize the presence of a middle class that seems to rise out of feudalism. For example, the figure of a merchant who gains his wealth by his own accord, specifically money trading, and is almost entirely independent of the feudal system.
The Merchant is described in the general prologue as "[a] responsible man [who] kept his wits about him [. . .] Nevertheless he was really a worthy man" (Chaucer 6). In short, Chaucer saw the social structure of his time and saw certain things he had disapproval of, but indeed, he saw some other parts of it as beneficial to the betterment of society.
To close, Chaucer's masterpiece The Canterbury Tales exhibits many prevalent themes and in such a way paints a picture of the times. He does this by talk of violence, religious corruption, and social structuring, all of which were very pertinent bits of society in the time as they all formed a system that is looked back on and interpreted through works of fact and fiction such as The Canterbury Tales.


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Germany Wind Power Investing, Tiliting At Windmills
Stock-Markets / Renewable Energy Jun 30, 2007 - 03:07 PM GMT
By: Elliot_H_Gue
Last week I was aboard the MS Deutschland cruising the Baltic Sea in northern Europe for the KCI Investment Cruise. Leaving from the German port of Travemunde, we stopped at a total of seven countries in 11 days. In several of these countries, we had the opportunity to meet with the commercial attaches at the US Embassy as well as local business leaders.
Not surprising, energy was the topic of considerable conversation both in our onshore meetings as well as with subscribers aboard the Deutschland . What really struck me are the varied approaches and policies each country has chosen to follow to meet a common problem--producing enough electricity to meet the rapidly growing demands of a modern economy.
And it's impossible to strip environmental concerns from energy policy, especially in Europe. Whether you're convinced that global warming is a problem or believe it's simply bunk, the simple fact is that governments across Europe are increasingly looking to strictly regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. As investors, we don't necessarily have to enter the global warming debate, but we can't ignore the implications of carbon regulations or the potential profit opportunities afforded by so-called green energy policy.
As you might expect, alternative energy and government policy aimed at promoting such technologies was a key topic in several countries visited during the course of the cruise. In fact, the US Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, is promoting a campaign titled "The One Big Thing." The focus of that initiative is to encourage greater collaboration between Swedish and US firms toward the development of all sorts of energy technologies. The embassy has even gone so far as to publish a list of 30 small Swedish start-ups conducting research in areas as diverse as wind power, fuel cells and solar power.
But the fact is that most alternative power technologies aren't a true solution to the globe's energy problems. The best illustration of this is the long-time poster child of the alternative energy movement, wind power. Apart from hydropower, wind is the most economically viable, developed and feasible alternative energy source. But wind's contribution to the global electric grid is all too often overstated.
Consider that Germany has by far the largest base of installed wind power capacity in the world, with more than 20,622 megawatts of generating capacity. To put that figure into context, the runner-ups are Spain and the US with a little more than 11,000 megawatts of generating capacity each; Germany is far and away the undisputed leader.
But although I've long been aware of these statistics, I wasn't quite prepared for the sight of northern Germany's Baltic Sea coast. In the first day and a half of the cruise, we departed the German port of Travemunde and sailed close to the coast en route to Stockholm, Sweden.
What was most striking was the prevalence of thousands of windmills located both onshore and offshore. We passed these offshore wind farms for hours; some were truly massive in scale.
Germany's wind industry is the product of more than a decade of government subsidy. Specifically, the German government uses a feed-in tariff system that requires utilities to buy wind power and pay generous subsidized rates for that electricity. The result: Building wind farms in Germany is highly profitable. Check out the chart below.
Source: Global Wind Energy Council ; BP
As you can see in the chart, Germany's wind capacity has grown tenfold since 1997. Much of that capacity is located along the Baltic Coast in the North for the simple fact that it's windier in this region than in most other parts of Germany. Because offshore winds are steadier than onshore, many farms are located on the water.
Given that Germany's total installed base of generation capacity is about 125,000 megawatts, wind power plants account for about 16 to 17 percent of total capacity.
At first blush, these facts suggest that the nation's energy policy and wind power industry are a smashing success. But that brings us to the clever marketing trick used by many alternative energy firms; there's a major difference between the terms capacity and generation. Namely, just because a utility may own a plant with 1,000 megawatts of capacity doesn't mean that plant is operating at that capacity at all times.
In fact, that's highly unlikely to be the case, particularly for wind power. That's because the speed of wind in an area at a particular point in time is unpredictable. Moreover, even relatively small variations in wind speed can mean large changes in power output from wind turbines.
The rated capacity of a wind farm is far less important than how much those wind farms actually contribute to the grid in the form of generated electricity. If we look at Germany in that light, we get a far less impressive picture. Only 5 percent of Germany's electricity generation in 2006 came from wind. Bottom line: As impressive as offshore wind farms may be to behold, those strings of thousands of windmills located on the Baltic just aren't a particularly important source of power for Germany.
But all the hype surrounding alternative energies obfuscates two other important trends that are facing most of the countries I visited last week. First, when I see all those windmills in Germany or listen to Sweden's plans to build more high-tech wind farms, I don't see countries that are becoming more energy independent or reducing their carbon footprints. Rather, I see a rapid rise in the consumption of natural gas and rising dependence on Russia.
And second, Germany and Sweden both state their goal is to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions. Paradoxically, however, both countries have undertaken the single most destructive policy with regard to that goal--a stated, national policy to phase out nuclear power.
With regard to the first point, natural gas emits roughly 50 percent less carbon dioxide than coal. Gas plants are also a well-known technology that's reliable and can be counted on for always-on power generation. Because alternative energies can't be counted on to meet demand, countries like Germany install what's known as shadow capacity--generally gas (or coal) plants that can meet power demand when wind power output isn't sufficient to do so.
Overall gas demand in Europe is projected to increase by nearly 4 percent annually between now and 2030, a total increase of more than 72 percent between 2003 and 2030. What's interesting is that's more than five times the 0.7 percent annualized growth in US demand; the Energy Information Agency projects that US gas demand will increase by only a total of around 17 percent in the same time frame.
By far the biggest contributor to growth in European Union (EU) gas demand is the electric-power-plant sector. Demand for gas to fire Europe's electric plants is set to jump to more than 180 percent by 2030 and will total 11.9 trillion cubic feet annually by that year.
Much of this gas will likely come from Russia. At the current time, the EU imports more than 4 trillion cubic feet of gas annually from Russia by pipeline alone. That works out to more than 11 billion cubic feet per day or around half of EU gas imports.
With Europe's domestic gas resources in decline, the region will become increasingly reliant on imports; there are several new pipelines in the works to deliver gas from Russia to the continent. It should come as little surprise that Germany is the largest customer for Russian gas and among the most import-dependent countries in the world.
To make matters worse, if Germany does decide to go ahead with the shutdown of its nuclear plants, gas import reliance will soar even more, as will emissions of carbon dioxide. Nuclear power accounts for around 27 percent of Germany's electricity supply and 19.5 percent of grid capacity. There's no way all that capacity can be replaced by alternatives.
Germany's current plan seems to be a phaseout of its plants offset by an expansion of gas-fired power and, to a limited extent, alternatives. But Germany's main supplier of gas, Russia, is planning to greatly ramp up its reliance on nuclear power in order to free up more natural gas for export to the EU. In an upcoming issue of The Energy Letter , I'll take a closer look at these key political relationships.
By Elliott H. Gue
The Energy Letter
© 2007 Elliott H. Gue
Elliott H. Gue is editor of The Energy Letter , a bi-weekly e-letter as well as editor of The Energy Strategist , a premium bi-weekly newsletter on the energy markets. Mr. Gue is also associate editor for Personal Finance , where he contributes his knowledge of the energy markets.
Mr. Gue has a Master's of Finance degree from the University of London and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Management from the University of London , graduating in the top 3 percent of his class. Mr. Gue was the first American student to ever complete a full degree at that university.
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01 Jul 07, 12:03 Elliott Gue piece on German wind
It looks like anti-nuclear paranoia will drive the Germans into a dangerous dependence on Russian natural gas. If wind is 5% of German kWh use; what is the total German electric generation capacity? Data like: "wind is thirty pecent of installed capacity; yet only 5 % of delivered energy" would be interesting.
Congratulations to Mr. Gue--a very good piece. (I am a retied pofessor thermodynamics University of Maine.)
02 Jul 07, 07:52 Gerhard Schroder placed wealth before German interest
It is fascinating to me how little hue and cry has resulted from the actions of Gerhard Schroder, who arranged the deal that would shut down Germany's nuclear power plants while serving as the Prime Minister.
About a month after he left office, he was given a large signing bonus - reputed to be well north of a million dollars - to head an effort by Gazprom, the Russian state owned gas export monopoly - to build a new pipeline to Germany. The new pipeline would by-pass other European countries by passing through the Baltic Sea.
The pipeline will be profitable only if there is plenty of demand for the gas - a condition that Mr. Schroder helped to ensure by his efforts to eliminate the nuclear powered competition.
I found the interesting quote about Mr. Schroder's third wife's reaction to their divorce - "Hillu Schroder subsequently wrote a scathing exposé of the relationship accusing her ex-husband of being mean, egotistical, cowardly, and opportunistic. "
I also found some other interesting tidbits about Mr. Schroder
"He quit school at 14 to take sales jobs in a china shop and then a hardware store. Schroder was an eager student, who paid for night courses in order to finish high school. Imre Karacs in the Independent reported that Schroder often told his mother, "One day I'll take you away from all this in a Mercedes."
"Schroder combined his profession and his politics, becoming noted for defending Red Army Faction terrorist Horst Mahler in a parole hearing, and also for his association with Willy Brandt, the former SPD chancellor. By 1978, he had completely embraced mainstream Marxism and was busy organizing protests against the United States and the deployment of NATO missiles in Germany. "
Put it all together and you get a social climber who managed to sell out an entire country - perhaps even a whole continent - in order to make enough dough to buy plenty of the Mercedes that he wanted.
Why do the Germans feel obligated to follow through on the lousy deal?
Quotes sourced from http://www.answers.com/topic/gerhard-schr-der


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"Namakkal is an administrative district, which is located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The district shares its boundaries with Salem district in the north and Karur district in the south. From the east, this district is bounded by Attur taluk of Salem district and from the west by Erode district. The district is divided into four sub-divisions, namely Tiruchengode, Namakkal,
Rasipuram and Velur. Headquarters of this district is based at Namakkal, which is the first ISO 14001-2004 certified municipality in Asia for environmental management.As per the inscriptions found on the north-western and southern walls of the abandoned temple on the hill, the district was known as Thiruvaraikkal in the ancient times. During that time,
Namakkal was a part of Salem and was ruled by Atikula King, Gunasila.
Later, Hoysalas took control over the region and ruled there till the 14th century. With the end of Hoysalas Empire, Vijayanagara Empire conquered the region and ruled over it till 1565.In 1623, the region came under the administrative control of Madurai Nayaks. It was during the reign of Ramchandra Nayak that the Namakkal Fort was constructed. After Madurai Nayaks, the area was successively ruled by Muslim Sultans of Bijapur and Golkonda, Mysore kings and then the Marathas. Later in 1750, the area came into hands of Hyder Ali, who was succeeded by Tipu Sultan.On 25 July, 1996, Namakkal district was separated from Salem district. It officially started functioning independently from 1 January 1997. In August 2009, this district was ranked second in the comprehensive Economic Environment index ranking of districts in Tamil Nadu by the Institute for Financial Management and Research."
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Arungiri Malai
Popularly known as Arunagiri Hills this place is famous for being the location of a Murugan Temple.
Kolli Hills
These hills are very ancient and hold historical significance. The way to reach the hill top is curvy and had more than 70 bends which makes the journey more impressive. It is small mountain range measuring 1300 meter in height and covers 280 sq km.
Rock Fort
Namakkal fort is one of the famous and safest fort in India, located on the top of massive rock at an elevation of 75 meter. It was built during 9th century. Girivalam is he famous procession around the hillock attracts several devotees to seek blessings. One can find a temple and a mosque within the fort.
Anjeneya Temple
This is an ancient temple, around 1500 years old. It is beautifully located below the Namakkal Fort. The prominent feature is 18 feet tall Anjeneya statue which lies across the street and act as Guardian of the fort.
Agaya Gangai Waterfalls
Cascading down from the Kolli Hills on the Eastern Ghats the jungle stream Panchanathi Adda on to the panoramic natural beauty of the hills.
Namagiri Lakshmi Narasimha Swami Temple
This cave temple houses a beautiful stone carved idol of Sri Narasimha Swami that is a special form of Lord Vishnu.
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Ein Schachgebot ist die Bedrohung des Königs im Schachspiel durch eine Figur des Gegners. Bedroht ist der König dann, wenn er von der Figur geschlagen werden könnte, wenn der entsprechende Spieler am Zug wäre. Dies gilt auch dann, wenn die angreifende Figur nicht auf das Feld des angegriffenen Königs ziehen kann, weil sie beispielsweise ihrerseits an den eigenen König gefesselt ist. Das Schachgebot geht von der Figur aus, die den König angreift. Man sagt: "Die Figur bietet dem König Schach" oder "Der König steht im Schach".

Jedes Schachgebot muss abgewehrt werden. Dazu gibt es genau drei Möglichkeiten:
 Der bedrohte König zieht auf ein Feld, welches nicht bedroht ist.
 Die schachbietende Figur wird geschlagen.
 Eine Figur zieht zwischen die Schach gebende Figur und den eigenen König und versperrt dadurch die Wirklinie des Angreifers. Diese Abwehrmöglichkeit funktioniert nicht gegen einen schachbietenden Bauern oder Springer, da beide Figuren beim Angriff keine zu unterbrechende Wirklinie besitzen: Der Bauer greift Felder schräg links und rechts vor ihm an und dazwischen liegt kein weiteres Feld, welches eine schützende Figur besetzen könnte. Der Springer wiederum greift ausschließlich seine möglichen Zielfelder an, aber niemals die Felder dazwischen, die er "überspringen" würde, weswegen das Ziehen einer Figur auf diese Felder den Springerangriff nicht abblocken könnte.
Kann der König durch keine dieser drei Möglichkeiten in Sicherheit gebracht werden, ist er schachmatt. Kann ein Spieler, dessen König nicht im Schach steht, keinen regelgerechten Zug ausführen, der nicht ins Schach führt, so ist er nicht matt, sondern patt. Die Partie endet dann remis.

Wenn ein Schachgebot nicht abgewehrt wird oder ein Spieler seinen eigenen König ins Schach zieht, ist dies immer ein ungültiger Zug, der zurückgenommen werden muss, wobei im Blitzschach Ausnahmen gelten können. Bis Ende 2017 hatte in offiziellen (ELO-ausgewerteten) Turnieren ein solcher ungültiger Zug in einer Blitzpartie laut FIDE-Regeln den sofortigen Partieverlust zur Folge, seit Januar 2018 führt der erste ungültige Zug einer Partie nur noch zu einer Zeitstrafe (und zur Rücknahme des Zuges) und erst ein etwaiger zweiter ungültiger Zug in derselben Partie führt zum direkten Verlust.

Während der König im Schach steht, darf er vorübergehend nicht rochieren. Ebenso wenig darf er durch die Rochade ein Feld überspringen, auf dem er im Schach stünde oder auf ein Zielfeld rochieren, wenn er dort im Schach stünde.

Die Regeln verlangen nicht, dass der Spieler, der Schach gibt, dies auch laut ausspricht. Deswegen treffen ihn auch keinerlei Sanktionen, wenn er nicht "Schach!" sagt. Während unter Gelegenheitsspielern oder bei Übungspartien laut ausgesprochene Schachgebote üblich sind, kommen sie in der Turnierpraxis, auch in den unteren Ligen, eher selten vor.

Schachgebotsarten

Eine besondere Art des Schachgebots ist das Abzugschach. Dabei wird eine Figur so gezogen, dass dadurch der Weg einer anderen eigenen Figur zum gegnerischen König frei wird, und dieser somit im Schach steht (analog zum oben dargestellten Dazwischenziehen kann ein Springer nicht durch Abzugschach zur Schach bietenden Figur werden). Eine Steigerung hiervon besteht beim Doppelschach. Dabei bedroht die Figur, die den Weg freiräumt, ebenfalls den gegnerischen König, so dass dieser von zwei Figuren gleichzeitig angegriffen wird. Ein Doppelschach kann nur durch Wegziehen des Königs abgewehrt werden, da durch Schlagen oder Dazwischenziehen nur das Schach einer der Figuren abgewehrt werden könnte.

Sofern ein Schachgebot abgewehrt und gleichzeitig selbst ein Schachgebot gegeben wird ohne die Schach bietende Figur zu schlagen, spricht man von einem Kreuzschach. Wird die Schach bietende Figur geschlagen, so handelt es sich einfach um ein Gegenschach.

Eine Art des Zwischenzuges ist das Zwischenschach.

Kann ein Spieler mit jedem weiteren Zug Schach geben, ohne Matt zu setzen, und macht davon auch Gebrauch, so spricht man von Dauerschach. Die Partie endet remis, weil durch das Dauerschach unweigerlich eine dreimalige Stellungswiederholung oder Remis durch die 50-Züge-Regel eintritt.

Siehe auch
 Gardez (Schach)

Quellenangaben

Schachregeln

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If there ever was a song that transports you instantly to another place and time, a song that encapsulates one of the greatest love songs ever written, a song that is equally ethereal as it is authentic, then that song is "It Always Will Be," written by Willie Nelson. It is one of those songs treasured by all who hear it. A song that is so poignant it transcends all musical genres.
The elder statesmen of country music history have also appreciated the songs unparalleled beauty which is why so many of the greats in country music have covered it."It Always Will Be" has quite an interesting tapestry of intricately woven music history. Originally written and recorded in 2003, with singer/songwriter Kimmie Rhodes "Picture in a Frame," Willie Nelson re-released the song and titled his 2004 album "It Always Will Be." Soon after, Willie's best friend Merle Haggard covered the song in 2005, on Merle's Chicago Wind album. In addition, Ray Price also expressed his deep love for the song and covered on Price's "Beauty is…. The Final Sessions by Ray Price." in 2014. After Price's passing, Willie Nelson, in turn, included Ray's most beloved Nelson song "It Always Will Be" on his tribute album to Ray Price in 2016.


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Daryl Davis, black musician who befriends KKK members, on PBS' Independent Lens
Daryl Davis and a Ku Klux Klan member in Accidental Courtesy on PBS's Independent Lens
R&B and blues star Daryl Davis has played with legends like Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis, but in his free time he likes to make friends with KKK members.
Why? Because Daryl believes that getting to know white supremacists — many of whom have never met a black person — can help change their beliefs.
His story features in the movie Accidental Courtesy, airing on PBS's Independent Lens and which includes interviews with him and some of the KKK members he's met.
Daryl has seen success with his methods in the past, with some supremacists he's met having decided to leave the Klan.
However, not everyone thinks that his tactics are the right way to go about racial reconciliation, and footage shows him meeting with Black Lives Matters campaigners who think he is just wasting his time.
Accidental Courtesy looks at the story through a string of interviews and archive footage and images. Daryl's ethos is put succinctly in one sentence, when he says: "How can you hate me when you don't even know me?"
Daryl hails from Chicago and has become known for his energetic way of playing Boogie-woogie piano.
But on top of his music, it's his controversial befriending of KKK members that has seen him regularly featured in the headlines.
Watch the PBS Independent Lens trailer for Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America below.
Accidental Courtesy premieres on PBS's Independent Lens tonight, February 13, 2016, at 10pm.
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Reid Scott on the ambiguous romantic subtlety of that final Late Night scene
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Late Night (movie)
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Note: This story contains spoilers from the plot of Late Night.
Mindy Kaling has become something of a rom-com queen, an heir to the legacy of greats like Nora Ephron.
But in her new film Late Night, the central relationship isn't a romantic one — it's about the professional and personal evolution of its two heroines, new writer Molly (Kaling) and legendary late night host Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson). As the two women find their footing, they grow and learn from each other, eventually working their way to a symbiotic professional relationship and begrudging friendship.
Kaling's Molly does have some romantic travails along the way, flirting with and hooking up with fellow writer Charlie Fain (Hugh Dancy), who betrays her in both epic and mundane fashions. But it leaves the question of her romantic happiness and success more open-ended. As the film progresses, Molly and initially antagonistic monologue writer Tom Campbell (Reid Scott) form a warm friendship with potential romantic chemistry.
They never act on it though, and when the final scene flashes forward a year, the two are very clearly a professional team, still working on Katherine's revamped show — but there's also possibly something more at play as Tom leans down to give her an affectionate kiss on the shoulder. It's a moment that actor Reid Scott says was left purposely up to interpretation.
"I really love that they went for a non-traditional ending," he tells EW. "It never really dips into romantic comedy, because what they find in the end — it's all in that kiss on the shoulder…It doesn't have to be romantic. That doesn't have to be the happy ending — that the girl finds her guy. I don't think that's very interesting any longer. That shouldn't be what completes a female character. I love that we played it for this softness. Two people who think they don't have anything in common find that they do, have a genuine affinity for each other, and push each other to be better."
Scott reveals they did film multiple versions of the scene moving the kiss around from the shoulder to the cheek to the forehead. "They found this closeness as friends and colleagues, and there's genuine affection there without it spilling over into [something romantic]," he muses. "It's fun to have that conversation — What's behind that kiss? Where did that come from? What does that mean? That's why we shot it multiple ways."
In the end, they decided to leave it up to the audience. "Ultimately, the slightly more ambiguous [choice] was more interesting because it opened it up to that conversation," says Scott. "Did something romantic happen? And now this is how they left it — this nice [affectionate] gentle working relationship? Or is it going towards that? I like ending things on a question because it keeps the movie alive even after you've left the theater."
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Q: Python join two lists with first index in common I have two python lists with the following data
list1 = [[datetime.date(2019, 12, 11), 4], [datetime.date(2019, 12, 14), 3]]
list2 = [[datetime.date(2019, 12, 14), 2], [datetime.date(2019, 12, 16), 9]]

I have to combine both list with first index ie., datetime.date field to be common. Also, if first index does not match for the both, set the value to.
Also if any of the list is blank, set the corresponding position to 0.
The resultant will be
list_new = [
   [datetime.date(2019, 12, 11), 4, 0],
   [datetime.date(2019, 12, 14), 3, 2],
   [datetime.date(2019, 12, 16), 0, 9]
]

I tried using zip like
new_list = [a + [b[1]] for (a, b) in zip(list1, list2)]

But this does not seems to be working.

A: Simple (non-optimal) one-liner:
[[element, dict(list1).get(element, 0), dict(list2).get(element, 0)] for element in set([l[0] for l in list1 + list2])]

Explanation:

*

*Get a set of unique first elements from the list:

>>> s = set([l[0] for l in list1 + list2])
>>> s
set([datetime.date(2019, 12, 11), datetime.date(2019, 12, 14), datetime.date(2019, 12, 16)])

*Convert list of two elements to dict:

>>> d1 = dict(list1)
>>> d1
{datetime.date(2019, 12, 11): 4, datetime.date(2019, 12, 14): 3}
>>> d2 = dict(list2)
>>> d2
{datetime.date(2019, 12, 14): 2, datetime.date(2019, 12, 16): 9}

*Finally, form the resulting list:

>>> [[element] + [d1.get(element, 0)] + [d2.get(element, 0)] for element in s]
[[datetime.date(2019, 12, 11), 4, 0], [datetime.date(2019, 12, 14), 3, 2], [datetime.date(2019, 12, 16), 0, 9]]

A: This merge list1 and list2 using heapq.merge (assuming the dates are sorted in each list and in each list there aren't duplicate dates):
import datetime
from heapq import merge
from pprint import pprint

list1 = [[datetime.date(2019, 12, 11), 4], [datetime.date(2019, 12, 14), 3]]
list2 = [[datetime.date(2019, 12, 14), 2], [datetime.date(2019, 12, 16), 9]]

i1 = ((1, v) for v in list1)
i2 = ((2, v) for v in list2)

d = {}
for v in merge(i1, i2, key=lambda k: k[1]):
    d.setdefault(v[1][0], {})[v[0]] = v[1][1]

out = []
for k, v in d.items():
    out.append((k, *[v.get(i, 0) for i in range(1, 3)]))

pprint(out)

Print:
[(datetime.date(2019, 12, 11), 4, 0),
 (datetime.date(2019, 12, 14), 3, 2),
 (datetime.date(2019, 12, 16), 0, 9)]

A: *

*Convert the two list of lists to dicts:

dict1 = dict(list1)
dict2 = dict(list2)

*Form the new list as:

new_list = [[a,b,dict2.get(a,0)] for a,b in dict1.iteritems()] + [[a,0,b] for a,b in dict2.iteritems() if a not in dict1]

A: Can you be more clear about what you're trying to do?
As I understand, you want to make a new nested list, where each item in that list is the combination of items from the input lists which have the same datetime value. What do the other positions indicate?
In your example:
list_new = [
   [datetime.date(2019, 12, 11), 4, 0],
   [datetime.date(2019, 12, 14), 3, 2],
   [datetime.date(2019, 12, 16), 0, 9]
]

What do the 4,0   3,2   0,9 correspond to in these entries?

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The television play-by-play announcer for the Detroit Tigers from 2002 to 2018 swaps stories about pizza, family, and sports with Fredi.
Ep. 9: Pride Of Detroit, Jeremy Reisman
The Managing Editor of Pride of Detroit talks pizza, sports, and autism with Fredi.
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BLOG: We need to look beyond individuals if we want to tackle gender-based violence: embracing social determinants of health
This is a re-posted blog piece written for Gender Politics at Edinburgh blog; the original post can be found here. It was part of their series for 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence.
Gender-based violence affects all ages and social classes, but we do still need to pay attention to how and why violence manifests within particular places. Gender norms are not just taken up by individuals, community-level norms can support violence. In this piece, Dr Karen Lorimer, a Senior Research Fellow at Glasgow Caledonian University, describes the social determinants of health framework to explore the various causes of gender-based violence.
As a sexual health researcher with a background in sociology, I've always been fascinated by the influences upon people's health. The social determinants of health framework conveys the various levels of influence on health, including individual, peer group, community and wider society [1]. Often depicted like a rainbow, the framework shows at the inner level there are the immediate or 'downstream' influences, such as individuals' knowledge. As we progress outwards, the neighbourhood and community level is where we may see the reinforcement of certain norms and individuals may reside in a gendered environment. Moving towards the outermost layer, or the 'upstream' influences, are the wider socio-economic, cultural and environmental level influences such as poverty. This is an important framework to draw upon in relation to the prevention of gender-based violence, as it reminds us that individuals who perpetrate such violence do not exist in a vacuum, and that should inform our prevention work. We should be trying to intervene across these levels to prevent gender-based violence. However, we do see the dominance of interventions targeting individuals, and which seek to modify individual-level factors such as knowledge [2, 3].
One could say that tackling wider structural issues, such as poverty, are commonly for governments to implement across policy fields; but we should still see a lot more work at community and peer levels than we do. If we keep focusing on trying to change individual knowledge and behaviours, will we really transform society? The Scottish Equally Safe framework [4, p6] explicitly references gender inequality as underpinning gender-based violence:
We need to eliminate the systematic gender inequality that lies at the root of violence against women and girls, and we need to be bold in how we do it.
None of this is easy, and individual-level interventions have an important role, but on their own they will not be enough to tackle violence against women and girls. Systematic reviews have found very little evidence on how community level factors are associated with sexual violence [2, 3]. So, if we are to see more work across different levels then it is important that we do that work on the basis of evidence.
This is where the work by my colleagues and me is useful: we carried out interviews and focus group discussions with 116 men and women age 18-40 years, in which we sought to better understand local gender dynamics and the importance of experiences in places, for the way these influence sexual health understandings and behaviours, including coercion and violence. Within this, we focused on masculinities, to explore how they are shaped and how they impact on behaviours and attitudes. If we go back to the social determinants of health framework, our work found masculinities at the wider societal level being reworked at a local level of community, peers and family [5]. For example, at the community-level we heard of peer group acceptance of violence and a sense of how normalised various forms of violence were. Ally [pseudonym], an interviewee from Glasgow, said of domestic abuse:
It's just something that I've seen for years, aye [yes]. It's a common thing, aye. You know? You might no' see the physical acts o' violence. You dae [do] sometimes. But you see the way women are.
When the gender norms flowing from the dominant form of masculinity – hegemonic masculinity – get reworked at community levels and picked up by individuals, then we need to try to tackle the issue at the wider 'upstream' level. When you hear how localised, socio-cultural influences did not appear to foster more egalitarian expressions of masculinity, then how do we expect individuals to be empathetic and respectful towards women? Thomas, an interviewee, captured this when he said:
people just don't realise what it's like tae live and kind o' grow up in some o' these places and I think that they're kind o' ignorant when they think that they can just change a couple o' things and it'll make everything awright
There is a limit to what individual-level interventions can achieve, but they are important when used alongside other approaches. So, we need to keep our attention firmly fixed on improving gender equality, and fostering more positive community-level norms. We must seek transformation not just incremental gains. There are some good examples of interventions that have sought to shift individual behaviours by tackling gender norms as they are linked to gender inequalities. For example, the Stepping Stones intervention in the South African context is labelled gender-transformative as it sought to reconfigure gender norms towards gender equitable relationships [6]. However, when dominant structural-level influences, such as poverty, remain unchanged then it may be that we only see marginal gains even with such work. This is why it is important that we pay attention to each of the levels a model such as the social determinants of health alerts us to. We must impress upon governments to reduce poverty, we must ensure there are not just laws but law enforcement, and we must seek to intervene across communities to ensure these environments are conducive to individual behaviour change. Importantly, this means understanding various communities and not assuming everywhere is the same. Yet, as the same time, gender inequalities across the whole of societies must be tackled to improve women's lives. The Scottish policy says we should be bold. Indeed, we should.
Dahlgren, G. and M. Whitehead, Policies and strategies to promote equity in health. Copenhagen: Regional Office for Europe. World Health Organization, 1992.
Tharp, A.T., et al., A Systematic Qualitative Review of Risk and Protective Factors for Sexual Violence Perpetration. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2013. 14(2): p. 133-167.
DeGue, S., et al., A systematic review of primary prevention strategies for sexual violence perpetration. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2014. 19(4): p. 346-362.
Scottish Government & COSLA, Equally Safe: Scotland's strategy for preventing and eradicating violence against women and girls. 2016: Edinburgh.
Messerschmidt, J.W., Engendering Gendered Knowledge: Assessing the Academic Appropriation of Hegemonic Masculinity. Men and Masculinities, 2012. 15(1): p. 56-76.
Gibbs, A., et al., Reconstructing masculinity? A qualitative evaluation of the Stepping Stones and Creating Futures interventions in urban informal settlements in South Africa. Culture, health & sexuality, 2015. 17(2): p. 208-222.
Dr Lorimer was principal investigator on the CSO-funded 'DeMaSH' project (CZH/4/925).
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Located on the port of Monaco on the famous bend of the F1 Grand Prix track, La Rascasse is an unmissable bar with live music.
On the ground floor is a covered open space with a bar. Enjoy the DJ or live band and the dreamlike ambient lighting. The venue is located on the doorstep of the Monaco Yacht Show, the International Jumping Competition and the Monte-Carlo World Rally Championships (WRC).


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Concert Review Nov 23, 2016
DiDonato, Il Pomo d'Oro, Emelyanchev, Barbican - In War and Peace concert review
The Arts Desk
by Alexandra Coghlan
Most singers give recitals, and very nice they are too. But there are some – Bartoli, Florez, Netrebko, Terfel – who really put on a show. Mezzo Joyce DiDonato might just be the queen of this select band, and between the projections, smoke, sound effects, costume changes, lighting design and a solo dancer, her latest project throws down the gauntlet to any singer who thinks it's enough just to learn the music and turn up in a clean frock.
In War and Peace is a classical concept-album. Faced with a world of ever-escalating conflict and chaos, DiDonato turns to music, both to explain man's darkest and most violent urges and to offer them consolation and resolution. Can music create peace? That's the question asked here in a programme of two contrasting halves.
The answer remains uncertain, but if anyone can make it so by sheer force of will it would be DiDonato. You can't fault her for effort. This is a singer who has crafted every aspect of this performance, from repertoire (largely Handel and Purcell, but also featuring rarities by Leo and Jommelli as well as a wonderfully anachronistic bit of Arvo Pärt) to the choreography and visual narrative of the performance. It's a lot; you don't come to a DiDonato recital for understatement … at best it's an entirely new way of thinking about the concert format – a classical concert for the stadium generation …
"Scenes of horror, scenes of woe" from Jephtha makes an arresting opening, scuttling strings matched by the nervy progress of the voice, lurching between extremes of range and texture. It's music made for a singing-actress like DiDonato (pictured below), and she revels in it, drawing baroque ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev with her into this gorgeous, grotesque sound-world.
The coloratura numbers – Leo's "Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro!", Jommelli's "Par che di giubilo", Handel's "Da tempeste" – surge and foam with minutely controlled passion. This isn't spontaneous singing, but there's a delight in hearing such careful vocal choreography, such meticulous shading and pacing …
But it's the slower arias that offer the greatest challenge here. The stillnesses, the absences in both Dido's Lament and Handel's "Lascia ch'io pianga" are far more demanding than any amount of semiquaver runs, and DiDonato's solution is bold. She keeps ornamentation to an absolute minimum and lets the music do the talking, allowing her voice to be a vessel rather than the focal point. With sensitive collaborators like Il Pomo d'Oro, virtuosi in their own right, it works brilliantly, and offers the necessary counterbalance to so much extrovert showmanship and excess.
This is a curious concert, a concept not everyone could pull off. Oddities, like string arrangements of Gesualdo's "Tristis est anima mea" and Pärt's "Da pacem, Domine" work surprisingly well, creating a flow of musical narrative that's miles away from stand-and-deliver recitals with their regular punctuating applause. DiDonato forces her audience to swap musical bonbons for something emotionally and musically meatier – arcs of musical storytelling that draw these works together into something larger. Is it enough to change the world? Very probably not. But if it changes how we think about concert programming, then that's no small achievement either.
Bring that innocent, childlike sense of wonder to your craft, and do whatever you need to find that truth again. It will continually teach you how to be present, how to be alive, and how to let go. Therein lies not only your artistic freedom, but your personal freedom as well!


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5th August 2020 by Arun Kakar
In this edition of our series highlighting key moments in the history of finance, we're taking a look at the first gilt
In 1694, King William III needed money. The Dutchman, who had seized the British throne five years earlier, was waging a war with France to regain control of the English Channel – a fight for which the Royal Navy was ill-gunned. Making matters worse, the crown William had attained was lumbered by debts from years of financial mismanagement under the Stuarts.
To untangle himself from the mess, William had to hand over key financial powers to parliament (allowing it to control tax) and agree to a newly created Bank of England. Still, he needed to get his hands on £1.2 million – £240 million in today's money. The solution was a loan from the new Bank of England. The loan needed subscribers, and investors could smell the desperation of the state. Subscribers would be incorporated by the name of 'the Governor and Company of the Bank of England', making them the Bank's first shareholders.
The loan also carried a mouthwatering interest rate of 8 per cent, and just 25 per cent of each payment was required up front. After all, England expects… The Bank was given sole possession of the government's balance sheet and was allowed to issue its own banknotes. Lenders would hand the government bullion and issue notes against the bonds, which in turn could be lent against.
The £1.2 million was raised in less than two weeks and a huge industrial effort was undertaken. It was a success, paving the way for funding wars and infrastructure projects. The term 'gilt' didn't come along until the 19th century, named after the gilded edge of the paper certifi cates issued by the Bank. The edges were original but the idea wasn't new. The fi rst government securities were issued in 1517 by the city of Amsterdam, although these can't be considered government bonds as such.
The name has stuck because 'gilt-edged' bonds still have a very low risk of default (the price for safety today is low interest rates), and as a money-spinner in hard times gilts still deliver: in April alone, the government's debt management office raised a whopping £58 billion from selling gilts to pay for the fight against coronavirus. With plans to raise £180 billion more by July, ministers, just like William III, are banking on gilts.
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Sister Robin, besieged in upstate NY with cold and snow, has been pushing hard for a family reunion on a beach for too long to say no. With a recommendation to a resort in hand – we all descended on Bahai Principe San Juan, about an hour east of Puerta Plata on the northern coast. Kelly and I took the red eye to Miami, Robin and her daughters Kate and Claire flew from Montreal, and Mom and Rafael flew from Havana. On the way home we over-nighted in Miami and it was great to see cousin Danny Wolpin (first time in 20+ years!) and his wife Gloria.
Aside from seeing family – maybe the best part was the guard stationed at the eastern beach border of the resort who happily let us sign ourselves out.
From there, Kelly and I discovered a really rough dirt track through the palm trees that was perfect for running. It hugged the water and at times we found ourselves running on the beach. We were able to run about 2 miles out and another two back without seeing another person. Perfect tropical running.


Read more about the main ideas related to judicial precedent, from law reports to appeal courts and more with our dedicated analysis.
In order to make the system of precedent work there is a hierarchy of courts and decisions of judges in the higher courts have to be followed by judges in the lower courts. This is because there are more experienced judges hearing appeals in the higher courts.
Report on hierachy of courts and legal personnel.
In order for judges and lawyers to be aware of decisions that have to be followed, most judgements of the higher courts are written into formal law reports. These reported decisions can then be quoted in later cases.
In civil cases a judge, after listening to the legal arguments, will make a decision. This will include a finding of fact, reviewing the relevant legal issues and then applying the legal issues to the facts of the case to reach a judgement. It is the review and application of the legal issues that will be of interest to lawyers as it will contain the ratio decidendi (legal reason) of the decision which has to be followed in later cases.
Judgements are written by specialist qualified barristers and are authorised by the judge. They can then be published in series such as The Law Reports, the Weekly Law Reports and the All England Law Reports and used in court. They can be published in newspapers such as The Times.
In civil cases a judge, after listening to the legal arguments, will make a decision. This will include a finding of fact, reviewing the relevant legal issues and then applying the legal issues to the facts of the case to reach a judgement. It is the review and application of the legal issues that will be of interest to lawyers as it will contain the ratio decidendi (legal reason) of the decision which has to be followed in later cases. The judgement will not always make clear what the ratio of a decision is; it will be for lawyers and judges in later cases to interpret the judgement. When judges in higher courts set a ratio, this will have to be followed in later cases.
Anything in the judgement that is speculative or forms the judge's observations is the obiter dicta (other things said by the way). This may be persuasive in later cases and will not be binding precedent.
The Role of Ratio Decidendi in Judicial Precedent.
Until 1966 the Supreme Court (formerly the House of Lords) was bound to follow its own previous decisions. This could mean that the law became rigid and was unable to develop. The Lord Chancellor introduced a Practice Statement in 1966 which allowed the court to depart from a previous precedent 'when it was right to do so'. It was recognised that this would not happen too often for reasons of consistency. This power only applies to the Supreme Court.
o There are two conflicting precedent, it must decide which to follow and which to reject.
o If a previous decision has been overruled by the Supreme Court.
o If a previous decision was given per incuriam (by mistake).
The criminal division are given greater flexibility to avoid precedent because a person's freedom may be at stake.
To what extent is this a reflection of the approach of the Court of Appeal to hearing criminal appeals?
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Straubing is a medieval town located in Lower Bavaria, Germany. The city is situated on the banks of the famous Danube River. The streets of Straubing are buzzing with so much fun, culture and history surrounding them. You will find an abundance of things to do in town, there are a lot of Gothic towers and Churches around the area along with other fun activities for the whole family. Enjoy a day at the Zoo or if you are in town during the month of August, celebrate with hundreds of others at the famous annual Gäubodenvolksfest.
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Workers Revolutionary Party - Tory austerity hits poorest the hardest, time to kick them out!
The News Line: Editorial Tuesday, 29 January 2019 Tory austerity hits poorest the hardest, time to kick them out! A STUDY produced yesterday by the Centre for Cities think tank highlights the reality of Tory austerity cuts that have fallen on the backs of the most deprived areas of the country.
Since the Tories embarked on their austerity war against the working class in order to pay off the national debt – massively increased to bail out the banks following the crash in 2008 – council spending has fallen nationally by half as government funds to local councils have been cut to the bone.
But as the study shows these cuts have not been universally spread over the country. Instead, areas like Liverpool, Blackburn and Barnsley have experienced cuts twice the size of areas in the more affluent regions. The reason for this gross disparity lies in the provision of social care in the face of soaring demand especially in the cities and in the most economically deprived areas of the country.
In the relatively affluent, more rural communities, demand for social service support from local government has traditionally been at a much lower level, while the ability of these (mainly Tory) councils to raise money through local taxation has been much greater.
According to the study, nearly half of cities spend at least half of their budget on social care alone – an increase of 12% since 2010. In Barnsley 62% of the entire council budget is spent on social care while its annual budget has been cut by £145 million – the equivalent of a cut of £688 a year for everyone living there.
Liverpool has had the largest spending cuts per head on local services of £816 a year with its annual budget cut by £145 million. London has been subjected to the biggest cuts in absolute terms with £3.9 billion cut from spending on services since 2010.
While the working class in the cities has borne the brunt of the most savage of Tory cuts, the affluent Tory-controlled county areas have also started squealing about having to make cutbacks.
Fearful that this will destroy the careers of scores of Tory MPs facing a backlash from enraged Tory voters in the shires, Tory ministers unveiled before Christmas a new funding proposal designed to transfer money from the poorest inner city areas into Conservative voting regions.
The new proposed formula would do away with the policy of higher grants to councils in poorer areas with higher demand for social care, housing and other services. Instead the Tories want to remove deprivation from the formula and distribute cash purely on a headcount of population, with extra money for rural areas.
This 'act of war' is designed to shore up the finances of Tory-controlled councils at the expense of the working class in the inner cities. As for the banks, not content with demanding that the working class pay for bailing them out of their crisis, they have been screwing vast profits out of councils' suffering due to massive Tory cuts.
In order to balance the books many councils took out large loans from the banks known as Lobo (lender option borrower option) in the belief that repayments would be at a cheap fixed interest rate.
In fact, many of these Lobos have proved to be cripplingly expensive as they contain a clause allowing the banks to impose higher interest rates on repayment entirely at their discretion. If councils refuse to pay the increases then they are liable to repay the entire loan immediately.
Newham Council in east London, one of the poorest boroughs in the UK, has the largest amount of Lobo loans in the country, and last year they spent £75 million on debt repayments while getting only £68 million in council tax. Many of these councils are now taking legal action to cancel over mis-selling of these loans and are demanding compensation.
The answer for the working class will not be found in the courts but in demanding that the TUC organise a general strike to kick out the Tories and end austerity for good by bringing in a workers government that will not just cancel debt but will expropriate the bankers and bosses under a planned socialist economy.


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Q: Extend Eclipse Error / Warning mechanism to include other code hints We are developing some automated tasks in Java in Eclipse. We are using our in-house Framework for that. In this framework we have certain getButton().press() and getButton().release()
Personally I forget a lot of the times to release a pressed button. Is there a way to tell eclipse or even the compiler to throw an error or at least a warning if a press statement is not followed by matching release? The release statements don't have to follow the press statement immediately.
Could you please also suggests tags for this question, I am not sure how what tags would be appropriate.

A: The errors/warnings shown in Eclipse are called problem markers. You can add problem marker as a tag.
Here is how the problem markers are implemented in Eclipse:

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*Right before compiling the resource, they remove all problem markers from the resource:
void compileResource(IResource resource) {
    resource.deleteMarkers(IMarker.PROBLEM, true, Resource.DEPTH_INFINITE);
    doCompileResource(resource);
}

*During compilation, errors are attached to the resource as follows:
void reportError(IResource resource, int line, String msg) {
   IMarker m = resource.createMarker(IMarker.PROBLEM);
   m.setAttribute(IMarker.LINE_NUMBER, line);
   m.setAttribute(IMarker.MESSAGE, msg);
   m.setAttribute(IMarker.PRIORITY, IMarker.PRIORITY_HIGH);
   m.setAttribute(IMarker.SEVERITY, IMarker.SEVERITY_ERROR);
}

*Markers can be created in this way:
IMarker marker = file.createMarker(IMarker.TASK);

*And Markers can be deleted in this way:
try {
    marker.delete();
} catch (CoreException e) {
    // Something went wrong
}

More you can find in Eclipse F&Q and Eclipse Help.
Also, this article may be useful too.


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Various Artists - "Tässä me uimme, tätä me juomme Tulva-kokoelma 2"
Various Artists - "Tässä me uimme, tätä me juomme"
Verde is a solo project from Mika Rintala who we have covered often in Aural Innovations (see the review of his new Huge CD in this issue). "Lähiöilmaa" is much more "musical" than much of Mika's sound explorations and may even have worked well with vocals. The music has multiple spacey layers of synths... kind of a robotic Kraftwerk sound, but in Mika's trademark style. And speaking of vocals, the second Verde track on the CD, "Avaruusaluksia Paleltaa", is indeed a song with vocals, and is a band effort with the help of current and former Circle members Juha Ahtiainen, Jyrki Laiho, and Mika Rättö. It's an excellent song with that trademark pounding Circle sound, Mika Rättö's intense haunting vocals, and a tripped out vibe. Dig that sitar! Visit the Verde web site at http://www.phinnweb.com/circle/verde.
Magyar Posse's two tracks are a little different from one another. "Sports" is an intense brain blasting power rocker... WOW! The bass is absolutely crushing, and along with the frenzied but whimsical synths makes for a unique combination. It's barely 3 minutes long but a killer track. "Combat Shock" is another instrumental. It's much more subdued, but also seeks to develop it's theme more, which it does an impressive job of in less than 5 minutes. Kind of a cross between heavy post-rock and progressive rock. Visit the Magyar Posse web site at http://www.verdurarecords.com/magyarposse.
Kroko is the duo of Pentti Dassum on guitar and Petri Hissa on drums and bass. "Burn, Stadi, Burn!" is an exploratory piece that features whining Frippoid guitar licks, chest rumbling Stoner bass blasts, and drums, the whole track coming across as an extended intro piece. I like it a lot but it would have worked better if it had ultimately launched into something larger. "Burning Soul" is very different, being a much lighter, melodic, atmospheric jazzy piece. Beautiful guitar work. Visit the Kroko web site at http://www.deepturtle.net/zerga/kroko1.htm.
Janne Laurila is the leader of band called Office Building, which I'm unfamiliar with. According to the promo sheet his two tracks were composed for theater plays. On "Mästaren och Margarita", piano, violin and cello combine to create a somber chamber styled narrative piece, while "Piano Piece 1" is similar but with solo piano. Visit the Janne Laurila web site at http://listen.to/ob.
Being from Sweden, Seamonster1 is the only non-Finnish entry on the compilation. "Aterial 167.321/535.78" is a dark, slow paced, spacey droney guitar driven piece with a slight metallic vibe and cool looped and swirling effects. Very interesting but definitely needs room to stretch out and develop beyond its 5 minutes length. "06:24/Molnskap" is similar but the guitars are more floating and atmospheric. Serenity instead of heaviness. Really quite beautiful. Visit the Seamonster1 web site at http://hem.passagen.se/seamonster1/?noframe.
In summary, this is an excellent compilation, though only a teaser to arouse interest in the artists. The Tulva site is all in Finnish but I poked around anyway and it looks like they are highly active in making live performances happen. I continue to be bowled over by the talent and creativity coming from the Scandinavian region and this comp only further supports that.
For more information you can visit the Tulva web site at: http://go.to/tulva.
Contact via snail mail at: Tulva; c/o Jere Laiho; Niittäjänkatu 11 / 2; 28120 Pori; Finland.


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Yuliya Efimova wins 200 breaststroke at swimming worlds; Micah Lawrence takes bronze (video)
Yuliya Efimova passed Rikke Pedersen on the final 50 meters. Pedersen had broken Rebecca Soni's world record in the semifinals — clocking a 2:19.11. Efimova added a gold to her Olympic silver and bronze from the 2011 worlds. Micah Lawrence won her first world or Olympic medal.
Gold: Yuliya Efimova (RUS) 2:19.41
Silver: Rikke Pedersen (DEN) 2:20.08
Bronze: Micah Lawrence (USA) 2:22.37
4. Rie Kaneto (JPN) 2:22.96
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