I had an old Samsung N150 netbook lying around in my parent's house. It was an amazing netbook and I remember fondly using it when my parents were not using it to browse the internet and sometimes even use it for school work. It came with Windows Vista if I recall correctly but I had installed Windows XP service pack 3 on it because as we know, Vista sucked! Well, the netbook was very solid, it even ran small games such as Fifa Manager etc and came with a solid keyboard, ethernet and VGA as well for connecting to a big screen.
Just discovered Xfce4 has an inbuilt Drop Down Terminal which you can use by running the command `xfce4-terminal –drop-down` using an Application Shortcut. Applications – Settings – Keyboard. Select the Application Shortcuts tab, click on the Add button, type in the command and give a shortcut key. I used F12.


There is something about the warmth of wood that simply cannot be replicated by any other building material and its little wonder. For most of us the warm tones and textures of wood carry us back in time to fond memories of a childhood home. There is a reason why Christmas cards usually show rooms richly paneled and floored with amber toned wood…aluminum, steel, glass and marble just don't make us think of home. Do you have a project that would benefit from a touch of home?
Cottles flooring can add a warmth and charm to a room that is hard to match. It is suitable for any application where hardwood flooring is suitable and at a much lower cost. Though softwood, Cottles flooring is very durable and is as resistant to water damage as hardwood. Any wooden flooring will of course pick up dings along the way but we call that character.
Cottles flooring comes in both 4″ and 6″ widths is precession machined and end matched for a superior fit. All flooring has a micro-bevel on the top surface and relief grooves on the bottom to prevent cupping. We have also begun offering our flooring in long lengths for those who want the vintage wide-plank look.


This first generates a string using dp to define the number of decimal places (e.g. if dp is 3, then the string is "%.3f"). Note that %% is the code for %. Then it uses this string to round the number n as before.
It's not an easy-to-read expression. The 1 is replaced by the second value (using 0-indexing), then the 0 is replaced by the first value using the ".3f" method.
When making my SVG optimiser, I wanted to reduce the size of SVG by reducing decimals (paths were often given to six decimal places, when one is sufficient for most purposes). When testing using the method above, I found that it could introduce unneeded decimal places since all integer would be given have ".0" appended, tripling their size.
My solution, and there maybe better ones (such as using the decimal module), was to use regex. I first defined a pattern to find trailing zeros, capturing the zeros in one group and any non-zero numbers after the decimal place in a second.
Then given a string that has been formatting, it is searched for trailing zeros. The string is truncated by the number of trailing zeros, and if there aren't any other digits after the decimal place, it is truncated by a further place to remove the decimal place.


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In one embodiment, a first value is computed on a networked computing device, the first value being associated with storing a recording of a broadcast video at a first cloud storage device situated in a first one of a plurality of regions, for playback on a remote client device situated in the first one of the plurality of regions, the first value being a measure of user consumption patterns and use of computing and network resources. A second value is computed on the networked computing device, the second value being associated with storing the recording of the broadcast video at a second cloud storage device situated in a second one of the plurality of regions, for playback on a remote client device situated in the second one of the plurality of regions, the second value being a measure of user consumption patterns and use of computing and network resources. The first and second values are compared on the networked computing device in order to determine a preferred storage region, the recording of the broadcast video is stored on the one of the first cloud storage device and the second cloud storage device in the preferred storage region, and the one of the first cloud storage device and the second cloud storage device in the preferred storage region is instructed to store the recording of the broadcast video. Related hardware, systems, and methods are also described.
The present disclosure generally relates to cloud digital video recorder (CDVR) deployments.
Digital video recorders (DVRs) are electronic devices which record video in a digital format to a digital storage device, such as, but not limited to a flash drive, a memory card, a solid state drive, a hard disk drive, or other storage device, as is known in the art. Some DVRs record video to a networked storage device, which may be referred to sometimes as "cloud storage". Cloud DVRs, or, CDVRs, typically store the video in logical pools, where the physical storage may span multiple servers (and often locations). Content recorded as a CDVR recording may be consumed on multiple user devices, at different geographical locations.
As a result of various legal and contractual scenarios, in some cases, one copy of a recorded content item per recording user needs to be maintained by the service provider in a cloud storage environment. For example, if one thousand users all record a television program broadcast at one particular time, then the service provider would need to store one thousand copies of the recorded television program in cloud storage.
FIG. 4 is a flow chart of one method for optimizing cloud DVR content location according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Reference is now made to FIG. 1, which is a simplified pictorial illustration depicting different users and their consumption of content in different geographic regions, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. A first user, designated U1 in FIG. 1, is shown aside a "map" of three triangles, where each of the triangles represents a geographic region. Although each triangle representing a geographic region is depicted as a triangle, and is given particular borders and neighboring regions in the figure, it is understood that the figure is symbolic, and an actual geographic region typically has its own shape, borders, and neighbors. A second user, designated U2 in FIG. 1, is shown aside a similar "map" of three triangles. Each of the triangles depicted for user U2 corresponds to the same geographic regions as do the triangles depicted for user U1.
For ease of description, each of the triangles representing one of the geographic regions in the "map" will be referred to below using the term "region". Thus, by way of example, each triangle labelled as "Region C" may be referred to below as Region C, as is the case in a map—for example, the depiction of "Utah" on the map is often referred to as Utah, and so forth.
Each region of the map is shown with a percentage, indicative of the consumption of a video event by the user in a given region. For example, over time, user U2 may consume the same show, or one show of a linked or associated series of shows, or different instances of the same show (e.g., different chapters or episodes of the same soap opera every day; the daily news; etc.) 18% of the time in region A, while consuming the same show 73% of the time in region B.
In both cases, region C is depicted as having a dotted background, in order to indicate that region C is considered to be a "home region" for each of the users. For instance, both Users U1 and U2 may register with a service provider one of: their household address; or their billing address, as being in Region C.
For traditional forms of network content distribution, an origin of the content is either fixed, originating in one particular location, or has geographically disperse origins, each of which has a mirrored replication of the content to be distributed. In a traditional network content distribution system, both Users U1 and U2 might both receive content from a centrally located broadcast provider, say located in Region B. For some cloud digital video recorders (CDVR) deployments, legal and contractual constraints may preclude mirroring, caching, and sharing of the content. These constraints result in a very high cost of distribution infrastructure as most of the traditional approaches for economically scaling the network content distribution are accordingly constrained. For instance, the broadcast provider would have to maintain a copy of the same recorded content item for both of Users U1 and U2. Multiplied across millions of users, the space and network requirements vastly increase for broadcast providers or content distribution networks (CDNs).
Thus, any optimization of network resources and response times during CDVR content distribution, is based on selecting the optimal origin at the time of content ingest or content recording, rather than at the time of content retrieval by the client as is typically done in CDNs.
In some embodiments, therefore, a data center(s) on which a specific cloud digital video recording will be recorded, will be selected based on information which includes geographical locations of client device(s) that may be used to play the content, viewing patterns of CDVR content in the viewer household, and the cost of ingesting the content in various origins. For example, in typical CDVR systems, since both Users U1 and U2 are identified with the home region of Region C, then content for both Users U1 and U2 would typically be recorded and then stored in a data center(s) located in and associated with users located in Region C.
Reference is now made to FIG. 2, which is a simplified block diagram depicting a system 200 for monitoring location of client devices, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Locations of client devices used with embodiments of the method and system described herein will be monitored over a period of time. The period of time may be selected per client device type or dynamically calculated based on client device behavior. Such monitoring gives statistics of the sort shown both in Table 1 and FIG. 1 for each client device which might be in use in the system 200. By way of example, User U1 might be a sales representative travelling over the three Regions A, B, and C. User U1 might spend most days visiting clients in Regions A and B, and as such, might view "The Pennsyltuckian", a popular day time television drama, daily, while eating lunch. On the other hand, User U2 might be a college student who lives in a college dormitory in region B, works part time in region A, and is billed at his or her parent's address, in region C. User U2's viewing pattern for "The Pennsyltuckian" loosely reflects the balance in the amount of time User U2 spends in each of these regions.
A CDVR system may typically comprise at least one CDVR recorder; one or more servers which receive and process user requests; a network which connects a user to the at least one CDVR recorder and the one or more servers in order to distribute content; and other elements, as are known in the art. The network which provides and distributes "The Pennsyltuckian" might monitor where users, such as Users U1 and U2, consume the content. For example, User U1 might watch "The Pennsyltuckian" on a tablet, and appropriate statistics would be gathered by the network, said statistics reflecting geographic viewing habits of User U1. Similar statistics might be gathered for user U2.
A location of each user's client device may be monitored using various methods, including (but not limited to) monitoring each time the client device performs a request to the service provider cloud services 210 (i.e., CDVR video streaming requests or other requests). A location collector 220 can then be used to derive the client device's location, either because the client device is at a known site, i.e. the user's home or office, or, the client device location can be inferred from the IP address of the requesting client device, by using a localization service (such as MaxMind, or other similar services known in the art), or by the client device reporting its location as acquired through GPS (Global Positioning System). It is appreciated that many existing systems collect client device location, for example, in order to enforce viewing business rules. The client device location for each user can then be stored in a database of user location profiles 230. Table 1 above provides exemplary user location profiles for users U1 and U2. It is appreciated that the user location profiles stored in user location profiles database 230 might also include information broken down: per user; per location; per viewing time and per content property, such as, but not limited to channel, genre, series, etc. or a combination thereof. By way of example, user U1, as is noted above, watches "The Pennsyltuckian" 57% of the time in region B. However, user U1 may watch the 8:00 AM morning show only 6% of the time in region B.
CDVR content viewing patterns may be calculated depending on either or both of content types and client device types, including, but not limited to, statistics of the common playback time(s) and playback client device(s) for various types of content. Resulting data may be collected using a moving time window, so new consumption patterns are learned by the system 200.
(c) Content secondary data, including metadata, such as, but not limited to, channel, genre, parental rating, and series information.
where the sum is performed over all type of contents (n) to which the content item in question belongs, and w(n,y) is a regression parameter which is calculated by minimizing the error between the results predicted by the model and the actual observed consumption patterns. Those of skill in the art will appreciate that other methods for predicting content playback location are also possible.
If a household CDVR playback pattern is not established, for whatever reason, then the system 200 may use locations of all video services consumption by client devices associated with the household in order to calculate the probability percentage of playback location. Finally, if there is no data which is useful for determining the probability percentage of playback location for a given household or its associated client devices, then, the location of the content recording will be determined by data center loads and resource availability. That is to say, the content will be recorded in a household associated home region data center, if the home region data center has sufficient resources to do so. If the home region data center does not have the required resources, then the content will be recorded in the nearest data center which has the required resources.
It is appreciated that the use of the term "cost" (in all of its various grammatical forms) is to be understood in the present disclosure and claims to be referring to a number (often a unitless number) assigned to a measure of the relative desirability of a one option as opposed to another from the standpoint of computing and networking efficiency in the system described herein. The term "value" will be used as a synonym of "cost" herein in both the present disclosure and claims. Accordingly, discussion below of such terms as "BGP_Recording_Cost"; "BGP_Distribution_Cost"; "RecordingCostFactor"; and "RegionPlaybackCost" are to be understood vis-à-vis networking and computing resources.
BGP Hops is the number of network nodes traversed between the source of the content (i.e. "source_Region") and its destination (i.e. "recording_Region"). By way of example, if the source_Region is region A, then, referring to the triangles of FIG. 1, if the content is to be recorded in region B, then BGP_Hops=1, and, if the content is to be recorded in region C, then BGP_Hops=2. A similar calculation is applied, mutatis mutandis, in determining BGP_Distribution_Cost.
Storage time, which takes into account the number of copies to be made in each location.
It is appreciated that storage cost and disk write operations may be considered separate factors because there is a maximal input/output bandwidth for the disk, beyond which the data cannot be written to the disk, even if there is space available. Storage cost, by contrast, refers to the actual space in the disk which is used to store the recorded content.
Generalizing the above discussion, as the number of recordings for a given content (i.e. program) in the datacenter go up, then the recording cost factor goes down. After a certain point, the cost of adding additional recordings will, effectively, be negligible.
In this way, resource balancing is achieved between the data centers. When the capacity of one of the data centers decreases, only recordings with a high probability to be consumed in that data center's region are recorded in the data center, and recordings with a lower Playback_Probability are offloaded to the data center with the next greatest probability that the recording will be consumed in that data center's region.
where C is equal to an available capacity of the data center (between 0 and 1, for example, if the data center is currently half full, capacity C=0.5) and k1, k2 are empirically determined constants. Note that as C approaches zero, the penalty becomes large. If C is about the same for all data centers, the penalty does not affect the calculation.
Reference is now made to FIG. 3, which is a simplified block diagram depicting a system 300 for selecting a data center in which to store video recordings to be made available to remote client devices, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Based on the method discussed above, a Cloud DVR Service 310 will predict the most probable location from among a plurality of data center regions 315 where a content ordered to be recorded by a given user will be consumed, and select an appropriate regional data center 315A-315C where the content will be recorded and stored (the closest to the predicted user consumption location).
Dab=distribution cost from A to B; Dba=distribution cost from B to A.
As the above table demonstrates, there are cases where it is less costly to record in both regions.
The above methods are typically implemented in a computer, such as consumption location predictor 320, or a distributed computing environments. At least one device implementing the above method comprises at least one processor. Processors may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination of both. One or more processors may be a special purpose processor operative to perform the method described herein. The processor is typically associated with non-transitory computer-readable storage media (i.e. memory). The memory may store instructions, which at least one of the processors may execute, in order to perform the method described herein. Additionally, there is typically at least one storage device and/or memory associated with the system described herein above as well. The processor is typically able to instruct that the recording of the broadcast video be made on a storage device situated in a determined preferred storage region, as per the calculations described hereinabove.
Reference is now made to FIG. 4, which is a flow chart of one method for optimizing cloud DVR content location according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In step 410, a first value is computed on a networked computing device, such as the consumption location predictor 320, the first value being associated with storing a recording of a broadcast video at a first cloud storage device situated in a first one of a plurality of regions, for playback on a remote client device situated in the first one of the plurality of regions, the first value being a measure of user consumption patterns and use of computing and network resources.
For example and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the measure of user consumption patterns may take into account the probability percentage of playback location, as described above. Similarly, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of computing and network resources may take into account the recording cost factor, as described above.
Similarly, at step 420, a second value is computed on a networked computing device, the second value being associated with storing the recording of the broadcast video at a second cloud storage device situated in a second one of the plurality of regions, for playback on a remote client device situated in the second one of the plurality of regions, the second value being a measure of user consumption patterns and use of computing and network resources.
The first and second values are compared on the networked computing device in order to determine a preferred storage region (step 430). The one of the first cloud storage device and the second cloud storage device in the preferred storage region is, at step 440, instructed to store the recording of the broadcast video.
instructing the one of the first cloud storage device and the second cloud storage device in the preferred storage region to store the recording of the broadcast video.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein either or both of the first and second cloud storage devices comprise a cloud digital video recorder (cDVR).
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein secondary data is used in the computations of the first value and the second value when data concerning user consumption patterns and use of computing and network resources are insufficient to produce a useful result of the computation.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the secondary data comprises at least one of: channel data; genre data; series information; a time the broadcast video was broadcast; time of previous consumption; or parental rating information.
5. The method according to claim 1, and further comprising instructing storage of the recording of the broadcast video in a home region with which the remote client device is associated if the step of comparing the first and second value in order to determine a preferred storage region is inconclusive.
6. The method according to claim 1, and further comprising instructing storage of the recording of the broadcast video in a neighboring region if the preferred storage region has insufficient resources to store the recording of the broadcast video.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the neighboring region is a region having a data center nearest to the home region with which the remote client device is associated.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first value and the second value are functions of, respectively, a first recording cost factor and a second recording cost factor.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first value and the second value are functions of, respectively, a first playback cost factor and a second playback cost factor.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the storing the recording is instructed in the one of the first one and the second one of the plurality of regions having more available resources if the first value and the second value are the same.
11. The method according to claim 1, wherein, if the step of comparing the first and second value in order to determine a preferred storage region fails to yield a preferred storage region, then the instructing comprises instructing both the first cloud storage device and the second cloud storage device to store the recording of the broadcast video.
12. The method according to claim 1 and wherein, after the recording of the broadcast video is stored, the recording it made available to the remote client device upon request.
instruct the one of the first cloud storage device and the second cloud storage device of the preferred storage region to store the recording of the broadcast video.
14. The networked computing device according to claim 13, wherein either or both of the first and second cloud storage devices comprise a cloud digital video recorder (cDVR).
15. The networked computing device according to claim 13, wherein the secondary data is used in the computations of the first value and the second value when data concerning user consumption patterns and use of computing and network resources are insufficient to produce a useful result of the computation.
16. The networked computing device according to claim 13, wherein the secondary data comprises at least one of: channel data; genre data; series information; a time the video was broadcast; time of previous consumption; or parental rating information.
17. The networked computing device according to claim 13, and further operative to instruct a cloud storage device in a home region with which the remote client device is associated to store the recording of the broadcast video if the comparing the first and second value by the processor in order to determine a preferred storage region is inconclusive.
18. The networked computing device according to claim 13, and further operative to instruct a cloud storage device in a neighboring region to store the recording of the broadcast video if the preferred storage region has insufficient resources to store the recording of the broadcast video.
19. The networked computing device according to claim 18 wherein the neighboring region is a region having a data center nearest to the home region with which the remote client device is associated.
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Compulsory basic training (CBT) is the course all learner motorbike and moped riders must complete before you can ride on the road.
the correct attitude towards riding.
The trainers are qualified and checked by the DVSA and will give you valuable practical advice, so learn as much as you can on the course.
There's no exam: trainers will only move on to the next element in the course when they're happy that you've learnt the theory and shown the practical skills to a safe level.
The cost of CBT is £125 and includes bike hire. Safety equipment is available but please remember to wear stout shoes or boots. If you have your own helmet, gloves and jacket please bring it along but don't worry if not.
What's in the CBT course?
There are five elements in the course.
This DSA video gives you an overview of CBT.
Remember to take your provisional licence with you on the day, or you won't be able to complete the course.
What should you wear for CBT?
Your trainer will talk about clothing as part of element A, so you might consider waiting until after the course before you buy your full motorbike gear, but you will need to wear appropriate clothing on the day.
You'll need a decent jacket, gloves and boots – not shorts and trainers. Your ATB will provide you with a visibility aid which you must wear.
There's more information about motorbike clothing, click here.
When you've successfully completed the course, your trainer will give you a certificate DL196.
There are some things you must and mustn't do when you're riding on your CBT certificate.
· You must have red L plates fitted to the front and back of the motorbike.
· You must not ride on motorways or carry a passenger on your motorbike (called a pillion passenger).
If you don't pass your full motorbike test (theory test and two-part practical test) within two years of getting this certificate, you'll have to do your CBT again.


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Brunet wieczorową porą () is a 1976 Polish comedy film directed by Stanisław Bareja.

Synopsis
A Gypsy woman appears at the house of the protagonist, Michał Roman, and makes a number of strange prophecies, which he initially dismisses. The most serious prediction is that Michał will accidentally kill a brown-haired man at his house the next evening. Together with a friend, Michał tries to prevent the imminent crime. He leaves his house, but misfortune follows him, as all the Gypsy woman's words come true, including the death of Dzidek Krępak, a brown-haired man. Despite various adversities, Michał manages to identify the real murderer.

Cast and characters
 Krzysztof Kowalewski as Michał Roman
 Wojciech Pokora as Kowalski, Michał's neighbour
 Janina Traczykówna as Lucyna Barańczak, Michał's neighbour
 Wiesław Gołas as Kazik Malinowski, Michał's friend
 Bohdan Łazuka as Michał's neighbour
 Ryszard Pietruski as Dzidek Krępak
 Bożena Dykiel as Anna Roman, Michał's wife

References

External links

1976 films
1970s Polish-language films
Films directed by Stanisław Bareja
1976 comedy films
Polish comedy films

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It catches your eye from the highway: a steel storage tank painted with scenes from the U.S. space program, circa 1960-1986. Smiling astronaut heroes, with iconic spacecraft and insignia from Mercury, Gemini. Apollo, and Space Shuttle missions, ring the 360-degree terrestrial cylinder.
It's not some historic cyclorama painting. It's the metal billboard for the Space Murals Museum, a collection of NASA knick-knacks and orphaned artifacts -- items that other institutions didn't much care about -- donated by space enthusiasts, or by astronauts who befriended the museum's owner, or by locals who work in the space industry (NASA's White Sands Test Facility is just up the road).
"They took stuff home in lunch pails, shoe boxes, whatever," said owner Lou Gariano. "Then they said, 'Hey, we've got some NASA stuff in the basement, let's give it to Lou's museum!'" This approach -- astro-people cleaning out their garages -- gives the Space Murals Museum a personal touch that Lou feels is missing from other space attractions.
While the museum has no priceless otherworldly artifacts (it once had a pair of moon boots, but NASA took them away) it does have what is probably the world's most varied collection of pack-rat space jetsam and memorabilia.
Lou is happy to take what other collections don't want. For example, from the Kennedy Space Center, he acquired a Mercury test capsule that blew off of a rocket in a hurricane. Lou pounded out the dents, and then built a circa 1962 interior for the capsule, using whatever he had on hand, including exhibits from the museum.
Hanging from the ceiling is a large scale model of the never-built Space Station Freedom, which Lou salvaged from the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo. "They were gonna throw it away," he said (Lou also had a massive, full-scale mock-up of Space Station Freedom, but he never had room to display it). Another saved-from-the-dump artifact is a battered, sun-baked tail section of a V-2 rocket, which Lou said flew (and crashed) only a few miles away, at White Sands Missile Range.
Lou calls himself "a hands-on museum guy." That's evident outside the museum's back door, where a sidewalk winds its way over a Shuttle-shaped fish pond and past a large wooden model of the Challenger, poised for liftoff by the highway. "We built that Challenger shuttle in our shop," said Lou, proudly. "We built that pond, we built the building, we built it all!"
The outdoor rocket garden is also the home of the Space Murals Museum's only mural, wrapped around a large metal tank. Lou had it painted in 1992, depicting noteworthy events in U.S. space history, ending with the 1986 Challenger disaster and smiling portraits of the doomed mission team (the mural was restored in 2004, but Lou didn't add new scenes). Coupled with the name of the museum, the mural sometimes causes confusion.
"I've had people come who want to know where the hell the door to the museum is in the tank," Lou said. "I tell them, 'You want to go in the tank? You'd better have scuba gear, because it's got a million and half gallons of water in it.'"
Lou calls the Space Murals Museum a "people's" space museum, stressing that it exists because of the closet-cleaning contributions of space-happy people. "We like it," he said. The fact that other people like it too is just another reason for Lou to keep it going.
I-25 exit 6 onto US Hwy 70 in Las Cruces. Drive 12 miles east. Exit onto Nasa Rd, bear left, then immediately turn right, at the Space Murals Museum sign, just before the ramp back onto US Hwy 70.
Nike Missile Rest Stop, White Sands, NM - 3 mi.
Big Daddy - Armless Muffler Man, Las Cruces, NM - 6 mi.
White Sands Rocket Garden and Museum, White Sands, NM - 8 mi.
Boy and the Boot, El Paso, TX - 46 mi.


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Home » Racing » Full steam ahead in Zandvoort after 'fantastic news'
Full steam ahead in Zandvoort after 'fantastic news'
Preparations for the Dutch Grand Prix are being ramped up following the "fantastic" news that it can go ahead with a capacity crowd.
The race in Zandvoort was set to return to the calendar in 2020, but that never came to pass as the race was cancelled due to the pandemic.
Instead, the long-awaited return was pushed back to September in 2021, but for the first half of the year, there were still question marks over whether it would take place.
That's because the circuit made it clear that, if full grandstands weren't possible, they would cancel the race.
They have now had confirmation that fans will indeed be able to intend, with no limits on numbers or social distancing measures being implemented.
"It is great news that events such as festivals and concerts will soon be possible again thanks to the hard work of Fieldlab Events," the Netherlands' State Secretary, Mona Keijzer, said.
"We now use the insights gained by the Fieldlab organization to adjust the roadmap. If you have been vaccinated, tested negative, or recovered from corona, you can go to a festival or concert as before."
Check all the latest 2021 teamwear via the official Formula 1 store
Robert van Overdijk, the circuit director, says that for the past year, even without confirmation, Zandvoort have been preparing for a race attended by fans, so not a huge amount will change in that regard.
That being said, he does admit that it's "fantastic" to now know for sure that they can continue with those preparations, for the circuit, the sport and the events industry as a whole.
"Of course it is good news that everything is allowed again after June 30, certainly for the entire event sector. However, nothing changes in the way people work towards the weekend from 3 to 5 September," he told racingnews365.nl.
"We have always said that our preparations were based on a full house and we have never stopped. We have said from the start that an event at one and a half meters is not possible at all.
"We have never prepared for any other scenario and having already confirmed this will apply to all events after June 30 is fantastic news for the entire industry."
"It is another confirmation that we can continue with those preparations."
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The only drama late in the selection process was when Jordan Spieth in the "B'' group as the No. 28 seed had yet to be taken, and Patrick Reed from the "A'' group as the No. 16 seed was still available. Reed beat Spieth last year to advance out of group play, and they were split up as Ryder Cup partners in France, which led Reed to complain that Spieth was behind the split.
"I vote every year not to have Match Play because I feel like I have a better chance in 72 holes than do I individual, because we have seen every year a guy shoot in the 60s and lose and then we see a guy shoot in the 70s and win," Watson said Sunday. "And it's like, 'Wait a second, how fair is this?'"


We encourage all of our customers to get in touch with us whenever they like. Maybe you feel this way too, but here at Hereford Fence services we have grown increasingly frustrated with the way in which companies seem to have made it more difficult for their clients to get in touch. It is something we have noticed in our private lives. For that reason, we have made sure that we are not going to make our customers feel that way. If you have a current fencing job with us or you are in need of a fencing job at some point soon, then please make sure that you are in communication with us if you want to give yourselves the best chance of a quality, ongoing, professional fence job. There are two main ways for you to get in touch with us. The first one is over email. We have a dedicated customer service team who is always ready to give you a quick and informed response. You'll be happy to know that we have a contact form on this website where you can reach us directly. The second way that you can get in touch with us is over the phone. We are not going to make you sit on hold for a long time - you will be answered to quickly and we will leave you with a smile on your face by the time the communication line has finished. What are you waiting for? Get in touch with us today!


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José Colombo (São Paulo, 6 de janeiro de 1930  — Praia Grande, 29 de dezembro de 2010) foi um ex-futebolista brasileiro, que atuava como atacante. Ídolo do Corinthians, também se destacou na equipe Palmeiras.

Carreira

Corinthians
Colombo iniciou sua carreira no Corinthians, clube em que mais vezes atuou em toda a sua carreira. No Alvinegro disputou 98 partidas 60 vitórias, 20 empates, 16 derrotas e marcou 32 gols, entre 1948 e 1952.

Além de ter faturado três títulos pelo Corinthians, Colombo também atuou ao lado de grandes ídolos do Corinthians, como Baltazar, Luizinho, Gylmar, Cláudio, Carbone e Roberto Belangero. Em 1953, saiu do Alvinegro e foi para o Noroeste, de Bauru.

Gol Histórico
Colombo marcou um gol histórico no grande  goleiro italiano Valerio Bacigalupo, no dia 21 de julho de 1948, no Estádio do Pacaembu em São Paulo, quando o Corinthians venceu a fortíssima equipe italiana do Torino por 2 a 1, Gols de Baltazar e Colombo (para o Corinthians) e Guglielmo Gabetto (para o Torino FC). Infelizmente em 1949  Valerio Bacigalupo e seus companheiros da equipe do Grande Torino (tetracampeão italiano 1945-46, 1946-47,1947-48 e 1948-49) vieram a falecer em um trágico desastre aéreo, na Tragédia de Superga.

Noroeste
De acordo com o historiador Luciano Dias Pires, Colombo, ao lado de Luiz Marini e Ranulfo, foram os principais responsáveis pelo título que colocou o Noroeste pela primeira vez na elite do futebol paulista. Na ocasião, a segunda divisão foi disputada em um torneio dividido em duas fases, a Série Verde e o Torneio dos Campeões, disputado por seis equipes. O atacante, que antes de vir para Bauru jogava pelo Corinthians, atuou pelo Noroeste até 1956, quando se transferiu para o Palmeiras.

Palmeiras
Em 1956, Colombo chegou ao Palmeiras. No Alviverde disputou 72 partidas, com 20 gols marcados. E conquistou o Torneio Internacional Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (Troféu Valentin Suárez): 1956.

Títulos
Corinthians
 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol: 1951 e 1952
 Torneio Rio-São Paulo de 1950

Noroeste

Campeonato Paulista de Futebol - Série A2: 1953

Palmeiras
 Torneio Internacional Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (Troféu Valentin Suárez): 1956.

Morte
Colombo morreu no dia 29 de dezembro de 2010, na Praia Grande, no litoral de São Paulo. Era pai de dois filhos (Márcia Colombo e José Colombo Júnior), avô de seis netos (Patrícia, Carlos, Laura, Alexandre, Ricardo e Paulo) e bisavô de Raquel e "Lucas". O corpo foi sepultado na cidade de Praia Grande.

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If a school is failing, call in the cavalry!
Experts have struggled for years to find the best strategies to help failing schools. Is it best to provide extra resources and professional help to improve instruction? Do you look to see what is missing in the children's lives, like pre-school, summer school and after school programs? Can dysfunctional patterns be disrupted with "tough love" measures like replacing all the staff?
How can failing schools be turned around?
Where can leaders of low-performing schools get help?
What was QEIA, and did it work?
What is the Anna Karenina principle?
The short answer is that there is no magic answer. At the federal level, policies for addressing struggling schools have changed a lot over the last 15 years or so. The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was a tough, top-down policy that emphasized negative consequences for very large numbers of schools. "If all of your school's kids can't score better than last year's kids, your school is inadequate! Prepare to be boarded!"
In 2016, congress replaced NCLB with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which takes a more humble course.
How is ESSA different from No Child Left Behind?
The ESSA law is far less pushy. It mandates that states intervene in persistently struggling schools, but in much fewer numbers and with much less specific requirements than NCLB did. Under ESSA, states are required to identify and take action in the five percent of high-poverty schools they deem most in need of some kind of intervention or support. The method of identification is left to the states, but must include student test scores, and cannot be less frequent than every three years. The three-year requirement matches well with the multi-year approach used in the California School Dashboard. In contrast to the sometimes-harsh remedies that NCLB required for persistently low-performing schools, ESSA leaves states a lot of leeway. It requires "comprehensive, locally-determined, evidence-based intervention."
Send in the Cavalry? Maybe.
ESSA doesn't clearly specify how states must intervene in persistently low-performing schools and districts. There are good reasons for this mushiness, starting with a tough reality: turning struggling schools around is really, really hard.
Unfortunately, turning struggling schools around turns out to be really, really hard.
Because California public education funding is so far below national norms, most policy analysts conclude that school turnarounds are even harder in California than they are elsewhere. Money is not magic, but it can buy things that help.
Unfortunately, there is no clear formula for which combination of investments and changes are effective to improve a struggling school. Many school reform advocates believe that turnaround efforts are so likely to fail that students are better served by having their school closed. In a study of 2,000 low-performing schools, analyst David Struit concluded that dysfunctional schools are impervious to repair -- effectively immortal.
Closing a school is traumatic. Even when a school is ineffective or scary, it is still a vital part of a community. In every school where results are objectively terrible, there are students, parents and teachers working passionately to make it different. No one ever likes to have some know-it-all bureaucrat shut you down because some know-it-all researcher says fixing it is too hard.
California's HPSGP and II/USP programs (never mind what they stand for, they didn't produce any breakthroughs).
In 2010, congress directed billions of stimulus dollars toward School Improvement Grants. These grants were awarded to schools that were chronically low-performing, and were conditional upon adoption of one of four strategic options, all of them intentionally disruptive. A small slice of the funds was directed toward analysis, to inspect which interventions worked and which did not, but the conclusions of this analysis are bland and shed little light on what actually works. It seems obvious that strong leadership is essential, but it is less obvious what strong leadership means in practical terms that can be copied by people of ordinary ability.
In 2013 California's legislature created a new agency to provide some guidance in school and district improvement efforts: the California Collaborative for Education Excellence (CCEE). In 2015 veteran school leader Carl Cohn assumed leadership of this organization, and in 2017 the CCEE played a central role in the rollout of the California School Dashboard.
The persistence of low-performing schools has been one of the forces behind the growth of charter schools. When a persistently underperforming school closes, sometimes a charter school takes its place. When parents are choosing a school for their kids, a new school may offer better odds of turning out well than an established school with problems.
The lack of successful turnaround policy examples is discouraging, but perhaps not surprising. From businesses to organizations to marriages, it is really hard to make changes that stick when human relationships, habits and expectations are involved.
Functioning schools are all alike; malfunctioning ones struggle each in their own way.
Turnaround reformers continue to search, gathering evidence to understand promising practices that work under various circumstances. The core problem may be a variant of the Anna Karenina principle: Functioning schools are all alike; malfunctioning ones struggle each in their own way.
Each school operates within its own unique community context, with a set of educators, parents, and students who are distinct in their abilities and motivations. Strategies that work in one place can be ineffective in another.
One overarching conclusion is certain: there is no cavalry at the ready to come to the rescue of struggling schools. Creating strong schools requires getting many things right at the same time. Above all, it requires rare leadership, hard work, and strategic use of adequate resources.
If the students of a high-poverty school in California have very low test scores for several consecutive years, which of the following is true?
A state-appointed administrator takes over leadership of the school.
Nothing, maybe, because No Child Left Behind has been replaced by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the consequences are unclear.
We completely turned around a local elementary school through lots of community building. It takes lots of work, dedication and getting your neighbors involved. When one generation of involved parents left and there was not another to take its place, the effect could be seen very quickly.
We turned our Middle School around successfully. It took neighborhood investment and engagement. Only if your district vows to support it's neighborhood schools, only if the families refuse to take flight to the charters, can you turn the school around. It was hard work, and took a lot of advocacy, but maintaining neighborhood schools in our culturally and economically diverse community was ultimately so worth it.
If the Feds want no child left behind then they need to help fund a few programs.


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La justicia ambiental es la política y la práctica que requiere que una agencia identifique y se afronte a los efectos ambientales o de la salud pública altamente desproporcionados o adversos de sus programas, políticas y actividades en las poblaciones minoritarias y de bajos ingresos.
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State Systems, Inc. recently completed two company acquisitions that further expand the company's existing reach for fire protection services and for communication systems in the health care sector.
State Systems acquired Ver-Max Inc., a fire protection company located in Corinth, Mississippi, on Friday, May 1. Long-known for its fire protection and suppression services in the Mid-South, the move allows State Systems to expand its reach in the North Mississippi area and offers existing Ver-Max customers access to additional offerings through State Systems' comprehensive line of fire protection and technology services. State Systems garnered approximately 500 active customer accounts within a 50-mile radius of Corinth, and all Ver-Max full-time employees have joined State Systems' existing team servicing the North Mississippi area.
On Monday, June 1, State Systems acquired Memphis-based ESI Companies Inc. – a technology company known as the major provider of premier nurse call systems for Mid-South hospitals and health care facilities. The ESI acquisition reinforces State Systems' existing work in the health care realm, such as assisting facilities in achieving compliance standards through targeted reporting, and positions the company as the market share leader for health care communication systems in the Mid-South. As part of the transaction, State Systems secured George Price – a 34-year veteran of ESI's health care division who will lead the effort for State Systems. The company will garner a substantial number of new accounts as part of the deal.
State Systems' total staff increases to 127 employees after both acquisitions and the two transactions mark the fifth and sixth acquisitions in nearly 10 years for the family-owned protection and life safety systems company.
For more information on these transactions or services offered by State Systems, contact Graham McBride at (901) 531-6571.


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SEO (Search Engine Optimization) seems to bring up a lot of unknowns to many investors who are interested in building their website and online presence. The push around implementing SEO is to help rank your site so it can reach page 1 on Google searches. This is called organic search results. You can increase your traffic by working on SEO which will, in time, increase your ranking, thus increasing traffic. But. many folks still do not know what is SEO, how can it be applied to your website, and the length of time it will take until you see results.
My question is can folks share your experience of SEO implementation? How long did it take? What do you really need to know? How did you learn about SEO and do you need to hire people to teach you about this tactic?
Offpage - Things you can't control on your site, but can have an influence on how it gets ranked.
Onpage - Things you have control within your site, that you can make changes to right now.
Hey @Omar Ruiz So my background is actually in SEO and it sounds like you have a really solid understanding of how it works and how to implement it into your marketing.
I would make sure to track your organic key words and look at how you are ranking for those. Also another component worth looking into is local listings and making sure those are all up to par. That is essentially making sure that all your info is up to date and accurate on Google listing, yelp, manta, yellow pages and so on.
When you are speaking about local listings are you referring to Moz Local or Yext listings. I have manually entered my site to different sites (Vator.com, BBB.com, Local directories, etc) for the purposes of backlinking. I used SEMRush to help me see what my compeition is using for backlinks.
I learned not to buy backlinks but if I pay for Moz or Yext, is this the same as buying backlinks or are these viewed differently since they are more for creating local listings rather than backlinks?
As for researched, I have spent time reading blogs, watching YouTube videos (Brain Dean, Neil Patel, and others) and installed Yoast plugin plus Google Analytics. I have submitted my site (sitemap) to Google Console today, so I am just waiting for them to crawl and index my site. I was told it would take from 4 days to 4 weeks. Since its the holiday season, I am fine with being patient around the crawling process.
@Omar Ruiz Yeah you don't want to pay for backlinks, but adding your site into relevant (local) directories is good to do and beneficial for SEO. Moz and SEM Rush are both awesome tools for research and like you said competitor backlinking.
Adding your site to directories is not seeing as spam to google. You violate google's policies when you pay somebody who then goes and adds 1000 links to your site in a couple of days. Most of the directories you're talking about are no follow. They do help but if you're competition is fierce, you'll have to start posting articles in high-ranking websites or blogs to beat the competition. At the same time, the content on your page has to be great and what people are looking for. Maintain freshness by adding blog articles on a regular basis. Don't forget to add your sitemap to google/bing. You can force Google to crawl your site. It takes 2-3 months for you to start seeing the results of your work.
One thing about search engine optimization - it's a black-box. Google's algorithm is proprietary, and as hard as you study, there is an element of the unknown. I'm not saying there aren't facts. However, in the industry, many sites are fairly cookie cutter. There's only so much "on site" testing we are going to work or able to do.
As a quick example, depending on your market, you might be lucky to see about 50 organic visitors. I'm page one on all the key searches (goes up an down a bit to #1 through #10), and I get around 30 to 60 visitors per day.
I started a VWO site to run some A/B split tests. I was advised, at 50 visitors per day, a high certainty test was going to take nearly a year to run.
As a matter of perspective, conventional wisdom says buying back-links is bad? Spam links are bad? However, if you SEM rush competitors in my market, you see plenty of black hat tactics, including purchased links. I am dead serious when I say my competitors have built a business off black-hat. Where is Google to slam them? I reported this a long time ago. No action.
The conclusion I'm looking is that you simply can't put your eggs in one basket. Local directories, national directories, press releases, on-site blogs, off-site blogs, articles, follow links, no-follow links, off-site forums, comments on high domain authority sites, social media sites, guest blogging. All of these tactics have their place.


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How we treat Fibroids
Fibroids are non-cancerous tumours which grow in or around the womb and can make periods heavy and painful. They are fairly common with around 40% of women developing them at some stage in their life. However, most women have no symptoms and so they will go undetected.
The exact cause of fibroids is unknown, however they are linked to oestrogen the reproductive hormone produced by the ovaries. They usually occur in women between the ages of 30 & 50 years old and tend to increase in size when oestrogen levels are at their highest, such as during pregnancy, and are also known to shrink after the menopause when oestrogen levels are low.
Depending on the size of the fibroid(s) and where they are within the womb the following symptoms may be experienced:-
Heavy periods which can cause anaemia
Pain in the abdomen
Swelling in the pelvic area
A need to empty the bladder more often than normal, or feel an urgent need to pass urine if a fibroid is pressing on the bladder
Constipation if a fibroid is pressing on the bowel
A pelvic examination & an ultrasound scan will usually be performed if fibroids are suspected. If the periods are heavy a blood test to check for anaemia may also be part of the initial investigations.
A hysteroscopy may be recommended to examine the inside of the womb. This is a relatively quick procedure which can be carried out under local or gerneral anaesthetic and involves inserting a small telescope (hysteroscope) into the vagina. In some cases a small tissue sample called a biopsy may be removed during a hysteroscopy which will then be sent for analysis.
Whilst there isn't a medication that can cure fibroids, there are treatments which can help reduce symptoms.
Tranexamic acid helps by reducing the heavy bleeding that fibroids can cause
A Mirena device works by thinning the lining of the womb and can therefore be very effective in treating heavy periods.
Treatment with medicines called gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues (GnRH analogues) can lower oestrogen levels, which usually shrinks fibroids.
Surgery may be considered if the fibroid symptoms are particularly severe and medication has been ineffective. Treatment with GnRH analogues can be used to shrink the fibroids prior to surgery.
There are several different procedures used to treat fibroids. The most frequently performed procedures are:-
Hysterectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the womb. It is the most effective way of preventing fibroids from coming back & may be recommended if you have large fibroids or heavy bleeding and you do not wish to have any more children.
There are a number of different ways a hysterectomy can be carried out, including through the abdomen, vagina or through a number of small incisions in your abdomen (laparoscopic).
A myomectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the fibroids from the wall of your womb. It may be considered as an alternative to a hysterectomy, particularly for women who still wish to have children.
However, a myomectomy is not suitable for every type of fibroid & suitability for this procedure will be assessed by taking into account the size, number and position of the fibroids.
Depending on the size and position of the fibroids, a myomectomy may involve making either a number of small cuts in the tummy (keyhole surgery), or a single larger incision (open surgery). The surgery will be carried out under general anaesthetic and usually involves a stay in hospital for a few days after the procedure.
It s generally an effective treatment however there is a possibility that fibroids will grow back and further surgery will be needed.
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William D. Luark
William D. Luark1,2,3
Relationship 1st cousin 4 times removed of Dan Stone
Father* Andrew Taylor Luark (July 14, 1811 - July 10, 1859)
Mother* Elizabeth Dill
Marriage William D. Luark married Nancy Young.
Birth William D. Luark was born in 1833 in Indiana.1,2,3
Death He died in 1885 in Indiana.3
Nancy Young (about 1835 - )
Sarepta Luark+ (February, 1854 - )
Edward Hugh Luark+ (January 28, 1856 - March 15, 1945)
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1850, Noble, Wabash County, Indiana1
1860, Jefferson, Dubuque County, Iowa2
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When it comes to bank accounts and estate plans, a trustee is a common word that people encounter. It isn't as simple as guarding a person's assets because there are a lot of legal responsibilities revolving around being a trustee. This is where a trust administration lawyer can help.
Part of an estate plan is a trust. A trust refers to an agreement involving three parties – the settlor, the trustee, and the beneficiaries where the settlor chooses a trustee that will hold his estate on behalf of the beneficiaries. There are two kinds of trust, a testamentary and a living trust. A testamentary trust only starts when the settlor dies while a living trust can already start once the trust is created.
Apart from holding the assets on behalf of the beneficiaries, a trustee is required to keep the beneficiaries informed regarding any update on any asset the settlor has. This means that the former is expected to oversee those assets as well. Another duty of a trustee is to handle the assets according to what was stated in the trust agreement. This is why it was said earlier that being a trustee is more than just "holding" the assets. For other trusts, there are things a trustee should do which is specific to the plan of the settlor.
The trustee also needs to pay the taxes involved in the estate plan. This is to ensure that all the assets are protected. And once the trust is activated, the trustee should now handle the distribution of the assets to the beneficiaries based on the terms found in the agreement.
The role of a trustee varies depending on the estate plan. The responsibilities are not limited to what was stated above and even if it were, these can be too much to handle. All trustees are expected to have more than the basic knowledge of estate laws to ensure the safety of the assets. To make sure that is done right, getting a trust administration lawyer is highly recommended.
What is a trust administration lawyer?
A trust administration lawyer is the main legal professional that will guide and help the trustee in handling the estate while it is still in the latter's care. Ideally, they are the experts in estate laws and trust administration. In an event where the trustee feels that his or her obligations are too much, the attorney can step in and guide the trustee in making the best decisions to preserve the estate.
There is a lot to take in when it comes to being a trustee. Because a lot of things are also at stake, the price a trustee must pay for a mistake can be quite high. Remember, the beneficiaries will be affected if the assets are not taken care of while they aren't in the beneficiaries' hands. A simple mistake in the taxes paid can affect the whole estate and this is the last thing any trustee would want. A trust administration lawyer is there to help in cases like this.
Another benefit of having a trust administration lawyer is that they are able to identify errors in the administration of the trustee. They can point out conflicts of interest or discrepancies in the taxes paid. They can also keep an eye out for the interest of future beneficiaries that might get neglected once the trust is activated. A trust administration lawyer can even help in preventing misunderstandings in terms and agreements stated in the trust. Not all trustees are well-versed with these things so to avoid complications in the future, a settlor can advise the trustee to get a lawyer.
Not all trustees are adept in estate law and this is perfectly normal. This is the main reason why trust administration lawyers exist. http://probateestatelawoffice.com is a great firm which has a roster of trust administration lawyers who can guide and help any trustee regardless of the kind of trust they are handling.
However, as a final word, settlors still play a major role in the whole trust agreement. They are responsible for picking the trustee in the first place so they should be aware of the capacities their trustee has.


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JEAN GUILLOU expresses his creativity in multiple facets of his art.
As an interpreter, he has expanded considerably the technical limits of playing the organ. Also a pianist, he brought back to life the Sonata for piano by Julius Reubke, a pupil of Liszt's who died at the young age of 24, leaving behind two masterworks: the piano sonata, and an organ sonata. Jean Guillou is the only musician to have performed and recorded both works together. In 2002 he inaugurated the Borgato pedal–piano at the Teatro Olimpico de Vicenza and at the Opéra Royal de Versailles.
As a composer, beginning at a young age, he has developed a singular musical world of a strongly individualistic dramatic eloquence. He uncovered a new nature of the organ's palette, and has sought to show it in confrontation with the piano (Colloques 2, 4, 5, 7) or with other instruments such as the violin, cello, flute, clarinet, percussion, marimba, and the human voice, as well as in the seven concertos for organ and orchestra. His universe is expressed also in three symphonies, two piano concertos, vocal music, chamber music (especially the trio for three cellos, the quartet for oboe and strings, and the trio for percussion), and works for the piano. His music is published by Schott Musik.
As an improvisationist, Jean Guillou has given a new impetus to an authentically creative improvisation, liberated from the schemas of the past.
Inventor of a new way of thinking about the organ, he applied his innovative ideas to various organs, in the Alpe d'Huez, in the Naples Conservatoire, the Zürich Tonhalle, the Tenerife concert hall, the "Chant d'Oiseaux" in Brussels, and in the Portuguese Church in Rome.
The ultimate development of his ideas leads to the "Variable Structure Organ," described in his book "L'Orgue, Souvenir et Avenir" (The Organ, Remembrance and Future), in its third edition in France, with a second edition in Germany and a first edition in Italy. The book tells the history of the instrument, and develops his ideas about the complex nature of the organ, into which he wants to breathe a greater poetic richness.
As a writer, Jean Guillou has published many texts on music, as well as poems and literary texts. Many of his compositions use his own texts: "Alice au Pays de l'Orgue" for organ and narrator, "Aube" for 12 voices and organ, "Poème de la Main" for soprano and organ, and "Écho" for choir and instrumental ensemble.
Jean Guillou taught from 1970 to 2005 at the Meisterkursus in Zürich, along with Geza Anda, Nathan Milstein, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Vladimir Spivakov, guiding more than 300 young musicians from all over the world.
Universal will release in 2009 the complete recordings he made during the 1960/70s (13 CDs) but has also published, on the Philips label, 7 CDs of his compositions for the organ, other instruments and voice, as well as the complete works of J.S. Bach, a CD on the Borgato double piano, a Mozart CD and 3 CDs recorded at the Naples Conservatoire. Other labels (Dorian, Festivo, Pierre Vérany, Carrara, Augure) complete his discography.
His work is the subject of several scholarly works, by Jean-Philippe Hodant ("Rhetoric and Dramaturgy in the Works of Jean Guillou", in French), Thomas Dahl (on his concertos), Giampaolo di Rosa (on the art of the registration and its structural role), as well as analytic works by Sylviane Falcinelli.
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City Moving Towards Making Retrofit Of "Soft-Story" Buildings Mandatory, Not Voluntary
by Bay City News | February 5, 2010 10:04 pm	| in News | 2
Elsewhere: Newsom pledges to require quake retrofits Chron
A task force has almost completed putting together an ordinance that would mandate earthquake retrofitting of soft-story buildings in San Francisco, Mayor Gavin Newsom said today at an Earthquake Engineering Research Institute meeting.
The city has about 4,400 such structures, which are highly vulnerable during an earthquake because they have wood frames and weak ground floors that are usually used as garages or retail space.
The mandate would force building owners to complete the seismic upgrades but would also set aside bond money to help building owners finance the retrofits, Newsom said.
It would need to be approved by the Board of Supervisors and the voters and is expected to be on the November ballot.
"There's no doubt we're going to require retrofitting," he told an audience at the annual Earthquake Engineering Research Institute meeting. "It just has to happen."
The Department of Building Safety estimated that if a 7.3-magnitude earthquake were to hit the San Andreas fault, up to 850 soft-story buildings would collapse and up to 2,400 would be uninhabitable for months.
Although retrofitting all the buildings would cost about $260 million, the seismic upgrades would prevent about $1.5 billion worth of damage if a major earthquake hit, the department said.
Newsom's office has had a voluntary retrofitting program in place since before the financial crisis, but even after the city offered to waive fees and expedite the permits, few building owners stepped forward, he said. About a year ago, he announced that he supported mandatory retrofits.
Today, he said a task force was tightening up a proposed ordinance that would help building owners finance the mandatory upgrades and assist displaced tenants and businesses while repairs are made.
Many of the soft-story buildings Newsom's proposed ordinance targets have residents on the upper levels and small businesses on the ground floor.
Although the individuals would probably be able to stay during retrofit construction, the businesses would have to move or close for two to four months.
Art Swanson, who is operations chief of the Lightner Property Group, president of the city's Small Business Network and a member of the Building Owners and Managers Association of San Francisco, said the retrofits are important, but acknowledged that they won't come cheap.
"It's the right thing to do," Swanson said. "I mean how could you possibly say creating a safer building is not the right thing to do? But it's a very expensive upgrade."
Construction costs alone range from about $60,000 to $120,000 per structure, according to the Department of Building Inspection.
Swanson said the city could do several things to make the process as painless as possible for building owners.
Providing building owners with low- or no-interest loans would help, he said, and making the money accessible would be an important component as well.
The ideal bill would "cut some of the red tape to expedite things" he said. "Here's the money, get it done, you're back in business. That will help more than anything I think."
Swanson said some businesses would probably close, but a retrofit wouldn't be more detrimental than anything else the city has proposed.
"I don't think this specific thing would drive someone out more than health benefits or any other particular thing they put before us," he said.
Janan New, director of the San Francisco Apartment Association, was less optimistic.
She said many businesses would go under if they had to close for a couple of months.
"I think that a mandate is heavy handed," she said. "We haven't given the voluntary program enough time to work."
New said the Department of Building Inspection has not issued soft-story building standards, so building owners don't know what work they should do or if their repairs would even be approved by the city.
"There has been no outreach to the community on the voluntary measure," she added. "I don't think owners even know about the program."
Despite the depressed economy, Newsom said the task force was moving ahead because the retrofits would prevent billions of dollars worth of damage during an earthquake.
It's not a question of if there will be an earthquake in the area, he said, but when.
"It's never the right time," he said of the retrofits. "We just have to do it."


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Pua Magasiva in "Uso" (2006) - Short Film
Pua Magasiva (Shane, Ninja Storm) starred in the award-winning comedic short film "Uso" (meaning "brothers") back in 2006. Magasiva stars as Ranatonga, alongside Joe Folau as Brodie. The film finds the two close friends waiting for an important phone call outside a phone booth. Brodie is eager to speak to a girl he is interested in but the only number he gave her belongs to the phone inside the booth. His best friend Ranatonga keeps him company and tries to pump him up for the call, helping to ease his tension with humor. Despite the obstacles that face them (a rude woman wanting the phone and the police), the two don't give up on their goal. When Ranatonga is the only one around to answer the phone, he pretends to be Brodie and sets up a date for him so he won't lose his new love. The fifteen-minute short film was written and directed by Miki Magasiva. Pua Magasiva & Joe Folau also appeared together in "The Other Side of Heaven."
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Jack Guzman on "ER" - 2 (2008)
Jack Guzman (Danny, Wild Force) made his second "ER" appearance playing a paramedic in the Season 15 episode "Parental Guidance." Guzman made his first appearance as EMT Morgan in the previous season, where he interacted with series star John Stamos. In this episode, his brief appearance comes opposite series star Angela Bassett, whose character gets mugged and fights back against her attacker, leading to him being taken to the ER, instead of her. Guzman has a few brief lines as he relays the condition of the patient to Dr. Brenner (played by David Lyons) and his interns as they enter the hospital. Interestingly enough, before joining "ER," David Lyons starred on "Sea Patrol" in his homeland of Australia. After his departure from "Sea Patrol," he was replaced by Jungle Fury's Nikolai Nikolaeff.
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Brandon Jay McLaren in "Sea Beast" (2008)
Brandon Jay McLaren (Jack, SPD) played a supporting role in the science fiction flick "Sea Beast." The film focuses on a small fishing community that is soon terrorized by a sea creature and it's family of mini-monsters who seek to devour everything in their path. The main creature is even more dangerous because it has the ability to camouflage its appearance and sneak up on its prey, which includes Brandon Jay McLaren, who plays Drew, a young fisherman who becomes an early victim of the sea beast when he's working late on the docks and is hunted down by the monster. Drew's death is questioned very quickly and leads to the first evidence of the creature in town. The film was produced in Canada and also stars Miriam McDonald of Degrassi: The Next Generation, which has featured McLaren's SPD co-star Chris Violette. A full zip of McLaren's screencaps is available below.
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Nathaniel Lees & Peter Rowley in "Hercules and the Lost Kingdom" (1994)
This made-for-television prequel to "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" finds Hercules on a mission to stop the reign of terror that his evil stepmother Hera has inflicted upon the lost city of Troy. Along the way, Hercules saves Deianeira (played by Renee O'Connor) who is later revealed as the heir to the throne of Troy. Nathaniel Lees (Master Mao, Jungle Fury) plays the pivotal role of the mysterious Blue Priest, who appears to Deianeira at certain points, revealing her importance to the kingdom of Troy. Ultimately, the Blue Priest tries to sacrifice her to Hera, until Hercules comes to her rescue once more. Ninja Storm voice actor Peter Rowley (voice of Zurgane, Ninja Storm) plays a small role in the film as the sidekick of an auctioneer whom Hercules & Deianeira deceive so that Hercules can retrieve the compass to lead them to Troy. Also featured in "Hercules and the Lost Kingdom" are John Sumner (Fresno Bob, RPM) and Patrick Wilson (voice of Dragoul, SPD).
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Assemblyman in central Japan reveals same-sex couple's address online
Mie prefectural assembly passes an ordinance in March banning anyone from revealing an individual's sexual orientation without consent. | KYODO
Tsu, Mie Pref. – A member of Mie Prefectural Assembly revealed the names and postal address of a local same-sex couple on his blog without their consent and refused to delete the information, despite the prefecture working toward eliminating discrimination against LGBT individuals, Kyodo News learned Monday.
Takatora Kobayashi, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, repeatedly refused the couple's request to delete their address from his blog before finally doing so on Monday afternoon.
"I am deleting because I am causing trouble to people around me, as I heard that the secretariat of the prefectural assembly, the assembly's chairman and vice chairman are receiving phone calls," Kobayashi wrote on his blog.
The assemblyman revealed the names and postal address of the couple — Masahiro Shimada, 45, and Katsunori Kano, 41 — after they sent a letter of inquiry to Kobayashi about an LGBT partnership program in the prefecture, following a Twitter post he wrote last month saying, "A local partnership system is a strategy to push the national government into a corner."
As Japan does not legally recognize same-sex marriages, many municipalities — including the city in the prefecture where the couple live — have started introducing a partnership certificate program so that sexual minority couples can have equivalent rights to married couples.
On April 1, Mie Prefecture implemented an ordinance banning anyone from revealing an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity without consent or good reason, becoming the first among the nation's 47 prefectures to do so. The prefecture is also set to introduce a partnership certification system for sexual minority couples in September.
Shimada and Kano sent the letter to the assemblyman's office on March 15 to ask for an explanation about his tweet.
Kobayashi, 47, then posted on his blog on March 30 a photo of an envelope showing the pair's names and postal address, with a comment saying that demanding an answer by sending an unsolicited letter was "very aggressive and malicious."
The couple had asked Kobayashi in person to delete their address from his blog and sought an apology, but the assemblyman said they should retract the inquiry in return.
The couple did that, making their decision public via social media, but Kobayashi still refused to comply because he said they had not contacted him in person about the retraction.
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Chiba (Japan): Municipal Civil Union for Homo- and Heterosexuals
(Blogmensgo, gay blog of February 4, 2019) Toshihito Kumagai, mayor of the Japanese city of Chiba, issued the first "partnership certificates" for six unmarried couples on January 29, 2019. Chiba is the first Japanese city government to offer a registered partnership for both homosexual and heterosexual couples. Actually, the registered partnership in Chiba was supposed to come into force in April 2019 (see our article), but the young mayor has acted faster than expected.
Ryuta Yanase and Satoru Ito (56 and 65 years old) are one of the couples officially recognized in Chiba recently. ©amazon.com
Immediately on the first day, four gay couples and two heterosexual couples registered their partnership in Chiba. In Japan itself, there is no same-sex marriage or partnership, but in Chiba, the municipality provides benefits to registered couples (both gay and heterosexual) similar to those of married couples. Similar, but not identical, because Japanese national law only applies to married couples – for example, inheritance law.
Nevertheless, the registered partnership in Chiba is a significant step forward for couples who may not or do not want to marry.
The city of Chiba is located 40 km southeast of Tokyo and, according to the 2016 census, has almost 1 million inhabitants. This makes it the fourth largest Japanese city to offer its citizens a gay partnership and the only one to offer this to straight couples as well.
Requirements for registered partnerships in Chiba:
Two unmarried partners, at least 20 years old.
Residence or future residence in Chiba.
The main advantages of registered partnership in Chiba:
Right to move into urban housing.
In case of hospitalization: right of visit for the spouse and obtaining his consent in case of surgery.
Most likely: a larger overdraft facility on the bank.
In Japan, there are now 10 cities or district council houses where same-sex partnerships can be registered.
Four major cities: Sapporo (2017), Fukuoka and Osaka (2018), Chiba (2019).
Three districts of Tokyo: Shibuya and Setagaya (2015), Nakano (2018).
Three more cities: Iga, Takarazuka and Naha (2016).
By the way: In February 2019 about ten gay and lesbian couples sued the state for violation of the right to equality and freedom of marriage, which is guaranteed by the Japanese constitution.
District of Ibaraki also considering same-sex partnership
North of Chiba, the district of Ibaraki is also planning a similar same-sex partnership as of April 2019. Ibaraki would then be the eleventh administration and in particular the first Japanese district administration with such a same-sex partnership.
The conditions for the registration of such a partnership are quite similar to those of Chiba: minimum age 20 years and live in the county (or want to move there). Further details are currently unknown and will be discussed shortly.
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The loss of Rome was speedily retrieved by an action, to which, according to the event, the public opinion would apply the names of rashness or heroism. After the departure of Totila, the Roman general sallied from the port at the head of a thousand horse, cut in pieces the enemy who opposed his progress, and visited with pity and reverence the vacant space of the eternal city. Resolved to maintain a station so conspicuous in the eyes of mankind, he summoned the greatest part of his troops to the standard which he erected on the Capitol: the old inhabitants were recalled by the love of their country and the hopes of food; and the keys of Rome were sent a second time to the emperor Justinian. The walls, as far as they had been demolished by the Goths, were repaired with rude and dissimilar materials; the ditch was restored; iron spikes  were profusely scattered in the highways to annoy the feet of the horses; and as new gates could not suddenly be procured, the entrance was guarded by a Spartan rampart of his bravest soldiers. At the expiration of twenty-five days, Totila returned by hasty marches from Apulia to avenge the injury and disgrace. Belisarius expected his approach. The Goths were thrice repulsed in three general assaults; they lost the flower of their troops; the royal standard had almost fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the fame of Totila sunk, as it had risen, with the fortune of his arms. Whatever skill and courage could achieve, had been performed by the Roman general: it remained only that Justinian should terminate, by a strong and seasonable effort, the war which he had ambitiously undertaken. The indolence, perhaps the impotence, of a prince who despised his enemies, and envied his servants, protracted the calamities of Italy. After a long silence, Belisarius was commanded to leave a sufficient garrison at Rome, and to transport himself into the province of Lucania, whose inhabitants, inflamed by Catholic zeal, had cast away the yoke of their Arian conquerors. In this ignoble warfare, the hero, invincible against the power of the Barbarians, was basely vanquished by the delay, the disobedience, and the cowardice of his own officers. He reposed in his winter quarters of Crotona, in the full assurance, that the two passes of the Lucanian hills were guarded by his cavalry. They were betrayed by treachery or weakness; and the rapid march of the Goths scarcely allowed time for the escape of Belisarius to the coast of Sicily. At length a fleet and army were assembled for the relief of Ruscianum, or Rossano,  a fortress sixty furlongs from the ruins of Sybaris, where the nobles of Lucania had taken refuge. In the first attempt, the Roman forces were dissipated by a storm. In the second, they approached the shore; but they saw the hills covered with archers, the landing-place defended by a line of spears, and the king of the Goths impatient for battle. The conqueror of Italy retired with a sigh, and continued to languish, inglorious and inactive, till Antonina, who had been sent to Constantinople to solicit succors, obtained, after the death of the empress, the permission of his return.


Finding the right builder is important. It might be a home extension, a new office block, or even a factory that you require, which means the company that completes the work should be experienced in the particular type of building you require. As there is so much at stake, take your time in choosing the main contractor. Here are a few tips to help you find the perfect partner for your construction project.
Any established builder will be accredited with registered organisations, and this tells you they are familiar with building regulations and procedures. One thing you should always ask to see is the contractor's public liability insurance. If your scaffolding collapsed onto your next-door neighbour's property, this would be covered by the contractor's public liability insurance.
With such a wide range covered by construction, most builders specialise in one type or another, perhaps complete house building, or extensions, or maybe commercial premises. By choosing someone that usually works on your type of project, they should be familiar with all aspects from design, planning approval, to construction and completion. A competent contractor will be able to assist you with design and planning approval, as they regularly deal with the local council. If you are looking for such a company, the most reputable London builders will be listed on Thomson Local, the leading online directory in the UK.
Before allowing your chosen contractor to start work, make sure you have agreed everything, and all points are covered in the written contract. If everything is agreed beforehand, there are no surprises later. Do not sign a contract until the local council has approved the project, and all costs have been finalised. It is always a good idea to ask for a sample contract at the very outset, which you can browse through at your leisure.
The best way to find out if the builder is professional in his work is to talk to existing customers. Any reputable contractor will be able to provide you with a number of references, which gives the assurance that they have successfully completed many projects already.
This will give you an insight into the standard of work you can expect. If you ask to see some examples of work, a good builder would be happy to provide you with some addresses. You can also talk to the owners of the property, and find out how they feel about the work.
Did the contractor communicate well throughout the project?
Was the project completed on time, and within budget?
Did the contractor do any remedial work?
How was the follow up service?
Were you happy with the standard of workmanship?
If the contractor has a current project running, ask if you can pay a visit. It will give you an opportunity to see how the work is carried out.
It never pays to go with the first company you see, there are many available so spend some time and screen them carefully, until you have three or four that meet up to your standards. Then ask the contractors to submit a bid for the project, giving them a reasonable amount of time to prepare their bid. This gives you the upper hand and each contractor will be trying to impress you, so expect to receive some concessions at this stage.
Once you have received all of the written quotes, go through them carefully, while making notes of any questions you might have, or any points you are unclear about. Then ask each one to clarify these points, then you should be ready to make your choice. Check out this link for more information on hiring the right contractor for your building project.
Once you have chosen your main contractor, you need to discuss the payment schedule. It is normal for the client to pay at certain stages, the first being a small advance at the contract signing stage. Then the next payment might include all work up to ground level. This covers foundation and footing work, with everything below ground level completed. The next stage might be the first floor, or perhaps to roof stage, depending on the size and type of project. Once the schedule has been agreed, you should thoroughly inspect all stages before making a further payment. This allows remedial work to be completed before the project continues.
Builders are only human, and when a client pays great attention to detail, the contractor soon realises this and makes sure the standard of work is of the highest. Any signs of careless checking will encourage the builder to lower their standards and they may be tempted to cut corners.
If it is a big project and you are not always available, it might be an idea to hire someone who can oversee the project on your behalf. A retired builder would be perfect, as he has intimate knowledge of the construction business, and can represent you at meetings, and provide you with regular progress updates. This is not essential for a smaller project such as a house extension, but a larger project would require at least one experienced person to be onsite regularly, with your interests at heart.
Most good builders are very busy, so it is unlikely that work can begin immediately. Set a schedule that is practical, you don't want to rush things, as this might be the cause of sub-standard work and missed deadlines. You may want the job finished as soon as possible, but it is best to allow sufficient time for the contractor to complete the work. With clear communication and a written contract, things should go smoothly if you follow the above steps.